1942 Season

Negro National League II

1941 / 1943

Tom Wilson (President)
Ed Bolden (Vice President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary & Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Leon
Day

Leaders

Homeruns

#	Player	Team	HR
1	Josh Gibson	HG	14
2	Lennie Pearson	HG/NE	11
3	Bus Clarkson	MULT	8
4	Howard Easterling	HG	7
5	Henry Spearman	BEG/PS	6
6	Willie Wells	NE	6
7	Ed Stone	HG/NE	6
8	Bradford Bennett	NBY	4
9	Charlie Parks	NE	4
10	Jud Wilson	HG	4

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Ray Brown	HG	13
2	Leon Day	HG/NE	9
3	Roy Partlow	HG	9
4	Roy Welmaker	HG	9
5	Bill Byrd	BEG	8
6	Barney Brown	PS	8
7	Terris McDuffie	PS	7
8	Max Manning	NE	7
9	Leniel Hooker	NE	7
10	Eugene Smith	NBY	7

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Newark Eagles	NN2	55	2033	1816	301	481	83	20	34	274	18	184	12	21	.265	.336	.389	.725	106
2	Homestead Grays	NN2	71	2742	2398	419	637	88	27	34	361	60	297	22	25	.266	.352	.367	.719	104
3	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	60	2231	1973	313	509	83	21	24	278	14	224	4	30	.258	.335	.358	.693	94
4	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	59	2224	1994	277	506	78	30	18	247	32	176	13	41	.254	.318	.350	.668	86
5	New York Black Yankees	NN2	36	1305	1171	135	273	39	8	8	115	28	115	3	16	.233	.303	.301	.604	76
6	New York Cubans	NN2	32	1125	1021	109	226	40	9	1	94	6	83	6	15	.221	.284	.281	.565	64
	6	1	322	11660	10373	1554	2632	411	115	119	1369	158	1079	60	148	.254	.328	.350	.678	92

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Josh Gibson	HG	C	62	266	212	57	72	9	4	14	66	4	51	2	1	.340	.472	.618	1.090	207
2	Lennie Pearson	HG/NE	1B	56	232	209	45	70	21	0	11	56	3	22	0	1	.335	.398	.593	.992	180
3	Bus Clarkson	MULT	SS	62	261	224	52	70	21	5	8	44	7	36	0	1	.313	.408	.558	.966	170
4	Willie Wells	NE	SS	51	218	199	50	68	12	1	6	32	3	16	3	0	.342	.399	.503	.902	155
5	Wild Bill Wright**	BEG	RF	53	224	200	27	62	13	5	1	35	5	22	1	1	.310	.381	.440	.821	128
6	Ed Stone*	HG/NE	RF	56	241	210	36	56	11	4	6	38	1	30	0	1	.267	.358	.443	.801	127
7	Johnny Hayes*	NBY	C	34	128	100	14	28	4	0	1	11	2	24	0	4	.280	.419	.350	.769	124
8	Jim West**	PS	1B	56	231	202	29	58	10	4	3	42	1	28	0	1	.287	.374	.421	.795	122
9	Leslie Green*	NBY	CF	32	134	112	23	31	8	1	0	8	7	20	1	1	.277	.391	.366	.757	120
10	Henry Spearman	BEG/PS	3B	60	231	212	29	63	12	0	6	42	0	16	1	2	.297	.349	.439	.788	120
11	Bill Hoskins*	BEG	LF	51	199	183	23	54	8	5	3	27	5	13	1	2	.295	.345	.443	.788	119
12	Goose Curry*	PS	RF	54	217	181	47	54	9	2	0	19	2	34	0	2	.298	.409	.370	.779	119
13	Roy Parnell	PS	LF	55	226	197	42	59	10	3	1	27	2	23	3	3	.299	.381	.396	.777	117
14	Jim Williams	NYC	RF	31	127	117	17	35	8	0	1	14	1	7	2	1	.299	.349	.393	.742	115
15	Sam Bankhead	HG	SS	58	250	219	35	62	5	4	3	48	9	30	1	0	.283	.372	.384	.756	114
16	Howard Easterling**	HG	3B	67	290	258	51	67	12	4	7	36	2	27	3	2	.260	.337	.419	.755	113
17	George Scales	BEG	1B	49	193	160	26	41	12	1	3	24	1	25	1	7	.256	.360	.400	.760	112
18	Sammy Hughes	BEG	2B	54	239	211	47	62	13	1	3	30	2	18	0	10	.294	.349	.408	.757	110
19	Henry Kimbro*	BEG	CF	54	251	224	38	58	8	5	2	27	4	24	2	1	.259	.336	.366	.702	95
20	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	67	306	267	53	73	7	1	2	28	15	33	2	4	.273	.358	.330	.687	95
21	Dave Thomas*	NYC	1B	26	109	99	10	23	7	3	0	9	0	8	0	2	.232	.290	.364	.653	89
22	Dan Wilson**	NBY	LF	33	140	131	17	34	3	2	0	15	4	8	0	1	.260	.302	.313	.615	79
23	Tom Parker	NBY	RF	33	133	121	10	28	5	1	1	16	0	10	1	1	.231	.295	.314	.610	77
24	Clarence Isreal	NE	3B	46	186	157	28	35	5	2	0	15	0	26	0	3	.223	.333	.280	.614	75
25	Gene Benson*	PS	CF	50	197	178	23	43	5	1	1	26	0	18	0	1	.242	.311	.298	.609	71
26	Felton Snow	BEG	3B	49	192	176	23	39	6	5	1	26	2	9	0	7	.222	.259	.330	.589	63
27	Tommy Butts	BEG	SS	59	245	218	28	52	1	2	0	16	8	19	4	4	.239	.311	.261	.573	60
28	Heberto Blanco	NYC	2B	29	123	113	14	24	3	1	0	10	0	9	0	1	.212	.270	.257	.527	53
29	Harry Williams	NBY	3B	32	129	123	13	29	2	0	0	13	5	6	0	0	.236	.271	.252	.523	52

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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