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

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Josh Gibson	HG	207
2	Lennie Pearson	HG/NE	180
3	Bus Clarkson	MULT	170
4	Willie Wells	NE	155
5	Wild Bill Wright	BEG	128
6	Charlie Parks	NE	128
7	Leon Day	HG/NE	127
8	Ed Stone	HG/NE	127
9	Johnny Hayes	NBY	124
10	Jud Wilson	HG	122

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Jonas Gaines	BEG	1.70
2	Leon Day	HG/NE	1.72
3	Garnett Blair	HG	1.88
4	Roy Partlow	HG	2.28
5	Max Manning	NE	2.77
6	Barney Brown	PS	2.91
7	Johnny Wright	HG	3.46
8	Ray Brown	HG	3.49
9	Tom Glover	BEG	3.50
10	Eugene Smith	NBY	3.53

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Newark Eagles	NN2	55	2033	1816	301	481	83	20	34	275	18	0	184	10	1	12	21	0	.265	.336	.389	.725	106
2	Homestead Grays	NN2	71	2742	2398	419	637	88	27	34	361	60	4	297	25	1	22	25	2	.266	.352	.367	.719	104
3	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	60	2231	1973	313	509	83	21	24	278	14	3	224	24	2	4	30	2	.258	.335	.358	.693	94
4	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	59	2224	1994	277	506	78	30	17	247	32	4	176	82	3	13	41	9	.254	.318	.349	.667	86
5	New York Black Yankees	NN2	36	1305	1171	135	273	39	8	8	114	28	1	115	16		3	16	3	.233	.303	.301	.604	76
6	New York Cubans	NN2	32	1125	1021	109	226	40	9	1	94	6	1	83	23	0	6	15	3	.221	.284	.281	.565	64
	6	1	322	11660	10373	1554	2632	411	115	118	1369	158	13	1079	180	7	60	148	19	.254	.328	.350	.677	92

Players

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

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

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