1943 Season

Negro National League II

1942 / 1944

Tom Wilson (President)
Ed Bolden (Vice President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)
Frank Forbes (Director of League Promotions)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Johnny
Wright

Leaders

Runs Batted In

#	Player	Team	RBI
1	Josh Gibson	HG	112
2	Buck Leonard	HG	61
3	Jud Wilson	HG	57
4	Howard Easterling	HG	52
5	Jim West	PS	44
6	Sam Bankhead	HG	42
7	Gene Benson	PS	38
8	Jerry Benjamin	HG	38
9	Henry Spearman	PS	30
10	Cool Papa Bell	HG	29

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Johnny Wright	HG	99
2	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	94
3	Dave Barnhill	NYC	88
4	Tom Glover	BEG	61
5	Lefty Boone	HSS	51
6	Edsall Walker	HG	50
7	Barney Brown	PS	50
8	Spoon Carter	HG	45
9	Leniel Hooker	NE/PS	43
10	Leon Day	NE	39

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	Homestead Grays	NN2	72	2829	2462	555	810	125	51	30	485	56	311	11	45	.329	.407	.458	.864	129
2	New York Cubans	NN2	39	1525	1366	238	393	64	16	8	192	24	127	12	20	.288	.353	.376	.729	98
3	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	49	1959	1696	320	483	69	44	6	272	23	235	9	19	.285	.375	.388	.763	96
4	Newark Eagles	NN2	35	1353	1186	191	310	54	18	14	158	30	135	7	25	.261	.340	.373	.713	87
5	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	50	1837	1665	221	414	55	26	10	170	33	149	8	15	.249	.313	.331	.644	68
6	New York Black Yankees	NN2	32	1192	1077	131	256	36	14	4	111	18	90	9	16	.238	.302	.308	.610	63
7	Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars	NN2	14	534	489	68	113	22	1	4	59	14	37	3	5	.231	.289	.305	.594	57
	7	1	302	11229	9941	1724	2779	425	170	76	1447	198	1084	59	145	.280	.354	.379	.733	94

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	70	305	249	93	116	23	9	20	112	4	55	1	0	.466	.564	.871	1.435	277
2	Tetelo Vargas	NYC	CF	31	142	123	35	58	7	4	0	18	4	19	0	0	.472	.542	.593	1.136	207
3	Larry Doby*	NE	2B	28	127	103	18	31	8	3	4	22	5	20	1	3	.301	.419	.553	.973	154
4	Buck Leonard*	HG	1B	68	310	255	71	84	18	8	4	61	2	49	3	3	.329	.443	.510	.953	152
5	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	71	331	294	83	110	17	4	2	38	12	25	1	11	.374	.425	.480	.905	139
6	Johnny Davis	NE	CF	35	153	132	28	43	10	1	4	23	3	15	1	5	.326	.399	.508	.906	137
7	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	RF	37	159	138	26	50	6	1	0	26	3	17	1	3	.362	.436	.420	.856	132
8	Howard Easterling**	HG	2B	64	273	250	47	87	11	10	1	52	8	19	0	4	.348	.394	.484	.878	132
9	Cool Papa Bell**	HG	LF	65	307	263	63	92	12	5	0	29	12	39	0	5	.350	.434	.433	.867	130
10	Tom Parker	HSS	RF	14	61	59	8	21	7	0	0	9	1	2	0	0	.356	.377	.475	.852	125
11	Dave Thomas*	NYC	1B	29	136	121	26	39	11	0	1	13	1	11	3	1	.322	.393	.438	.831	124
12	Jim West**	PS	1B	49	216	184	37	58	5	7	2	44	2	29	3	0	.315	.417	.451	.868	123
13	Lennie Pearson	MULT	1B	37	159	139	28	38	8	5	4	23	5	19	0	1	.273	.361	.489	.850	123
14	Goose Curry*	PS	RF	47	206	163	47	48	7	4	2	23	5	41	0	2	.294	.436	.423	.860	122
15	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	32	134	125	17	39	13	1	2	21	2	7	1	1	.312	.353	.480	.833	121
16	Ameal Brooks*	NYC	LF	34	133	117	25	32	8	1	4	27	1	15	0	1	.274	.356	.462	.818	120
17	Jud Wilson*	HG	3B	64	252	217	30	66	12	6	0	57	0	32	0	3	.304	.394	.415	.808	114
18	Roy Parnell	PS	LF	38	152	127	29	39	5	4	0	17	0	20	4	1	.307	.417	.409	.827	113
19	Gene Benson*	PS	CF	46	206	190	27	64	7	5	0	38	2	14	0	2	.337	.382	.426	.809	108
20	Rogelio Linares*	NYC	LF	33	138	111	18	28	7	2	1	17	2	16	7	4	.252	.381	.378	.759	105
21	Henry Spearman	PS	3B	48	213	190	35	54	13	5	0	30	2	20	0	3	.284	.352	.405	.758	95
22	Bud Barbee	BEG	1B	42	167	151	25	44	4	3	1	20	3	14	1	1	.291	.355	.377	.733	91
23	Javier Pérez	NYC	2B	31	126	115	24	32	5	3	0	22	1	8	0	3	.278	.325	.374	.699	89
24	Harry Williams	HSS/NBY	SS	23	93	85	14	25	3	1	0	12	5	7	1	0	.294	.355	.353	.708	87
25	Henry Kimbro*	BEG	CF	46	207	184	33	50	7	5	0	12	7	23	0	0	.272	.353	.364	.717	87
26	Buddy Armour*	HSS/NBY	CF	14	60	56	9	13	4	0	2	13	2	4	0	0	.232	.283	.411	.694	85
27	Bill Cash	PS	C	44	184	162	25	42	7	3	1	23	2	22	0	0	.259	.348	.358	.706	82
28	Sam Bankhead	HG	SS	72	307	265	53	69	5	2	1	42	17	32	3	7	.260	.347	.306	.652	73
29	Leon Day	NE/PS	2B	30	125	112	15	30	5	1	0	9	2	9	1	3	.268	.328	.330	.658	71
30	Frank Russell	BEG	2B	50	205	183	24	46	4	3	0	17	6	18	1	3	.251	.322	.306	.628	64
31	Charlie Rivera	NYC	2B	31	127	119	20	29	2	1	1	12	4	8	0	0	.244	.291	.303	.594	60
32	Rabbit Martínez	NYC	SS	33	139	126	13	29	6	1	0	13	3	10	1	2	.230	.292	.294	.586	58
33	Rufus Baker^	NBY	SS	31	119	101	15	21	1	2	0	4	4	16	1	1	.208	.322	.257	.579	55
34	Roosevelt Cox	NBY/NYC	3B	32	129	125	17	29	5	1	1	14	1	4	0	0	.232	.256	.312	.568	53
35	Leon Ruffin	NE	C	31	118	108	16	23	7	1	0	19	4	8	2	0	.213	.280	.296	.576	51
36	Zack Clayton*	NBY	1B	24	100	94	12	20	4	1	1	10	0	5	0	1	.213	.253	.309	.561	49
37	Murray Watkins*	NE	3B	33	156	138	22	32	1	0	0	9	6	13	0	5	.232	.298	.239	.537	42
38	Felton Snow	BEG/PS	SS	48	193	182	23	39	5	2	1	16	3	7	1	3	.214	.247	.280	.528	37
39	Bill Bradford*	NBY	LF	25	100	90	8	18	2	1	0	5	1	7	1	2	.200	.265	.244	.510	36
40	Dan Wilson**	HSS	LF	13	60	53	6	11	0	0	0	3	4	6	0	1	.208	.288	.208	.496	33
41	Chesley Gray	HSS	C	14	48	46	7	9	2	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	.196	.229	.239	.468	24

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

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