1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Season

Negro National League II

1947 / 1949

Top Hitter

Frank
Austin

Top Pitcher

Bill
Ricks

Leaders

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Luke Easter	HG	.450
2	Lester Lockett	BEG	.431
3	Minnie Miñoso	NYC	.427
4	Ray Noble	NYC	.417
5	Bob Harvey	NE	.414
6	Buck Leonard	HG	.412
7	Henry Kimbro	BEG	.409
8	Frank Austin	PS	.402
9	Lorenzo Cabrera	NYC	.393
10	Bob Thurman	HG	.389

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Bill Ricks	PS	211
2	Max Manning	NE	195
3	Rufus Lewis	NE	183
4	Bill Byrd	BEG	178
5	Joe Black	BEG	170
6	Bob Romby	BEG	152
7	Barney Brown	PS	144
8	Dave Barnhill	NYC	113
9	Patricio Scantlebury	NYC	112
10	Jonas Gaines	BEG	111

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

L

R

S

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	New York Cubans	NN2	42	1619	1458	206	400	76	28	11	181	23		124			4	33			.274	.333	.388	.720	113
2	Homestead Grays	NN2	42	1569	1396	209	359	54	18	20	172	38		144			13	16			.257	.332	.365	.697	106
3	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	59	2234	1945	321	543	83	28	9	264	47		213			22	54			.279	.357	.365	.721	106
4	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	49	1808	1653	210	423	65	19	13	176	20		113			7	35			.256	.306	.342	.648	94
5	Newark Eagles	NN2	54	1916	1690	206	405	46	22	16	177	23		183			7	36			.240	.316	.321	.638	85
6	New York Black Yankees	NN2	25	907	836	76	189	20	6	6	65	6		60			2	9			.226	.280	.286	.565	67
	6	1	272	10053	8978	1228	2319	344	121	75	1035	157		837			55	183			.258	.325	.349	.674	97

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	Luke Easter*	HG	LF	41	174	144	34	45	9	3	6	37	2		27			2	1			.313	.428	.542	.969	184
2	Minnie Miñoso	NYC	3B	36	167	157	27	54	11	6	3	27	5		8			1	1			.344	.380	.548	.927	174
3	Lester Lockett	BEG	LF	58	255	235	41	85	15	4	6	53	4		16			0	4			.362	.402	.536	.939	167
4	Ray Noble	NYC	C	38	148	134	12	43	10	4	3	21	3		12			1	1			.321	.381	.522	.903	167
5	Frank Austin	PS	SS	46	210	191	32	68	15	3	1	24	3		11			2	6			.356	.397	.482	.879	163
6	Bob Harvey*	NE	RF	51	201	174	20	60	4	3	2	24	1		25			1	1			.345	.430	.437	.867	152
7	Buck Leonard*	HG	1B	37	150	122	23	34	8	0	4	18	1		26			2	0			.279	.413	.443	.856	152
8	Lorenzo Cabrera*	NYC	1B	36	151	140	22	45	10	3	2	28	3		10			0	1			.321	.367	.479	.845	150
9	Cleveland Clark	NYC	CF	36	149	130	20	39	9	5	0	16	2		15			1	3			.300	.377	.446	.823	144
10	Bob Thurman*	HG	RF	39	151	139	25	45	8	3	1	20	4		11			1	0			.324	.377	.446	.824	142
11	Henry Kimbro*	BEG	CF	59	270	201	54	56	11	4	0	21	7		59			7	3			.279	.457	.373	.830	138
12	Luis Márquez	HG	CF	41	185	162	32	47	9	2	3	12	15		18			5	0			.290	.378	.426	.804	136
13	Monte Irvin	NE	LF	43	173	151	25	41	4	2	5	27	5		20			1	1			.272	.360	.424	.784	127
14	Harry Simpson*	PS	CF	45	186	171	29	51	9	1	2	24	2		15			0	0			.298	.355	.398	.752	125
15	Bob Wilson	NE	3B	52	197	182	11	54	8	1	3	28	7		14			1	0			.297	.350	.401	.751	118
16	Lennie Pearson	NE	1B	53	222	202	34	60	6	2	3	29	1		18			0	2			.297	.355	.391	.746	116
17	Jim Gilliam**	BEG	2B	58	261	219	48	63	9	4	0	33	8		35			1	6			.288	.388	.365	.754	116
18	Marvin Barker	NBY	3B	23	86	81	9	24	4	1	1	9	1		3			0	2			.296	.321	.407	.729	116
19	Tommy Butts	BEG	SS	51	226	191	44	58	9	1	0	15	6		24			3	8			.304	.390	.361	.751	115
20	Frank Russell	BEG	RF	57	225	211	33	66	13	5	0	37	4		3			2	9			.313	.329	.422	.751	114
21	Johnny Smith*	NBY	RF	22	86	81	8	26	1	1	0	7	0		5			0	0			.321	.360	.358	.718	114
22	Bill Cash	PS	C	44	156	140	16	35	4	6	2	13	1		11			0	5			.250	.305	.407	.712	112
23	Sam Bankhead	HG	SS	42	186	155	32	40	6	1	2	14	7		21			2	8			.258	.354	.348	.702	107
24	Johnny Washington*	BEG	1B	56	235	215	23	64	8	4	0	33	2		16			0	4			.298	.346	.372	.718	105
25	Mahlon Duckett	PS	2B	43	167	151	22	41	6	4	0	19	3		11			0	5			.272	.321	.364	.685	105
26	Jimmy Wilkes*	NE	CF	54	233	204	35	51	7	5	2	17	4		27			1	1			.250	.341	.363	.703	104
27	Pedro Ballester	NYC	SS	36	137	128	23	33	9	1	2	14	1		5			0	4			.258	.286	.391	.676	100
28	Archie Brathwaite^	PS	RF	39	164	147	21	36	6	2	2	20	4		12			2	3			.245	.311	.354	.664	99
29	Ed Finney	BEG	3B	50	187	163	25	45	4	2	0	15	10		19			0	5			.276	.352	.325	.677	94
30	Bud Barbee	NBY	LF	23	89	80	11	19	4	1	0	8	0		9			0	0			.238	.315	.313	.627	86
31	Curley Williams*	NE	SS	54	230	195	27	45	7	4	0	14	1		24			2	9			.231	.321	.308	.629	83
32	Gene Benson*	PS	LF	43	173	160	12	39	3	0	1	17	1		11			0	2			.244	.292	.281	.574	72
33	Doc Dennis	PS	1B	46	176	166	12	36	11	2	0	15	0		8			1	1			.217	.257	.307	.564	69
34	Murray Watkins*	PS	3B	47	209	196	26	47	6	0	0	12	6		9			0	4			.240	.273	.270	.544	63
35	Art Hefner*	NBY	CF	23	95	88	8	20	0	0	0	6	5		7			0	0			.227	.284	.227	.511	53
36	Leroy Williams**	NE	2B	54	199	172	16	32	3	3	0	10	3		20			0	7			.186	.271	.238	.509	48
37	Walter Hardy	NBY	SS	21	82	76	7	14	0	1	1	3	0		6			0	0			.184	.244	.250	.494	47
38	Frazier Robinson	BEG	C	59	209	193	16	36	2	3	1	18	2		9			1	6			.187	.227	.244	.470	34

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

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