1942 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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

Stolen Bases

#	Player	Team	SB
1	Jerry Benjamin	HG	15
2	Matt Carlisle	HG	13
3	Sam Bankhead	HG	9
4	Tommy Butts	BEG	8
5	Bus Clarkson	MULT	7
6	Leslie Green	NBY	7
7	Wild Bill Wright	BEG	5
8	Bill Hoskins	BEG	5
9	Harry Williams	NBY	5
10	Chester Williams	HG	5

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Leon Day	HG/NE	2.81
2	Dave Barnhill	NYC	2.27
3	Tom Glover	BEG	2.26
4	Roy Welmaker	HG	2.26
5	Barney Morris	NYC	2.21
6	Bill Harvey	BEG	2.07
7	Jonas Gaines	BEG	1.97
8	Johnny Wright	HG	1.95
9	Bill Byrd	BEG	1.85
10	Joe Fillmore	PS	1.82

All-1942 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bill Hoskins	BEG	1.3	1.1	0.4
Johnny Davis	NE	0.9	0.8	0.2

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Leon Day	HG/NE	5.7	1.0	0.4
Leslie Green	NBY	1.7	1.0	0.7

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Wild Bill Wright	BEG	1.9	1.6	0.6
Ed Stone	HG/NE	1.2	1.5	-0.1

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sam Bankhead	HG	3.4	1.4	1.5
Bus Clarkson	MULT	2.8	3.0	-0.6

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sammy Hughes	BEG	1.4	1.0	0.2
Ray Dandridge	NE	0.8	-0.5	1.1

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Howard Easterling	HG	2.2	1.3	0.9
Henry Spearman	BEG/PS	1.1	1.1	0.0

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Lennie Pearson	HG/NE	3.3	2.9	0.6
Jim West	PS	1.8	1.3	0.8

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	HG	4.2	4.0	0.1
Roy Campanella	BEG	1.0	0.6	0.3

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Roy Partlow	HG	106.2	3.6	3.8	-0.2
Ray Brown	HG	141.2	2.9	2.8	0.4
Max Manning	NE	104.0	2.9	3.1	-0.3
Barney Brown	PS	154.2	2.3	2.2	0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Johnny Wright	HG	78.0	1.7	1.8	-0.1
Bill Byrd	BEG	94.1	1.4	1.2	0.5
Tom Glover	BEG	92.2	0.9	1.2	-0.2
Leniel Hooker	NE	96.0	0.9	1.2	-0.3

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