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

Runs Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	Josh Gibson	HG	57
2	Jerry Benjamin	HG	53
3	Bus Clarkson	MULT	52
4	Howard Easterling	HG	51
5	Willie Wells	NE	50
6	Sammy Hughes	BEG	47
7	Goose Curry	PS	47
8	Lennie Pearson	HG/NE	45
9	Roy Parnell	PS	42
10	David Whatley	HG	39

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Leon Day	HG/NE	241
2	Jonas Gaines	BEG	231
3	Garnett Blair	HG	209
4	Roy Partlow	HG	172
5	Max Manning	NE	150
6	Barney Brown	PS	142
7	Eugene Smith	NBY	117
8	Johnny Wright	HG	113
9	Ray Brown	HG	112
10	Tom Glover	BEG	112

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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