1943 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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

All-1943 Team

League:

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Cool Papa Bell	HG	1.7	2.1	-0.2
Rogelio Linares	NYC	0.8	0.5	0.4

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jerry Benjamin	HG	2.9	2.5	0.4
Tetelo Vargas	NYC	2.0	2.3	-0.2

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Barney Brown	PS	2.0	0.6	0.1
Pancho Coimbre	NYC	1.6	1.1	0.1

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sam Bankhead	HG	2.6	0.2	2.1
Rabbit Martínez	NYC	0.7	-0.3	0.9

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Howard Easterling	HG	2.4	1.9	0.4
Larry Doby	NE	1.9	1.1	0.6

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jud Wilson	HG	1.1	1.0	0.1
George Scales	BEG	0.6	0.8	-0.1

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Leonard	HG	2.4	2.6	0.0
Lennie Pearson	MULT	1.3	0.9	0.5

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	HG	6.8	6.4	0.3
Lou Louden	NYC	0.4	0.3	0.1

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Johnny Wright	HG	189.0	6.5	6.8	-0.3
Dave Barnhill	NYC	125.2	5.1	4.6	0.4
Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	134.1	4.6	5.0	0.0
Bill Anderson	HG/NYC	85.1	1.4	1.7	-0.3
Neck Stanley	NBY	55.2	0.8	1.0	-0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Edsall Walker	HG	111.2	2.7	2.2	0.6
Spoon Carter	HG	119.1	2.3	2.5	-0.1
Leniel Hooker	NE/PS	84.1	1.6	1.7	-0.1
R. T. Walker	HSS	25.1	0.9	1.0	-0.1
Tom Glover	BEG	85.1	0.8	0.8	0.0

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