1944 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1944 Season

Negro National League II

1943 / 1945

Tom Wilson (President)
Ed Bolden (Vice President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Buck
Leonard

Top Pitcher

Bill
Ricks

Leaders

Homeruns

#	Player	Team	HR
1	Josh Gibson	HG	10
2	Buck Leonard	HG	7
3	Bill Hoskins	BEG	5
4	Dave Hoskins	HG	4
5	Doc Dennis	BEG	3
6	Hubert Glenn	PS	3
7	Marvin Williams	PS	3
8	Goose Curry	PS	3
9	Dave Thomas	NYC	3
10	Bob Harvey	NE	3

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Donald Troy	BEG	276
2	Barney Morris	NYC	194
3	Henry Miller	PS	163
4	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	162
5	Bill Ricks	PS	157
6	Jonas Gaines	BEG	146
7	Roy Welmaker	HG	133
8	Ray Brown	HG	131
9	Leniel Hooker	NE	128
10	Victor Greenidge	NYC	127

All-1944 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bill Hoskins	BEG	1.5	1.6	0.0
Pancho Coimbre	NYC	1.5	1.3	0.3

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jerry Benjamin	HG	1.5	1.1	0.4
Henry Kimbro	BEG	1.1	1.4	-0.3

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Dave Hoskins	HG	1.6	1.2	-0.1
Ed Stone	PS	0.9	1.1	0.0

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sam Bankhead	HG	2.2	0.6	1.4
Frank Austin	PS	1.9	1.3	0.3

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ray Dandridge	NE	1.6	0.9	0.5
Marvin Williams	PS	1.0	1.7	-0.9

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Henry Spearman	PS	0.8	0.7	0.1
Héctor Rodríguez	NYC	0.7	-0.1	0.8

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Leonard	HG	2.9	2.8	0.4
Lennie Pearson	NE	1.1	0.5	0.7

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Roy Campanella	BEG/PS	1.9	1.5	0.4
Josh Gibson	HG	1.8	2.3	-0.5

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Ray Brown	HG	127.1	4.1	3.2	1.0
Bill Ricks	PS	148.0	3.7	3.7	0.0
Henry Miller	PS	68.2	2.4	2.3	0.1
Donald Troy	BEG	55.1	2.3	2.4	-0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Willie Hubert	HG	24.0	1.0	1.1	-0.1
Barney Morris	NYC	60.0	0.9	1.1	-0.2
Carrenza Howard	NYC	72.2	0.7	0.9	-0.2
Connie Rector	NBY	32.0	0.6	0.5	0.1

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