1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Season

Negro National League II

1947 / 1949

Top Hitter

Frank
Austin

Top Pitcher

Bill
Ricks

Leaders

OPS

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Luke Easter	HG	.969
2	Lester Lockett	BEG	.939
3	Minnie Miñoso	NYC	.927
4	Ray Noble	NYC	.903
5	Frank Austin	PS	.879
6	Bob Harvey	NE	.867
7	Buck Leonard	HG	.856
8	Lorenzo Cabrera	NYC	.845
9	Henry Kimbro	BEG	.830
10	Bob Thurman	HG	.824

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Bill Byrd	BEG	1.02
2	Joe Black	BEG	1.04
3	Leniel Hooker	NE	1.09
4	Max Manning	NE	1.11
5	Rufus Lewis	NE	1.11
6	Bob Romby	BEG	1.18
7	Jonas Gaines	BEG	1.20
8	Tom Parker	HG	1.21
9	Wilmer Fields	HG	1.21
10	R. T. Walker	HG	1.23

All-1948 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Lester Lockett	BEG	3.4	2.8	0.9
Luke Easter	HG	2.6	2.3	0.5

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Luis Márquez	HG	3.0	1.8	1.2
Henry Kimbro	BEG	2.9	2.3	0.6

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bob Harvey	NE	1.8	1.8	0.3
Frank Russell	BEG	1.6	1.1	0.6

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Frank Austin	PS	4.1	2.3	1.5
Sam Bankhead	HG	1.9	1.0	0.7

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jim Gilliam	BEG	4.0	1.5	2.2
Sherwood Brewer	NYC	0.5	-0.1	0.6

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Minnie Miñoso	NYC	1.7	2.2	-0.5
Bob Wilson	NE	1.1	1.2	0.0

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Lennie Pearson	NE	2.1	1.1	1.3
Buck Leonard	HG	1.5	1.4	0.3

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ray Noble	NYC	1.4	1.8	-0.5
Eudie Napier	HG	1.2	0.7	0.4

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Patricio Scantlebury	NYC	116.2	3.2	2.2	0.8
Joe Black	BEG	113.1	2.6	2.6	0.0
Henry Miller	PS	111.2	2.5	2.4	0.1
Bill Byrd	BEG	123.1	2.5	2.1	0.4

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Bill Ricks	PS	52.0	2.8	2.8	0.0
Barney Brown	PS	56.2	1.8	1.7	-0.1
Bob Romby	BEG	89.0	1.4	1.2	0.1
Bob Griffith	NBY	35.1	1.0	0.9	0.2

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