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

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Willie Wells	NE	.342
2	Josh Gibson	HG	.340
3	Lennie Pearson	HG/NE	.335
4	Leon Day	HG/NE	.317
5	Bus Clarkson	MULT	.313
6	David Whatley	HG	.312
7	Wild Bill Wright	BEG	.310
8	Roy Parnell	PS	.299
9	Jim Williams	NYC	.299
10	Goose Curry	PS	.298

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Leon Day	HG/NE	87
2	Barney Brown	PS	76
3	Eugene Smith	NBY	70
4	Joe Fillmore	PS	62
5	Roy Welmaker	HG	61
6	Jonas Gaines	BEG	61
7	Jimmy Hill	NE	60
8	Ray Brown	HG	60
9	Roy Partlow	HG	60
10	Leniel Hooker	NE	56

Wins Above Replacement

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Throws:

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Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	2742	614.1		23.5	11.9	-0.4	12.0	0.0
2	Newark Eagles	NN2	2033	456.2		16.2	8.4	1.1	6.8	0.0
3	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	2231	519.0		10.8	5.8	0.4	4.5	0.0
4	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	2224	502.2		10.7	4.4	1.9	4.5	0.0
5	New York Black Yankees	NN2	1305	300.0		1.9	1.7	-1.0	1.1	0.0
6	New York Cubans	NN2	1125	254.2		-2.3	-0.8	-1.7	0.2	0.0
	6	1	11660	2647.1		60.9	31.4	0.3	29.1	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Leon Day	HG/NE	CF	158	94.0		5.7	1.0	0.4	4.3	0.0
2	Josh Gibson	HG	C	266			4.2	4.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
3	Roy Partlow	HG	P	65	106.2		3.6	-0.2	0.0	3.8	0.0
4	Sam Bankhead	HG	SS	250	9.0		3.4	1.4	1.5	0.3	0.2
5	Lennie Pearson	HG/NE	1B	232			3.3	2.9	0.6	0.0	-0.2
6	Ray Brown	HG	P	121	141.2		2.9	0.4	-0.3	2.8	-0.1
7	Max Manning	NE	P	42	104.0		2.9	-0.3	0.0	3.1	0.0
8	Bus Clarkson	MULT	SS	261			2.8	3.0	-0.6	0.0	0.4
9	Barney Brown	PS	P	82	154.2		2.3	0.1	0.0	2.2	0.0
10	Jonas Gaines	BEG	P	33	84.2		2.3	-0.1	0.0	2.4	0.0
11	Howard Easterling	HG	3B	290			2.2	1.3	0.9	0.0	0.0
12	Willie Wells	NE	SS	218			2.1	2.1	-0.3	0.0	0.3
13	Wild Bill Wright	BEG	RF	224			1.9	1.6	0.6	0.0	-0.2
14	Jim West	PS	1B	231			1.8	1.3	0.8	0.0	-0.2
15	Leslie Green	NBY	CF	134			1.7	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.0
16	Johnny Wright	HG	P	28	78.0		1.7	-0.1	0.0	1.8	0.0
17	Dave Barnhill	NYC	P	31	82.0		1.7	0.2	0.0	1.5	0.0
18	Terris McDuffie	PS	P	34	79.1		1.5	0.1	0.0	1.4	0.0
19	Tommy Butts	BEG	SS	245			1.5	-0.3	1.4	0.0	0.4
20	Garnett Blair	HG	P	19	43.0		1.5	0.1	0.0	1.3	0.0
21	Eugene Smith	NBY	P	48	97.0		1.4	0.1	-0.1	1.4	0.0
22	Sammy Hughes	BEG	2B	239			1.4	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.2
23	Bill Byrd	BEG	P	81	94.1		1.4	0.5	-0.3	1.2	0.0
24	Bill Hoskins	BEG	LF	199			1.3	1.1	0.4	0.0	-0.2
25	Ed Stone	HG/NE	RF	241			1.2	1.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
26	Henry Spearman	BEG/PS	3B	231			1.1	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
27	Monte Irvin	NE	CF	23			1.1	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.0
28	Roy Campanella	BEG	C	167			1.0	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.0
29	Roy Welmaker	HG	P	52	119.2		1.0	-0.2	0.1	1.1	0.0
30	Jerry Benjamin	HG	CF	306			1.0	1.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
31	Tom Glover	BEG	P	36	92.2		0.9	-0.2	0.0	1.2	0.0
32	Leniel Hooker	NE	P	44	96.0		0.9	-0.3	0.0	1.2	0.0
33	Johnny Davis	NE	LF	100			0.9	0.8	0.2	0.0	-0.1
34	Vic Harris	HG	LF	205			0.8	0.4	0.6	0.0	-0.2
35	Ray Dandridge	NE	2B	138			0.8	-0.5	1.1	0.0	0.1
36	Larry Kimbrough	PS	P	5	14.0		0.7	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.0
37	Roy Parnell	PS	LF	226			0.7	1.2	-0.3	0.0	-0.2
38	R. T. Walker	NBY	P	8	19.2		0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
39	Bradford Bennett	NBY	1B	96			0.7	0.5	0.3	0.0	-0.1
40	Johnny Hayes	NBY	C	128			0.7	0.9	-0.3	0.0	0.1
41	Larry Doby	NE	2B	88			0.7	0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.0
42	Joe Fillmore	PS	P	40	108.0		0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
43	Henry Kimbro	BEG	CF	251			0.6	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
44	Jim Williams	NYC	RF	127			0.5	0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.1
45	David Whatley	HG	RF	213			0.5	1.2	-0.5	0.0	-0.2
46	Dick Seay	NBY	2B	90			0.5	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1
47	Jud Wilson	HG	1B	185			0.5	1.0	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
48	Charlie Parks	NE	C	163			0.5	1.0	-0.6	0.0	0.1
49	Edsall Walker	HG/PS	P	4	9.1		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
50	Chester Williams	HG	SS	214			0.4	-0.3	0.4	0.0	0.3
51	Wilmer Fields	HG	LF	26	16.0		0.4	0.1	-0.1	0.4	0.0
52	Andy Porter	BEG	P	6	18.2		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
53	Willie Jefferson	PS	P	11	25.0		0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0
54	Goose Curry	PS	RF	217			0.3	1.2	-0.7	0.0	-0.2
55	Thomas Saxon	NYC	P	6	13.1		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
56	Silvino Ruíz	NYC	P	2	4.1		0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
57	Bill Cooper	PS	C	126			0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.1
58	Tom Parker	NBY	RF	133	29.1		0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.6	-0.1
59	Glass	NE	RF	1			0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
60	Gene Benson	PS	CF	197			0.3	-0.2	0.5	0.0	0.0
61	Charlie Shields	NYC	P	1	6.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
62	Ed Mayweather	NBY	1B	8			0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
63	Buster Haywood	NYC	C	50			0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
64	J. C. Hamilton	HG	P	16	20.0		0.2	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0
65	Jesse Brown	BEG	P	16	26.1		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
66	Carrenza Howard	NYC	P	7	17.1		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
67	Felton Snow	BEG	3B	192	4.1		0.2	-0.2	0.3	0.1	0.0
68	Chesley Gray	NBY	LF	32			0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
69	Mule Suttles	NE	1B	12			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
70	Bill Harvey	BEG	P	47	57.0		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Shybaker	NBY	P	2	5.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
72	Neck Stanley	NBY	P	6	19.2		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
73	Fred Worthy	NYC	SS	5			0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
74	Ziggy Marcell	PS	C	17			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
75	Javier Pérez	NYC	2B	91			0.1	0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.0
76	Fran Matthews	NE	1B	14			0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
77	Matt Carlisle	HG	2B	199			0.0	1.1	-1.3	0.0	0.2
78	Culp	NYC	2B	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Leon Ruffin	NE	C	122			0.0	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1
80	José María Fernández	NYC	C	20			0.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
81	Norton	NYC	-				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Tetelo Vargas	NYC	LF	96			0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
83	Bill Casey	BEG	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Larnie Jordan	NBY	SS	29			0.0	0.4	-0.5	0.0	0.1
85	Lou Louden	NYC	C	38			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Dave Thomas	NYC	1B	109			0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
87	Clarence Isreal	NE	3B	186			0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
88	Carl Whitney	NBY/NE	LF	52			0.0	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
89	Butch Davis	NE	CF	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Beverly Boanes	NYC	2B				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Gordon	NE	3B	2			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Lucius Dorsey	NE	LF	7			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Frank McAllister	NBY	P	31	46.0		-0.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.0
94	Ches Buchanan	PS	P	23	53.1		-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0
95	Curtis Henderson	NBY	SS	7			-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
96	Clarence Palm	PS	C	95			-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
97	Greene Farmer	NBY	LF	5			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
98	Emery Adams	BEG	P	30	53.0		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
99	George Scales	BEG	1B	193			-0.1	0.8	-0.8	0.0	-0.1
100	Roy K. Williams	BEG	P	2	4.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
101	Henry McHenry	PS	P	2	3.2		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
102	Bill Flowers	NBY	SS	10			-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
103	Dave Campbell	PS	2B	4			-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
104	Willie Burns	NBY/NE	P	10	13.2		-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
105	Robert Gaston	HG	C	75			-0.2	0.5	-0.8	0.0	0.1
106	Pat Patterson	PS	2B	147			-0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.1
107	Frank Williams	HG	RF	6			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
108	Moore	NBY	P	1	2.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
109	Spencer Davis	NBY	SS	18			-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Leamon Johnson	NBY	SS	6			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
111	Buck Leonard	HG	1B	149			-0.2	0.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
112	Bud Barbee	PS	P	4	11.2		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
113	Jimmy Ford	NBY	3B	88			-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Mahlon Duckett	PS	2B	143			-0.3	-1.1	0.8	0.0	0.1
115	Bob Evans	NBY/PS	P	21	54.0		-0.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0
116	Rabbit Martínez	NYC	SS	78			-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.1
117	Specs Roberts	PS	P		1.1		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
118	Dan Wilson	NBY	LF	140			-0.3	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
119	Bob Griffith	NBY	P	25	51.0		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
120	Murray Watkins	NE	SS	27			-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
121	Granville Lyons	BEG	1B	27			-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
122	Ameal Brooks	NYC	C	64			-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
123	Harry Williams	NBY	3B	129			-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.1
124	Fred Hobgood	NE	P	29	64.2		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
125	Barney Morris	NYC	P	18	55.2		-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
126	Bill Barnes	BEG	P	24	67.2		-0.5	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
127	Marvin Barker	PS	RF	160			-0.5	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
128	Alphonse Dunn	NYC	LF	51			-0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
129	Bob Clarke	BEG	C	121			-0.6	-0.9	0.2	0.0	0.1
130	Roosevelt Cox	NYC	3B	97			-0.6	-0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
131	Heberto Blanco	NYC	2B	123			-0.7	-0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.1
132	Jimmy Hill	NE	P	38	86.2		-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
133	Lefty Turner	BEG	1B	55			-0.8	-0.4	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
134	Martin Crue	NYC	P	13	30.0		-0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.8	0.0
135	Lefty Calhoun	NBY/PS	P	15	37.0		-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
136	Lefty Boone	NBY	P	4	7.0		-0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.8	0.0
137	Jim Starks	NBY	1B	65			-0.9	-0.6	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
138	Charlie Thomason	NE	CF	47			-0.9	-0.5	-0.4	0.0	0.0
139	Spoon Carter	HG	P	25	62.0		-0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
140	Lincoln Williams	NYC	CF	76			-1.0	-0.6	-0.4	0.0	0.0
141	James Brown	NE	LF	99	6.2		-1.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.1	-0.1
142	Bill Anderson	NYC	P	21	46.0		-1.1	-0.2	0.0	-1.0	0.0

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