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

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Josh Gibson	HG	277
2	Tetelo Vargas	NYC	207
3	Larry Doby	NE	154
4	Buck Leonard	HG	152
5	Jerry Benjamin	HG	139
6	Johnny Davis	NE	137
7	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	132
8	Howard Easterling	HG	132
9	Cool Papa Bell	HG	130
10	George Scales	BEG	125

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Johnny Wright	HG	18
2	Spoon Carter	HG	14
3	Dave Barnhill	NYC	10
4	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	10
5	Edsall Walker	HG	9
6	Bill Anderson	HG/NYC	7
7	Leniel Hooker	NE/PS	7
8	Ches Buchanan	PS	6
9	Ray Brown	HG	6
10	Barney Brown	PS	5

Wins Above Replacement

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Throws:

All

Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	2829	604.1	32.6	17.7	2.1	12.7
2	New York Cubans	NN2	1525	327.0	12.9	4.2	1.4	7.2
3	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	1959	427.0	6.5	4.6	0.8	1.1
4	Newark Eagles	NN2	1353	297.0	5.3	1.9	-0.7	4.1
5	Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars	NN2	534	126.0	2.3	-0.8	0.7	2.4
6	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	1837	424.0	-0.2	-1.8	-2.5	4.1
7	New York Black Yankees	NN2	1192	267.0	-6.9	-1.7	-1.5	-3.7
	7	1	11229	2472.1	52.4	24.0	0.5	27.9

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Josh Gibson	HG	C	305		6.8	6.4	0.3	0.0	0.1
2	Johnny Wright	HG	P	82	189.0	6.5	-0.3	0.0	6.8	0.0
3	Dave Barnhill	NYC	P	64	125.2	5.1	0.4	0.1	4.6	0.0
4	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	P	124	134.1	4.6	0.0	-0.4	5.0	0.0
5	Jerry Benjamin	HG	CF	331		2.9	2.5	0.4	0.0	-0.1
6	Edsall Walker	HG	P	54	111.2	2.7	0.6	-0.1	2.2	0.0
7	Sam Bankhead	HG	SS	307		2.6	0.2	2.1	0.0	0.4
8	Howard Easterling	HG	2B	273		2.4	1.9	0.4	0.0	0.1
9	Buck Leonard	HG	1B	310		2.4	2.6	0.0	0.0	-0.3
10	Spoon Carter	HG	P	60	119.1	2.3	-0.1	-0.1	2.5	0.0
11	Tetelo Vargas	NYC	CF	142		2.0	2.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
12	Barney Brown	PS	RF	151	128.1	2.0	0.6	0.1	1.3	-0.1
13	Larry Doby	NE	2B	127		1.9	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.1
14	Cool Papa Bell	HG	LF	307		1.7	2.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
15	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	RF	159	9.0	1.6	1.1	0.1	0.6	-0.1
16	Leniel Hooker	NE/PS	P	37	84.1	1.6	-0.1	0.0	1.7	0.0
17	Goose Curry	PS	RF	206	41.2	1.5	1.1	0.1	0.4	-0.1
18	Gene Benson	PS	CF	206		1.4	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.0
19	Bill Anderson	HG/NYC	P	40	85.1	1.4	-0.3	0.0	1.7	0.0
20	Lennie Pearson	MULT	1B	159		1.3	0.9	0.5	0.0	-0.1
21	Jud Wilson	HG	3B	252		1.1	1.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
22	Jim West	PS	1B	216		1.1	1.1	0.2	0.0	-0.2
23	Johnny Davis	NE	CF	153	6.1	1.0	1.0	-0.3	0.3	0.0
24	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	134	16.1	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0
25	Ray Brown	HG	RF	125	77.0	1.0	0.2	-0.5	1.3	-0.1
26	R. T. Walker	HSS	P	13	25.1	0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
27	Rogelio Linares	NYC	LF	138		0.8	0.5	0.4	0.0	-0.1
28	Neck Stanley	NBY	P	19	55.2	0.8	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
29	Leon Day	NE/PS	2B	125	52.2	0.8	-0.1	-0.4	1.2	0.0
30	Tom Glover	BEG	P	31	85.1	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.0
31	Rabbit Martínez	NYC	SS	139		0.7	-0.3	0.9	0.0	0.2
32	Tom Parker	HSS	RF	61	5.0	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.1	-0.1
33	Henry Kimbro	BEG	CF	207		0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
34	Marvin Williams	PS	SS	54		0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.1
35	Frank McAllister	HSS	P	26	39.1	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
36	Robert Keys	PS	P	11	21.2	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
37	George Scales	BEG	3B	148		0.6	0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
38	Bill Harvey	BEG	RF	106	94.2	0.6	-0.3	-0.2	1.1	-0.1
39	Vic Harris	HG	RF	159		0.6	0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
40	Lefty Boone	HSS	P	18	45.1	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
41	Charlie Shields	HG	P	15	28.1	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
42	Roy Parnell	PS	LF	152		0.5	0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.1
43	Charlie Rivera	NYC	2B	127		0.5	-0.3	0.6	0.0	0.1
44	Jimmy Hill	NE	P	27	59.0	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
45	Lou Louden	NYC	C	111		0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1
46	Henry Spearman	PS	3B	213		0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
47	Albert Williams	NE	SS	68	27.0	0.4	-0.3	-0.3	1.0	0.0
48	Bill Cash	PS	C	184		0.4	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
49	Carrenza Howard	NYC	P	23	54.1	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
50	Specs Roberts	NBY	P	3	8.1	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
51	Ches Buchanan	PS	P	31	77.1	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
52	Roy Partlow	HG	P	26	37.1	0.3	0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.0
53	Larry St. Thomas	NE	C	24		0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
54	Jimmy Ford	MULT	2B	93		0.3	-0.2	0.5	0.0	0.1
55	Verdell Mathis	PS	P	11	25.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
56	Ameal Brooks	NYC	LF	133		0.3	0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.0
57	James Brown	NE	RF	41	5.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
58	Dave Thomas	NYC	1B	136		0.2	0.8	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
59	Bill Hoskins	BEG	LF	152		0.2	-0.1	0.4	0.0	-0.1
60	Marlin Carter	HSS	3B	35		0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
61	Leon Ruffin	NE	C	118		0.2	-0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1
62	Buddy Armour	HSS/NBY	CF	60		0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
63	Mule Suttles	NE	1B	15	2.0	0.2	0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.0
64	Jimmy Johnson	PS	SS	57		0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
65	Curley Andrews	PS	2B	3		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
66	Leonard	NBY	RF	1		0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
67	Charles Dean	NBY	C	8		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
68	Ollie West	HG	P	4	8.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
69	Thad Christopher	BEG/HG	LF	27		0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
70	Sy Morton	PS	2B	102		0.1	-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.1
71	Javier Pérez	NYC	2B	126		0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1
72	Pete Sunkett	PS	2B	39	3.1	0.1	-0.1	0.4	-0.3	0.0
73	Zack Clayton	NBY	1B	100		0.1	-0.4	0.6	0.0	-0.1
74	Mahlon Duckett	PS	SS	63		0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.1
75	Bill Cooper	PS	C	4		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
76	Harry Williams	HSS/NBY	SS	93		0.0	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.1
77	Andy Love	HSS	C	3		0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
78	Jimmy Everett	NBY	LF	16		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
79	Charlie Humber	BEG	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Barney Morris	NYC	P		1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Rodolfo Fernández	NYC	P	6	13.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
82	Jim Williams	NBY	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Jim Smith	NE	C	4		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
84	Lefty Turner	HSS	1B	11		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Buster Johnson	NBY	CF			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Luis Tiant	NYC	P	5	10.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Collins Jones	HSS	SS	14		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Monte Irvin	NE	CF	4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Felton Morrison	PS	-	2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Henry Miller	PS	P	1	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Wendell Jenkins	PS	2B	2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Max Manning	NE	P	3	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Matt Carlisle	HG	2B	63		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Cowboy Murray	BEG	P	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Ed Stone	NBY/NE	RF	62		0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
96	Jeff Shelton	HSS	RF	3		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Billy Horne	HSS	2B	5		0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
98	Ben Keeling	NE	SS	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Norman Robinson	BEG	3B	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Alex Allen	NBY	LF	4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Jackson	NBY	SS	5		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Ed Butler	NE	SS	4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Roy K. Williams	NBY	P	3	5.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
104	Johnson	HSS	3B	5		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Willie Stevenson	HG	P	3	6.2	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
106	William Makell	BEG	C	8		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Bozo Jackson	PS	SS	14		-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
108	Bill Flowers	NBY	1B	8		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Eli Williams	HSS	RF	32		-0.1	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
110	William Randall	HG	CF	4		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Dan Wilson	HSS	LF	60		-0.1	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
112	Junior Scales	BEG	3B	10		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Eddie Berry	BEG	P	2	7.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
114	Julius Tisdale	NBY	LF	4		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
115	Freddie Shepard	BEG	3B	5		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
116	Ronnie Brown	HSS	1B	4		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	Doc Dennis	BEG	SS	37		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	Ted Brown	BEG	SS	19		-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
119	Skin Down Robinson	NBY	3B	75		-0.1	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
120	Frank Williams	HG	RF	5		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Jim Starks	HSS/NBY	1B	50		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
122	Obie Lackey	NBY	LF	8		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
123	John Fitzgerald	NE	LF	11		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
124	Dave Harper	PS	RF	6		-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
125	Art Milton	BEG/NBY	1B	11		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
126	Al Preston	NBY	P		0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
127	Bill Lynn	HG	P		0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
128	Frank McCoy	HSS	C	6		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
129	Jim Jones	BEG	RF	77		-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
130	Judge Owens	BEG	2B	18		-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
131	Clarence Palm	NBY	C	24		-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
132	Wilmore Williams	NE	RF	62		-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
133	Charley Carter	BEG	P	2	5.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
134	Joe Black	BEG	P	1	3.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
135	Roosevelt Cox	NBY/NYC	3B	129		-0.2	-0.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
136	Eugene Jones	HG	P	11	23.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
137	Jim Elam	NE	P	13	31.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.4	0.0
138	Bob Griffith	NBY	P	66	58.1	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0
139	Chesley Gray	HSS	C	48		-0.2	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
140	Lefty Calhoun	HSS	P	7	11.0	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
141	Stanley Glenn	PS	C	3		-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
142	Earl Richardson	NE	SS	50		-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.1
143	Buddy Burbage	PS	LF	35		-0.3	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
144	Flash Miller	NBY	3B	99		-0.3	0.0	-0.4	0.0	0.0
145	Ben Hill	PS	P	9	16.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
146	Bob Harvey	NE	LF	69		-0.3	0.2	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
147	Lefty Mellix	HG	P		1.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
148	Willie Bunn	NBY/PS	P	9	21.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
149	Andy Porter	BEG	P	17	44.2	-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
150	Biggie Williams	BEG	RF	23		-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
151	Rufus Baker	NBY	SS	119		-0.3	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.2
152	Martin Crue	NYC	P	14	29.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
153	Murray Watkins	NE	3B	156		-0.4	-0.6	0.2	0.0	0.0
154	Doug Sydnor	NBY/NYC	LF	56		-0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
155	Joe Spencer	MULT	2B	83		-0.4	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.1
156	Bill Bradford	NBY	LF	100		-0.4	-0.5	0.2	0.0	-0.1
157	Frazier Robinson	BEG	C	47		-0.4	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
158	Willie Burns	BEG	P	20	36.2	-0.5	0.2	0.0	-0.6	0.0
159	Robert Gaston	HG	C	55		-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
160	Bob Clarke	BEG/PS	C	147		-0.5	-0.6	0.0	0.0	0.1
161	Bud Barbee	BEG	1B	167	3.2	-0.5	0.2	-0.4	-0.2	-0.1
162	Harvey Young	BEG	SS	53		-0.5	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.1
163	George Kemp	NBY	C	72		-0.6	-0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.1
164	Larry Kimbrough	PS	P	22	24.2	-0.6	0.1	-0.2	-0.5	0.0
165	Felton Snow	BEG/PS	SS	193		-0.7	-1.0	0.2	0.0	0.2
166	Ossie Stewart	BEG	P	4	11.1	-0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.7	0.0
167	Fred Hobgood	NE	P	16	29.1	-0.7	0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
168	Gerves Fagan	MULT	2B	47		-0.7	-0.1	-0.7	0.0	0.0
169	Austin Davis	NE	3B	39		-0.7	-0.2	-0.5	0.0	0.0
170	Percy Forrest	NBY	P	23	58.1	-0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
171	Bricktop Wright	NBY	RF	74		-0.9	-0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.0
172	Bob Evans	NBY/PS	P	31	64.2	-1.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.8	0.0
173	John McCrary	NBY	P	9	14.2	-1.2	0.0	0.0	-1.2	0.0
174	Frank Russell	BEG	2B	205		-1.3	-0.3	-1.2	0.0	0.1
175	Emery Adams	NBY/PS	RF	89	35.1	-2.9	0.5	-0.1	-3.2	-0.1

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