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 Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	Josh Gibson	HG	93
2	Jerry Benjamin	HG	83
3	Buck Leonard	HG	71
4	Cool Papa Bell	HG	63
5	Sam Bankhead	HG	53
6	Howard Easterling	HG	47
7	Goose Curry	PS	47
8	Jim West	PS	37
9	Henry Spearman	PS	35
10	Tetelo Vargas	NYC	35

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Johnny Wright	HG	2.52
2	Dave Barnhill	NYC	2.86
3	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	2.95
4	Lefty Boone	HSS	3.57
5	Edsall Walker	HG	3.63
6	Spoon Carter	HG	3.77
7	Bill Anderson	HG/NYC	4.01
8	Ray Brown	HG	4.09
9	Leon Day	NE	4.27
10	Frank McAllister	HSS	4.35

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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