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

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	3.41
2	Tom Glover	BEG	3.38
3	Luis Tiant	NYC	2.85
4	Ray Brown	HG	2.17
5	Barney Brown	PS	2.05
6	Henry Miller	PS	1.89
7	Dave Barnhill	NYC	1.89
8	Terris McDuffie	NBY/NE	1.84
9	Bill Ricks	PS	1.80
10	Edsall Walker	HG	1.68

Wins Above Replacement

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League:

Bats:

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R

S

Throws:

All

L

R

Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	2212	498.1		16.6	9.8	0.4	6.4	0.0
2	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	2193	478.2		15.8	8.6	-1.2	8.4	0.0
3	New York Cubans	NN2	1508	350.1		8.4	1.2	3.1	4.1	0.0
4	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	1332	304.0		8.1	3.5	-0.2	4.7	0.0
5	Newark Eagles	NN2	1425	317.0		5.3	1.7	1.6	2.0	0.0
6	New York Black Yankees	NN2	842	194.2		-6.5	-2.4	-3.4	-0.7	0.0
	6	1	9512	2143.0		47.7	22.3	0.4	25.0	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Ray Brown	HG	P	94	127.1		4.1	1.0	0.0	3.2	0.0
2	Bill Ricks	PS	P	66	148.0		3.7	0.0	0.0	3.7	0.0
3	Buck Leonard	HG	1B	225			2.9	2.8	0.4	0.0	-0.2
4	Henry Miller	PS	P	35	68.2		2.4	0.1	0.0	2.3	0.0
5	Donald Troy	BEG	P	23	55.1		2.3	-0.1	0.0	2.4	0.0
6	Sam Bankhead	HG	SS	255	10.0		2.2	0.6	1.4	0.0	0.3
7	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	P	39	78.0		2.0	-0.1	0.0	2.1	0.0
8	Roy Campanella	BEG/PS	C	151			1.9	1.5	0.4	0.0	0.0
9	Frank Austin	PS	SS	224			1.9	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3
10	Josh Gibson	HG	C	203			1.8	2.3	-0.5	0.0	0.1
11	Hubert Glenn	PS	P	29	49.1		1.8	0.4	-0.1	1.5	0.0
12	Ray Dandridge	NE	2B	152			1.6	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.2
13	Dave Hoskins	HG	RF	200	50.1		1.6	1.2	-0.1	0.7	-0.2
14	Jerry Benjamin	HG	CF	251			1.5	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
15	Bill Hoskins	BEG	LF	132			1.5	1.6	0.0	0.0	-0.1
16	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	LF	138			1.5	1.3	0.3	0.0	-0.1
17	Goose Curry	PS	LF	174	20.1		1.3	1.0	-0.2	0.7	-0.1
18	Terris McDuffie	NBY/NE	P	40	91.0		1.2	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.0
19	Leniel Hooker	NE	P	41	101.1		1.2	-0.3	0.0	1.4	0.0
20	Lou Louden	NYC	C	109			1.1	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.1
21	Bob Harvey	NE	LF	120			1.1	1.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
22	Henry Kimbro	BEG	CF	152			1.1	1.4	-0.3	0.0	0.0
23	Lennie Pearson	NE	1B	157			1.1	0.5	0.7	0.0	-0.1
24	Jonas Gaines	BEG	P	16	44.0		1.1	-0.1	0.0	1.2	0.0
25	Marvin Williams	PS	2B	222			1.0	1.7	-0.9	0.0	0.2
26	Willie Hubert	HG	P	10	24.0		1.0	-0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
27	Johnny Davis	NE	LF	123	26.1		1.0	0.9	0.3	-0.2	-0.1
28	Barney Morris	NYC	P	23	60.0		0.9	-0.2	0.0	1.1	0.0
29	Ed Stone	PS	RF	218			0.9	1.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2
30	Johnny Taylor	NYC	P	5	15.1		0.9	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.0
31	Roy Welmaker	HG	P	21	39.1		0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
32	Jim West	PS	1B	219			0.9	1.4	-0.3	0.0	-0.2
33	Javier Pérez	NYC	2B	117			0.8	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1
34	Gene Benson	PS	CF	243			0.8	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0
35	Henry Spearman	PS	3B	154			0.8	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
36	José Vargas	NYC	CF	140			0.8	-0.1	1.0	0.0	0.0
37	Cool Papa Bell	HG	LF	250			0.8	1.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
38	Héctor Rodríguez	NYC	3B	177			0.7	-0.1	0.8	0.0	0.0
39	Carrenza Howard	NYC	P	28	72.2		0.7	-0.2	0.0	0.9	0.0
40	George Scales	BEG	1B	50			0.6	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0
41	Connie Rector	NBY	P	16	32.0		0.6	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
42	Freddie Jackson	NBY	P	3	9.0		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
43	Rabbit Martínez	NYC	SS	140			0.5	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2
44	Walter Cannady	HG	2B	147			0.5	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.1
45	Dave Barnhill	NYC	P	30	35.1		0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
46	Garnett Blair	HG	P	2	7.0		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
47	Perry	PS	P	3	9.0		0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
48	Victor Greenidge	NYC	P	15	39.1		0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
49	Mule Suttles	NE	1B	31			0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
50	Bill Cash	PS	C	199			0.4	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.1
51	Spoon Carter	HG	P	29	78.0		0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.5	0.0
52	Luis Tiant	NYC	P	16	43.1		0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
53	Vic Barnett	NE	RF	110			0.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	-0.1
54	Jesse Brown	NBY	P	2	4.1		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
55	Edsall Walker	HG	P	31	64.1		0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
56	Murray Watkins	NE	3B	171			0.3	-0.4	0.6	0.0	0.0
57	Andy Porter	BEG	P	12	30.2		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
58	Eddie Jacobs	NE	P	9	19.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
59	William Makell	NE	C	17			0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
60	Johnny Johnson	HG	P	23	63.1		0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
61	Barney Brown	PS	LF	118	85.0		0.2	0.0	0.1	0.1	-0.1
62	Roosevelt Cox	NYC	3B	7			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
63	Lefty Boone	HG/PS	P	10	21.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
64	Thad Christopher	NBY	RF	47			0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
65	Norman Robinson	BEG	RF	76			0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1
66	Gil Garrido	NYC	2B	53			0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
67	Bob Clarke	BEG	C	59			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
68	Tom Glover	BEG	P	14	35.1		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
69	Joe Atkins	NE	SS	5			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
70	Pete Sunkett	PS	P	18	34.2		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
71	Ule Mahoney	PS	P	29	28.1		0.1	0.4	-0.1	-0.1	0.0
72	Robinson	NE	SS	7			0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
73	Vic Harris	HG	LF	34			0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
74	Don Newcombe	NE	P	19	46.0		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
75	Patricio Scantlebury	NYC	P	34	45.0		0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.2	0.0
76	Mahlon Duckett	PS	3B	98			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
77	Tony Walker	BEG	P	11	26.2		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
78	José María Fernández	NYC	LF	6			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Archie Brathwaite	NE	CF	94			0.0	0.6	-0.5	0.0	0.0
80	Robert Gaston	HG	C	69			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Bill Russell	NBY	P	2	7.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Rodolfo Fernández	NYC	P	4	11.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Dave Thomas	NYC	1B	106			0.0	0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
84	Piper Davis	HG	1B	5			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Dick Weaver	NE	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Simmons	PS	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Charlie Parks	NE	C	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Holder	NE	SS	6			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Walls	NBY	C	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Leon Ruffin	NE	C	13			0.0	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
91	Felix Manning	NBY	1B	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Fred Hobgood	NE/PS	P	4	9.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Stanley Glenn	PS	C	39			0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Jud Wilson	HG	3B	73			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
95	Bob Turner	NE	CF	22			-0.1	-0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
96	Brown	NE	C	5			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Albert Williams	NE	SS	4			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
98	Rufus Baker	NBY	SS	54			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1
99	Matt Carlisle	HG	2B	2			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
100	Larry Doby	NE	CF	6			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
101	Joe Royal	NBY	C	22			-0.1	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
102	Frank Russell	BEG	2B	141			-0.1	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1
103	Walter Hardy	NBY	SS	23			-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
104	Flash Miller	NBY	2B	21			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Carter	NBY	SS	4			-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
106	Larry Kimbrough	PS	P	6	4.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
107	Carpenter	PS	P		0.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
108	David Whatley	HG/NBY	RF	33			-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
109	Roland Anderson	HG	P	2	3.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
110	Felton Snow	BEG	3B	109			-0.2	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
111	Bill Kelly	NBY	C	49			-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
112	Garrell Hartman	PS	LF	34			-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
113	Rogelio Linares	NYC	LF	161			-0.2	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.1
114	Harry Williams	NBY	2B	43			-0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
115	Harry Cozart	NE	P	5	7.2		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
116	Dolly King	HG/NBY	LF	16			-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	Hill	HG	P		0.2		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
118	Specs Roberts	NBY	P	1	2.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
119	Claro Duany	NYC	RF	98			-0.3	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
120	Jelly Jackson	HG	2B	109			-0.3	-0.6	0.2	0.0	0.1
121	Neck Stanley	NBY	P	18	47.1		-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
122	Johnny Wright	HG	P	6	14.1		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
123	Jim Starks	NBY	3B	13			-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
124	Doc Dennis	BEG	1B	133			-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
125	Joe Black	BEG	P	5	12.2		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
126	Ameal Brooks	NYC	C	89			-0.3	-0.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
127	Laymon Yokely	BEG	P	2	3.0		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
128	Leonardo Chapman	BEG	1B	43			-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
129	Zack Clayton	NBY	1B	79			-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
130	Andy Sarvis	NBY	P		1.0		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
131	Joe Spencer	HG/NBY	2B	75			-0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
132	Curley Andrews	NBY	3B	17			-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
133	Eddie White	HG	P	12	12.1		-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
134	Leamon Johnson	NE	2B	17			-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
135	Pitts	NBY/NE	SS	26			-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
136	Jimmy Hill	NE	P	18	36.1		-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
137	Bill Harvey	BEG	RF	41	25.1		-0.5	0.2	0.0	-0.6	0.0
138	Clarence Palm	PS	C	36			-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
139	Ches Buchanan	PS	P	2	6.1		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
140	Ray Battle	HG	3B	96			-0.5	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
141	Bill Anderson	NYC	P	12	28.1		-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
142	Doug Sydnor	NBY	LF	28			-0.6	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
143	Dan Wilson	NBY	CF	55			-0.6	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
144	Jim Williams	NBY	RF	89			-0.6	0.0	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
145	Tommy Butts	BEG/PS	SS	137			-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.2
146	Charlie Rivera	NBY	3B	56			-0.7	-0.3	-0.5	0.0	0.0
147	Willie Wynn	NE	C	126			-0.8	-0.9	0.0	0.0	0.1
148	John McFarland	NBY	P	5	16.0		-0.9	0.0	0.0	-0.8	0.0
149	Sy Morton	NE/PS	SS	87			-0.9	-0.7	-0.4	0.0	0.1
150	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	95			-0.9	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.0
151	Percy Forrest	NBY/NE	P	25	56.0		-0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0

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