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

Runs Batted In

#	Player	Team	RBI
1	Josh Gibson	HG	66
2	Lennie Pearson	HG/NE	56
3	Sam Bankhead	HG	48
4	Bus Clarkson	MULT	44
5	Henry Spearman	BEG/PS	42
6	Jim West	PS	42
7	Ed Stone	HG/NE	38
8	Howard Easterling	HG	36
9	Wild Bill Wright	BEG	35
10	Vic Harris	HG	35

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

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

L

R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	614.1		1.28	11.7%	6.9%	1.69	1.0%
2	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	519.0		1.32	10.3%	7.7%	1.34	1.0%
3	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	502.2		1.29	12.5%	9.0%	1.39	1.2%
4	Newark Eagles	NN2	456.2		1.32	14.1%	10.7%	1.31	1.0%
5	New York Black Yankees	NN2	300.0		1.52	12.9%	10.4%	1.24	0.7%
6	New York Cubans	NN2	254.2		1.48	12.0%	9.0%	1.34	1.0%
	6	1	2647.1		1.34	12.1%	8.7%	1.39	1.0%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Barney Brown*	PS	SP	154.2		1.25	11.5%	6.8%	1.69	1.2%
2	Ray Brown	HG	SP	141.2		1.34	9.7%	7.9%	1.22	0.8%
3	Roy Welmaker*	HG	SP	119.2		1.31	11.9%	5.3%	2.26	1.6%
4	Joe Fillmore	PS	SP	108.0		1.24	13.2%	7.3%	1.82	0.9%
5	Roy Partlow*	HG	SP	106.2		1.12	13.7%	8.2%	1.67	1.1%
6	Max Manning	NE	SP	104.0		1.04	12.5%	7.0%	1.79	0.0%
7	Eugene Smith	NBY	SP	97.0		1.31	16.4%	13.4%	1.23	1.2%
8	Leniel Hooker	NE	RP	96.0		1.33	13.4%	10.3%	1.30	1.2%
9	Bill Byrd	BEG	RP	94.1		1.23	11.9%	6.4%	1.85	1.2%
10	Leon Day	HG/NE	SP	94.0		0.95	23.8%	8.5%	2.81	0.8%
11	Tom Glover*	BEG	RP	92.2		1.21	13.3%	5.9%	2.26	0.8%
12	Jimmy Hill*	NE	SP	86.2		1.70	14.7%	15.7%	0.94	0.7%
13	Jonas Gaines*	BEG	SP	84.2		1.07	17.5%	8.9%	1.97	0.6%
14	Dave Barnhill	NYC	SP	82.0		1.27	14.4%	6.3%	2.27	1.1%
15	Terris McDuffie	PS	SP	79.1		1.41	11.9%	8.7%	1.37	0.6%
16	Johnny Wright	HG	RP	78.0		1.24	13.1%	6.7%	1.95	0.6%
17	Bill Barnes	BEG	RP	67.2		1.51	10.7%	12.0%	0.89	1.3%
18	Fred Hobgood*	NE	SP	64.2		1.56	9.9%	10.9%	0.91	1.3%
19	Spoon Carter	HG	RP	62.0		1.53	8.2%	5.7%	1.44	1.4%
20	Bill Harvey*	BEG	RP	57.0		1.16	12.8%	6.2%	2.07	1.7%
21	Barney Morris	NYC	RP	55.2		1.35	12.7%	5.7%	2.21	1.2%
22	Bob Evans	NBY/PS	RP	54.0		1.33	3.8%	9.3%	0.41	0.4%
23	Ches Buchanan	PS	RP	53.1		1.33	4.8%	6.6%	0.73	1.3%
24	Emery Adams	BEG	RP	53.0		1.42	10.3%	13.2%	0.77	1.3%
25	Bob Griffith	NBY	RP	51.0		1.80	10.9%	7.7%	1.42	0.4%
26	Bill Anderson	NYC	SP	46.0		1.80	8.5%	7.6%	1.12	0.9%
27	Frank McAllister	NBY	SP	46.0		1.50	13.6%	10.7%	1.26	0.0%
28	Garnett Blair	HG	SP	43.0		1.28	10.2%	7.0%	1.46	0.0%
29	Lefty Calhoun*	NBY/PS	RP	37.0		1.65	8.2%	9.4%	0.88	0.6%
30	Martin Crue*	NYC	SP	30.0		1.70	12.4%	13.8%	0.90	0.7%
31	Tom Parker	NBY	SP	29.1		1.57	9.8%	10.5%	0.93	1.5%
32	Jesse Brown*	BEG	SP	26.1		1.67	7.4%	15.7%	0.47	1.7%
33	Willie Jefferson	PS	SP	25.0		1.24	13.8%	5.5%	2.50	0.0%
34	J. C. Hamilton*	HG	RP	20.0		1.55	9.7%	6.5%	1.50	1.1%
35	R. T. Walker	NBY	RP	19.2		1.07	16.5%	6.3%	2.60	0.0%
36	Neck Stanley*	NBY	RP	19.2		1.42	10.1%	5.6%	1.80	1.1%
37	Andy Porter	BEG	RP	18.2		1.34	13.4%	9.8%	1.38	1.2%
38	Carrenza Howard	NYC	RP	17.1		1.56	6.0%	16.7%	0.36	1.2%
39	Wilmer Fields	HG	SP	16.0		1.25	16.2%	8.8%	1.83	0.0%
40	Larry Kimbrough	PS	RP	14.0		1.21	7.1%	8.9%	0.80	1.8%
41	Willie Burns*	NE	SP	13.2		1.61	6.3%	12.7%	0.50	6.3%
42	Thomas Saxon*	NYC	RP	13.1		1.20	8.5%	11.9%	0.71	1.7%
43	Bud Barbee	PS	SP	11.2		1.63	9.3%	13.0%	0.71	0.0%
44	Edsall Walker*	HG/PS	SP	9.1		0.96	13.5%	10.8%	1.25	0.0%
45	Sam Bankhead	HG	SP	9.0		1.22	8.3%	5.6%	1.50	0.0%
46	Lefty Boone*	NBY	SP	7.0		2.86	12.2%	14.6%	0.83	0.0%
47	James Brown	NE	RP	6.2		1.95	2.9%	14.7%	0.20	0.0%
48	Charlie Shields*	NYC	SP	6.0		2.00	16.7%	20.0%	0.83	0.0%
49	Shybaker^	NBY	RP	5.0		1.20	0.0%	5.3%	0.00	0.0%
50	Silvino Ruíz	NYC	RP	4.1		1.85	28.6%	19.0%	1.50	0.0%
51	Felton Snow	BEG	RP	4.1		1.15	10.5%	5.3%	2.00	0.0%
52	Roy K. Williams	BEG	SP	4.0		2.50	4.8%	23.8%	0.20	4.8%
53	Henry McHenry	PS	SP	3.2		2.45	10.0%	5.0%	2.00	15.0%
54	Moore^	NBY	SP	2.1		3.43	7.1%	7.1%	1.00	0.0%
55	Specs Roberts	PS	RP	1.1		4.50	10.0%	20.0%	0.50	10.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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