1944 Season

Negro National League II

1943 / 1945

Tom Wilson (President)
Ed Bolden (Vice President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)

Buck
Leonard

Bill
Ricks

#	Player	Team	R
1	Buck Leonard	HG	49
2	Frank Austin	PS	47
3	Sam Bankhead	HG	46
4	Jerry Benjamin	HG	43
5	Cool Papa Bell	HG	43
6	Ed Stone	PS	41
7	Josh Gibson	HG	40
8	Gene Benson	PS	39
9	Marvin Williams	PS	35
10	Jim West	PS	34

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Donald Troy	BEG	274
2	Barney Morris	NYC	214
3	Henry Miller	PS	162
4	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	161
5	Bill Ricks	PS	156
6	Jonas Gaines	BEG	145
7	Roy Welmaker	HG	132
8	Ray Brown	HG	130
9	Victor Greenidge	NYC	126
10	Luis Tiant	NYC	124

Standings

		vs NN2 (Official)					vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays^*¹²	25	17	1	.595	-	66	32	4	.673	6.5	4.8	Candy Jim Taylor	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	Philadelphia Stars	26	18	0	.591	-	37	29	1	.561	6.1	4.9	Goose Curry	44th & Parkside (Philadelphia, PA)
3	New York Cubans	20	17	1	.541	2.5	53	29	2	.646	5.3	4.0	José María Fernández	Polo Grounds (New York, NY), Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY) (Brooklyn, NY)
4	Baltimore Elite Giants	26	23	0	.531	2.5	47	43	1	.522	5.3	4.6	Felton Snow	Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
5	Newark Eagles	23	23	0	.500	4.0	34	37	0	.479	5.1	5.9	Mule Suttles	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
6	New York Black Yankees	5	27	0	.156	15.0	11	39	1	.220	3.5	6.8	Harry Williams	Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY), Polo Grounds (New York, NY)

* = League Champion 1 = First Half Champion 2 = Second Half Champion

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