1944 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1944 Season

Negro League World Series

1943 / 1945

Top Hitter

Buck
Leonard

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Buck Leonard	HG	354
2	Josh Gibson	HG	289
3	Ed Steele	BBB	215
4	Sam Bankhead	HG	156
5	Lester Lockett	BBB	125
6	Dave Hoskins	HG	123
7	Jerry Benjamin	HG	122
8	Artie Wilson	BBB	96
9	Cool Papa Bell	HG	91
10	Felix McLaurin	BBB	69

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Roy Welmaker	HG	13
2	Edsall Walker	HG	9
3	Earl Bumpus	BBB	6
4	John Huber	BBB	6
5	Ray Brown	HG	5
6	Johnny Markham	BBB	5
7	Alfred Saylor	BBB	5
8	Spoon Carter	HG	1
9	Alonzo Boone	BBB	0

Standings

Negro League World Series

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB		R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays	4	1	0	.800	-		5.4	2.4	Candy Jim Taylor	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	Birmingham Black Barons	1	4	0	.200	3.0		2.4	5.4	Winfield Welch	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)

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