1942 Season

Negro American League

1941 / 1943

R. R. Jackson (Commissioner)
J. B. Martin (President)
Horace Hall (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Ted
Strong

Top Pitcher

Satchel
Paige

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Ted Strong	KCM	.364
2	Bonnie Serrell	KCM	.360
3	Neil Robinson	MRS	.353
4	Felix McLaurin	JRC/BBB	.351
5	Willard Brown	KCM	.338
6	Parnell Woods	JRC/CCB	.337
7	Lloyd Davenport	MULT	.333
8	Tommy Sampson	BBB	.333
9	Cowan Hyde	MRS	.308
10	Sam Jethroe	CCB	.305

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Smoky Owens	CCB	1.83
2	Jack Matchett	KCM	1.92
3	Satchel Paige	KCM	2.12
4	Willie Jefferson	CCB	2.16
5	Booker McDaniel	KCM	2.44
6	Felix Evans	MRS	2.57
7	Eugene Bremer	CCB	2.73
8	Dan Bankhead	BBB	2.78
9	Johnny Markham	BBB	2.91
10	Porter Moss	MRS	2.95

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	35	1361	1258	189	347	53	13	21	183	16	87	16	.276	.323	.389	.711	127
2	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	24	890	817	127	223	29	11	5	102	24	53	20	.273	.317	.354	.671	104
3	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	31	1089	983	137	271	32	7	7	122	32	81	25	.276	.331	.344	.675	108
4	Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	33	1144	1041	141	261	42	8	5	111	32	86	17	.251	.308	.321	.629	93
5	Chicago American Giants	NAL	30	1084	1000	98	223	22	10	2	84	9	73	11	.223	.276	.271	.547	73
6	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	13	436	399	33	82	9	4	0	26	7	29	8	.206	.259	.248	.507	59
	6	1	188	6004	5498	725	1407	187	53	40	628	120	409	97	.256	.307	.331	.638	99

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	23	92	85	20	30	8	1	4	20	2	5	2	.353	.389	.612	1.001	203
2	Bonnie Serrell*	KCM	2B	33	124	114	22	41	4	5	3	22	2	8	2	.360	.402	.561	.963	206
3	Ted Strong**	KCM	RF	34	148	132	31	48	8	0	6	32	1	14	2	.364	.425	.561	.985	213
4	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	35	150	142	25	48	6	2	4	26	2	8	0	.338	.373	.493	.866	175
5	Parnell Woods	JRC/CCB	3B	27	107	98	15	33	8	2	1	18	5	6	3	.337	.375	.490	.865	164
6	Lloyd Davenport*	MULT	CF	29	117	99	20	33	7	0	2	17	7	17	1	.333	.431	.465	.896	176
7	Tommy Sampson	BBB	2B	29	119	114	22	38	2	2	2	16	2	4	1	.333	.356	.439	.795	144
8	Sam Jethroe**	CCB	CF	31	126	118	19	36	10	1	1	18	7	6	2	.305	.339	.432	.771	135
9	Felix McLaurin**	JRC/BBB	LF	20	79	74	7	26	2	1	0	8	2	4	1	.351	.385	.405	.790	145
10	Marlin Carter*	MRS	3B	23	99	92	15	27	3	3	0	14	2	6	1	.293	.337	.391	.728	122
11	T. J. Brown	MRS	SS	21	89	82	14	24	2	3	0	11	3	4	3	.293	.326	.390	.716	118
12	Cool Papa Bell**	CAG	CF	26	112	98	14	29	4	2	0	7	0	12	2	.296	.373	.378	.750	138
13	Billy Horne*	CCB	2B	32	134	120	19	36	3	3	0	13	5	11	3	.300	.359	.375	.734	124
14	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	24	106	104	20	32	4	1	0	9	8	0	2	.308	.308	.365	.673	105
15	Leroy Morney**	BBB	3B	29	109	96	17	25	4	0	2	18	7	12	1	.260	.343	.365	.707	118
16	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	36	148	143	20	40	7	1	1	23	2	5	0	.280	.304	.364	.668	113
17	Duke Cleveland*	JRC/CCB	LF	31	128	110	19	33	1	1	1	8	3	16	2	.300	.389	.355	.743	129
18	Jesse Williams	KCM	SS	36	140	125	13	29	5	2	2	14	2	14	1	.232	.309	.352	.661	111
19	Ralph Wyatt	CAG	SS	24	97	90	11	24	1	2	0	4	1	6	1	.267	.313	.322	.635	101
20	Archie Ware*	CCB	1B	32	118	109	11	26	3	1	1	19	3	8	1	.239	.291	.312	.603	84
21	Jelly Taylor*	MRS	1B	24	100	91	10	23	3	1	0	10	2	7	2	.253	.306	.308	.614	88
22	Art Pennington**	CAG	LF	26	102	86	8	20	1	1	1	10	0	15	1	.233	.347	.302	.649	106
23	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	20	84	75	15	19	3	0	0	6	6	8	1	.253	.325	.293	.619	90
24	Alex Radcliff	CAG/BBB	3B	29	121	115	10	20	4	2	1	11	0	6	0	.174	.215	.270	.484	52
25	Jimmie Crutchfield*	CAG	RF	25	94	83	5	19	1	1	0	8	0	11	0	.229	.319	.265	.584	86
26	Fred McDaniel*	MRS	LF	20	85	74	14	15	0	2	0	6	0	10	1	.203	.298	.257	.554	70
27	Willie Simms*	KCM	LF	36	166	152	22	29	4	2	0	5	3	11	3	.191	.245	.243	.489	56

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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