1943 Season

Negro National League II

1942 / 1944

Tom Wilson (President)
Ed Bolden (Vice President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)
Frank Forbes (Director of League Promotions)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Johnny
Wright

Leaders

Stolen Bases

#	Player	Team	SB
1	Sam Bankhead	HG	17
2	Cool Papa Bell	HG	12
3	Jerry Benjamin	HG	12
4	Howard Easterling	HG	8
5	Henry Kimbro	BEG	7
6	Frank Russell	BEG	6
7	Murray Watkins	NE	6
8	Larry Doby	NE	5
9	Lennie Pearson	MULT	5
10	Harry Williams	HSS/NBY	5

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Johnny Wright	HG	18
2	Spoon Carter	HG	14
3	Dave Barnhill	NYC	11
4	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	10
5	Edsall Walker	HG	9
6	Bill Anderson	NYC/HG	7
7	Leniel Hooker	NE/PS	7
8	Ray Brown	HG	6
9	Ches Buchanan	PS	6
10	Barney Brown	PS	5

Advanced Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	wOBA	BB%	HR%	ISO
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	71	2781	.404	10.7%	1.1%	.128
2	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	49	1934	.360	10.9%	0.3%	.104
3	New York Cubans	NN2	38	1480	.344	8.0%	0.5%	.085
4	Newark Eagles	NN2	35	1344	.331	9.4%	1.0%	.108
5	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	50	1836	.310	8.2%	0.5%	.082
6	New York Black Yankees	NN2	31	1164	.295	7.7%	0.3%	.072
7	Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars	NN2	14	534	.286	6.9%	0.7%	.074
	7	1	299	11073	.347	9.3%	0.7%	.099

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	HR%	ISO
1	Josh Gibson	HG	C	302	.622	17.2%	6.6%	.402
2	Tetelo Vargas	NYC	CF	136	.525	11.0%	0.0%	.116
3	Buck Leonard*	HG	1B	306	.439	15.4%	1.3%	.173
4	Larry Doby*	NE	2B	127	.435	15.7%	3.1%	.252
5	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	328	.415	7.6%	0.6%	.106
6	Cool Papa Bell**	HG	LF	298	.413	11.7%	0.0%	.081
7	Howard Easterling**	HG	2B	268	.410	6.3%	0.7%	.150
8	Goose Curry*	PS	RF	202	.405	17.8%	1.0%	.134
9	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	RF	158	.404	10.1%	0.0%	.050
10	Jim West**	PS	1B	214	.401	12.1%	0.9%	.139
11	Johnny Davis	NE	CF	151	.400	9.3%	2.6%	.174
12	Tom Parker	HSS	RF	61	.398	3.3%	0.0%	.119
13	Dave Thomas*	NYC	1B	136	.393	8.1%	0.7%	.116
14	Jud Wilson*	HG	3B	246	.385	12.6%	0.0%	.108
15	Lennie Pearson	MULT	1B	159	.384	11.3%	2.5%	.214
16	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	129	.383	4.7%	1.6%	.174
17	Roy Parnell	PS	LF	153	.382	11.1%	0.0%	.098
18	Gene Benson*	PS	CF	205	.376	5.9%	0.0%	.095
19	Ameal Brooks*	NYC	LF	129	.371	11.6%	3.1%	.186
20	Rogelio Linares*	NYC	LF	133	.366	12.0%	0.8%	.121
21	Henry Spearman	PS	3B	210	.354	8.1%	0.0%	.136
22	Bud Barbee	BEG	1B	168	.353	8.9%	0.6%	.087
23	Harry Williams	HSS/NBY	SS	93	.348	7.5%	0.0%	.071
24	Henry Kimbro*	BEG	CF	207	.344	10.6%	0.0%	.092
25	Buddy Armour*	HSS/NBY	CF	56	.342	7.1%	3.6%	.192
26	Bill Cash	PS	C	180	.333	10.0%	0.6%	.099
27	Javier Pérez	NYC	2B	125	.327	6.4%	0.0%	.096
28	Sam Bankhead	HG	SS	301	.321	10.6%	0.3%	.042
29	Frank Russell	BEG	2B	205	.309	9.3%	0.0%	.055
30	Leon Day	NE/PS	2B	124	.303	6.5%	0.0%	.062
31	Rufus Baker^	NBY	SS	119	.296	13.4%	0.0%	.049
32	Charlie Rivera	NYC	2B	123	.291	5.7%	0.8%	.060
33	Rabbit Martínez	NYC	SS	134	.286	7.5%	0.0%	.066
34	Leon Ruffin	NE	C	117	.283	6.8%	0.0%	.084
35	Zack Clayton*	NBY	1B	100	.263	5.0%	1.0%	.096
36	Roosevelt Cox	NBY/NYC	3B	124	.262	3.2%	0.0%	.058
37	Murray Watkins*	NE	3B	154	.258	7.1%	0.0%	.007
38	Felton Snow	BEG/PS	SS	193	.257	4.7%	0.5%	.067
39	Dan Wilson**	HSS	LF	60	.254	10.0%	0.0%	.000
40	Chesley Gray	HSS	C	48	.228	4.2%	0.0%	.043

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

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