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

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Josh Gibson	HG	276
2	Tetelo Vargas	NYC	202
3	Larry Doby	NE	155
4	Buck Leonard	HG	150
5	Jerry Benjamin	HG	139
6	Howard Easterling	HG	137
7	Johnny Davis	NE	134
8	Cool Papa Bell	HG	131
9	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	128
10	Dave Thomas	NYC	125

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	2.61
2	Dave Barnhill	NYC	2.35
3	Johnny Wright	HG	2.35
4	Lefty Boone	HSS	2.22
5	Frank McAllister	HSS	2.06
6	Neck Stanley	NBY	2.00
7	Leon Day	NE	1.95
8	Tom Glover	BEG	1.94
9	Leniel Hooker	NE/PS	1.43
10	Andy Porter	BEG	1.37

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	71	2781	2438	553	804	117	51	31	485	56	298	10	35	.330	.405	.458	.863	130
2	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	49	1934	1706	320	483	68	46	6	267	16	210	7	11	.283	.364	.387	.751	93
3	New York Cubans	NN2	38	1480	1333	233	383	60	16	7	188	19	118	12	17	.287	.351	.372	.723	96
4	Newark Eagles	NN2	35	1344	1190	191	310	51	18	14	158	30	127	4	23	.261	.334	.369	.703	85
5	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	50	1836	1663	221	414	55	26	10	169	33	151	7	15	.249	.314	.331	.645	68
6	New York Black Yankees	NN2	31	1164	1051	130	249	36	14	4	110	18	90	9	14	.237	.303	.309	.612	64
7	Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars	NN2	14	534	489	68	113	22	1	4	59	13	37	3	5	.231	.289	.305	.594	57
	7	1	299	11073	9870	1716	2756	409	172	76	1436	185	1031	52	120	.279	.350	.379	.729	93

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Josh Gibson	HG	C	69	302	249	93	116	22	9	20	109	4	52	1	0	.466	.560	.867	1.427	276
2	Tetelo Vargas	NYC	CF	30	136	121	34	57	6	4	0	18	3	15	0	0	.471	.529	.587	1.116	202
3	Larry Doby*	NE	2B	28	127	103	18	31	8	3	4	22	5	20	1	3	.301	.419	.553	.973	155
4	Buck Leonard*	HG	1B	67	306	254	71	84	16	8	4	63	2	47	2	3	.331	.439	.504	.943	150
5	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	70	328	293	83	109	17	4	2	40	12	25	1	9	.372	.423	.478	.901	139
6	Howard Easterling**	HG	2B	63	268	247	47	87	11	10	2	53	8	17	0	4	.352	.394	.502	.896	137
7	Johnny Davis	NE	CF	35	151	132	28	43	9	1	4	22	3	14	0	5	.326	.390	.500	.890	134
8	Cool Papa Bell**	HG	LF	64	298	259	63	92	11	5	0	30	12	35	0	4	.355	.432	.436	.868	131
9	Tom Parker	HSS	RF	14	61	59	8	21	7	0	0	9	0	2	0	0	.356	.377	.475	.852	125
10	Goose Curry*	PS	RF	47	202	164	46	48	6	5	2	23	3	36	0	2	.293	.420	.427	.847	118
11	Jim West**	PS	1B	49	214	187	38	58	4	8	2	43	2	26	1	0	.310	.397	.449	.846	118
12	Lennie Pearson	MULT	1B	37	159	140	28	38	8	5	4	24	5	18	0	1	.271	.354	.486	.840	121
13	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	RF	36	158	139	26	50	5	1	0	26	3	16	1	2	.360	.429	.410	.840	128
14	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	31	129	121	17	38	13	1	2	21	2	6	1	1	.314	.352	.488	.839	124
15	Dave Thomas*	NYC	1B	29	136	121	26	39	11	0	1	13	1	11	3	1	.322	.393	.438	.831	125
16	Gene Benson*	PS	CF	46	205	190	28	64	8	5	0	37	1	12	0	3	.337	.376	.432	.808	108
17	Jud Wilson*	HG	3B	63	246	213	29	65	11	6	0	56	0	31	0	2	.305	.393	.413	.807	114
18	Ameal Brooks*	NYC	LF	33	129	113	24	30	7	1	4	26	1	15	0	1	.265	.352	.451	.803	117
19	Roy Parnell	PS	LF	38	153	132	28	39	5	4	0	17	0	17	4	0	.295	.392	.394	.786	103
20	Henry Spearman	PS	3B	48	210	191	35	54	14	6	0	29	2	17	0	2	.283	.341	.419	.760	95
21	Rogelio Linares*	NYC	LF	32	133	107	18	27	6	2	1	16	2	16	7	3	.252	.385	.374	.758	106
22	Buddy Armour*	HSS/NBY	CF	13	56	52	9	13	4	0	2	13	2	4	0	0	.250	.304	.442	.746	98
23	Bud Barbee	BEG	1B	42	168	150	25	44	4	3	1	20	3	15	1	2	.293	.361	.380	.741	93
24	Harry Williams	HSS/NBY	SS	23	93	85	14	25	2	2	0	12	5	7	1	0	.294	.355	.365	.720	90
25	Henry Kimbro*	BEG	CF	46	207	185	33	50	7	5	0	12	7	22	0	0	.270	.348	.362	.710	85
26	Javier Pérez	NYC	2B	30	125	114	23	32	5	3	0	22	1	8	0	3	.281	.328	.377	.705	91
27	Bill Cash	PS	C	44	180	161	25	42	7	3	1	22	1	18	0	1	.261	.335	.360	.695	79
28	Sam Bankhead	HG	SS	71	301	262	53	68	4	2	1	40	17	32	3	4	.260	.347	.302	.648	73
29	Leon Day	NE/PS	2B	30	124	113	15	30	5	1	0	9	2	8	0	3	.265	.314	.327	.641	67
30	Frank Russell	BEG	2B	50	205	183	24	46	4	3	0	17	6	19	1	2	.251	.325	.306	.631	65
31	Charlie Rivera	NYC	2B	30	123	116	20	29	2	1	1	12	3	7	0	0	.250	.293	.310	.603	64
32	Rabbit Martínez	NYC	SS	32	134	121	13	28	6	1	0	13	3	10	1	2	.231	.295	.298	.593	61
33	Leon Ruffin	NE	C	31	117	107	16	23	7	1	0	20	4	8	2	0	.215	.282	.299	.581	53
34	Rufus Baker^	NBY	SS	31	119	102	15	21	1	2	0	4	4	16	1	0	.206	.319	.255	.574	55
35	Zack Clayton*	NBY	1B	24	100	94	12	20	4	1	1	10	0	5	0	1	.213	.253	.309	.561	50
36	Roosevelt Cox	NBY/NYC	3B	31	124	120	15	28	5	1	0	13	0	4	0	0	.233	.258	.292	.550	49
37	Felton Snow	BEG/PS	SS	48	193	180	23	39	5	2	1	16	3	9	1	3	.217	.258	.283	.541	41
38	Murray Watkins*	NE	3B	33	154	139	22	32	1	0	0	9	6	11	0	4	.230	.287	.237	.524	39
39	Dan Wilson**	HSS	LF	13	60	53	6	11	0	0	0	3	4	6	0	1	.208	.288	.208	.496	33
40	Chesley Gray	HSS	C	14	48	46	7	9	2	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	.196	.229	.239	.468	24

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

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