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

Runs Batted In

#	Player	Team	RBI
1	Josh Gibson	HG	109
2	Buck Leonard	HG	63
3	Jud Wilson	HG	56
4	Howard Easterling	HG	53
5	Jim West	PS	43
6	Sam Bankhead	HG	40
7	Jerry Benjamin	HG	40
8	Gene Benson	PS	37
9	Cool Papa Bell	HG	30
10	Henry Spearman	PS	29

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

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	New York Cubans	NN2	38	1480	1333	233	383	60	16	7	188	19	118	12	17	.287	.351	.372	.723	96
3	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	49	1934	1706	320	483	68	46	6	267	16	210	7	11	.283	.364	.387	.751	93
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	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	RF	36	158	139	26	50	5	1	0	26	3	16	1	2	.360	.429	.410	.840	128
10	Tom Parker	HSS	RF	14	61	59	8	21	7	0	0	9	0	2	0	0	.356	.377	.475	.852	125
11	Dave Thomas*	NYC	1B	29	136	121	26	39	11	0	1	13	1	11	3	1	.322	.393	.438	.831	125
12	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	31	129	121	17	38	13	1	2	21	2	6	1	1	.314	.352	.488	.839	124
13	Lennie Pearson	MULT	1B	37	159	140	28	38	8	5	4	24	5	18	0	1	.271	.354	.486	.840	121
14	Goose Curry*	PS	RF	47	202	164	46	48	6	5	2	23	3	36	0	2	.293	.420	.427	.847	118
15	Jim West**	PS	1B	49	214	187	38	58	4	8	2	43	2	26	1	0	.310	.397	.449	.846	118
16	Ameal Brooks*	NYC	LF	33	129	113	24	30	7	1	4	26	1	15	0	1	.265	.352	.451	.803	117
17	Jud Wilson*	HG	3B	63	246	213	29	65	11	6	0	56	0	31	0	2	.305	.393	.413	.807	114
18	Gene Benson*	PS	CF	46	205	190	28	64	8	5	0	37	1	12	0	3	.337	.376	.432	.808	108
19	Rogelio Linares*	NYC	LF	32	133	107	18	27	6	2	1	16	2	16	7	3	.252	.385	.374	.758	106
20	Roy Parnell	PS	LF	38	153	132	28	39	5	4	0	17	0	17	4	0	.295	.392	.394	.786	103
21	Buddy Armour*	HSS/NBY	CF	13	56	52	9	13	4	0	2	13	2	4	0	0	.250	.304	.442	.746	98
22	Henry Spearman	PS	3B	48	210	191	35	54	14	6	0	29	2	17	0	2	.283	.341	.419	.760	95
23	Bud Barbee	BEG	1B	42	168	150	25	44	4	3	1	20	3	15	1	2	.293	.361	.380	.741	93
24	Javier Pérez	NYC	2B	30	125	114	23	32	5	3	0	22	1	8	0	3	.281	.328	.377	.705	91
25	Harry Williams	HSS/NBY	SS	23	93	85	14	25	2	2	0	12	5	7	1	0	.294	.355	.365	.720	90
26	Henry Kimbro*	BEG	CF	46	207	185	33	50	7	5	0	12	7	22	0	0	.270	.348	.362	.710	85
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	Rufus Baker^	NBY	SS	31	119	102	15	21	1	2	0	4	4	16	1	0	.206	.319	.255	.574	55
34	Leon Ruffin	NE	C	31	117	107	16	23	7	1	0	20	4	8	2	0	.215	.282	.299	.581	53
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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