1944 Season

Negro American League

1943 / 1945

Top Hitter

Artie
Wilson

Top Pitcher

Satchel
Paige

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Jesse Douglas	CAG	.400
2	Artie Wilson	BBB	.379
3	Parnell Woods	CBE	.377
4	Ed Steele	BBB	.357
5	Dave Harper	CIC/KCM	.351
6	Sam Jethroe	CBE	.341
7	Tommy Sampson	BBB	.339
8	John Britton	BBB	.323
9	Bonnie Serrell	KCM	.320
10	Alex Radcliff	CIC/CAG	.319

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Satchel Paige	KCM	105
2	Verdell Mathis	MRS	56
3	Booker McDaniel	KCM	51
4	Gentry Jessup	CAG	48
5	Roosevelt Davis	CIC	37
6	Porter Moss	MRS	36
7	Alvin Gipson	BBB	34
8	Willie Jefferson	CBE	33
9	Alfred Saylor	BBB	32
10	Jack Matchett	KCM	30

All-1944 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
John Bissant	CAG	1.0	0.6	0.4
Leovigildo Xiqués	CIC	0.7	0.7	0.0

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sam Jethroe	CBE	1.5	1.0	0.5
Felix McLaurin	BBB	0.7	0.1	0.6

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ed Steele	BBB	2.0	2.2	-0.1
Johnny Smith	CAG	1.6	0.3	0.8

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Artie Wilson	BBB	3.0	1.9	0.9
Jesse Williams	KCM	1.9	0.5	1.2

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bonnie Serrell	KCM	3.0	2.3	0.4
Tommy Sampson	BBB	2.3	1.1	1.0

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Herb Souell	KCM	1.4	1.3	0.1
John Britton	BBB	1.3	1.1	0.2

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Piper Davis	BBB	0.3	0.1	0.3
Henry McCall	CAG	0.2	0.2	0.1

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Frank Duncan	KCM	0.4	0.4	0.0
Herb Barnhill	CAG	0.3	0.0	0.2

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Satchel Paige	KCM	98.1	4.4	4.5	-0.1
Verdell Mathis	MRS	79.0	3.1	2.4	0.5
Eugene Bremer	CBE	41.0	1.8	1.7	0.1
Porter Moss	MRS	48.1	1.7	1.8	0.0

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
George Jefferson	CBE	60.2	2.5	2.7	-0.2
Willie Hutchinson	MRS	44.0	1.7	1.8	-0.1
Booker McDaniel	KCM	57.2	1.3	0.9	0.3
Dan Bankhead	BBB	9.2	0.6	0.4	0.3

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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