1944 Season

Negro American League

1943 / 1945

Top Hitter

Artie
Wilson

Top Pitcher

Satchel
Paige

Leaders

Runs Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	Bonnie Serrell	KCM	20
2	Herb Souell	KCM	20
3	Ed Steele	BBB	17
4	Artie Wilson	BBB	17
5	Sam Jethroe	CBE	15
6	Tommy Sampson	BBB	15
7	Lee Moody	KCM	14
8	John Britton	BBB	12
9	Felix McLaurin	BBB	12
10	Newt Allen	KCM	10

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Hilton Smith	KCM	0.62
2	Satchel Paige	KCM	0.81
3	John Huber	BBB	0.92
4	Porter Moss	MRS	0.98
5	George Jefferson	CBE	1.05
6	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	1.09
7	Roosevelt Davis	CIC	1.12
8	Johnny Williams	CIC	1.12
9	Eddie Locke	KCM	1.20
10	Steve Wylie	KCM	1.21

All-1944 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Leovigildo Xiqués	CIC	0.8	0.9	0.0
Buddy Armour	CBE	0.4	0.5	0.0

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sam Jethroe	CBE	1.0	1.0	0.0
Henry Merchant	CIC	0.5	0.1	0.0

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ed Steele	BBB	1.2	1.4	0.0
Dave Harper	KCM	0.6	0.6	0.0

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Artie Wilson	BBB	1.9	1.8	0.0
Jesse Williams	KCM	0.4	0.3	0.0

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bonnie Serrell	KCM	1.8	1.7	0.0
Tommy Sampson	BBB	1.1	1.0	0.0

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Parnell Woods	CBE	1.2	1.2	0.0
John Britton	BBB	1.0	1.0	0.0

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Armando Vázquez	CIC	0.3	0.4	0.0
Henry McCall	CAG	0.2	0.3	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
George Britt	CBE	0.2	0.2	0.0
Herb Barnhill	CAG	0.2	0.2	0.0

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Satchel Paige	KCM	87.2	4.8	4.7	0.1
Eugene Bremer	CBE	48.0	1.7	1.6	0.2
Willie Hutchinson	MRS	37.2	0.8	0.9	-0.1
Gentry Jessup	CAG	65.1	0.8	0.9	-0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
George Jefferson	CBE	44.2	1.8	1.9	-0.1
Hilton Smith	KCM	22.2	1.0	1.1	-0.1
John Huber	BBB	31.2	0.7	0.7	0.0
Dan Bankhead	BBB	9.0	0.7	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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