1944 Season

Negro American League

1943 / 1945

J. B. Martin (President)
Ernie Wright (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary & Director of Public Relations)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Artie
Wilson

Top Pitcher

Satchel
Paige

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Jesse Douglas	CAG	.573
2	Ed Steele	BBB	.563
3	Dave Harper	CIC/KCM	.545
4	Artie Wilson	BBB	.508
5	Parnell Woods	CBE	.506
6	Bonnie Serrell	KCM	.486
7	Alex Radcliff	CIC/CAG	.449
8	Sam Jethroe	CBE	.443
9	Art Pennington	CAG/CIC	.431
10	John Bissant	CAG	.412

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Verdell Mathis	MRS	7
2	Satchel Paige	KCM	6
3	Roosevelt Davis	CIC	5
4	Gentry Jessup	CAG	5
5	Alfred Saylor	BBB	5
6	Eugene Bremer	CBE	4
7	Willie Jefferson	CBE	4
8	Booker McDaniel	KCM	4
9	Eddie Locke	KCM	3
10	Jack Matchett	KCM	3

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	IBB	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	33	1234	1138	155	306	41	18	7	129	10	64		9	23		.269	.313	.355	.668	112
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	50	1809	1665	215	419	54	22	9	177	24	112		8	24		.252	.302	.327	.629	99
3	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	24	868	777	106	205	25	4	3	92	13	59		6	26		.264	.321	.318	.639	97
4	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	27	990	891	92	207	32	7	2	71	25	71	3	6	22	1	.232	.293	.291	.584	80
5	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	27	981	872	109	215	26	7	3	93	17	85		4	20		.247	.316	.303	.619	90
6	Chicago American Giants	NAL	22	796	733	76	200	25	12	2	67	15	53		1	9	2	.273	.323	.348	.671	112
	6	1	197	6678	6076	753	1552	203	70	26	629	104	444	3	34	124	3	.255	.310	.325	.634	99

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	IBB	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Tommy Sampson	BBB	2B	30	124	112	18	38	4	2	0	13	1	7		3	2		.339	.393	.411	.804	156
2	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	32	131	112	25	40	6	4	3	23	3	14		3	2		.357	.442	.563	1.004	219
3	Frank Duncan	KCM	C	20	52	37	2	8	4	0	0	5	1	9		2	4		.216	.396	.324	.720	129
4	Fred McDaniel*	MRS	LF	23	92	84	11	22	4	1	0	7	1	5	0	2	1	0	.262	.319	.333	.652	101
5	Johnny Ray*	CIC	RF	27	115	100	13	19	1	0	0	4	0	12		2	1		.190	.289	.200	.489	52
6	Jesse Williams	KCM	SS	40	163	147	20	33	5	4	0	10	2	13		2	1		.224	.296	.313	.609	93
7	Buddy Armour*	CBE	LF	20	83	70	10	21	3	0	0	14	2	10		1	2		.300	.395	.343	.738	129
8	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	26	102	91	19	28	3	1	0	10	5	5	0	1	5	0	.308	.351	.363	.713	120
9	Eugene Bremer	CBE	P	7	17	15	3	5	0	0	0	3	0	1		1	0		.333	.412	.333	.745	131
10	John Britton*	BBB	3B	33	142	130	16	42	5	1	1	18	0	8		1	3		.323	.367	.400	.767	144
11	T. J. Brown	CAG/MRS	SS	18	77	73	4	15	3	0	0	3	1	2	0	1	1	0	.205	.237	.247	.483	50
12	Jimmy Ford	MRS	3B	25	100	90	8	25	3	0	1	13	2	7	0	1	2	1	.278	.337	.344	.681	110
13	Willie Grace**	CBE	RF	18	61	55	4	12	2	0	0	5	0	2		1	3		.218	.259	.255	.513	59
14	Sammy Haynes	KCM	C	33	88	85	4	16	2	0	0	7	1	2		1	0		.188	.216	.212	.428	35
15	Sam Jethroe**	CBE	CF	23	99	88	19	30	3	0	2	13	2	9		1	1		.341	.408	.443	.851	164
16	Wilbert King	CBE	SS	4	14	12	3	4	0	0	0	2	1	0		1	1		.333	.385	.333	.718	123
17	Red Longley	MRS	C	20	63	50	4	8	1	0	0	5	2	10	1	1	2	0	.160	.311	.180	.491	53
18	Felix McLaurin**	BBB	CF	27	110	99	13	22	0	1	1	5	3	8		1	2		.222	.287	.273	.560	78
19	Henry Merchant*	CIC	CF	18	73	64	11	15	2	1	0	5	0	6		1	2		.234	.310	.297	.607	87
20	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	25	104	93	10	27	3	1	1	8	6	9	0	1	1	0	.290	.359	.376	.736	127
21	Mance Smith	KCM	CF	35	123	113	12	22	1	1	0	8	1	8		1	1		.195	.254	.221	.475	51
22	Walter Thomas	KCM	RF	19	69	62	10	14	4	1	0	8	1	4		1	2		.226	.284	.323	.606	92
23	Hoss Walker	CIC	SS	15	49	42	5	5	1	0	0	1	2	5		1	1		.119	.229	.143	.372	15
24	Archie Ware*	CBE	1B	23	96	81	10	15	1	0	0	7	0	13		1	1		.185	.305	.198	.503	57
25	Artie Wilson*	BBB	SS	31	140	132	22	50	7	5	0	14	2	6		1	1		.379	.410	.508	.918	191
26	Norman Young	KCM	SS	19	56	47	6	13	1	0	0	5	1	6		1	2		.277	.370	.298	.668	112
27	Ted Alexander	KCM	P	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
28	Newt Allen	KCM	1B	43	165	154	17	40	7	0	0	16	0	7		0	4		.260	.292	.305	.597	89
29	Dan Bankhead	BBB	P	2	5	5	4	4	0	1	0	3	0	0		0	0		.800	.800	1.200	2.000	534
30	Herb Barnhill	CAG	C	14	35	33	3	8	1	0	0	1	0	2		0	0	0	.242	.286	.273	.558	76
31	Pepper Bassett**	CIC/BBB	C	18	62	58	3	9	2	0	0	9	0	3		0	1		.155	.197	.190	.386	23
32	Rainey Bibbs**	CAG/CBE	2B	10	34	31	5	14	5	0	0	4	0	3		0	0	0	.452	.500	.613	1.113	243
33	John Bissant	CAG	LF	21	88	85	7	25	4	3	0	6	1	2		0	1	1	.294	.310	.412	.722	127
34	Alonzo Boone	CBE/BBB	P	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
35	George Britt	CBE	C	10	26	25	3	8	1	0	0	3	0	0		0	1		.320	.320	.360	.680	110
36	John Brown	CBE	P	4	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1		.000	.250	.000	.250	-21
37	Larry Brown**	MRS	C	14	37	29	1	6	2	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	3	0	.207	.324	.276	.599	85
38	Willard Brown	KCM	RF	3	10	9	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	1		0	0		.333	.400	.333	.733	133
39	Earl Bumpus*	KCM/BBB	RF	20	55	53	4	11	1	0	0	3	1	2		0	0		.208	.236	.226	.463	47
40	Walter Burch	CBE	C	8	27	25	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	2		0	0		.200	.259	.200	.459	43
41	Willie Burns*	CIC	P	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.200	.200	.200	.400	23
42	Rafael Cabrera	CIC	CF	17	58	51	5	11	0	1	0	4	1	5		0	2		.216	.286	.255	.541	67
43	Jim Canada*	MRS	1B	24	88	78	4	13	0	0	0	3	0	7	0	0	3	0	.167	.235	.167	.402	24
44	Walter Cannady	CIC	1B	6	15	11	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	4		0	0		.091	.333	.182	.515	60
45	Frank Carswell	CBE	P	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
46	Edgar Chatman^	MRS	P	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
47	Clark^	KCM	-	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0
48	Jimmy Cockerham	CBE	1B	1	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0		.667	.750	.667	1.417	340
49	Cornelius Cook^	CIC	P	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0		.000	.500	.000	.500	58
50	Johnnie Cowan	CBE	2B	17	64	59	7	14	2	0	1	8	1	3		0	2		.237	.274	.322	.596	84
51	Walter Crosby	CBE	C	1	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	1		.333	.500	.333	.833	159
52	Jimmie Crutchfield*	CAG/CBE	RF	24	98	91	8	19	2	0	0	3	1	5		0	2	0	.209	.250	.231	.481	50
53	Lloyd Davenport*	CAG/CBE	CF	22	89	81	7	23	1	0	0	8	1	5		0	3	0	.284	.326	.296	.622	96
54	Piper Davis	BBB	1B	32	130	123	15	26	3	2	2	13	1	7		0	0		.211	.254	.317	.571	81
55	Roosevelt Davis	CIC	P	7	22	22	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0		.045	.045	.045	.091	-72
56	Jesse Douglas*	CAG	SS	20	85	75	10	30	5	4	0	12	2	9		0	1	0	.400	.464	.573	1.038	226
57	Drummer^	CBE	-	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
58	Weedy Edwards^	CIC	P	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
59	Specs Ellis^	BBB	P	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
60	English^	BBB	1B	2	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0		.250	.250	.500	.750	137
61	Felix Evans	MRS	LF	4	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	206
62	Buck Felder	MRS/CAG	SS	13	38	30	6	3	2	0	0	0	3	7	0	0	1	0	.100	.270	.167	.437	38
63	Spike Garrett^	MRS	2B	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	208
64	Alvin Gipson	BBB	P	11	26	26	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0		.231	.231	.231	.462	47
65	Sam Hairston	CIC	C	9	28	25	3	7	1	0	1	8	0	2		0	1		.280	.333	.440	.773	138
66	Bad News Hall^	CIC	3B	2	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0		.125	.222	.125	.347	8
67	Lovell Harden	CBE	P	2	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1		.500	.500	.500	1.000	210
68	Dave Harper	CIC/KCM	RF	26	84	77	9	27	5	5	0	14	1	7		0	0		.351	.405	.545	.950	195
69	Harrington^	BBB	1B	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
70	Rufus Hatten	CAG	C	3	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
71	Buster Haywood	CIC	C	15	43	41	4	10	1	1	0	6	0	2		0	0		.244	.279	.317	.596	84
72	Les Henderson^	MRS	P	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
73	Dozier Hood	KCM	C	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.333	.333	.333	.667	111
74	Billy Horne*	CBE	SS	20	80	73	9	16	2	1	0	11	0	3		0	4		.219	.250	.274	.524	62
75	John Huber*	BBB	P	9	26	26	3	8	3	0	0	3	0	0		0	0		.308	.308	.423	.731	132
76	Humphreys^	CBE	3B	1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1		.333	.333	.333	.667	107
77	Tom Hunter^	BBB	P	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
78	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	P	11	14	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	-53
79	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	26	100	96	11	17	5	2	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	.177	.210	.271	.481	48
80	Sam Jackson*	CAG	1B	4	17	17	2	5	2	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	.294	.294	.412	.706	122
81	George Jefferson	CBE	P	10	27	23	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3		0	1		.043	.154	.043	.197	-38
82	Willie Jefferson	CBE	P	13	28	27	3	4	1	0	0	1	2	0		0	1		.148	.148	.185	.333	3
83	Harry Jeffries	CIC	C	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.333	.333	.333	.667	106
84	Pee Wee Jenkins	BBB	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0
85	Gentry Jessup	CAG	P	13	40	38	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	1		0	1	0	.158	.179	.211	.390	23
86	Bob Johnson*	KCM	1B	13	30	27	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	1		.111	.172	.111	.284	-10
87	Al Jones	CAG/MRS	P	4	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	-5
88	Casey Jones*	MRS	C	17	39	36	3	8	2	0	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	.222	.282	.278	.560	73
89	Robert Keyes^	MRS	P	3	9	9	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	70
90	Jim LaMarque*	KCM	P	16	29	27	5	8	1	0	1	6	1	2		0	0		.296	.345	.444	.789	149
91	Rufus Ligon^	MRS	P	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	54
92	Clarence Locke	KCM	1B	2	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0		.200	.200	.600	.800	150
93	Eddie Locke*	KCM	P	15	25	24	5	6	1	0	0	1	0	1		0	0		.250	.280	.292	.572	81
94	Lester Lockett	BBB	LF	28	101	94	12	20	4	1	0	11	0	5		0	2		.213	.253	.277	.529	68
95	Loggins^	KCM	C	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
96	Longfield^	CAG	C	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
97	Malone^	KCM	P	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
98	Johnny Markham	BBB	P	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
99	Jack Marshall	CIC	2B	8	31	26	9	11	1	0	0	3	0	3		0	2		.423	.483	.462	.944	191
100	Garcia Massingale^	KCM	C	6	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.125	.125	.125	.250	-21
101	Jack Matchett*	KCM	P	20	48	42	5	11	0	0	0	7	0	5		0	1		.262	.340	.262	.602	91
102	Verdell Mathis*	MRS	P	21	65	60	6	19	2	1	0	6	1	5	1	0	0	0	.317	.369	.383	.753	132
103	Henry McCall*	CAG	1B	3	9	9	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	.556	.556	.556	1.111	250
104	Willie McCrary^	CBE/CIC	P	4	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0		.182	.182	.182	.364	12
105	Booker McDaniel	KCM	P	17	27	26	4	10	2	0	0	2	0	1		0	0		.385	.407	.462	.869	175
106	Gready McKinnis	BBB/CAG	P	5	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	-43
107	Willie McMeans^	CBE	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0
108	John Henry McQueen	CIC	-	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	517
109	Lázaro Medina*	CIC	P	2	7	7	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0		.286	.286	.429	.714	119
110	George Minor*	CAG	CF	17	41	34	8	9	1	2	0	0	4	6		0	1	0	.265	.375	.412	.787	148
111	Lee Moody	KCM	LF	47	186	178	21	45	5	2	1	26	2	5		0	3		.253	.273	.320	.593	88
112	Leroy Morney**	BBB	1B	15	42	39	3	7	1	0	0	4	0	3		0	0		.179	.238	.205	.443	41
113	Porter Moss	MRS	P	9	19	18	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	37
114	Clyde Nelson	CAG	1B	21	78	73	8	17	2	2	0	7	2	5		0	0	0	.233	.282	.315	.597	88
115	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	P	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	2		.000	.500	.000	.500	63
116	Albert Overton^	CIC	P	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	517
117	Satchel Paige	KCM	P	16	41	39	2	7	1	1	0	5	0	1		0	1		.179	.200	.256	.456	44
118	Art Pennington**	CAG/CIC	2B	18	72	65	13	20	2	0	2	11	2	7		0	0	0	.308	.375	.431	.806	153
119	Cecil Perkins	KCM	1B	4	13	12	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	1		0	0		.167	.231	.167	.397	26
120	Shirley Petway^	CBE	C	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	520
121	Alex Radcliff	CIC/CAG	3B	19	77	69	9	22	4	1	1	10	1	8		0	0	0	.319	.390	.449	.839	159
122	Ted Radcliffe	BBB	C	22	85	76	12	15	3	0	0	11	0	5		0	4		.197	.247	.237	.484	54
123	Specs Roberts^	CIC	P	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1		.333	.333	.333	.667	106
124	Nat Rogers*	MRS/CAG	RF	10	16	15	0	6	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	.400	.438	.400	.838	158
125	Antonio Ruiz	CIC	P	12	29	24	4	7	1	1	0	2	0	5		0	0		.292	.414	.417	.830	156
126	Alfred Saylor**	BBB	P	15	42	40	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2		.150	.150	.175	.325	3
127	Johnie Scott*	BBB/KCM	LF	13	49	49	7	15	1	3	0	8	0	0		0	0		.306	.306	.449	.755	139
128	Bonnie Serrell*	KCM	2B	47	192	175	38	56	9	4	4	23	6	15		0	2		.320	.374	.486	.859	171
129	Pepper Sharpe**	CAG/MRS	RF	12	27	26	3	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.346	.346	.423	.769	139
130	Bob Smith	CAG	C	13	41	36	3	8	1	0	0	1	0	5		0	0	1	.222	.317	.250	.567	79
131	Henry Smith	CIC	SS	21	90	79	6	17	5	0	0	8	1	5		0	6		.215	.262	.278	.540	67
132	Hilton Smith	KCM	P	20	35	32	2	8	0	0	1	3	0	3		0	0		.250	.314	.344	.658	108
133	Johnny Smith*	CAG	RF	11	40	37	1	13	1	0	0	7	1	2		0	1	0	.351	.385	.378	.763	141
134	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	50	206	188	31	55	4	1	2	15	4	17		0	1		.293	.351	.356	.708	124
135	Leroy Sutton	CAG	P	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	58
136	Raymond Taylor	BBB/KCM	C	5	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0		.100	.100	.100	.200	-37
137	Buck Thomas^	CAG	P	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
138	Dean Thomas^	KCM	P	4	8	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1		.143	.143	.143	.286	-10
139	Walter Treherne	CAG	1B	3	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	.250	.400	.500	.900	183
140	Fermín Valdés	CIC	2B	16	58	52	7	13	1	0	0	4	2	4		0	2		.250	.304	.269	.573	77
141	Bobby Vandever*	KCM	CF	4	11	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.182	.182	.182	.364	15
142	Armando Vázquez*	CIC	1B	27	99	89	11	26	0	1	1	9	2	10		0	0		.292	.364	.348	.712	120
143	Ollie Waldon*	CAG	LF	11	29	25	3	5	0	1	0	1	0	4		0	0	0	.200	.310	.280	.590	86
144	Fay Washington^	BBB	P	3	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
145	Willie Wells Jr.	MRS/CAG	SS	14	27	24	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	.125	.160	.125	.285	-10
146	Ollie West*	CAG	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0					0
147	Johnny Williams	BBB/CIC	P	10	14	14	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0		.286	.286	.357	.643	98
148	Jesse F. Williams*	CBE	C	5	16	14	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0		.286	.375	.286	.661	105
149	Doc Wingo	KCM	C	15	30	29	4	7	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0		.241	.267	.241	.508	61
150	Parnell Woods	CBE	3B	23	82	77	13	29	4	3	0	13	4	3		0	2		.377	.400	.506	.906	180
151	Ralph Wyatt	CAG	SS	6	24	23	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	.304	.333	.348	.681	115
152	Steve Wylie	KCM/MRS	P	7	12	12	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.167	.250	-21
153	Leovigildo Xiqués	CIC	LF	24	103	95	13	29	3	1	0	12	7	7		0	1		.305	.353	.358	.711	119
154	Yann^	CAG	C	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
155	Leandy Young	BBB	LF	12	38	37	4	10	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	1		.270	.270	.324	.595	89

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