1945 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1945 Season

Negro American League

1944 / 1946

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

Top Hitter

Jackie
Robinson

Top Pitcher

Booker
McDaniel

Leaders

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Jackie Robinson	KCM	.461
2	Ed Steele	BBB	.450
3	Piper Davis	BBB	.430
4	Art Pennington	CAG	.430
5	Avelino Cañizares	CBE	.419
6	Sam Jethroe	CBE	.407
7	Neil Robinson	MRS	.400
8	Artie Wilson	BBB	.395
9	Johnny Smith	CAG	.377
10	Jesse Williams	KCM	.363

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Roosevelt Davis	CIC/CBE	241
2	Eugene Bremer	CBE	176
3	Gentry Jessup	CAG	133
4	Booker McDaniel	KCM	128
5	Jim LaMarque	KCM	128
6	Gready McKinnis	CAG	121
7	Frank Pearson	MRS	121
8	Hilton Smith	KCM	120
9	Alvin Gipson	BBB	120
10	Edgar Chatman	MRS	118

All-1945 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Reinaldo Drake	CIC	1.0	0.5	0.6
Lester Lockett	BBB	0.6	0.2	0.4

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sam Jethroe	CBE	1.6	1.2	0.4
Neil Robinson	MRS	1.1	1.0	0.2

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ed Steele	BBB	1.8	1.9	0.0
Johnny Smith	CAG	1.3	1.2	-0.1

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jackie Robinson	KCM	2.6	2.3	0.1
Avelino Cañizares	CBE	1.7	1.0	0.5

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jesse Williams	KCM	2.4	1.6	0.6
Jesse Douglas	CAG	1.0	0.7	0.2

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Herb Souell	KCM	1.2	1.4	-0.2
John Britton	BBB	0.7	0.5	0.2

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Art Pennington	CAG	1.7	1.6	0.1
Piper Davis	BBB	1.1	1.2	-0.1

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Casey Jones	MRS	0.2	0.3	-0.1
Chesley Gray	KCM	0.2	0.0	0.1

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Eugene Bremer	CBE	68.0	2.3	2.0	0.3
Gentry Jessup	CAG	79.0	2.2	2.4	-0.1
Jim LaMarque	KCM	91.0	1.7	2.0	-0.3
Hilton Smith	KCM	77.0	1.4	1.3	0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Booker McDaniel	KCM	152.2	3.5	3.3	0.2
Willie Jefferson	CBE	21.1	0.8	0.9	-0.1
Alonzo Boone	BBB	21.0	0.8	0.6	0.2
Jimmie Newberry	BBB	65.1	0.7	0.9	-0.2

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