1945 Season

Negro National League II

1944 / 1946

Top Hitter

Roy
Campanella

Top Pitcher

Roy
Welmaker

Leaders

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Roy Campanella	BEG	.479
2	Josh Gibson	HG	.472
3	Buck Leonard	HG	.431
4	Goose Curry	PS	.410
5	Frank Austin	PS	.409
6	Cool Papa Bell	HG	.405
7	Wild Bill Wright	BEG	.403
8	Thad Christopher	NBY/NE	.396
9	Ed Stone	PS	.386
10	Sam Bankhead	HG	.382

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Bill Byrd	BEG	11
2	Roy Welmaker	HG	11
3	Roy Partlow	PS	8
4	Andy Porter	BEG	7
5	Garnett Blair	HG	5
6	Neck Stanley	NBY	5
7	Henry Miller	PS	4
8	Bill Ricks	PS	4
9	Patricio Scantlebury	NYC	4
10	Luis Tiant	NYC	4

All-1945 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Goose Curry	PS	1.6	1.2	0.5
Bill Hoskins	BEG	1.2	1.4	0.0

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jerry Benjamin	HG	1.3	0.9	0.4
Gene Benson	PS	1.2	0.9	0.3

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Wild Bill Wright	BEG	2.0	2.2	0.0
Dave Hoskins	HG	0.9	0.2	0.5

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Frank Austin	PS	2.7	1.9	0.6
Sam Bankhead	HG	1.2	0.7	0.3

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Marvin Williams	PS	1.2	1.3	-0.1
Mahlon Duckett	PS	0.6	0.1	0.4

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Marvin Barker	NBY	0.7	0.6	0.1
Jud Wilson	HG	0.5	0.5	0.0

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Leonard	HG	2.0	1.7	0.4
Lennie Pearson	NE	0.7	0.5	0.2

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Roy Campanella	BEG	2.8	2.8	0.0
Josh Gibson	HG	2.6	2.6	-0.1

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Roy Welmaker	HG	126.2	4.4	4.3	0.1
Bill Byrd	BEG	121.0	4.2	4.2	0.0
Roy Partlow	PS	113.0	3.6	3.7	0.0
Neck Stanley	NBY	91.1	2.6	2.9	-0.3

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Bill Ricks	PS	72.2	2.2	1.7	0.6
Patricio Scantlebury	NYC	49.2	2.2	1.7	0.6
Barney Morris	NYC	41.2	1.8	1.8	0.0
Bill Harvey	BEG	14.2	0.9	0.8	0.2

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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, Wayne Stivers, 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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