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

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Ed Steele	BBB	226
2	Jackie Robinson	KCM	215
3	Sam Jethroe	CBE	179
4	Piper Davis	BBB	178
5	Neil Robinson	MRS	176
6	Avelino Cañizares	CBE	167
7	Art Pennington	CAG	164
8	Johnny Smith	CAG	148
9	Artie Wilson	BBB	134
10	Herb Souell	KCM	133

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Booker McDaniel	KCM	9
2	Eugene Bremer	CBE	7
3	Jim LaMarque	KCM	7
4	Gentry Jessup	CAG	6
5	Hilton Smith	KCM	6
6	Walter McCoy	CAG	5
7	Steve Wylie	KCM	4
8	Willie Cornelius	CAG	3
9	George Jefferson	CBE	3
10	Al Jones	MRS	3

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	IBB	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	27	993	911	120	246	35	23	6	101	10		52	0	4	26	1	.270	.312	.379	.691	104
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	51	1891	1740	270	488	75	21	10	234	41		110	0	9	32		.280	.327	.365	.691	105
3	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	22	824	756	108	203	25	15	3	92	18	0	52	0	4	12		.269	.319	.353	.672	96
4	Chicago American Giants	NAL	37	1389	1260	199	340	37	20	8	173	12		115	0	3	11		.270	.332	.350	.682	102
5	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	24	885	794	106	181	30	10	8	83	7		67	1	6	18		.228	.293	.321	.614	78
6	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	22	821	749	81	174	15	9	4	71	7	0	60	2	1	11		.232	.290	.292	.583	71
	6	1	186	6803	6210	884	1632	217	98	39	754	95	0	456	3	27	110	1	.263	.316	.348	.664	96

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	IBB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	27	114	99	17	39	5	8	2	18	2		8	0	2	5	.394	.450	.667	1.116	226
2	Sam Jethroe**	CBE	CF	21	91	81	14	27	5	5	1	20	5	0	8	0	2	0	.333	.407	.556	.962	179
3	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	21	90	81	15	27	6	0	4	17	1		7	1	2	0	.333	.400	.556	.956	176
4	Piper Davis	BBB	1B	25	103	91	14	34	3	2	2	15	2		9	0	0	3	.374	.430	.516	.946	178
5	Avelino Cañizares	CBE	SS	19	87	80	16	30	7	0	1	8	4	0	6	0	0	1	.375	.419	.500	.919	167
6	Johnny Smith*	CAG	RF	36	152	142	23	48	4	4	2	31	0		9	0	0	1	.338	.377	.465	.842	148
7	Art Pennington**	CAG	1B	33	142	121	22	40	6	2	2	22	6		21	0	0	0	.331	.430	.463	.892	164
8	Casey Jones*	MRS	C	23	77	72	12	17	5	0	3	7	1		5	0	0	0	.236	.286	.431	.716	106
9	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	46	199	181	38	58	8	4	1	33	4		10	0	2	6	.320	.363	.425	.788	133
10	Jesse Williams	KCM	2B	50	219	196	50	59	10	2	2	15	11		17	0	2	4	.301	.363	.403	.766	126
11	Lee Moody	KCM	1B	46	191	180	27	59	10	0	1	26	1		7	0	0	4	.328	.353	.400	.753	122
12	Artie Wilson*	BBB	SS	27	121	110	17	38	6	0	0	12	2		8	0	1	2	.345	.395	.400	.795	134
13	Ralph Wyatt	CAG	SS	33	137	125	22	37	1	3	2	22	1		10	0	0	2	.296	.348	.400	.748	121
14	Walter Thomas	KCM	RF	49	201	183	29	57	5	4	1	23	4		11	0	3	4	.311	.360	.399	.759	124
15	Reinaldo Drake*	CIC	LF	20	84	77	15	23	2	1	1	5	2	0	7	0	0	0	.299	.357	.390	.747	119
16	Jesse Douglas*	CAG	2B	30	134	124	23	38	2	1	1	14	4		10	0	0	0	.306	.358	.363	.721	114
17	John Bissant	CAG	LF	32	133	119	29	32	7	2	0	13	0		13	0	0	1	.269	.341	.361	.702	108
18	Lester Lockett	BBB	LF	26	106	98	13	26	5	2	0	11	0		4	0	1	3	.265	.301	.357	.658	93
19	Archie Ware*	CBE	1B	19	81	75	11	21	1	2	0	11	1	0	4	0	0	2	.280	.316	.347	.663	94
20	Sam Hairston	CIC	3B	20	71	62	10	16	3	1	0	9	1	0	9	0	0	0	.258	.352	.339	.691	103
21	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	20	86	74	17	19	2	2	0	7	2		9	0	2	1	.257	.353	.338	.691	101
22	Parnell Woods	CBE	3B	20	85	77	15	21	3	1	0	7	5	0	3	0	2	3	.273	.317	.338	.655	91
23	Johnie Scott*	KCM	CF	50	211	199	30	49	6	4	1	32	6		11	0	0	1	.246	.286	.332	.617	82
24	Jimmie Crutchfield*	CAG	CF	36	150	139	13	31	5	1	0	13	0		10	0	1	0	.223	.280	.273	.553	64
25	Henry Merchant*	CIC	CF	20	75	63	6	15	1	0	0	7	2	0	9	1	0	3	.238	.333	.254	.587	74
26	Red Longley	MRS	3B	23	85	76	5	16	1	1	0	11	0		5	0	0	4	.211	.259	.250	.509	48
27	Johnnie Cowan	CBE	2B	20	81	77	5	18	0	0	0	7	0	0	2	0	0	2	.234	.253	.234	.487	43

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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