1946 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1946 Season


1945 / 1947

Top Hitter


Tommy
Butts

Top Pitcher


Barney
Brown

Leaders

Runs Batted In

# Player Team RBI
1
Lennie Pearson
NE/EAS
66
2
Monte Irvin
NE/EAS
63
3
Johnny Davis
NE/SPS
61
4
Larry Doby
NE/EAS
58
5
Doc Dennis
PS
53
6
Josh Gibson
HG/EAS
52
7
Buck Leonard
HG/EAS
47
8
Gene Benson
MULT
40
9
Willie Wells
NBY/BEG
38
10
Willard Brown
KCM
37

WHIP

# Player Team WHIP
1
Spud Chandler
BFS
0.80
2
Jimmie Newberry
BBB
1.00
3
Rufus Lewis
NE/SPS
1.05
4
Hilton Smith
KCM/SPS
1.07
5
Peanuts Davis
CIC
1.08
6
Gentry Jessup
MULT
1.11
7
Barney Morris
NYC
1.11
8
Ted Radcliffe
HG
1.11
9
Bill Barnes
BEG
1.13
10
Satchel Paige
KCM/SPS
1.13


Standings
Glossary

Negro National League II

vs NN2 vs Maj. Black Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
50
22
2
.694
-
56
25
3
.691
6.5
4.4
Biz Mackey
Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
2
38
34
3
.528
12.0
43
35
3
.551
5.2
4.7
Felton Snow
Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
3
39
35
3
.527
12.0
52
39
4
.571
6.1
4.9
Vic Harris
Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
4
37
31
2
.544
11.0
37
37
2
.500
4.8
5.0
José María Fernández
Polo Grounds (New York, NY), Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY) (Queens, NY)
5
31
36
2
.463
16.5
33
38
4
.465
5.0
4.8
Goose Curry
44th & Parkside (Philadelphia, PA), Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA)
6
11
48
0
.186
32.5
17
52
0
.246
3.0
6.9
Marvin Barker
Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY), Polo Grounds (New York, NY) (Queens, NY)
* = League Champion      1 = First Half Champion      2 = Second Half Champion      

Negro American League

vs NAL vs Maj. Black Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
60
19
2
.759
-
66
29
2
.695
5.7
3.7
Frank Duncan
Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2
46
37
2
.554
16.0
51
38
3
.573
4.6
4.3
Tommy Sampson
Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
3
40
38
3
.513
19.5
44
44
5
.500
4.8
5.2
Quincy Trouppe
League Park (Cleveland, OH), Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
4
35
48
1
.422
27.0
38
56
2
.404
4.2
5.1
Hoss Walker
Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN), Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
5
44
58
5
.431
27.5
46
61
5
.430
4.4
4.9
Jelly Taylor, Ruben Jones
Russwood Park (Memphis, TN)
6
39
64
3
.379
33.0
39
68
3
.364
4.5
5.4
Candy Jim Taylor
Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
* = League Champion      1 = First Half Champion      2 = Second Half Champion      

Negro League World Series

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
4
3
0
.571
-
4.9
5.1
Biz Mackey
Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
2
3
4
0
.429
1.0
5.1
4.9
Frank Duncan
Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)


East-West All Star Games

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
1
1
0
.500
-
3.5
3.0
Winfield Welch, Quincy Trouppe
Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
2
1
1
0
.500
-
3.0
3.5
Vic Harris
Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)


North-South All Star Games

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
7
1
0
.875
-
5.0
2.5
Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
2
1
7
0
.125
6.0
2.5
5.0
Pelican Stadium (New Orleans, LA)


Negro Leagues vs. Major Leagues

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
11
5
0
.688
-
4.9
3.6
Rollie Hemsley
No Home Ballpark
2
5
11
0
.313
6.0
3.6
4.9
Frank Duncan
No Home Ballpark



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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.


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