1946 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1946 Season


1945 / 1947

Top Hitter


Larry
Doby

Top Pitcher


Barney
Brown

Leaders

Batting Average

# Player Team BA
1
Cool Papa Bell
HG
.400
2
Monte Irvin
EAS/NE
.375
3
Willie Grace
WES/CBE
.371
4
Archie Ware
WES/CBE
.359
5
Larry Doby
EAS/NE
.358
6
Clyde Nelson
WES/CAG
.354
7
Alejandro Crespo
NYC
.342
8
Henry Kimbro
EAS/BEG
.342
9
Leon Day
EAS/NE
.339
10
Ted Strong
KCM
.331

ERA

# Player Team ERA
1
Hilton Smith
SPS/KCM
1.67
2
Bob Lemon
BFS
1.71
3
Angel García
CIC
1.80
4
Bob Feller
BFS
1.91
5
Rufus Lewis
SPS/NE
1.98
6
Dutch Leonard
BFS
2.25
7
Jimmie Newberry
BBB
2.25
8
Gentry Jessup
MULT
2.30
9
Leon Day
EAS/NE
2.44
10
Luis Tiant
NYC
2.57


Standings
Glossary

Negro National League II

vs NN2 vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
50
20
2
.714
-
56
23
3
.709
6.6
4.4
Biz Mackey
Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
2
34
31
2
.523
13.5
35
35
2
.500
4.6
4.9
José María Fernández
Polo Grounds (New York, NY), Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY) (Queens, NY)
3
36
33
3
.522
13.5
45
37
3
.549
6.3
5.0
Vic Harris
Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
4
37
34
3
.521
13.5
41
34
3
.547
5.0
4.6
Felton Snow
Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
5
29
34
2
.460
17.5
31
35
4
.470
5.1
5.0
Goose Curry
44th & Parkside (Philadelphia, PA), Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA)
6
12
46
0
.207
32.0
18
50
0
.265
3.1
6.8
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 All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
55
16
2
.775
-
60
26
2
.698
5.7
3.7
Frank Duncan
Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2
32
27
0
.542
17.0
35
27
0
.565
4.7
4.2
Tommy Sampson
Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
3
31
36
1
.463
22.0
35
42
3
.455
4.6
5.3
Quincy Trouppe
League Park (Cleveland, OH), Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
4
34
41
2
.453
23.0
36
43
2
.456
4.6
5.2
Jelly Taylor, Ruben Jones
Martin Park (Memphis, TN), Russwood Park (Memphis, TN)
5
32
42
1
.432
24.5
34
49
2
.410
4.4
5.2
Hoss Walker
Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN), Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
6
32
54
2
.372
30.5
32
57
2
.360
4.5
5.6
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)


Negro Leagues vs. Major Leagues

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
10
5
0
.667
-
4.9
3.6
Rollie Hemsley
No Home Ballpark
2
5
10
0
.333
5.0
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, Wayne Stivers, 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