1946 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1946 Season


Negro American League


1945 / 1947

Top Hitter


Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher


Gentry
Jessup

Leaders

OPS+

# Player Team OPS+
1
Ted Strong
KCM
187
2
Clyde Nelson
CAG
180
3
Willard Brown
KCM
163
4
Sam Hairston
CIC
159
5
Archie Ware
CBE
154
6
Piper Davis
BBB
149
7
Joe Greene
KCM
142
8
Buddy Armour
CBE
140
9
Willie Grace
CBE
132
10
Leon Kellman
CBE
132

K/BB

# Player Team SO/BB
1
Satchel Paige
KCM
6.00
2
Jehosie Heard
BBB
4.25
3
Jimmie Newberry
BBB
4.25
4
Manuel Godínez
CIC
4.00
5
Allen Bryant
KCM/MRS
2.80
6
Ford Smith
KCM
2.71
7
Peanuts Davis
CIC
2.63
8
Angel García
CIC
2.60
9
Willie Hutchinson
MRS
2.38
10
Gentry Jessup
CAG
2.33


Standings
Glossary

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
33
36
1
.478
21.0
37
42
3
.468
4.6
5.3
Quincy Trouppe
League Park (Cleveland, OH), Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
4
34
42
2
.447
23.5
36
44
2
.450
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
55
2
.368
31.0
32
58
2
.356
4.4
5.6
Candy Jim Taylor
Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
* = League Champion      1 = First Half Champion      2 = Second Half Champion      
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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