1946 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1946 Season


Negro American League


1945 / 1947

Top Hitter


Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher


Satchel
Paige

Leaders

On Base %

# Player Team OBP
1
Ted Strong
KCM
.466
2
Joe Greene
KCM
.462
3
Leon Kellman
CBE
.455
4
Archie Ware
CBE
.434
5
Artie Wilson
BBB
.426
6
Clyde Nelson
CAG
.410
7
Piper Davis
BBB
.409
8
Buck O'Neil
KCM
.400
9
Henry Merchant
CIC
.395
10
Sam Hairston
CIC
.395

K/BB

# Player Team SO/BB
1
Satchel Paige
KCM
6.40
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
Willie Hutchinson
MRS
2.38
9
Gentry Jessup
CAG
2.33
10
Angel García
CIC
2.23


Standings
Glossary

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      
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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