1946 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1946 Season


Negro American League


1945 / 1947

Top Hitter


Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher


Gentry
Jessup

Leaders

Batting Average

# Player Team BA
1
Archie Ware
CBE
.397
2
Clyde Nelson
CAG
.359
3
Ted Strong
KCM
.358
4
Willie Grace
CBE
.352
5
Artie Wilson
BBB
.324
6
Sam Hairston
CIC
.323
7
Willard Brown
KCM
.321
8
Henry Merchant
CIC
.316
9
Reinaldo Drake
CIC
.312
10
Johnnie Cowan
CBE
.309

ERA

# Player Team ERA
1
Satchel Paige
KCM
1.67
2
Hilton Smith
KCM
1.70
3
Angel García
CIC
1.80
4
Jehosie Heard
BBB
2.00
5
Gentry Jessup
CAG
2.12
6
Jimmie Newberry
BBB
2.25
7
Willie Cornelius
CAG
2.60
8
Ted Alexander
KCM
2.87
9
Walter McCoy
CAG
2.88
10
Bill Powell
BBB
2.95


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
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      
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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