1946 Season

Negro American League

1945 / 1947

Top Hitter

Sam
Hairston

Top Pitcher

Peanuts
Davis

Leaders

Runs Batted In

#	Player	Team	RBI
1	Sam Hairston	CIC	18
2	Ted Strong	KCM	18
3	Willard Brown	KCM	14
4	Duke Cleveland	CIC	11
5	Reinaldo Drake	CIC	11
6	Clyde Nelson	CAG	11
7	Buck O'Neil	KCM	11
8	Hilton Smith	KCM	11
9	Herb Souell	KCM	11
10	Sam Jethroe	CBE	10

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Bill Powell	BBB	397
2	Hilton Smith	KCM	238
3	Gentry Jessup	CAG	200
4	Jehosie Heard	BBB	199
5	Walter McCoy	CAG	158
6	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	158
7	Peanuts Davis	CIC	148
8	Jim LaMarque	KCM	127
9	Manuel Godínez	CIC	126
10	Ford Smith	KCM	123

All-1946 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
George Minor	CBE	0.3	0.4	0.0
Henry Merchant	CIC	0.3	0.2	0.0

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willard Brown	KCM	1.2	1.2	0.0
Reinaldo Drake	CIC	0.5	0.5	0.0

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ted Strong	KCM	0.8	0.8	0.0
Ed Steele	BBB	0.4	0.4	0.0

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Chico Renfroe	KCM	0.5	0.3	0.0
Artie Wilson	BBB	0.3	0.2	0.0

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ray Neil	CIC	0.5	0.4	0.0
Hank Thompson	KCM	0.5	0.4	0.0

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Clyde Nelson	CAG	0.7	0.7	0.0
Leon Kellman	CBE	0.3	0.3	0.0

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Archie Ware	CBE	0.6	0.6	0.0
Buck O'Neil	KCM	0.4	0.5	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sam Hairston	CIC	1.2	1.2	0.0
Quincy Trouppe	CBE	0.3	0.2	0.0

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Peanuts Davis	CIC	42.0	1.5	1.6	-0.1
Gentry Jessup	CAG	44.0	1.2	1.3	-0.1
Jim LaMarque	KCM	62.2	1.1	1.2	-0.1
Hilton Smith	KCM	21.1	1.0	0.7	0.3

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Angel García	CIC	10.2	0.6	0.6	0.0
Manuel Godínez	CIC	33.0	0.6	0.6	-0.1
Felix Evans	MRS	9.2	0.5	0.5	0.0
Jim Colzie	CIC	37.1	0.4	0.3	0.1

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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.

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

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