1946 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1946 Season

Negro American League

1945 / 1947

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Gentry
Jessup

Leaders

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Ted Strong	KCM	.465
2	Joe Greene	KCM	.447
3	Archie Ware	CBE	.437
4	Leon Kellman	CBE	.431
5	Clyde Nelson	CAG	.419
6	Piper Davis	BBB	.410
7	Artie Wilson	BBB	.405
8	Sam Hairston	CIC	.396
9	Henry Merchant	CIC	.395
10	Buck O'Neil	KCM	.395

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Satchel Paige	KCM	0.93
2	Gentry Jessup	CAG	0.98
3	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	1.00
4	Hilton Smith	KCM	1.03
5	Peanuts Davis	CIC	1.08
6	Ford Smith	KCM	1.09
7	Manuel Godínez	CIC	1.17
8	Connie Johnson	KCM	1.20
9	Angel García	CIC	1.20
10	Jehosie Heard	BBB	1.22

Wins Above Replacement

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League:

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R

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Throws:

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Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	1382	322.2		12.0	6.1	3.0	2.9	0.0
2	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	1000	217.0		5.8	3.2	-0.3	2.8	0.0
3	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	350	75.0		3.0	1.1	-0.5	2.3	0.0
4	Chicago American Giants	NAL	701	162.0		1.9	0.1	0.5	1.3	0.0
5	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	689	152.0		1.3	2.9	-0.4	-1.1	0.0
6	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	421	92.2		0.8	0.2	-2.0	2.6	0.0
	6	1	4543	1021.1		24.7	13.6	0.3	10.7	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	145			2.7	1.5	1.2	0.0	0.0
2	Ted Strong	KCM	RF	129			1.9	1.5	0.4	0.0	-0.1
3	Hilton Smith	KCM	P	32	47.2		1.7	0.4	0.0	1.2	0.0
4	Gentry Jessup	CAG	P	23	51.0		1.4	-0.2	0.0	1.6	0.0
5	Clyde Nelson	CAG	3B	74			1.4	0.8	0.6	0.0	0.0
6	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	147			1.4	0.8	0.7	0.0	-0.2
7	Peanuts Davis	CIC	P	24	43.1		1.3	-0.2	0.1	1.4	0.0
8	Joe Greene	KCM	C	87			1.3	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.1
9	Angel García	CIC	P	13	25.0		1.2	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.0
10	Satchel Paige	KCM	P	12	27.0		1.1	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0
11	Jehosie Heard	BBB	P	9	18.0		1.0	0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
12	Sam Hairston	CIC	C	112			1.0	1.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
13	Reinaldo Drake	CIC	CF	106			0.9	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.0
14	Ray Neil	CIC	2B	117			0.9	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.1
15	Jim Hamilton	KCM	SS	61			0.8	-0.2	0.9	0.0	0.1
16	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	P	9	24.0		0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.8	0.0
17	Bill Powell	BBB	P	9	18.1		0.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0
18	Buddy Armour	CBE	LF	60			0.7	0.5	0.3	0.0	-0.1
19	Herb Souell	KCM	3B	156			0.7	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
20	Felix Evans	MRS	P	2	8.2		0.6	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0
21	Manuel Godínez	CIC	P	13	34.1		0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
22	Duke Cleveland	CIC	RF	98			0.5	0.4	0.3	0.0	-0.1
23	George Minor	CBE	CF	31			0.5	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
24	Dan Bankhead	MRS	P	16	20.1		0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
25	Johnnie Cowan	CBE	2B	62			0.5	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1
26	Spoon Carter	MRS	P	3	9.1		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
27	Clarence Locke	CAG	P	3	10.1		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
28	Piper Davis	BBB	2B	40			0.4	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
29	Archie Ware	CBE	1B	75			0.4	0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
30	Lee Moody	BBB/KCM	2B	35			0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
31	Jim LaMarque	KCM	P	27	71.2		0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.6	0.0
32	Clyde Williams	CBE	P	4	9.0		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
33	Willie Cornelius	CAG	P	10	17.1		0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
34	Casey Jones	MRS	C	31			0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
35	Hank Thompson	KCM	2B	99			0.3	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.1
36	Gene Smith	CIC	SS	50			0.3	-0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
37	Ted Alexander	KCM	P	5	15.2		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
38	Frank Pearson	MRS	P	3	8.0		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
39	Riley Stewart	MRS/CAG	P	5	11.0		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
40	Sam Jethroe	CBE	CF	81			0.3	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
41	Johnny Williams	CIC	P	7	13.2		0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
42	Walter McCoy	CAG	P	16	40.2		0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
43	Artie Wilson	BBB	SS	42			0.2	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1
44	Ford Smith	KCM	CF	74	30.1		0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.6	0.0
45	Tommy Sampson	BBB	1B	8			0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
46	Sam Woods	CBE	P	4	10.1		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
47	Alonzo Boone	CBE	P	1	2.2		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
48	Ed Steele	BBB	RF	35			0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
49	Allen Bryant	KCM/MRS	P	7	15.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
50	John Brown	CBE	P	1	4.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
51	Wilbert King	CAG	2B	9			0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
52	Leon Kellman	CBE	3B	74			0.2	0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.0
53	Al Smith	CBE	3B	13			0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
54	Earl Taborn	KCM	C	55			0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
55	Lyman Bostock	BBB	1B	28			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
56	Willie Grace	CBE	RF	64	4.2		0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
57	Curtis Hollingsworth	BBB	P		2.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
58	Cowan Hyde	MRS	CF	32			0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
59	Amos Watson	CIC	P	4	6.2		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
60	Jim Colzie	CIC	P	17	35.2		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
61	Jim McCurine	CAG	RF	62			0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	-0.1
62	Hoss Walker	CIC	SS	23			0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
63	Larry Brown	MRS	C	10			0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
64	Frank Williams	CAG	RF	8			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
65	Henry Merchant	CIC	LF	46	5.0		0.1	0.2	-0.3	0.1	0.0
66	Quincy Trouppe	CBE	C	56			0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
67	Freddie Shepard	BBB	CF	16			0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
68	Verdell Mathis	MRS	LF	33	8.0		0.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.4	0.0
69	Alex Radcliff	MRS	3B	30			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
70	Clyde McNeal	CAG	SS	45			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
71	Leslie Green	MRS/CAG	CF	23	4.1		0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0
72	Eugene Bremer	CBE	P	15	33.2		0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
73	Bill Duffy	KCM	RF	4			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
74	Lefty Calhoun	CBE/CIC	P	3	8.0		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
75	Chet Brewer	CBE/CAG	P	5	15.1		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Walter Thomas	CAG	CF	51			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
77	Frank Fleming	CBE	P		0.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Willie Hubert	CBE	P		1.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Willie McNeely	BBB	LF	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Turner	KCM	C				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Harry Millon	CAG	-				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Jacob Robinson	CAG	-				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Johnny Hundley	CAG	C				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Alex Singleton	CBE	P		1.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	P	6	19.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Leovigildo Xiqués	CIC	LF	64			0.0	0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
87	Gilpin	KCM	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	John Bissant	CAG	LF	49			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Jeff Shelton	CBE	P	1	4.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Buster Haywood	CIC	C	56			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	McKamey	KCM	SS	2			0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
92	Goose Tatum	CIC	1B	63			0.0	0.4	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
93	Ed Young	CAG	1B	71			0.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.1
94	Grover Hunt	CAG	C	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	John Thomas	BBB	CF	9			0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Tice James	CIC	3B	12			-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
97	Alvin Gipson	BBB	P	4	6.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	John Britton	BBB	3B	41			-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
99	Billy Horne	CBE	2B	15			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Red Longley	MRS	RF	39			-0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
101	Connie Johnson	KCM	P	28	67.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
102	Eli Chism	CBE	RF	33			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
103	Vidal Richardson	CBE	SS	10			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Jake Tolbert	CAG	C	10			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Collins Jones	BBB	CF	5			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
106	Willie Wells Jr.	MRS	SS	41			-0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.1
107	Herman Bell	BBB	C	4			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Pepper Bassett	BBB	C	33			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
109	Lester Lockett	CIC/BBB	LF	74			-0.1	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
110	Jim Oliver	CBE	SS	5			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Bernell Longest	CAG	2B	67			-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.1
112	Herb Barnhill	CAG	C	21			-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
113	Johnie Scott	KCM	LF	148			-0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
114	Nat Pollard	BBB	P	2	6.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
115	Larry Hubbard	KCM	RF	5			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
116	Chico Renfroe	KCM	SS	113			-0.1	0.4	-0.7	0.0	0.2
117	Tommy Harris	CBE	C	20			-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
118	Emanuel Sampson	BBB	LF	20			-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Jelly Taylor	MRS	1B	42			-0.2	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
120	Leonard Lindsay	CIC	1B	18			-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
121	Jimmy Reynolds	BBB	LF	15			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
122	Walter Burch	CBE	P	1	1.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
123	Sam Hill	CAG	LF	9			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
124	Ralph Wyatt	CAG/CBE	SS	71			-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1
125	Sylvester Snead	CIC	P	5	0.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
126	Coco Ferrer	CIC	SS	64			-0.2	0.2	-0.5	0.0	0.1
127	Neil Robinson	MRS	LF	11			-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
128	John Miles	CAG	CF	44			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
129	Harry Rhodes	CAG	RF	20	4.0		-0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
130	Marlin Carter	MRS	3B	31			-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
131	Preacher Henry	CIC	P	14	34.2		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
132	Willie Jefferson	CBE	P		0.1		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
133	Hosea Allen	CBE	P	8	17.2		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
134	Doc Bracken	CBE	P	6	14.2		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
135	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	39			-0.4	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
136	Frank Carswell	CBE	P	1	9.0		-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
137	Fred McDaniel	MRS	LF	31			-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
138	Sam Odom	CIC	P	6	12.2		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
139	Bill Charter	CAG	C	38			-0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
140	John Huber	MRS	P	6	4.0		-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
141	Vibert Clarke	CBE	P	13	27.2		-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
142	Steve Wylie	KCM	P	25	56.1		-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
143	Red Howard	CAG	P	9	22.1		-0.8	0.1	0.0	-0.9	0.0

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