1946 Season

Negro League World Series

1945 / 1947

Top Hitter

Chico
Renfroe

Top Pitcher

Rufus
Lewis

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Monte Irvin	NE	259
2	Buck O'Neil	KCM	159
3	Chico Renfroe	KCM	152
4	Larry Doby	NE	144
5	Lennie Pearson	NE	142
6	Johnny Davis	NE	114
7	Hank Thompson	KCM	89
8	Willard Brown	KCM	85
9	Herb Souell	KCM	80
10	Jimmy Wilkes	NE	78

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Rufus Lewis	NE	0.95
2	Max Manning	NE	1.27
3	Ted Alexander	KCM	1.29
4	Hilton Smith	KCM	1.29
5	Jim LaMarque	KCM	1.39
6	Leniel Hooker	NE	1.58
7	Ford Smith	KCM	1.60
8	Satchel Paige	KCM	1.70

Advanced Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	wOBA	BB%	HR%	ISO
1	Kansas City Monarchs	WS	7	265	.330	6.8%	1.9%	.103
2	Newark Eagles	WS	7	264	.358	9.8%	1.9%	.121
	2	1	14	529	.344	8.3%	1.9%	.112

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	HR%	ISO
1	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	32	.325	0.0%	0.0%	.000
2	Larry Doby*	NE	2B	31	.442	29.0%	3.2%	.273
3	Hank Thompson*	KCM	2B	31	.354	9.7%	0.0%	.037
4	Monte Irvin	NE	SS	30	.615	13.3%	10.0%	.423
5	Chico Renfroe	KCM	SS	30	.452	3.3%	0.0%	.071
6	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	29	.318	0.0%	6.9%	.241
7	Johnny Davis	NE	LF	29	.398	10.3%	0.0%	.125
8	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	29	.446	6.9%	6.9%	.296
9	Lennie Pearson	NE	1B	29	.435	3.4%	3.4%	.143
10	Johnie Scott*	KCM	LF	28	.241	10.7%	0.0%	.080
11	Bob Harvey*	NE	RF	27	.279	7.4%	0.0%	.040
12	Leon Ruffin	NE	C	27	.314	7.4%	0.0%	.040
13	Earl Taborn	KCM	C	27	.250	11.1%	0.0%	.087
14	Jimmy Wilkes*	NE	CF	27	.329	3.7%	0.0%	.080
15	Pat Patterson**	NE	3B	23	.271	8.7%	0.0%	.000
16	Ford Smith**	KCM	P	16	.378	18.8%	0.0%	.000
17	Ted Strong**	KCM	RF	16	.235	6.3%	6.3%	.200
18	Max Manning	NE	P	9	.315	0.0%	0.0%	.000
19	Rufus Lewis	NE	P	8	.118	0.0%	0.0%	.000
20	Hilton Smith	KCM	P	7	.243	14.3%	0.0%	.000
21	Leniel Hooker	NE	P	6	.126	16.7%	0.0%	.000
22	Clarence Isreal	NE	3B	6	.283	16.7%	0.0%	.000
23	Jim LaMarque*	KCM	P	6	.472	0.0%	0.0%	.000
24	Leon Day	NE	P	5	.157	0.0%	0.0%	.000
25	Joe Greene	KCM	RF	4	.236	0.0%	0.0%	.000
26	Satchel Paige	KCM	P	4	.236	0.0%	0.0%	.000
27	Ted Alexander	KCM	P	3	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000
28	Cotton Williams	NE	P	3	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000
29	Benny Felder	NE	3B	2	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000
30	Jim Hamilton*	KCM	SS	2	.377	50.0%	0.0%	.000
31	Biz Mackey**	NE	-	1	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000
32	Charlie Parks	NE	1B	1	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000
33	Steve Wylie	KCM	P	1	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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