1947 Season

1946 / 1948

John H. Johnson (President)
Alex Pompez (Vice President)
Curtis Leak (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)

Henry
Kimbro

Max
Manning

Leaders

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Larry Doby	NE	1.182
2	Willard Brown	KCM	1.074
3	Henry Kimbro	EAS/BEG	1.056
4	Sam Jethroe	WES/CBE	1.015
5	Al Smith	CBE	1.000
6	Hank Thompson	KCM	.991
7	Joe Greene	KCM	.981
8	Buck Leonard	HG	.973
9	Johnny Smith	NBY	.931
10	Archie Ware	CBE	.915

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Gene Richardson	KCM	1.33
2	Chet Brewer	WES/CBE	2.17
3	Ford Smith	WES/KCM	2.18
4	Amos Watson	BEG	2.31
5	Bob Romby	BEG	2.43
6	Lino Donoso	NYC	2.46
7	Gentry Jessup	WES/CAG	2.52
8	Bill Byrd	BEG	2.69
9	Frank Thompson	HG	2.81
10	Luis Tiant	EAS/NYC	2.91

Standings

		vs NN2					vs Maj. Black Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	New York Cubans^*	47	20	1	.701	-	52	26	1	.667	6.4	4.3	José María Fernández	Polo Grounds (New York, NY)
2	Newark Eagles	51	40	1	.560	8.0	54	44	1	.551	5.6	4.9	Biz Mackey	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
3	Homestead Grays	35	35	4	.500	13.5	61	44	4	.581	5.2	4.4	Vic Harris	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
4	Baltimore Elite Giants	41	40	2	.506	13.0	52	44	3	.542	5.5	4.7	Wesley Barrow, George Scales, Felton Snow	Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
5	Philadelphia Stars	28	36	2	.438	17.5	36	39	2	.480	4.9	5.7	Goose Curry	44th & Parkside (Philadelphia, PA), Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA)
6	New York Black Yankees	12	43	4	.218	29.0	20	50	6	.286	4.2	7.0	Marvin Barker	Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)

* = League Champion

		vs NAL					vs Maj. Black Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Cleveland Buckeyes^*	57	19	0	.750	-	62	35	1	.639	6.3	4.8	Quincy Trouppe	League Park (Cleveland, OH), Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
2	Kansas City Monarchs	62	36	0	.633	6.0	66	47	1	.584	6.1	5.1	Frank Duncan	Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
3	Birmingham Black Barons	50	42	0	.543	15.0	58	52	0	.527	6.0	5.4	Tommy Sampson	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
4	Memphis Red Sox	44	55	2	.444	24.5	49	65	3	.430	5.0	6.5	Larry Brown	Martin Park (Memphis, TN), Russwood Park (Memphis, TN)
5	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	36	68	2	.346	35.0	40	73	2	.354	5.0	6.0	Willie Wells, Hoss Walker, Reinaldo Drake	Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN), Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
6	Chicago American Giants	29	58	0	.333	33.5	36	67	0	.350	4.7	6.4	Candy Jim Taylor	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)

* = League Champion

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	New York Cubans	4	1	1	.800	-	7.0	4.3	José María Fernández	Polo Grounds (New York, NY)
2	Cleveland Buckeyes	1	4	1	.200	3.0	4.3	7.0	Quincy Trouppe	Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH)

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