1947 Season

1946 / 1948

Top Hitter

Henry
Kimbro

Top Pitcher

Bob
Romby

Leaders

Runs Batted In

#	Player	Team	RBI
1	Willard Brown	KCM	64
2	Butch Davis	BEG	52
3	Henry Kimbro	BEG/EAS	52
4	Monte Irvin	NE/EAS	47
5	Lester Lockett	BEG	45
6	Johnny Washington	BEG/EAS	45
7	Larry Doby	NE	41
8	Silvio García	NYC/EAS	38
9	Buck O'Neil	KCM	37
10	Luke Easter	HG	36

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Max Manning	NE/EAS	12
2	Jim LaMarque	KCM	10
3	Bob Romby	BEG	10
4	Luis Tiant	NYC/EAS	9
5	Bill Byrd	BEG	8
6	Rufus Lewis	NE/EAS	8
7	Henry Miller	PS/EAS	8
8	Patricio Scantlebury	NYC	8
9	Amos Watson	BEG	8
10	Ford Smith	KCM/WES	7

Standings

Glossary

Negro National League II

		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

Negro American League

		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

Negro League World Series

		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)

East-West All Star Games

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	West All Stars	2	0	0	1.000	-	6.5	2.0	Frank Duncan	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
2	East All Stars	0	2	0	.000	2.0	2.0	6.5	Biz Mackey	Polo Grounds (New York, NY)

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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, 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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