1947 Season

1946 / 1948

Top Hitter

Henry
Kimbro

Top Pitcher

Max
Manning

Leaders

Runs Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	Henry Kimbro	BEG/EAS	69
2	Tommy Butts	BEG/EAS	50
3	Butch Davis	BEG	49
4	Minnie Miñoso	EAS/NYC	46
5	Herb Souell	KCM/WES	45
6	Monte Irvin	EAS/NE	43
7	Buck O'Neil	KCM	42
8	Jim Gilliam	BEG	39
9	Hank Thompson	KCM	39
10	Lester Lockett	BEG	38

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Dan Bankhead	WES/MRS	0.76
2	Chet Brewer	WES/CBE	1.03
3	Nelson Thomas	NE	1.06
4	Gentry Jessup	WES/CAG	1.07
5	Alonzo Boone	CBE	1.07
6	Frank Thompson	HG	1.11
7	Bill Byrd	BEG	1.13
8	Bob Romby	BEG	1.14
9	Lino Donoso	NYC	1.15
10	Max Manning	EAS/NE	1.16

Standings

Glossary

Negro National League II

		vs NN2					vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	New York Cubans^*	43	19	1	.694	-	50	24	2	.676	6.0	4.0	José María Fernández	Polo Grounds (New York, NY)
2	Newark Eagles	50	38	1	.568	6.0	53	42	1	.558	5.6	4.8	Biz Mackey	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
3	Baltimore Elite Giants	41	39	2	.513	11.0	50	42	3	.543	5.6	4.7	Wesley Barrow, George Scales, Felton Snow	Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
4	Homestead Grays	35	34	4	.507	11.5	58	42	4	.580	5.2	4.3	Vic Harris	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
5	Philadelphia Stars	27	34	2	.443	15.5	33	36	2	.478	4.9	5.7	Goose Curry	44th & Parkside (Philadelphia, PA), Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA)
6	New York Black Yankees	10	42	4	.192	28.0	17	48	5	.262	3.9	7.0	Marvin Barker	Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)

* = League Champion

Negro American League

		vs NAL					vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Cleveland Buckeyes^*	43	13	0	.768	-	46	31	2	.597	5.7	4.6	Quincy Trouppe	League Park (Cleveland, OH), Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
2	Kansas City Monarchs	55	32	0	.632	3.5	59	41	0	.590	6.3	5.1	Frank Duncan	Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
3	Birmingham Black Barons	40	28	0	.588	9.0	47	37	0	.560	6.0	5.3	Tommy Sampson	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
4	Memphis Red Sox	30	40	0	.429	20.0	33	45	2	.423	5.3	6.9	Larry Brown	Martin Park (Memphis, TN), Russwood Park (Memphis, TN)
5	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	31	54	1	.365	26.5	35	59	1	.372	4.9	6.0	Willie Wells, Hoss Walker, Reinaldo Drake	Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN), Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
6	Chicago American Giants	21	53	0	.284	31.0	28	62	0	.311	4.4	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.

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

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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