1947 Season

1946 / 1948

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

Top Hitter

Henry
Kimbro

Top Pitcher

Max
Manning

Leaders

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Larry Doby	NE	.514
2	Henry Kimbro	BEG/EAS	.479
3	Willard Brown	KCM	.479
4	Buck Leonard	HG	.458
5	Joe Greene	KCM	.452
6	Hank Thompson	KCM	.448
7	Al Smith	CBE	.448
8	Sam Jethroe	CBE/WES	.445
9	Johnny Smith	NBY	.436
10	Archie Ware	CBE	.418

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Chet Brewer	CBE/WES	1.03
2	Gentry Jessup	CAG/WES	1.07
3	Frank Thompson	HG	1.09
4	Bill Byrd	BEG	1.13
5	Bob Romby	BEG	1.14
6	Lino Donoso	nyc	1.15
7	Max Manning	EAS/NE	1.16
8	Wilmer Harris	PS	1.18
9	Gene Richardson	KCM	1.19
10	Ford Smith	KCM/WES	1.21

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	West All Stars	EWA	2	81	73	13	26	5	4	0	13	5	1	5		1	1	2	0	.356	.405	.534	.939	138
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	65	2488	2176	433	633	105	38	33	359	79	0	244	4		23	45		.291	.368	.420	.788	109
3	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL/WS	26	982	868	147	250	51	16	12	131	19	1	81	1	1	15	18		.288	.359	.425	.784	109
4	New York Cubans	NN2/WS	46	1843	1639	260	464	69	24	16	225	35	1	158	3		17	29		.283	.352	.384	.736	102
5	Newark Eagles	NN2	59	2205	1917	301	512	79	17	39	268	26	0	236	8		6	46	2	.267	.349	.387	.736	100
6	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	67	2510	2259	367	657	100	43	15	313	69	0	176	2	1	22	53	1	.291	.348	.393	.741	99
7	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	49	1816	1607	247	430	64	19	7	219	21	0	163	6		6	40		.268	.337	.344	.681	89
8	New York Black Yankees	NN2	35	1329	1174	161	299	33	16	6	140	19		122	0		9	24		.255	.330	.325	.655	85
9	Homestead Grays	NN2	64	2219	1988	263	503	83	18	27	221	57	0	184	6		13	34	1	.253	.320	.354	.674	85
10	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	16	637	577	82	158	20	8	3	64	10		42	0		6	12		.274	.330	.352	.681	82
11	Chicago American Giants	NAL	29	1158	1039	149	274	41	10	5	119	13	0	96	0		10	13		.264	.332	.337	.669	78
12	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	21	850	730	117	181	28	4	5	100	18	0	97	1		10	13		.248	.344	.318	.662	77
13	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	30	1139	1022	136	259	39	10	3	115	8	0	93	3		6	18		.253	.319	.320	.639	72
14	East All Stars	EWA	2	73	61	4	11	2	0	0	4	1	0	10		0	1	1	4	.180	.306	.213	.519	53
	14	4	699	19330	17130	2680	4657	719	227	171	2291	380	3	1707	34	3	145	348	8	.272	.343	.370	.713	93

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Henry Kimbro*	BEG/EAS	CF	66	287	253	70	96	24	5	8	52	11	0	29	0	0	2	3	2	.379	.447	.609	1.056	183
2	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	48	216	200	42	75	22	7	6	64	12		15			1	0		.375	.421	.645	1.066	182
3	Sam Jethroe**	CBE/WES	CF	28	128	111	32	38	11	5	2	12	12	0	14		1	1	2	0	.342	.421	.586	1.006	164
4	Al Smith	CBE	SS	24	96	86	12	28	5	5	3	15	2	1	8	1	0	2	0		.326	.396	.605	1.000	164
5	Piper Davis	BBB/WES	2B	16	72	66	17	24	4	3	1	16	2	0	6		0	0	0	0	.364	.417	.561	.977	158
6	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	14	60	49	12	18	4	0	0	12	0		10			1	0		.367	.483	.449	.932	149
7	Archie Ware*	CBE	1B	26	117	100	20	35	8	0	2	21	2		8		0	5	4		.350	.425	.490	.915	143
8	Minnie Miñoso	EAS/NYC	3B	47	224	205	46	71	14	4	2	25	5	1	17	0	0	2	0	0	.346	.402	.483	.885	143
9	Monte Irvin	EAS/NE	CF	59	249	212	43	63	6	1	11	47	6	0	34	1	0	2	1	0	.297	.399	.491	.890	141
10	Butch Davis*	BEG	LF	67	288	267	50	91	12	12	3	52	25		14	0	0	4	3	0	.341	.382	.509	.892	139
11	Johnny Washington*	BEG/EAS	1B	59	240	224	31	83	11	6	0	44	8	0	12	0	0	1	3	0	.371	.405	.473	.878	137
12	Pedro Formental*	MRS	RF	15	67	50	8	14	2	0	2	12	0		15			0	2		.280	.446	.440	.886	136
13	Pat Patterson**	NE	3B	45	198	178	31	59	11	2	4	21	2		14	0		1	5		.331	.383	.483	.867	135
14	Artie Wilson*	BBB/WES	SS	17	83	67	15	24	1	1	0	5	4	0	13		0	0	3	0	.358	.463	.403	.865	130
15	Silvio García	EAS/NYC	SS	46	203	183	31	61	7	1	3	38	11	0	15	0	0	4	1	1	.333	.396	.432	.828	128
16	Claro Duany*	EAS/NYC	RF	42	180	154	18	49	8	0	2	28	0	0	23	0	0	3	0	0	.318	.417	.409	.826	128
17	Leon Kellman	CBE/WES	3B	20	73	62	13	19	3	2	1	11	0		9	0	0	1	1	0	.306	.403	.468	.871	128
18	Johnny Hayes*	EAS/NBY	C	33	123	92	9	25	2	1	1	13	2	0	28		0	1	2	0	.272	.446	.348	.794	127
19	Johnny Davis	NE	LF	58	234	192	33	52	9	2	7	29	3	0	35	4		2	5		.271	.389	.448	.837	127
20	Willie Grace**	CBE	RF	26	103	86	13	28	7	1	0	12	1		14		0	0	3		.326	.420	.430	.850	127
21	Luis Márquez	EAS/HG	RF	63	253	226	36	73	14	1	3	20	18	0	23	0	0	2	2	1	.323	.390	.434	.824	126
22	Lorenzo Cabrera*	NYC	1B	44	207	185	35	55	9	4	4	33	6		17	0		4	1		.297	.369	.454	.823	126
23	Tommy Butts	BEG/EAS	SS	61	268	245	50	85	9	7	1	29	5	0	14	0	0	2	7	0	.347	.387	.453	.840	125
24	Joe Atkins	CBE	3B	20	67	58	12	16	2	3	1	10	0		7		0	2	0		.276	.373	.466	.839	123
25	Frank Austin	EAS/PS	SS	50	206	178	30	56	11	2	0	25	4	0	23	0	0	1	4	1	.315	.396	.399	.795	120
26	Luke Easter*	HG	LF	62	251	223	35	60	11	6	5	36	2		25	0		3	0	0	.269	.351	.439	.790	116
27	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	60	246	218	54	62	15	3	5	37	15		24	0		2	2		.284	.361	.450	.810	115
28	Gene Benson*	PS	CF	48	201	179	27	52	10	4	1	31	2		22	0		0	0		.291	.368	.408	.776	114
29	Lyman Bostock*	CAG	1B	22	90	81	10	27	4	1	0	14	0		8			0	1		.333	.393	.407	.801	113
30	Lester Lockett	BEG	3B	67	283	253	41	81	13	3	1	45	5		24	0	1	2	4	0	.320	.384	.407	.791	113
31	Herb Souell**	KCM/WES	3B	63	285	263	53	86	5	8	1	32	16	0	16	1	0	4	2	0	.327	.375	.418	.793	111
32	Bob Harvey*	NE	RF	56	208	187	22	56	16	1	1	30	1		17	1		0	4		.299	.358	.412	.770	109
33	Sam Hairston	CIC	3B	29	122	112	20	34	9	1	1	17	1		8			0	2		.304	.350	.429	.779	109
34	Eli Chism	BBB	LF	16	64	57	11	17	2	3	0	4	1		1			3	3		.298	.344	.439	.783	108
35	Chico Renfroe	KCM	2B	53	222	174	33	49	10	2	0	20	3		35			3	10		.282	.410	.362	.772	107
36	Lennie Pearson	NE	1B	59	236	216	37	60	11	2	5	33	5		18	0		0	2		.278	.333	.417	.750	103
37	Archie Brathwaite^	PS	RF	47	189	165	30	47	9	2	0	24	5		21	0		1	2		.285	.369	.364	.733	103
38	Bernell Longest*	CAG	2B	29	134	125	18	40	5	2	0	19	3		6			3	0		.320	.366	.392	.758	102
39	Quincy Trouppe**	CBE/WES	C	22	61	48	10	12	2	1	0	3	1	0	12		1	0	1	0	.250	.400	.333	.733	101
40	Clyde Parris	NBY	3B	34	145	133	26	38	5	1	1	19	6		9			2	1		.286	.340	.361	.701	99
41	Sam Hill*	CAG	LF	29	130	115	25	33	6	0	2	12	3		9			3	3		.287	.354	.391	.746	99
42	Fernando Díaz	NYC	2B	40	170	149	17	42	6	2	0	17	4		18	1		2	1		.282	.367	.349	.716	97
43	José Colás	MRS/WES	CF	20	89	82	15	24	5	2	0	17	2	0	5		0	1	1	0	.293	.341	.402	.743	96
44	Buddy Armour*	CAG/WES	CF	26	112	105	17	32	7	1	0	6	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	.305	.348	.390	.739	96
45	Norman Robinson**	BBB	CF	15	69	66	12	21	4	0	0	2	2		2			1	0		.318	.348	.379	.727	94
46	Reinaldo Drake*	CIC	CF	26	100	85	12	22	3	1	1	9	2		13			1	1		.259	.364	.353	.717	93
47	Ray Neil	CIC/WES	2B	30	127	118	15	34	8	1	0	9	0		9			0	0	0	.288	.339	.373	.711	90
48	Pedro Pagés**	NYC	CF	37	175	148	22	36	7	3	1	22	3		20	0		0	7		.243	.333	.351	.685	89
49	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	14	67	51	9	13	1	0	0	7	1		12			3	1		.255	.424	.275	.699	87
50	Lou Louden	EAS/NYC	C	34	133	119	21	33	4	0	1	13	1	0	9	0	0	2	3	0	.277	.338	.336	.675	87
51	Marlin Carter*	MRS	3B	15	67	55	11	12	4	0	1	7	1		11			0	1		.218	.348	.345	.694	84
52	Goose Tatum**	CIC/WES	1B	30	122	117	14	34	4	3	0	15	2	1	3		0	1	1	0	.291	.314	.376	.690	84
53	Johnie Scott*	KCM	LF	65	262	241	42	62	10	6	2	27	12		21			0	0		.257	.317	.373	.690	84
54	Mahlon Duckett	PS	2B	41	168	145	29	38	5	0	1	13	1		16	0		2	5		.262	.344	.317	.661	83
55	Jim Gilliam**	BEG	2B	59	248	214	40	55	10	3	0	28	7		26	0	0	1	7	0	.257	.340	.332	.672	82
56	Cleveland Clark	NYC	LF	46	193	169	25	42	5	3	1	16	1		19	0		0	5		.249	.324	.331	.656	81
57	Johnnie Cowan	CBE	2B	24	93	88	12	24	3	0	2	17	1		2			1	2		.273	.297	.375	.672	78
58	Bob Boyd*	MRS/WES	1B	22	98	90	14	24	4	0	1	10	4		6			2	0	0	.267	.327	.344	.671	77
59	John Miles	CAG	3B	23	92	82	13	19	4	0	2	9	0		9			0	1		.232	.308	.354	.661	76
60	Murray Watkins*	PS	3B	45	190	178	31	46	4	3	1	22	3		9	1		1	2		.258	.298	.331	.629	74
61	Sam Bankhead	HG	SS	61	253	223	19	52	9	2	1	25	13		21	0		1	8	0	.233	.302	.305	.607	67
62	Henry Merchant*	CIC	RF	27	109	94	18	23	1	0	1	8	0		11			1	3		.245	.330	.287	.617	66
63	George Handy*	MRS	2B	16	67	61	7	16	0	2	0	10	0		3			0	3		.262	.297	.328	.625	66
64	Clyde McNeal	CAG	SS	24	101	95	13	23	2	2	0	8	1		6			0	0		.242	.287	.305	.592	58
65	Clyde Nelson	CBE	LF	21	82	77	8	18	4	1	0	11	2		2		0	2	1		.234	.272	.312	.583	55
66	Doc Dennis	PS	1B	48	184	157	13	34	4	0	1	18	0		17	1		0	10		.217	.293	.261	.554	54
67	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	52	225	204	38	47	5	1	0	9	3		15	0		2	4	0	.230	.290	.265	.554	52
68	Jimmy Wilkes*	NE	CF	50	205	173	31	32	4	1	1	11	2		30	0		1	1	1	.185	.309	.237	.546	49
69	Pepper Bassett**	BBB/WES	C	17	54	51	4	11	1	0	1	6	0		3	0		0	0	0	.216	.259	.294	.553	47
70	Robert Abernathy^	CIC/WES	LF	28	116	103	13	22	3	0	0	12	0		10			2	1	0	.214	.296	.243	.538	46
71	Willie Wells Jr.	MRS	SS	19	69	63	12	11	3	0	0	8	2		6			0	0		.175	.246	.222	.469	25
72	Walter Hardy	NBY	SS	31	121	113	12	20	3	1	0	6	1		3			1	4		.177	.205	.221	.426	21
73	John Britton*	BBB	3B	14	66	62	6	12	0	0	0	4	0		1			0	3		.194	.206	.194	.400	7

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

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