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	OBP
1	Joe Greene	KCM	.469
2	Artie Wilson	BBB/WES	.463
3	Buck Leonard	HG	.449
4	Henry Kimbro	BEG/EAS	.447
5	Johnny Hayes	EAS/NBY	.446
6	John Ritchey	CAG	.437
7	Larry Doby	NE	.435
8	Johnny Smith	NBY	.426
9	Archie Ware	CBE	.425
10	Willard Brown	KCM	.421

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

Standings

		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^*	47	20	1	.701	-	52	26	1	.667	6.4	4.3	José María Fernández	Polo Grounds (New York, NY)
2	Newark Eagles	48	41	1	.539	10.0	51	45	1	.531	5.6	4.9	Biz Mackey	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
3	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)
4	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)
5	Philadelphia Stars	28	34	2	.452	16.5	36	37	2	.493	5.0	5.7	Goose Curry	44th & Parkside (Philadelphia, PA), Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA)
6	New York Black Yankees	13	42	4	.236	28.0	21	49	6	.300	4.2	6.9	Marvin Barker	Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)

* = League Champion

		vs NAL					vs All 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	54	32	0	.628	8.0	66	47	1	.584	6.1	5.0	Frank Duncan	Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
3	Birmingham Black Barons	49	41	0	.544	15.0	58	52	0	.527	6.0	5.4	Tommy Sampson	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
4	Memphis Red Sox	43	54	2	.443	24.5	49	65	3	.430	5.0	6.5	Larry Brown	Martin Park (Memphis, TN), Russwood Park (Memphis, TN)
5	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	32	60	2	.348	33.0	40	73	2	.354	4.9	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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