1947 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1947 Season


Negro American League


1946 / 1948

Top Hitter


Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher


Ford
Smith

Leaders

wOBA

# Player Team wOBA
1
Willard Brown
KCM
.480
2
Joe Greene
KCM
.454
3
Hank Thompson
KCM
.448
4
Archie Ware
CBE
.438
5
Sam Jethroe
CBE
.430
6
Willie Grace
CBE
.429
7
Curtis Roberts
KCM
.410
8
Artie Wilson
BBB
.396
9
John Ritchey
CAG
.392
10
Lyman Bostock
CAG
.382

K/BB

# Player Team SO/BB
1
Bill Powell
BBB
2.75
2
Jim LaMarque
KCM
2.43
3
Jimmie Newberry
BBB
2.29
4
Gene Richardson
KCM
2.23
5
Manuel Godínez
CIC
2.20
6
Hilton Smith
KCM
1.92
7
Johnny Williams
CIC
1.82
8
Ted Alexander
KCM
1.79
9
Dan Bankhead
MRS
1.79
10
Vibert Clarke
CBE
1.75


Standings
Glossary

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
57
18
0
.760
-
62
34
1
.646
6.3
4.7
Quincy Trouppe
League Park (Cleveland, OH), Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
2
62
36
0
.633
6.5
66
47
1
.584
6.1
5.1
Frank Duncan
Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
3
49
41
0
.544
15.5
57
51
0
.528
6.0
5.4
Tommy Sampson
Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
4
44
53
2
.454
24.0
49
63
3
.438
5.0
6.6
Larry Brown
Martin Park (Memphis, TN), Russwood Park (Memphis, TN)
5
36
68
2
.346
35.5
40
73
2
.354
5.0
6.0
Willie Wells, Hoss Walker, Reinaldo Drake
Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN), Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
6
26
58
0
.310
35.5
33
67
0
.330
4.5
6.4
Candy Jim Taylor
Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
* = League Champion      
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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.


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