1947 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1947 Season


Negro American League


1946 / 1948

Top Hitter


Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher


Ford
Smith

Leaders

OPS

# Player Team OPS
1
Willard Brown
KCM
1.074
2
Sam Jethroe
CBE
.999
3
Archie Ware
CBE
.995
4
Hank Thompson
KCM
.991
5
Al Smith
CBE
.990
6
Joe Greene
KCM
.981
7
Curtis Roberts
KCM
.936
8
Willie Grace
CBE
.898
9
John Ritchey
CAG
.850
10
Buck O'Neil
KCM
.809

ERA

# Player Team ERA
1
Gene Richardson
KCM
1.33
2
Ford Smith
KCM
2.00
3
Bill Powell
BBB
2.63
4
Gentry Jessup
CAG
2.72
5
Vibert Clarke
CBE
2.75
6
Jim LaMarque
KCM
3.17
7
Ted Alexander
KCM
3.33
8
Johnny Williams
CIC
3.43
9
Jimmie Newberry
BBB
4.25
10
Dan Bankhead
MRS
4.30


Standings
Glossary

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
57
19
0
.750
-
62
35
1
.639
6.3
4.8
Quincy Trouppe
League Park (Cleveland, OH), Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
2
62
36
0
.633
6.0
66
47
1
.584
6.1
5.1
Frank Duncan
Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
3
50
42
0
.543
15.0
58
52
0
.527
6.0
5.4
Tommy Sampson
Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
4
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
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
29
58
0
.333
33.5
36
67
0
.350
4.7
6.4
Candy Jim Taylor
Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
* = League Champion      
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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