1947 Season

Negro American League

1946 / 1948

Top Hitter

Hank
Thompson

Top Pitcher

Ford
Smith

Leaders

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Al Smith	CBE	.476
2	Willard Brown	KCM	.464
3	Sam Jethroe	CBE	.448
4	Hank Thompson	KCM	.437
5	Archie Ware	CBE	.424
6	Joe Greene	KCM	.416
7	Curtis Roberts	KCM	.412
8	Sam Hill	CAG	.409
9	Earl Taborn	KCM	.392
10	José Colás	MRS	.388

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Chet Brewer	CBE	0.90
2	Gene Richardson	KCM	1.33
3	Ford Smith	KCM	1.77
4	Dan Bankhead	MRS	2.05
5	Alonzo Boone	CBE	2.70
6	Gentry Jessup	CAG	2.72
7	Vibert Clarke	CBE	2.75
8	Riley Stewart	CAG	3.32
9	Clarence Locke	CAG	3.38
10	Ted Alexander	KCM	3.40

Advanced Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	wOBA	BB%	HR%	ISO
1	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	16	601	.368	7.2%	1.7%	.142
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	56	2151	.353	9.9%	1.2%	.121
3	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	15	636	.337	11.3%	0.5%	.069
4	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	15	598	.323	6.9%	0.3%	.080
5	Chicago American Giants	NAL	20	798	.314	7.3%	0.3%	.064
6	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	26	1036	.309	8.5%	0.3%	.065
	6	1	154	5820	.337	8.9%	0.8%	.095

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	HR%	ISO
1	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	56	.490	17.9%	0.0%	.089
2	Al Smith	CBE	SS	60	.476	6.7%	5.0%	.327
3	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	177	.464	6.8%	2.8%	.274
4	Sam Jethroe**	CBE	CF	73	.448	11.0%	2.7%	.242
5	Piper Davis	BBB	2B	59	.448	8.5%	1.7%	.222
6	Pedro Formental*	MRS	RF	49	.426	20.4%	4.1%	.189
7	Archie Ware*	CBE	1B	73	.424	5.5%	1.4%	.141
8	Sam Hill*	CAG	LF	90	.409	7.8%	1.1%	.104
9	José Colás	MRS	CF	63	.388	6.3%	0.0%	.158
10	Eli Chism	BBB	LF	59	.385	1.7%	0.0%	.173
11	Artie Wilson*	BBB	SS	68	.383	16.2%	0.0%	.056
12	Sam Hairston	CIC	3B	111	.376	7.2%	0.9%	.127
13	Willie Grace**	CBE	RF	63	.375	15.9%	0.0%	.020
14	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	55	.371	16.4%	0.0%	.024
15	Bernell Longest*	CAG	2B	91	.369	3.3%	0.0%	.080
16	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	242	.363	5.8%	0.4%	.090
17	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	207	.359	10.1%	1.0%	.137
18	John Ritchey*	CAG	C	63	.357	7.9%	0.0%	.071
19	Norman Robinson**	BBB	CF	69	.354	2.9%	0.0%	.076
20	Johnnie Cowan	CBE	2B	62	.343	0.0%	1.6%	.100
21	Ray Neil	CIC	2B	112	.335	8.0%	0.0%	.068
22	Chico Renfroe	KCM	2B	184	.334	15.8%	0.0%	.071
23	Reinaldo Drake*	CIC	CF	91	.334	13.2%	1.1%	.104
24	Clyde Nelson	CBE	LF	60	.324	3.3%	0.0%	.091
25	Bob Boyd*	MRS	1B	72	.320	8.3%	0.0%	.016
26	Henry Merchant*	CIC	RF	97	.320	11.3%	1.0%	.049
27	Johnie Scott*	KCM	LF	224	.313	8.5%	0.9%	.112
28	Tom Cooper	KCM	RF	175	.313	10.9%	0.6%	.061
29	John Miles	CAG	3B	64	.312	12.5%	1.6%	.109
30	Buddy Armour*	CAG	CF	71	.289	4.2%	0.0%	.074
31	Robert Abernathy^	CIC	LF	104	.287	9.6%	0.0%	.033
32	Clyde McNeal	CAG	SS	70	.285	5.7%	0.0%	.061
33	Goose Tatum**	CIC	1B	107	.280	2.8%	0.0%	.049
34	George Handy*	MRS	2B	50	.273	6.0%	0.0%	.047
35	Pepper Bassett**	BBB	C	47	.242	6.4%	0.0%	.023
36	Willie Wells Jr.	MRS	SS	53	.241	11.3%	0.0%	.021
37	John Britton*	BBB	3B	61	.171	1.6%	0.0%	.000

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

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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.

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

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