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	.478
2	Al Smith	CBE	.476
3	Sam Jethroe	CBE	.449
4	Piper Davis	BBB	.448
5	Hank Thompson	KCM	.438
6	Archie Ware	CBE	.424
7	Joe Greene	KCM	.409
8	Sam Hill	CAG	.409
9	Earl Taborn	KCM	.392
10	José Colás	MRS	.389

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Dan Bankhead	MRS	2.63
2	Alonzo Boone	CBE	2.50
3	Chet Brewer	CBE	2.40
4	Jim LaMarque	KCM	2.35
5	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	2.29
6	Gene Richardson	KCM	2.23
7	Manuel Godínez	CIC	2.20
8	Hilton Smith	KCM	1.92
9	Johnny Williams	CIC	1.82
10	Vibert Clarke	CBE	1.75

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

L

R

S

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	16	601	535	91	159	28	9	10	86	17		43			9	14			.297	.359	.439	.799	117
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	56	2104	1828	337	499	85	32	24	279	58		211			18	47			.273	.354	.394	.748	101
3	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	15	636	540	96	143	22	3	3	81	13		72			9	15			.265	.361	.333	.694	87
4	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	15	598	537	77	146	21	8	2	58	10		41			6	14			.272	.330	.352	.682	85
5	Chicago American Giants	NAL	20	798	721	98	191	30	5	2	74	12		58			6	13			.265	.325	.329	.654	77
6	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	26	996	888	123	227	34	8	2	103	7		84			6	18			.256	.324	.319	.643	76
	6	1	152	5733	5049	822	1365	220	65	43	681	117		509			54	121			.270	.344	.365	.709	92

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Al Smith	CBE	SS	15	60	55	8	19	3	3	3	12	1		4			1	0			.345	.400	.673	1.073	189
2	Sam Jethroe**	CBE	CF	16	73	62	20	22	5	2	2	6	10		8			0	3			.355	.429	.597	1.025	177
3	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	13	56	45	12	18	4	0	0	12	0		10			1	0			.400	.518	.489	1.007	173
4	Piper Davis	BBB	2B	13	59	54	13	19	3	3	1	10	1		5			0	0			.352	.407	.574	.981	164
5	Pedro Formental*	MRS	RF	11	49	37	7	11	1	0	2	10	0		10			0	2			.297	.447	.486	.933	150
6	Archie Ware*	CBE	1B	16	73	64	13	23	6	0	1	12	2		4			3	2			.359	.423	.500	.923	150
7	Sam Hill*	CAG	LF	20	90	77	17	27	5	0	1	7	3		7			3	3			.351	.425	.455	.880	138
8	Eli Chism	BBB	LF	15	59	52	10	17	3	3	0	5	1		1			3	3			.327	.375	.500	.875	136
9	José Colás	MRS	CF	13	63	57	14	18	5	2	0	11	1		4			1	1			.316	.371	.474	.845	126
10	Artie Wilson*	BBB	SS	14	68	54	10	17	1	1	0	3	2		11			0	3			.315	.431	.370	.801	117
11	Sam Hairston	CIC	3B	25	106	98	19	31	8	1	0	14	1		7			0	1			.316	.362	.418	.780	112
12	Bernell Longest*	CAG	2B	20	91	87	15	29	3	2	0	11	2		3			1	0			.333	.363	.414	.776	110
13	Willie Grace**	CBE	RF	16	63	51	8	16	1	0	0	7	0		10			0	2			.314	.426	.333	.760	107
14	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	53	237	217	43	68	4	6	1	22	15		14			3	3			.313	.363	.401	.764	106
15	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	51	202	177	41	47	12	3	2	27	9		21			1	3			.266	.347	.401	.748	102
16	John Ritchey*	CAG	C	16	63	56	10	17	2	1	0	8	3		5			1	1			.304	.371	.375	.746	102
17	Johnnie Cowan	CBE	2B	16	62	60	10	19	3	0	1	13	1		0			1	1			.317	.328	.417	.745	101
18	Norman Robinson**	BBB	CF	15	69	66	12	21	5	0	0	2	2		2			1	0			.318	.348	.394	.742	100
19	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	11	55	42	8	11	1	0	0	7	1		9			3	1			.262	.426	.286	.712	92
20	Ray Neil	CIC	2B	25	107	99	11	28	5	1	0	9	0		8			0	0			.283	.336	.354	.690	88
21	Chico Renfroe	KCM	2B	44	178	137	22	33	8	1	0	16	3		27			3	11			.241	.377	.314	.691	88
22	Reinaldo Drake*	CIC	CF	23	91	77	11	18	3	1	1	7	2		12			1	1			.234	.344	.338	.682	86
23	Clyde Nelson	CBE	LF	15	60	55	4	15	3	1	0	10	2		2			2	1			.273	.322	.364	.686	86
24	Henry Merchant*	CIC	RF	23	92	78	15	20	0	0	1	8	0		10			1	3			.256	.348	.295	.643	76
25	John Miles	CAG	3B	16	64	55	10	12	3	0	1	4	0		8			0	1			.218	.317	.327	.645	74
26	Bob Boyd*	MRS	1B	15	72	64	9	17	1	0	0	4	2		6			2	0			.266	.347	.281	.628	69
27	Johnie Scott*	KCM	LF	56	219	200	33	45	6	5	2	21	8		19			0	0			.225	.292	.335	.627	69
28	Buddy Armour*	CAG	CF	16	71	68	8	17	3	1	0	3	0		3			0	0			.250	.282	.324	.605	63
29	George Handy*	MRS	2B	12	50	43	4	11	0	1	0	9	0		3			0	4			.256	.304	.302	.607	63
30	Goose Tatum**	CIC	1B	25	103	98	13	25	3	1	0	9	2		3			1	1			.255	.284	.306	.590	61
31	Clyde McNeal	CAG	SS	17	70	66	9	16	2	1	0	5	1		4			0	0			.242	.286	.303	.589	59
32	Robert Abernathy^	CIC	LF	24	100	87	11	19	3	0	0	12	0		10			2	1			.218	.313	.253	.566	55
33	Pepper Bassett**	BBB	C	15	47	44	4	9	1	0	0	5	0		3			0	0			.205	.255	.227	.483	31
34	Willie Wells Jr.	MRS	SS	14	53	47	10	8	1	0	0	8	1		6			0	0			.170	.264	.191	.456	23
35	John Britton*	BBB	3B	13	61	56	6	10	0	0	0	4	0		1			0	4			.179	.193	.179	.372	1

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

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James