1947 Season

Negro American League

1946 / 1948

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Ford
Smith

Leaders

Stolen Bases

#	Player	Team	SB
1	Herb Souell	KCM	15
2	Sam Jethroe	CBE	10
3	Buck O'Neil	KCM	9
4	Johnie Scott	KCM	8
5	Willard Brown	KCM	7
6	Tom Cooper	KCM	6
7	Hank Thompson	KCM	4
8	Joe Greene	KCM	3
9	Sam Hill	CAG	3
10	Chico Renfroe	KCM	3

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

All-1947 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Joe Burt Scott	MRS	0.7	0.4	0.3
Eli Chism	BBB	0.4	0.4	0.1

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willard Brown	KCM	2.2	2.2	0.1
Sam Jethroe	CBE	1.4	1.0	0.4

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willie Grace	CBE	0.4	0.2	0.3
Ed Steele	BBB	0.4	0.6	-0.2

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Hank Thompson	KCM	2.1	1.4	0.6
Al Smith	CBE	0.7	0.7	-0.2

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Piper Davis	BBB	0.7	0.6	0.0
Bernell Longest	CAG	0.5	0.3	0.1

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sam Hairston	CIC	0.6	0.4	0.2
Herb Souell	KCM	0.5	1.1	-0.5

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Archie Ware	CBE	0.7	0.6	0.2
Lyman Bostock	CAG	0.3	0.2	0.2

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Earl Taborn	KCM	0.8	0.6	0.1
John Ritchey	CAG	0.7	0.2	0.4

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Ford Smith	KCM	56.0	2.5	2.7	0.1
Jim LaMarque	KCM	105.0	2.0	1.9	0.2
Gentry Jessup	CAG	36.1	1.4	1.4	0.0
Gene Richardson	KCM	27.0	1.2	1.2	-0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Ted Alexander	KCM	45.0	0.9	0.9	-0.1
Hilton Smith	KCM	75.2	0.7	0.6	0.1
Jimmie Newberry	BBB	29.2	0.6	0.7	-0.1
Alonzo Perry	BBB	24.0	0.3	0.3	0.0

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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, Wayne Stivers, 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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