1947 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1947 Season

Negro American League

1946 / 1948

Top Hitter

Hank
Thompson

Top Pitcher

Ford
Smith

Leaders

Runs Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	Herb Souell	KCM	44
2	Buck O'Neil	KCM	42
3	Hank Thompson	KCM	39
4	Johnie Scott	KCM	35
5	Willard Brown	KCM	31
6	Tom Cooper	KCM	29
7	Chico Renfroe	KCM	24
8	Joe Greene	KCM	23
9	Sam Hairston	CIC	20
10	Sam Jethroe	CBE	20

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Jim LaMarque	KCM	80
2	Ted Alexander	KCM	29
3	Gene Richardson	KCM	29
4	Connie Johnson	KCM	26
5	Ford Smith	KCM	26
6	Hilton Smith	KCM	25
7	Gentry Jessup	CAG	24
8	Gene Collins	KCM	23
9	Cannonball Berry	KCM	22
10	Dan Bankhead	MRS	21

Wins Above Replacement

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Throws:

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Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	2151	482.1		11.6	7.9	-2.3	6.0	0.0
2	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	601	134.0		6.4	3.1	1.3	2.0	0.0
3	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	636	129.1		2.3	1.2	0.9	0.2	0.0
4	Chicago American Giants	NAL	798	172.0		2.2	0.5	0.6	1.2	0.0
5	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	598	128.1		1.8	0.8	-0.9	1.9	0.0
6	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	1036	222.1		1.3	0.1	0.8	0.4	0.0
	6	1	5820	1268.1		25.7	13.7	0.4	11.6	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Ford Smith	KCM	P	39	56.0		2.5	0.1	-0.2	2.7	0.0
2	Hank Thompson	KCM	SS	158			2.2	1.4	0.6	0.0	0.2
3	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	177			2.1	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
4	Jim LaMarque	KCM	P	62	105.0		2.0	0.3	-0.1	1.9	0.0
5	Sam Jethroe	CBE	CF	73			1.4	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
6	Gentry Jessup	CAG	P	18	36.1		1.4	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.0
7	Gene Richardson	KCM	P	12	27.0		1.2	-0.1	0.0	1.2	0.0
8	José Colás	MRS	CF	63			1.0	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.0
9	Johnny Williams	CIC	P	32	60.1		1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
10	Satchel Paige	KCM	P	9	17.0		0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
11	Ted Alexander	KCM	P	17	45.0		0.9	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
12	Vibert Clarke	CBE	P	16	36.0		0.9	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.0
13	Dan Bankhead	MRS	P	11	22.0		0.9	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
14	Earl Taborn	KCM	C	125			0.8	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1
15	Chet Brewer	CBE	P	10	20.0		0.7	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.0
16	Joe Burt Scott	MRS	LF	35			0.7	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0
17	Hilton Smith	KCM	P	45	75.2		0.7	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
18	Archie Ware	CBE	1B	73			0.7	0.6	0.2	0.0	-0.1
19	John Ritchey	CAG	C	63			0.7	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
20	Al Smith	CBE	SS	60			0.7	0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.1
21	Piper Davis	BBB	2B	59			0.7	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
22	Sam Hairston	CIC	3B	111			0.7	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0
23	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	P	14	29.2		0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
24	Laymon Ramsey	MRS	P	6	14.0		0.6	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0
25	Bill Powell	BBB	P	8	15.0		0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
26	Herb Souell	KCM	3B	242			0.6	1.1	-0.5	0.0	0.0
27	Bernell Longest	CAG	2B	91			0.5	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1
28	Chico Renfroe	KCM	2B	184			0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2
29	Johnnie Cowan	CBE	2B	62			0.5	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1
30	Eli Chism	BBB	LF	59			0.5	0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.1
31	Jehosie Heard	BBB	P	8	18.2		0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
32	Quincy Trouppe	CBE	C	29			0.4	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
33	Doc Bracken	CBE	P	6	15.1		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
34	Willie Grace	CBE	RF	63			0.4	0.2	0.3	0.0	-0.1
35	Juan Guilbe	CIC	P	11	20.1		0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
36	Artie Wilson	BBB	SS	68			0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
37	Curtis Roberts	KCM	SS	78			0.4	0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.1
38	Joe Greene	KCM	C	133	1.2		0.4	0.9	-0.4	-0.1	0.0
39	Ed Steele	BBB	RF	56			0.4	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.0
40	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	55			0.4	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
41	Clyde McNeal	CAG	SS	70			0.3	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.1
42	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	207			0.3	0.9	-0.3	0.0	-0.2
43	Joe Atkins	CBE	3B	42			0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
44	Lyman Bostock	CAG	1B	58			0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
45	Reinaldo Drake	CIC	CF	91			0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
46	Casey Jones	MRS	C	28			0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
47	Alonzo Perry	BBB	P	13	24.0		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
48	Riley Stewart	CAG	P	9	21.2		0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
49	Pedro Formental	MRS	RF	49			0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
50	Pepper Sharpe	MRS	P	16	21.2		0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
51	Buster Haywood	CIC	C	70			0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
52	Jesse Williams	CBE	LF	14			0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
53	John Brown	CBE	P	1	3.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
54	Vicente Villafañe	CIC	RF	33			0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
55	Henry Merchant	CIC	RF	97	1.0		0.2	0.0	0.4	-0.1	-0.1
56	Bill Barnes	CIC	P	4	4.2		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
57	Coco Ferrer	CIC	SS	26			0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
58	Curtis Hollingsworth	BBB	P	3	10.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
59	Earl Ashby	BBB	1B	4			0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
60	Sam Hill	CAG	LF	90			0.2	0.6	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
61	George Handy	MRS	2B	50			0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
62	Clarence Locke	CAG	P	12	24.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
63	T. J. Brown	CIC/MRS	SS	25			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
64	Neil Robinson	MRS	LF	42			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
65	Harry Rhodes	CAG	P	16	12.2		0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
66	John Bissant	CAG	LF	31			0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
67	Alonzo Boone	CBE	P	10	23.1		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
68	Hoss Walker	CIC	3B	23	0.2		0.1	-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
69	Preacher Henry	CIC	P	11	29.1		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
70	Jesse Warren	CAG	2B	14			0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
71	Eugene Bremer	CBE	P	5	9.1		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
72	Leon Kellman	CBE	3B	27			0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
73	Leonard Pigg	CIC	C	15			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Bill Duffy	KCM	C	4			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
75	Lyons	CAG	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Leovigildo Xiqués	CIC	LF	8			0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
77	Nat Pollard	BBB	P	7	20.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Duke Cleveland	CIC	LF	6			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
79	Herman Bell	BBB	C	11			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
80	Tomás Quiñones	CIC	P	9	14.2		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
81	Steve Wylie	CAG/KCM	P	15	35.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	James Bizzle	BBB	LF	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Red Longley	MRS	C	38			0.0	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
84	Bob Palm	CAG	C	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Jake Tolbert	CAG	C	16			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
86	Willie Wells	CIC	SS	20			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
87	Kine	CIC	C				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Larry Brown	MRS	C	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Armour	CIC	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Johnson	CAG	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Silas Griffin	BBB	3B	5			0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Clyde Nelson	CBE	LF	60			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
93	Satchel Davis	CBE	P	4	12.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Sammy Williams	BBB	P	4	6.2		0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
95	Jim West	BBB	1B	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Henderson	CIC	SS	2			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Tom Turner	CAG	1B	13			-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
98	Ed Young	CAG	C	14			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
99	Clyde Williams	CBE	P	3	3.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
100	Spoon Carter	MRS	P	3	5.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
101	Harry Millon	CIC/CAG	2B	6			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
102	George Minor	CBE	LF	6			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	John Thomas	BBB	CF	9			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
104	Verdell Mathis	MRS	P	7	12.1		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
105	Jim Colzie	CIC	P	11	24.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
106	Bob Boyd	MRS	1B	72			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1
107	Marlin Carter	MRS	3B	45			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
108	Walter McCoy	CAG	P	11	27.2		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Jacob Robinson	CAG	3B	4			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
110	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	29			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
111	Ladd White	MRS	P	9	18.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
112	Manuel Godínez	CIC	P	11	26.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
113	Thomas Favors	KCM	LF	26			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
114	Lee Moody	BBB/KCM	1B	67			-0.1	-0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
115	Carrenza Howard	CIC	P	3	8.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
116	Jim McCurine	CAG	RF	56			-0.1	-0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
117	John Miles	CAG	3B	64			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
118	Newt Allen	CIC	SS	37			-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
119	Norman Robinson	BBB	CF	69			-0.2	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
120	Tommy Sampson	BBB	2B	12			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
121	Buddy Armour	CAG	CF	71			-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
122	Felix Evans	MRS	P	4	8.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
123	Herman Purcell	MRS	P	3	4.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
124	Robert Abernathy	CIC	LF	104			-0.2	-0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1
125	Sherwood Brewer	CIC	SS	19			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
126	Johnie Scott	KCM	LF	224			-0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
127	Alphonso Gerard	CIC	RF	24			-0.2	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
128	Ted Strong	KCM	RF	122			-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
129	James Brown	CIC	P	7	9.2		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
130	Armando Vázquez	CIC	P	6	15.2		-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
131	Tommy Harris	CBE	C	34			-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
132	Cannonball Berry	KCM	P	13	36.0		-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
133	John Scroggins	KCM	P	4	6.0		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
134	Hosea Allen	CIC	P	1	2.1		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
135	James Wilson	MRS	P	1	2.2		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
136	Larry Napoleon	KCM	P	1	4.0		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
137	Goose Tatum	CIC	1B	107			-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
138	Sam Jones	CBE	P	3	11.0		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
139	Leonard Johnson	CAG	P	11	22.2		-0.3	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0
140	John Sanderson	KCM	SS	30			-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
141	Ray Neil	CIC	2B	112			-0.4	0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.1
142	Willie Wells Jr.	MRS	SS	53			-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.1
143	Gene Collins	KCM	P	12	20.0		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
144	Orinthal Anderson	BBB	RF	23	4.1		-0.6	0.1	-0.3	-0.4	0.0
145	Tom Cooper	KCM	RF	175			-0.6	0.1	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
146	John Huber	MRS/CIC	P	11	25.0		-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
147	Pepper Bassett	BBB	C	47			-0.6	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
148	Earl Bumpus	CAG	1B	58	23.0		-0.6	-0.2	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
149	John Britton	BBB	3B	61			-0.7	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.0
150	Connie Johnson	KCM	P	25	57.1		-1.3	-0.1	0.0	-1.2	0.0

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