1947 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1947 Season

Negro American League

1946 / 1948

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Ford
Smith

Leaders

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Joe Greene	KCM	.444
2	Artie Wilson	BBB	.431
3	Sam Jethroe	CBE	.429
4	Willie Grace	CBE	.426
5	Sam Hill	CAG	.425
6	Archie Ware	CBE	.423
7	Willard Brown	KCM	.415
8	Piper Davis	BBB	.407
9	Earl Taborn	KCM	.403
10	Hank Thompson	KCM	.401

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	Cannonball Berry	KCM	22
9	Dan Bankhead	MRS	21
10	Vibert Clarke	CBE	21

Wins Above Replacement

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Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	2104	473.1		10.9	7.5	-2.4	5.9	0.0
2	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	601	134.0		6.4	3.2	1.2	2.1	0.0
3	Chicago American Giants	NAL	798	172.0		2.3	0.5	0.4	1.3	0.0
4	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	636	129.1		2.3	1.2	0.9	0.2	0.0
5	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	598	128.1		1.8	0.9	-1.0	1.9	0.0
6	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	996	213.1		1.7	0.2	1.3	0.2	0.0
	6	1	5733	1250.1		25.4	13.4	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	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	172			2.2	2.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
3	Hank Thompson	KCM	SS	158			2.1	1.4	0.6	0.0	0.2
4	Jim LaMarque	KCM	P	62	105.0		2.0	0.2	-0.1	1.9	0.0
5	Gentry Jessup	CAG	P	18	36.1		1.4	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.0
6	Sam Jethroe	CBE	CF	73			1.4	1.0	0.4	0.0	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	Satchel Paige	KCM	P	9	17.0		0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
10	Vibert Clarke	CBE	P	16	36.0		0.9	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.0
11	Ted Alexander	KCM	P	17	45.0		0.9	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
12	Dan Bankhead	MRS	P	11	22.0		0.9	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
13	Johnny Williams	CIC	P	32	60.1		0.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	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	Archie Ware	CBE	1B	73			0.7	0.6	0.2	0.0	-0.1
18	Hilton Smith	KCM	P	45	75.2		0.7	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
19	John Ritchey	CAG	C	63			0.7	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
20	Piper Davis	BBB	2B	59			0.7	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
21	Al Smith	CBE	SS	60			0.7	0.7	-0.2	0.0	0.1
22	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	P	14	29.2		0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
23	Sam Hairston	CIC	3B	106			0.6	0.4	0.2	0.0	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	237			0.5	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	Johnnie Cowan	CBE	2B	62			0.5	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1
29	Jehosie Heard	BBB	P	8	18.2		0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
30	Doc Bracken	CBE	P	6	15.1		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
31	Eli Chism	BBB	LF	59			0.4	0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.1
32	Quincy Trouppe	CBE	C	29			0.4	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
33	Chico Renfroe	KCM	2B	178			0.4	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.2
34	Willie Grace	CBE	RF	63			0.4	0.2	0.3	0.0	-0.1
35	Artie Wilson	BBB	SS	68			0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
36	Reinaldo Drake	CIC	CF	91			0.4	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
37	Juan Guilbe	CIC	P	11	20.1		0.4	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
38	Ed Steele	BBB	RF	56			0.4	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.0
39	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	55			0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
40	Clyde McNeal	CAG	SS	70			0.3	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.1
41	Lyman Bostock	CAG	1B	58			0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
42	Joe Atkins	CBE	3B	42			0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
43	Curtis Roberts	KCM	2B	72			0.3	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.1
44	Alonzo Perry	BBB	P	13	24.0		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
45	Riley Stewart	CAG	P	9	21.2		0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
46	Joe Greene	KCM	C	128	1.2		0.3	0.8	-0.4	-0.1	0.0
47	Casey Jones	MRS	C	28			0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
48	Buster Haywood	CIC	C	70			0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	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	Vicente Villafañe	CIC	3B	29			0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
52	John Brown	CBE	P	1	3.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
53	Jesse Williams	CBE	LF	14			0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
54	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	202			0.2	0.7	-0.3	0.0	-0.2
55	Coco Ferrer	CIC	SS	26			0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
56	Henry Merchant	CIC	RF	92	1.0		0.2	-0.1	0.5	-0.1	-0.1
57	Curtis Hollingsworth	BBB	P	3	10.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
58	Barnes	CIC	P	4	4.2		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
59	Armando Vázquez	CIC	P	5	12.0		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0
60	Earl Ashby	BBB	1B	4			0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
61	Clarence Locke	CAG	P	12	24.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
62	George Handy	MRS	2B	50			0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
63	Sam Hill	CAG	LF	90			0.2	0.6	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
64	T. J. Brown	CIC/MRS	SS	25			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	Leonard Pigg	CIC	C	11			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
67	Alonzo Boone	CBE	P	10	23.1		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
68	Neil Robinson	MRS	LF	42			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
69	John Bissant	CAG	LF	31			0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
70	Hoss Walker	CIC	3B	23	0.2		0.1	-0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
71	Jesse Warren	CAG	2B	14			0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
72	Eugene Bremer	CBE	P	5	9.1		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
73	Leon Kellman	CBE	3B	27			0.1	0.2	-0.1	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	Steve Wylie	CAG/KCM	P	15	35.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	James Bizzle	BBB	LF	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Bob Palm	CAG	C	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Jake Tolbert	CAG	C	16			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
84	Red Longley	MRS	C	38			0.0	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
85	Willie Wells	CIC	SS	20			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
86	Kine	CIC	C				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Robert Abernathy	CIC	LF	100			0.0	-0.3	0.3	0.0	-0.1
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	Tomás Quiñones	CIC	P	9	14.2		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Silas Griffin	BBB	3B	5			0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Satchel Davis	CBE	P	4	12.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Clyde Nelson	CBE	LF	60			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
95	Sammy Williams	BBB	P	4	6.2		0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
96	Jim West	BBB	1B	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Henderson	CIC	SS	2			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Tom Turner	CAG	1B	13			-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
99	Ed Young	CAG	C	14			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
100	Clyde Williams	CBE	P	3	3.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
101	Spoon Carter	MRS	P	3	5.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
102	Harry Millon	CIC/CAG	2B	6			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
103	George Minor	CBE	LF	6			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Verdell Mathis	MRS	P	7	12.1		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
105	John Thomas	BBB	CF	9			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
106	Sherwood Brewer	CIC	SS	14			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
107	Bob Boyd	MRS	1B	72			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1
108	Walter McCoy	CAG	P	11	27.2		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Marlin Carter	MRS	3B	45			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
110	Ladd White	MRS	P	9	18.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
111	Jacob Robinson	CAG	3B	4			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
112	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	29			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
113	Lee Moody	BBB/KCM	1B	67			-0.1	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
114	Thomas Favors	KCM	LF	26			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
115	Jim Colzie	CIC	P	11	24.2		-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
116	Carrenza Howard	CIC	P	3	8.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
117	John Miles	CAG	3B	64			-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
118	Jim McCurine	CAG	RF	56			-0.2	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
119	Newt Allen	CIC	SS	37			-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
120	Felix Evans	MRS	P	4	8.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
121	Tommy Sampson	BBB	2B	12			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
122	Herman Purcell	MRS	P	3	4.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
123	Norman Robinson	BBB	CF	69			-0.2	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
124	Alphonso Gerard	CIC	RF	24			-0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
125	Manuel Godínez	CIC	P	11	26.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
126	Buddy Armour	CAG	CF	71			-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
127	Preacher Henry	CIC	P	8	24.0		-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
128	James Brown	CIC	P	7	9.2		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
129	Ted Strong	KCM	RF	122			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
130	Goose Tatum	CIC	1B	103			-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
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	Ray Neil	CIC	2B	107			-0.3	0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.1
137	Larry Napoleon	KCM	P	1	4.0		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
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	Willie Wells Jr.	MRS	SS	53			-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.1
142	Tom Cooper	KCM	RF	170			-0.5	0.2	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
143	Johnie Scott	KCM	LF	219			-0.5	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
144	Orinthal Anderson	BBB	RF	23	4.1		-0.6	0.1	-0.3	-0.3	0.0
145	John Huber	MRS/CIC	P	11	25.0		-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
146	Earl Bumpus	CAG	1B	58	23.0		-0.6	-0.2	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
147	Pepper Bassett	BBB	C	47			-0.6	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
148	Gene Collins	KCM	P	7	11.0		-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	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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