1947 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1947 Season


Negro American League


1946 / 1948

Top Hitter


Hank
Thompson

Top Pitcher


Ford
Smith

Leaders

Stolen Bases

# Player Team SB
1
Herb Souell
KCM
15
2
Sam Jethroe
CBE
10
3
Johnie Scott
KCM
10
4
Buck O'Neil
KCM
9
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


Pitching

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Qualified:

Teams
# Team Lg
W
L
W%
G
GS
GF
CG
SHO
SV
IP
R
ER
H
HR
BB
K
WP
BK
HBP
BF
ERA
ERA+
1
Cleveland Buckeyes
NAL
12
4
.750
25
16
10
2
2
134.0
66
38
126
4
45
77
3
0
8
579
2.55
173
2
Chicago American Giants
NAL
6
14
.300
38
20
9
2
2
172.0
115
82
175
6
89
96
5
0
10
785
4.29
105
3
Kansas City Monarchs
NAL
32
25
.561
96
57
33
2
3
482.1
324
242
540
12
212
298
6
0
23
2233
4.52
95
4
Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns
NAL
9
18
.333
38
27
17
0
1
222.1
165
121
270
13
82
91
0
1
6
1026
4.90
94
5
Memphis Red Sox
NAL
7
7
.500
21
15
10
0
0
129.1
96
72
142
5
70
74
5
0
3
609
5.01
92
6
Birmingham Black Barons
NAL
4
11
.267
28
15
5
0
1
128.1
89
73
163
7
46
62
0
0
6
587
5.12
87
6
1
70
79
.470
246
150
84
6
9
1268.1
855
628
1416
47
544
698
19
1
56
5819
4.46
99



Players
#
Player
Team Role
W
L
W%
G
GS
GF
CG
SHO
SV
IP
R
ER
H
HR
BB
K
WP
BK
HBP
BF
ERA
ERA+
1
CBE
SP
1
2
.333
4
4
2
1
0
20.0
5
2
13
0
5
12
0
0
0
78
0.90
490
2
KCM
SP
5
3
.625
8
6
5
2
0
56.0
16
11
44
1
23
26
0
0
1
232
1.77
242
3
MRS
SP
1
0
1.000
3
2
2
0
0
22.0
6
5
10
0
8
21
4
0
1
88
2.05
227
4
BBB
SP
2
0
1.000
2
2
1
0
0
15.0
6
4
17
1
5
13
0
0
1
67
2.40
186
5
CAG
SP
2
1
.667
5
5
2
2
0
36.1
12
11
22
0
20
24
0
0
1
147
2.72
165
6
CBE
SP
1
1
.500
3
3
1
0
0
23.1
13
7
21
1
4
10
3
0
1
97
2.70
163
7
CBE
SP
4
0
1.000
4
4
4
1
0
36.0
16
11
36
0
12
21
0
0
1
156
2.75
160
8
BBB
SP
1
2
.333
4
3
1
0
0
18.2
10
6
19
1
8
8
0
0
1
80
2.89
154
9
CAG
RP
0
1
.000
5
3
0
0
0
21.2
12
8
21
1
8
7
2
0
0
95
3.32
135
10
CIC
SP
5
2
.714
8
7
7
0
1
60.1
34
23
68
0
11
20
0
0
2
261
3.43
134
11
CAG
SP
2
1
.667
3
3
3
0
0
24.0
16
9
24
1
10
13
0
0
3
108
3.38
133
12
KCM
SP
8
3
.727
14
13
10
0
0
105.0
62
42
115
0
34
80
0
0
4
471
3.60
119
13
MRS
SP
2
0
1.000
3
3
2
0
0
21.2
14
10
28
0
8
7
1
0
0
101
4.15
112
14
MRS
SP
0
2
.000
2
2
0
0
0
18.2
15
9
16
1
10
12
0
0
0
85
4.34
107
15
BBB
RP
1
2
.333
7
3
2
0
0
29.2
17
14
34
0
7
16
0
0
1
132
4.25
105
16
CAG
RP
1
3
.250
6
3
1
0
0
27.2
21
14
32
3
12
19
0
0
3
133
4.55
99
17
CIC
SP
0
4
.000
5
4
3
0
0
29.1
20
18
37
3
11
8
0
0
0
132
5.52
83
18
CAG
RP
0
4
.000
6
3
2
0
0
22.2
21
14
28
1
12
13
0
0
1
105
5.56
81
19
KCM
RP
7
4
.636
13
8
6
0
0
75.2
54
46
104
2
13
25
0
0
3
343
5.47
78
20
CIC
SP
1
2
.333
4
3
2
0
0
26.0
21
17
34
3
5
11
0
0
2
118
5.88
78
21
BBB
SP
0
2
.000
3
2
1
0
0
20.0
17
13
30
2
6
5
0
0
2
95
5.85
76
22
BBB
RP
0
3
.000
5
3
0
0
0
24.0
17
16
26
1
15
9
0
0
0
109
6.00
74
23
CAG
RP
0
3
.000
7
2
1
0
1
23.0
20
17
33
0
13
12
2
0
1
115
6.65
68
24
RP
1
3
.250
6
2
2
0
0
25.0
25
22
40
1
15
9
0
0
1
131
7.92
58
25
KCM
RP
3
3
.500
12
6
3
0
0
57.1
62
49
82
6
38
26
2
0
3
299
7.69
56
* = Left-handed pitcher       ^ = Unknown

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