1947 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1947 Season


Negro American League


1946 / 1948



J. B. Martin (President)
Ernie Wright (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter


Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher


Jim
LaMarque

Leaders

Stolen Bases

# Player Team SB
1
KCM
16
2
KCM
15
3
KCM
12
4
KCM
12
5
CBE
10
6
KCM
7
7
KCM
6
8
KCM
5
9
MRS
4
10
CAG
3

ERA+

# Player Team ERA+
1
KCM
355
2
KCM
221
3
CAG
201
4
BBB
188
5
CBE
177
6
CIC
142
7
KCM
139
8
KCM
135
9
MRS
119
10
BBB
108


Players


Bats:


Throws:



# Team Pos Bats Throws
1
CIC
28
P
2
5.1
6'5"
213
R
10/23/1918 (Jacksonville, FL)
9/26/1948 (Tampa, FL)
2
CBE
40
P
10
20.0
6'4"
176
B
R
1/14/1907 (Leavenworth, KS)
3/26/1990 (Whittier, CA)
3
KCM
24
P
28
64.1
6'4"
200
R
R
12/27/1922 (Stone Mountain, GA)
11/28/2004 (Kansas City, MO)
4
CBE
21
P
3
8.0
6'4"
192
R
R
12/14/1925 (Stewartsville, OH)
11/5/1971 (Morgantown, WV)
5
CIC
29
P
33
60.1
6'4"
180
R
R
5/1/1918 (Shreveport, LA)
5/4/1986 (Shreveport, LA)
6
BBB
36
C
52
6'3"
225
B
R
8/5/1910 (Baton Rouge, LA)
2/27/1981 (Los Angeles, CA)
7
CBE
32
P
11
31.0
6'3"
192
R
R
5/12/1915 (Paducah, KY)
2/15/1994 (St. Louis, MO)
8
BBB
29
2B
63
6'3"
188
R
R
7/3/1917 (Piper, AL)
5/21/1997 (Birmingham, AL)
9
CIC
38
RF
4
6'3"
192
L
R
4/6/1909 (Greensboro, NC)
12/16/1988 (Salisbury, NC)
10
CIC
29
RF
109
1.0
6'3"
180
L
L
2/17/1918 (Birmingham, AL)
8/23/1982 (Cincinnati, OH)
11
CAG
24
3B
92
6'3"
230
R
R
8/11/1922 (San Antonio, TX)
5/24/2013 (San Antonio, TX)
12
KCM
40
P
10
19.0
6'3"
180
R
R
7/7/1906 (Mobile, AL)
6/8/1982 (Kansas City, MO)
13
BBB
25
P
13
24.0
6'3"
200
L
R
4/14/1922 (Elmore, AL)
10/13/1982 (Birmingham, AL)
14
KCM
30
RF
138
6'3"
198
B
R
1/2/1917 (South Bend, IN)
3/3/1978 (Chicago, IL)
15
CIC
29
1B
118
6'3"
195
B
R
5/3/1918 (Jersey, AR)
1/18/1967 (El Paso, TX)
16
CAG
33
LF
78
41.1
6'2"
200
L
L
2/15/1914 (Evansville, IN)
5/14/1985 (Uniontown, KY)
17
MRS
36
P
10
21.0
6'2"
180
R
R
10/3/1910 (Atlanta, GA)
8/21/1993 (Pompano Beach, FL)
18
CAG
21
LF
130
6'2"
183
L
R
5/2/1926 (New Castle, AL)
4/4/1977 (Birmingham, AL)
19
CBE
24
P
1
4.0
6'2"
197
R
R
8/8/1922 (Boley, OK)
9/21/1985 (Erie, PA)
20
CAG
32
P
19
36.1
6'2"
180
R
R
7/11/1914 (Westfield, NC)
3/23/1998 (Springfield, MA)
21
MRS
28
C
33
6'2"
205
L
R
7/19/1918 (Dublin, MS)
11/17/1998 (Memphis, TN)
22
CBE
29
P
3.0
6'2"
162
R
R
11/5/1917 (Rapides Parish, LA)
1/5/2008 (Compton, CA)
23
CAG
26
RF
82
6'2"
195
L
R
5/8/1921 (Clinton, KY)
5/24/2002 (Chicago, IL)
24
BBB
28
P
12
24.0
6'2"
195
L
R
5/8/1919 (Comer, GA)
8/21/2004 (Birmingham, AL)
25
CIC
27
P
11
17.2
6'2"
200
R
R
6/19/1920 (Yauco, Puerto Rico)
26
KCM
24
P
4
6.0
6'2"
235
R
9/22/1922 (Waxahachie, TX)
12/14/1969 (Plainview, TX)
27
KCM
40
P
46
75.2
6'2"
180
R
R
2/27/1907 (Giddings, TX)
11/18/1983 (Kansas City, MO)
28
CAG
28
P
23
53.1
6'2"
185
L
R
3/14/1919 (Benton, LA)
12/10/2000 (Shreveport, LA)
29
CBE
34
C
35
6'2"
225
B
R
12/25/1912 (Dublin, GA)
8/10/1993 (Creve Coeur, MO)
30
MRS
27
P
17
37.2
6'1"
184
R
R
5/3/1920 (Empire, AL)
5/2/1976 (Houston, TX)
31
CBE
39
P
10
23.1
6'1"
184
R
R
1/13/1908 (Decatur, AL)
4/8/1982 (Cleveland, OH)
32
CBE
28
P
1
3.0
6'1"
158
R
R
10/23/1918 (Hamburg, AR)
3/3/1999 (Detroit, MI)
33
CIC
30
LF
6
6'1"
190
L
R
11/25/1916 (Alapaha, GA)
8/13/1970 (Jacksonville, FL)
34
CBE
28
P
4
12.1
6'1"
165
R
R
7/28/1918 (Greenville, MS)
1/1/2013 (Houston, TX)
35
CBE
30
RF
82
6'1"
162
B
R
6/30/1917 (Meridian, MS)
11/18/2006 (Erie, PA)
36
CIC
33
P
11
20.1
6'1"
205
R
R
6/26/1914 (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
4/29/1994 (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
37
CBE
30
CF
96
6'1"
178
B
R
1/23/1917 (Lowndes County, MS)
6/16/2001 (Erie, PA)
38
KCM
26
P
69
122.0
6'1"
173
L
L
7/29/1920 (Potosi, MO)
1/15/2000 (North Kansas City, MO)
39
MRS
27
P
6
14.0
6'1"
160
R
R
9/10/1919 (Memphis, TN)
8/11/1997 (Memphis, TN)
40
BBB
34
2B
16
6'1"
180
R
R
8/31/1912 (Calhoun, AL)
1/24/2002 (Elizabeth City, NC)
41
KCM
19
SS
30
6'1"
178
R
R
8/14/1927 (Galveston, TX)
1/22/2008 (Pasadena, CA)
42
KCM
28
P
44
63.0
6'1"
198
B
R
1/19/1919 (Phoenix, AZ)
2/26/1983 (Phoenix, AZ)
43
36
P
21
49.0
6'1"
180
R
R
5/7/1911 (Clarksville, TN)
10/23/1993 (Clarksville, TN)
44
CAG
34
C
19
6'1"
230
R
R
6/13/1913 (East Saint Louis, IL)
8/3/1967 (Chicago, IL)
45
BBB
26
1B
4
6'0"
170
R
R
5/16/1921 (La Habana, Cuba)
46
CBE
25
3B
55
6'0"
180
R
R
5/9/1922 (Mobile, AL)
6/27/1970 (Pittsburgh, PA)
47
CIC
26
P
3
4.2
6'0"
186
R
R
2/20/1921 (Birmingham, AL)
4/11/2007 (Detroit, MI)
48
CAG
29
1B
90
6'0"
187
L
R
3/11/1918 (Birmingham, AL)
1/23/2005 (Birmingham, AL)
49
CIC
28
P
7
9.2
6'0"
180
L
R
5/14/1919 (Scotland County, NC)
50
CBE
19
P
16
36.0
6'0"
165
L
L
6/8/1928 (Colón, Panama)
6/14/1970 (Cristóbal, Panama)
51
MRS
23
CF
80
6'0"
R
R
52
CIC
26
P
13
30.2
6'0"
155
L
R
7/12/1920 (Montezuma, GA)
3/22/2010 (Bloomington, IN)
53
CAG
18
SS
101
6'0"
177
R
R
12/15/1928 (San Antonio, TX)
4/13/1996 (San Antonio, TX)
54
CBE
25
LF
79
6'0"
190
R
R
9/1/1921 (Bradenton, FL)
7/26/1949 (Philadelphia, PA)
55
MRS
23
P
3
5.1
6'0"
175
B
R
8/15/1923 (St. Louis, MO)
12/24/2005 (Grand Rapids, MI)
56
CAG
27
3B
7
6'0"
185
3/27/1920 (Little Rock, AR)
4/5/2013 (Grand Rapids, MI)
57
CBE
19
SS
76
6'0"
186
R
R
2/7/1928 (Kirkwood, MO)
1/3/2002 (Hammond, IN)
58
KCM
24
C
143
6'0"
161
R
R
7/22/1922 (Carrier Mills, IL)
12/21/1996 (San Antonio, TX)
59
BBB
42
1B
2
6'0"
218
B
R
4/23/1905 (Birmingham, AL)
9/2/1969 (Philadelphia, PA)
60
CBE
24
LF
21
6'0"
185
B
R
2/5/1923 (Meridian, MS)
1/31/1996 (Chicago, IL)
61
CIC
29
LF
9
6'0"
163
R
R
9/23/1917 (La Habana, Cuba)
62
BBB
26
LF
23
4.1
5'11"
165
L
R
11/11/1920 (Hillsboro, TX)
1/24/1977 (Miami, FL)
63
BBB
32
C
10
5'11"
177
R
R
4/18/1915 (Birmingham, AL)
9/27/1970 (Birmingham, AL)
64
KCM
35
P
15
39.2
5'11"
180
R
8/23/1911 (Kansas City, KS)
5/2/1992 (Oakland, CA)
65
KCM
32
CF
216
5'11"
200
R
R
6/26/1915 (Shreveport, LA)
8/4/1996 (Houston, TX)
66
MRS
44
P
3
5.2
5'11"
176
L
R
12/8/1902 (Harpersville, AL)
1/23/1974 (Birmingham, AL)
67
KCM
28
RF
200
5'11"
175
R
R
1919 (birthplace unknown)
68
MRS
32
RF
67
5'11"
200
L
L
4/19/1915 (Báguanos, Cuba)
69
KCM
35
C
150
1.2
5'11"
190
R
R
10/17/1911 (Stone Mountain, GA)
7/19/1989 (Stone Mountain, GA)
70
CBE
23
C
50
5'11"
195
R
R
10/24/1923 (Lincoln County, TN)
1/4/1991 (Stone Mountain, GA)
71
CBE
28
3B
49
5'11"
160
R
R
7/11/1918 (Gatún, Panama)
5/13/2003 (Miami, FL)
72
CAG
28
2B
134
5'11"
175
L
R
7/15/1918 (New Albany, MS)
7/16/1984 (Southfield, MI)
73
MRS
33
P
8
16.1
5'11"
155
L
L
11/18/1913 (Crawfordsville, AR)
10/30/1998 (Memphis, TN)
74
CAG
27
P
11
27.2
5'11"
172
R
R
2/20/1920 (Leavenworth, KS)
11/10/2015 (Lemon Grove, CA)
75
CAG
31
C
7
5'11"
167
10/6/1915 (Clarendon, AR)
7/17/1976 (St. Louis, MO)
76
MRS
29
P
7
16.1
5'11"
174
R
R
8/24/1917 (Grady, AL)
4/7/2003 (Birmingham, AL)
77
KCM
24
2B
222
5'11"
175
R
R
3/1/1923 (Newark, NJ)
9/3/1991 (Atlanta, GA)
78
MRS
39
LF
51
5'11"
183
R
R
7/31/1907 (Birmingham, AL)
7/23/1983 (Cincinnati, OH)
79
CIC
42
3B
26
0.2
5'11"
190
R
R
9/10/1904 (Austin, TX)
80
CAG
32
2B
28
5.2
5'11"
153
R
R
8/16/1914 (Whitehaven, TN)
4/8/2003 (death place unknown)
81
BBB
24
P
4
6.2
5'11"
175
L
R
10/13/1922 (Ketona, AL)
8/8/2007 (San Jose, CA)
82
KCM
34
P
22
54.0
5'10"
185
R
R
9/15/1912 (Spartanburg, SC)
3/6/1999 (East Orange, NJ)
83
BBB
27
LF
2
5'10"
166
3/9/1920 (Arkadelphia, AR)
7/23/1987 (St. Louis, MO)
84
MRS
27
1B
96
5'10"
170
L
L
10/1/1919 (Potts Camp, MS)
9/7/2004 (Wichita, KS)
85
CBE
34
2B
74
5'10"
160
R
R
5/31/1913 (Pleasant Hill, AL)
10/24/1993 (Birmingham, AL)
86
CIC
30
RF
24
5'10"
180
L
L
87
CIC
27
3B
122
5'10"
187
R
R
1/20/1920 (Crawford, MS)
10/31/1997 (Birmingham, AL)
88
CIC
33
P
5
13.0
5'10"
170
R
R
1/10/1914 (Daytona Beach, FL)
2/1/2003 (Cerritos, CA)
89
30
1B
67
5'10"
180
R
R
5/14/1917 (East Saint Louis, IL)
7/4/1998 (Ferguson, MO)
90
BBB
28
P
14
29.2
5'10"
170
R
R
6/9/1919 (Bonham, AL)
6/23/1983 (Bremen Township, IL)
91
KCM
35
1B
246
5'10"
190
R
R
11/13/1911 (Carrabelle, FL)
10/6/2006 (Kansas City, MO)
92
BBB
32
P
7
20.0
5'10"
175
R
R
1/24/1915 (Alabama City, AL)
11/23/1996 (Dolomite, AL)
93
KCM
19
P
12
27.0
5'10"
170
L
L
1/26/1928 (San Diego, CA)
8/1/1997 (San Diego, CA)
94
CAG
24
C
87
5'10"
180
L
R
1/5/1923 (San Diego, CA)
1/14/2003 (Chula Vista, CA)
95
KCM
33
LF
262
5'10"
165
L
L
8/28/1913 (Magnolia, AR)
3/7/1967 (Los Angeles, CA)
96
BBB
31
RF
60
5'10"
185
L
R
8/8/1915 (Dallas County, AL)
10/1/1978 (Birmingham, AL)
97
CBE
27
P
5
10.2
5'10"
170
L
L
4/9/1920 (Clarksdale, MS)
6/5/2005 (Detroit, MI)
98
BBB
26
SS
73
5'10"
162
L
R
10/28/1920 (Jefferson County, AL)
10/31/2010 (Portland, OR)
99
CAG
29
C
1
5'10"
175
R
R
8/25/1917 (Windsor, NC)
7/14/1992 (Camden, NJ)
100
CIC
29
LF
112
5'9"
170
7/12/1917 (Maury County, TN)
9/2/1997 (Nashville, TN)
101
CAG
32
CF
107
5'9"
170
L
R
4/27/1915 (Madison, MS)
4/15/1974 (Carbondale, IL)
102
MRS
34
2B
67
5'9"
163
R
R
11/22/1912 (Sulligent, AL)
12/17/1972 (Memphis, TN)
103
CBE
30
P
13
26.2
5'9"
176
R
R
7/18/1916 (New Orleans, LA)
6/19/1971 (Cleveland, OH)
104
BBB
30
P
3
10.0
5'9"
165
L
12/18/1916 (Jackson, MS)
5/30/1988 (Birmingham, AL)
105
39
P
13
31.0
5'9"
170
L
R
4/26/1908 (Lexington, KY)
1/31/1964 (Hartselle, AL)
106
CAG
27
P
17
36.0
5'9"
165
R
10/19/1919 (Readland, AR)
10/15/1999 (North Little Rock, AR)
107
CAG
36
P
12
25.0
5'9"
183
R
R
3/25/1911 (Kansas City, MO)
1/1971 (Kansas City, KS)
108
MRS
37
C
56
5'9"
210
R
R
9/7/1909 (Little Rock, AR)
7/20/1977 (Memphis, TN)
109
CAG
25
SS
3
5'9"
165
R
R
12/19/1921 (Washington, NC)
1/1993 (Philadelphia, PA)
110
CIC
26
2B
124
5'9"
165
R
R
10/12/1920 (Apopka, FL)
7/10/1998 (St. Joseph, MI)
111
CIC
27
C
15
5'9"
230
R
R
9/18/1919 (Grant, OK)
8/22/1993 (Seattle, WA)
112
MRS
28
P
16
21.2
5'9"
150
B
R
12/9/1918 (Rena Lara, MS)
12/4/1997 (San Diego, CA)
113
KCM
34
3B
278
5'9"
150
B
R
2/5/1913 (West Monroe, LA)
7/12/1978 (Los Angeles, CA)
114
KCM
21
SS
197
5'9"
174
L
R
12/8/1925 (Oklahoma City, OK)
9/30/1969 (Fresno, CA)
115
CAG
32
1B
19
1.0
5'9"
147
R
R
6/22/1915 (Olive Branch, TN)
6/17/2013 (Georgetown, OH)
116
CBE
29
1B
95
5'9"
160
L
L
6/19/1918 (Greenville, FL)
12/13/1990 (Los Angeles, CA)
117
CIC
42
SS
21
5'9"
170
R
R
8/10/1904 (Shawnee, OK)
1/22/1989 (Austin, TX)
118
CIC
46
SS
42
5'8"
160
R
R
5/19/1901 (Austin, TX)
6/9/1988 (Cincinnati, OH)
119
CAG
33
LF
39
5'8"
180
R
R
2/19/1914 (New Orleans, LA)
4/1/2006 (Houston, TX)
120
CIC
23
SS
19
5'8"
168
R
R
8/16/1923 (Clarksdale, MS)
4/15/2003 (Chicago, IL)
121
BBB
28
3B
66
5'8"
160
L
R
4/21/1919 (Mount Vernon, GA)
12/2/1990 (Chicago, IL)
122
BBB
30
LF
64
5'8"
170
R
R
7/1/1916 (Marianna, AR)
4/4/1982 (Kirkwood, MO)
123
KCM
22
P
12
20.0
5'8"
168
L
L
1/7/1925 (Kansas City, KS)
2/9/1998 (Detroit, MI)
124
CIC
37
C
75
5'8"
165
R
R
1/12/1910 (Portsmouth, VA)
4/19/2000 (Los Angeles, CA)
125
CAG
24
P
19
18.1
5'8"
156
L
L
10/20/1922 (McComb, MS)
7/6/2001 (Chicago, IL)
126
KCM
17
2B
76
5'8"
165
R
R
8/16/1929 (Pineland, TX)
11/14/1969 (Oakland, CA)
127
BBB
34
CF
69
5'8"
180
B
R
4/1/1913 (Oklahoma City, OK)
3/26/1984 (Pacoima, CA)
128
MRS
26
LF
50
5'8"
167
L
L
10/2/1920 (Memphis, TN)
3/21/2013 (Memphis, TN)
129
CIC
25
P
6
15.2
5'8"
160
L
L
8/20/1921 (Güines, Cuba)
3/16/2008 (New York, NY)
130
MRS
29
P
9
18.2
5'8"
173
L
R
8/7/1917 (Redland, OK)
4/1/1963 (Contra Costa, CA)
131
MRS
45
C
1
5'7"
162
B
R
9/16/1901 (Pratt City, AL)
4/7/1972 (Memphis, TN)
132
MRS
34
3B
67
5'7"
160
L
R
12/27/1912 (Haslam, TX)
12/20/1993 (Memphis, TN)
133
CIC
24
CF
100
5'7"
160
L
L
3/15/1923 (La Habana, Cuba)
134
KCM
26
LF
26
5'7"
165
L
L
12/29/1920 (Atlanta, GA)
12/11/2001 (Atlanta, GA)
135
CIC
32
SS
30
5'7"
145
R
R
8/17/1963 (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
136
BBB
27
P
8
18.2
5'7"
155
L
L
1/17/1920 (Athens, GA)
11/18/1999 (Birmingham, AL)
137
MRS
40
RF
46
5'7"
159
R
R
4/10/1907 (Pontotoc, MS)
11/20/2003 (St. Louis, MO)
138
MRS
24
SS
69
5'7"
150
R
R
10/23/1922 (Austin, TX)
1/4/1994 (Austin, TX)
139
MRS
27
2B
67
5'6"
168
L
R
12/26/1919 (Memphis, TN)
12/8/1983 (Chicago, IL)
140
28
2B
6
5'6"
160
R
R
5/14/1919 (Kankakee, IL)
4/5/1996 (New Orleans, LA)
141
CBE
28
LF
12
5'6"
160
L
4/21/1919 (Henderson, TX)
4/11/1973 (Philadelphia, PA)
142
KCM
25
P
5
12.0
5'6"
164
L
6/11/1922 (Marion, LA)
5/10/2002 (Monroe, LA)
143
CIC
21
SS
3
5'5"
149
5/16/1926 (Houston, TX)
12/5/1970 (death place unknown)
144
CIC
36
P
11
29.1
5'5"
148
R
R
3/10/1911 (Inverness, FL)
5/16/1992 (Jacksonville, FL)
145
31
SS
32
5'4"
152
R
R
8/18/1915 (Des Moines, IA)
11/22/1973 (East Moline, IL)

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