1948 Season

1947 / 1949

Jim
Gilliam

Jim
LaMarque

Leaders

#	Player	Team	HR
1	Willard Brown	KCM/WES	8
2	Luke Easter	EAS/HG	7
3	Lester Lockett	EAS/BEG	6
4	Hank Thompson	KCM	6
5	Monte Irvin	EAS/NE	5
6	Gene Baker	KCM	4
7	Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	4
8	Luis Márquez	EAS/HG	4
9	George Crowe	MULT	3
10	Minnie Miñoso	EAS/NYC	3

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Garnett Blair	HG	1.35
2	Bill Ricks	PS	1.56
3	Max Manning	EAS/NE	1.62
4	Bill Byrd	BEG	1.77
5	Joe Black	EAS/BEG	2.01
6	Rufus Lewis	EAS/NE	2.02
7	Bob Romby	BEG	2.23
8	Ted Alexander	HG	2.37
9	Barney Brown	PS	2.38
10	Tom Parker	HG	2.48

Standings

		vs NN2					vs Maj. Black Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays^*²	42	24	1	.636	1.0	54	25	3	.684	5.9	4.8	Vic Harris	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	Baltimore Elite Giants¹	49	29	2	.628	-	53	30	2	.639	5.3	3.9	Hoss Walker	Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
3	Newark Eagles	31	29	1	.517	9.0	38	34	3	.528	4.4	3.9	William Bell	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
4	Philadelphia Stars	30	31	1	.492	10.5	34	33	2	.507	4.3	4.2	Oscar Charleston	Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA)
5	New York Cubans	19	29	1	.396	15.0	30	31	1	.492	5.4	5.0	José María Fernández, Winfield Welch	Polo Grounds (New York, NY)
6	New York Black Yankees	9	38	0	.191	24.5	13	45	0	.224	3.3	6.7	Marvin Barker	Red Wing Stadium (Rochester, NY), Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)

* = League Champion 1 = First Half Champion 2 = Second Half Champion

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays	2	1	1	.667	-	4.5	4.5	Vic Harris	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	1	2	1	.333	1.0	4.5	4.5	Hoss Walker	Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)

		vs NAL					vs Maj. Black Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Birmingham Black Barons^*¹	62	28	2	.689	-	67	40	3	.626	5.8	4.7	Piper Davis	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
2	Kansas City Monarchs²	66	35	3	.653	1.5	68	37	3	.648	7.1	4.9	Buck O'Neil	Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
3	Cleveland Buckeyes	48	54	3	.471	20.0	49	58	4	.458	5.4	5.5	Alonzo Boone	League Park (Cleveland, OH)
4	Memphis Red Sox	44	64	4	.407	27.0	49	68	4	.419	4.8	6.4	Larry Brown	Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
5	Indianapolis Clowns	40	61	5	.396	27.5	45	78	7	.366	4.5	5.9	Ramiro Ramírez, Buster Haywood	Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN)
6	Chicago American Giants	38	56	1	.404	26.0	38	59	2	.392	4.8	5.4	Quincy Trouppe	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)

* = League Champion 1 = First Half Champion 2 = Second Half Champion

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Birmingham Black Barons	4	3	1	.571	-	3.9	3.6	Piper Davis	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
2	Kansas City Monarchs	3	4	1	.429	1.0	3.6	3.9	Buck O'Neil	Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays	4	1	0	.800	-	7.0	3.2	Vic Harris	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	Birmingham Black Barons	1	4	0	.200	3.0	3.2	7.0	Piper Davis	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)

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