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	BEG/EAS	6
4	Hank Thompson	KCM	6
5	Monte Irvin	EAS/NE	5
6	Luis Márquez	EAS/HG	4
7	Gene Baker	KCM	4
8	Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	4
9	Ed Steele	BBB	3
10	Joe Scott	BBB	3

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Bill Byrd	BEG	0.98
2	Joe Black	BEG/EAS	1.05
3	Leniel Hooker	NE	1.09
4	Max Manning	EAS/NE	1.10
5	José Santiago	nyc	1.11
6	Ted Alexander	HG	1.13
7	Rufus Lewis	EAS/NE	1.13
8	Bill Powell	BBB/WES	1.18
9	Wilmer Fields	EAS/HG	1.19
10	Bob Romby	BEG	1.20

Standings

		vs NN2					vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays^*²	46	24	2	.657	-	58	25	4	.699	6.1	4.8	Vic Harris	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	Baltimore Elite Giants¹	49	29	2	.628	1.0	53	30	2	.639	5.3	3.9	Hoss Walker	Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
3	Newark Eagles	32	29	1	.525	9.5	39	34	3	.534	4.5	3.9	William Bell	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
4	Philadelphia Stars	30	33	2	.476	12.5	34	35	3	.493	4.5	4.4	Oscar Charleston	Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA)
5	New York Cubans	19	29	1	.396	16.0	30	31	1	.492	5.4	5.0	José María Fernández, Winfield Welch	Polo Grounds (New York, NY)
6	New York Black Yankees	9	41	0	.180	27.0	13	48	0	.213	3.2	6.9	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 All 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	65	35	3	.650	2.0	69	37	3	.651	7.1	4.9	Buck O'Neil	Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
3	Cleveland Buckeyes	47	53	3	.470	20.0	50	58	4	.463	5.4	5.5	Alonzo Boone	League Park (Cleveland, OH)
4	Memphis Red Sox	42	63	4	.400	27.5	49	69	4	.415	4.8	6.5	Larry Brown	Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
5	Indianapolis Clowns	38	55	5	.409	25.5	45	78	7	.366	4.5	5.9	Ramiro Ramírez, Buster Haywood	Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN)
6	Chicago American Giants	35	55	1	.389	27.0	38	60	2	.388	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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