1948 Season

Negro American League

1947 / 1949

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Jim
LaMarque

Leaders

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Artie Wilson	BBB	.515
2	Willard Brown	KCM	.513
3	Ed Steele	BBB	.480
4	Hank Thompson	KCM	.450
5	Piper Davis	BBB	.449
6	Sam Hairston	IC	.411
7	Johnie Scott	KCM	.383
8	Joe Scott	BBB	.376
9	Ray Neil	IC	.374
10	Tom Cooper	KCM	.366

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Ford Smith	KCM	184
2	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	179
3	Bill Powell	BBB	164
4	Jim LaMarque	KCM	150
5	Jim Cohen	IC	144
6	Vibert Clarke	CBE	140
7	Luis Cabrera	IC	122
8	Gene Richardson	KCM	115
9	Hilton Smith	KCM	113
10	Alonzo Perry	BBB	106

Advanced Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	wOBA	BB%	HR%	ISO
1	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	29	1106	.377	8.9%	0.9%	.123
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	44	1682	.362	9.3%	1.0%	.131
3	Chicago American Giants	NAL	12	476	.342	7.6%	1.3%	.107
4	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	18	694	.331	8.4%	0.7%	.104
5	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	13	512	.319	8.0%	0.8%	.113
6	Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	30	1121	.294	9.2%	0.4%	.056
	6	1	146	5591	.342	8.8%	0.8%	.107

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	HR%	ISO
1	Bob Boyd*	MRS	1B	59	.622	6.8%	1.7%	.222
2	Artie Wilson*	BBB	SS	136	.515	11.0%	0.0%	.176
3	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	189	.513	11.6%	3.2%	.265
4	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	123	.480	15.4%	2.4%	.202
5	Hank Thompson*	KCM	RF	192	.450	13.0%	2.1%	.215
6	Piper Davis	BBB	2B	114	.449	6.1%	0.9%	.144
7	Sam Hairston	IC	3B	127	.411	11.0%	0.8%	.080
8	Sam Hill*	CAG	CF	55	.409	7.3%	0.0%	.080
9	Chico Renfroe	CBE	SS	65	.403	7.7%	0.0%	.125
10	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	46	.386	6.5%	2.2%	.143
11	Leon Kellman	CBE	3B	62	.384	14.5%	0.0%	.061
12	Jim Pendleton	CAG	SS	53	.378	3.8%	1.9%	.143
13	Joe Scott*	BBB	1B	104	.376	13.5%	1.9%	.163
14	Ray Neil	IC	2B	102	.374	5.9%	2.0%	.149
15	Clyde McNeal	CAG	2B	49	.348	12.2%	2.0%	.146
16	Earl Taborn	KCM	C	158	.346	12.7%	0.0%	.059
17	Archie Ware*	CBE	1B	76	.342	5.3%	0.0%	.086
18	Willie Grace**	CBE	RF	72	.339	4.2%	0.0%	.090
19	Gene Baker	KCM	SS	187	.339	7.5%	1.6%	.183
20	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	197	.333	7.1%	0.5%	.099
21	Al Smith	CBE	LF	60	.308	10.0%	1.7%	.132
22	Andrés Mesa*	IC	LF	101	.307	6.9%	0.0%	.054
23	Norman Robinson**	BBB	CF	123	.296	6.5%	0.0%	.071
24	Reinaldo Drake*	IC	CF	97	.290	9.3%	0.0%	.034
25	Curtis Roberts	KCM	2B	184	.282	7.6%	0.0%	.065
26	John Britton*	BBB	3B	134	.271	2.2%	0.0%	.063
27	Joe Burt Scott*	MRS	LF	49	.270	18.4%	0.0%	.051
28	Johnnie Cowan	MRS	2B	45	.241	6.7%	0.0%	.075
29	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	56	.228	5.4%	0.0%	.118
30	Coco Ferrer	IC	SS	97	.212	5.2%	0.0%	.044
31	Casey Jones*	MRS	C	46	.153	4.3%	0.0%	.047

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

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