1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Season

Negro American League

1947 / 1949

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Jim
LaMarque

Leaders

Runs Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	Hank Thompson	KCM	48
2	Willard Brown	KCM	40
3	Gene Baker	KCM	37
4	Herb Souell	KCM	37
5	Artie Wilson	BBB	31
6	Ed Steele	BBB	27
7	Sam Hairston	IC	24
8	Curtis Roberts	KCM	24
9	Piper Davis	BBB	23
10	Johnie Scott	KCM	22

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

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

L

R

S

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	29	1106	971	185	297	49	20	10	150	27		98			21	16			.306	.382	.428	.810	116
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	44	1682	1496	283	430	93	26	17	235	49		157			11	18			.287	.359	.418	.778	106
3	Chicago American Giants	NAL	12	476	428	63	119	18	5	6	52	3		36			7	5			.278	.344	.386	.729	96
4	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	18	694	614	99	162	27	11	5	81	22		58			10	12			.264	.337	.368	.705	87
5	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	13	512	459	65	115	22	9	4	51	11		41			5	7			.251	.319	.364	.683	78
6	Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	30	1121	994	121	238	30	7	4	101	15		103			3	21			.239	.313	.296	.609	65
	6	1	146	5591	4962	816	1361	239	78	46	670	127		493			57	79			.274	.347	.382	.728	94

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Bob Boyd*	MRS	1B	13	59	54	9	30	7	1	1	16	5		4			1	0			.556	.593	.778	1.371	257
2	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	44	189	166	40	67	22	2	6	53	7		22			1	0			.404	.476	.669	1.145	200
3	Artie Wilson*	BBB	SS	29	136	119	31	52	7	7	0	18	6		15			2	0			.437	.507	.613	1.121	198
4	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	29	123	99	27	35	5	3	3	18	7		19			5	0			.354	.480	.556	1.035	175
5	Hank Thompson*	KCM	RF	44	192	163	48	56	13	5	4	27	11		25			2	2			.344	.437	.558	.995	162
6	Piper Davis	BBB	2B	28	114	104	23	40	8	2	1	18	5		7			3	0			.385	.439	.529	.967	157
7	Chico Renfroe	CBE	SS	18	65	56	11	20	3	2	0	11	4		5			1	3			.357	.419	.482	.901	139
8	Sam Hairston	IC	3B	30	127	112	24	40	4	1	1	15	4		14			0	1			.357	.429	.438	.866	135
9	Sam Hill*	CAG	CF	12	55	50	13	18	4	0	0	7	0		4			1	0			.360	.418	.440	.858	131
10	Jim Pendleton	CAG	SS	12	53	49	8	16	2	1	1	8	1		2			1	1			.327	.365	.469	.835	123
11	Ray Neil	IC	2B	24	102	94	12	30	6	1	2	14	0		6			0	2			.319	.360	.468	.828	123
12	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	13	46	42	7	14	3	0	1	8	2		3			0	1			.333	.378	.476	.854	123
13	Joe Scott*	BBB	1B	25	104	86	11	22	4	2	2	14	1		14			3	1			.256	.379	.419	.797	112
14	Leon Kellman	CBE	3B	14	62	49	8	14	1	1	0	7	3		9			3	1			.286	.426	.347	.773	107
15	Clyde McNeal	CAG	2B	12	49	41	7	10	1	1	1	4	0		6			1	1			.244	.354	.390	.744	100
16	Gene Baker	KCM	SS	43	187	169	37	44	8	7	3	26	5		14			0	4			.260	.317	.444	.761	100
17	Willie Grace**	CBE	RF	17	72	67	10	21	2	2	0	10	1		3			0	2			.313	.343	.403	.746	97
18	Archie Ware*	CBE	1B	18	76	70	10	21	2	2	0	6	3		4			1	1			.300	.347	.386	.732	94
19	Earl Taborn	KCM	C	41	158	136	13	38	8	0	0	21	2		20			0	2			.279	.372	.338	.710	88
20	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	43	197	182	37	50	7	4	1	16	6		14			1	0			.275	.330	.374	.704	86
21	Al Smith	CBE	LF	14	60	53	9	12	2	1	1	9	1		6			0	1			.226	.305	.358	.664	76
22	Andrés Mesa*	IC	LF	24	101	93	11	25	1	2	0	4	0		7			0	1			.269	.320	.323	.643	74
23	Norman Robinson**	BBB	CF	29	123	112	14	28	2	3	0	20	4		8			1	2			.250	.306	.321	.627	67
24	Reinaldo Drake*	IC	CF	24	97	87	11	21	3	0	0	8	2		9			0	1			.241	.313	.276	.588	60
25	Curtis Roberts	KCM	2B	43	184	168	24	39	9	1	0	16	5		14			0	2			.232	.291	.298	.589	56
26	John Britton*	BBB	3B	29	134	126	19	31	6	1	0	19	2		3			2	3			.246	.275	.310	.584	55
27	Johnnie Cowan	MRS	2B	11	45	40	3	7	1	1	0	2	0		3			1	1			.175	.250	.250	.500	31
28	Joe Burt Scott*	MRS	LF	11	49	39	7	5	0	1	0	2	0		9			1	0			.128	.306	.179	.486	29
29	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	12	56	51	11	8	0	3	0	3	0		3			1	1			.157	.218	.275	.493	29
30	Coco Ferrer	IC	SS	22	97	90	12	16	2	1	0	3	1		5			0	2			.178	.221	.222	.443	20
31	Casey Jones*	MRS	C	13	46	43	2	5	2	0	0	2	0		2			0	1			.116	.156	.163	.318	-17

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

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