1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Season

Negro American League

1947 / 1949

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Jim
LaMarque

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Willard Brown	KCM	200
2	Artie Wilson	BBB	198
3	Ed Steele	BBB	175
4	Hank Thompson	KCM	162
5	Piper Davis	BBB	157
6	Sam Hairston	IC	135
7	Ray Neil	IC	123
8	Joe Scott	BBB	112
9	Johnie Scott	KCM	111
10	Tom Cooper	KCM	107

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Jim LaMarque	KCM	78
2	Gene Collins	KCM	62
3	Ford Smith	KCM	41
4	Bill Powell	BBB	40
5	Hilton Smith	KCM	39
6	Willie Cathey	IC	38
7	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	35
8	Bill Greason	BBB	34
9	Gene Richardson	KCM	31
10	Vibert Clarke	CBE	29

Wins Above Replacement

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Throws:

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R

Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	1682	378.2		11.8	5.9	0.9	5.0	0.0
2	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	1106	245.2		9.9	5.1	0.1	4.8	0.0
3	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	694	147.1		3.1	1.2	0.5	1.3	0.0
4	Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	1121	237.2		-0.2	-1.2	1.2	-0.2	0.0
5	Chicago American Giants	NAL	476	99.1		-0.2	1.0	-1.7	0.4	0.0
6	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	512	110.2		-0.3	0.4	-0.9	0.2	0.0
	6	1	5591	1219.1		24.1	12.4	0.2	11.5	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Jim LaMarque	KCM	P	53	112.0		3.7	0.4	0.0	3.3	0.0
2	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	189			2.4	2.6	-0.1	0.0	0.0
3	Hank Thompson	KCM	RF	192			2.3	1.9	0.5	0.0	-0.1
4	Artie Wilson	BBB	SS	136			2.1	1.9	0.1	0.0	0.2
5	Piper Davis	BBB	2B	114			2.1	1.1	0.9	0.0	0.1
6	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	P	29	60.0		2.1	0.2	0.0	1.9	0.0
7	Bill Powell	BBB	P	21	51.2		2.0	0.1	0.0	1.9	0.0
8	Ford Smith	KCM	P	27	55.2		1.4	-0.1	0.0	1.5	0.0
9	Vibert Clarke	CBE	P	28	62.1		1.1	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.0
10	Bob Boyd	MRS	1B	59			1.1	1.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
11	Sam Hairston	IC	3B	127			1.0	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.0
12	Ed Steele	BBB	RF	123			1.0	1.4	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
13	Ted Strong	IC	RF	45			0.9	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0
14	Hilton Smith	KCM	P	30	63.2		0.8	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.0
15	Herb Souell	KCM	3B	197			0.8	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.0
16	Quincy Trouppe	CAG	C	35			0.8	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0
17	John Brown	CBE	P	4	12.1		0.8	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
18	Bill Greason	BBB	P	19	46.2		0.7	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
19	Jim Cohen	IC	P	21	49.1		0.7	-0.2	0.0	0.8	0.0
20	Jim Zapp	BBB	LF	63			0.6	0.3	0.3	0.0	-0.1
21	Earl Taborn	KCM	C	158			0.6	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.1
22	Bill Reynolds	CBE	2B	42			0.5	-0.3	0.8	0.0	0.0
23	Johnie Scott	KCM	LF	123			0.5	0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.1
24	Sam Jethroe	CBE	CF	42			0.5	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
25	Luis Cabrera	IC	P	16	33.0		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
26	Gentry Jessup	CAG	P	12	24.0		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
27	Ray Neil	IC	2B	102			0.5	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.1
28	Gene Baker	KCM	SS	187			0.4	0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.2
29	Alonzo Perry	BBB	P	35	54.1		0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
30	Tom Cooper	KCM	1B	115			0.4	0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.1
31	Gardner	CAG	P	2	6.0		0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
32	Willie Wells	MRS	3B	19			0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
33	Jim Pendleton	CAG	SS	53			0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1
34	Leon Kellman	CBE	3B	62			0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
35	Roberto Vargas	CAG	P	7	16.1		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
36	Chico Renfroe	CBE	SS	65			0.3	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.1
37	Pepper Sharpe	MRS	P	8	13.0		0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
38	Henry Merchant	IC	RF	80			0.3	-0.4	0.7	0.0	0.0
39	José Colás	MRS	CF	37			0.2	0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.0
40	Sam Hill	CAG	CF	55			0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
41	Henry Presswood	CBE	SS	15			0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
42	José Velásquez	IC	P	2	8.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
43	Joe Scott	BBB	1B	104			0.2	0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
44	John Miles	CAG	RF	36			0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
45	Luis Pérez	IC	3B	31			0.1	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
46	Connie Johnson	KCM	P	13	38.0		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
47	Jehosie Heard	BBB	P	4	8.1		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
48	Archie Ware	CBE	1B	76			0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
49	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	46			0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
50	Spoon Carter	MRS	P	12	32.2		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
51	Sam Jones	CBE	P	8	15.2		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
52	Frank Carswell	CBE	P	3	7.1		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
53	Willie Grace	CBE	RF	72			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
54	Verdell Mathis	MRS	P	14	21.0		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
55	Cándido Morales	MRS	3B	12			0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
56	Reinaldo Drake	IC	CF	97			0.1	-0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
57	George Minor	CBE	CF	28			0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
58	Sam Woods	MRS	P	7	16.1		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
59	Jordan	MRS	SS	1			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
60	Henry Baylis	CAG	3B	33			0.1	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
61	Joe Burt Scott	MRS	LF	49			0.1	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
62	Les Witherspoon	IC	LF	17			0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
63	Eugene Bremer	CBE	P	9	9.0		0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0
64	Rafael Cabrera	IC	LF	52			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
65	Eddie Johnson	CBE	RF	3			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
66	Willie Cathey	IC	P	22	50.0		0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0
67	Chuck Wilson	IC	RF	18			0.0	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
68	Richard King	IC	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
69	Rafaelito Ortiz	CAG	P	3	6.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
70	Pepper Bassett	BBB	C	62			0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
71	George Handy	MRS	2B	7			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
72	Nat Peeples	MRS	C	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
73	Andy Porter	IC	P	6	14.0		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
74	Leonard Pigg	IC	C	65			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
75	Earnest Long	CBE	P	2	5.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Joe Greene	CBE	C	38			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	Gene Collins	KCM	P	23	56.0		0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
78	Harry Rhodes	CAG	P	6	9.2		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
79	Clyde Williams	CBE	LF	7			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
80	Alex Colthirst	IC	SS	9			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Al Pinkston	CBE	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Charley Hall	KCM	RF	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Jim McCurine	CAG	LF	13			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
84	Willie Mays	BBB	LF	48			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
85	Koney Williams	IC	SS	26			0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Alexander	IC	SS				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Gene Richardson	KCM	P	16	39.1		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
88	Sammy Williams	BBB	P	9	20.1		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
89	Joe Wiley	BBB	LF	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Herman Bell	BBB	C	61			0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
91	T. J. Brown	MRS	SS	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Sack Morgan	MRS	P	5	9.2		0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
93	Cannonball Berry	CBE	RF	3			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Elston Howard	KCM	LF	75			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1
95	Goose Tatum	IC	1B	77			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1
96	Harry Barnes	MRS	C	7			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Jim West	IC	1B	7			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Henderson	CAG	LF	4			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
99	Jesse Warren	MRS	3B	5			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Nat McClinic	CBE	LF	7			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Bernell Longest	CBE	2B	5			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
102	Orlando Varona	MRS	SS	25			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
103	Clyde Nelson	CBE	3B	43			-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
104	Clyde McNeal	CAG	2B	49			-0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
105	Ladd White	IC	P	5	11.1		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
106	Preacher Henry	IC	P		0.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
107	Wiley Griggs	BBB	2B	17			-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
108	Tincy Jamerson	KCM	P		1.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
109	Tommy Harris	CBE	C	52			-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Chet Brewer	CBE	P	11	19.2		-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
111	Clarence Locke	CAG	P	5	9.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
112	Al Smith	CBE	LF	60			-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
113	George Jefferson	CBE	P	1	0.2		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
114	Taylor Smith	CAG	P		0.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
115	Jake Tolbert	CAG	C	10			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
116	Jimmie Bennett	IC	P	1	0.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
117	Nat Pollard	BBB	P	1	4.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
118	Raúl Sánchez	MRS	P	1	2.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
119	Buster Haywood	IC	C	30			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
120	Angel García	IC	P	4	6.2		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
121	Manuel Godínez	IC	P	3	8.1		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
122	Willie Wells Jr.	MRS	SS	38			-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	Benny Felder	IC	SS	28			-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
124	Riley Stewart	CAG	P	10	24.2		-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
125	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	91			-0.3	-0.4	0.2	0.0	-0.1
126	Alphonso Gerard	CAG	LF	26			-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
127	Earl Bumpus	CAG	1B	13	3.0		-0.4	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0
128	Felix Evans	MRS	P	6	16.0		-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
129	Bienvenido Rodríguez	CAG	RF	36			-0.4	0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.0
130	Marlin Carter	CAG	3B	34			-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
131	Walter Gibbons	IC	P	5	13.0		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
132	John Britton	BBB	3B	134			-0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
133	Eugene Smith	CBE	P	7	15.0		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
134	Bill Blair	IC	P	2	2.2		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
135	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	56			-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
136	Norman Robinson	BBB	CF	123			-0.5	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
137	John Williams	CAG	1B	34			-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
138	Leonard Johnson	KCM	P	7	12.1		-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
139	Johnny Williams	IC	P	24	40.1		-0.5	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
140	Casey Jones	MRS	C	46			-0.6	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
141	Curtis Roberts	KCM	2B	184			-0.6	-0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.1
142	Johnnie Cowan	MRS	2B	45			-0.7	-0.2	-0.5	0.0	0.0
143	Andrés Mesa	IC	LF	101			-0.8	-0.1	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
144	Coco Ferrer	IC	SS	97			-0.9	-0.7	-0.3	0.0	0.1

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