1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Season


Negro American League


1947 / 1949

Top Hitter


Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher


Jim
LaMarque

Leaders

Runs Batted In

# Player Team RBI
1
Willard Brown
KCM
53
2
Hank Thompson
KCM
27
3
Gene Baker
KCM
26
4
Johnie Scott
KCM
22
5
Earl Taborn
KCM
21
6
Norman Robinson
BBB
20
7
John Britton
BBB
19
8
Piper Davis
BBB
18
9
Ed Steele
BBB
18
10
Artie Wilson
BBB
18

WHIP

# Player Team WHIP
1
Ford Smith
KCM
1.11
2
Jim LaMarque
KCM
1.16
3
Bill Powell
BBB
1.20
4
Jim Cohen
IC
1.26
5
Vibert Clarke
CBE
1.35
6
Willie Cathey
IC
1.36
7
Jimmie Newberry
BBB
1.38
8
Alonzo Perry
BBB
1.47
9
Hilton Smith
KCM
1.48
10
Johnny Williams
IC
1.49


Opponent's Batting

Throws:

Qualified:

Teams
# Team Lg
G
PA
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
SB
CS
BB
SO
IBB
HBP
SH
SF
DP
BA
OBP
SLG
OPS
1
Kansas City Monarchs
NAL
64
1684
1479
222
376
58
22
9
38
159
276
0
20
26
30
.254
.335
.341
.676
2
Indianapolis Clowns
NAL
44
1097
987
192
290
47
22
12
29
87
105
0
9
14
18
.294
.356
.422
.779
3
Birmingham Black Barons
NAL
53
1092
987
136
269
40
15
12
13
90
156
5
10
21
.273
.336
.380
.716
4
Cleveland Buckeyes
NAL
28
693
594
101
156
35
8
4
12
74
75
0
11
12
10
.263
.355
.369
.724
5
Memphis Red Sox
NAL
26
537
472
100
145
33
7
9
10
59
46
0
1
5
4
.307
.385
.464
.849
6
Chicago American Giants
NAL
21
489
435
94
141
30
8
4
13
42
55
0
6
6
12
.324
.391
.457
.849
6
1
236
5592
4954
845
1377
243
82
50
115
511
713
0
52
73
95
.278
.352
.390
.742



Players
#
Player
Team Role
G
PA
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
SB
CS
BB
SO
IBB
HBP
SH
SF
DP
BA
OBP
SLG
OPS
1
KCM
SP
15
468
437
45
109
17
6
3
10
21
78
0
6
4
10
.249
.293
.336
.629
2
KCM
RP
11
285
258
39
72
11
5
2
4
22
39
0
1
4
6
.279
.338
.384
.722
3
CBE
SP
9
279
242
35
58
12
4
2
4
26
29
0
6
3
5
.240
.328
.347
.676
4
KCM
RP
11
270
200
43
33
4
2
0
7
60
62
0
5
5
1
.165
.370
.205
.575
5
BBB
RP
14
263
246
25
70
7
2
1
4
13
35
1
3
4
.285
.323
.341
.665
6
BBB
SP
10
248
221
38
59
8
7
5
2
21
27
3
3
4
.267
.339
.434
.773
7
KCM
SP
8
229
205
24
49
13
2
0
3
13
41
0
5
6
7
.239
.300
.322
.622
8
IC
RP
9
218
202
36
55
9
2
3
4
13
38
0
2
1
6
.272
.323
.381
.704
9
BBB
RP
8
216
192
29
53
13
3
0
3
22
34
1
1
5
.276
.353
.375
.728
10
BBB
SP
7
214
196
19
45
4
0
3
3
17
40
0
1
3
.230
.291
.296
.587
11
IC
SP
7
211
194
29
47
6
5
1
2
15
17
0
0
2
4
.242
.297
.340
.637
12
IC
RP
7
191
167
35
44
6
3
2
6
16
11
0
5
3
1
.263
.346
.371
.717
13
KCM
SP
7
181
163
27
47
7
1
1
4
16
31
0
0
2
4
.288
.352
.362
.714
14
KCM
RP
9
174
152
25
43
4
5
1
6
17
22
0
2
3
2
.283
.363
.395
.757
15
MRS
RP
8
155
140
27
42
11
3
1
1
15
9
0
0
0
1
.300
.368
.443
.811
16
IC
SP
5
145
130
20
39
6
4
1
5
11
16
0
2
2
2
.300
.364
.431
.794
17
CAG
RP
4
124
107
27
31
4
3
0
4
12
18
0
3
2
2
.290
.377
.383
.760
18
CAG
SP
4
114
104
18
28
5
0
1
6
10
14
0
0
0
2
.269
.333
.346
.679
19
MRS
SP
4
98
84
16
25
4
1
2
1
11
16
0
0
3
0
.298
.379
.440
.819
20
CBE
SP
3
93
84
19
23
2
3
0
2
7
11
0
0
2
2
.274
.330
.369
.699
21
BBB
SP
4
91
79
15
25
5
2
3
0
12
12
0
0
3
.316
.407
.544
.951
22
MRS
RP
4
84
75
19
28
8
1
1
4
8
8
0
1
0
1
.373
.440
.547
.987
23
CBE
SP
3
82
64
17
20
6
0
0
2
14
7
0
1
3
0
.313
.443
.406
.849
24
MRS
RP
4
80
69
13
16
5
1
1
2
11
8
0
0
0
0
.232
.338
.377
.714
25
CBE
RP
3
77
63
11
19
2
1
0
4
12
11
0
0
2
3
.302
.413
.365
.778
26
CAG
SP
3
75
67
12
23
6
1
0
0
4
7
0
2
2
2
.343
.397
.463
.860
27
IC
SP
3
72
64
15
27
6
3
1
2
6
5
0
0
2
0
.422
.471
.656
1.128
28
KCM
SP
2
63
55
16
19
1
1
1
4
6
3
0
0
2
0
.345
.410
.455
.864
29
IC
SP
2
63
59
10
16
0
1
2
0
4
6
0
0
0
3
.271
.317
.407
.724
30
MRS
RP
3
57
51
9
14
1
1
3
0
5
3
0
0
1
1
.275
.339
.510
.849
31
IC
SP
2
55
48
10
18
2
1
0
1
5
3
0
0
2
0
.375
.434
.458
.892
32
CAG
SP
3
52
48
11
21
7
0
0
1
4
4
0
0
0
2
.438
.481
.583
1.064
33
CBE
RP
4
51
42
2
4
1
0
0
0
6
8
0
3
0
0
.095
.255
.119
.374
34
MRS
RP
2
50
41
11
13
2
0
1
2
8
1
0
0
1
1
.317
.429
.439
.868
35
CAG
RP
3
49
41
9
15
3
1
0
2
5
3
0
1
2
2
.366
.447
.488
.935
36
CBE
SP
1
44
41
6
14
3
0
0
0
1
5
0
1
1
0
.341
.372
.415
.787
37
IC
RP
3
39
38
10
15
4
2
2
0
0
2
0
0
1
2
.395
.395
.763
1.158
38
BBB
RP
8
37
34
4
11
0
0
0
0
2
6
0
1
1
.324
.361
.324
.685
39
IC
RP
1
36
31
10
10
4
0
0
2
4
4
0
0
1
0
.323
.400
.452
.852
40
IC
SP
1
34
31
4
7
0
1
0
4
3
1
0
0
0
0
.226
.294
.290
.584
41
CBE
SP
2
33
29
4
8
4
0
1
0
3
2
0
0
1
0
.276
.344
.517
.861
42
CAG
SP
1
29
26
5
8
1
2
1
0
3
5
0
0
0
1
.308
.379
.615
.995
43
CBE
RP
2
28
24
4
7
4
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
0
.292
.393
.458
.851
44
BBB
RP
2
23
19
6
6
3
1
0
1
3
2
0
1
1
.316
.409
.579
.988
45
CAG
RP
1
22
21
2
4
0
0
1
0
1
3
0
0
0
1
.190
.227
.333
.561
46
CAG
SP
1
21
19
7
10
4
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
.526
.571
1.000
1.571
47
IC
RP
2
19
15
8
8
3
0
0
2
4
2
0
0
0
0
.533
.632
.733
1.365
48
KCM
SP
1
14
9
3
4
1
0
1
0
4
0
0
1
0
0
.444
.643
.889
1.532
49
MRS
RP
1
13
12
5
7
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
.583
.615
.750
1.365
50
IC
SP
1
7
5
3
3
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
.600
.714
.800
1.514
51
IC
RP
1
7
3
2
1
0
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
.333
.714
.333
1.048
52
CBE
RP
1
6
5
3
3
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
.600
.667
1.400
2.067
53
CAG
RP
1
3
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
.500
.667
.500
1.167
* = Left-handed pitcher       ^ = Unknown

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