1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Season


Negro American League


1947 / 1949

Top Hitter


Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher


Jim
LaMarque

Leaders

On Base %

# Player Team OBP
1
Artie Wilson
BBB
.507
2
Ed Steele
BBB
.480
3
Willard Brown
KCM
.476
4
Piper Davis
BBB
.439
5
Hank Thompson
KCM
.437
6
Sam Hairston
IC
.429
7
Johnie Scott
KCM
.402
8
Tom Cooper
KCM
.396
9
Joe Scott
BBB
.379
10
Earl Taborn
KCM
.372

ERA

# Player Team ERA
1
Ford Smith
KCM
2.43
2
Jimmie Newberry
BBB
2.55
3
Bill Powell
BBB
2.79
4
Jim LaMarque
KCM
2.97
5
Vibert Clarke
CBE
3.47
6
Jim Cohen
IC
3.47
7
Gene Richardson
KCM
3.89
8
Hilton Smith
KCM
3.96
9
Luis Cabrera
IC
4.09
10
Alonzo Perry
BBB
4.31


Players

Bats:

Throws:

#
Player
Team
Age
Pos
PA
IP
Height
Weight
Bats Throws
Birth
Death
1
IC
SS
2
KCM
23
SS
187
6'1"
170
R
R
6/15/1925 (Davenport, IA)
12/1/1999 (Davenport, IA)
3
MRS
32
C
7
5'11"
185
R
R
8/19/1915 (Highland Home, AL)
12/3/1993 (Birmingham, AL)
4
BBB
37
C
62
6'3"
225
B
R
8/5/1910 (Baton Rouge, LA)
2/27/1981 (Los Angeles, CA)
5
CAG
25
3B
33
5'7"
148
R
R
2/8/1923 (Kansas City, MO)
12/17/1980 (Kansas City, MO)
6
BBB
33
C
61
5'11"
177
R
R
4/18/1915 (Birmingham, AL)
9/27/1970 (Birmingham, AL)
7
IC
28
P
1
0.1
6'1"
193
9/8/1919 (Fredonia, KY)
6/3/1991 (Indianapolis, IN)
8
CBE
36
RF
3
5'11"
180
R
8/23/1911 (Kansas City, KS)
5/2/1992 (Oakland, CA)
9
IC
26
P
2
2.2
5'9"
150
R
L
10/17/1921 (Dallas, TX)
4/20/2014 (Campbell, TX)
10
MRS
28
1B
59
5'10"
170
L
L
10/1/1919 (Potts Camp, MS)
9/7/2004 (Wichita, KS)
11
CBE
31
P
9
9.0
5'9"
176
R
R
7/18/1916 (New Orleans, LA)
6/19/1971 (Cleveland, OH)
12
CBE
41
P
11
19.2
6'4"
176
B
R
1/14/1907 (Leavenworth, KS)
3/26/1990 (Whittier, CA)
13
BBB
29
3B
134
5'8"
160
L
R
4/21/1919 (Mount Vernon, GA)
12/2/1990 (Chicago, IL)
14
CBE
29
P
4
12.1
6'0"
155
R
R
10/23/1918 (Hamburg, AR)
3/3/1999 (Detroit, MI)
15
KCM
33
CF
189
5'11"
200
R
R
6/26/1915 (Shreveport, LA)
8/4/1996 (Houston, TX)
16
CAG
34
1B
13
3.0
6'2"
200
L
L
2/15/1914 (Evansville, IN)
5/14/1985 (Uniontown, KY)
17
IC
29
P
16
33.0
5'10"
175
R
R
4/26/1919 (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
18
IC
23
LF
52
5'7"
154
R
R
11/13/1924 (Guane, Cuba)
6/8/1990 (New York, NY)
19
CBE
27
P
3
7.1
6'1"
210
R
R
5/1/1921 (Macon, GA)
12/25/1994 (Macon, GA)
20
CAG
35
3B
34
5'7"
160
L
R
12/27/1912 (Haslam, TX)
12/20/1993 (Memphis, TN)
21
MRS
45
P
12
32.2
5'11"
176
L
R
12/8/1902 (Harpersville, AL)
1/23/1974 (Birmingham, AL)
22
IC
P
22
50.0
5'10"
170
L
L
23
CBE
20
P
28
62.1
6'0"
165
L
L
6/8/1928 (Colón, Panama)
6/14/1970 (Cristóbal, Panama)
24
IC
30
P
21
49.1
5'11"
190
R
R
5/26/1918 (Evergreen, AL)
4/23/2002 (Washington, DC)
25
MRS
24
CF
37
6'0"
R
R
1924 (Havana, Cuba)
26
KCM
23
P
23
56.0
5'8"
168
L
L
1/7/1925 (Kansas City, KS)
2/9/1998 (Detroit, MI)
27
IC
29
SS
9
R
R
11/21/1918 (Colón, Panama)
11/24/1991 (Brooklyn, NY)
28
KCM
1B
115
5'11"
175
R
R
29
MRS
35
2B
45
5'9"
172
R
R
5/31/1913 (Pleasant Hill, AL)
10/24/1993 (Birmingham, AL)
30
BBB
30
2B
114
6'3"
188
R
R
7/3/1917 (Piper, AL)
5/21/1997 (Birmingham, AL)
31
IC
25
CF
97
5'7"
160
L
L
3/15/1923 (Havana, Cuba)
32
MRS
37
P
6
16.0
6'2"
180
R
R
10/3/1910 (Atlanta, GA)
8/21/1993 (Pompano Beach, FL)
33
IC
21
SS
28
5'9"
167
R
R
12/9/1926 (Tampa, FL)
10/2/2009 (Tampa, FL)
34
IC
32
SS
97
5'7"
150
R
R
1916 (birthplace unknown)
35
IC
25
P
4
6.2
L
1923 (birthplace unknown)
36
CAG
P
2
6.0
37
CAG
31
LF
26
5'10"
180
L
L
38
IC
19
P
5
13.0
5'7"
185
L
R
10/13/1928 (Tampa, FL)
7/24/2015 (Tampa, FL)
39
IC
27
P
3
8.1
1921 (birthplace unknown)
40
CBE
31
RF
72
6'0"
170
B
R
6/30/1917 (Memphis, TN)
11/18/2006 (Erie, PA)
41
BBB
23
P
19
46.2
5'10"
170
R
R
9/3/1924 (Atlanta, GA)
42
CBE
36
C
38
5'11"
190
R
R
10/17/1911 (Stone Mountain, GA)
7/19/1989 (Stone Mountain, GA)
43
BBB
23
2B
17
5'11"
160
R
R
3/24/1925 (Union Springs, AL)
8/23/1996 (Birmingham, AL)
44
IC
28
3B
127
5'10"
187
R
R
1/20/1920 (Crawford, MS)
10/31/1997 (Birmingham, AL)
45
KCM
24
RF
2
5'10"
143
7/30/1923 (Webster Groves, MO)
5/24/1996 (St. Louis, MO)
46
MRS
23
2B
7
5'6"
168
L
R
12/5/1924 (Wilson County, NC)
10/20/1993 (Brentwood, NY)
47
CBE
24
C
52
5'11"
195
R
R
10/24/1923 (Lincoln County, TN)
1/4/1991 (Stone Mountain, GA)
48
IC
38
C
30
5'8"
165
R
R
1/12/1910 (Portsmouth, VA)
4/19/2000 (Los Angeles, CA)
49
BBB
28
P
4
8.1
5'7"
155
L
L
1/17/1920 (Athens, GA)
11/18/1999 (Birmingham, AL)
50
CAG
LF
4
51
IC
37
P
0.2
5'5"
148
R
R
3/10/1911 (Inverness, FL)
5/16/1992 (Jacksonville, FL)
52
CAG
22
CF
55
6'2"
167
L
R
5/2/1926 (New Castle, AL)
4/4/1977 (death place unknown)
53
KCM
19
LF
75
6'2"
196
R
R
2/23/1929 (St. Louis, MO)
12/14/1980 (New York, NY)
54
MRS
41
RF
56
5'8"
155
R
R
4/10/1907 (Pontotoc, MS)
11/20/2003 (St. Louis, MO)
55
KCM
17
P
1.2
5/14/1931 (Kansas City, MO)
12/9/1975 (St. Louis, MO)
56
CBE
25
P
1
0.2
6'2"
197
R
R
8/8/1922 (Boley, OK)
9/21/1985 (Erie, PA)
57
CAG
33
P
12
24.0
6'2"
195
R
R
7/11/1914 (Mount Airy, NC)
3/23/1998 (Springfield, MO)
58
CBE
31
CF
42
6'1"
178
B
R
1/23/1917 (Lowndes County, MS)
6/16/2001 (Erie, PA)
59
KCM
25
P
13
38.0
6'4"
200
R
R
12/27/1922 (Stone Mountain, GA)
11/28/2004 (Kansas City, MO)
60
CBE
RF
3
61
KCM
P
7
12.1
62
MRS
29
C
46
6'2"
205
L
R
7/19/1918 (Dublin, MS)
11/17/1998 (Memphis, TN)
63
CBE
22
P
8
15.2
6'4"
192
R
R
12/14/1925 (Stewartsville, OH)
11/5/1971 (Morgantown, WV)
64
MRS
SS
1
65
CBE
29
3B
62
5'11"
160
R
R
7/11/1918 (Gatún, Panama)
5/13/2003 (Miami, FL)
66
IC
43
-
1
5'9"
140
R
R
9/15/1904 (Jacksonville, FL)
12/29/1966 (Philadelphia, PA)
67
KCM
27
P
53
112.0
6'1"
173
L
L
7/29/1920 (Potosi, MO)
1/15/2000 (North Kansas City, MO)
68
CAG
37
P
5
9.1
5'9"
180
R
R
3/25/1911 (Kansas City, MO)
1/1971 (Kansas City, KS)
69
CBE
20
P
2
5.1
5'11"
175
L
R
10/11/1927 (Chattanooga, TN)
9/20/2000 (Rome, GA)
70
CBE
29
2B
5
5'11"
175
L
R
7/15/1918 (New Albany, MS)
7/16/1984 (Southfield, MI)
71
MRS
34
P
14
21.0
5'11"
155
L
L
11/18/1913 (Crawfordsville, AR)
10/30/1998 (Memphis, TN)
72
BBB
17
LF
48
5'10"
170
R
R
5/6/1931 (Westfield, AL)
73
CBE
24
LF
7
5'11"
165
R
R
4/26/1924 (Silver Creek, GA)
4/3/2004 (Rome, GA)
74
CAG
27
LF
13
6'2"
195
L
R
5/8/1921 (Clinton, KY)
5/24/2002 (Chicago, IL)
75
CAG
19
2B
49
6'0"
177
R
R
12/15/1928 (San Antonio, TX)
4/13/1996 (San Antonio, TX)
76
IC
30
RF
80
6'3"
180
L
L
2/17/1918 (Birmingham, AL)
8/23/1982 (Cincinnati, OH)
77
IC
29
LF
101
5'10"
160
L
L
78
CAG
25
RF
36
6'3"
230
R
R
8/11/1922 (San Antonio, TX)
5/24/2013 (San Antonio, TX)
79
CBE
29
CF
28
5'6"
160
4/21/1919 (Henderson, TX)
4/1973 (death place unknown)
80
MRS
33
3B
12
1915 (birthplace unknown)
81
MRS
P
5
9.2
L
82
IC
27
2B
102
5'9"
165
R
R
10/12/1920 (Apopka, FL)
7/10/1998 (St. Joseph, MI)
83
CBE
26
3B
43
6'0"
190
R
R
9/1/1921 (Bradenton, FL)
7/26/1949 (Philadelphia, PA)
84
BBB
29
P
29
60.0
5'10"
170
R
R
6/9/1919 (Bonham, AL)
6/23/1983 (Bremen Township, IL)
85
KCM
36
1B
91
5'10"
190
R
R
11/13/1911 (Carrabelle, FL)
10/6/2006 (Kansas City, MO)
86
CAG
33
P
3
6.0
5'9"
144
R
R
87
MRS
22
C
3
6'1"
185
R
R
6/29/1926 (Memphis, TN)
8/30/2012 (Memphis, TN)
88
CAG
24
SS
53
6'0"
185
R
R
1/7/1924 (St. Charles, MO)
3/20/1996 (Houston, TX)
89
IC
3B
31
90
BBB
26
P
35
54.1
6'3"
200
L
R
4/14/1922 (Elmore, AL)
10/13/1982 (Birmingham, AL)
91
IC
28
C
65
5'9"
230
R
R
9/18/1919 (Grant, OK)
8/22/1993 (Seattle, WA)
92
CBE
30
-
1
6'5"
225
L
R
10/22/1917 (Newbern, AL)
3/18/1981 (Fort Wayne, IN)
93
BBB
33
P
1
4.1
5'10"
175
R
R
1/24/1915 (Alabama City, AL)
11/23/1996 (Dolomite, AL)
94
IC
37
P
6
14.0
6'3"
190
R
R
3/7/1911 (Little Rock, AR)
7/1/2010 (Los Angeles, CA)
95
BBB
29
P
21
51.2
6'2"
195
L
R
5/8/1919 (Comer, GA)
8/21/2004 (Birmingham, AL)
96
CBE
26
SS
15
5'11"
150
R
R
10/7/1921 (Electric Mills, MS)
12/27/2014 (Chicago, IL)
97
CBE
25
SS
65
5'11"
175
R
R
3/1/1923 (Newark, NJ)
9/3/1991 (Atlanta, GA)
98
CBE
19
2B
42
R
R
1929 (birthplace unknown)
99
CAG
25
P
6
9.2
5'8"
156
L
L
10/20/1922 (McComb, MS)
7/6/2001 (Chicago, IL)
100
KCM
20
P
16
39.1
5'10"
170
L
L
1/26/1928 (San Diego, CA)
8/1/1997 (San Diego, CA)
101
KCM
18
2B
184
5'8"
165
R
R
8/16/1929 (Pineland, TX)
11/14/1969 (Oakland, CA)
102
MRS
40
CF
46
5'11"
183
R
R
7/31/1907 (Birmingham, AL)
7/23/1983 (Cincinnati, OH)
103
BBB
35
CF
123
5'8"
180
B
R
4/1/1913 (Oklahoma City, OK)
3/26/1984 (Pacoima, CA)
104
CAG
21
RF
36
5'8"
147
R
R
9/27/2014 (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
105
MRS
20
P
1
2.0
1928 (birthplace unknown)
106
BBB
30
1B
104
5'11"
175
L
L
6/15/1918 (Shreveport, LA)
1/12/1997 (Los Angeles, CA)
107
MRS
27
LF
49
5'8"
167
L
L
10/2/1920 (Memphis, TN)
3/22/2013 (Memphis, TN)
108
KCM
34
LF
123
5'10"
165
L
L
8/28/1913 (Magnolia, AR)
3/7/1967 (Los Angeles, CA)
109
MRS
29
P
8
13.0
5'9"
150
12/9/1918 (Rena Lara, MS)
12/4/1997 (San Diego, CA)
110
CBE
20
LF
60
6'0"
186
R
R
2/7/1928 (Kirkwood, MO)
1/3/2002 (Hammond, IN)
111
CBE
32
P
7
15.0
6'1"
185
B
R
4/23/1916 (Ansley, LA)
5/25/2011 (Richmond Heights, MO)
112
KCM
29
P
27
55.2
6'1"
198
B
R
1/19/1919 (Phoenix, AZ)
2/26/1983 (Phoenix, AZ)
113
KCM
41
P
30
63.2
6'2"
180
R
R
2/27/1907 (Giddings, TX)
11/18/1983 (Kansas City, MO)
114
CAG
P
0.1
R
115
KCM
35
3B
197
5'9"
150
B
R
2/5/1913 (West Monroe, LA)
7/12/1978 (Los Angeles, CA)
116
BBB
32
RF
123
5'10"
185
L
R
8/8/1915 (Dallas County, AL)
10/1/1978 (Birmingham, AL)
117
CAG
29
P
10
24.2
6'2"
185
L
R
3/14/1919 (Benton, LA)
12/10/2000 (Shreveport, LA)
118
IC
31
RF
45
6'3"
198
B
R
1/2/1917 (South Bend, IN)
3/3/1978 (Chicago, IL)
119
KCM
25
C
158
6'0"
161
R
R
7/22/1922 (Carrier Mills, IL)
12/21/1996 (San Antonio, TX)
120
IC
30
1B
77
6'3"
195
B
R
5/3/1918 (Jersey, AR)
1/18/1967 (El Paso, TX)
121
KCM
22
RF
192
5'9"
174
L
R
12/8/1925 (Oklahoma City, OK)
9/30/1969 (Fresno, CA)
122
CAG
C
10
R
R
123
CAG
35
C
35
6'2"
225
B
R
12/25/1912 (Dublin, GA)
8/10/1993 (Creve Coeur, MO)
124
CAG
19
P
7
16.1
5'11"
170
L
L
5/29/1929 (Santurce, Puerto Rico)
5/27/2014 (Caguas, Puerto Rico)
125
MRS
22
SS
29
6'0"
170
R
R
12/8/1925 (Havana, Cuba)
3/2/1977 (New York, NY)
126
IC
P
2
8.0
127
CBE
30
1B
76
5'9"
160
L
L
6/19/1918 (Greenville, FL)
12/13/1990 (Los Angeles, CA)
128
MRS
33
3B
5
5'11"
153
R
R
8/16/1914 (Whitehaven, TN)
129
MRS
43
3B
19
5'9"
170
R
R
8/10/1904 (Shawnee, OK)
1/22/1989 (Austin, TX)
130
MRS
25
SS
38
5'5"
165
R
R
10/23/1922 (Austin, TX)
1/4/1994 (Austin, TX)
131
IC
36
1B
7
6'0"
218
B
R
8/9/1911 (Mobile, AL)
6/1970 (Philadelphia, PA)
132
IC
30
P
5
11.1
5'8"
173
L
R
8/7/1917 (Redland, OK)
4/1/1963 (Contra Costa, CA)
133
BBB
29
LF
3
5'11"
165
R
R
8/27/1918 (New Orleans, LA)
3/13/1993 (New Orleans, LA)
134
CBE
28
LF
7
5'10"
170
L
L
4/9/1920 (Clarksdale, MS)
6/5/2005 (Detroit, MI)
135
CAG
26
1B
34
6'0"
172
R
5/29/1922 (Jonesboro, AR)
1/19/1973 (Fort Wayne, IN)
136
IC
32
P
24
40.1
6'2"
210
R
R
137
IC
SS
26
138
BBB
25
P
9
20.1
5'11"
175
L
R
10/13/1922 (Ketona, AL)
8/8/2007 (San Jose, CA)
139
BBB
27
SS
136
5'10"
162
L
R
10/28/1920 (Jefferson County, AL)
10/31/2010 (Portland, OR)
140
IC
18
RF
18
5'10"
192
L
R
11/19/1929 (Sanford, FL)
4/15/1983 (Sanford, FL)
141
IC
22
LF
17
6'1"
206
B
R
6/7/1926 (Kissimmee, FL)
3/15/1980 (Miami, FL)
142
MRS
27
P
7
16.1
6'2"
205
R
R
7/2/1920 (Springfield, OH)
9/5/1983 (Las Vegas, NV)
143
BBB
24
LF
63
6'3"
232
R
R
4/18/1924 (Nashville, TN)
9/30/2016 (Harker Heights, TX)

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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, Gary Ashwill.


Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James