1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Season

Negro American League

1947 / 1949

J. B. Martin (President)
Ernie Wright (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Jim
LaMarque

Leaders

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Artie Wilson	BBB	.500
2	Ed Steele	BBB	.496
3	Willard Brown	KCM	.477
4	Piper Davis	BBB	.444
5	Hank Thompson	KCM	.429
6	Sam Hairston	IC	.426
7	Johnie Scott	KCM	.398
8	Tom Cooper	KCM	.387
9	Earl Taborn	KCM	.385
10	Joe Scott	BBB	.379

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Ford Smith	KCM	192
2	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	181
3	Bill Powell	BBB	170
4	Vibert Clarke	CBE	145
5	Jim LaMarque	KCM	145
6	Gene Richardson	KCM	136
7	Jim Cohen	IC	135
8	Luis Cabrera	IC	127
9	Bill Greason	BBB	123
10	Gene Collins	KCM	111

Wins Above Replacement

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Throws:

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Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	1799	401.2		12.6	6.3	1.0	5.4	0.0
2	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	1108	244.2		10.1	5.2	0.5	4.5	0.0
3	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	852	183.1		2.6	1.5	0.1	1.1	0.0
4	Chicago American Giants	NAL	521	108.1		0.3	1.1	-1.7	0.8	0.0
5	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	512	110.2		-0.2	0.3	-0.8	0.2	0.0
6	Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	1158	245.2		-0.1	-1.5	1.2	0.1	0.0
	6	1	5950	1294.1		25.4	12.9	0.3	12.1	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Jim LaMarque	KCM	P	55	118.0		3.4	0.4	0.0	3.1	0.0
2	Bill Powell	BBB	P	21	51.2		1.9	0.1	0.0	1.9	0.0
3	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	P	28	58.1		1.9	0.2	0.0	1.7	0.0
4	Ford Smith	KCM	P	27	55.2		1.4	-0.1	0.0	1.5	0.0
5	Vibert Clarke	CBE	P	28	62.1		1.4	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.0
6	Jim Cohen	IC	P	21	49.1		0.8	-0.2	0.0	0.9	0.0
7	John Brown	CBE	P	4	12.1		0.8	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
8	Hilton Smith	KCM	P	30	63.2		0.8	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.0
9	Bill Greason	BBB	P	19	46.2		0.7	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
10	Luis Cabrera	IC	P	16	33.0		0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
11	Connie Johnson	KCM	P	18	47.0		0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
12	Gene Richardson	KCM	P	19	44.2		0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.5	0.0
13	Willie Cathey	IC	P	25	55.2		0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.5	0.0
14	Gentry Jessup	CAG	P	12	24.0		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
15	Alonzo Perry	BBB	P	39	63.1		0.5	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.0
16	Roberto Vargas	CAG	P	7	16.1		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
17	Gardner	CAG	P	2	6.0		0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
18	Spoon Carter	MRS	P	12	32.2		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
19	Verdell Mathis	MRS	P	14	21.0		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
20	Pepper Sharpe	MRS	P	8	13.0		0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
21	José Velásquez	IC	P	2	8.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
22	Sam Woods	MRS	P	7	16.1		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
23	Eugene Bremer	CBE	P	9	9.0		0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0
24	Earl Bumpus	CAG	P	17	10.2		0.0	-0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0
25	Jehosie Heard	BBB	P	3	6.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
26	Rafaelito Ortiz	CAG	P	3	6.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
27	Sammy Williams	BBB	P	6	14.0		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
28	Harry Rhodes	CAG	P	11	9.2		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
29	Earnest Long	CBE	P	8	9.0		0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
30	Gene Baker	KCM	SS	200			0.1	0.3	-0.5	0.0	0.2
31	Harry Barnes	MRS	C	7			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
32	Pepper Bassett	BBB	C	57			0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
33	Henry Baylis	CAG	3B	38			0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
34	Herman Bell	BBB	C	66			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
35	Cannonball Berry	CBE	RF	3			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
36	Bob Boyd	MRS	1B	59			1.1	1.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
37	John Britton	BBB	3B	134			-0.6	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
38	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	197			2.6	2.7	-0.1	0.0	0.0
39	Jack Bruton	CBE	LF	8			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
40	Rafael Cabrera	IC	LF	52			0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
41	Marlin Carter	CAG	3B	39			-0.6	-0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
42	José Colás	MRS	CF	37			0.2	0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.0
43	Alex Colthirst	IC	SS	10			0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
44	Tom Cooper	KCM	1B	128			0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
45	Johnnie Cowan	MRS	2B	45			-0.7	-0.2	-0.5	0.0	0.0
46	Piper Davis	BBB	2B	117			2.1	1.2	0.9	0.0	0.1
47	Reinaldo Drake	IC	CF	102			0.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
48	Benny Felder	IC	SS	31			-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
49	Coco Ferrer	IC	SS	97			-0.9	-0.7	-0.3	0.0	0.1
50	Alphonso Gerard	CAG	LF	26			-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
51	Willie Grace	CBE	RF	85			0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1
52	Joe Greene	CBE	C	48			0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
53	Wiley Griggs	BBB	2B	18			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
54	Sam Hairston	IC	3B	130			1.0	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.0
55	Charley Hall	KCM	RF	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
56	George Handy	MRS	2B	7			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
57	Tommy Harris	CBE	C	64			-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
58	Buster Haywood	IC	C	30			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
59	Henderson	CAG	LF	4			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
60	Sam Hill	CAG	CF	55			0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
61	Elston Howard	KCM	LF	84			0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
62	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	56			-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
63	Sam Jethroe	CBE	CF	46			0.6	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
64	Eddie Johnson	CBE	RF	3			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
65	Casey Jones	MRS	C	46			-0.6	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
66	Cecil Jordan	MRS	SS	1			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
67	Leon Kellman	CBE	3B	76			0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
68	Richard King	IC	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
69	Bernell Longest	CBE	2B	5			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
70	Willie Mays	BBB	LF	48			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Nat McClinic	CBE	LF	7			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
72	Jim McCurine	CAG	LF	13			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
73	Clyde McNeal	CAG	2B	54			0.2	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
74	Henry Merchant	IC	RF	80			0.3	-0.4	0.7	0.0	0.0
75	Andrés Mesa	IC	LF	106			-0.9	-0.1	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
76	John Miles	CAG	RF	38			0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
77	George Minor	CBE	CF	43			-0.1	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
78	Cándido Morales	MRS	3B	12			0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
79	Ray Neil	IC	2B	106			0.5	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.1
80	Clyde Nelson	CBE	3B	52			-0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
81	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	96			-0.4	-0.5	0.2	0.0	-0.1
82	Nat Peeples	MRS	C	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Jim Pendleton	CAG	SS	58			0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1
84	Luis Pérez	IC	3B	31			0.1	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
85	Leonard Pigg	IC	C	69			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Al Pinkston	CBE	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Henry Presswood	CBE	SS	15			0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
88	Chico Renfroe	CBE	SS	83			0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.1
89	Bill Reynolds	CBE	2B	50			0.4	-0.4	0.7	0.0	0.0
90	Curtis Roberts	KCM	2B	196			-0.3	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.2
91	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	46			0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
92	Norman Robinson	BBB	CF	123			-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
93	Bienvenido Rodríguez	CAG	RF	39			-0.4	0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.0
94	Johnie Scott	KCM	LF	129			0.6	0.6	0.1	0.0	-0.1
95	Joe Burt Scott	MRS	LF	49			0.1	-0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
96	Joe Scott	BBB	1B	104			0.3	0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
97	Al Smith	CBE	LF	69			-0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
98	Herb Souell	KCM	3B	211			1.2	0.5	0.7	0.0	0.0
99	Ed Steele	BBB	RF	125			1.1	1.5	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
100	Ted Strong	IC	RF	46			0.9	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.0
101	Earl Taborn	KCM	C	170			0.7	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.1
102	Goose Tatum	IC	1B	81			0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1
103	Hank Thompson	KCM	RF	206			2.2	2.0	0.4	0.0	-0.1
104	Jake Tolbert	CAG	C	11			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
105	Quincy Trouppe	CAG	C	35			0.8	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0
106	Orlando Varona	MRS	SS	29			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
107	Archie Ware	CBE	1B	95			0.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
108	Jesse Warren	MRS	3B	5			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Willie Wells	MRS	3B	19			0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
110	Willie Wells Jr.	MRS	SS	38			-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Jim West	IC	1B	7			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Clyde Williams	CBE	LF	7			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
113	Koney Williams	IC	SS	26			0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	John Williams	CAG	1B	39			-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
115	Artie Wilson	BBB	SS	136			2.1	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.2
116	Chuck Wilson	IC	RF	21			0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
117	Les Witherspoon	IC	LF	17			0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
118	Jim Zapp	BBB	LF	63			0.6	0.2	0.4	0.0	-0.1
119	Ladd White	IC	P	5	11.1		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
120	Gene Collins	KCM	P	23	56.0		0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
121	Clarence Locke	CAG	P	6	9.1		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
122	Preacher Henry	IC	P		0.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
123	Frank Carswell	CBE	P	5	12.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
124	Fred Shepherd	CAG	P	1	1.1		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
125	Tincy Jamerson	KCM	P		1.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
126	Sack Morgan	MRS	P	5	9.2		0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
127	Andy Porter	IC	P	7	16.1		-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
128	Eugene Smith	CBE	P	11	24.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
129	George Jefferson	CBE	P	1	0.2		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
130	Taylor Smith	CAG	P		0.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
131	Jimmie Bennett	IC	P	1	0.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
132	Raúl Sánchez	MRS	P	1	2.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
133	Nat Pollard	BBB	P	1	4.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
134	Riley Stewart	CAG	P	13	24.2		-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
135	Johnny Williams	IC	P	24	40.1		-0.4	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0
136	Angel García	IC	P	4	6.2		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
137	Manuel Godínez	IC	P	3	8.1		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
138	Felix Evans	MRS	P	6	16.0		-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
139	Chet Brewer	CBE	P	18	35.1		-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
140	Walter Gibbons	IC	P	5	13.0		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
141	Bill Blair	IC	P	2	2.2		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
142	Sam Jones	CBE	P	8	18.0		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
143	Leonard Johnson	KCM	P	8	15.0		-0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0

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