1946 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1946 Season

1945 / 1947

Tom Wilson (President)
Alex Pompez (Vice President)
Curtis Leak (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)

Leaders

#	Player	Team	SB
1	Lennie Pearson	NE / EAS	19
2	Johnny Washington	BEG	11
3	Larry Doby	NE / EAS	10
4	Henry Kimbro	BEG / EAS	10
5	Silvio García	NYC / EAS	9
6	Fernando Díaz	NYC / EAS	8
7	Luis Márquez	HG / BEG	8
8	Herb Souell	KCM / SPS	8
9	Jerry Benjamin	HG	7
10	Tommy Butts	BEG / EAS	7

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Leon Day	EAS / NE	116
2	Max Manning	NE / SPS	97
3	Henry McHenry	PS	90
4	Rufus Lewis	NE / SPS	89
5	Barney Brown	MULT	82
6	Eugene Smith	HG	70
7	Joe Black	BEG	69
8	Satchel Paige	KCM / SPS	68
9	Connie Johnson	KCM	63
10	Jim LaMarque	KCM / SPS	55

Standings

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Newark Eagles ^* ¹ ²	53	21	2	.716	-	60	24	3	.714	6.6	4.4	Biz Mackey	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
2	New York Cubans	36	31	1	.537	13.5	37	37	2	.500	4.8	5.0	José María Fernández	Polo Grounds (New York, NY), Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY) (Queens, NY)
3	Baltimore Elite Giants	38	34	3	.528	14.0	43	35	3	.551	5.2	4.7	Felton Snow	Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
4	Homestead Grays	38	35	2	.521	14.5	52	40	4	.565	6.2	4.9	Vic Harris	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
5	Philadelphia Stars	31	37	2	.456	19.0	33	40	4	.452	4.9	4.9	Goose Curry	44th & Parkside (Philadelphia, PA), Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA)
6	New York Black Yankees	10	48	0	.172	35.0	16	53	0	.232	3.0	6.9	Marvin Barker	Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY), Polo Grounds (New York, NY) (Queens, NY)

* = League Champion 1 = First Half Champion 2 = Second Half Champion

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Kansas City Monarchs ^* ¹ ²	56	19	2	.747	-	66	29	2	.695	5.7	3.7	Frank Duncan	Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2	Birmingham Black Barons	39	33	1	.542	15.5	51	39	3	.567	4.6	4.4	Tommy Sampson	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
3	Cleveland Buckeyes	37	35	3	.514	17.5	45	44	5	.506	4.8	5.1	Quincy Trouppe	League Park (Cleveland, OH), Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
4	Memphis Red Sox	40	50	3	.444	23.5	46	62	5	.426	4.4	5.0	Jelly Taylor , Ruben Jones	Russwood Park (Memphis, TN)
5	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	35	44	1	.443	23.0	38	56	2	.404	4.2	5.1	Hoss Walker	Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN), Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
6	Chicago American Giants	35	61	2	.365	31.5	40	68	3	.370	4.5	5.5	Candy Jim Taylor	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)

* = League Champion 1 = First Half Champion 2 = Second Half Champion

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB		R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Newark Eagles	4	3	0	.571	-		4.9	5.1	Biz Mackey	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
2	Kansas City Monarchs	3	4	0	.429	1.0		5.1	4.9	Frank Duncan	Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB		R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	West All Stars	1	1	0	.500	-		3.5	3.5	Winfield Welch , Quincy Trouppe	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
2	East All Stars	1	1	0	.500	-		3.5	3.5	Vic Harris	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB		R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	North All Stars	7	1	0	.875	-		5.0	2.5		Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
2	South All Stars	1	7	0	.125	6.0		2.5	5.0		Pelican Stadium (New Orleans, LA)

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB		R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Bob Feller's Major League All Stars	11	5	0	.688	-		4.9	3.6	Rollie Hemsley	No Home Ballpark
2	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars	5	11	0	.313	6.0		3.6	4.9	Frank Duncan	No Home Ballpark

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