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1944 Cleveland Buckeyes

59 - 56 - 1

45 - 42 in the Negro American League

1942 / 1945 ( Team History )

Managed by:
Parnell Woods (59-56-1)

Top Hitter

Sam
Jethroe

Top Pitcher

George
Jefferson

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting

Pitching

OPS+

97

4th

ERA+

89

6th

OPS

.637

3rd

ERA

3.75

6th

BA

.265

2nd

BA

.278

6th

OBP

.320

1st

K/BB

1.18

6th

SLG

.318

4th

K%

8.6%

6th

BB%

6.6%

4th

BB%

7.3%

4th

K%

HR%

0.7%

5th

ISO

.053

6th

WHIP

1.37

6th

Notes:

Home Ballpark: League Park (Cleveland, OH), Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
Ernie Wright (Owner) , Wilbur Hayes (Business Manager)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP
C	Walter Burch	36	8	28	25	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.160	.250	.160	.410	28
1B	Archie Ware *	26	24	101	86	11	15	1	0	0	8	0	13	1	1	.174	.290	.186	.476	48
2B	Johnnie Cowan	31	17	64	58	6	14	2	0	0	4	1	4	0	2	.241	.290	.276	.566	75
3B	Parnell Woods	32	23	86	83	13	32	5	3	0	14	4	2	0	1	.386	.400	.518	.918	184
SS	Billy Horne *	28	20	81	73	10	17	2	1	0	11	0	5	0	3	.233	.282	.288	.570	76
LF	Buddy Armour *	29	20	83	71	10	21	3	0	0	15	1	9	1	2	.296	.383	.338	.721	124
CF	Sam Jethroe **	27	24	105	95	19	31	3	0	2	13	2	8	1	1	.326	.385	.421	.806	149
RF	Jimmie Crutchfield *	34	15	64	61	7	15	3	0	0	4	1	2	0	1	.246	.270	.295	.565	75

RF	Willie Grace **	27	18	62	57	4	13	3	0	0	6	0	2	1	2	.228	.267	.281	.547	69
2B	Rainey Bibbs **	33	8	31	27	4	9	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	1	.333	.400	.370	.770	139
C	George Britt	48	9	25	24	3	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.375	.708	119
CF	Lloyd Davenport *	32	4	16	13	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	.308	.400	.308	.708	120
SS	Wilbert King	29	4	14	12	2	5	0	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	.417	.500	.583	1.083	235
C	Jesse Williams **	21	4	12	12	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	55
C	Walter Crosby	23	1	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	159
C	Jesse F. Williams *	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
C	Shirley Petway ^	35	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	519

SP	George Jefferson	21	9	27	24	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	.083	.154	.125	.279	-13
SP	Willie Jefferson	40	11	27	26	3	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	.154	.154	.192	.346	7
SP	Eugene Bremer	27	7	17	15	3	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	.333	.412	.333	.745	131
RP	Willie McCrary ^	2	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-23
SP	Lovell Harden	26	2	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	210
SP	John Brown	25	3	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	148
SP	Frank Carswell	23	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Willie McMeans ^	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SP	Alonzo Boone	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	26		238	874	790	105	209	26	5	2	93	12	58	6	20	.265	.320	.318	.637	97

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%
Sam Jethroe **	27	CF	105		.387	.311		7.6%	7.0%				1.9%	0.4%		.095	.071
Archie Ware *	26	1B	101		.251	.311		12.9%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.012	.071
Parnell Woods	32	3B	86		.430	.311		2.3%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.133	.071
Buddy Armour *	29	LF	83		.350	.311		10.8%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.042	.071
Billy Horne *	28	SS	81		.269	.311		6.2%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.055	.071
Jimmie Crutchfield *	34	RF	64		.270	.311		3.1%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.049	.071
Johnnie Cowan	31	2B	64		.271	.311		6.3%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.034	.071
Willie Grace **	27	RF	62		.260	.311		3.2%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.053	.071
Rainey Bibbs **	33	2B	31		.366	.311		9.7%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.037	.071
Walter Burch	36	C	28		.218	.311		10.7%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.000	.071
George Jefferson	21	SP	27		.143	.311		7.4%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.042	.071
Willie Jefferson	40	SP	27		.159	.311		0.0%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.038	.071
George Britt	48	C	25		.326	.311		0.0%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.042	.071
Eugene Bremer	27	SP	17		.374	.311		5.9%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.000	.071
Lloyd Davenport *	32	CF	16		.335	.311		12.5%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.000	.071
Wilbert King	29	SS	14		.512	.311		7.1%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.167	.071
Jesse Williams **	21	C	12		.241	.311		0.0%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.000	.071
Willie McCrary ^	RP	8		.121	.311		0.0%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.000	.071
Walter Crosby	23	C	5		.342	.311		20.0%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.000	.071
Lovell Harden	26	SP	5		.386	.311		0.0%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.000	.071
John Brown	25	SP	5		.386	.311		0.0%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.000	.071
Jesse F. Williams *	C	4		.000	.311		0.0%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.000	.071
Frank Carswell	23	SP	3		.000	.311		0.0%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.000	.071
Shirley Petway ^	35	C	1		.966	.311		0.0%	7.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.000	.071
Willie McMeans ^	SP		.000	.311		7.0%				0.4%		.071
Alonzo Boone	36	SP		.000	.311		7.0%				0.4%		.071
26			874		.306	.311		6.6%	7.0%				0.2%	0.4%		.053	.071