1942 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1942 Season

Negro National League II

1941 / 1943

Tom Wilson (President)
Ed Bolden (Vice President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary & Treasurer)

#	Player	Team	HR
1	Josh Gibson	HG	14
2	Lennie Pearson	HG / NE	11
3	Bus Clarkson	MULT	8
4	Howard Easterling	HG	7
5	Willie Wells	NE	6
6	Ed Stone	HG / NE	6
7	Henry Spearman	BEG / PS	6
8	Bill Hoskins	BEG	4
9	Charlie Parks	NE	4
10	Jud Wilson	HG	4

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Jonas Gaines	BEG	244
2	Leon Day	HG / NE	238
3	Garnett Blair	HG	206
4	Roy Partlow	HG	170
5	Max Manning	NE	149
6	Barney Brown	PS	140
7	Terris McDuffie	PS	120
8	Eugene Smith	NBY	113
9	Bill Byrd	BEG	112
10	Johnny Wright	HG	112

Standings

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays ^* ¹ ²	58	20	2	.744	-	86	29	3	.748	6.6	4.2	Vic Harris	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	42	30	1	.583	13.0	45	36	1	.556	4.7	4.3	Felton Snow	Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
3	Philadelphia Stars	32	35	1	.478	20.5	38	38	2	.500	5.5	5.6	Goose Curry	Parkside Athletic Field (Philadelphia, PA)
4	Newark Eagles	29	37	4	.439	23.0	40	40	4	.500	5.0	4.8	Willie Wells	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
5	New York Black Yankees	13	25	1	.342	25.0	19	31	2	.380	3.8	5.9	Tex Burnett	Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)
6	New York Cubans	13	40	1	.245	32.5	21	47	1	.309	3.7	5.2	José María Fernández	Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)

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

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