1944 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1944 Season

1943 / 1945

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

Top Hitter

Pedro
Pagés

Top Pitcher

Ramón
Bragaña

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Bob Harvey	NE	.653
2	Buck Leonard	EAS / HG	.635
3	Bill Hoskins	BEG	.633
4	Josh Gibson	EAS / HG	.616
5	Alberto Hernández	PUE	.593
6	Jesse Douglas	CAG	.564
7	Ed Steele	BBB	.557
8	Roy Campanella	MULT	.545
9	Wild Bill Wright	ROM	.539
10	Marvin Williams	MULT	.538

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Porter Moss	MRS	0.95
2	Satchel Paige	KCM / SAS	0.99
3	Booker McDaniel	KCM / SAS	1.03
4	George Jefferson	CBE	1.04
5	John Huber	BBB	1.05
6	Johnny Williams	BBB / CIC	1.05
7	Donald Troy	BEG	1.08
8	Ray Brown	HG	1.15
9	Dave Barnhill	NYC	1.16
10	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	1.18

Advanced Pitching

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Alijadores de Tampico	MEX	821.0	1.54	8.6%	12.5%	0.69
2	Industriales de Monterrey	MEX	803.2	1.54	9.5%	13.5%	0.70
3	Azules de Veracruz	MEX	802.1	1.69	8.1%	11.9%	0.68
4	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo	MEX	801.2	1.51	7.0%	10.2%	0.69
5	Pericos de Puebla	MEX	798.0	1.56	7.2%	9.4%	0.77
6	Rojos del México	MEX	764.0	1.74	6.3%	11.9%	0.53
7	Homestead Grays	NN2 / WS	543.1	1.37	10.2%	7.0%	1.45	0.5%
8	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	479.1	1.37	12.5%	6.9%	1.82	0.8%
9	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	464.1	1.24	15.7%	8.7%	1.80	0.1%
10	New York Cubans	NN2	342.1	1.36	11.1%	7.9%	1.41	1.1%
11	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL / WS	322.1	1.28	10.8%	7.0%	1.54	0.9%
12	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	304.0	1.38	12.4%	6.7%	1.87	0.7%
13	Newark Eagles	NN2	290.0	1.39	9.9%	8.6%	1.15	1.0%
14	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	271.1	1.21	13.4%	8.0%	1.67	0.3%
15	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	243.0	1.36	10.4%	6.0%	1.75	0.3%
16	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	199.1	1.37	8.6%	7.3%	1.18	0.7%
17	Chicago American Giants	NAL	193.1	1.34	10.5%	6.7%	1.56	0.1%
18	New York Black Yankees	NN2	177.2	1.89	8.8%	8.9%	0.99	1.0%
19	Jacksonville Red Caps	IND	32.0	2.09	6.0%	7.7%	0.77	3.0%
20	Atlanta Black Crackers	IND	30.0	2.70	10.9%	11.5%	0.95	1.1%
21	South All Stars	NSA	9.0	1.67	10.0%	0.0%	0.0%
22	North All Stars	NSA	9.0	0.56	25.0%	3.1%	8.00	0.0%
23	West All Stars	EWA	9.0	1.56	7.7%	7.7%	1.00	0.0%
24	East All Stars	EWA	8.0	1.63	7.9%	2.6%	3.00	2.6%
	24	7	8718.0	1.50	9.4%	9.7%	0.97	0.6%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Ramón Bragaña	VEZ	SP	325.1	1.49	10.2%	10.6%	0.97
2	Agapito Mayor *	MULT	SP	257.1	1.58	7.7%	8.8%	0.88
3	Theolic Smith	ROM	SP	255.2	1.63	7.5%	11.9%	0.63
4	Jesús Valenzuela	TPC	SP	235.0	1.34	9.3%	9.9%	0.94
5	Nate Moreland	TPC	RP	234.1	1.63	5.8%	15.2%	0.38
6	Daniel Ríos	MTY	RP	223.2	1.51	7.6%	13.4%	0.57
7	Vidal López	MTY	SP	221.2	1.53	10.3%	12.6%	0.82
8	Henry McHenry	TPC / VEZ	SP	221.1	1.64	10.2%	14.0%	0.73
9	Guadalupe Ortegón	JN2	RP	212.2	1.53	7.6%	11.0%	0.69
10	Martín Dihigo	JN2	SP	212.1	1.39	9.8%	9.6%	1.02
11	Cocaína García *	PUE	SP	206.0	1.50	5.7%	7.3%	0.78
12	Manuel Echeverría	PUE	RP	193.0	1.52	7.5%	7.6%	0.98
13	Lázaro Salazar *	MTY	RP	191.0	1.32	9.4%	11.3%	0.83
14	Manuel Fortés	JN2	SP	177.1	1.47	5.3%	6.3%	0.83
15	Bill Ricks	PS	SP	148.0	1.35	14.4%	8.0%	1.80	0.8%
16	Chet Brewer	ROM	RP	146.1	1.74	6.4%	11.1%	0.58
17	Alberto Leal	MTY	RP	143.2	1.79	11.8%	17.4%	0.68
18	Armando Torres	PUE	RP	139.2	1.80	7.9%	14.7%	0.54
19	Ray Brown	HG	SP	136.1	1.15	9.8%	4.6%	2.12	0.7%
20	Alfonso Ramírez	ROM	RP	134.0	1.69	6.1%	11.2%	0.54
21	Pedro Ramírez	ROM / VEZ	RP	130.2	2.02	5.5%	15.5%	0.35
22	Adrián Zabala *	PUE	SP	121.2	1.27	10.7%	10.3%	1.04
23	Willie Jefferson	CBE / PUE	SP	120.2	1.49	9.6%	8.0%	1.20	0.4%
24	Alfred Saylor	BBB	SP	115.0	1.28	7.6%	3.5%	2.18	1.0%
25	Satchel Paige	KCM / SAS	SP	103.1	0.99	26.4%	6.7%	3.96	0.0%
26	Terris McDuffie	MULT	SP	100.0	1.32	11.9%	5.8%	2.04	1.1%
27	Gentry Jessup	CAG / WES	SP	96.1	1.19	12.1%	5.8%	2.09	0.0%
28	Leniel Hooker	NE	SP	92.1	1.33	7.3%	8.6%	0.85	1.0%
29	Pete Morales	ROM	RP	92.1	1.68	4.0%	9.2%	0.44
30	Verdell Mathis *	MRS / WES	SP	91.0	1.26	15.8%	7.3%	2.18	0.8%
31	Francisco Mora	ROM / VEZ	RP	86.0	1.65	7.1%	15.6%	0.46
32	Barney Brown *	PS	SP	85.2	1.46	10.9%	5.2%	2.10	1.0%
33	Spoon Carter	HG	SP	83.0	1.60	7.0%	6.7%	1.04	0.3%
34	Bill Byrd	MULT	SP	80.0	1.19	17.5%	5.1%	3.41	0.3%
35	Booker McDaniel	KCM / SAS	RP	79.2	1.03	22.8%	8.5%	2.68	0.0%
36	Gilberto Garza	JN2	RP	77.2	1.45	5.0%	11.2%	0.45
37	Edsall Walker *	HG	RP	77.1	1.42	12.1%	6.8%	1.78	1.2%
38	Carrenza Howard	MULT	RP	76.1	1.28	9.7%	7.6%	1.28	1.2%
39	Jack Matchett	KCM	SP	73.0	1.36	10.4%	7.0%	1.50	0.0%
40	Henry Miller	PS	SP	68.2	1.30	12.5%	6.6%	1.89	0.3%
41	Johnny Johnson	HG	RP	63.1	1.34	10.5%	10.1%	1.04	0.7%
42	Antonio Ruiz	CIC	SP	63.1	1.42	9.3%	4.9%	1.92	0.7%
43	Juan Guerrero	JN2	RP	62.0	1.50	4.8%	8.8%	0.54
44	Alvin Gipson	BBB	SP	61.2	1.23	12.8%	7.1%	1.79	0.0%
45	George Jefferson	CBE	RP	60.2	1.04	9.7%	4.7%	2.09	0.4%
46	Roosevelt Davis	CIC	SP	60.0	1.25	16.5%	6.3%	2.63	0.0%
47	Barney Morris	EAS / NYC	RP	59.2	1.32	10.6%	10.2%	1.04	0.8%
48	José Castro *	VEZ	RP	58.1	2.02	4.6%	13.8%	0.33
49	Roy Welmaker *	HG	SP	57.1	1.31	17.0%	8.3%	2.05	0.0%
50	Donald Troy	BEG	SP	55.1	1.08	12.1%	8.6%	1.40	0.4%
51	Percy Forrest	NBY / NE	SP	53.0	2.00	5.0%	10.4%	0.48	0.8%
52	Dave Hoskins	HG	SP	50.1	1.37	6.8%	5.5%	1.25	0.0%
53	Hilton Smith	KCM	SP	49.2	1.25	8.4%	7.9%	1.06	0.0%
54	Hubert Glenn	PS	SP	49.1	1.28	8.7%	9.1%	0.95	1.4%
55	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	RP	49.0	1.18	8.1%	9.6%	0.84	0.0%
56	Porter Moss	MRS	SP	48.1	0.95	18.3%	5.6%	3.27	0.0%
57	Robert Keys	JN2 / MRS	SP	47.2	1.34	4.3%	10.5%	0.41	0.0%
58	Neck Stanley *	NBY	SP	47.1	1.90	8.5%	6.8%	1.25	0.4%
59	Eddie Locke	KCM	RP	46.0	1.22	10.2%	8.7%	1.18	0.0%
60	Patricio Scantlebury *	NYC	RP	45.0	1.49	9.2%	6.6%	1.38	0.5%
61	Jonas Gaines *	BEG	SP	44.0	1.43	10.7%	7.0%	1.54	0.0%
62	Luis Tiant *	NYC	SP	43.1	1.32	19.8%	7.0%	2.85	1.1%
63	Eugene Bremer	CBE / WES	SP	42.2	1.41	6.4%	11.2%	0.57	0.0%
64	Jim LaMarque *	KCM	RP	40.1	1.44	11.4%	7.0%	1.62	0.0%
65	Victor Greenidge	NYC	RP	39.1	1.55	7.5%	9.8%	0.76	1.2%
66	John Huber	BBB	SP	38.0	1.05	9.3%	7.4%	1.25	0.6%
67	Domingo Figueroa	PUE	RP	37.2	1.78	1.2%	5.3%	0.22
68	Don Newcombe	NE	RP	37.0	1.68	12.8%	12.3%	1.05	1.1%
69	Earl Bumpus *	BBB / KCM	SP	36.0	1.58	10.2%	12.7%	0.81	0.0%
70	Dave Barnhill	NYC	SP	35.1	1.16	11.6%	6.1%	1.89	2.7%
71	Angel Castro *	TPC	RP	35.1	1.47	20.3%	13.9%	1.45
72	Tom Glover *	BEG	RP	35.1	1.36	17.2%	5.1%	3.38	1.3%
73	Pete Sunkett	PS	RP	34.2	1.21	8.6%	5.3%	1.63	0.0%
74	Al Jones	CAG / MRS	SP	34.0	1.24	11.3%	9.2%	1.23	0.7%
75	Roberto Cabal *	JN2 / VEZ	RP	32.2	2.33	5.3%	13.5%	0.39
76	Jimmy Direaux	TPC	RP	32.2	1.84	9.7%	13.5%	0.71
77	Andy Porter	BEG	RP	30.2	1.50	8.9%	8.1%	1.09	0.0%
78	Johnny Williams	BBB / CIC	RP	30.1	1.05	5.7%	6.5%	0.88	0.0%
79	Steve Wylie	KCM / MRS	RP	30.0	1.70	12.9%	13.6%	0.95	0.0%
80	Gready McKinnis *	MULT	SP	29.0	2.00	6.9%	11.0%	0.63	0.0%
81	Ule Mahoney *	PS	RP	28.1	1.73	13.8%	8.0%	1.73	0.7%
82	Gustavo Bello	TPC	RP	27.2	1.59	6.5%	7.3%	0.89
83	Jimmy Hill *	NE	RP	27.1	1.46	9.9%	9.9%	1.00	1.7%
84	Tony Walker	BEG	SP	26.2	1.39	10.1%	7.6%	1.33	0.8%
85	Johnny Davis	NE	SP	26.1	1.56	12.6%	9.2%	1.36	0.0%
86	Bill Harvey *	BEG	SP	25.1	1.78	7.9%	7.1%	1.11	2.4%
87	Fay Washington	BBB	SP	24.2	1.26	21.0%	14.0%	1.50	2.0%
88	Willie Hubert	HG	RP	24.0	1.00	7.6%	5.4%	1.40	0.0%
89	Robert Carpenter ^	TPC	RP	23.2	1.39	3.2%	7.4%	0.43
90	Bill Anderson	NYC	RP	23.0	1.65	6.8%	7.8%	0.88	1.9%
91	Pepper Sharpe	CAG / MRS	RP	23.0	1.22	14.9%	8.9%	1.67	0.0%
92	Lefty Boone *	HG / PS	RP	21.0	1.33	13.8%	6.9%	2.00	0.0%
93	Goose Curry	PS	RP	20.1	1.13	13.6%	3.7%	3.67	0.0%
94	Leroy Sutton	CAG	RP	20.1	1.48	4.4%	6.6%	0.67	0.0%
95	Edgar Chatman	MRS	SP	20.0	1.55	14.7%	8.4%	1.75	0.0%
96	Eddie Jacobs ^	NE	RP	19.0	1.21	6.3%	8.8%	0.71	1.3%
97	Connie Rector	NBY	RP	19.0	1.68	11.4%	11.4%	1.00	0.0%
98	Dean Thomas	KCM	SP	19.0	1.58	5.7%	11.4%	0.50	2.3%
99	Henry Merchant *	CIC	SP	18.0	1.00	5.3%	2.7%	2.00	0.0%
100	Alberto Romo	ROM	RP	18.0	1.72	5.9%	4.7%	1.25
101	Lázaro Medina	CIC	SP	17.0	1.35	16.9%	0.0%	1.3%
102	Johnny Markham	BBB	RP	16.2	1.62	10.1%	6.3%	1.60	3.8%
103	Pepper Bassett	CIC	SP	16.1	1.71	7.4%	3.7%	2.00	0.0%
104	John McFarland ^	NBY	RP	16.0	2.56	10.1%	14.6%	0.69	2.2%
105	Johnny Taylor	NYC	SP	15.1	1.11	22.4%	5.2%	4.33	0.0%
106	Alonzo Boone	BBB / CBE	SP	15.0	1.20	7.0%	12.3%	0.57	0.0%
107	Johnny Wright	HG	SP	14.1	1.40	14.1%	7.8%	1.80	0.0%
108	Specs Ellis *	BBB / JRC	SP	13.1	2.18	5.9%	11.8%	0.50	1.5%
109	Ismael Montalvo	JN2	RP	13.1	1.43	15.0%	18.3%	0.82
110	Fernando Barradas *	PUE / ROM	RP	13.0	1.92	1.6%	4.9%	0.33
111	Joe Black	BEG	RP	12.2	1.89	5.0%	3.3%	1.50	1.7%
112	Alonzo Mitchell	JRC	RP	12.2	1.97	4.8%	8.1%	0.60	1.6%
113	Ted Alexander	KCM	SP	12.1	1.14	16.7%	12.5%	1.33	0.0%
114	Hambone Sims	BCA	RP	12.1	2.11	13.6%	12.1%	1.13	0.0%
115	Eddie White *	HG	RP	12.1	2.19	6.2%	10.8%	0.57	0.0%
116	Willie McCrary	CBE / CIC	RP	11.1	1.41	6.7%	6.7%	1.00	0.0%
117	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	RP	11.1	1.24	11.5%	11.5%	1.00	0.0%
118	Specs Roberts	CIC / NBY	RP	11.1	1.94	3.6%	18.2%	0.20	0.0%
119	Sergio Cabal ^	TPC	RP	11.0	1.64	5.3%	13.2%	0.40
120	Rodolfo Fernández	NYC	RP	11.0	1.27	8.0%	6.0%	1.33	0.0%
121	Lovell Harden	CBE	RP	10.1	1.45	6.1%	4.1%	1.50	2.0%
122	Sam Bankhead	HG	RP	10.0	1.90	8.0%	8.0%	1.00	0.0%
123	Ollie West	CAG	RP	10.0	1.80	11.5%	9.6%	1.20	0.0%
124	Dan Bankhead	BBB	RP	9.2	0.93	39.5%	7.9%	5.00	0.0%
125	John Brown	CBE	RP	9.2	1.55	2.3%	9.1%	0.25	6.8%
126	Fred Hobgood *	NE / PS	RP	9.2	1.66	13.0%	4.3%	3.00	0.0%
127	Guillermo Prieto *	MTY	RP	9.1	2.68	4.0%	16.0%	0.25
128	Freddie Jackson ^	NBY	SP	9.0	1.11	11.1%	2.8%	4.00	2.8%
129	Perry ^	PS	SP	9.0	1.22	18.4%	5.3%	3.50	0.0%
130	Johnny Smith *	CAG	SP	9.0	0.44	6.1%	3.0%	2.00	0.0%
131	Rosendo Navarro	VEZ	RP	8.2	2.77	6.1%	24.5%	0.25
132	Hilario Pérez ^	ROM	RP	8.2	2.42	6.7%	28.9%	0.23
133	Rogelio Serrano	MTY	RP	8.1	2.04	2.5%	17.5%	0.14
134	Willie Wells	ROM	RP	8.1	2.04	4.7%	16.3%	0.29
135	Rodolfo Loria ^	VEZ	RP	8.0	2.25	2.7%	16.2%	0.17
136	Harry Cozart	NE	RP	7.2	1.43	18.9%	5.4%	3.50	2.7%
137	Garnett Blair	HG	SP	7.0	0.86	20.0%	8.0%	2.50	0.0%
138	Willie Burns *	CIC	SP	7.0	1.57	3.2%	9.7%	0.33	0.0%
139	Bill Russell ^	NBY	RP	7.0	1.43	12.5%	6.3%	2.00	3.1%
140	Weedy Edwards ^	CIC	SP	6.2	1.95	11.8%	14.7%	0.80	0.0%
141	Ches Buchanan	PS	RP	6.1	2.37	7.9%	5.3%	1.50	5.3%
142	Frank Carswell	CBE	SP	6.1	2.37	12.1%	3.0%	4.00	0.0%
143	Waldo Dunlap ^	BCA	SP	6.0	3.33	5.4%	13.5%	0.40	2.7%
144	Ches Nealy ^	JRC	RP	6.0	2.33	11.1%	5.6%	2.00	0.0%
145	Zenón Ochoa *	MTY	RP	6.0	1.33	8.3%	4.2%	2.00
146	Ramón Correa	ROM	RP	5.2	1.59	0.0%	0.0%
147	Albert Overton	CIC	RP	5.2	1.59	3.8%	11.5%	0.33	0.0%
148	Brennan King	BCA	SP	5.1	1.69	24.0%	0.0%	0.0%
149	Ranulfo Ruíz ^	PUE	RP	5.1	2.06	7.4%	22.2%	0.33
150	Laureano Camacho	JN2	RP	5.0	1.80	5.3%	21.1%	0.25
151	Cornelius Cook *	CIC	RP	5.0	1.80	12.0%	4.0%	3.00	0.0%
152	Lloyd Davenport *	CAG	RP	5.0	1.00	9.5%	0.0%	0.0%
153	Ernesto Garza *	JN2	RP	5.0	5.20	2.4%	39.0%	0.06
154	Morris Ibarra *	VEZ	RP	5.0	4.20	8.6%	25.7%	0.33
155	Jesse Brown *	NBY	SP	4.1	1.15	11.8%	5.9%	2.00	0.0%
156	Jimmie Davis ^	JRC	RP	4.1	2.77	4.0%	8.0%	0.50	16.0%
157	Larry Kimbrough	PS	RP	4.1	1.85	20.0%	15.0%	1.33	0.0%
158	Guadalupe Ríos *	ROM	RP	4.1	3.23	4.2%	20.8%	0.20
159	Armando Cota	PUE	RP	4.0	3.25	0.0%	12.0%	0.00
160	Garcia Massingale ^	KCM	RP	4.0	0.50	7.1%	0.0%	0.0%
161	Roland Anderson ^	HG	SP	3.1	2.70	5.3%	21.1%	0.25	0.0%
162	Manuel Ayala ^	ROM	RP	3.1	3.90	0.0%	25.0%	0.00
163	Sergio Correa	ROM	RP	3.1	2.10	5.9%	23.5%	0.25
164	Malone ^	KCM	RP	3.1	3.60	3.8%	3.8%	1.00	0.0%
165	Laymon Yokely	BEG	RP	3.0	3.00	15.8%	10.5%	1.50	0.0%
166	Felix Evans	MRS	RP	2.2	2.25	0.0%	7.1%	0.00	0.0%
167	Julián Ramírez	PUE	RP	2.2	3.75	0.0%	6.3%	0.00
168	Williams ^	BCA	RP	2.2	3.75	0.0%	10.0%	0.00	0.0%
169	Rufus Ligon *	MRS	RP	2.1	3.00	15.4%	15.4%	1.00	0.0%
170	Ernesto Maimón	VEZ	SP	2.1	2.14	0.0%	8.3%	0.00
171	Raúl Méndez	ROM	RP	2.0	2.50	9.1%	0.0%
172	Melvin Coleman ^	BCA	RP	1.2	3.00	0.0%	30.0%	0.00	0.0%
173	Mario Cruz	ROM	RP	1.2	5.40	0.0%	28.6%	0.00
174	Silvio García	VEZ	RP	1.2	0.00	0.0%	0.0%
175	Bert Hunter	ROM	SP	1.2	1.80	25.0%	25.0%	1.00
176	Guillermo Hernández ^	PUE	RP	1.1	3.00	30.0%	10.0%	3.00
177	Pedro Huerta ^	VEZ	RP	1.1	4.50	10.0%	30.0%	0.33
178	Bill Sadler	BCA	SP	1.1	5.25	10.0%	10.0%	1.00	10.0%
179	Tom Hunter ^	BBB	RP	1.0	3.00	0.0%	12.5%	0.00	0.0%
180	Andy Sarvis	JRC	RP	1.0	2.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
181	Les Henderson ^	MRS	RP	0.2	3.00	25.0%	25.0%	1.00	0.0%
182	Hill ^	HG	SP	0.2	9.00	0.0%	12.5%	0.00	0.0%
183	Pee Wee Jenkins	BBB	RP	0.2	3.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
184	Willie McMeans ^	CBE	SP	0.2	7.50	0.0%	28.6%	0.00	0.0%
185	Roberto Ávila	PUE	RP	0.1	0.00	0.0%	0.0%
186	Jesús Llamas *	JN2	RP	0.1	9.00	0.0%	50.0%	0.00
187	Felix Manning	BCA	RP	0.1	0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
188	Bob Martin ^	BCA	RP	0.1	12.00	20.0%	20.0%	1.00	0.0%
189	Carpenter ^	PS	SP	0.0	0.00	0.0%	50.0%	0.00	50.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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