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1944 Season

Negro American League

1943 / 1945

J. B. Martin (President)
Ernie Wright (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary & Director of Public Relations)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Bonnie
Serrell

Top Pitcher

Satchel
Paige

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Jesse Douglas	CAG	224
2	Ed Steele	BBB	214
3	Artie Wilson	BBB	187
4	Parnell Woods	CBE	184
5	Dave Harper	CIC / KCM	176
6	Bonnie Serrell	KCM	175
7	Alex Radcliff	CAG / CIC	166
8	Art Pennington	CAG / CIC	153
9	Tommy Sampson	BBB	152
10	Sam Jethroe	CBE	149

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Satchel Paige	KCM	3.89
2	Porter Moss	MRS	3.27
3	Roosevelt Davis	CIC	2.63
4	Booker McDaniel	KCM	2.61
5	Alfred Saylor	BBB	2.46
6	Gentry Jessup	CAG	2.29
7	Verdell Mathis	MRS	2.18
8	George Jefferson	CBE	2.09
9	Antonio Ruiz	CIC	1.92
10	Alvin Gipson	BBB	1.79

Batting

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP
1	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	33	1235	1141	155	307	41	18	7	129	10	64	9	21	.269	.313	.355	.668	109
2	Chicago American Giants	NAL	23	826	759	73	200	24	11	2	66	13	58	1	8	.264	.317	.332	.649	105
3	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	53	1915	1764	226	444	59	24	9	184	27	116	10	25	.252	.302	.328	.629	100
4	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	24	874	790	105	209	26	5	2	93	12	58	6	20	.265	.320	.318	.637	97
5	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	29	1074	947	122	231	30	8	3	102	20	99	5	23	.244	.319	.302	.621	94
6	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	31	1136	1025	105	240	35	7	2	76	27	80	6	25	.234	.293	.288	.581	80
	6	1	209	7060	6426	786	1631	215	73	25	650	109	475	37	122	.254	.309	.322	.631	98

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP
1	Jesse Douglas *	CAG	SS	21	89	78	10	31	5	4	0	12	2	10	0	1	.397	.466	.564	1.030	224
2	Ed Steele *	BBB	RF	32	131	112	25	40	6	4	3	23	3	14	3	2	.357	.442	.563	1.004	214
3	Artie Wilson *	BBB	SS	31	140	132	22	50	7	5	0	14	2	6	1	1	.379	.410	.508	.918	187
4	Parnell Woods	CBE	3B	23	86	83	13	32	5	3	0	14	4	2	0	1	.386	.400	.518	.918	184
5	Bonnie Serrell *	KCM	2B	50	204	187	39	60	10	5	4	24	6	15	1	1	.321	.374	.492	.866	175
6	Tommy Sampson	BBB	2B	30	124	112	18	38	4	2	0	13	1	7	3	2	.339	.393	.411	.804	152
7	Sam Jethroe **	CBE	CF	24	105	95	19	31	3	0	2	13	2	8	1	1	.326	.385	.421	.806	149
8	John Britton *	BBB	3B	33	142	132	16	42	5	1	1	18	0	8	1	1	.318	.362	.394	.756	137
9	John Bissant	CAG	LF	21	85	82	6	24	4	3	0	6	0	2	0	1	.293	.310	.415	.724	128
10	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	29	115	103	21	33	3	1	0	13	5	6	1	5	.320	.364	.369	.733	127
11	Herb Souell **	KCM	3B	53	219	200	33	57	5	2	2	17	4	18	0	1	.285	.344	.360	.704	124
12	Buddy Armour *	CBE	LF	20	83	71	10	21	3	0	0	15	1	9	1	2	.296	.383	.338	.721	124
13	Armando Vázquez *	CIC	1B	28	105	94	13	27	0	1	1	11	2	11	0	0	.287	.362	.340	.702	119
14	Leovigildo Xiqués	CIC	LF	25	109	100	13	30	3	1	0	13	6	8	0	1	.300	.352	.350	.702	118
15	Fred McDaniel *	MRS	LF	27	110	99	15	28	5	1	0	7	1	7	2	2	.283	.343	.354	.696	116
16	Jimmy Ford	MRS	3B	28	113	103	8	29	3	0	1	13	2	8	1	1	.282	.339	.340	.679	110
17	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	29	120	109	11	29	3	1	1	8	6	9	1	1	.266	.328	.339	.667	107
18	Lloyd Davenport *	CAG / CBE	CF	24	99	91	8	26	1	0	0	11	1	6	0	2	.286	.330	.297	.627	97
19	Jesse Williams	KCM	SS	43	176	157	21	36	6	4	0	10	3	14	2	3	.229	.301	.318	.619	97
20	Newt Allen	KCM	1B	46	178	167	18	44	8	0	0	17	0	7	0	4	.263	.293	.311	.604	92
21	Henry Smith	CIC	SS	24	104	91	9	22	6	0	0	7	1	7	0	6	.242	.296	.308	.604	88
22	Lee Moody	KCM	LF	50	197	189	22	47	6	2	1	27	2	5	0	3	.249	.268	.317	.586	86
23	Clyde Nelson	CAG	1B	22	81	77	5	18	2	2	0	7	1	4	0	0	.234	.272	.312	.583	84
24	Piper Davis	BBB	1B	32	130	123	15	26	3	2	2	13	1	7	0	0	.211	.254	.317	.571	79
25	Billy Horne *	CBE	SS	20	81	73	10	17	2	1	0	11	0	5	0	3	.233	.282	.288	.570	76
26	Jimmie Crutchfield *	CAG / CBE	RF	24	99	93	9	22	5	0	0	5	1	5	0	1	.237	.276	.290	.566	76
27	Felix McLaurin **	BBB	CF	27	110	99	13	22	0	1	1	5	3	8	1	2	.222	.287	.273	.560	76
28	Johnny Ray *	CIC	RF	29	126	111	16	22	2	0	0	5	0	13	2	0	.198	.294	.216	.510	59
29	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	30	113	108	12	20	5	2	0	4	5	5	0	0	.185	.221	.269	.490	51
30	Archie Ware *	CBE	1B	24	101	86	11	15	1	0	0	8	0	13	1	1	.174	.290	.186	.476	48
31	Jim Canada *	MRS	1B	27	99	87	5	15	1	0	0	3	0	8	0	4	.172	.242	.184	.426	32

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

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Negro American League

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