1944 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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	227
2	Ed Steele	BBB	222
3	Artie Wilson	BBB	194
4	Parnell Woods	CBE	185
5	Dave Harper	CIC / KCM	178
6	Bonnie Serrell	KCM	176
7	Alex Radcliff	CIC / CAG	166
8	Tommy Sampson	BBB	158
9	Art Pennington	CAG / CIC	156
10	Sam Jethroe	CBE	152

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	Henry Merchant	CIC	2.00
10	Antonio Ruiz	CIC	1.92

Advanced Pitching

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	464.1	1.24	15.7%	8.7%	1.80	0.1%
2	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	278.1	1.23	10.8%	6.4%	1.69	0.8%
3	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	271.1	1.21	13.4%	8.0%	1.67	0.3%
4	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	243.0	1.36	10.4%	6.0%	1.75	0.3%
5	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	199.1	1.37	8.6%	7.3%	1.18	0.7%
6	Chicago American Giants	NAL	194.0	1.34	10.5%	6.7%	1.56	0.1%
	6	1	1650.1	1.28	12.2%	7.4%	1.66	0.3%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Alfred Saylor	BBB	SP	102.2	1.25	7.5%	3.0%	2.46	1.2%
2	Satchel Paige	KCM	SP	98.1	0.91	27.7%	7.1%	3.89	0.0%
3	Gentry Jessup	CAG	SP	94.0	1.17	12.5%	5.5%	2.29	0.0%
4	Verdell Mathis *	MRS	SP	88.0	1.27	16.3%	7.5%	2.18	0.8%
5	Booker McDaniel	KCM	RP	75.2	1.06	23.1%	8.9%	2.61	0.0%
6	Jack Matchett	KCM	SP	73.0	1.36	10.4%	7.0%	1.50	0.0%
7	Willie Jefferson	CBE	SP	65.1	1.39	10.8%	6.1%	1.76	0.4%
8	Antonio Ruiz	CIC	SP	63.1	1.42	9.3%	4.9%	1.92	0.7%
9	Alvin Gipson	BBB	SP	62.2	1.21	12.8%	7.1%	1.79	0.0%
10	George Jefferson	CBE	RP	60.2	1.04	9.7%	4.7%	2.09	0.4%
11	Roosevelt Davis	CIC	SP	60.0	1.25	16.5%	6.3%	2.63	0.0%
12	Hilton Smith	KCM	SP	49.2	1.25	8.4%	7.9%	1.06	0.0%
13	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	RP	49.0	1.18	8.1%	9.6%	0.84	0.0%
14	Porter Moss	MRS	SP	48.1	0.95	18.3%	5.6%	3.27	0.0%
15	Eddie Locke	KCM	RP	46.0	1.22	10.2%	8.7%	1.18	0.0%
16	Eugene Bremer	CBE	SP	41.0	1.44	5.5%	11.6%	0.48	0.0%
17	Jim LaMarque *	KCM	RP	40.1	1.44	11.4%	7.0%	1.62	0.0%
18	Al Jones	CAG / MRS	SP	34.0	1.24	11.3%	9.2%	1.23	0.7%
19	Johnny Williams	BBB / CIC	RP	30.1	1.05	5.7%	6.5%	0.88	0.0%
20	Robert Keyes	MRS	SP	30.0	1.30	6.6%	8.8%	0.75	0.0%
21	Steve Wylie	KCM / MRS	RP	30.0	1.70	12.9%	13.6%	0.95	0.0%
22	John Huber	BBB	SP	29.0	1.14	7.0%	6.2%	1.13	0.8%
23	Gready McKinnis *	BBB / CAG	SP	27.2	1.92	6.6%	11.0%	0.60	0.0%
24	Earl Bumpus *	KCM / BBB	SP	27.0	1.48	9.2%	12.6%	0.73	0.0%
25	Fay Washington	BBB	SP	24.2	1.26	21.0%	14.0%	1.50	2.0%
26	Pepper Sharpe	MRS / CAG	RP	23.0	1.22	14.9%	8.9%	1.67	0.0%
27	Leroy Sutton	CAG	RP	20.1	1.48	4.4%	6.6%	0.67	0.0%
28	Edgar Chatman	MRS	SP	20.0	1.55	14.7%	8.4%	1.75	0.0%
29	Dean Thomas	KCM	SP	19.0	1.58	5.7%	11.4%	0.50	2.3%
30	Henry Merchant *	CIC	SP	18.0	1.00	5.3%	2.7%	2.00	0.0%
31	Lázaro Medina	CIC	SP	17.0	1.35	16.9%	0.0%	1.3%
32	Pepper Bassett	CIC	SP	16.1	1.71	7.4%	3.7%	2.00	0.0%
33	Ted Alexander	KCM	SP	12.1	1.14	16.7%	12.5%	1.33	0.0%
34	Willie McCrary	CBE / CIC	RP	11.1	1.41	6.7%	6.7%	1.00	0.0%
35	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	RP	11.1	1.24	11.5%	11.5%	1.00	0.0%
36	Alonzo Boone	CBE / BBB	SP	10.1	1.06	10.0%	10.0%	1.00	0.0%
37	Lovell Harden	CBE	RP	10.1	1.45	6.1%	4.1%	1.50	2.0%
38	Ollie West	CAG	RP	10.0	1.80	11.5%	9.6%	1.20	0.0%
39	Dan Bankhead	BBB	RP	9.2	0.93	39.5%	7.9%	5.00	0.0%
40	John Brown	CBE	RP	9.2	1.55	2.3%	9.1%	0.25	6.8%
41	Specs Roberts	CIC	SP	9.0	1.44	5.1%	17.9%	0.29	0.0%
42	Johnny Smith *	CAG	SP	9.0	0.44	6.1%	3.0%	2.00	0.0%
43	Johnny Markham	BBB	RP	7.2	1.30	8.8%	2.9%	3.00	0.0%
44	Willie Burns *	CIC	SP	7.0	1.57	3.2%	9.7%	0.33	0.0%
45	Weedy Edwards ^	CIC	SP	6.2	1.95	11.8%	14.7%	0.80	0.0%
46	Frank Carswell	CBE	SP	6.1	2.37	12.1%	3.0%	4.00	0.0%
47	Albert Overton	CIC	RP	5.2	1.59	3.8%	11.5%	0.33	0.0%
48	Specs Ellis *	BBB	SP	5.1	2.81	6.7%	13.3%	0.50	3.3%
49	Cornelius Cook *	CIC	RP	5.0	1.80	12.0%	4.0%	3.00	0.0%
50	Lloyd Davenport *	CAG	RP	5.0	1.00	9.5%	0.0%	0.0%
51	Garcia Massingale ^	KCM	RP	4.0	0.50	7.1%	0.0%	0.0%
52	Malone ^	KCM	RP	3.1	3.60	3.8%	3.8%	1.00	0.0%
53	Felix Evans	MRS	RP	2.2	2.25	0.0%	7.1%	0.00	0.0%
54	Rufus Ligon *	MRS	RP	2.1	3.00	15.4%	15.4%	1.00	0.0%
55	Les Henderson ^	MRS	RP	0.2	3.00	25.0%	25.0%	1.00	0.0%
56	Pee Wee Jenkins	BBB	RP	0.2	3.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
57	Willie McMeans ^	CBE	SP	0.2	7.50	0.0%	28.6%	0.00	0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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Negro American League

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