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)

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Jesse Douglas	CAG	1.030
2	Ed Steele	BBB	1.004
3	Artie Wilson	BBB	.918
4	Parnell Woods	CBE	.913
5	Dave Harper	CIC / KCM	.873
6	Bonnie Serrell	KCM	.865
7	Alex Radcliff	CIC / CAG	.853
8	Art Pennington	CAG / CIC	.806
9	Sam Jethroe	CBE	.806
10	Tommy Sampson	BBB	.804

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Satchel Paige	KCM	319
2	Henry Merchant	CIC	315
3	Booker McDaniel	KCM	300
4	Leroy Sutton	CAG	235
5	Robert Keyes	MRS	212
6	George Jefferson	CBE	177
7	Porter Moss	MRS	131
8	Roosevelt Davis	CIC	131
9	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	124
10	Eugene Bremer	CBE	120

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	Chicago American Giants	NAL	194.0	1.34	10.5%	6.7%	1.56	0.1%
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	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	278.1	1.23	10.8%	6.4%	1.69	0.8%
	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	Eugene Bremer	CBE	SP	41.0	1.44	5.5%	11.6%	0.48	0.0%
2	Roosevelt Davis	CIC	SP	60.0	1.25	16.5%	6.3%	2.63	0.0%
3	Alvin Gipson	BBB	SP	62.2	1.21	12.8%	7.1%	1.79	0.0%
4	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	RP	49.0	1.18	8.1%	9.6%	0.84	0.0%
5	Gentry Jessup	CAG	SP	94.0	1.17	12.5%	5.5%	2.29	0.0%
6	Jack Matchett	KCM	SP	73.0	1.36	10.4%	7.0%	1.50	0.0%
7	Booker McDaniel	KCM	RP	75.2	1.06	23.1%	8.9%	2.61	0.0%
8	Gready McKinnis *	BBB / CAG	SP	27.2	1.92	6.6%	11.0%	0.60	0.0%
9	Porter Moss	MRS	SP	48.1	0.95	18.3%	5.6%	3.27	0.0%
10	Satchel Paige	KCM	SP	98.1	0.91	27.7%	7.1%	3.89	0.0%
11	Johnny Williams	BBB / CIC	RP	30.1	1.05	5.7%	6.5%	0.88	0.0%
12	Willie Jefferson	CBE	SP	65.1	1.39	10.8%	6.1%	1.76	0.4%
13	George Jefferson	CBE	RP	60.2	1.04	9.7%	4.7%	2.09	0.4%
14	Al Jones	CAG / MRS	SP	34.0	1.24	11.3%	9.2%	1.23	0.7%
15	Antonio Ruiz	CIC	SP	63.1	1.42	9.3%	4.9%	1.92	0.7%
16	Verdell Mathis *	MRS	SP	88.0	1.27	16.3%	7.5%	2.18	0.8%
17	Alfred Saylor	BBB	SP	102.2	1.25	7.5%	3.0%	2.46	1.2%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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