1945 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1945 Season

Negro National League II

1944 / 1946

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

#	Player	Team	HR
1	Josh Gibson	HG	8
2	Roy Campanella	BEG	5
3	Johnny Davis	NE	5
4	Bill Hoskins	BEG	5
5	Buck Leonard	HG	5
6	Marvin Williams	PS	5
7	Wild Bill Wright	BEG	5
8	Goose Curry	PS	4
9	Frank Austin	PS	2
10	Thad Christopher	NBY / NE	2

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Garnett Blair	HG	0.96
2	Johnny Wright	HG / NE	1.38
3	Barney Morris	nyc	1.73
4	Roy Welmaker	HG	2.59
5	Bill Ricks	PS	2.60
6	Don Newcombe	NE	2.60
7	Roy Partlow	PS	2.63
8	Henry Miller	PS	2.72
9	Patricio Scantlebury	nyc	2.90
10	Andy Porter	BEG	2.94

Standings

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays ^* ¹ ²	40	20	2	.667	-	53	29	3	.646	5.4	4.4	Vic Harris	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	35	28	2	.556	6.5	43	36	3	.544	5.5	5.6	Felton Snow	Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
3	Newark Eagles	24	22	0	.522	9.0	32	27	0	.542	5.8	4.6	Willie Wells , Biz Mackey	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
4	Philadelphia Stars	24	24	0	.500	10.0	35	32	1	.522	5.4	4.9	Goose Curry	44th & Parkside (Philadelphia, PA), Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA)
5	New York Cubans	12	24	0	.333	16.0	37	38	1	.493	4.2	4.2	José María Fernández	Polo Grounds (New York, NY), Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY) (Queens, NY)
6	New York Black Yankees	11	28	0	.282	18.5	16	45	0	.262	3.7	6.0	George Scales , Willie Wells , Marvin Barker	Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY), Dexter Park (Queens, NY)

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

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