1947 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1947 Season

Negro American League

1946 / 1948

J. B. Martin (President)
Ernie Wright (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Jim
LaMarque

Leaders

Runs Batted In

#	Player	Team	RBI
1	Willard Brown	KCM	64
2	Buck O'Neil	KCM	36
3	Hank Thompson	KCM	36
4	Herb Souell	KCM	32
5	Johnie Scott	KCM	27
6	Tom Cooper	KCM	26
7	Joe Greene	KCM	24
8	Earl Taborn	KCM	20
9	Chico Renfroe	KCM	20
10	Bernell Longest	CAG	19

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Gene Richardson	KCM	1.33
2	Ford Smith	KCM	2.14
3	Gentry Jessup	CAG	2.48
4	Bill Powell	BBB	2.63
5	Vibert Clarke	CBE	2.75
6	Jim LaMarque	KCM	3.39
7	Ted Alexander	KCM	3.50
8	Johnny Williams	CIC	3.58
9	Dan Bankhead	MRS	4.30
10	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	4.55

Players

#	Player	Team	Age	Pos	PA	IP		Height	Weight	Bats	Throws	Birth	Death
1	Robert Abernathy	CIC	29	LF	112		5'9"	170	7/12/1917 ( Maury County, TN )	9/2/1997 ( Nashville, TN )
2	Ted Alexander	KCM	34	P	22	54.0		5'10"	185	R	R	9/15/1912 ( Spartanburg, SC )	3/6/1999 ( East Orange, NJ )
3	Hosea Allen	CIC	28	P	2	5.1		6'5"	213	R	10/23/1918 ( Jacksonville, FL )	9/26/1948 ( Tampa, FL )
4	Newt Allen	CIC	46	SS	42		5'8"	160	R	R	5/19/1901 ( Austin, TX )	6/9/1988 ( Cincinnati, OH )
5	Orinthal Anderson	BBB	26	LF	23	4.1		5'11"	165	L	R	11/11/1920 ( Hillsboro, TX )	1/24/1977 ( Miami, FL )
6	Armour	CIC	-	1
7	Buddy Armour	CAG	32	CF	107		5'9"	170	L	R	4/27/1915 ( Madison, MS )	4/15/1974 ( Carbondale, IL )
8	Earl Ashby	BBB	26	1B	4		6'0"	170	R	R	5/16/1921 ( La Habana, Cuba )
9	Joe Atkins	CBE	25	3B	55		6'0"	180	R	R	5/9/1922 ( Mobile, AL )	6/27/1970 ( Pittsburgh, PA )
10	Bailey	CIC	SS	2
11	Dan Bankhead	MRS	27	P	17	37.2		6'1"	184	R	R	5/3/1920 ( Empire, AL )	5/2/1976 ( Houston, TX )
12	Fred Bankhead	MRS	34	2B	67		5'9"	163	R	R	11/22/1912 ( Sulligent, AL )	12/17/1972 ( Memphis, TN )
13	Bill Barnes	CIC	26	P	3	4.2		6'0"	186	R	R	2/20/1921 ( Birmingham, AL )	4/11/2007 ( Detroit, MI )
14	Pepper Bassett	BBB	36	C	52		6'3"	225	B	R	8/5/1910 ( Baton Rouge, LA )	2/27/1981 ( Los Angeles, CA )
15	Herman Bell	BBB	32	C	10		5'11"	177	R	R	4/18/1915 ( Birmingham, AL )	9/27/1970 ( Birmingham, AL )
16	Berry	CAG	C	1
17	Cannonball Berry	KCM	35	P	15	39.2		5'11"	180	R	8/23/1911 ( Kansas City, KS )	5/2/1992 ( Oakland, CA )
18	John Bissant	CAG	33	LF	39		5'8"	180	R	R	2/19/1914 ( New Orleans, LA )	4/1/2006 ( Houston, TX )
19	James Bizzle	BBB	27	LF	2		5'10"	166	3/9/1920 ( Arkadelphia, AR )	7/23/1987 ( St. Louis, MO )
20	Alonzo Boone	CBE	39	P	10	23.1		6'1"	184	R	R	1/13/1908 ( Decatur, AL )	4/8/1982 ( East Cleveland, OH )
21	Lyman Bostock	CAG	29	1B	90		6'0"	187	L	R	3/11/1918 ( Birmingham, AL )	1/23/2005 ( Birmingham, AL )
22	Bob Boyd	MRS	27	1B	96		5'10"	170	L	L	10/1/1919 ( Potts Camp, MS )	9/7/2004 ( Wichita, KS )
23	Doc Bracken	CBE	32	P	11	31.0		6'3"	192	R	R	5/12/1915 ( Paducah, KY )	2/15/1994 ( St. Louis, MO )
24	Eugene Bremer	CBE	30	P	13	26.2		5'9"	176	R	R	7/18/1916 ( New Orleans, LA )	6/19/1971 ( Cleveland, OH )
25	Chet Brewer	CBE	40	P	10	20.0		6'4"	176	B	R	1/14/1907 ( Leavenworth, KS )	3/26/1990 ( Whittier, CA )
26	Sherwood Brewer	CIC	23	SS	19		5'8"	168	R	R	8/16/1923 ( Clarksdale, MS )	4/15/2003 ( Chicago, IL )
27	John Britton	BBB	28	3B	66		5'8"	160	L	R	4/21/1919 ( Mount Vernon, GA )	12/2/1990 ( Chicago, IL )
28	James Brown	CIC	28	P	7	9.2		6'0"	180	L	R	5/14/1919 ( Scotland County, NC )
29	John Brown	CBE	28	P	1	3.0		6'1"	158	R	R	10/23/1918 ( Hamburg, AR )	3/3/1999 ( Detroit, MI )
30	Larry Brown	MRS	45	C	1		5'7"	162	B	R	9/16/1901 ( Pratt City, AL )	4/7/1972 ( Memphis, TN )
31	T. J. Brown	CIC / MRS	31	SS	32		5'4"	152	R	R	8/18/1915 ( Des Moines, IA )	11/22/1973 ( East Moline, IL )
32	Willard Brown	KCM	32	CF	216		5'11"	200	R	R	6/26/1915 ( Shreveport, LA )	8/4/1996 ( Houston, TX )
33	Earl Bumpus	CAG	33	LF	78	41.1		6'2"	200	L	L	2/15/1914 ( Evansville, IN )	5/14/1985 ( Uniontown, KY )
34	Sylvester Carlisle	CIC	21	SS	3		5'5"	149	5/16/1926 ( Houston, TX )	12/5/1970 (death place unknown)
35	Marlin Carter	MRS	34	3B	67		5'7"	160	L	R	12/27/1912 ( Haslam, TX )	12/20/1993 ( Memphis, TN )
36	Spoon Carter	MRS	44	P	3	5.2		5'11"	176	L	R	12/8/1902 ( Harpersville, AL )	1/23/1974 ( Birmingham, AL )
37	Eli Chism	BBB	30	LF	64		5'8"	170	R	R	7/1/1916 ( Marianna, AR )	4/4/1982 ( Kirkwood, MO )
38	Vibert Clarke	CBE	19	P	16	36.0		6'0"	165	L	L	6/8/1928 ( Colón, Panama )	6/14/1970 ( Cristóbal, Panama )
39	Duke Cleveland	CIC	30	LF	6		6'1"	190	L	R	11/25/1916 ( Alapaha, GA )	8/13/1970 ( Jacksonville, FL )
40	José Colás	MRS	23	CF	80		6'0"	R	R	1924 ( La Habana, Cuba )
41	Gene Collins	KCM	22	P	12	20.0		5'8"	168	L	L	1/7/1925 ( Kansas City, KS )	2/9/1998 ( Detroit, MI )
42	Jim Colzie	CIC	26	P	13	30.2		6'0"	155	L	R	7/12/1920 ( Montezuma, GA )	3/22/2010 ( Bloomington, IN )
43	Tom Cooper	KCM	28	RF	200		5'11"	175	R	R	1919 (birthplace unknown)
44	Johnnie Cowan	CBE	34	2B	74		5'10"	160	R	R	5/31/1913 ( Pleasant Hill, AL )	10/24/1993 ( Birmingham, AL )
45	Piper Davis	BBB	29	2B	63		6'3"	188	R	R	7/3/1917 ( Piper, AL )	5/21/1997 ( Birmingham, AL )
46	Satchel Davis	CBE	28	P	4	12.1		6'1"	165	R	R	7/28/1918 ( Greenville, MS )	1/1/2013 ( Houston, TX )
47	Reinaldo Drake	CIC	24	CF	100		5'7"	160	L	L	3/15/1923 ( La Habana, Cuba )
48	Bill Duffy	KCM	C	4
49	Felix Evans	MRS	36	P	10	21.0		6'2"	180	R	R	10/3/1910 ( Atlanta, GA )	8/21/1993 ( Pompano Beach, FL )
50	Thomas Favors	KCM	26	LF	26		5'7"	165	L	L	12/29/1920 ( Atlanta, GA )	12/11/2001 ( Atlanta, GA )
51	Coco Ferrer	CIC	32	SS	30		5'7"	145	R	R	1/1/1915 ( Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico )	8/17/1963 ( Ponce, Puerto Rico )
52	Pedro Formental	MRS	32	RF	67		5'11"	200	L	L	4/19/1915 ( Báguanos, Cuba )	9/15/1992 ( Warrensville Heights, OH )
53	Alphonso Gerard	CIC	30	RF	24		5'10"	180	L	L	6/26/1917 ( Christiansted, U. S. Virgin Islands )	7/14/2002 ( Christiansted, U. S. Virgin Islands )
54	Manuel Godínez	CIC	26	P	11	26.0		R	1921 (birthplace unknown)
55	Willie Grace	CBE	30	RF	82		6'1"	162	B	R	6/30/1917 ( Meridian, MS )	11/18/2006 ( Erie, PA )
56	Joe Greene	KCM	35	C	150	1.2		5'11"	190	R	R	10/17/1911 ( Stone Mountain, GA )	7/19/1989 ( Stone Mountain, GA )
57	Silas Griffin	BBB	3B	5
58	Juan Guilbe	CIC	33	P	11	20.1		6'1"	205	R	R	6/26/1914 ( Ponce, Puerto Rico )	4/29/1994 ( Ponce, Puerto Rico )
59	Sam Hairston	CIC	27	3B	122		5'10"	187	R	R	1/20/1920 ( Crawford, MS )	10/31/1997 ( Birmingham, AL )
60	George Handy	MRS	27	2B	67		5'6"	168	L	R	12/26/1919 ( Memphis, TN )	12/8/1983 ( Chicago, IL )
61	Harris	CAG	-	1
62	Tommy Harris	CBE	23	C	50		5'11"	195	R	R	10/24/1923 ( Lincoln County, TN )	1/4/1991 ( Stone Mountain, GA )
63	Buster Haywood	CIC	37	C	75		5'8"	165	R	R	1/12/1910 ( Portsmouth, VA )	4/19/2000 ( Los Angeles, CA )
64	Jehosie Heard	BBB	27	P	8	18.2		5'7"	155	L	L	1/17/1920 ( Athens, GA )	11/18/1999 ( Birmingham, AL )
65	Henderson	CIC	SS	2
66	Preacher Henry	CIC	36	P	11	29.1		5'5"	148	R	R	3/10/1911 ( Inverness, FL )	5/16/1992 ( Jacksonville, FL )
67	Sam Hill	CAG	21	LF	130		6'2"	183	L	R	5/2/1926 ( New Castle, AL )	4/4/1977 ( Birmingham, AL )
68	Curtis Hollingsworth	BBB	30	P	2	10.0		5'9"	165	L	12/18/1916 ( Jackson, MS )	5/30/1988 ( Birmingham, AL )
69	Carrenza Howard	CIC	33	P	5	13.0		5'10"	170	R	R	1/10/1914 ( Daytona Beach, FL )	2/1/2003 ( Cerritos, CA )
70	John Huber	CIC / MRS	39	P	13	31.0		5'9"	170	L	R	4/26/1908 ( Lexington, KY )	1/31/1964 ( Hartselle, AL )
71	Cowan Hyde	MRS	40	RF	46		5'7"	159	R	R	4/10/1907 ( Pontotoc, MS )	11/20/2003 ( St. Louis, MO )
72	George Jefferson	CBE	24	P	1	4.0		6'2"	197	R	R	8/8/1922 ( Boley, OK )	9/21/1985 ( Erie, PA )
73	Gentry Jessup	CAG	32	P	19	36.1		6'2"	180	R	R	7/11/1914 ( Westfield, NC )	3/23/1998 ( Springfield, MA )
74	Sam Jethroe	CBE	30	CF	96		6'1"	178	B	R	1/23/1917 ( Lowndes County, MS )	6/16/2001 ( Erie, PA )
75	Johnson	CAG	-	1
76	Connie Johnson	KCM	24	P	28	64.1		6'4"	200	R	R	12/27/1922 ( Stone Mountain, GA )	11/28/2004 ( Kansas City, MO )
77	Leonard Johnson	CAG	27	P	17	36.0		5'9"	165	R	10/19/1919 ( Readland, AR )	10/15/1999 ( North Little Rock, AR )
78	Casey Jones	MRS	28	C	33		6'2"	205	L	R	7/19/1918 ( Dublin, MS )	11/17/1998 ( Memphis, TN )
79	Sam Jones	CBE	21	P	3	8.0		6'4"	192	R	R	12/14/1925 ( Stewartsville, OH )	11/5/1971 ( Morgantown, WV )
80	Walter Jones	CBE	29	P	3.0		6'2"	162	R	R	11/5/1917 ( Rapides Parish, LA )	1/5/2008 ( Compton, CA )
81	Leon Kellman	CBE	28	3B	49		5'11"	160	R	R	7/11/1918 ( Gatún, Panama )	5/13/2003 ( Miami, FL )
82	Kine	CIC	C
83	Jim LaMarque	KCM	26	P	69	122.0		6'1"	173	L	L	7/29/1920 ( Potosi, MO )	1/15/2000 ( North Kansas City, MO )
84	Leonard Lindsay	CIC	38	RF	4		6'3"	192	L	R	4/6/1909 ( Greensboro, NC )	12/16/1988 ( Salisbury, NC )
85	Clarence Locke	CAG	36	P	12	25.0		5'9"	183	R	R	3/25/1911 ( Kansas City, MO )	1/1971 ( Kansas City, KS )
86	Bernell Longest	CAG	28	2B	134		5'11"	175	L	R	7/15/1918 ( New Albany, MS )	7/16/1984 ( Southfield, MI )
87	Red Longley	MRS	37	C	56		5'9"	210	R	R	9/7/1909 ( Little Rock, AR )	7/20/1977 ( Memphis, TN )
88	Lyons	CAG	-	1
89	Verdell Mathis	MRS	33	P	8	16.1		5'11"	155	L	L	11/18/1913 ( Crawfordsville, AR )	10/30/1998 ( Memphis, TN )
90	Walter McCoy	CAG	27	P	11	27.2		5'11"	172	R	R	2/20/1920 ( Leavenworth, KS )	11/10/2015 ( Lemon Grove, CA )
91	Jim McCurine	CAG	26	RF	82		6'2"	195	L	R	5/8/1921 ( Clinton, KY )	5/24/2002 ( Chicago, IL )
92	Clyde McNeal	CAG	18	SS	101		6'0"	177	R	R	12/15/1928 ( San Antonio, TX )	4/13/1996 ( San Antonio, TX )
93	Henry Merchant	CIC	29	RF	109	1.0		6'3"	180	L	L	2/17/1918 ( Birmingham, AL )	8/23/1982 ( Cincinnati, OH )
94	John Miles	CAG	24	3B	92		6'3"	230	R	R	8/11/1922 ( San Antonio, TX )	5/24/2013 ( San Antonio, TX )
95	Harold Millon	CAG / CIC	28	2B	6		5'6"	160	R	R	5/14/1919 ( Kankakee, IL )	4/5/1996 ( New Orleans, LA )
96	George Minor	CBE	28	LF	12		5'6"	160	L	4/21/1919 ( Henderson, TX )	4/11/1973 ( Philadelphia, PA )
97	Lee Moody	BBB / KCM	30	1B	67		5'10"	180	R	R	5/14/1917 ( East Saint Louis, IL )	7/4/1998 ( Ferguson, MO )
98	Sy Morton	CAG	25	SS	3		5'9"	165	R	R	12/19/1921 ( Washington, NC )	1/1993 ( Philadelphia, PA )
99	Larry Napoleon	KCM	25	P	5	12.0		5'6"	164	L	6/11/1922 ( Marion, LA )	5/10/2002 ( Monroe, LA )
100	Ray Neil	CIC	26	2B	124		5'9"	165	R	R	10/12/1920 ( Apopka, FL )	7/10/1998 ( St. Joseph, MI )
101	Clyde Nelson	CBE	25	LF	79		6'0"	190	R	R	9/1/1921 ( Bradenton, FL )	7/26/1949 ( Philadelphia, PA )
102	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	28	P	14	29.2		5'10"	170	R	R	6/9/1919 ( Bonham, AL )	6/23/1983 ( Bremen Township, IL )
103	Buck O'Neil	KCM	35	1B	246		5'10"	190	R	R	11/13/1911 ( Carrabelle, FL )	10/6/2006 ( Kansas City, MO )
104	Satchel Paige	KCM	40	P	10	19.0		6'3"	180	R	R	7/7/1906 ( Mobile, AL )	6/8/1982 ( Kansas City, MO )
105	Bob Palm	CAG	31	C	7		5'11"	167	10/6/1915 ( Clarendon, AR )	7/17/1976 ( St. Louis, MO )
106	Frank Pearson	MRS	27	P	6	14.0		6'1"	160	R	R	9/10/1919 ( Memphis, TN )	8/11/1997 ( Memphis, TN )
107	Alonzo Perry	BBB	25	P	13	24.0		6'3"	200	L	R	4/14/1922 ( Elmore, AL )	10/13/1982 ( Birmingham, AL )
108	Leonard Pigg	CIC	27	C	15		5'9"	230	R	R	9/18/1919 ( Grant, OK )	8/22/1993 ( Seattle, WA )
109	Nat Pollard	BBB	32	P	7	20.0		5'10"	175	R	R	1/24/1915 ( Alabama City, AL )	11/23/1996 ( Dolomite, AL )
110	Bill Powell	BBB	28	P	12	24.0		6'2"	195	L	R	5/8/1919 ( Comer, GA )	8/21/2004 ( Birmingham, AL )
111	Herman Purcell	MRS	23	P	3	5.1		6'0"	175	B	R	8/15/1923 ( St. Louis, MO )	12/24/2005 ( Grand Rapids, MI )
112	Tomás Quiñones	CIC	27	P	11	17.2		6'2"	200	R	R	6/19/1920 ( Yauco, Puerto Rico )
113	Laymon Ramsey	MRS	29	P	7	16.1		5'11"	174	R	R	8/24/1917 ( Grady, AL )	4/7/2003 ( Birmingham, AL )
114	Chico Renfroe	KCM	24	2B	222		5'11"	168	R	R	3/1/1923 ( Newark, NJ )	9/3/1991 ( Atlanta, GA )
115	Harry Rhodes	CAG	24	P	19	18.1		5'8"	156	L	L	10/20/1922 ( McComb, MS )	7/6/2001 ( Chicago, IL )
116	Gene Richardson	KCM	19	P	12	27.0		5'10"	170	L	L	1/26/1928 ( San Diego, CA )	8/1/1997 ( San Diego, CA )
117	John Ritchey	CAG	24	C	87		5'10"	180	L	R	1/5/1923 ( San Diego, CA )	1/14/2003 ( Chula Vista, CA )
118	Curtis Roberts	KCM	17	2B	76		5'8"	165	R	R	8/16/1929 ( Pineland, TX )	11/14/1969 ( Oakland, CA )
119	Jacob Robinson	CAG	27	3B	7		6'0"	185	3/27/1920 ( Little Rock, AR )	4/5/2013 ( Grand Rapids, MI )
120	Neil Robinson	MRS	39	LF	51		5'11"	183	R	R	7/31/1907 ( Birmingham, AL )	7/23/1983 ( Cincinnati, OH )
121	Norman Robinson	BBB	34	CF	69		5'8"	180	B	R	4/1/1913 ( Oklahoma City, OK )	3/26/1984 ( Pacoima, CA )
122	Tommy Sampson	BBB	34	2B	16		6'1"	180	R	R	8/31/1912 ( Calhoun, AL )	1/24/2002 ( Elizabeth City, NC )
123	John Sanderson	KCM	19	SS	30		6'1"	178	R	R	8/14/1927 ( Galveston, TX )	1/22/2008 ( Pasadena, CA )
124	Joe Burt Scott	MRS	26	LF	50		5'8"	167	L	L	10/2/1920 ( Memphis, TN )	3/21/2013 ( Memphis, TN )
125	Johnie Scott	KCM	33	LF	262		5'10"	165	L	L	8/28/1913 ( Magnolia, AR )	3/7/1967 ( Los Angeles, CA )
126	Johnnie Scroggins	KCM	24	P	4	6.0		6'2"	235	R	9/22/1922 ( Waxahachie, TX )	12/14/1969 ( Plainview, TX )
127	Pepper Sharpe	MRS	28	P	16	21.2		5'9"	150	B	R	12/9/1918 ( Rena Lara, MS )	12/4/1997 ( San Diego, CA )
128	Al Smith	CBE	19	SS	76		6'0"	186	R	R	2/7/1928 ( Kirkwood, MO )	1/3/2002 ( Hammond, IN )
129	Ford Smith	KCM	28	P	44	63.0		6'1"	198	B	R	1/19/1919 ( Phoenix, AZ )	2/26/1983 ( Phoenix, AZ )
130	Hilton Smith	KCM	40	P	46	75.2		6'2"	180	R	R	2/27/1907 ( Giddings, TX )	11/18/1983 ( Kansas City, MO )
131	Herb Souell	KCM	34	3B	278		5'9"	150	B	R	2/5/1913 ( West Monroe, LA )	7/12/1978 ( Los Angeles, CA )
132	Ed Steele	BBB	31	RF	60		5'10"	185	L	R	8/8/1915 ( Dallas County, AL )	10/1/1978 ( Birmingham, AL )
133	Riley Stewart	CAG	28	P	23	53.1		6'2"	185	L	R	3/14/1919 ( Benton, LA )	12/10/2000 ( Shreveport, LA )
134	Ted Strong	KCM	30	RF	138		6'3"	198	B	R	1/2/1917 ( South Bend, IN )	3/3/1978 ( Chicago, IL )
135	Earl Taborn	KCM	24	C	143		6'0"	161	R	R	7/22/1922 ( Carrier Mills, IL )	12/21/1996 ( San Antonio, TX )
136	Goose Tatum	CIC	29	1B	118		6'3"	195	B	R	5/3/1918 ( Jersey, AR )	1/18/1967 ( El Paso, TX )
137	John Thomas	BBB	CF	13
138	Hank Thompson	KCM	21	SS	197		5'9"	174	L	R	12/8/1925 ( Oklahoma City, OK )	9/30/1969 ( Fresno, CA )
139	Jake Tolbert	CAG	C	26		R	R
140	Quincy Trouppe	CBE	34	C	35		6'2"	225	B	R	12/25/1912 ( Dublin, GA )	8/10/1993 ( Creve Coeur, MO )
141	Tom Turner	CAG	32	1B	19	1.0		5'9"	147	R	R	6/22/1915 ( Olive Branch, TN )	6/17/2013 ( Georgetown, OH )
142	Armando Vázquez	CIC	25	P	6	15.2		5'8"	160	L	L	8/20/1921 ( Güines, Cuba )	3/16/2008 ( New York, NY )
143	Vicente Villafañe	CIC	RF	33
144	Hoss Walker	CIC	39	3B	26	0.2		5'11"	190	R	R	9/10/1907 ( Austin, TX )	2/10/1971 ( Nashville, TN )
145	Archie Ware	CBE	29	1B	95		5'9"	160	L	L	6/19/1918 ( Greenville, FL )	12/13/1990 ( Los Angeles, CA )
146	Jesse Warren	CAG	32	2B	28	5.2		5'11"	153	R	R	8/16/1914 ( Whitehaven, TN )	4/8/2003 (death place unknown)
147	Willie Wells	CIC	42	SS	21		5'9"	170	R	R	8/10/1904 ( Austin, TX )	1/22/1989 ( Austin, TX )
148	Willie Wells Jr.	MRS	24	SS	69		5'7"	150	R	R	10/23/1922 ( Austin, TX )	1/4/1994 ( Austin, TX )
149	Jim West	BBB	42	1B	2		6'0"	218	B	R	4/23/1905 ( Birmingham, AL )	9/2/1969 ( Philadelphia, PA )
150	Ladd White	MRS	29	P	9	18.2		5'8"	173	L	R	8/7/1917 ( Redland, OK )	4/1/1963 ( Contra Costa, CA )
151	Clyde Williams	CBE	27	P	5	10.2		5'10"	170	L	L	4/9/1920 ( Clarksdale, MS )	6/5/2005 ( Detroit, MI )
152	Jesse Williams	CBE	24	LF	21		6'0"	185	B	R	2/5/1923 ( Meridian, MS )	1/31/1996 ( Chicago, IL )
153	Jesse F. Williams	CBE	C		L	R
154	Johnny Williams	CIC	29	P	33	60.1		6'4"	180	R	R	5/1/1918 ( Shreveport, LA )	5/4/1986 ( Shreveport, LA )
155	Sammy Williams	BBB	24	P	4	6.2		5'11"	175	L	R	10/13/1922 ( Ketona, AL )	8/8/2007 ( San Jose, CA )
156	Artie Wilson	BBB	26	SS	73		5'10"	162	L	R	10/28/1920 ( Jefferson County, AL )	10/31/2010 ( Portland, OR )
157	James Wilson	MRS	P	1	2.2
158	Steve Wylie	CAG / KCM	36	P	21	49.0		6'1"	180	R	R	5/7/1911 ( Clarksville, TN )	10/23/1993 ( Clarksville, TN )
159	Willie Wynn	CAG	29	C	1		5'10"	175	R	R	8/25/1917 ( Windsor, NC )	7/14/1992 ( Camden, NJ )
160	Leovigildo Xiqués	CIC	29	LF	9		6'0"	163	R	R	9/23/1917 ( La Habana, Cuba )
161	Ed Young	CAG	34	C	19		6'1"	230	R	R	6/13/1913 ( East Saint Louis, IL )	8/3/1967 ( Chicago, IL )

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