1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Season

Negro American League

1947 / 1949

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 Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	Hank Thompson	KCM	50
2	Willard Brown	KCM	43
3	Herb Souell	KCM	41
4	Gene Baker	KCM	39
5	Artie Wilson	BBB	31
6	Ed Steele	BBB	27
7	Curtis Roberts	KCM	26
8	Piper Davis	BBB	25
9	Sam Hairston	IC	25
10	Johnie Scott	KCM	24

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Ford Smith	KCM	1.11
2	Jim LaMarque	KCM	1.19
3	Bill Powell	BBB	1.20
4	Jim Cohen	IC	1.26
5	Vibert Clarke	CBE	1.36
6	Willie Cathey	IC	1.37
7	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	1.41
8	Gene Richardson	KCM	1.41
9	Hilton Smith	KCM	1.46
10	Johnny Williams	IC	1.49

Players

#	Player	Team	Age	Pos	PA	IP		Height	Weight	Bats	Throws	Birth	Death
1	Gene Baker	KCM	23	SS	200		6'1"	170	R	R	6/15/1925 ( Davenport, IA )	12/1/1999 ( Davenport, IA )
2	Harry Barnes	MRS	32	C	7		5'11"	185	R	R	8/19/1915 ( Highland Home, AL )	12/3/1993 ( Birmingham, AL )
3	Pepper Bassett	BBB	37	C	57		6'3"	225	B	R	8/5/1910 ( Baton Rouge, LA )	2/27/1981 ( Los Angeles, CA )
4	Henry Baylis	CAG	25	3B	38		5'7"	148	R	R	2/8/1923 ( Kansas City, MO )	12/17/1980 ( Kansas City, MO )
5	Herman Bell	BBB	33	C	66		5'11"	177	R	R	4/18/1915 ( Birmingham, AL )	9/27/1970 ( Birmingham, AL )
6	Jimmie Bennett	IC	28	P	1	0.1		6'1"	193	R	9/8/1919 ( Fredonia, KY )	6/3/1991 ( Indianapolis, IN )
7	Cannonball Berry	CBE	36	RF	3		5'11"	180	R	8/23/1911 ( Kansas City, KS )	5/2/1992 ( Oakland, CA )
8	Bill Blair	IC	26	P	2	2.2		5'9"	150	R	L	10/17/1921 ( Dallas, TX )	4/20/2014 ( Campbell, TX )
9	Bob Boyd	MRS	28	1B	59		5'10"	170	L	L	10/1/1919 ( Potts Camp, MS )	9/7/2004 ( Wichita, KS )
10	Eugene Bremer	CBE	31	P	9	9.0		5'9"	176	R	R	7/18/1916 ( New Orleans, LA )	6/19/1971 ( Cleveland, OH )
11	Chet Brewer	CBE	41	P	18	35.1		6'4"	176	B	R	1/14/1907 ( Leavenworth, KS )	3/26/1990 ( Whittier, CA )
12	John Britton	BBB	29	3B	134		5'8"	160	L	R	4/21/1919 ( Mount Vernon, GA )	12/2/1990 ( Chicago, IL )
13	John Brown	CBE	29	P	4	12.1		6'1"	158	R	R	10/23/1918 ( Hamburg, AR )	3/3/1999 ( Detroit, MI )
14	Willard Brown	KCM	33	CF	197		5'11"	200	R	R	6/26/1915 ( Shreveport, LA )	8/4/1996 ( Houston, TX )
15	Jack Bruton	CBE	36	LF	8		5'11"	196	R	3/12/1912 ( Cordova, AL )	6/1/1973 ( Cordova, AL )
16	Earl Bumpus	CAG	34	P	17	10.2		6'2"	200	L	L	2/15/1914 ( Evansville, IN )	5/14/1985 ( Uniontown, KY )
17	Luis Cabrera	IC	29	P	16	33.0		5'10"	175	R	R	4/26/1919 ( Ponce, Puerto Rico )	9/16/1977 ( Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico )
18	Rafael Cabrera	IC	23	LF	52		5'7"	154	R	R	11/13/1924 ( Guane, Cuba )	6/8/1990 ( New York, NY )
19	Frank Carswell	CBE	27	P	5	12.2		6'1"	210	R	R	5/1/1921 ( Macon, GA )	12/25/1994 ( Macon, GA )
20	Marlin Carter	CAG	35	3B	39		5'7"	160	L	R	12/27/1912 ( Haslam, TX )	12/20/1993 ( Memphis, TN )
21	Spoon Carter	MRS	45	P	12	32.2		5'11"	176	L	R	12/8/1902 ( Harpersville, AL )	1/23/1974 ( Birmingham, AL )
22	Willie Cathey	IC	P	25	55.2		5'10"	170	L	L
23	Vibert Clarke	CBE	20	P	28	62.1		6'0"	165	L	L	6/8/1928 ( Colón, Panama )	6/14/1970 ( Cristóbal, Panama )
24	Jim Cohen	IC	30	P	21	49.1		5'11"	190	R	R	5/26/1918 ( Evergreen, AL )	4/23/2002 ( Washington, DC )
25	José Colás	MRS	24	CF	37		6'0"	R	R	1924 ( La Habana, Cuba )
26	Gene Collins	KCM	23	P	23	56.0		5'8"	168	L	L	1/7/1925 ( Kansas City, KS )	2/9/1998 ( Detroit, MI )
27	Alex Colthirst	IC	29	SS	10		R	R	11/21/1918 ( Colón, Panama )	11/24/1991 ( Brooklyn, NY )
28	Tom Cooper	KCM	29	1B	128		5'11"	175	R	R	1919 (birthplace unknown)
29	Johnnie Cowan	MRS	35	2B	45		5'10"	160	R	R	5/31/1913 ( Pleasant Hill, AL )	10/24/1993 ( Birmingham, AL )
30	Piper Davis	BBB	30	2B	117		6'3"	188	R	R	7/3/1917 ( Piper, AL )	5/21/1997 ( Birmingham, AL )
31	Reinaldo Drake	IC	25	CF	102		5'7"	160	L	L	3/15/1923 ( La Habana, Cuba )
32	Felix Evans	MRS	37	P	6	16.0		6'2"	180	R	R	10/3/1910 ( Atlanta, GA )	8/21/1993 ( Pompano Beach, FL )
33	Benny Felder	IC	21	SS	31		5'9"	167	R	R	12/9/1926 ( Tampa, FL )	10/2/2009 ( Tampa, FL )
34	Coco Ferrer	IC	33	SS	97		5'7"	145	R	R	1/1/1915 ( Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico )	8/17/1963 ( Ponce, Puerto Rico )
35	Angel García	IC	25	P	4	6.2		L	1923 (birthplace unknown)
36	Gardner	CAG	P	2	6.0
37	Alphonso Gerard	CAG	31	LF	26		5'10"	180	L	L	6/26/1917 ( Christiansted, U. S. Virgin Islands )	7/14/2002 ( Christiansted, U. S. Virgin Islands )
38	Walter Gibbons	IC	19	P	5	13.0		5'7"	185	L	R	10/13/1928 ( Tampa, FL )	7/24/2015 ( Tampa, FL )
39	Manuel Godínez	IC	27	P	3	8.1		R	1921 (birthplace unknown)
40	Willie Grace	CBE	31	RF	85		6'1"	162	B	R	6/30/1917 ( Meridian, MS )	11/18/2006 ( Erie, PA )
41	Bill Greason	BBB	23	P	19	46.2		5'10"	170	R	R	9/3/1924 ( Atlanta, GA )
42	Joe Greene	CBE	36	C	48		5'11"	190	R	R	10/17/1911 ( Stone Mountain, GA )	7/19/1989 ( Stone Mountain, GA )
43	Wiley Griggs	BBB	23	2B	18		5'11"	160	R	R	3/24/1925 ( Union Springs, AL )	8/23/1996 ( Birmingham, AL )
44	Sam Hairston	IC	28	3B	130		5'10"	187	R	R	1/20/1920 ( Crawford, MS )	10/31/1997 ( Birmingham, AL )
45	Charley Hall	KCM	24	RF	2		5'10"	143	7/30/1923 ( Webster Groves, MO )	5/24/1996 ( St. Louis, MO )
46	George Handy	MRS	28	2B	7		5'6"	168	L	R	12/26/1919 ( Memphis, TN )	12/8/1983 ( Chicago, IL )
47	Tommy Harris	CBE	24	C	64		5'11"	195	R	R	10/24/1923 ( Lincoln County, TN )	1/4/1991 ( Stone Mountain, GA )
48	Buster Haywood	IC	38	C	30		5'8"	165	R	R	1/12/1910 ( Portsmouth, VA )	4/19/2000 ( Los Angeles, CA )
49	Jehosie Heard	BBB	28	P	3	6.1		5'7"	155	L	L	1/17/1920 ( Athens, GA )	11/18/1999 ( Birmingham, AL )
50	Henderson	CAG	LF	4
51	Preacher Henry	IC	37	P	0.2		5'5"	148	R	R	3/10/1911 ( Inverness, FL )	5/16/1992 ( Jacksonville, FL )
52	Sam Hill	CAG	22	CF	55		6'2"	183	L	R	5/2/1926 ( New Castle, AL )	4/4/1977 ( Birmingham, AL )
53	Elston Howard	KCM	19	LF	84		6'2"	196	R	R	2/23/1929 ( St. Louis, MO )	12/14/1980 ( New York, NY )
54	Cowan Hyde	MRS	41	RF	56		5'7"	159	R	R	4/10/1907 ( Pontotoc, MS )	11/20/2003 ( St. Louis, MO )
55	Tincy Jamerson	KCM	17	P	1.2		R	5/14/1931 ( Kansas City, MO )	12/9/1975 ( St. Louis, MO )
56	George Jefferson	CBE	25	P	1	0.2		6'2"	197	R	R	8/8/1922 ( Boley, OK )	9/21/1985 ( Erie, PA )
57	Gentry Jessup	CAG	33	P	12	24.0		6'2"	180	R	R	7/11/1914 ( Westfield, NC )	3/23/1998 ( Springfield, MA )
58	Sam Jethroe	CBE	31	CF	46		6'1"	178	B	R	1/23/1917 ( Lowndes County, MS )	6/16/2001 ( Erie, PA )
59	Connie Johnson	KCM	25	P	18	47.0		6'4"	200	R	R	12/27/1922 ( Stone Mountain, GA )	11/28/2004 ( Kansas City, MO )
60	Eddie Johnson	CBE	RF	3
61	Leonard Johnson	KCM	28	P	8	15.0		5'9"	165	R	10/19/1919 ( Readland, AR )	10/15/1999 ( North Little Rock, AR )
62	Casey Jones	MRS	29	C	46		6'2"	205	L	R	7/19/1918 ( Dublin, MS )	11/17/1998 ( Memphis, TN )
63	Sam Jones	CBE	22	P	8	18.0		6'4"	192	R	R	12/14/1925 ( Stewartsville, OH )	11/5/1971 ( Morgantown, WV )
64	Cecil Jordan	MRS	SS	1
65	Leon Kellman	CBE	29	3B	76		5'11"	160	R	R	7/11/1918 ( Gatún, Panama )	5/13/2003 ( Miami, FL )
66	Richard King	IC	43	-	1		5'9"	140	R	R	9/15/1904 ( Jacksonville, FL )	12/29/1966 ( Philadelphia, PA )
67	Jim LaMarque	KCM	27	P	55	118.0		6'1"	173	L	L	7/29/1920 ( Potosi, MO )	1/15/2000 ( North Kansas City, MO )
68	Clarence Locke	CAG	37	P	6	9.1		5'9"	183	R	R	3/25/1911 ( Kansas City, MO )	1/1971 ( Kansas City, KS )
69	Earnest Long	CBE	20	P	8	9.0		5'11"	175	L	R	10/11/1927 ( Chattanooga, TN )	9/20/2000 ( Rome, GA )
70	Bernell Longest	CBE	29	2B	5		5'11"	175	L	R	7/15/1918 ( New Albany, MS )	7/16/1984 ( Southfield, MI )
71	Verdell Mathis	MRS	34	P	14	21.0		5'11"	155	L	L	11/18/1913 ( Crawfordsville, AR )	10/30/1998 ( Memphis, TN )
72	Willie Mays	BBB	17	LF	48		5'10"	170	R	R	5/6/1931 ( Westfield, AL )
73	Nat McClinic	CBE	24	LF	7		5'11"	165	R	R	4/26/1924 ( Silver Creek, GA )	4/3/2004 ( Rome, GA )
74	Jim McCurine	CAG	27	LF	13		6'2"	195	L	R	5/8/1921 ( Clinton, KY )	5/24/2002 ( Chicago, IL )
75	Clyde McNeal	CAG	19	2B	54		6'0"	177	R	R	12/15/1928 ( San Antonio, TX )	4/13/1996 ( San Antonio, TX )
76	Henry Merchant	IC	30	RF	80		6'3"	180	L	L	2/17/1918 ( Birmingham, AL )	8/23/1982 ( Cincinnati, OH )
77	Andrés Mesa	IC	29	LF	106		5'10"	160	L	L	1919 ( Jovellanos, Cuba )
78	John Miles	CAG	25	RF	38		6'3"	230	R	R	8/11/1922 ( San Antonio, TX )	5/24/2013 ( San Antonio, TX )
79	George Minor	CBE	29	CF	43		5'6"	160	L	4/21/1919 ( Henderson, TX )	4/11/1973 ( Philadelphia, PA )
80	Cándido Morales	MRS	33	3B	12		1915 (birthplace unknown)
81	Sack Morgan	MRS	P	5	9.2		L
82	Ray Neil	IC	27	2B	106		5'9"	165	R	R	10/12/1920 ( Apopka, FL )	7/10/1998 ( St. Joseph, MI )
83	Clyde Nelson	CBE	26	3B	52		6'0"	190	R	R	9/1/1921 ( Bradenton, FL )	7/26/1949 ( Philadelphia, PA )
84	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	29	P	28	58.1		5'10"	170	R	R	6/9/1919 ( Bonham, AL )	6/23/1983 ( Bremen Township, IL )
85	Buck O'Neil	KCM	36	1B	96		5'10"	190	R	R	11/13/1911 ( Carrabelle, FL )	10/6/2006 ( Kansas City, MO )
86	Rafaelito Ortiz	CAG	33	P	3	6.0		5'9"	144	R	R	7/12/1914 ( Guayanilla, Puerto Rico )	12/19/1989 ( Guayanilla, Puerto Rico )
87	Nat Peeples	MRS	22	C	3		6'1"	185	R	R	6/29/1926 ( Memphis, TN )	8/30/2012 ( Memphis, TN )
88	Jim Pendleton	CAG	24	SS	58		6'0"	185	R	R	1/7/1924 ( St. Charles, MO )	3/20/1996 ( Houston, TX )
89	Luis Pérez	IC	3B	31
90	Alonzo Perry	BBB	26	P	39	63.1		6'3"	200	L	R	4/14/1922 ( Elmore, AL )	10/13/1982 ( Birmingham, AL )
91	Leonard Pigg	IC	28	C	69		5'9"	230	R	R	9/18/1919 ( Grant, OK )	8/22/1993 ( Seattle, WA )
92	Al Pinkston	CBE	30	-	1		6'5"	225	L	R	10/22/1917 ( Newbern, AL )	3/18/1981 ( Fort Wayne, IN )
93	Nat Pollard	BBB	33	P	1	4.1		5'10"	175	R	R	1/24/1915 ( Alabama City, AL )	11/23/1996 ( Dolomite, AL )
94	Andy Porter	IC	38	P	7	16.1		6'3"	190	R	R	3/7/1910 ( Sweet Home, AR )	7/1/2010 ( Los Angeles, CA )
95	Bill Powell	BBB	29	P	21	51.2		6'2"	195	L	R	5/8/1919 ( Comer, GA )	8/21/2004 ( Birmingham, AL )
96	Henry Presswood	CBE	26	SS	15		5'11"	150	R	R	10/7/1921 ( Electric Mills, MS )	12/27/2014 ( Chicago, IL )
97	Chico Renfroe	CBE	25	SS	83		5'11"	168	R	R	3/1/1923 ( Newark, NJ )	9/3/1991 ( Atlanta, GA )
98	Bill Reynolds	CBE	19	2B	50		6'0"	175	R	R	11/28/1928 ( Stone Mountain, GA )	1/8/1989 ( Mansfield, OH )
99	Harry Rhodes	CAG	25	P	11	9.2		5'8"	156	L	L	10/20/1922 ( McComb, MS )	7/6/2001 ( Chicago, IL )
100	Gene Richardson	KCM	20	P	19	44.2		5'10"	170	L	L	1/26/1928 ( San Diego, CA )	8/1/1997 ( San Diego, CA )
101	Curtis Roberts	KCM	18	2B	196		5'8"	165	R	R	8/16/1929 ( Pineland, TX )	11/14/1969 ( Oakland, CA )
102	Neil Robinson	MRS	40	CF	46		5'11"	183	R	R	7/31/1907 ( Birmingham, AL )	7/23/1983 ( Cincinnati, OH )
103	Norman Robinson	BBB	35	CF	123		5'8"	180	B	R	4/1/1913 ( Oklahoma City, OK )	3/26/1984 ( Pacoima, CA )
104	Bienvenido Rodríguez	CAG	21	RF	39		5'8"	147	R	R	3/21/1927 ( Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico )	9/27/2014 ( Ponce, Puerto Rico )
105	Raúl Sánchez	MRS	20	P	1	2.0		1928 (birthplace unknown)
106	Joe Scott	BBB	30	1B	104		5'11"	175	L	L	6/15/1918 ( Shreveport, LA )	1/12/1997 ( Los Angeles, CA )
107	Joe Burt Scott	MRS	27	LF	49		5'8"	167	L	L	10/2/1920 ( Memphis, TN )	3/21/2013 ( Memphis, TN )
108	Johnie Scott	KCM	34	LF	129		5'10"	165	L	L	8/28/1913 ( Magnolia, AR )	3/7/1967 ( Los Angeles, CA )
109	Pepper Sharpe	MRS	29	P	8	13.0		5'9"	150	B	R	12/9/1918 ( Rena Lara, MS )	12/4/1997 ( San Diego, CA )
110	Fred Shepherd	CAG	24	P	1	1.1		5'11"	202	R	R	9/16/1923 ( Columbus, GA )	10/8/1988 ( Miami, FL )
111	Al Smith	CBE	20	LF	69		6'0"	186	R	R	2/7/1928 ( Kirkwood, MO )	1/3/2002 ( Hammond, IN )
112	Eugene Smith	CBE	32	P	11	24.0		6'1"	185	B	R	4/23/1916 ( Ansley, LA )	5/25/2011 ( Richmond Heights, MO )
113	Ford Smith	KCM	29	P	27	55.2		6'1"	198	B	R	1/19/1919 ( Phoenix, AZ )	2/26/1983 ( Phoenix, AZ )
114	Hilton Smith	KCM	41	P	30	63.2		6'2"	180	R	R	2/27/1907 ( Giddings, TX )	11/18/1983 ( Kansas City, MO )
115	Taylor Smith	CAG	P	0.1		R
116	Herb Souell	KCM	35	3B	211		5'9"	150	B	R	2/5/1913 ( West Monroe, LA )	7/12/1978 ( Los Angeles, CA )
117	Ed Steele	BBB	32	RF	125		5'10"	185	L	R	8/8/1915 ( Dallas County, AL )	10/1/1978 ( Birmingham, AL )
118	Riley Stewart	CAG	29	P	13	24.2		6'2"	185	L	R	3/14/1919 ( Benton, LA )	12/10/2000 ( Shreveport, LA )
119	Ted Strong	IC	31	RF	46		6'3"	198	B	R	1/2/1917 ( South Bend, IN )	3/3/1978 ( Chicago, IL )
120	Earl Taborn	KCM	25	C	170		6'0"	161	R	R	7/22/1922 ( Carrier Mills, IL )	12/21/1996 ( San Antonio, TX )
121	Goose Tatum	IC	30	1B	81		6'3"	195	B	R	5/3/1918 ( Jersey, AR )	1/18/1967 ( El Paso, TX )
122	Hank Thompson	KCM	22	RF	206		5'9"	174	L	R	12/8/1925 ( Oklahoma City, OK )	9/30/1969 ( Fresno, CA )
123	Jake Tolbert	CAG	C	11		R	R
124	Quincy Trouppe	CAG	35	C	35		6'2"	225	B	R	12/25/1912 ( Dublin, GA )	8/10/1993 ( Creve Coeur, MO )
125	Roberto Vargas	CAG	19	P	7	16.1		5'11"	170	L	L	5/29/1929 ( Santurce, Puerto Rico )	5/27/2014 ( Caguas, Puerto Rico )
126	Orlando Varona	MRS	22	SS	29		6'0"	170	R	R	12/8/1925 ( La Habana, Cuba )	3/2/1977 ( New York, NY )
127	José Velásquez	IC	P	2	8.0		R
128	Archie Ware	CBE	30	1B	95		5'9"	160	L	L	6/19/1918 ( Greenville, FL )	12/13/1990 ( Los Angeles, CA )
129	Jesse Warren	MRS	33	3B	5		5'11"	153	R	R	8/16/1914 ( Whitehaven, TN )	4/8/2003 (death place unknown)
130	Willie Wells	MRS	43	3B	19		5'9"	170	R	R	8/10/1904 ( Austin, TX )	1/22/1989 ( Austin, TX )
131	Willie Wells Jr.	MRS	25	SS	38		5'7"	150	R	R	10/23/1922 ( Austin, TX )	1/4/1994 ( Austin, TX )
132	Jim West	IC	43	1B	7		6'0"	218	B	R	4/23/1905 ( Birmingham, AL )	9/2/1969 ( Philadelphia, PA )
133	Ladd White	IC	30	P	5	11.1		5'8"	173	L	R	8/7/1917 ( Redland, OK )	4/1/1963 ( Contra Costa, CA )
134	Clyde Williams	CBE	28	LF	7		5'10"	170	L	L	4/9/1920 ( Clarksdale, MS )	6/5/2005 ( Detroit, MI )
135	John Williams	CAG	26	1B	39		6'0"	172	R	5/29/1922 ( Jonesboro, AR )	1/19/1973 ( Fort Wayne, IN )
136	Johnny Williams	IC	30	P	24	40.1		6'4"	180	R	R	5/1/1918 ( Shreveport, LA )	5/4/1986 ( Shreveport, LA )
137	Koney Williams	IC	28	SS	26		6'0"	182	R	12/18/1919 ( Harrodsburg, KY )	10/3/1977 ( Lexington, KY )
138	Sammy Williams	BBB	25	P	6	14.0		5'11"	175	L	R	10/13/1922 ( Ketona, AL )	8/8/2007 ( San Jose, CA )
139	Artie Wilson	BBB	27	SS	136		5'10"	162	L	R	10/28/1920 ( Jefferson County, AL )	10/31/2010 ( Portland, OR )
140	Chuck Wilson	IC	18	RF	21		5'10"	192	L	R	11/19/1929 ( Sanford, FL )	4/15/1983 ( Sanford, FL )
141	Les Witherspoon	IC	22	LF	17		6'1"	206	B	R	6/7/1926 ( Kissimmee, FL )	3/15/1980 ( Miami, FL )
142	Sam Woods	MRS	27	P	7	16.1		6'2"	205	R	R	7/2/1920 ( Springfield, OH )	9/5/1983 ( Las Vegas, NV )
143	Jim Zapp	BBB	24	LF	63		6'3"	232	R	R	4/18/1924 ( Nashville, TN )	9/30/2016 ( Harker Heights, TX )

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