1943 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1943 Season

1942 / 1944

Tom Wilson (President)
Ed Bolden (Vice President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)
Frank Forbes (Director of League Promotions)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Johnny
Wright

Leaders

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Josh Gibson	MULT	.545
2	Tetelo Vargas	NYC / EAS	.535
3	Carlos Blanco	ULT	.447
4	Goose Curry	MULT	.444
5	Buck Leonard	MULT	.438
6	Pancho Coimbre	NYC / NNN	.431
7	Barney Brown	PS / NAS	.429
8	Sergio Correa	VEZ	.429
9	Quincy Trouppe	ROM	.426
10	Wild Bill Wright	ROM	.425

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Martín Dihigo	ULT	134
2	Vidal López	MTY	126
3	Johnny Wright	HG / EAS	125
4	Ramón Bragaña	VEZ	123
5	Agapito Mayor	PUE / ROM	115
6	Cocaína García	PUE	114
7	Henry McHenry	TPC / ROM	111
8	Satchel Paige	MULT	107
9	Terris McDuffie	ULT	105
10	Jesús Valenzuela	TPC	97

Standings

Glossary

Negro National League II

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays ^* ¹ ²	50	13	1	.794	-	78	23	1	.772	7.5	4.2	Candy Jim Taylor	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	New York Cubans	18	14	1	.563	16.5	38	28	2	.576	5.4	4.2	José María Fernández	Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)
3	Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars	8	8	0	.500	18.5	12	14	1	.462	4.9	4.6	Harry Williams , George Mitchell , Tom Parker	Island Park (Harrisburg, PA)
4	Newark Eagles	29	33	0	.468	20.5	29	33	0	.468	5.8	5.5	Mule Suttles	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
5	Baltimore Elite Giants	19	27	3	.413	22.5	26	46	3	.361	5.0	6.3	George Scales	Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD), Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD)
6	Philadelphia Stars	20	29	1	.408	23.0	24	33	1	.421	6.2	6.8	Goose Curry	Parkside Athletic Field (Philadelphia, PA)
7	New York Black Yankees	4	24	2	.143	28.5	8	33	2	.195	3.9	8.6	Tex Burnett	Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)

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

Negro American League

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Kansas City Monarchs	36	23	1	.610	-	52	39	1	.571	4.7	3.9	Frank Duncan	Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2	Cleveland Buckeyes	39	27	2	.591	0.5	52	40	3	.565	5.6	4.7	Parnell Woods	Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
3	Birmingham Black Barons ^* ¹	44	34	3	.564	1.5	62	49	3	.559	4.8	4.0	Winfield Welch , Larry Brown	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
4	Chicago American Giants ²	37	33	1	.529	4.5	45	38	1	.542	4.9	4.8	Ted Radcliffe	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
5	Memphis Red Sox	32	51	4	.386	16.0	49	59	4	.454	4.1	4.8	Larry Brown	Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
6	Cincinnati Clowns	27	47	5	.365	16.5	41	67	5	.380	4.0	5.6	Bunny Downs , Fred Wilson	Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)

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

NAL Championship Series

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB		R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Birmingham Black Barons	3	2	0	.600	-		5.4	2.8	Winfield Welch	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
2	Chicago American Giants	2	3	0	.400	1.0		2.8	5.4	Ted Radcliffe	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)

Negro League World Series

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB		R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays	4	3	1	.571	-		5.8	3.5	Candy Jim Taylor	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)
2	Birmingham Black Barons	3	4	1	.429	1.0		3.5	5.8	Winfield Welch	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL), Cramton Bowl (Montgomery, AL)

Independent Clubs

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB		R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Atlanta Black Crackers	7	19	1	.269	5.0		4.2	7.7	Henry Lewis , Nish Williams	Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, GA)
3	NNL All Stars	1	3	0	.250	-		2.3	6.3	Goose Curry	Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA)

East-West All Star Games

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB		R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	West All Stars	1	0	0	1.000	-		2.0	1.0	Frank Duncan	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
2	East All Stars	0	1	0	.000	1.0		1.0	2.0	Vic Harris	No Home Ballpark

North-South All Star Games

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB		R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	South All Stars	1	0	0	1.000	-		5.0	2.0	Frank Duncan	Pelican Stadium (New Orleans, LA)
2	North All Stars	0	1	0	.000	1.0		2.0	5.0	Harry Williams	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)

NNL All Star Games

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB		R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	NNL South All Stars	1	0	0	1.000	-		6.0	4.0	Jud Wilson	No Home Ballpark
2	NNL North All Stars	0	1	0	.000	1.0		4.0	6.0	Mule Suttles	No Home Ballpark

Negro Leagues vs. Major Leagues

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB		R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Chicago American Giants	1	0	0	1.000	-		7.0	3.0	Ted Radcliffe	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
2	Great Lakes Bluejackets	0	1	0	.000	1.0		3.0	7.0	Mickey Cochrane	Great Lakes Naval Training Station (Lake County, IL)

Mexican League

Liga Mexicana de Béisbol

#	Team	W	L	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Industriales de Monterrey ^*	53	37	.589	-	4.4	3.6	Lázaro Salazar	Parque Cuauhtémoc (Monterrey, NL, Mexico)
2	Unión Laguna de Torreón	51	36	.586	0.5	5.0	3.9	Martín Dihigo	Estadio Revolución (Torre?n, CO, Mexico)
3	Pericos de Puebla	44	43	.506	7.5	5.1	5.4	Chimuelo Morín	Parque Puebla (Puebla, PU, Mexico)
4	Alijadores de Tampico	41	48	.461	11.5	4.0	3.7	Willie Wells	Parque Alijadores (Tampico, TM, Mexico)
5	Azules de Veracruz	39	51	.433	14.0	4.0	5.6	Gustavo Buenrostro	Parque Delta (Ciudad de M?xico, DF, Mexico)
6	Rojos del México	38	51	.427	14.5	4.6	4.9	Chile Gómez	Parque Delta (Ciudad de M?xico, DF, Mexico)

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