1944 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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)

Top Hitter

Bonnie
Serrell

Top Pitcher

Satchel
Paige

Leaders

OPS

#	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

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Satchel Paige	KCM	3.89
2	Porter Moss	MRS	3.27
3	Roosevelt Davis	CIC	2.63
4	Booker McDaniel	KCM	2.61
5	Alfred Saylor	BBB	2.46
6	Gentry Jessup	CAG	2.29
7	Verdell Mathis	MRS	2.18
8	George Jefferson	CBE	2.09
9	Henry Merchant	CIC	2.00
10	Antonio Ruiz	CIC	1.92

Wins Above Replacement

Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	1916	464.1	13.1	7.3	1.5	4.2
2	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	1237	278.1	10.0	6.8	2.4	0.8
3	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	1137	271.1	7.3	2.1	-2.0	7.2
4	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	876	199.1	5.2	3.0	-0.9	3.1
5	Chicago American Giants	NAL	828	194.0	4.9	3.8	-0.2	1.3
6	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	1076	243.0	4.6	3.5	0.2	0.8
	6	1	7070	1650.1	45.0	26.5	1.0	17.4

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Satchel Paige	KCM	P	41	98.1		4.5	-0.1	0.0	4.6	0.0
2	Bonnie Serrell	KCM	2B	205		3.3	2.7	0.4	0.0	0.2
3	Artie Wilson	BBB	SS	140		3.0	2.0	0.7	0.0	0.2
4	Verdell Mathis	MRS	P	77	88.0		2.8	0.3	0.3	2.2	0.0
5	Tommy Sampson	BBB	2B	124		2.4	1.2	1.0	0.0	0.1
6	Booker McDaniel	KCM	P	34	75.2		2.1	0.4	0.0	1.8	0.0
7	Jesse Williams	KCM	SS	176		2.1	0.7	1.1	0.0	0.3
8	Ed Steele	BBB	RF	131		2.0	2.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
9	Sam Jethroe	CBE	CF	105		1.7	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.0
10	George Jefferson	CBE	P	27	60.2		1.7	-0.2	0.0	2.0	0.0
11	Johnny Smith	CAG	RF	44	9.0		1.7	0.2	1.0	0.5	-0.1
12	Gentry Jessup	CAG	P	44	94.0		1.6	-0.2	0.0	1.9	0.0
13	Herb Souell	KCM	3B	219		1.6	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
14	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	P	16	49.0		1.6	-0.1	0.0	1.8	0.0
15	Eugene Bremer	CBE	P	17	41.0		1.5	0.1	0.0	1.4	0.0
16	Porter Moss	MRS	P	19	48.1		1.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0
17	John Britton	BBB	3B	144		1.4	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
18	Hoss Walker	CIC	SS	46		1.3	-0.2	1.4	0.0	0.1
19	Dave Harper	CIC / KCM	RF	95		1.3	1.2	0.2	0.0	-0.1
20	Jesse Douglas	CAG	SS	89		1.2	1.6	-0.5	0.0	0.1
21	Parnell Woods	CBE	3B	87		1.1	1.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
22	Alex Radcliff	CIC / CAG	3B	81		1.0	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.0
23	Robert Keyes	MRS	P	9	30.0		1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
24	John Bissant	CAG	LF	85		0.8	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0
25	Roosevelt Davis	CIC	P	26	60.0		0.8	-0.2	0.0	1.0	0.0
26	Henry Merchant	CIC	CF	83	18.0		0.7	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.0
27	Felix McLaurin	BBB	CF	110		0.7	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.0
28	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	115		0.7	0.8	-0.3	0.0	0.1
29	Dan Bankhead	BBB	P	5	9.2		0.7	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.0
30	Johnie Scott	BBB / KCM	LF	53		0.6	0.5	0.2	0.0	-0.1
31	Leroy Sutton	CAG	P	7	20.1		0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
32	Willie Jefferson	CBE	P	27	65.1		0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.7	0.0
33	Lloyd Davenport	CAG / CBE	CF	100	5.0		0.5	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0
34	Johnny Williams	BBB / CIC	P	14	30.1		0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
35	Buddy Armour	CBE	LF	83		0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.1
36	Frank Duncan	KCM	C	52		0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
37	George Minor	CAG	CF	45		0.4	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
38	Alonzo Boone	CBE / BBB	P	5	10.1		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
39	Leovigildo Xiqués	CIC	LF	109		0.4	0.7	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
40	Ted Alexander	KCM	P	5	12.1		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
41	Wilbert King	CBE	SS	14		0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
42	Piper Davis	BBB	1B	130		0.4	0.2	0.3	0.0	-0.1
43	Antonio Ruiz	CIC	P	40	63.1		0.4	0.5	-0.1	-0.1	0.0
44	Specs Roberts	CIC	P	4	9.0		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
45	Walter Cannady	CIC	3B	20		0.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
46	Fermín Valdés	CIC	2B	64		0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
47	Rainey Bibbs	CAG / CBE	2B	35		0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
48	Buck Felder	MRS / CAG	SS	46		0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
49	Albert Overton	CIC	P	2	5.2		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
50	Fay Washington	BBB	P	9	24.2		0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
51	Ralph Wyatt	CAG	SS	24		0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
52	Al Jones	CAG / MRS	P	15	34.0		0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
53	Mance Smith	KCM	CF	126		0.3	-0.3	0.6	0.0	-0.1
54	Ted Radcliffe	BBB	C	85		0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1
55	Henry McCall	CAG	1B	9		0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
56	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	P	4	11.1		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
57	Herb Barnhill	CAG	C	38		0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
58	George Britt	CBE	C	25		0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
59	Bobby Vandever	KCM	CF	15		0.2	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
60	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	120		0.2	0.6	-0.4	0.0	0.0
61	Garcia Massingale	KCM	C	8	4.0		0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
62	Alvin Gipson	BBB	P	26	62.2		0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
63	Red Longley	MRS	C	66		0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
64	Henry Smith	CIC	SS	105		0.1	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.1
65	Jack Marshall	CIC	2B	27		0.1	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
66	Rafael Cabrera	CIC	CF	58		0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
67	Johnnie Cowan	CBE	2B	64		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
68	Willie McCrary	CBE / CIC	P	11	11.1		0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.3	0.0
69	Walter Thomas	KCM	RF	69		0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
70	Doc Wingo	KCM	C	30		0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
71	Walter Treherne	CAG	1B	9		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
72	Newt Allen	KCM	1B	178		0.1	0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
73	John Henry McQueen	CIC	-	1		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Sam Jackson	CAG	1B	1		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
75	Dozier Hood	KCM	C	3		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Les Henderson	MRS	P	0.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	Shirley Petway	CBE	C	1		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Edgar Chatman	MRS	P	7	20.0		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
79	Art Pennington	CAG / CIC	2B	72		0.0	0.7	-0.7	0.0	0.0
80	Harry Jeffries	CIC	C	3		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Spike Garrett	MRS	2B	2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Cecil Perkins	KCM	1B	13		0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
83	Harrington	BBB	1B	3		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Raymond Taylor	BBB / KCM	C	10		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
85	English	BBB	1B	4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Archie Ware	CBE	1B	101		0.0	-0.3	0.4	0.0	-0.1
87	Clark	KCM	-		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Tom Hunter	BBB	P	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Lázaro Medina	CIC	P	7	17.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Clarence Locke	KCM	1B	5		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
91	Sam Hairston	CIC	C	25		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
92	Jimmie Crutchfield	CAG / CBE	RF	100		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
93	Loggins	KCM	C	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Jesse Williams	CBE	C	12		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Eddie Locke	KCM	P	25	46.0		0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0
96	Rufus Hatten	CAG	C	13		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
97	Bad News Hall	CIC	2B	13		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Hilton Smith	KCM	P	35	49.2		0.0	0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0
99	Fred McDaniel	MRS	LF	110		0.0	0.6	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
100	Johnny Markham	BBB	P	3	7.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Willard Brown	KCM	RF	10		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
102	Sammy Haynes	KCM	C	99		0.0	-0.5	0.3	0.0	0.1
103	Jesse F. Williams	CBE	C	4		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	John Brown	CBE	P	5	9.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
105	Rufus Ligon	MRS	P	4	2.1		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
106	Leroy Morney	BBB	1B	43		-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
107	Casey Jones	MRS	C	51		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Pee Wee Jenkins	BBB	P	0.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
109	T. J. Brown	CAG / MRS	SS	93		-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
110	Leandy Young	BBB	LF	38		-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
111	Lovell Harden	CBE	P	5	10.1		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
112	Larry Brown	MRS	C	37		-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
113	Jimmy Ford	MRS	3B	114		-0.1	0.5	-0.6	0.0	0.0
114	Walter Crosby	CBE	C	5		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
115	Norman Young	KCM	SS	56		-0.1	0.3	-0.5	0.0	0.1
116	Willie Burns	CIC	P	2	7.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
117	Sam Jackson	CIC / CAG	1B	17		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	Walter Burch	CBE	C	28		-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Lee Moody	KCM	LF	197		-0.1	0.3	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
120	Nat Rogers	MRS / CAG	RF	13		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Weedy Edwards	CIC	P	4	6.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
122	Johnny Ray	CIC	RF	127		-0.2	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1
123	Willie McMeans	CBE	P	0.2		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
124	Ollie West	CAG	P	4	10.0		-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
125	Felix Evans	MRS	LF	3	2.2		-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
126	Clyde Nelson	CAG	1B	81		-0.2	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
127	John Huber	BBB	P	26	29.0		-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.4	0.0
128	Lester Lockett	BBB	LF	101		-0.3	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
129	Cornelius Cook	CIC	P	2	5.0		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
130	Jim LaMarque	KCM	P	29	40.1		-0.3	0.3	0.0	-0.6	0.0
131	Ollie Waldon	CAG	LF	36		-0.3	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
132	Dean Thomas	KCM	P	8	19.0		-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
133	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	113		-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
134	Armando Vázquez	CIC	1B	105		-0.3	0.6	-0.8	0.0	-0.1
135	Buster Haywood	CIC	C	55		-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.1
136	Frank Carswell	CBE	P	3	6.1		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
137	Jim Canada	MRS	1B	99		-0.4	-0.4	0.2	0.0	-0.1
138	Jack Matchett	KCM	P	52	73.0		-0.4	0.1	-0.1	-0.4	0.0
139	Malone	KCM	P	2	3.1		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
140	Bob Smith	CAG	C	37		-0.4	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
141	Pepper Sharpe	MRS / CAG	RF	31	23.0		-0.5	0.1	-0.3	-0.2	0.0
142	Specs Ellis	BBB	P	2	5.1		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
143	Willie Grace	CBE	RF	62		-0.5	0.0	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
144	Bob Johnson	KCM	1B	30		-0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
145	Earl Bumpus	KCM / BBB	RF	59	27.0		-0.6	-0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.1
146	Alfred Saylor	BBB	P	42	102.2		-0.7	-0.3	0.0	-0.4	0.0
147	Willie Wells Jr.	MRS / CAG	SS	26		-0.7	0.0	-0.7	0.0	0.0
148	Billy Horne	CBE	SS	81		-0.8	0.1	-1.0	0.0	0.1
149	Gready McKinnis	BBB / CAG	P	11	27.2		-0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
150	Steve Wylie	KCM / MRS	P	12	30.0		-0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
151	Pepper Bassett	CIC / BBB	C	65	16.1		-1.5	-0.3	-0.3	-1.0	0.1

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