1944 Cleveland Buckeyes

50 - 44

46 - 33 in the Negro American League

1942 / 1945 (Team History)

Managed by:
Parnell Woods (50-44)

Top Hitter

Sam
Jethroe

Top Pitcher

George
Jefferson

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	97	4th	ERA+	86	6th
OPS	.639	3rd	ERA	3.77	6th
BA	.264	3rd	BA	.284	6th
OBP	.321	2nd	K/BB	1.51	6th
SLG	.318	4th	K%	10.1%	6th
BB%	6.8%	3rd	BB%	6.7%	3rd
K%			HR%	0.4%	5th
ISO	.054	6th	WHIP	1.38	6th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: League Park (Cleveland, OH), Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
• Ernie Wright (Owner) , Wilbur Hayes (Business Manager)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Walter Burch	36	8	27	25	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.200	.259	.200	.459	43
1B	Archie Ware*	26	23	96	81	10	15	1	0	0	7	0	13	1	1	.185	.305	.198	.503	57
2B	Johnnie Cowan	31	17	64	59	7	14	2	0	1	8	1	3	0	2	.237	.274	.322	.596	84
3B	Parnell Woods	32	23	82	77	13	29	4	3	0	13	4	3	0	2	.377	.400	.506	.906	180
SS	Billy Horne*	28	20	80	73	9	16	2	1	0	11	0	3	0	4	.219	.250	.274	.524	62
LF	Buddy Armour*	29	20	83	70	10	21	3	0	0	14	2	10	1	2	.300	.395	.343	.738	129
CF	Sam Jethroe**	27	23	99	88	19	30	3	0	2	13	2	9	1	1	.341	.408	.443	.851	164
RF	Jimmie Crutchfield*	34	16	68	64	7	14	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	2	.219	.242	.234	.477	48

RF	Willie Grace**	27	18	61	55	4	12	2	0	0	5	0	2	1	3	.218	.259	.255	.513	59
2B	Rainey Bibbs**	33	9	30	28	5	13	5	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	.464	.500	.643	1.143	253
C	George Britt	48	10	26	25	3	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.320	.320	.360	.680	110
C	Jesse F. Williams*		5	16	14	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	105
SS	Wilbert King	29	4	14	12	3	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	.333	.385	.333	.718	123
CF	Lloyd Davenport*	32	3	11	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.222	.300	.222	.522	62
C	Walter Crosby	23	1	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	159
1B	Jimmy Cockerham	33	1	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.667	.750	.667	1.417	340
3B	Humphreys^		1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	107
C	Shirley Petway^	35	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	520

SP	Willie Jefferson	40	13	28	27	3	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	.148	.148	.185	.333	3
SP	George Jefferson	21	10	27	23	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	.043	.154	.043	.197	-38
SP	Eugene Bremer	27	7	17	15	3	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	.333	.412	.333	.745	131
RP	Willie McCrary^		2	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-23
SP	Frank Carswell	23	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Lovell Harden	26	2	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	210
PH	Drummer^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Alonzo Boone	36	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SP	Willie McMeans^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PR	John Brown	25	4	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-21
	28		246	868	777	106	205	25	4	3	92	13	59	6	26	.264	.321	.318	.639	97

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Sam Jethroe**	27	CF	99	.407	.309	9.1%	6.9%	2.0%	0.4%	.102	.072
Archie Ware*	26	1B	96	.264	.309	13.5%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.012	.072
Buddy Armour*	29	LF	83	.358	.309	12.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.043	.072
Parnell Woods	32	3B	82	.418	.309	3.7%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.130	.072
Billy Horne*	28	SS	80	.241	.309	3.8%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.055	.072
Jimmie Crutchfield*	34	RF	68	.226	.309	2.9%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.016	.072
Johnnie Cowan	31	2B	64	.280	.309	4.7%	6.9%	1.6%	0.4%	.085	.072
Willie Grace**	27	RF	61	.241	.309	3.3%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.036	.072
Rainey Bibbs**	33	2B	30	.538	.309	6.7%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.179	.072
Willie Jefferson	40	SP	28	.153	.309	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.037	.072
Walter Burch	36	C	27	.233	.309	7.4%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
George Jefferson	21	SP	27	.118	.309	11.1%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
George Britt	48	C	26	.313	.309	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.040	.072
Eugene Bremer	27	SP	17	.373	.309	5.9%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Jesse F. Williams*		C	16	.334	.309	12.5%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Wilbert King	29	SS	14	.331	.309	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Lloyd Davenport*	32	CF	11	.243	.309	9.1%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Willie McCrary^		RP	8	.120	.309	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Frank Carswell	23	SP	6	.000	.309	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
John Brown	25	PR	5	.149	.309	20.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Walter Crosby	23	C	5	.341	.309	20.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Lovell Harden	26	SP	5	.385	.309	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Jimmy Cockerham	33	1B	4	.668	.309	25.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Humphreys^		3B	4	.241	.309	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Shirley Petway^	35	C	1	.963	.309	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Drummer^		PH	1	.000	.309	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.072
Willie McMeans^		SP		.000	.309		6.9%		0.4%		.072
Alonzo Boone	36	SP		.000	.309		6.9%		0.4%		.072
28			868	.304	.309	6.8%	6.9%	0.3%	0.4%	.054	.072