1942 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1942 Season

Negro National League II

1941 / 1943

Tom Wilson (President)
Ed Bolden (Vice President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary & Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Bus
Clarkson

Top Pitcher

Roy
Partlow

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Lennie Pearson	NE/HG	.347
2	Willie Wells	NE	.343
3	Leon Day	NE/HG	.341
4	Bus Clarkson	MULT	.339
5	Josh Gibson	HG	.327
6	Wild Bill Wright	BEG	.317
7	Bill Hoskins	BEG	.314
8	David Whatley	HG	.308
9	Henry Spearman	BEG/PS	.305
10	Roy Campanella	BEG	.295

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Leon Day	NE/HG	3.19
2	Dave Barnhill	NYC	2.53
3	Bill Byrd	BEG	2.30
4	Roy Welmaker	HG	2.22
5	Jonas Gaines	BEG	2.10
6	Ches Buchanan	PS	2.08
7	Tom Glover	BEG	2.00
8	Bob Griffith	NBY	1.93
9	Roy Partlow	HG	1.88
10	Joe Fillmore	PS	1.81

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

L

R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	462.1		1.26	11.7%	6.5%	1.82
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	452.0		1.27	11.4%	8.7%	1.31
3	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	445.0		1.28	11.1%	7.0%	1.58
4	Newark Eagles	NN2	425.0		1.30	13.3%	10.5%	1.26
5	New York Black Yankees	NN2	292.0		1.51	12.0%	10.4%	1.16
6	New York Cubans	NN2	197.2		1.42	10.7%	9.1%	1.18
	6	1	2274.0		1.32	11.8%	8.5%	1.38

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Barney Brown*	PS	SP	153.1		1.25	12.1%	6.7%	1.79
2	Ray Brown	HG	SP	122.2		1.31	9.8%	7.1%	1.38
3	Eugene Smith	NBY	SP	104.0		1.29	15.3%	13.0%	1.17
4	Max Manning	NE	SP	99.1		1.10	13.0%	8.0%	1.63
5	Bill Byrd	BEG	RP	99.0		1.11	13.1%	5.7%	2.30
6	Leniel Hooker	NE	RP	95.2		1.35	9.9%	9.4%	1.05
7	Roy Partlow*	HG	SP	85.0		0.99	14.2%	7.5%	1.88
8	Jonas Gaines*	BEG	SP	84.1		1.06	18.6%	8.8%	2.10
9	Joe Fillmore	PS	RP	83.2		1.22	11.0%	6.1%	1.81
10	Leon Day	NE/HG	SP	83.1		0.91	26.8%	8.4%	3.19
11	Roy Welmaker*	HG	SP	83.0		1.33	11.4%	5.1%	2.22
12	Jimmy Hill*	NE	RP	77.0		1.62	13.1%	16.5%	0.79
13	Terris McDuffie	PS	SP	77.0		1.29	10.5%	7.4%	1.42
14	Johnny Wright	HG	RP	69.2		1.21	9.8%	6.6%	1.47
15	Dave Barnhill	NYC	SP	69.0		1.29	14.8%	5.8%	2.53
16	Tom Glover*	BEG	RP	66.2		1.25	10.8%	5.4%	2.00
17	Bill Barnes	BEG	RP	66.1		1.45	9.2%	11.3%	0.82
18	Fred Hobgood*	NE	SP	65.0		1.45	8.8%	9.5%	0.93
19	Emery Adams	BEG	RP	50.0		1.36	7.5%	13.1%	0.57
20	Ches Buchanan	PS	RP	45.1		1.30	14.1%	6.8%	2.08
21	Barney Morris	NYC	SP	44.2		1.34	10.0%	6.8%	1.46
22	Bob Griffith	NBY	RP	42.2		1.88	13.2%	6.8%	1.93
23	Lefty Calhoun*	NBY/PS	RP	41.1		1.45	4.4%	9.3%	0.47
24	Bill Harvey*	BEG	RP	41.0		1.56	10.4%	9.3%	1.12
25	Bob Evans	NBY/PS	RP	39.2		1.21	4.3%	7.4%	0.58
26	Bill Anderson	NYC	SP	39.1		1.47	7.5%	7.5%	1.00
27	Frank McAllister	NBY	SP	37.2		1.57	10.5%	11.7%	0.90
28	Garnett Blair	HG	SP	34.1		1.11	9.4%	6.5%	1.44
29	Spoon Carter	HG	RP	31.0		1.81	13.5%	4.7%	2.86
30	Tom Parker	NBY	SP	28.2		1.53	9.4%	10.2%	0.92
31	Edsall Walker*	MULT	RP	26.1		1.25	13.8%	9.2%	1.50
32	Jesse Brown*	BEG	SP	21.1		1.22	3.4%	10.2%	0.33
33	Neck Stanley*	NBY	RP	19.2		1.53	13.8%	5.7%	2.40
34	Andy Porter	BEG	RP	19.1		1.50	7.1%	7.1%	1.00
35	J. C. Hamilton*	HG	RP	19.0		1.89	9.8%	6.5%	1.50
36	Carrenza Howard	NYC	RP	15.0		1.20	1.6%	12.9%	0.13
37	Willie Jefferson	PS	SP	15.0		1.07	20.0%	6.7%	3.00
38	Martin Crue*	NYC	RP	14.0		2.43	6.7%	22.7%	0.29
39	Willie Burns*	NE	SP	13.2		1.83	6.1%	12.1%	0.50
40	Bud Barbee	PS	SP	10.1		2.32	11.1%	13.0%	0.86
41	Thomas Saxon*	NYC	RP	9.2		0.93	16.2%	10.8%	1.50
42	Charlie Shields*	NYC	RP	6.0		2.00	16.7%	20.0%	0.83
43	Lefty Boone*	NBY	SP	5.0		2.80	13.8%	17.2%	0.80
44	Shybaker^	NBY	RP	5.0		1.20	0.0%	5.0%	0.00
45	Roy K. Williams	BEG	SP	4.0		2.50	4.5%	22.7%	0.20
46	Henry McHenry	PS	SP	3.2		2.18	10.5%	0.0%
47	Larry Kimbrough	PS	RP	3.0		0.67	9.1%	0.0%
48	Moore^	NBY	SP	2.1		3.43	6.7%	6.7%	1.00
49	Specs Roberts	PS	RP	1.1		1.50	0.0%	16.7%	0.00
50	Robert Gaston	HG	RP	0.2		1.50	0.0%	0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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