1945 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1945 Season


1944 / 1946

Top Hitter


Roy
Campanella

Top Pitcher


Roy
Welmaker

Leaders

Slugging %

# Player Team SLG
1
Marvin Williams
PS
.705
2
Neil Robinson
MRS/WES
.597
3
Ed Steele
BBB
.588
4
Josh Gibson
HG
.577
5
Jackie Robinson
KCM/WES
.577
6
Johnny Davis
MULT
.571
7
Roy Campanella
MULT
.542
8
Sam Jethroe
CBE
.527
9
Wild Bill Wright
BEG/EAS
.524
10
Piper Davis
BBB
.513

WHIP

# Player Team WHIP
1
Willie Jefferson
CBE
0.94
2
Barney Morris
NYC
0.94
3
Garnett Blair
HG
0.95
4
Don Newcombe
NE/NST
1.01
5
Johnny Wright
MULT
1.04
6
Roy Partlow
PS/NST
1.08
7
Eugene Bremer
CBE/WES
1.08
8
Barney Brown
PS
1.09
9
Verdell Mathis
MRS/WES
1.10
10
Gentry Jessup
CAG/WES
1.11


Standings
Glossary

Negro American League

vs NAL vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
45
12
1
.789
-
52
20
2
.722
5.3
3.4
Quincy Trouppe
League Park (Cleveland, OH), Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
2
29
23
1
.558
13.5
38
37
3
.507
4.4
4.4
Winfield Welch
Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
3
33
28
2
.541
14.0
39
35
3
.527
4.5
3.8
Frank Duncan
Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
4
38
43
0
.469
19.0
41
45
0
.477
4.3
4.8
Candy Jim Taylor
Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
5
23
39
1
.371
24.5
24
49
1
.329
3.1
4.6
Hoss Walker
Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH), Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN)
6
18
41
1
.305
28.0
23
45
1
.338
3.4
5.1
Larry Brown
Martin Park (Memphis, TN), Russwood Park (Memphis, TN)
* = League Champion      

Negro National League II

vs NN2 vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
38
18
2
.679
-
47
25
3
.653
5.4
4.2
Vic Harris
Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2
32
30
2
.516
9.0
36
34
3
.514
5.4
5.6
Felton Snow
Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
3
25
24
0
.510
9.5
27
25
0
.519
5.5
4.7
Willie Wells, Biz Mackey
Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
4
23
26
1
.469
11.5
34
30
3
.531
5.3
4.8
Goose Curry
Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA), Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA)
5
14
24
0
.368
15.0
30
32
0
.484
4.1
4.2
José María Fernández
Polo Grounds (New York, NY), Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY) (Queens, NY)
6
13
23
1
.361
15.0
16
30
1
.348
4.3
5.6
George Scales, Willie Wells, Marvin Barker
Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY), Dexter Park (Queens, NY)
* = League Champion      

Negro League World Series

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
4
0
0
1.000
-
3.8
0.8
Quincy Trouppe
League Park (Cleveland, OH), Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
2
0
4
0
.000
4.0
0.8
3.8
Vic Harris
Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)


East-West All Star Games

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
1
0
0
1.000
-
9.0
6.0
Winfield Welch
Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
2
0
1
0
.000
1.0
6.0
9.0
Vic Harris
No Home Ballpark


Negro Leagues vs. Major Leagues

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
4
0
1
1.000
-
4.2
1.2
Chuck Dressen
Ebbets Field (Brooklyn, NY)
2
0
4
1
.000
4.0
1.2
4.2
Biz Mackey
Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)



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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James