1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Season


Negro National League II


1947 / 1949

Top Hitter


Frank
Austin

Top Pitcher


Max
Manning

Leaders

Runs Batted In

# Player Team RBI
1
Lester Lockett
BEG
50
2
Frank Russell
BEG
37
3
Johnny Washington
BEG
34
4
Luke Easter
HG
32
5
Jim Gilliam
BEG
31
6
Monte Irvin
NE
29
7
Minnie Miñoso
NYC
27
8
Lennie Pearson
NE
27
9
Bob Wilson
NE
27
10
Lorenzo Cabrera
NYC
26

K/BB

# Player Team SO/BB
1
Bill Byrd
BEG
3.43
2
Patricio Scantlebury
NYC
3.35
3
Barney Brown
PS
2.75
4
Leniel Hooker
NE
2.56
5
Joe Black
BEG
2.41
6
Roy Partlow
PS
2.36
7
Henry McHenry
PS
2.33
8
Jonas Gaines
BEG
2.27
9
Wilmer Fields
HG
2.17
10
Max Manning
NE
1.92


Standings
Glossary

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
44
23
1
.657
-
56
24
2
.700
6.2
4.7
Vic Harris
Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2
49
29
2
.628
0.5
53
30
2
.639
5.4
4.0
Hoss Walker
Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
3
29
28
1
.509
10.0
33
32
3
.508
4.3
3.8
William Bell
Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
4
28
31
1
.475
12.0
32
33
2
.492
4.9
5.0
Oscar Charleston
Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA)
5
17
30
1
.362
17.0
23
32
1
.418
5.3
5.4
José María Fernández, Winfield Welch
Polo Grounds (New York, NY)
6
9
35
0
.205
23.5
11
39
0
.220
3.2
6.8
Marvin Barker
Red Wing Stadium (Rochester, NY), Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)
* = League Champion      1 = First Half Champion      2 = Second Half Champion      
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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