1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Season


Negro National League II


1947 / 1949

Top Hitter


Frank
Austin

Top Pitcher


Bill
Ricks

Leaders

Slugging %

# Player Team SLG
1
Lester Lockett
BEG
.537
2
Minnie Miñoso
NYC
.535
3
Luke Easter
HG
.514
4
Lorenzo Cabrera
NYC
.496
5
Frank Austin
PS
.487
6
Bob Harvey
NE
.441
7
Bob Thurman
HG
.438
8
Buck Leonard
HG
.434
9
Frank Russell
BEG
.429
10
Monte Irvin
NE
.424

ERA+

# Player Team ERA+
1
Bill Ricks
PS
222
2
Max Manning
NE
207
3
Bob Romby
BEG
204
4
Bill Byrd
BEG
194
5
Rufus Lewis
NE
177
6
Joe Black
BEG
170
7
Barney Brown
PS
145
8
Dave Barnhill
NYC
117
9
Tom Parker
HG
115
10
Jonas Gaines
BEG
112


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
-
55
24
2
.696
6.2
4.8
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
31
3
.516
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
22
32
1
.407
5.3
5.5
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