1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Season


Negro National League II


1947 / 1949

Top Hitter


Frank
Austin

Top Pitcher


Max
Manning

Leaders

OPS

# Player Team OPS
1
Lester Lockett
BEG
.954
2
Minnie Miñoso
NYC
.938
3
Luke Easter
HG
.933
4
Frank Austin
PS
.884
5
Lorenzo Cabrera
NYC
.870
6
Bob Harvey
NE
.870
7
Buck Leonard
HG
.849
8
Ray Noble
NYC
.844
9
Henry Kimbro
BEG
.816
10
Bob Thurman
HG
.805

Strikeouts

# Player Team SO
1
Joe Black
BEG
94
2
Bill Byrd
BEG
79
3
Max Manning
NE
73
4
Henry Miller
PS
68
5
Henry McHenry
PS
63
6
Bob Romby
BEG
60
7
Jonas Gaines
BEG
59
8
Patricio Scantlebury
NYC
57
9
Dave Barnhill
NYC
50
10
Rufus Lewis
NE
49


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