1945 Cleveland Buckeyes

72 - 31 - 3

52 - 15 - 1 in the Negro American League

1942 / 1946 (Team History)

Managed by:
Quincy Trouppe (72-31-3)

Top Hitter

Sam
Jethroe

Top Pitcher

Eugene
Bremer

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	97	4th	ERA+	156	1st
OPS	.677	4th	ERA	2.70	1st
BA	.267	4th	BA	.236	1st
OBP	.328	3rd	K/BB	1.15	6th
SLG	.349	4th	K%	9.5%	5th
BB%	7.6%	2nd	BB%	8.3%	5th
K%			HR%	0.9%	5th
ISO	.082	4th	WHIP	1.24	1st

Notes:

• Negro League World Series Champions
• Champions of the Negro American League
• First Half Champions of the Negro American League
• Second Half Champions of the Negro American League
• Home Ballpark: League Park IV (Cleveland, OH), Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
• Ernie Wright (Owner) , Wilbur Hayes (Business Manager)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Quincy Trouppe**	32	15	55	46	7	9	1	0	1	8	2	9	0	0	.196	.327	.283	.610	79
1B	Archie Ware*	27	20	85	78	12	22	1	2	0	12	1	5	0	2	.282	.325	.346	.671	96
2B	Johnnie Cowan	32	22	90	84	6	21	1	0	0	8	0	4	0	2	.250	.284	.262	.546	60
3B	Parnell Woods	33	22	94	82	18	23	4	1	0	9	6	5	3	4	.280	.344	.354	.698	104
SS	Avelino Cañizares	25	21	96	88	18	31	7	0	1	9	5	7	0	1	.352	.400	.466	.866	152
LF	Buddy Armour*	30	17	67	63	9	16	0	2	0	6	0	3	0	1	.254	.288	.317	.605	76
CF	Sam Jethroe**	28	21	91	81	14	27	5	5	1	20	5	8	2	0	.333	.407	.556	.962	179
RF	Willie Grace**	28	19	75	69	5	20	0	1	0	9	0	4	0	2	.290	.329	.319	.648	89

CF	Lloyd Davenport*	33	15	66	59	13	16	3	1	0	8	1	7	0	0	.271	.348	.356	.704	105
C	Earl Ashby	24	11	38	33	4	7	2	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	.212	.316	.273	.589	72
C	Jesse F. Williams*	28	5	16	15	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.133	.188	.133	.321	-6
2B	Billy Horne*	29	2	8	8	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-27
1B	Applewhite^		1	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	92
3B	George Provens^	27	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	17
C	George Britt	49	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	2
2B	Sam Bankhead	34	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	46
CF	Jerry Benjamin**	35	1	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	238

SP	Eugene Bremer	28	10	31	28	7	9	2	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	.321	.367	.536	.902	161
SP	George Jefferson	22	11	27	26	4	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	.154	.185	.231	.416	21
RP	Willie Jefferson	41	6	13	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	17
SP	Roosevelt Davis	40	3	12	10	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.100	.250	.200	.450	32
SP	John Brown	26	4	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	27
RP	Frank Carswell	27	1	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	243
SP	Nap Gulley*	20	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Lovell Harden	27	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Rayford Finch^	20	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SP	Phelbert Lawson^	25	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PH	Breese^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	28		237	905	817	124	218	28	15	3	102	21	69	5	14	.267	.328	.349	.677	97

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Avelino Cañizares	25	SS	96	.403	.323	7.3%	7.2%	1.0%	0.6%	.114	.089
Parnell Woods	33	3B	94	.323	.323	5.3%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.073	.089
Sam Jethroe**	28	CF	91	.441	.323	8.8%	7.2%	1.1%	0.6%	.222	.089
Johnnie Cowan	32	2B	90	.260	.323	4.4%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.012	.089
Archie Ware*	27	1B	85	.313	.323	5.9%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.064	.089
Willie Grace**	28	RF	75	.304	.323	5.3%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.029	.089
Buddy Armour*	30	LF	67	.283	.323	4.5%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.063	.089
Lloyd Davenport*	33	CF	66	.340	.323	10.6%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.085	.089
Quincy Trouppe**	32	C	55	.307	.323	16.4%	7.2%	1.8%	0.6%	.087	.089
Earl Ashby	24	C	38	.295	.323	13.2%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.061	.089
Eugene Bremer	28	SP	31	.398	.323	6.5%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.214	.089
George Jefferson	22	SP	27	.196	.323	3.7%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.077	.089
Jesse F. Williams*	28	C	16	.166	.323	6.3%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.089
Willie Jefferson	41	RP	13	.205	.323	7.7%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.089
John Brown	26	SP	12	.222	.323	8.3%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.089
Roosevelt Davis	40	SP	12	.237	.323	16.7%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.100	.089
Billy Horne*	29	2B	8	.119	.323	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.089
Applewhite^		1B	5	.341	.323	20.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.089
George Provens^	27	3B	5	.191	.323	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.089
Sam Bankhead	34	2B	4	.238	.323	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.089
Jerry Benjamin**	35	CF	4	.523	.323	25.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.333	.089
George Britt	49	C	4	.188	.323	25.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.089
Frank Carswell	27	RP	3	.569	.323	33.3%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.089
Nap Gulley*	20	SP	2	.000	.323	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.089
Lovell Harden	27	RP	1	.000	.323	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.089
Breese^		PH	1	.000	.323	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.089
Phelbert Lawson^	25	SP		.000	.323		7.2%		0.6%		.089
Rayford Finch^	20	RP		.000	.323		7.2%		0.6%		.089
28			905	.319	.323	7.6%	7.2%	0.3%	0.6%	.082	.089