1944 Newark Eagles

34 - 37

23 - 23 in the Negro National League II

1935 / 1945 (Team History)

Managed by:
Mule Suttles (34-37)

Top Hitter

Ray
Dandridge

Top Pitcher

Leniel
Hooker

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	81	4th	ERA+	105	4th
OPS	.684	4th	ERA	4.43	5th
BA	.258	5th	BA	.258	1st
OBP	.323	4th	K/BB	1.09	5th
SLG	.361	4th	K%	10.1%	4th
BB%	8.1%	3rd	BB%	9.2%	6th
K%			HR%	0.9%	4th
ISO	.103	4th	WHIP	1.40	4th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
• 3 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Abe Manley (Co-Owner) , Effa Manley (Co-Owner & 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	Willie Wynn	26	31	126	117	13	21	2	1	1	6	1	6	0	3	.179	.220	.239	.459	22
1B	Lennie Pearson	26	36	157	140	22	39	10	1	2	25	1	16	0	1	.279	.353	.407	.760	101
2B	Ray Dandridge	30	34	152	148	24	52	9	3	1	22	3	4	0	0	.351	.368	.473	.841	122
3B	Murray Watkins*	28	37	171	144	24	31	3	1	0	11	3	24	0	3	.215	.327	.250	.577	54
SS	Sy Morton	22	21	83	73	7	12	1	0	0	4	0	7	2	1	.164	.256	.178	.434	16
LF	Johnny Davis	27	33	123	108	17	37	5	3	2	21	0	13	0	2	.343	.413	.500	.913	141
CF	Archie Brathwaite^	26	25	94	85	15	26	6	2	2	21	0	7	1	1	.306	.366	.494	.860	127
RF	Vic Barnett	30	26	110	95	17	23	4	1	2	16	2	11	0	4	.242	.321	.368	.689	82

LF	Bob Harvey*	26	30	120	113	24	44	11	2	3	22	2	6	0	1	.389	.420	.602	1.022	169
1B	Mule Suttles	43	14	31	26	8	8	1	1	2	7	0	4	1	0	.308	.419	.654	1.073	182
SS	Pitts^		7	25	22	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	.136	.174	.136	.310	-17
CF	Bob Turner	17	5	22	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.050	.136	.050	.186	-49
2B	Leamon Johnson	27	5	17	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.063	.118	.063	.180	-51
C	William Makell	22	7	17	14	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.357	.471	.357	.828	121
C	Leon Ruffin	32	3	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	-18
SS	Robinson^		2	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	-53
SS	Holder^		2	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	44
CF	Larry Doby*	20	1	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	44
SS	Joe Atkins	22	1	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.600	.750	1.350	256
C	Brown^		2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SS	Albert Williams^	20	1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	124
C	Charlie Parks	27	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Leniel Hooker	28	13	41	37	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	.135	.200	.135	.335	-10
SP	Terris McDuffie	35	12	30	28	2	6	0	0	1	5	0	2	0	0	.214	.267	.321	.588	55
SP	Don Newcombe*	18	9	19	17	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	.294	.368	.353	.721	92
SP	Jimmy Hill*	26	9	18	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	-41
RP	Eddie Jacobs^		4	9	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	33
RP	Harry Cozart	27	5	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	6
SP	Fred Hobgood*	22	1	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-7
SP	Percy Forrest	27	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Dick Weaver^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	31		380	1425	1281	189	331	54	15	16	170	13	116	6	22	.258	.323	.361	.684	81

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Murray Watkins*	28	3B	171	.290	.351	14.0%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.035	.106
Lennie Pearson	26	1B	157	.356	.351	10.2%	8.5%	1.3%	0.9%	.129	.106
Ray Dandridge	30	2B	152	.389	.351	2.6%	8.5%	0.7%	0.9%	.122	.106
Willie Wynn	26	C	126	.215	.351	4.8%	8.5%	0.8%	0.9%	.060	.106
Johnny Davis	27	LF	123	.417	.351	10.6%	8.5%	1.6%	0.9%	.157	.106
Bob Harvey*	26	LF	120	.461	.351	5.0%	8.5%	2.5%	0.9%	.212	.106
Vic Barnett	30	RF	110	.315	.351	10.0%	8.5%	1.8%	0.9%	.126	.106
Archie Brathwaite^	26	CF	94	.391	.351	7.4%	8.5%	2.1%	0.9%	.188	.106
Sy Morton	22	SS	83	.225	.351	8.4%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.014	.106
Leniel Hooker	28	SP	41	.172	.351	7.3%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.106
Mule Suttles	43	1B	31	.477	.351	12.9%	8.5%	6.5%	0.9%	.346	.106
Terris McDuffie	35	SP	30	.279	.351	6.7%	8.5%	3.3%	0.9%	.107	.106
Pitts^		SS	25	.144	.351	4.0%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.106
Bob Turner	17	CF	22	.112	.351	9.1%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.106
Don Newcombe*	18	SP	19	.351	.351	5.3%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.059	.106
Jimmy Hill*	26	SP	18	.106	.351	0.0%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.106
Leamon Johnson	27	2B	17	.101	.351	5.9%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.106
William Makell	22	C	17	.414	.351	17.6%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.106
Leon Ruffin	32	C	13	.146	.351	0.0%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.106
Eddie Jacobs^		RP	9	.211	.351	0.0%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.106
Robinson^		SS	7	.113	.351	0.0%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.106
Holder^		SS	6	.285	.351	16.7%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.106
Larry Doby*	20	CF	6	.285	.351	16.7%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.106
Joe Atkins	22	SS	5	.607	.351	20.0%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.250	.106
Brown^		C	5	.000	.351	0.0%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.106
Harry Cozart	27	RP	5	.190	.351	0.0%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.106
Fred Hobgood*	22	SP	4	.190	.351	25.0%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.106
Albert Williams^	20	SS	4	.427	.351	25.0%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.106
Percy Forrest	27	SP	3	.000	.351	0.0%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.106
Charlie Parks	27	C	1	.000	.351	0.0%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.106
Dick Weaver^		PH	1	.000	.351	0.0%	8.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.106
31			1425	.320	.351	8.1%	8.5%	1.1%	0.9%	.103	.106