1943 Newark Eagles

26 - 32

26 - 32 in the Negro National League II

1935 / 1944 (Team History)

Managed by:
Mule Suttles (26-32)

Top Hitter

Larry
Doby

Top Pitcher

Leniel
Hooker

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	85	4th	ERA+	106	4th
OPS	.703	4th	ERA	4.97	4th
BA	.261	4th	BA	.275	4th
OBP	.334	4th	K/BB	1.17	5th
SLG	.369	4th	K%	12.5%	2nd
BB%	9.4%	3rd	BB%	10.7%	6th
K%			HR%	0.8%	6th
ISO	.108	2nd	WHIP	1.59	6th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
• 4 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+
SP	Leniel Hooker	27	15	35	30	5	5	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	.167	.242	.200	.442	17
SS	Cotton Williams	26	19	67	64	8	15	2	1	0	6	0	2	0	1	.234	.258	.297	.554	46
C	Larry St. Thomas	24	7	24	20	5	4	1	1	0	3	1	4	0	0	.200	.333	.350	.683	80
SP	Jim Elam^	23	9	13	12	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.417	.462	.500	.962	153
C	Leon Ruffin	31	31	117	107	16	23	7	1	0	20	4	8	2	0	.215	.282	.299	.581	53
CF	Monte Irvin	24	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	32
RF	James Brown*	24	11	41	40	4	14	3	1	0	6	0	1	0	0	.350	.366	.475	.841	121
C	Jim Smith^		1	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	206
LF	John Fitzgerald	19	4	11	10	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.273	.300	.573	51
CF	Johnny Davis	26	35	151	132	28	43	9	1	4	22	3	14	0	5	.326	.390	.500	.890	134
SS	Ben Keeling^	21	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SS	Ed Butler^		2	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-31
1B	Lennie Pearson	25	33	142	123	27	34	8	4	4	21	5	18	0	1	.276	.369	.504	.873	129
2B	Joe Spencer	23	3	12	11	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	.364	.417	.364	.780	107
SP	Jimmy Hill*	25	13	26	23	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.130	.231	.174	.405	7
LF	Bob Harvey*	25	17	69	65	11	21	0	2	1	10	0	4	0	0	.323	.362	.431	.793	109
SP	Max Manning	24	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	76
3B	Austin Davis	20	11	39	30	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	3	.133	.278	.133	.411	10
2B	Larry Doby*	19	28	127	103	18	31	8	3	4	22	5	20	1	3	.301	.419	.553	.973	155
RF	Ed Stone*	33	12	49	40	7	11	1	1	0	4	4	8	1	0	.275	.408	.350	.758	101
SP	Fred Hobgood*	21	8	16	16	1	5	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	.313	.313	.438	.750	97
RF	Wilmore Williams^	25	17	61	56	8	14	1	1	0	7	0	5	0	0	.250	.311	.304	.615	62
SS	Earl Richardson	18	11	50	44	3	10	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	1	.227	.306	.227	.533	42
2B	Leon Day	26	27	109	98	11	23	3	1	0	6	2	8	0	3	.235	.292	.286	.578	53
3B	Murray Watkins*	27	33	154	139	22	32	1	0	0	9	6	11	0	4	.230	.287	.237	.524	39
1B	Mule Suttles	42	8	15	13	3	4	2	0	1	5	0	2	0	0	.308	.400	.692	1.092	185
	26		358	1344	1190	191	310	51	18	14	158	30	127	4	23	.261	.334	.369	.703	85

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Murray Watkins*	27	3B	154	.258	.360	7.1%	9.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.007	.106
Johnny Davis	26	CF	151	.400	.360	9.3%	9.8%	2.6%	0.7%	.174	.106
Lennie Pearson	25	1B	142	.398	.360	12.7%	9.8%	2.8%	0.7%	.228	.106
Larry Doby*	19	2B	127	.435	.360	15.7%	9.8%	3.1%	0.7%	.252	.106
Leon Ruffin	31	C	117	.283	.360	6.8%	9.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.084	.106
Leon Day	26	2B	109	.276	.360	7.3%	9.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.051	.106
Bob Harvey*	25	LF	69	.373	.360	5.8%	9.8%	1.4%	0.7%	.108	.106
Cotton Williams	26	SS	67	.259	.360	3.0%	9.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.063	.106
Wilmore Williams^	25	RF	61	.302	.360	8.2%	9.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.054	.106
Earl Richardson	18	SS	50	.270	.360	10.0%	9.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.106
Ed Stone*	33	RF	49	.381	.360	16.3%	9.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.075	.106
James Brown*	24	RF	41	.390	.360	2.4%	9.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.125	.106
Austin Davis	20	3B	39	.218	.360	15.4%	9.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.106
Leniel Hooker	27	SP	35	.214	.360	8.6%	9.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.033	.106
Jimmy Hill*	25	SP	26	.215	.360	11.5%	9.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.043	.106
Larry St. Thomas	24	C	24	.333	.360	16.7%	9.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.150	.106
Fred Hobgood*	21	SP	16	.343	.360	0.0%	9.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.125	.106
Mule Suttles	42	1B	15	.478	.360	13.3%	9.8%	6.7%	0.7%	.385	.106
Jim Elam^	23	SP	13	.457	.360	7.7%	9.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.083	.106
Joe Spencer	23	2B	12	.386	.360	8.3%	9.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.106
John Fitzgerald	19	LF	11	.278	.360	9.1%	9.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.100	.106
Jim Smith^		C	4	.524	.360	25.0%	9.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.333	.106
Monte Irvin	24	CF	4	.241	.360	0.0%	9.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.106
Ed Butler^		SS	4	.195	.360	25.0%	9.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.106
Max Manning	24	SP	3	.321	.360	0.0%	9.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.106
Ben Keeling^	21	SS	1	.000	.360	0.0%	9.8%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.106
26			1344	.331	.360	9.4%	9.8%	1.0%	0.7%	.108	.106