1947 Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns

40 - 73 - 2

32 - 60 - 2 in the Negro American League

1942 / 1948 (Team History)

Managed by:
Willie Wells (14-36-1)
Hoss Walker (17-23)
Reinaldo Drake (9-14-1)

Top Hitter

Sam
Hairston

Top Pitcher

Johnny
Williams

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	72	6th	ERA+	100	3rd
OPS	.639	6th	ERA	5.10	3rd
BA	.253	5th	BA	.297	5th
OBP	.319	6th	K/BB	1.15	4th
SLG	.320	5th	K%	8.9%	6th
BB%	8.2%	5th	BB%	7.7%	2nd
K%			HR%	1.2%	5th
ISO	.067	6th	WHIP	1.60	3rd

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN), Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
• 1 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Syd Pollock (Owner ) , Bunny Downs (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	Buster Haywood	37	23	75	60	6	15	2	1	0	8	0	11	1	3	.250	.375	.317	.692	87
1B	Goose Tatum**	29	29	118	113	14	32	4	3	0	15	2	3	1	1	.283	.308	.372	.679	82
2B	Ray Neil	26	29	124	115	14	32	7	1	0	9	0	9	0	0	.278	.331	.357	.687	85
3B	Sam Hairston	27	29	122	112	20	34	9	1	1	17	1	8	0	2	.304	.350	.429	.779	109
SS	Newt Allen	46	15	42	40	3	11	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	1	.275	.293	.325	.618	66
LF	Robert Abernathy^	29	27	112	99	13	22	3	0	0	12	0	10	2	1	.222	.306	.253	.559	51
CF	Reinaldo Drake*	24	26	100	85	12	22	3	1	1	9	2	13	1	1	.259	.364	.353	.717	93
RF	Henry Merchant*	29	27	109	94	18	23	1	0	1	8	0	11	1	3	.245	.330	.287	.617	66

RF	Vicente Villafañe^		9	33	33	5	9	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	.273	.273	.333	.606	62
SS	Coco Ferrer	32	7	30	26	5	7	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	.269	.367	.269	.636	72
3B	Hoss Walker	39	12	26	23	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	.043	.154	.043	.197	-46
RF	Alphonso Gerard*	30	7	24	21	5	7	1	0	0	4	0	2	0	1	.333	.391	.381	.772	108
SS	T. J. Brown	31	6	21	16	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	.250	.368	.375	.743	100
SS	Willie Wells	42	6	21	19	2	6	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	.316	.350	.421	.771	107
SS	Sherwood Brewer	23	4	19	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	.133	.316	.133	.449	23
C	Leonard Pigg	27	7	15	13	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.385	.467	.385	.851	130
LF	Leovigildo Xiqués	29	3	9	7	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	30
LF	Duke Cleveland*	30	2	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-10
RF	Leonard Lindsay*	38	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	34
SS	Harold Millon	28	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-30
SS	Sylvester Carlisle^	21	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SS	Henderson^		1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SS	Bailey^		2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Johnny Williams	29	13	33	29	5	7	0	0	0	7	1	4	0	0	.241	.333	.241	.575	55
SP	Jim Colzie*	26	5	13	12	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.083	.154	.167	.321	-14
SP	Manuel Godínez^	26	5	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	47
SP	Tomás Quiñones	27	9	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	-51
SP	Preacher Henry	36	5	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Juan Guilbe	33	6	11	10	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.600	.900	139
RP	James Brown*	28	3	7	7	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	91
SP	Armando Vázquez*	25	3	6	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.600	.600	.800	1.400	275
SP	Carrenza Howard	33	2	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	59
SP	John Huber*	39	2	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	169
SP	Bill Barnes	26	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	79
RP	Hosea Allen^	28	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
C	Kine^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

PH	Armour^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	37		332	1139	1022	136	259	39	10	3	115	8	93	6	18	.253	.319	.320	.639	72

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Ray Neil	26	2B	124	.331	.354	7.3%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.078	.104
Sam Hairston	27	3B	122	.360	.354	6.6%	9.5%	0.8%	0.9%	.125	.104
Goose Tatum**	29	1B	118	.317	.354	2.5%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.088	.104
Robert Abernathy^	29	LF	112	.283	.354	8.9%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.030	.104
Henry Merchant*	29	RF	109	.303	.354	10.1%	9.5%	0.9%	0.9%	.043	.104
Reinaldo Drake*	24	CF	100	.350	.354	13.0%	9.5%	1.0%	0.9%	.094	.104
Buster Haywood	37	C	75	.337	.354	14.7%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.067	.104
Newt Allen	46	SS	42	.287	.354	2.4%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.050	.104
Vicente Villafañe^		RF	33	.284	.354	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.061	.104
Johnny Williams	29	SP	33	.300	.354	12.1%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
Coco Ferrer	32	SS	30	.330	.354	13.3%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
Hoss Walker	39	3B	26	.128	.354	11.5%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
Alphonso Gerard*	30	RF	24	.361	.354	8.3%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.048	.104
T. J. Brown	31	SS	21	.329	.354	14.3%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.125	.104
Willie Wells	42	SS	21	.345	.354	4.8%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.105	.104
Sherwood Brewer	23	SS	19	.267	.354	21.1%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
Leonard Pigg	27	C	15	.426	.354	13.3%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
Jim Colzie*	26	SP	13	.161	.354	7.7%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.083	.104
Juan Guilbe	33	SP	11	.355	.354	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.300	.104
Manuel Godínez^	26	SP	11	.263	.354	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
Preacher Henry	36	SP	11	.000	.354	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
Tomás Quiñones	27	SP	11	.088	.354	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
Leovigildo Xiqués	29	LF	9	.282	.354	22.2%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
James Brown*	28	RP	7	.326	.354	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.143	.104
Duke Cleveland*	30	LF	6	.161	.354	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
Armando Vázquez*	25	SP	6	.541	.354	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.200	.104
Carrenza Howard	33	SP	5	.263	.354	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.200	.104
Leonard Lindsay*	38	RF	4	.241	.354	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
John Huber*	39	SP	4	.482	.354	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
Harold Millon	28	SS	4	.196	.354	25.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
Sylvester Carlisle^	21	SS	3	.000	.354	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
Bill Barnes	26	SP	3	.322	.354	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
Henderson^		SS	2	.000	.354	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
Bailey^		SS	2	.000	.354	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
Hosea Allen^	28	RP	2	.000	.354	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
Armour^		PH	1	.000	.354	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
Kine^		C		.000	.354		9.5%		0.9%		.104
37			1139	.308	.354	8.2%	9.5%	0.3%	0.9%	.067	.104