1947 Season

1946 / 1948

John H. Johnson (President)
Alex Pompez (Vice President)
Curtis Leak (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Henry
Kimbro

Top Pitcher

Bob
Romby

Leaders

OPS

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Larry Doby	NE	1.172
2	Willard Brown	KCM	1.066
3	Henry Kimbro	BEG/EAS	1.056
4	Sam Jethroe	CBE/WES	1.006
5	Al Smith	CBE	1.000
6	Hank Thompson	KCM	.991
7	Buck Leonard	HG	.981
8	Joe Greene	KCM	.967
9	Johnny Smith	NBY	.931
10	Archie Ware	CBE	.915

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Chet Brewer	CBE/WES	1.03
2	Frank Thompson	HG	1.09
3	Bill Byrd	BEG	1.13
4	Bob Romby	BEG	1.14
5	Lino Donoso	NYC	1.15
6	Max Manning	EAS/NE	1.16
7	Wilmer Harris	PS	1.18
8	Gene Richardson	KCM	1.19
9	Gentry Jessup	CAG/WES	1.20
10	Ford Smith	KCM/WES	1.21

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	West All Stars	EWA	2	81	73	13	26	5	4	0	13	5	1	5		1	1	2	0	.356	.405	.534	.939	138
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	65	2532	2216	441	645	107	38	33	365	81		248			23	45		.291	.368	.418	.787	110
3	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL/WS	26	982	868	147	250	51	16	12	131	19	1	81			15	18		.288	.359	.425	.784	108
4	New York Cubans	NN2/WS	46	1843	1639	260	464	69	24	16	225	35	1	158	1		17	29		.283	.352	.384	.736	103
5	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	67	2510	2259	367	657	100	43	15	312	69		176			22	53		.291	.348	.393	.741	100
6	Newark Eagles	NN2	60	2278	1979	304	522	79	17	39	270	26		245			6	48		.264	.347	.380	.727	100
7	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	50	1856	1641	253	441	64	19	7	224	21		167			7	41		.269	.339	.344	.683	90
8	Homestead Grays	NN2	62	2219	1988	263	503	83	18	27	221	57		184			13	34		.253	.320	.354	.674	86
9	New York Black Yankees	NN2	34	1329	1174	161	299	33	16	6	140	19		122			9	24		.255	.330	.325	.655	86
10	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	16	677	611	90	166	22	8	3	71	10		48			6	12		.272	.331	.349	.679	81
11	Chicago American Giants	NAL	29	1196	1073	152	284	44	12	5	122	14		100			10	13		.265	.333	.342	.675	81
12	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	21	850	730	117	181	28	4	5	100	18		97			10	13		.248	.344	.318	.662	76
13	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	30	1139	1022	136	259	39	10	3	115	8		93			6	18		.253	.319	.320	.639	72
14	East All Stars	EWA	2	73	61	4	11	2	0	0	4	1	0	10		0	1	1	4	.180	.306	.213	.519	53
	14	4	702	19565	17334	2708	4708	726	229	171	2313	383	3	1734	1	1	146	351	4	.272	.343	.370	.712	94

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Henry Kimbro*	BEG/EAS	CF	66	287	253	70	96	24	5	8	52	11	0	29		0	2	3	1	.379	.447	.609	1.056	184
2	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	48	216	200	42	75	22	7	6	64	12		15			1	0		.375	.421	.645	1.066	183
3	Piper Davis	BBB/WES	2B	17	77	71	18	27	5	3	1	18	2	0	6		0	0	0	0	.380	.429	.577	1.006	165
4	Sam Jethroe**	CBE/WES	CF	28	128	111	32	38	11	5	2	12	12	0	14		0	1	2	0	.342	.421	.586	1.006	164
5	Al Smith	CBE	SS	24	96	86	12	28	5	5	3	15	2	1	8			2	0		.326	.396	.605	1.000	163
6	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	14	60	49	12	18	4	0	0	12	0		10			1	0		.367	.483	.449	.932	149
7	Minnie Miñoso	EAS/NYC	3B	47	224	205	46	71	14	4	2	25	5	1	17		0	2	0	0	.346	.402	.483	.885	144
8	Archie Ware*	CBE	1B	26	117	100	20	35	8	0	2	21	2		8			5	4		.350	.425	.490	.915	142
9	John Ritchey*	CAG	C	22	91	75	20	26	5	1	0	12	4		15			1	0		.347	.462	.440	.902	142
10	Monte Irvin	EAS/NE	CF	61	257	217	44	63	6	1	11	47	6	0	37		0	2	1	0	.290	.398	.479	.878	141
11	Butch Davis*	BEG	LF	67	288	267	50	91	12	12	3	52	25		14			4	3		.341	.382	.509	.892	140
12	Johnny Washington*	BEG/EAS	1B	59	240	224	31	83	11	6	0	44	8	0	12		0	1	3	0	.371	.405	.473	.878	138
13	Pedro Formental*	MRS	RF	15	67	50	8	14	2	0	2	12	0		15			0	2		.280	.446	.440	.886	134
14	Pat Patterson**	NE	3B	47	207	187	31	61	11	2	4	21	2		14			1	5		.326	.376	.471	.847	132
15	Artie Wilson*	BBB/WES	SS	18	88	70	17	25	1	1	0	6	4	0	15		0	0	3	0	.357	.471	.400	.871	131
16	Silvio García	EAS/NYC	SS	46	203	183	31	61	7	1	3	38	11	0	15		0	4	1	1	.333	.396	.432	.828	129
17	Johnny Davis	NE	LF	60	239	196	34	53	9	2	7	29	3		36			2	5		.270	.389	.444	.833	129
18	Claro Duany*	EAS/NYC	RF	42	180	154	18	49	8	0	2	28	0	0	23		0	3	0	0	.318	.417	.409	.826	129
19	Johnny Hayes*	EAS/NBY	C	33	123	92	9	25	2	1	1	13	2	0	28		0	1	2	0	.272	.446	.348	.794	129
20	Luis Márquez	EAS/HG	RF	63	253	226	36	73	14	1	3	20	18	0	23		0	2	2	1	.323	.390	.434	.824	128
21	Leon Kellman	CBE/WES	3B	20	73	62	13	19	3	2	1	11	0		9			1	1	0	.306	.403	.468	.871	127
22	Lorenzo Cabrera*	NYC	1B	44	207	185	35	55	9	4	4	33	6		17			4	1		.297	.369	.454	.823	127
23	Tommy Butts	BEG/EAS	SS	61	268	245	50	85	9	7	1	29	5	0	14		0	2	7	0	.347	.387	.453	.840	126
24	Willie Grace**	CBE	RF	26	103	86	13	28	7	1	0	12	1		14			0	3		.326	.420	.430	.850	126
25	Joe Atkins	CBE	3B	20	67	58	12	16	2	3	1	10	0		7			2	0		.276	.373	.466	.839	122
26	Frank Austin	EAS/PS	SS	51	211	181	30	57	11	2	0	26	4	0	23		0	2	5	1	.315	.398	.398	.796	122
27	Luke Easter*	HG	LF	62	251	223	35	60	11	6	5	36	2		25			3	0		.269	.351	.439	.790	118
28	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	61	251	222	55	63	15	3	5	38	16		25			2	2		.284	.361	.446	.807	115
29	Gene Benson*	PS	CF	49	206	183	27	53	10	4	1	33	2		23			0	0		.290	.369	.404	.773	115
30	Lyman Bostock*	CAG	1B	22	90	81	10	27	4	1	0	14	0		8			0	1		.333	.393	.407	.801	114
31	Lester Lockett	BEG	3B	67	283	253	41	81	13	3	1	45	5		24			2	4		.320	.384	.407	.791	114
32	Herb Souell**	KCM/WES	3B	64	290	268	55	88	5	8	1	32	16	0	16		0	4	2	0	.328	.375	.418	.793	111
33	Sam Hill*	CAG	LF	30	134	119	25	35	6	2	2	15	3		9			3	3		.294	.359	.429	.787	110
34	Bob Harvey*	NE	RF	58	216	193	23	57	16	1	1	30	1		19			0	4		.295	.358	.404	.763	110
35	Sam Hairston	CIC	3B	29	122	112	20	34	9	1	1	17	1		8			0	2		.304	.350	.429	.779	109
36	Chico Renfroe	KCM	2B	54	227	178	33	50	10	2	0	20	3		36			3	10		.281	.410	.360	.770	107
37	Lennie Pearson	NE	1B	61	244	223	37	62	11	2	5	33	5		19			0	2		.278	.335	.413	.747	105
38	Eli Chism	BBB	LF	17	68	61	12	18	2	3	0	6	1		1			3	3		.295	.338	.426	.765	103
39	Archie Brathwaite^	PS	RF	48	193	168	31	47	9	2	0	24	5		22			1	2		.280	.366	.357	.724	101
40	Quincy Trouppe**	CBE/WES	C	22	61	48	10	12	2	1	0	3	1	0	12		1	0	1	0	.250	.400	.333	.733	100
41	Clyde Parris	NBY	3B	34	145	133	26	38	5	1	1	19	6		9			2	1		.286	.340	.361	.701	100
42	Bernell Longest*	CAG	2B	30	138	128	18	40	5	2	0	19	3		7			3	0		.313	.362	.383	.745	99
43	Fernando Díaz	NYC	2B	40	170	149	17	42	6	2	0	17	4		18	1		2	1		.282	.367	.349	.716	98
44	Buddy Armour*	CAG/WES	CF	27	117	109	18	33	8	1	0	6	0	0	8		0	0	0	0	.303	.350	.394	.745	98
45	José Colás	MRS/WES	CF	20	89	82	15	24	5	2	0	17	2	0	5		0	1	1	0	.293	.341	.402	.743	95
46	Tom Cooper	KCM	RF	55	205	171	40	49	7	0	1	27	6		24			1	9		.287	.378	.345	.723	94
47	Reinaldo Drake*	CIC	CF	26	100	85	12	22	3	1	1	9	2		13			1	1		.259	.364	.353	.717	93
48	Pedro Pagés**	NYC	CF	37	175	148	22	36	7	3	1	22	3		20			0	7		.243	.333	.351	.685	90
49	Ray Neil	CIC/WES	2B	30	127	118	15	34	8	1	0	9	0		9			0	0	0	.288	.339	.373	.711	90
50	Lou Louden	EAS/NYC	C	34	133	119	21	33	4	0	1	13	1	0	9		0	2	3	0	.277	.338	.336	.675	87
51	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	14	67	51	9	13	1	0	0	7	1		12			3	1		.255	.424	.275	.699	86
52	Norman Robinson**	BBB	CF	16	74	70	12	21	4	0	0	2	2		3			1	0		.300	.338	.357	.695	85
53	Johnie Scott*	KCM	LF	66	267	246	42	64	10	6	2	28	12		21			0	0		.260	.318	.374	.692	85
54	Goose Tatum**	CIC/WES	1B	30	122	117	14	34	4	3	0	15	2	1	3		0	1	1	0	.291	.314	.376	.690	84
55	Mahlon Duckett	PS	2B	41	168	145	29	38	5	0	1	13	1		16			2	5		.262	.344	.317	.661	84
56	Marlin Carter*	MRS	3B	15	67	55	11	12	4	0	1	7	1		11			0	1		.218	.348	.345	.694	83
57	Jim Gilliam**	BEG	2B	59	248	214	40	55	10	3	0	27	7		26			1	7		.257	.340	.332	.672	82
58	Cleveland Clark	NYC	LF	46	193	169	25	42	5	3	1	16	1		19			0	5		.249	.324	.331	.656	82
59	Murray Watkins*	PS	3B	46	195	183	34	49	4	3	1	22	3		9			1	2		.268	.306	.339	.644	79
60	Johnnie Cowan	CBE	2B	24	93	88	12	24	3	0	2	17	1		2			1	2		.273	.297	.375	.672	77
61	Bob Boyd*	MRS/WES	1B	22	98	90	14	24	4	0	1	10	4		6			2	0	0	.267	.327	.344	.671	76
62	John Miles	CAG	3B	24	94	84	13	19	4	0	2	9	0		9			0	1		.226	.301	.345	.646	73
63	Sam Bankhead	HG	SS	61	253	223	19	52	9	2	1	25	13		21			1	8		.233	.302	.305	.607	68
64	Henry Merchant*	CIC	RF	27	109	94	18	23	1	0	1	8	0		11			1	3		.245	.330	.287	.617	66
65	George Handy*	MRS	2B	16	67	61	7	16	0	2	0	10	0		3			0	3		.262	.297	.328	.625	64
66	Doc Dennis	PS	1B	49	188	160	13	36	4	0	1	20	0		18			0	10		.225	.303	.269	.572	60
67	Clyde McNeal	CAG	SS	25	101	95	13	23	2	2	0	8	1		6			0	0		.242	.287	.305	.592	58
68	Clyde Nelson	CBE	LF	21	82	77	8	18	4	1	0	11	2		2			2	1		.234	.272	.312	.583	55
69	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	52	225	204	38	47	5	1	0	9	3		15			2	4		.230	.290	.265	.554	54
70	Jimmy Wilkes*	NE	CF	52	214	181	31	33	4	1	1	11	2		31			1	1		.182	.305	.232	.537	49
71	Pepper Bassett**	BBB/WES	C	17	54	51	4	11	1	0	1	6	0		3			0	0	0	.216	.259	.294	.553	47
72	Robert Abernathy^	CIC/WES	LF	28	116	103	13	22	3	0	0	12	0		10			2	1	0	.214	.296	.243	.538	46
73	John Britton*	BBB	3B	15	71	67	8	15	1	0	0	6	0		1			0	3		.224	.235	.239	.474	26
74	Willie Wells Jr.	MRS	SS	19	69	63	12	11	3	0	0	8	2		6			0	0		.175	.246	.222	.469	24
75	Walter Hardy	NBY	SS	31	121	113	12	20	3	1	0	6	1		3			1	4		.177	.205	.221	.426	22

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

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