1947 Season

1946 / 1948

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

Henry
Kimbro

Bob
Romby

Leaders

#	Player	Team	SB
1	Butch Davis	BEG	25
2	Luis Márquez	EAS/HG	18
3	Buck O'Neil	KCM	16
4	Herb Souell	KCM/WES	16
5	Sam Bankhead	HG	13
6	Sam Jethroe	CBE/WES	12
7	Willard Brown	KCM	12
8	Johnie Scott	KCM	12
9	Henry Kimbro	BEG/EAS	11
10	Silvio García	EAS/NYC	11

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Luis Tiant	EAS/NYC	3.24
2	Rufus Lewis	EAS/NE	2.74
3	Lino Donoso	NYC	2.58
4	Bill Powell	BBB	2.55
5	Bill Byrd	BEG	2.46
6	Frank Thompson	HG	2.45
7	Max Manning	EAS/NE	2.42
8	Henry McHenry	PS	2.30
9	Jim LaMarque	KCM	2.29
10	Cotton Williams	NE	2.29

Standings

		vs NN2 (Official)					vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	New York Cubans^*	43	18	1	.705	-	51	25	1	.671	6.4	4.3	José María Fernández	Polo Grounds (New York, NY)
2	Newark Eagles	45	37	1	.549	8.5	51	43	1	.543	5.7	4.8	Biz Mackey	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
3	Baltimore Elite Giants	40	35	2	.533	10.0	51	43	3	.543	5.4	4.6	Wesley Barrow, George Scales, Felton Snow	Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
4	Homestead Grays	33	34	3	.493	13.0	60	44	4	.577	5.2	4.4	Vic Harris	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
5	Philadelphia Stars	24	33	2	.421	17.0	35	36	2	.493	5.0	5.7	Goose Curry	44th & Parkside (Philadelphia, PA), Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA)
6	New York Black Yankees	11	39	3	.220	26.5	22	50	6	.306	4.3	7.0	Marvin Barker	Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)

* = League Champion

		vs NAL (Official)					vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Cleveland Buckeyes^*	49	18	0	.731	-	62	35	1	.639	6.3	4.8	Quincy Trouppe	League Park IV (Cleveland, OH), Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
2	Kansas City Monarchs	47	29	0	.618	6.5	67	48	1	.583	6.1	5.0	Frank Duncan	Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
3	Birmingham Black Barons	42	38	0	.525	13.5	57	53	0	.518	6.0	5.5	Tommy Sampson	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
4	Memphis Red Sox	38	48	2	.442	20.5	50	66	3	.431	5.0	6.5	Larry Brown	Martin Park (Memphis, TN), Russwood Park (Memphis, TN)
5	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	31	50	2	.383	25.0	42	73	2	.365	5.0	6.0	Reinaldo Drake, Hoss Walker, Willie Wells	Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN), Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
6	Chicago American Giants	28	52	0	.350	27.5	36	68	0	.346	4.6	6.4	Candy Jim Taylor	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)

* = League Champion

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	New York Cubans	4	1	1	.800	-	7.0	4.3	José María Fernández	Polo Grounds (New York, NY)
2	Cleveland Buckeyes	1	4	1	.200	3.0	4.3	7.0	Quincy Trouppe	Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH)

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