1944 Season

Negro American League

1943 / 1945

J. B. Martin (President)
Ernie Wright (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary & Director of Public Relations)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Bonnie
Serrell

Top Pitcher

Satchel
Paige

Leaders

Stolen Bases

#	Player	Team	SB
1	Leovigildo Xiqués	CIC	7
2	Bonnie Serrell	KCM	6
3	Neil Robinson	MRS	6
4	Cowan Hyde	MRS	5
5	Fred Bankhead	MRS	5
6	Parnell Woods	CBE	4
7	George Minor	CAG	4
8	Herb Souell	KCM	4
9	Jesse Williams	KCM	3
10	Buck Felder	CAG/MRS	3

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Satchel Paige	KCM	105
2	Booker McDaniel	KCM	73
3	Verdell Mathis	MRS	61
4	Gentry Jessup	CAG	48
5	Roosevelt Davis	CIC	42
6	Porter Moss	MRS	36
7	Alvin Gipson	BBB	34
8	Jack Matchett	KCM	33
9	Willie Jefferson	CBE	33
10	Alfred Saylor	BBB	32

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Chicago American Giants	NAL	24	868	800	80	217	26	13	2	73	16	59	1	8	.271	.322	.344	.666	109
2	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	33	1235	1141	155	307	41	18	7	129	10	64	9	21	.269	.313	.355	.668	108
3	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	53	1915	1764	226	444	59	24	9	184	27	116	10	25	.252	.302	.328	.629	99
4	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	26	948	850	115	225	30	5	3	101	13	67	6	25	.265	.323	.322	.645	98
5	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	30	1105	978	125	241	31	8	3	105	21	99	5	23	.246	.319	.304	.623	93
6	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	31	1136	1025	105	240	35	7	2	76	27	80	6	25	.234	.293	.288	.581	78
	6	1	213	7207	6558	806	1674	222	75	26	668	114	485	37	127	.255	.310	.324	.634	97

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Jesse Douglas*	CAG	SS	21	89	78	10	31	5	4	0	12	2	10	0	1	.397	.466	.564	1.030	221
2	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	32	131	112	25	40	6	4	3	23	3	14	3	2	.357	.442	.563	1.004	212
3	Artie Wilson*	BBB	SS	31	140	132	22	50	7	5	0	14	2	6	1	1	.379	.410	.508	.918	185
4	Parnell Woods	CBE	3B	24	87	83	13	32	5	3	0	14	4	3	0	1	.386	.407	.518	.925	184
5	Bonnie Serrell*	KCM	2B	50	204	187	39	60	10	5	4	24	6	15	1	1	.321	.374	.492	.866	173
6	Tommy Sampson	BBB	2B	30	124	112	18	38	4	2	0	13	1	7	3	2	.339	.393	.411	.804	150
7	Sam Jethroe**	CBE	CF	25	109	98	19	31	3	0	2	13	2	9	1	1	.316	.380	.408	.788	142
8	John Britton*	BBB	3B	33	142	132	16	42	5	1	1	18	0	8	1	1	.318	.362	.394	.756	135
9	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	29	115	103	21	33	3	1	0	13	5	6	1	5	.320	.364	.369	.733	125
10	Buddy Armour*	CBE	LF	21	87	74	10	22	3	0	0	15	2	10	1	2	.297	.388	.338	.726	124
11	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	53	219	200	33	57	5	2	2	17	4	18	0	1	.285	.344	.360	.704	122
12	John Bissant	CAG	LF	22	90	87	7	25	4	3	0	6	1	2	0	1	.287	.303	.402	.706	120
13	Armando Vázquez*	CIC	1B	29	108	97	13	28	0	1	1	11	2	11	0	0	.289	.361	.340	.701	117
14	Leovigildo Xiqués	CIC	LF	26	113	104	13	31	3	1	0	13	7	8	0	1	.298	.348	.346	.694	114
15	Fred McDaniel*	MRS	LF	27	110	99	15	28	5	1	0	7	1	7	2	2	.283	.343	.354	.696	114
16	Jimmy Ford	MRS	3B	28	113	103	8	29	3	0	1	13	2	8	1	1	.282	.339	.340	.679	109
17	Clyde Nelson	CAG	3B	23	86	81	8	21	2	3	0	9	2	5	0	0	.259	.302	.358	.660	106
18	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	29	120	109	11	29	3	1	1	8	6	9	1	1	.266	.328	.339	.667	105
19	Lloyd Davenport*	CAG/CBE	CF	24	99	91	8	26	1	0	0	11	1	6	0	2	.286	.330	.297	.627	96
20	Jesse Williams	KCM	SS	43	176	157	21	36	6	4	0	10	3	14	2	3	.229	.301	.318	.619	95
21	Newt Allen	KCM	1B	46	178	167	18	44	8	0	0	17	0	7	0	4	.263	.293	.311	.604	91
22	Henry Smith	CIC	SS	24	104	91	9	22	6	0	0	7	1	7	0	6	.242	.296	.308	.604	86
23	Lee Moody	KCM	LF	50	197	189	22	47	6	2	1	27	2	5	0	3	.249	.268	.317	.586	84
24	Piper Davis	BBB	1B	32	130	123	15	26	3	2	2	13	1	7	0	0	.211	.254	.317	.571	77
25	Felix McLaurin**	BBB	CF	27	110	99	13	22	0	1	1	5	3	8	1	2	.222	.287	.273	.560	74
26	Billy Horne*	CBE	SS	21	84	75	10	17	2	1	0	11	0	5	0	4	.227	.275	.280	.555	71
27	Jimmie Crutchfield*	CAG/CBE	RF	26	108	102	10	23	5	0	0	5	1	5	0	1	.225	.262	.275	.536	66
28	Johnny Ray*	CIC	RF	30	130	115	16	23	2	0	0	5	0	13	2	0	.200	.292	.217	.510	58
29	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	30	113	108	12	20	5	2	0	4	5	5	0	0	.185	.221	.269	.490	50
30	Archie Ware*	CBE	1B	25	105	90	11	16	1	0	0	8	0	13	1	1	.178	.288	.189	.477	47
31	Jim Canada*	MRS	1B	27	99	87	5	15	1	0	0	3	0	8	0	4	.172	.242	.184	.426	31

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

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