1945 Season

Negro American League

1944 / 1946

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

Top Hitter

Jesse
Williams

Top Pitcher

Booker
McDaniel

Leaders

OPS

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Ed Steele	BBB	1.083
2	Jackie Robinson	KCM	1.033
3	Sam Jethroe	CBE	.962
4	Neil Robinson	MRS	.948
5	Piper Davis	BBB	.910
6	Art Pennington	CAG	.907
7	Avelino Cañizares	CBE	.866
8	Johnny Smith	CAG	.839
9	Artie Wilson	BBB	.785
10	Herb Souell	KCM	.782

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Booker McDaniel	KCM	9
2	Eugene Bremer	CBE	7
3	Jim LaMarque	KCM	7
4	Gentry Jessup	CAG	6
5	Hilton Smith	KCM	6
6	Walter McCoy	CAG	5
7	Steve Wylie	KCM	4
8	Satchel Paige	KCM	4
9	Willie Cornelius	CAG	3
10	George Jefferson	CBE	3

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	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	53	1976	1809	280	504	76	25	10	242	50	123	11	33	.279	.328	.365	.693	105
2	Chicago American Giants	NAL	39	1473	1334	211	359	40	20	9	180	16	123	3	13	.269	.332	.349	.682	102
3	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	28	1032	951	123	256	35	23	6	103	10	53	4	24	.269	.311	.373	.684	101
4	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	24	905	817	124	218	28	15	3	102	21	69	5	14	.267	.328	.349	.677	97
5	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	26	958	865	113	198	33	10	8	90	7	69	6	18	.229	.290	.318	.608	78
6	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	22	821	750	81	174	15	9	4	71	7	60	1	10	.232	.290	.292	.582	71
	6	1	195	7165	6526	932	1709	227	102	40	788	111	497	30	112	.262	.317	.346	.663	95

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	28	118	104	17	40	5	8	2	18	2	8	2	4	.385	.439	.644	1.083	216
2	Sam Jethroe**	CBE	CF	21	91	81	14	27	5	5	1	20	5	8	2	0	.333	.407	.556	.962	179
3	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	23	99	90	15	31	6	0	4	21	1	7	2	0	.344	.404	.544	.948	176
4	Art Pennington**	CAG	1B	35	151	128	23	42	6	2	3	26	7	23	0	0	.328	.430	.477	.907	169
5	Piper Davis	BBB	1B	26	108	97	15	35	3	2	2	15	2	9	0	2	.361	.415	.495	.910	167
6	Avelino Cañizares	CBE	SS	21	96	88	18	31	7	0	1	9	5	7	0	1	.352	.400	.466	.866	152
7	Johnny Smith*	CAG	RF	38	161	151	24	51	5	4	2	33	1	9	0	1	.338	.375	.464	.839	148
8	Artie Wilson*	BBB	SS	28	125	114	18	39	6	0	0	13	2	8	1	2	.342	.390	.395	.785	131
9	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	48	208	191	39	60	8	5	1	34	5	10	3	4	.314	.358	.424	.782	130
10	Jesse Williams	KCM	2B	51	230	200	51	60	10	2	2	15	12	23	2	5	.300	.378	.400	.778	130
11	Lee Moody	KCM	1B	48	200	188	30	62	10	1	1	27	3	8	0	4	.330	.357	.410	.767	126
12	Walter Thomas	KCM	RF	51	210	190	30	58	5	4	1	23	5	13	3	4	.305	.359	.389	.749	121
13	Reinaldo Drake*	CIC	LF	20	84	77	15	23	2	1	1	5	2	7	0	0	.299	.357	.390	.747	119
14	Ralph Wyatt	CAG	SS	35	147	133	25	38	1	3	2	22	1	11	0	3	.286	.340	.383	.724	114
15	Jesse Douglas*	CAG	2B	32	142	132	23	40	2	1	1	14	5	10	0	0	.303	.352	.356	.708	110
16	John Bissant	CAG	LF	33	137	122	30	33	7	2	0	13	1	14	0	1	.270	.346	.361	.706	109
17	Parnell Woods	CBE	3B	22	94	82	18	23	4	1	0	9	6	5	3	4	.280	.344	.354	.698	104
18	Sam Hairston	CIC	3B	20	71	62	10	16	3	1	0	9	1	9	0	0	.258	.352	.339	.691	103
19	Archie Ware*	CBE	1B	20	85	78	12	22	1	2	0	12	1	5	0	2	.282	.325	.346	.671	96
20	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	22	95	83	17	21	2	2	0	8	2	9	2	1	.253	.340	.325	.666	95
21	Lester Lockett	BBB	LF	27	110	102	13	27	5	2	0	12	0	4	1	3	.265	.299	.353	.652	91
22	Willie Grace**	CBE	RF	19	75	69	5	20	0	1	0	9	0	4	0	2	.290	.329	.319	.648	89
23	Johnie Scott*	KCM	CF	52	220	206	31	51	6	6	1	34	6	13	0	1	.248	.292	.350	.642	89
24	Chico Renfroe	CAG/KCM	2B	43	165	147	20	36	3	2	0	16	1	11	1	6	.245	.302	.293	.594	76
25	Jimmie Crutchfield*	CAG	CF	38	160	146	15	34	6	1	0	14	0	13	1	0	.233	.300	.288	.588	75
26	Henry Merchant*	CIC	CF	20	75	63	6	15	1	0	0	7	2	9	0	3	.238	.333	.254	.587	74
27	Johnnie Cowan	CBE	2B	22	90	84	6	21	1	0	0	8	0	4	0	2	.250	.284	.262	.546	60
28	Red Longley	MRS	3B	25	91	82	5	19	1	1	0	11	0	5	0	4	.232	.276	.268	.544	60
29	Jim Canada*	MRS	1B	22	81	73	6	14	1	0	0	5	1	6	0	2	.192	.253	.205	.459	35

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

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