1946 Season

Negro American League

1945 / 1947

J. B. Martin (President)
Ernie Wright (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Satchel
Paige

Leaders

Runs Batted In

#	Player	Team	RBI
1	Willard Brown	KCM	28
2	Ted Strong	KCM	23
3	Johnie Scott	KCM	16
4	Sam Hairston	CIC	16
5	Duke Cleveland	CIC	15
6	Buddy Armour	CBE	14
7	Leon Kellman	CBE	13
8	Herb Souell	KCM	13
9	Joe Greene	KCM	12
10	Sam Jethroe	CBE	12

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Satchel Paige	KCM	306
2	Angel García	CIC	303
3	Hilton Smith	KCM	282
4	Jehosie Heard	BBB	201
5	Gentry Jessup	CAG	191
6	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	178
7	Willie Cornelius	CAG	156
8	Walter McCoy	CAG	149
9	Ford Smith	KCM	132
10	Manuel Godínez	CIC	131

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	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	20	771	689	111	194	31	9	3	94	19	63	8	11	.282	.349	.366	.714	111
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	41	1492	1335	200	358	43	24	11	161	26	128	7	22	.268	.335	.361	.696	107
3	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	26	1030	902	135	233	30	8	3	113	19	89	12	27	.258	.333	.319	.652	94
4	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	10	391	344	46	90	8	5	1	31	12	31	9	7	.262	.339	.323	.661	94
5	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	12	460	424	46	101	14	4	2	39	6	23	4	9	.238	.284	.304	.588	74
6	Chicago American Giants	NAL	20	739	678	70	159	20	5	3	58	7	46	3	12	.235	.286	.292	.578	71
	6	1	137	4883	4372	608	1135	146	55	23	496	89	380	43	88	.260	.325	.334	.659	95

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Ted Strong**	KCM	RF	35	137	114	30	40	2	2	3	23	2	19	2	2	.351	.452	.482	.934	178
2	Clyde Nelson	CAG	3B	19	78	72	8	26	5	0	2	11	0	6	0	0	.361	.410	.514	.924	173
3	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	39	157	149	30	49	11	7	3	28	3	7	0	1	.329	.359	.557	.916	171
4	Willie Grace**	CBE	RF	17	68	64	6	25	3	1	0	11	1	3	0	1	.391	.418	.469	.887	162
5	Sam Hairston	CIC	3B	26	115	102	16	33	7	1	2	16	1	9	3	1	.324	.395	.471	.865	158
6	Lyman Bostock*	BBB	1B	8	33	31	4	12	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	2	.387	.387	.484	.871	154
7	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	9	40	27	8	7	1	1	0	4	3	7	5	1	.259	.487	.370	.858	151
8	Buddy Armour*	CBE	LF	18	69	64	13	22	5	1	0	14	3	5	0	0	.344	.391	.453	.844	149
9	Leon Kellman	CBE	3B	20	83	65	15	21	4	0	0	13	3	12	4	2	.323	.457	.385	.841	149
10	Piper Davis	BBB	2B	10	45	36	7	10	2	2	0	0	1	8	0	1	.278	.409	.444	.854	149
11	Red Longley	MRS	RF	10	44	39	7	12	0	1	1	6	2	4	1	0	.308	.386	.436	.822	143
12	Archie Ware*	CBE	1B	19	84	71	15	24	3	0	0	9	2	8	1	4	.338	.413	.380	.793	135
13	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	40	156	131	18	37	3	3	0	11	1	25	0	0	.282	.397	.351	.749	123
14	Artie Wilson*	BBB	SS	10	47	40	7	13	0	0	0	0	3	7	0	0	.325	.426	.325	.751	120
15	Reinaldo Drake*	CIC	CF	25	110	97	16	29	4	1	0	12	3	7	4	2	.299	.370	.361	.731	118
16	Sam Jethroe**	CBE	CF	20	91	81	20	22	4	1	1	12	5	8	1	1	.272	.344	.383	.727	115
17	Jelly Taylor*	MRS	1B	11	46	40	7	11	3	0	0	3	0	5	0	1	.275	.356	.350	.706	109
18	Ray Neil	CIC	2B	26	121	106	20	28	6	1	0	6	4	12	1	2	.264	.345	.340	.684	104
19	Willie Wells Jr.	MRS	SS	12	45	38	5	11	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	4	.289	.341	.342	.684	102
20	Johnnie Cowan	CBE	2B	18	71	68	11	21	2	0	0	10	0	2	0	1	.309	.329	.338	.667	97
21	Quincy Trouppe**	CBE	C	18	65	53	7	9	4	1	1	7	0	10	2	0	.170	.323	.340	.663	96
22	Duke Cleveland*	CIC	RF	23	101	92	14	23	4	2	0	15	3	8	1	0	.250	.317	.337	.654	95
23	Jim McCurine*	CAG	RF	17	66	59	8	16	2	1	0	7	0	3	0	4	.271	.306	.339	.645	91
24	Johnie Scott*	KCM	LF	39	160	142	30	37	2	1	0	16	4	13	2	3	.261	.331	.289	.620	84
25	Bernell Longest*	CAG	2B	17	72	62	9	15	2	0	0	5	2	9	1	0	.242	.347	.274	.621	84
26	John Britton*	BBB	3B	10	46	43	6	10	1	1	0	5	2	1	1	1	.233	.267	.302	.569	66
27	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	40	169	160	18	40	2	0	0	13	7	9	0	0	.250	.290	.263	.552	64
28	Ed Young	CAG	1B	18	75	70	11	14	2	0	1	7	2	4	0	1	.200	.243	.271	.515	52
29	Ralph Wyatt	CAG/CBE	SS	17	76	73	7	14	1	3	0	5	1	2	0	1	.192	.213	.288	.501	47
30	Pepper Bassett**	BBB	C	9	37	35	2	8	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	.229	.270	.229	.499	46
31	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	11	49	46	4	9	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	.196	.245	.217	.462	37

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

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