1943 Season

Negro National League II

1942 / 1944

Tom Wilson (President)
Ed Bolden (Vice President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)
Frank Forbes (Director of League Promotions)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Johnny
Wright

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Josh Gibson	HG	277
2	Tetelo Vargas	NYC	207
3	Larry Doby	NE	154
4	Buck Leonard	HG	152
5	Jerry Benjamin	HG	139
6	Johnny Davis	NE	137
7	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	132
8	Howard Easterling	HG	132
9	Cool Papa Bell	HG	130
10	George Scales	BEG	125

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Johnny Wright	HG	185
2	Dave Barnhill	NYC	175
3	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	170
4	Lefty Boone	HSS	141
5	Edsall Walker	HG	129
6	Bill Anderson	HG/NYC	124
7	Spoon Carter	HG	124
8	Leon Day	NE	123
9	Leniel Hooker	NE/PS	119
10	Frank McAllister	HSS	116

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	Homestead Grays	NN2	72	2829	2462	555	810	125	51	30	485	56	311	11	45	.329	.407	.458	.864	129
2	New York Cubans	NN2	39	1525	1366	238	393	64	16	8	192	24	127	12	20	.288	.353	.376	.729	98
3	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	49	1959	1696	320	483	69	44	6	272	23	235	9	19	.285	.375	.388	.763	96
4	Newark Eagles	NN2	35	1353	1186	191	310	54	18	14	158	30	135	7	25	.261	.340	.373	.713	87
5	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	50	1837	1665	221	414	55	26	10	170	33	149	8	15	.249	.313	.331	.644	68
6	New York Black Yankees	NN2	32	1192	1077	131	256	36	14	4	111	18	90	9	16	.238	.302	.308	.610	63
7	Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars	NN2	14	534	489	68	113	22	1	4	59	14	37	3	5	.231	.289	.305	.594	57
	7	1	302	11229	9941	1724	2779	425	170	76	1447	198	1084	59	145	.280	.354	.379	.733	94

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Josh Gibson	HG	C	70	305	249	93	116	23	9	20	112	4	55	1	0	.466	.564	.871	1.435	277
2	Tetelo Vargas	NYC	CF	31	142	123	35	58	7	4	0	18	4	19	0	0	.472	.542	.593	1.136	207
3	Larry Doby*	NE	2B	28	127	103	18	31	8	3	4	22	5	20	1	3	.301	.419	.553	.973	154
4	Buck Leonard*	HG	1B	68	310	255	71	84	18	8	4	61	2	49	3	3	.329	.443	.510	.953	152
5	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	71	331	294	83	110	17	4	2	38	12	25	1	11	.374	.425	.480	.905	139
6	Johnny Davis	NE	CF	35	153	132	28	43	10	1	4	23	3	15	1	5	.326	.399	.508	.906	137
7	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	RF	37	159	138	26	50	6	1	0	26	3	17	1	3	.362	.436	.420	.856	132
8	Howard Easterling**	HG	2B	64	273	250	47	87	11	10	1	52	8	19	0	4	.348	.394	.484	.878	132
9	Cool Papa Bell**	HG	LF	65	307	263	63	92	12	5	0	29	12	39	0	5	.350	.434	.433	.867	130
10	Tom Parker	HSS	RF	14	61	59	8	21	7	0	0	9	1	2	0	0	.356	.377	.475	.852	125
11	Dave Thomas*	NYC	1B	29	136	121	26	39	11	0	1	13	1	11	3	1	.322	.393	.438	.831	124
12	Jim West**	PS	1B	49	216	184	37	58	5	7	2	44	2	29	3	0	.315	.417	.451	.868	123
13	Lennie Pearson	MULT	1B	37	159	139	28	38	8	5	4	23	5	19	0	1	.273	.361	.489	.850	123
14	Goose Curry*	PS	RF	47	206	163	47	48	7	4	2	23	5	41	0	2	.294	.436	.423	.860	122
15	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	32	134	125	17	39	13	1	2	21	2	7	1	1	.312	.353	.480	.833	121
16	Ameal Brooks*	NYC	LF	34	133	117	25	32	8	1	4	27	1	15	0	1	.274	.356	.462	.818	120
17	Jud Wilson*	HG	3B	64	252	217	30	66	12	6	0	57	0	32	0	3	.304	.394	.415	.808	114
18	Roy Parnell	PS	LF	38	152	127	29	39	5	4	0	17	0	20	4	1	.307	.417	.409	.827	113
19	Gene Benson*	PS	CF	46	206	190	27	64	7	5	0	38	2	14	0	2	.337	.382	.426	.809	108
20	Rogelio Linares*	NYC	LF	33	138	111	18	28	7	2	1	17	2	16	7	4	.252	.381	.378	.759	105
21	Henry Spearman	PS	3B	48	213	190	35	54	13	5	0	30	2	20	0	3	.284	.352	.405	.758	95
22	Bud Barbee	BEG	1B	42	167	151	25	44	4	3	1	20	3	14	1	1	.291	.355	.377	.733	91
23	Javier Pérez	NYC	2B	31	126	115	24	32	5	3	0	22	1	8	0	3	.278	.325	.374	.699	89
24	Harry Williams	HSS/NBY	SS	23	93	85	14	25	3	1	0	12	5	7	1	0	.294	.355	.353	.708	87
25	Henry Kimbro*	BEG	CF	46	207	184	33	50	7	5	0	12	7	23	0	0	.272	.353	.364	.717	87
26	Buddy Armour*	HSS/NBY	CF	14	60	56	9	13	4	0	2	13	2	4	0	0	.232	.283	.411	.694	85
27	Bill Cash	PS	C	44	184	162	25	42	7	3	1	23	2	22	0	0	.259	.348	.358	.706	82
28	Sam Bankhead	HG	SS	72	307	265	53	69	5	2	1	42	17	32	3	7	.260	.347	.306	.652	73
29	Leon Day	NE/PS	2B	30	125	112	15	30	5	1	0	9	2	9	1	3	.268	.328	.330	.658	71
30	Frank Russell	BEG	2B	50	205	183	24	46	4	3	0	17	6	18	1	3	.251	.322	.306	.628	64
31	Charlie Rivera	NYC	2B	31	127	119	20	29	2	1	1	12	4	8	0	0	.244	.291	.303	.594	60
32	Rabbit Martínez	NYC	SS	33	139	126	13	29	6	1	0	13	3	10	1	2	.230	.292	.294	.586	58
33	Rufus Baker^	NBY	SS	31	119	101	15	21	1	2	0	4	4	16	1	1	.208	.322	.257	.579	55
34	Roosevelt Cox	NBY/NYC	3B	32	129	125	17	29	5	1	1	14	1	4	0	0	.232	.256	.312	.568	53
35	Leon Ruffin	NE	C	31	118	108	16	23	7	1	0	19	4	8	2	0	.213	.280	.296	.576	51
36	Zack Clayton*	NBY	1B	24	100	94	12	20	4	1	1	10	0	5	0	1	.213	.253	.309	.561	49
37	Murray Watkins*	NE	3B	33	156	138	22	32	1	0	0	9	6	13	0	5	.232	.298	.239	.537	42
38	Felton Snow	BEG/PS	SS	48	193	182	23	39	5	2	1	16	3	7	1	3	.214	.247	.280	.528	37
39	Bill Bradford*	NBY	LF	25	100	90	8	18	2	1	0	5	1	7	1	2	.200	.265	.244	.510	36
40	Dan Wilson**	HSS	LF	13	60	53	6	11	0	0	0	3	4	6	0	1	.208	.288	.208	.496	33
41	Chesley Gray	HSS	C	14	48	46	7	9	2	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	.196	.229	.239	.468	24

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

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