1943 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Josh Gibson	HG	.626
2	Tetelo Vargas	NYC	.535
3	Buck Leonard	HG	.444
4	Larry Doby	NE	.436
5	Goose Curry	PS	.416
6	Jim West	PS	.415
7	Jerry Benjamin	HG	.415
8	Cool Papa Bell	HG	.413
9	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	.410
10	Vic Harris	HG	.409

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Dave Barnhill	NYC	1.11
2	Johnny Wright	HG	1.12
3	Lefty Boone	HSS	1.21
4	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	1.28
5	Edsall Walker	HG	1.28
6	Leon Day	NE	1.33
7	Neck Stanley	NBY	1.35
8	Ray Brown	HG	1.35
9	Spoon Carter	HG	1.37
10	Frank McAllister	HSS	1.42

All-1943 Team

League:

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Cool Papa Bell	HG	1.7	2.1	-0.2
Rogelio Linares	NYC	0.8	0.5	0.4

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jerry Benjamin	HG	2.9	2.5	0.4
Tetelo Vargas	NYC	2.0	2.3	-0.2

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Barney Brown	PS	2.0	0.6	0.1
Pancho Coimbre	NYC	1.6	1.1	0.1

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sam Bankhead	HG	2.6	0.2	2.1
Rabbit Martínez	NYC	0.7	-0.3	0.9

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Howard Easterling	HG	2.4	1.9	0.4
Larry Doby	NE	1.9	1.1	0.6

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jud Wilson	HG	1.1	1.0	0.1
George Scales	BEG	0.6	0.8	-0.1

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Leonard	HG	2.4	2.6	0.0
Lennie Pearson	MULT	1.3	0.9	0.5

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	HG	6.8	6.4	0.3
Lou Louden	NYC	0.4	0.3	0.1

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Johnny Wright	HG	189.0	6.5	6.8	-0.3
Dave Barnhill	NYC	125.2	5.1	4.6	0.4
Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	134.1	4.6	5.0	0.0
Bill Anderson	HG/NYC	85.1	1.4	1.7	-0.3
Neck Stanley	NBY	55.2	0.8	1.0	-0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Edsall Walker	HG	111.2	2.7	2.2	0.6
Spoon Carter	HG	119.1	2.3	2.5	-0.1
Leniel Hooker	NE/PS	84.1	1.6	1.7	-0.1
R. T. Walker	HSS	25.1	0.9	1.0	-0.1
Tom Glover	BEG	85.1	0.8	0.8	0.0

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