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

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

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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