1944 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1944 Season

Negro National League II

1943 / 1945

Tom Wilson (President)
Ed Bolden (Vice President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Buck
Leonard

Top Pitcher

Bill
Ricks

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Bill Hoskins	BEG	.633
2	Buck Leonard	HG	.620
3	Josh Gibson	HG	.611
4	Bob Harvey	NE	.602
5	Roy Campanella	BEG/PS	.545
6	Marvin Williams	PS	.527
7	Henry Kimbro	BEG	.522
8	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	.508
9	Johnny Davis	NE	.500
10	Archie Brathwaite	NE	.494

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Donald Troy	BEG	273
2	Barney Morris	NYC	196
3	Henry Miller	PS	163
4	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	161
5	Bill Ricks	PS	157
6	Jonas Gaines	BEG	145
7	Roy Welmaker	HG	133
8	Ray Brown	HG	131
9	Leniel Hooker	NE	129
10	Victor Greenidge	NYC	129

All-1944 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Pancho Coimbre	NYC	1.5	1.3	0.3
Bill Hoskins	BEG	1.4	1.5	0.0

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jerry Benjamin	HG	1.4	1.1	0.4
Henry Kimbro	BEG	1.1	1.4	-0.3

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Dave Hoskins	HG	1.6	1.1	-0.1
Ed Stone	PS	0.9	1.1	0.0

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sam Bankhead	HG	2.2	0.6	1.3
Frank Austin	PS	1.8	1.3	0.3

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ray Dandridge	NE	1.6	0.9	0.5
Marvin Williams	PS	1.0	1.7	-0.9

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Henry Spearman	PS	0.8	0.7	0.1
Héctor Rodríguez	NYC	0.7	-0.1	0.8

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Leonard	HG	2.9	2.8	0.4
Lennie Pearson	NE	1.1	0.5	0.7

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Roy Campanella	BEG/PS	1.9	1.4	0.4
Josh Gibson	HG	1.8	2.2	-0.5

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Ray Brown	HG	127.1	4.0	3.1	1.0
Bill Ricks	PS	148.0	3.6	3.6	0.0
Henry Miller	PS	68.2	2.4	2.3	0.1
Donald Troy	BEG	55.1	2.2	2.3	-0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Willie Hubert	HG	24.0	1.0	1.1	-0.1
Barney Morris	NYC	60.0	1.0	1.1	-0.2
Carrenza Howard	NYC	72.2	0.7	0.9	-0.2
Connie Rector	NBY	32.0	0.6	0.5	0.1

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