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

Runs Batted In

#	Player	Team	RBI
1	Josh Gibson	HG	50
2	Marvin Williams	PS	50
3	Dave Hoskins	HG	43
4	Buck Leonard	HG	40
5	Henry Spearman	PS	36
6	Jim West	PS	33
7	Jerry Benjamin	HG	31
8	Ed Stone	PS	31
9	Gene Benson	PS	30
10	Roy Campanella	BEG/PS	30

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Donald Troy	BEG	1.63
2	Barney Morris	NYC	2.40
3	Henry Miller	PS	2.75
4	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	2.77
5	Bill Ricks	PS	2.86
6	Jonas Gaines	BEG	3.07
7	Roy Welmaker	HG	3.20
8	Ray Brown	HG	3.25
9	Leniel Hooker	NE	3.64
10	Hubert Glenn	PS	3.65

All-1944 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bill Hoskins	BEG	1.5	1.6	0.0
Pancho Coimbre	NYC	1.5	1.3	0.3

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jerry Benjamin	HG	1.5	1.1	0.4
Henry Kimbro	BEG	1.1	1.4	-0.3

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Dave Hoskins	HG	1.6	1.2	-0.1
Ed Stone	PS	0.9	1.1	0.0

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sam Bankhead	HG	2.2	0.6	1.4
Frank Austin	PS	1.9	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	1.5	0.4
Josh Gibson	HG	1.8	2.3	-0.5

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Ray Brown	HG	127.1	4.1	3.2	1.0
Bill Ricks	PS	148.0	3.7	3.7	0.0
Henry Miller	PS	68.2	2.4	2.3	0.1
Donald Troy	BEG	55.1	2.3	2.4	-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	0.9	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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