1945 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1945 Season

Negro National League II

1944 / 1946

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

Top Hitter

Roy
Campanella

Top Pitcher

Roy
Welmaker

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Josh Gibson	HG	195
2	Roy Campanella	BEG	183
3	Johnny Davis	NE	175
4	Buck Leonard	HG	165
5	Wild Bill Wright	BEG	158
6	Frank Austin	PS	150
7	Bill Hoskins	BEG	141
8	Sam Bankhead	HG	128
9	Goose Curry	PS	127
10	Felix McLaurin	NBY	124

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Roy Welmaker	HG	12
2	Bill Byrd	BEG	11
3	Andy Porter	BEG	8
4	Roy Partlow	PS	8
5	Neck Stanley	NBY	5
6	Don Newcombe	NE	5
7	Garnett Blair	HG	5
8	Johnny Wright	HG/NE	4
9	Patricio Scantlebury	NYC	4
10	Henry Miller	PS	4

All-1945 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Goose Curry	PS	1.5	1.2	0.5
Bill Hoskins	BEG	1.5	1.6	0.1

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jerry Benjamin	HG	1.7	1.1	0.6
Gene Benson	PS	1.2	1.1	0.1

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Wild Bill Wright	BEG	2.2	2.4	0.1
Dave Hoskins	HG	1.3	0.6	0.5

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Frank Austin	PS	3.0	2.3	0.5
Sam Bankhead	HG	1.5	1.0	0.3

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Marvin Williams	PS	1.3	1.3	-0.1
Mahlon Duckett	PS	0.5	0.1	0.3

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Marvin Barker	NBY	0.7	0.6	0.1
Norman Robinson	BEG	0.5	0.4	0.2

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Leonard	HG	2.2	1.8	0.5
Lennie Pearson	NE	0.8	0.8	0.2

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Roy Campanella	BEG	3.1	3.0	0.1
Josh Gibson	HG	2.6	2.6	-0.1

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Roy Welmaker	HG	135.2	4.6	4.5	0.1
Roy Partlow	PS	113.0	3.6	3.7	0.0
Bill Byrd	BEG	130.2	3.5	3.6	-0.1
Neck Stanley	NBY	91.1	2.6	2.9	-0.3

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Bill Ricks	PS	72.2	2.4	1.8	0.6
Patricio Scantlebury	NYC	51.1	2.0	1.4	0.6
Barney Morris	NYC	41.2	1.9	1.9	0.0
Bill Harvey	BEG	14.2	0.8	0.7	0.2

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