1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Season

Negro National League II

1947 / 1949

Top Hitter

Frank
Austin

Top Pitcher

Bill
Ricks

Leaders

Stolen Bases

#	Player	Team	SB
1	Luis Márquez	HG	15
2	Ed Finney	BEG	10
3	Jim Gilliam	BEG	8
4	Bob Wilson	NE	7
5	Henry Kimbro	BEG	7
6	Sam Bankhead	HG	7
7	Tommy Butts	BEG	6
8	Murray Watkins	PS	6
9	Minnie Miñoso	NYC	5
10	Art Hefner	NBY	5

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Joe Black	BEG	85
2	Bill Byrd	BEG	79
3	Max Manning	NE	73
4	Henry Miller	PS	68
5	Bob Romby	BEG	68
6	Henry McHenry	PS	63
7	Patricio Scantlebury	NYC	63
8	Jonas Gaines	BEG	59
9	Dave Barnhill	NYC	50
10	Rufus Lewis	NE	49

All-1948 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Lester Lockett	BEG	3.4	2.8	0.9
Luke Easter	HG	2.6	2.3	0.5

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Luis Márquez	HG	3.0	1.8	1.2
Henry Kimbro	BEG	2.9	2.3	0.6

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bob Harvey	NE	1.8	1.8	0.3
Frank Russell	BEG	1.6	1.1	0.6

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Frank Austin	PS	4.1	2.3	1.5
Sam Bankhead	HG	1.9	1.0	0.7

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jim Gilliam	BEG	4.0	1.5	2.2
Sherwood Brewer	NYC	0.5	-0.1	0.6

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Minnie Miñoso	NYC	1.7	2.2	-0.5
Bob Wilson	NE	1.1	1.2	0.0

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Lennie Pearson	NE	2.1	1.1	1.3
Buck Leonard	HG	1.5	1.4	0.3

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ray Noble	NYC	1.4	1.8	-0.5
Eudie Napier	HG	1.2	0.7	0.4

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Patricio Scantlebury	NYC	116.2	3.2	2.2	0.8
Joe Black	BEG	113.1	2.6	2.6	0.0
Henry Miller	PS	111.2	2.5	2.4	0.1
Bill Byrd	BEG	123.1	2.5	2.1	0.4

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Bill Ricks	PS	52.0	2.8	2.8	0.0
Barney Brown	PS	56.2	1.8	1.7	-0.1
Bob Romby	BEG	89.0	1.4	1.2	0.1
Bob Griffith	NBY	35.1	1.0	0.9	0.2

If you have any questions regarding Negro Leagues statistical or biographical data, please contact gary@seamheads.com..

All data, copyright 2011-2023 Agate Type Research LLC.