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

Stolen Bases

#	Player	Team	SB
1	Sam Bankhead	HG	8
2	Héctor Rodríguez	NYC	6
3	Roy Campanella	BEG/PS	5
4	Frank Austin	PS	5
5	Rabbit Martínez	NYC	4
6	Cool Papa Bell	HG	4
7	Jerry Benjamin	HG	4
8	Henry Kimbro	BEG	4
9	Murray Watkins	NE	3
10	Ray Dandridge	NE	3

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Bill Ricks	PS	92
2	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	58
3	Ray Brown	HG	50
4	Terris McDuffie	NBY/NE	46
5	Barney Brown	PS	41
6	Luis Tiant	NYC	37
7	Henry Miller	PS	36
8	Leniel Hooker	NE	35
9	Edsall Walker	HG	32
10	Carrenza Howard	NYC	31

Wins Above Replacement

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Throws:

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Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	2212	498.1		16.3	9.5	0.4	6.3	0.0
2	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	2193	479.1		15.5	8.3	-1.2	8.3	0.0
3	New York Cubans	NN2	1508	350.1		8.6	1.2	3.1	4.3	0.0
4	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	1332	304.0		7.7	3.4	-0.2	4.5	0.0
5	Newark Eagles	NN2	1425	317.0		5.4	1.7	1.6	2.2	0.0
6	New York Black Yankees	NN2	842	194.2		-6.4	-2.4	-3.4	-0.6	0.0
	6	1	9512	2143.2		47.1	21.6	0.4	25.1	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Ray Brown	HG	P	94	127.1		4.0	1.0	0.0	3.1	0.0
2	Bill Ricks	PS	P	66	148.0		3.6	0.0	0.0	3.6	0.0
3	Buck Leonard	HG	1B	225			2.9	2.8	0.4	0.0	-0.2
4	Henry Miller	PS	P	35	68.2		2.4	0.1	0.0	2.3	0.0
5	Donald Troy	BEG	P	23	55.1		2.2	-0.1	0.0	2.3	0.0
6	Sam Bankhead	HG	SS	255	10.0		2.2	0.6	1.3	0.0	0.3
7	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	P	39	78.0		2.0	-0.1	0.0	2.1	0.0
8	Roy Campanella	BEG/PS	C	151			1.9	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.0
9	Frank Austin	PS	SS	224			1.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3
10	Josh Gibson	HG	C	203			1.8	2.2	-0.5	0.0	0.1
11	Hubert Glenn	PS	P	29	49.1		1.8	0.4	-0.1	1.5	0.0
12	Ray Dandridge	NE	2B	152			1.6	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.2
13	Dave Hoskins	HG	RF	200	50.1		1.6	1.1	-0.1	0.7	-0.2
14	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	LF	138			1.5	1.3	0.3	0.0	-0.1
15	Jerry Benjamin	HG	CF	251			1.4	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
16	Bill Hoskins	BEG	LF	132			1.4	1.5	0.0	0.0	-0.1
17	Goose Curry	PS	LF	174	20.1		1.3	0.9	-0.2	0.7	-0.1
18	Terris McDuffie	NBY/NE	P	40	91.0		1.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.0
19	Leniel Hooker	NE	P	41	101.1		1.2	-0.3	0.0	1.5	0.0
20	Lou Louden	NYC	C	109			1.2	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.1
21	Bob Harvey	NE	LF	120			1.1	1.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
22	Henry Kimbro	BEG	CF	152			1.1	1.4	-0.3	0.0	0.0
23	Lennie Pearson	NE	1B	157			1.1	0.5	0.7	0.0	-0.1
24	Jonas Gaines	BEG	P	16	44.0		1.1	-0.1	0.0	1.2	0.0
25	Marvin Williams	PS	2B	222			1.0	1.7	-0.9	0.0	0.2
26	Willie Hubert	HG	P	10	24.0		1.0	-0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
27	Barney Morris	NYC	P	23	60.0		1.0	-0.2	0.0	1.1	0.0
28	Johnny Davis	NE	LF	123	26.1		1.0	0.9	0.3	-0.2	-0.1
29	Johnny Taylor	NYC	P	5	15.1		0.9	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
30	Ed Stone	PS	RF	218			0.9	1.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2
31	Roy Welmaker	HG	P	21	39.1		0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
32	Javier Pérez	NYC	2B	117			0.8	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1
33	Jim West	PS	1B	219			0.8	1.3	-0.3	0.0	-0.2
34	Gene Benson	PS	CF	243			0.8	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0
35	Henry Spearman	PS	3B	154			0.8	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
36	José Vargas	NYC	CF	140			0.8	-0.1	1.0	0.0	0.0
37	Cool Papa Bell	HG	LF	250			0.7	1.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
38	Carrenza Howard	NYC	P	28	72.2		0.7	-0.2	0.0	0.9	0.0
39	Héctor Rodríguez	NYC	3B	177			0.7	-0.1	0.8	0.0	0.0
40	George Scales	BEG	1B	50			0.6	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0
41	Connie Rector	NBY	P	16	32.0		0.6	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
42	Freddie Jackson	NBY	P	3	9.0		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
43	Rabbit Martínez	NYC	SS	140			0.5	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2
44	Dave Barnhill	NYC	P	30	35.1		0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
45	Garnett Blair	HG	P	2	7.0		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
46	Walter Cannady	HG	2B	147			0.5	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.1
47	Victor Greenidge	NYC	P	15	39.1		0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
48	Perry	PS	P	3	9.0		0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
49	Mule Suttles	NE	1B	31			0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
50	Bill Cash	PS	C	199			0.3	0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.1
51	Spoon Carter	HG	P	29	78.0		0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.5	0.0
52	Luis Tiant	NYC	P	16	43.1		0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
53	Vic Barnett	NE	RF	110			0.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	-0.1
54	Jesse Brown	NBY	P	2	4.1		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
55	Murray Watkins	NE	3B	171			0.3	-0.4	0.6	0.0	0.0
56	Edsall Walker	HG	P	31	64.1		0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
57	Andy Porter	BEG	P	12	30.2		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
58	Eddie Jacobs	NE	P	9	19.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
59	Barney Brown	PS	LF	118	85.2		0.2	0.0	0.1	0.2	-0.1
60	William Makell	NE	C	17			0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
61	Johnny Johnson	HG	P	23	63.1		0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
62	Roosevelt Cox	NYC	3B	7			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
63	Lefty Boone	HG/PS	P	10	21.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
64	Thad Christopher	NBY	RF	47			0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
65	Gil Garrido	NYC	2B	53			0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
66	Norman Robinson	BEG	RF	76			0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1
67	Bob Clarke	BEG	C	59			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
68	Joe Atkins	NE	SS	5			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
69	Tom Glover	BEG	P	14	35.1		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
70	Pete Sunkett	PS	P	18	34.2		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
71	Ule Mahoney	PS	P	29	28.1		0.1	0.4	-0.1	-0.1	0.0
72	Robinson	NE	SS	7			0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
73	Don Newcombe	NE	P	19	46.0		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Patricio Scantlebury	NYC	P	34	45.0		0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.2	0.0
75	Vic Harris	HG	LF	34			0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
76	Mahlon Duckett	PS	3B	98			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
77	José María Fernández	NYC	LF	6			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Tony Walker	BEG	P	11	26.2		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
79	Archie Brathwaite	NE	CF	94			0.0	0.6	-0.5	0.0	0.0
80	Bill Russell	NBY	P	2	7.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Rodolfo Fernández	NYC	P	4	11.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Robert Gaston	HG	C	69			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Dave Thomas	NYC	1B	106			0.0	0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
84	Dick Weaver	NE	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Piper Davis	HG	1B	5			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Simmons	PS	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Charlie Parks	NE	C	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Will Holder	NE	SS	6			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Walls	NBY	C	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Leon Ruffin	NE	C	13			0.0	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
91	Fred Hobgood	NE/PS	P	4	9.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Felix Manning	NBY	1B	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Stanley Glenn	PS	C	39			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Bob Turner	NE	CF	22			-0.1	-0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
95	Brown	NE	C	5			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Jud Wilson	HG	3B	73			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
97	Albert Williams	NE	SS	4			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
98	Rufus Baker	NBY	SS	54			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1
99	Matt Carlisle	HG	2B	2			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
100	Larry Doby	NE	CF	6			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
101	Joe Royal	NBY	C	22			-0.1	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
102	Walter Hardy	NBY	SS	23			-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
103	Frank Russell	BEG	2B	141			-0.1	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1
104	Flash Miller	NBY	2B	21			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Carter	NBY	SS	4			-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
106	Larry Kimbrough	PS	P	6	4.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
107	Joe Carpenter	PS	P		0.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
108	Roland Anderson	HG	P	2	3.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
109	David Whatley	HG/NBY	RF	33			-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
110	Bill Kelly	NBY	C	49			-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
111	Felton Snow	BEG	3B	109			-0.2	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
112	Garrell Hartman	PS	LF	34			-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
113	Rogelio Linares	NYC	LF	161			-0.2	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.1
114	Harry Williams	NBY	2B	43			-0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
115	Harry Cozart	NE	P	5	7.2		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
116	Dolly King	HG/NBY	LF	16			-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	Hill	HG	P		0.2		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
118	Specs Roberts	NBY	P	1	2.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
119	Neck Stanley	NBY	P	18	47.1		-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
120	Claro Duany	NYC	RF	98			-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
121	Johnny Wright	HG	P	6	14.1		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
122	Jim Starks	NBY	3B	13			-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
123	Jelly Jackson	HG	2B	109			-0.3	-0.7	0.2	0.0	0.1
124	Doc Dennis	BEG	1B	133			-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
125	Joe Black	BEG	P	5	12.2		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
126	Ameal Brooks	NYC	C	89			-0.3	-0.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
127	Laymon Yokely	BEG	P	2	3.0		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
128	Leonardo Chapman	BEG	1B	43			-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
129	Zack Clayton	NBY	1B	79			-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
130	Andy Sarvis	NBY	P		1.0		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
131	Joe Spencer	HG/NBY	2B	75			-0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
132	Curley Andrews	NBY	3B	17			-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
133	Eddie White	HG	P	12	12.1		-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
134	Leamon Johnson	NE	2B	17			-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
135	Pitts	NBY/NE	SS	26			-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
136	Jimmy Hill	NE	P	18	36.1		-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
137	Clarence Palm	PS	C	36			-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
138	Bill Harvey	BEG	RF	41	25.1		-0.5	0.2	0.0	-0.6	0.0
139	Ches Buchanan	PS	P	2	6.1		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
140	Ray Battle	HG	3B	96			-0.5	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
141	Bill Anderson	NYC	P	12	28.1		-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
142	Doug Sydnor	NBY	LF	28			-0.6	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
143	Emmett Wilson	NBY	CF	55			-0.6	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
144	Jim Williams	NBY	RF	89			-0.6	0.0	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
145	Tommy Butts	BEG/PS	SS	137			-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.2
146	Charlie Rivera	NBY	3B	56			-0.7	-0.3	-0.5	0.0	0.0
147	Willie Wynn	NE	C	126			-0.8	-0.9	0.0	0.0	0.1
148	John McFarland	NBY	P	5	16.0		-0.9	0.0	0.0	-0.8	0.0
149	Sy Morton	NE/PS	SS	87			-0.9	-0.7	-0.4	0.0	0.1
150	Percy Forrest	NBY/NE	P	25	56.0		-0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
151	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	95			-0.9	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.0

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