1944 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1944 Season

Negro League World Series

1943 / 1945

Top Hitter

Buck
Leonard

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Buck Leonard	HG	356
2	Josh Gibson	HG	291
3	Ed Steele	BBB	216
4	Sam Bankhead	HG	158
5	Lester Lockett	BBB	127
6	Jerry Benjamin	HG	123
7	Dave Hoskins	HG	121
8	Artie Wilson	BBB	97
9	Cool Papa Bell	HG	92
10	Felix McLaurin	BBB	70

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Ray Brown	HG	0.00
2	John Huber	BBB	0.00
3	Roy Welmaker	HG	1.00
4	Edsall Walker	HG	1.38
5	Earl Bumpus	BBB	3.00
6	Spoon Carter	HG	3.60
7	Alfred Saylor	BBB	5.84
8	Johnny Markham	BBB	7.00

All-1944 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Cool Papa Bell	HG	0.2	0.1	0.1

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Felix McLaurin	BBB	0.2	0.0	0.2

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Dave Hoskins	HG	0.3	0.1	0.2

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Artie Wilson	BBB	0.2	0.1	0.1

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Piper Davis	BBB	0.1	-0.1	0.1

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Walter Cannady	HG	0.3	0.0	0.2

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Leonard	HG	0.6	0.6	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	HG	0.4	0.4	0.0

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Ray Brown	HG	9.0	0.6	0.6	0.0
Roy Welmaker	HG	18.0	0.5	0.4	0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Alonzo Boone	BBB	4.2	0.4	0.3	0.0
Edsall Walker	HG	13.0	0.1	0.1	0.0

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