1942 Season

Negro American League

1941 / 1943

R. R. Jackson (Commissioner)
J. B. Martin (President)
Horace Hall (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Jack
Matchett

Leaders

Runs Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	Ted Strong	KCM	42
2	Willard Brown	KCM	36
3	Willie Simms	KCM	35
4	Tommy Sampson	BBB	28
5	Buck O'Neil	KCM	28
6	Sam Jethroe	CCB	28
7	Duke Cleveland	CCB/JRC	27
8	Billy Horne	CCB	27
9	Cowan Hyde	MRS	25
10	Joe Greene	KCM	24

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Johnny Markham	BBB	4.13
2	Satchel Paige	KCM	3.59
3	Andy Sarvis	JRC	3.50
4	Hilton Smith	KCM	2.79
5	Hosea Allen	CAG/JRC	2.57
6	Verdell Mathis	MRS	2.56
7	Ray Robinson	CCB	2.50
8	Willie Jefferson	CCB	2.43
9	Booker McDaniel	KCM	2.36
10	Eugene Bremer	CCB	2.19

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	415.1	1.24	15.8%	7.8%	2.01	0.2%
2	Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	392.0	1.45	11.6%	7.8%	1.48	1.1%
3	Chicago American Giants	NAL	364.1	1.67	8.5%	8.7%	0.99	0.8%
4	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	296.1	1.26	10.0%	6.7%	1.51	0.6%
5	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	260.1	1.38	11.7%	7.0%	1.68	1.2%
6	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	114.0	1.52	12.2%	6.7%	1.83	0.4%
	6	1	1842.1	1.41	11.7%	7.6%	1.53	0.7%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Hilton Smith	KCM	RP	85.0	1.29	14.6%	5.2%	2.79	0.5%
2	Alonzo Boone	CCB	SP	79.1	1.29	15.1%	8.0%	1.89	0.9%
3	Verdell Mathis*	MRS	SP	79.0	1.25	12.4%	4.8%	2.56	0.9%
4	Satchel Paige	KCM	SP	76.1	1.07	19.3%	5.4%	3.59	0.0%
5	Willie Jefferson	CCB	SP	74.1	1.25	10.8%	4.4%	2.43	1.6%
6	Jack Matchett	KCM	SP	70.0	1.27	13.9%	9.8%	1.41	0.3%
7	Booker McDaniel	KCM	RP	64.2	1.19	12.5%	5.3%	2.36	0.4%
8	Eugene Bremer	CCB	SP	64.2	1.11	12.9%	5.9%	2.19	0.7%
9	Gready McKinnis*	BBB/KCM	SP	63.1	1.17	13.9%	7.9%	1.76	1.1%
10	Diamond Pipkins*	BBB	SP	62.0	1.26	6.0%	6.0%	1.00	0.4%
11	Porter Moss	MRS	SP	61.2	1.20	13.4%	6.7%	2.00	0.8%
12	Ollie West	CAG	RP	61.1	1.52	5.7%	7.2%	0.80	0.7%
13	Johnny Markham	BBB	RP	60.0	0.92	13.5%	3.3%	4.13	0.0%
14	Willie Ferrell*	CAG	SP	60.0	1.72	6.3%	8.4%	0.75	1.4%
15	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	RP	59.0	1.46	12.5%	7.6%	1.65	0.4%
16	Smoky Owens	CCB	RP	57.1	1.20	7.7%	8.1%	0.95	1.2%
17	Connie Johnson	KCM	RP	56.2	1.46	21.0%	12.9%	1.63	0.0%
18	Sam Thompson	CAG	SP	52.1	1.61	8.0%	6.0%	1.33	1.2%
19	Ray Robinson*	CCB	SP	47.1	1.63	13.6%	5.4%	2.50	0.9%
20	Charlie Shields*	CAG	RP	44.0	1.75	15.4%	12.0%	1.28	0.0%
21	Felix Evans	MRS	SP	41.0	1.44	6.8%	10.7%	0.63	1.7%
22	Alvin Gipson	BBB	RP	40.2	1.65	12.4%	7.7%	1.60	1.0%
23	Specs Ellis*	BBB/JRC	SP	38.0	1.18	9.6%	6.0%	1.60	1.2%
24	Jim LaMarque*	KCM	SP	36.1	1.13	12.7%	10.0%	1.27	0.0%
25	Willie Cornelius	CAG/CCB	SP	35.0	2.00	8.6%	10.9%	0.79	1.1%
26	Leroy Sutton	CAG	SP	34.0	1.26	7.5%	5.4%	1.38	0.0%
27	Andy Sarvis	JRC	RP	32.1	1.27	5.3%	1.5%	3.50	0.0%
28	Hosea Allen	CAG/JRC	SP	30.0	1.53	12.9%	5.0%	2.57	0.7%
29	Dan Bankhead	BBB	SP	25.2	1.56	10.3%	12.1%	0.86	0.0%
30	James Cooper	CCB/JRC	RP	24.0	2.17	13.5%	9.5%	1.42	2.4%
31	John Huber	CAG	RP	22.0	1.14	12.9%	10.8%	1.20	1.1%
32	Herman Watts*	CCB	RP	21.2	2.12	8.9%	15.2%	0.59	0.9%
33	Lefty Boone*	CCB/JRC	SP	20.0	1.65	27.8%	14.4%	1.92	0.0%
34	Robert Keys	BBB/MRS	RP	17.0	2.12	3.5%	9.4%	0.38	4.7%
35	Willie Burns*	CAG	RP	15.1	2.22	2.4%	13.4%	0.18	0.0%
36	Norris Phillips	KCM/MRS	RP	14.2	1.36	16.1%	11.3%	1.43	0.0%
37	Gentry Jessup	CAG	RP	13.0	2.00	6.2%	7.7%	0.80	0.0%
38	George Britt	CAG	RP	9.2	2.69	5.6%	9.3%	0.60	1.9%
39	Preacher Henry	JRC	SP	9.2	2.79	1.7%	10.3%	0.17	0.0%
40	Tommy Johnson	CAG	RP	9.1	2.04	18.0%	16.0%	1.13	0.0%
41	Eddie Snead*	BBB	SP	9.0	0.89	2.8%	5.6%	0.50	0.0%
42	Wadel Miller^	BBB	SP	8.0	1.50	0.0%	7.9%	0.00	2.6%
43	Frank Bradley	KCM	RP	7.2	1.57	18.2%	6.1%	3.00	0.0%
44	Ted Radcliffe	BBB/MRS	RP	7.1	1.64	6.9%	0.0%		0.0%
45	Ulysses Evans	CAG	RP	6.0	1.17	16.0%	20.0%	0.80	0.0%
46	Francis Jackson^	CAG	RP	4.1	1.15	10.5%	5.3%	2.00	5.3%
47	Walter Burch	CCB	RP	4.1	1.85	4.5%	9.1%	0.50	0.0%
48	Dave Hoskins	CAG	SP	4.0	2.00	12.5%	0.0%		0.0%
49	Winfield Welch*	BBB	SP	4.0	2.00	5.6%	11.1%	0.50	0.0%
50	Willie Hubert	CCB	SP	3.2	2.73	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
51	Dode Smith*	CCB	RP	3.0	1.67	13.3%	13.3%	1.00	0.0%
52	Joe Brooks^	MRS	SP	3.0	1.00	36.4%	0.0%		0.0%
53	Willie Hudson*	CAG	SP	2.1	2.14	8.3%	16.7%	0.50	0.0%
54	Henry Merchant*	CAG	RP	2.0	1.50	11.1%	0.0%		0.0%
55	R. T. Walker	CCB	RP	2.0	1.50	22.2%	22.2%	1.00	0.0%
56	Alex Broome^	JRC	RP	1.2	1.20	0.0%	14.3%	0.00	0.0%
57	P. Burgess^	CAG	RP	1.0	4.00	0.0%	12.5%	0.00	0.0%
58	Nash^	JRC	SP	0.2	4.50	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
59	Fred McKelvin	JRC	SP	0.2	7.50	0.0%	50.0%	0.00	0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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