1942 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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

OPS+

# Player Team OPS+
1
Ted Strong
KCM
201
2
Willard Brown
KCM
201
3
Neil Robinson
MRS
187
4
Bonnie Serrell
KCM
180
5
Joe Greene
KCM
169
6
Cool Papa Bell
CAG
153
7
Sam Jethroe
CCB
153
8
Felix McLaurin
BBB/JRC
145
9
Parnell Woods
CCB/JRC
138
10
Tommy Sampson
BBB
136

ERA

# Player Team ERA
1
Jack Matchett
KCM
1.80
2
Satchel Paige
KCM
2.24
3
Johnny Markham
BBB
2.25
4
Connie Johnson
KCM
2.38
5
Eugene Bremer
CCB
2.51
6
Alonzo Boone
CCB
2.72
7
Dan Bankhead
BBB
2.81
8
Booker McDaniel
KCM
2.92
9
Willie Jefferson
CCB
3.03
10
Smoky Owens
CCB
3.14


Players

Bats:

Throws:

#
Player
Team
Age
Pos
PA
IP
Height
Weight
Bats Throws
Birth
Death
1
MRS
C
2
23
P
13
30.0
6'5"
213
R
10/23/1918 (Jacksonville, FL)
9/26/1948 (Tampa, FL)
3
KCM
41
3B
123
5'8"
160
R
R
5/19/1901 (Austin, TX)
6/9/1988 (Cincinnati, OH)
4
34
LF
86
6'4"
198
L
L
12/23/1907 (Burnsville, AL)
7/30/1964 (death place unknown)
5
BBB
22
P
24
25.2
6'1"
184
R
R
5/3/1920 (Empire, AL)
5/2/1976 (Houston, TX)
6
MRS
29
2B
112
5'9"
163
R
R
11/22/1912 (Sulligent, AL)
12/17/1972 (Memphis, TN)
7
BBB
26
C
2
5'11"
185
R
R
8/19/1915 (Highland Home, AL)
12/3/1993 (Birmingham, AL)
8
JRC
28
C
23
5'11"
175
R
R
7/2/1913 (Hazlehurst, GA)
7/25/2004 (Jacksonville, FL)
9
CAG
39
CF
170
5'11"
157
B
L
5/17/1903 (Starkville, MS)
3/7/1991 (St. Louis, MO)
10
BBB
LF
9
11
CAG
28
C
1
6'0"
185
R
R
11/15/1913 (Grant, OK)
2/20/1978 (Portland, OR)
12
CAG
28
LF
49
5'8"
180
R
R
2/19/1914 (New Orleans, LA)
4/1/2006 (Houston, TX)
13
CCB
34
P
32
79.1
6'1"
184
R
R
1/13/1908 (Decatur, AL)
4/8/1982 (East Cleveland, OH)
14
22
P
10
20.0
6'2"
202
L
3/24/1920 (East Saint Louis, IL)
9/18/1976 (death place unknown)
15
BBB
24
1B
30
6'0"
187
L
R
3/11/1918 (Birmingham, AL)
1/23/2005 (Birmingham, AL)
16
28
RF
89
6'0"
182
L
R
9/6/1913 (Madison, AL)
17
KCM
24
P
4
7.2
6'2"
187
R
R
2/3/1918 (Benton, LA)
12/2/2002 (Benton, LA)
18
CCB
25
P
31
64.2
5'9"
176
R
R
7/18/1916 (New Orleans, LA)
6/19/1971 (Cleveland, OH)
19
MULT
46
C
48
9.2
5'8"
175
R
R
7/6/1895 (Lexington, KY)
1/1981 (Erie, PA)
20
CAG
23
3B
17
5'8"
160
L
R
4/21/1919 (Mount Vernon, GA)
12/2/1990 (Chicago, IL)
21
MRS
P
1
3.0
22
JRC
21
P
1
1.2
3/13/1921 (Tampa, FL)
23
LF
13
24
CCB
25
C
85
6'1"
187
R
R
11/20/1916 (Jacksonville, FL)
9/7/1942 (Geneva, OH)
25
MRS
40
C
82
5'7"
162
B
R
9/16/1901 (Pratt City, AL)
4/7/1972 (Memphis, TN)
26
MRS
26
SS
104
5'4"
152
R
R
8/18/1915 (Des Moines, IA)
11/22/1973 (East Moline, IL)
27
KCM
27
CF
199
5'11"
200
R
R
6/26/1915 (Shreveport, LA)
8/4/1996 (Houston, TX)
28
CCB
34
P
7
4.1
5'10"
170
R
R
5/2/1908 (Atlanta, GA)
5/10/1985 (Detroit, MI)
29
CAG
P
1.0
30
CAG
26
P
7
15.1
6'0"
175
L
L
1/12/1916 (West Palm Beach, FL)
2/10/1966 (West Palm Beach, FL)
31
CAG
22
RF
4
5'8"
155
7/21/1919 (Centralia, IL)
6/19/1982 (death place unknown)
32
32
C
3
5'11"
180
B
R
3/19/1910 (Sabine County, TX)
10/8/1985 (Chicago, IL)
33
JRC
30
1B
39
5'10"
152
L
R
1/9/1912 (Montgomery, AL)
1/17/1975 (Bessemer, AL)
34
CAG
40
2B
55
5'11"
172
R
R
3/6/1902 (Norfolk, VA)
12/3/1981 (Fort Myers, FL)
35
MRS
29
3B
129
5'7"
160
L
R
12/27/1912 (Haslam, TX)
12/20/1993 (Memphis, TN)
36
CCB
29
RF
106
5'11"
176
L
R
12/24/1912 (Tampa, FL)
1/28/1973 (Los Angeles, CA)
37
25
RF
164
6'1"
190
L
R
11/25/1916 (Alapaha, GA)
8/13/1970 (Jacksonville, FL)
38
23
P
12
24.0
6'4"
220
R
R
1919 (St. Louis, MO)
39
MULT
35
P
21
35.0
5'8"
180
R
R
9/3/1906 (Atlanta, GA)
10/30/1989 (Chicago, IL)
40
CCB
29
3B
4
5'10"
160
R
R
5/31/1913 (Pleasant Hill, AL)
10/24/1993 (Birmingham, AL)
41
CAG
32
RF
149
5'7"
150
L
R
3/25/1910 (Ardmore, MO)
3/31/1993 (Chicago, IL)
42
MULT
30
CF
125
5'6"
155
L
L
10/28/1911 (New Orleans, LA)
9/1985 (New Orleans, LA)
43
BBB
24
2B
2
6'3"
188
R
R
7/3/1917 (Piper, AL)
5/21/1997 (Birmingham, AL)
44
27
C
39
6'1"
176
R
11/8/1914 (Shreveport, LA)
8/6/1984 (Los Angeles, CA)
45
BBB
26
2B
5
5'8"
170
L
R
3/27/1916 (Longview, TX)
46
KCM
41
C
27
6'0"
175
R
R
2/14/1901 (Kansas City, MO)
12/4/1973 (Kansas City, MO)
47
BBB
30
1B
22
5'9"
187
R
R
9/27/1911 (Baton Rouge, LA)
9/29/2004 (Laurel, MS)
48
JRC
35
2B
3
6'2"
185
L
8/2/1906 (Bellevue, VA)
4/8/1984 (Salem, VA)
49
P
15
38.0
L
50
MRS
31
P
15
41.0
6'2"
180
R
R
10/3/1910 (Atlanta, GA)
8/21/1993 (Pompano Beach, FL)
51
CAG
25
P
2
6.0
6'2"
178
R
3/6/1917 (Hawkinsville, GA)
12/1982 (Detroit, MI)
52
26
2B
43
5'8"
162
R
R
5/12/1916 (Walls, MS)
6/18/1973 (Chicago, IL)
53
JRC
22
LF
10
5'10"
165
B
R
9/8/1919 (Spring Creek, AR)
5/20/1982 (San Diego, CA)
54
CAG
28
P
46
60.0
5'11"
180
L
11/6/1913 (Empire, AL)
55
CAG
29
2B
9
5'8"
185
R
R
10/16/1912 (Memphis, TN)
1/1982 (Memphis, TN)
56
BBB
32
1B
38
5'6"
171
2/20/1910 (Fort Smith, AR)
9/20/1976 (Detroit, MI)
57
BBB
28
P
18
40.2
5'10"
168
R
R
5/7/1914 (Shreveport, LA)
3/25/1987 (Shreveport, LA)
58
JRC
2B
7
59
KCM
30
C
132
5'11"
190
R
R
10/17/1911 (Stone Mountain, GA)
7/19/1989 (Stone Mountain, GA)
60
BBB
31
C
85
5'10"
162
R
R
9/17/1910 (Meridian, MS)
8/28/1979 (Chicago, IL)
61
2B
12
62
27
RF
63
6'1"
165
B
10/19/1914 (Kent, AL)
11/20/1990 (Cincinnati, OH)
63
MRS
30
C
4
5'10"
164
R
R
6/16/1912 (Panama City, FL)
12/1968 (Ocala, FL)
64
JRC
31
P
3
9.2
5'5"
148
R
R
3/10/1911 (Inverness, FL)
5/16/1992 (Jacksonville, FL)
65
CCB
26
2B
186
5'5"
152
L
R
2/20/1916 (New Orleans, LA)
11/1969 (New Orleans, LA)
66
CAG
24
P
2
4.0
6'1"
175
L
R
8/4/1917 (Greenwood, MS)
4/2/1970 (Flint, MI)
67
CAG
C
2
68
CAG
34
C
93
22.0
5'9"
170
L
R
4/26/1908 (Lexington, KY)
1/31/1964 (Hartselle, AL)
69
CCB
29
P
1
3.2
5'11"
173
R
R
1/19/1913 (Ocala, FL)
5/19/2000 (Bronx, NY)
70
CAG
24
P
1
2.1
6'4"
197
L
L
6/2/1918 (Devereux, GA)
9/27/1943 (Cincinnati, OH)
71
MRS
27
P
27
59.0
5'8"
152
R
R
1/26/1915 (Plano, TX)
4/9/1984 (Dallas, TX)
72
MRS
35
RF
134
5'7"
159
R
R
4/10/1907 (Pontotoc, MS)
11/20/2003 (St. Louis, MO)
73
CAG
38
P
2
4.1
1904 (birthplace unknown)
74
CCB
27
SS
145
5'9"
150
R
R
12/14/1914 (Key West, FL)
3/13/1989 (Wiggins, MS)
75
CCB
38
P
31
74.1
5'9"
163
R
R
1/27/1904 (Clearview, OK)
5/31/1972 (death place unknown)
76
CAG
27
P
4
13.0
6'2"
180
R
R
7/11/1914 (Westfield, NC)
3/23/1998 (Springfield, MA)
77
CCB
25
CF
172
6'1"
178
B
R
1/23/1917 (Lowndes County, MS)
6/16/2001 (Erie, PA)
78
KCM
19
P
25
56.2
6'4"
200
R
R
12/27/1922 (Stone Mountain, GA)
11/28/2004 (Kansas City, MO)
79
CAG
27
P
8
9.1
6'0"
190
R
3/23/1915 (Elmwood, MO)
3/9/1980 (St. Louis, MO)
80
29
P
6
17.0
5'8"
160
R
10/9/1912 (LeFlore, MS)
81
27
3B
70
5'11"
167
R
R
3/12/1915 (Montgomery, AL)
7/15/1951 (Montgomery, AL)
82
KCM
21
P
18
36.1
6'1"
173
L
L
7/29/1920 (Potosi, MO)
1/15/2000 (North Kansas City, MO)
83
MRS
-
1
84
30
3B
106
5'10"
185
R
R
3/25/1912 (Princeton, IN)
10/4/2005 (Chicago, IL)
85
JRC
1B
10
86
CCB
30
LF
109
5'9"
194
B
R
9/16/1911 (Charleston, MO)
2/5/1954 (St. Louis, MO)
87
CAG
25
C
11
6'3"
198
R
R
9/1/1916 (New Orleans, LA)
10/10/1990 (Los Angeles, CA)
88
BBB
33
P
24
60.0
5'10"
180
R
R
10/1/1908 (Shreveport, LA)
3/10/1975 (Los Angeles, CA)
89
KCM
34
P
27
70.0
6'2"
193
L
R
2/4/1908 (Palestine, TX)
3/19/1979 (Los Angeles, CA)
90
MRS
28
P
47
79.0
5'11"
155
L
L
11/18/1913 (Crawfordsville, AR)
10/30/1998 (Memphis, TN)
91
BBB
1B
5
220
92
KCM
28
P
28
64.2
6'1"
195
R
R
9/28/1913 (Kenwood, AR)
12/12/1974 (Kansas City, KS)
93
MRS
29
LF
105
5'11"
165
L
R
1/21/1913 (Henderson, TX)
1/8/1990 (Garland, TX)
94
JRC
-
1
95
JRC
19
P
2
0.2
5'10"
150
R
10/5/1922 (Jacksonville, FL)
4/7/2014 (Jacksonville, FL)
96
28
P
21
63.1
6'2"
170
R
L
8/11/1913 (Union, AL)
3/4/1991 (Chicago, IL)
97
20
LF
108
5'7"
163
B
R
9/6/1921 (Jacksonville, FL)
5/19/1972 (Chicago, IL)
98
CAG
24
P
2.0
6'3"
180
L
L
2/17/1918 (Birmingham, AL)
8/23/1982 (Cincinnati, OH)
99
P
6
8.0
100
BBB
33
3B
124
5'11"
169
B
R
5/13/1909 (Columbus, OH)
11/6/1980 (Oak Forest, IL)
101
MRS
32
P
27
61.2
5'11"
202
R
R
6/10/1910 (Cincinnati, OH)
7/16/1944 (Jackson, TN)
102
JRC
P
0.2
103
KCM
30
1B
201
5'10"
190
R
R
11/13/1911 (Carrabelle, FL)
10/6/2006 (Kansas City, MO)
104
CCB
30
P
24
57.1
5'7"
180
R
3/15/1912 (Manning, SC)
9/7/1942 (Geneva, OH)
105
JRC
CF
35
R
R
106
KCM
35
P
33
76.1
6'3"
180
R
R
7/7/1906 (Mobile, AL)
6/8/1982 (Kansas City, MO)
107
CAG
19
LF
154
5'11"
180
B
R
5/18/1923 (Memphis, TN)
1/4/2017 (Cedar Rapids, IA)
108
26
P
6
14.2
5'9"
174
L
R
6/18/1916 (Rosenberg, TX)
2/4/1996 (Seattle, WA)
109
BBB
34
P
32
62.0
5'10"
165
L
L
8/17/1907 (Adams County, MS)
3/17/1975 (New Orleans, LA)
110
36
3B
174
5'11"
215
R
R
7/26/1905 (Mobile, AL)
11/13/1981 (Chicago, IL)
111
MULT
39
C
50
7.1
5'11"
186
R
R
7/7/1902 (Mobile, AL)
8/11/2005 (Chicago, IL)
112
JRC
30
CF
34
5'8"
160
L
R
6/28/1957 (Nashville, TN)
113
JRC
LF
5
114
CAG
24
1B
35
6'2"
179
6/2/1918 (Tuscaloosa, AL)
2/22/1985 (Flint, MI)
115
24
2B
18
5'8"
155
L
R
4/22/1918 (Warren, AR)
9/2/1988 (St. Louis, MO)
116
KCM
32
C
8
5'11"
180
R
R
5/30/1910 (Birmingham, AL)
10/13/1997 (Kings Mountain, NC)
117
MRS
34
CF
116
5'11"
183
R
R
7/31/1907 (Birmingham, AL)
7/23/1983 (Cincinnati, OH)
118
CCB
P
18
47.1
L
119
JRC
34
2B
19
5'4"
168
R
R
5/1967 (Jacksonville, FL)
120
48
LF
24
L
R
7/21/1893 (Spartanburg, SC)
12/2/1981 (Memphis, TN)
121
JRC
30
C
9
5'11"
178
R
R
4/9/1912 (Atlanta, GA)
3/1975 (death place unknown)
122
BBB
29
2B
143
6'1"
180
R
R
8/31/1912 (Calhoun, AL)
1/24/2002 (Elizabeth City, NC)
123
JRC
28
SS
3
6'0"
155
R
3/10/1914 (Vian, OK)
8/4/1999 (Muskogee, OK)
124
JRC
34
P
15
32.1
5'10"
190
R
12/22/1907 (Seville, FL)
10/29/1976 (Jacksonville, FL)
125
22
LF
12
5'9"
206
5/13/1920 (Bowling Green, KY)
7/4/1994 (Indianapolis, IN)
126
KCM
22
2B
175
5'11"
160
L
R
3/9/1920 (Natchez, LA)
8/1/1996 (Santa Clara, CA)
127
BBB
23
-
2
5'11"
192
L
11/15/1918 (North Little Rock, AR)
3/28/1947 (Proviso, IL)
128
CAG
19
P
24
44.0
6'2"
206
L
L
10/20/1922 (Whipple, WV)
10/18/1955 (Scarbro, WV)
129
KCM
33
LF
220
5'9"
160
L
R
12/23/1908 (Shreveport, LA)
5/10/2002 (Perris, CA)
130
MRS
35
C
31
R
R
1907 (birthplace unknown)
131
CCB
P
1
3.0
L
132
CAG
34
C
43
5'11"
168
L
R
6/3/1908 (Alexandria, LA)
8/13/1973 (Alexandria, LA)
133
30
3B
40
5'8"
139
R
R
11/28/1911 (Key West, FL)
10/3/1995 (Key West, FL)
134
29
2B
121
5'8"
161
R
R
1913 (Houston, TX)
135
KCM
35
P
47
85.0
6'2"
180
R
R
2/27/1907 (Giddings, TX)
11/18/1983 (Kansas City, MO)
136
BBB
25
RF
58
L
L
1917 (birthplace unknown)
137
BBB
31
3B
11
9.0
5'8"
168
R
L
7/30/1910 (Fowl River, AL)
8/26/1975 (Mobile, AL)
138
KCM
29
3B
138
5'9"
150
B
R
2/5/1913 (West Monroe, LA)
7/12/1978 (Los Angeles, CA)
139
CAG
29
RF
40
5'9"
175
L
R
7/23/1912 (Arkadelphia, AR)
2/13/1955 (New York, NY)
140
BBB
22
SS
27
5'9"
151
R
R
8/4/1919 (Gretna, LA)
5/17/2003 (Gretna, LA)
141
BBB
26
RF
2
5'10"
185
L
R
8/8/1915 (Dallas County, AL)
10/1/1978 (Birmingham, AL)
142
KCM
25
RF
197
6'3"
198
B
R
1/2/1917 (South Bend, IN)
3/3/1978 (Chicago, IL)
143
CAG
21
P
12
34.0
6'2"
190
R
R
9/12/1920 (Cairo, IL)
5/1984 (Hallsboro, NC)
144
BBB
24
LF
20
6'3"
195
B
R
5/3/1918 (Jersey, AR)
1/18/1967 (El Paso, TX)
145
CAG
58
-
1
5'5"
165
R
R
2/1/1884 (Anderson, SC)
4/3/1948 (Chicago, IL)
146
MRS
31
1B
128
5'11"
230
L
L
7/10/1910 (London, OH)
10/1/1976 (Cleveland, OH)
147
31
C
78
5'11"
158
R
R
5/7/1911 (Memphis, TN)
2/9/1954 (Memphis, TN)
148
CAG
34
P
21
52.1
6'2"
158
R
R
5/27/1908 (Sulligent, AL)
1/29/1978 (Los Angeles, CA)
149
BBB
-
1
150
JRC
28
C
24
5'11"
172
R
R
9/1/1913 (Lloyd, FL)
151
BBB
34
SS
106
5'11"
190
R
R
9/10/1907 (Austin, TX)
2/10/1971 (Nashville, TN)
152
CCB
31
P
1
2.0
6'1"
186
R
R
8/3/1910 (Arbon, FL)
153
CCB
24
1B
172
5'9"
160
L
L
6/19/1918 (Greenville, FL)
12/13/1990 (Los Angeles, CA)
154
BBB
27
LF
45
5'11"
153
R
R
8/16/1914 (Whitehaven, TN)
4/8/2003 (death place unknown)
155
CCB
22
P
10
21.2
5'6"
152
L
L
12/18/1919 (Covington, KY)
9/14/1960 (Indianapolis, IN)
156
BBB
42
P
2
4.0
5'10"
150
L
L
9/9/1899 (Napoleonville, LA)
3/2/1980 (Pineville, LA)
157
CAG
28
P
27
61.1
6'2"
195
L
R
12/28/1913 (Silsbee, TX)
12/10/1987 (Denver, CO)
158
KCM
29
SS
181
5'11"
160
R
R
6/22/1913 (Henderson, TX)
2/27/1990 (Kansas City, MO)
159
CCB
29
CF
68
5'4"
158
B
R
1/10/1913 (Yazoo City, MS)
2/26/1991 (St. Louis, MO)
160
30
3B
149
5'10"
188
R
R
2/6/1912 (Cordova, AL)
7/23/1977 (Cleveland, OH)
161
CAG
24
SS
142
5'10"
160
R
R
9/17/1917 (Chicago, IL)
3/1990 (Auburn Park, IL)
162
CAG
29
C
21
6'1"
230
R
R
6/13/1913 (East Saint Louis, IL)
8/3/1967 (Chicago, IL)
163
33
CF
11
5'10"
184
R
R
6/10/1909 (Dallas, TX)
2/4/1997 (Berkeley, CA)

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