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

Ted
Strong

Top Pitcher

Satchel
Paige

Leaders

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Lloyd Davenport	MULT	.431
2	Ted Strong	KCM	.425
3	Bonnie Serrell	KCM	.402
4	Duke Cleveland	JRC/CCB	.389
5	Neil Robinson	MRS	.389
6	Felix McLaurin	JRC/BBB	.385
7	Parnell Woods	JRC/CCB	.375
8	Willard Brown	KCM	.373
9	Cool Papa Bell	CAG	.373
10	Billy Horne	CCB	.359

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Smoky Owens	CCB	1.83
2	Jack Matchett	KCM	1.92
3	Satchel Paige	KCM	2.12
4	Willie Jefferson	CCB	2.16
5	Booker McDaniel	KCM	2.44
6	Felix Evans	MRS	2.57
7	Eugene Bremer	CCB	2.73
8	Dan Bankhead	BBB	2.78
9	Johnny Markham	BBB	2.91
10	Porter Moss	MRS	2.95

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	31	1089	983	137	271	32	7	7	122	32	81	25	.276	.331	.344	.675	108
2	Chicago American Giants	NAL	30	1084	1000	98	223	22	10	2	84	9	73	11	.223	.276	.271	.547	73
3	Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	33	1144	1041	141	261	42	8	5	111	32	86	17	.251	.308	.321	.629	93
4	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	13	436	399	33	82	9	4	0	26	7	29	8	.206	.259	.248	.507	59
5	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	35	1361	1258	189	347	53	13	21	183	16	87	16	.276	.323	.389	.711	127
6	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	24	890	817	127	223	29	11	5	102	24	53	20	.273	.317	.354	.671	104
	6	1	188	6004	5498	725	1407	187	53	40	628	120	409	97	.256	.307	.331	.638	99

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Adams^	MRS	C	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
2	Hosea Allen^	JRC	P	6	12	12	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.417	.417	.500	.917	187
3	Newt Allen	KCM	3B	24	102	92	14	28	2	0	0	7	0	7	3	.304	.354	.326	.680	117
4	Jabbo Andrews*	JRC/CAG	LF	16	58	56	2	14	4	1	0	7	0	2	0	.250	.276	.357	.633	99
5	Dan Bankhead	BBB	P	6	13	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.182	.308	.182	.490	52
6	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	20	84	75	15	19	3	0	0	6	6	8	1	.253	.325	.293	.619	90
7	Harry Barnes	BBB	C	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
8	Herb Barnhill	JRC	C	6	14	14	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	.143	.143	.214	.357	11
9	Cool Papa Bell**	CAG	CF	26	112	98	14	29	4	2	0	7	0	12	2	.296	.373	.378	.750	138
10	Bennett^	BBB	LF	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-12
11	Cleo Benson	CAG	C	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
12	John Bissant	CAG	LF	13	44	43	6	8	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	.186	.205	.186	.391	24
13	Alonzo Boone	CCB	P	10	26	24	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	.125	.160	.167	.327	0
14	Lefty Boone^	CCB/JRC	P	4	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.100	.100	.100	.200	-33
15	Lyman Bostock*	BBB	1B	8	30	26	2	8	2	1	0	3	0	4	0	.308	.400	.462	.862	165
16	Bill Bradford*	BBB/MRS	RF	24	79	73	8	19	2	1	0	5	1	4	2	.260	.299	.315	.614	89
17	Frank Bradley	KCM	P	1	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	692
18	Eugene Bremer	CCB	P	11	26	24	4	7	4	0	0	4	0	2	0	.292	.346	.458	.804	145
19	George Britt	MULT	C	15	37	33	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	.212	.278	.242	.520	62
20	John Britton*	CAG	3B	2	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	41
21	Joe Brooks^	MRS	P	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
22	Alex Broome^	JRC	P	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
23	Joe Brown	CCB	C	19	60	58	8	12	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	.207	.233	.207	.440	35
24	Larry Brown**	MRS	C	20	71	61	3	15	3	0	0	8	0	6	4	.246	.313	.295	.609	86
25	T. J. Brown	MRS	SS	21	89	82	14	24	2	3	0	11	3	4	3	.293	.326	.390	.716	118
26	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	35	150	142	25	48	6	2	4	26	2	8	0	.338	.373	.493	.866	175
27	George Brown^	CCB	LF	3	9	8	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	.250	.333	.375	.708	116
28	Walter Burch	CCB	P	2	7	7	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	162
29	P. Burgess^	CAG	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
30	Willie Burns*	CAG	P	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
31	Burrows^	CAG	RF	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	58
32	Subby Byas**	MRS/CAG	C	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	-67
33	Jim Canada*	JRC	1B	10	37	34	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	.088	.139	.088	.227	-28
34	Walter Cannady	CAG	2B	13	50	46	4	11	1	0	0	6	0	3	1	.239	.286	.261	.547	73
35	Marlin Carter*	MRS	3B	23	99	92	15	27	3	3	0	14	2	6	1	.293	.337	.391	.728	122
36	Thad Christopher*	CCB	RF	23	66	60	8	7	2	0	0	4	2	5	1	.117	.185	.150	.335	3
37	Duke Cleveland*	JRC/CCB	LF	31	128	110	19	33	1	1	1	8	3	16	2	.300	.389	.355	.743	129
38	James Cooper	CCB/JRC	P	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-13
39	Willie Cornelius	MULT	P	12	17	16	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.375	.412	.375	.787	148
40	Johnnie Cowan	CCB	3B	2	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	145
41	Jimmie Crutchfield*	CAG	RF	25	94	83	5	19	1	1	0	8	0	11	0	.229	.319	.265	.584	86
42	Lloyd Davenport*	MULT	CF	29	117	99	20	33	7	0	2	17	7	17	1	.333	.431	.465	.896	176
43	Piper Davis	BBB	2B	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
44	Johnnie Dawson^	KCM/BBB	C	10	26	25	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	.080	.115	.120	.235	-25
45	Jesse Douglas*	BBB	2B	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
46	Frank Duncan	KCM	C	11	23	20	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	1	2	.150	.190	.250	.440	40
47	Alphonse Dunn	BBB	1B	3	15	13	3	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	.538	.538	.538	1.077	232
48	William Dyke^	JRC	2B	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9
49	Specs Ellis^	JRC/BBB	P	5	11	9	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.222	.364	.222	.586	80
50	Felix Evans	MRS	P	4	12	12	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	.167	.167	.417	.583	75
51	Ulysses Evans^	CAG	P	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	217
52	Gerves Fagan	MRS/JRC	3B	9	29	28	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.107	.107	.143	.250	-22
53	Greene Farmer**	JRC	LF	3	12	10	1	4	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	.400	.500	.500	1.000	214
54	Willie Ferrell^	CAG	P	12	27	26	1	7	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	.269	.296	.269	.566	79
55	Jimmy Ford	CAG	2B	2	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	-30
56	Luther Gilyard^	BBB	1B	12	39	35	1	7	1	0	0	5	0	2	2	.200	.243	.229	.472	46
57	Alvin Gipson	BBB	P	12	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	-56
58	Graves^	JRC	2B	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
59	Joe Greene	KCM	C	24	97	84	17	19	5	1	4	18	1	12	1	.226	.323	.452	.775	146
60	Clem Hall^	JRC	-	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
61	Paul Hardy	BBB	C	20	66	58	9	15	4	0	0	2	1	5	3	.259	.317	.328	.645	99
62	Roger Harris^	BBB	RF	11	34	28	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	.214	.313	.214	.527	64
63	Sonny Harris**	CCB	LF	5	16	13	3	8	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	.615	.688	.769	1.457	345
64	Rufus Hatten	MRS	C	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-21
65	Preacher Henry	JRC	P	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
66	Billy Horne*	CCB	2B	32	134	120	19	36	3	3	0	13	5	11	3	.300	.359	.375	.734	124
67	Dave Hoskins*	CAG	P	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	217
68	Percy Howard^	CAG	C	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
69	John Huber*	CAG	C	20	61	60	8	11	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	.183	.197	.217	.413	31
70	Willie Hubert	CCB	P	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
71	Willie Hudson*	CAG	P	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		1.000
72	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	P	12	21	21	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.190	.190	.190	.381	17
73	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	24	106	104	20	32	4	1	0	9	8	0	2	.308	.308	.365	.673	105
74	Francis Jackson^	CAG	P	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
75	Tice James	CCB	SS	28	95	88	8	20	3	1	0	7	3	7	0	.227	.284	.284	.568	74
76	Willie Jefferson	CCB	P	7	21	18	4	5	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	.278	.381	.333	.714	119
77	Gentry Jessup	CAG	P	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
78	Sam Jethroe**	CCB	CF	31	126	118	19	36	10	1	1	18	7	6	2	.305	.339	.432	.771	135
79	Connie Johnson	KCM	P	7	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	-2
80	Tommy Johnson^	CAG	P	3	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	135
81	Robert Keyes^	MRS	P	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-36
82	Clarence Lamar	JRC/BBB	3B	15	49	44	5	11	2	0	0	4	0	3	2	.250	.298	.295	.593	80
83	Jim LaMarque*	KCM	P	6	7	7	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	.286	.286	.714	1.000	214
84	Henry Lipsey^	MRS	-	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
85	Earl Little^	CAG	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
86	Lester Lockett	BBB/CAG	3B	22	89	82	10	20	1	1	0	13	2	7	0	.244	.303	.280	.584	82
87	Lockhart^	JRC	1B	3	11	10	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	109
88	John Lyles**	CCB	3B	20	66	58	8	7	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	.121	.215	.121	.336	4
89	Ziggy Marcell	CAG	C	3	11	11	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	73
90	Johnny Markham	BBB	P	13	21	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.059	.158	.059	.217	-32
91	Jack Matchett*	KCM	P	10	22	22	2	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	.273	.273	.318	.591	88
92	Verdell Mathis*	MRS	P	13	28	26	5	12	0	0	0	5	1	2	0	.462	.500	.462	.962	195
93	Jesse Matthews^	BBB	1B	1	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	23
94	Booker McDaniel	KCM	P	10	25	23	1	5	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	.217	.280	.261	.541	73
95	Fred McDaniel*	MRS	LF	20	85	74	14	15	0	2	0	6	0	10	1	.203	.298	.257	.554	70
96	McDonald^	JRC	-	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	528
97	Fred McKelvin^	JRC	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
98	Gready McKinnis	BBB/KCM	P	11	20	18	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.211	.222	.433	35
99	Felix McLaurin**	JRC/BBB	LF	20	79	74	7	26	2	1	0	8	2	4	1	.351	.385	.405	.790	145
100	Henry Merchant*	CAG	P	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
101	W. Miller^	CAG	-	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
102	Leroy Morney**	BBB	3B	29	109	96	17	25	4	0	2	18	7	12	1	.260	.343	.365	.707	118
103	Porter Moss	MRS	P	8	24	22	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	.273	.304	.318	.623	90
104	Nash^	JRC	P	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					0
105	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	36	148	143	20	40	7	1	1	23	2	5	0	.280	.304	.364	.668	113
106	Smoky Owens^	CCB	P	10	18	17	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.294	.294	.294	.588	80
107	Sylvester Owens	JRC	CF	8	26	23	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	.261	.320	.261	.581	83
108	Satchel Paige	KCM	P	11	29	28	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.179	.179	.179	.357	14
109	Art Pennington**	CAG	LF	26	102	86	8	20	1	1	1	10	0	15	1	.233	.347	.302	.649	106
110	Norris Phillips*	KCM/MRS	P	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	113
111	Diamond Pipkins*	BBB	P	13	28	26	6	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	.385	.385	.423	.808	149
112	Alex Radcliff	CAG/BBB	3B	29	121	115	10	20	4	2	1	11	0	6	0	.174	.215	.270	.484	52
113	Ted Radcliffe	MRS/BBB	C	15	43	41	3	11	1	0	0	7	0	1	1	.268	.286	.293	.578	79
114	Johnny Ray*	JRC	RF	7	25	23	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.174	.240	.174	.414	31
115	Dick Reynolds^	JRC	LF	1	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	211
116	Army Rhodes^	CAG	1B	5	19	18	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	.167	.167	.222	.389	23
117	Marshall Riddle*	JRC/CCB	3B	4	19	17	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	.118	.211	.118	.328	6
118	Frazier Robinson	KCM	C	2	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-20
119	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	23	92	85	20	30	8	1	4	20	2	5	2	.353	.389	.612	1.001	203
120	Ray Robinson^	CCB	P	6	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	-47
121	Skin Down Robinson	JRC	2B	6	15	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.071	.071	.071	.143	-55
122	Nat Rogers*	MRS/BBB	LF	7	17	17	2	7	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	.412	.412	.529	.941	186
123	Joe Royal	JRC	C	4	11	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	109
124	Tommy Sampson	BBB	2B	29	119	114	22	38	2	2	2	16	2	4	1	.333	.356	.439	.795	144
125	Andy Sarvis^	JRC	P	5	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	-11
126	Leo Sanders^	JRC	SS	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	164
127	Sam Segraves^	CCB/MRS	LF	4	12	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	-49
128	Bonnie Serrell*	KCM	2B	33	124	114	22	41	4	5	3	22	2	8	2	.360	.402	.561	.963	206
129	Herb Shaw*	BBB	-	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	208
130	Charlie Shields*	CAG	P	6	17	16	3	3	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	.188	.188	.438	.625	95
131	Willie Simms*	KCM	LF	36	166	152	22	29	4	2	0	5	3	11	3	.191	.245	.243	.489	56
132	Bob Smith	MRS/CAG	C	6	20	18	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.167	.250	.167	.417	29
133	Dode Smith^	CCB	P	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
134	Ernie Smith*	CAG	C	7	23	22	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.227	.261	.227	.488	55
135	Gene Smith	CCB/JRC	3B	9	35	35	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.171	.314	-3
136	Henry Smith	JRC/CAG	2B	15	58	54	6	14	1	0	0	4	2	3	1	.259	.298	.278	.576	81
137	Hilton Smith	KCM	P	13	35	34	5	11	3	0	0	9	0	1	0	.324	.343	.412	.755	140
138	Johnny Smith*	BBB	LF	12	42	41	5	11	1	0	0	5	1	1	0	.268	.286	.293	.578	78
139	Eddie Snead	BBB	2B	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	159
140	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	23	96	92	13	25	3	0	0	10	1	3	1	.272	.295	.304	.599	91
141	Clyde Spearman*	CAG	RF	12	41	35	5	5	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	.143	.231	.143	.374	19
142	Joe Spencer	BBB	SS	7	18	17	1	6	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	.353	.389	.412	.801	147
143	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	208
144	Ted Strong**	KCM	RF	34	148	132	31	48	8	0	6	32	1	14	2	.364	.425	.561	.985	213
145	Leroy Sutton	CAG	P	5	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	6
146	Goose Tatum**	BBB	RF	6	16	14	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	.143	.250	.214	.464	44
147	Candy Jim Taylor	CAG	-	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
148	Jelly Taylor*	MRS	1B	24	100	91	10	23	3	1	0	10	2	7	2	.253	.306	.308	.614	88
149	Raymond Taylor	CCB	C	16	47	43	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	.047	.109	.070	.178	-45
150	Taylor^	CAG	C	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	111
151	Sam Thompson	CAG	P	4	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	-37
152	Tipton^	BBB	-	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
153	Henry Turner	JRC	C	6	14	13	1	5	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	.385	.429	.385	.813	156
154	Eugene Tyler	CCB	RF	1	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	238
155	Hoss Walker	BBB	SS	22	87	77	9	16	1	0	1	5	3	6	4	.208	.265	.260	.525	62
156	Archie Ware*	CCB	1B	32	118	109	11	26	3	1	1	19	3	8	1	.239	.291	.312	.603	84
157	Jesse Warren	BBB	LF	10	41	33	11	10	1	2	0	7	4	6	2	.303	.410	.455	.865	166
158	Herman Watts*	CCB	P	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-13
159	Ollie West*	CAG	P	7	20	17	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	.235	.350	.235	.585	87
160	Jesse Williams	KCM	SS	36	140	125	13	29	5	2	2	14	2	14	1	.232	.309	.352	.661	111
161	Emmett Wilson**	CCB	CF	11	43	38	8	10	1	1	1	4	1	4	1	.263	.333	.421	.754	130
162	Parnell Woods	JRC/CCB	3B	27	107	98	15	33	8	2	1	18	5	6	3	.337	.375	.490	.865	164
163	Ralph Wyatt	CAG	SS	24	97	90	11	24	1	2	0	4	1	6	1	.267	.313	.322	.635	101
164	Ed Young	CAG	C	6	20	20	2	7	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	.350	.350	.400	.750	137
165	Leandy Young	MRS	-	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	206

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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