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

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Ted Strong	KCM	213
2	Bonnie Serrell	KCM	206
3	Neil Robinson	MRS	203
4	Lloyd Davenport	MULT	176
5	Willard Brown	KCM	175
6	Parnell Woods	JRC/CCB	164
7	Joe Greene	KCM	146
8	Felix McLaurin	JRC/BBB	145
9	Tommy Sampson	BBB	144
10	Cool Papa Bell	CAG	138

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Johnny Markham	BBB	0.93
2	Satchel Paige	KCM	1.01
3	Smoky Owens	CCB	1.07
4	Specs Ellis	JRC/BBB	1.10
5	Willie Jefferson	CCB	1.10
6	Booker McDaniel	KCM	1.10
7	Eugene Bremer	CCB	1.12
8	Jack Matchett	KCM	1.16
9	Andy Sarvis	JRC	1.18
10	Porter Moss	MRS	1.20

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	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	35	1361	1258	189	347	53	13	21	183	16	87	16	.276	.323	.389	.711	127
3	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	24	890	817	127	223	29	11	5	102	24	53	20	.273	.317	.354	.671	104
4	Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	33	1144	1041	141	261	42	8	5	111	32	86	17	.251	.308	.321	.629	93
5	Chicago American Giants	NAL	30	1084	1000	98	223	22	10	2	84	9	73	11	.223	.276	.271	.547	73
6	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	13	436	399	33	82	9	4	0	26	7	29	8	.206	.259	.248	.507	59
	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	Lloyd Davenport*	MULT	CF	29	117	99	20	33	7	0	2	17	7	17	1	.333	.431	.465	.896	176
2	Ted Strong**	KCM	RF	34	148	132	31	48	8	0	6	32	1	14	2	.364	.425	.561	.985	213
3	Bonnie Serrell*	KCM	2B	33	124	114	22	41	4	5	3	22	2	8	2	.360	.402	.561	.963	206
4	Duke Cleveland*	JRC/CCB	LF	31	128	110	19	33	1	1	1	8	3	16	2	.300	.389	.355	.743	129
5	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	23	92	85	20	30	8	1	4	20	2	5	2	.353	.389	.612	1.001	203
6	Felix McLaurin**	JRC/BBB	LF	20	79	74	7	26	2	1	0	8	2	4	1	.351	.385	.405	.790	145
7	Parnell Woods	JRC/CCB	3B	27	107	98	15	33	8	2	1	18	5	6	3	.337	.375	.490	.865	164
8	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	35	150	142	25	48	6	2	4	26	2	8	0	.338	.373	.493	.866	175
9	Cool Papa Bell**	CAG	CF	26	112	98	14	29	4	2	0	7	0	12	2	.296	.373	.378	.750	138
10	Billy Horne*	CCB	2B	32	134	120	19	36	3	3	0	13	5	11	3	.300	.359	.375	.734	124
11	Tommy Sampson	BBB	2B	29	119	114	22	38	2	2	2	16	2	4	1	.333	.356	.439	.795	144
12	Art Pennington**	CAG	LF	26	102	86	8	20	1	1	1	10	0	15	1	.233	.347	.302	.649	106
13	Leroy Morney**	BBB	3B	29	109	96	17	25	4	0	2	18	7	12	1	.260	.343	.365	.707	118
14	Sam Jethroe**	CCB	CF	31	126	118	19	36	10	1	1	18	7	6	2	.305	.339	.432	.771	135
15	Marlin Carter*	MRS	3B	23	99	92	15	27	3	3	0	14	2	6	1	.293	.337	.391	.728	122
16	T. J. Brown	MRS	SS	21	89	82	14	24	2	3	0	11	3	4	3	.293	.326	.390	.716	118
17	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	20	84	75	15	19	3	0	0	6	6	8	1	.253	.325	.293	.619	90
18	Jimmie Crutchfield*	CAG	RF	25	94	83	5	19	1	1	0	8	0	11	0	.229	.319	.265	.584	86
19	Ralph Wyatt	CAG	SS	24	97	90	11	24	1	2	0	4	1	6	1	.267	.313	.322	.635	101
20	Jesse Williams	KCM	SS	36	140	125	13	29	5	2	2	14	2	14	1	.232	.309	.352	.661	111
21	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	24	106	104	20	32	4	1	0	9	8	0	2	.308	.308	.365	.673	105
22	Jelly Taylor*	MRS	1B	24	100	91	10	23	3	1	0	10	2	7	2	.253	.306	.308	.614	88
23	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	36	148	143	20	40	7	1	1	23	2	5	0	.280	.304	.364	.668	113
24	Fred McDaniel*	MRS	LF	20	85	74	14	15	0	2	0	6	0	10	1	.203	.298	.257	.554	70
25	Archie Ware*	CCB	1B	32	118	109	11	26	3	1	1	19	3	8	1	.239	.291	.312	.603	84
26	Willie Simms*	KCM	LF	36	166	152	22	29	4	2	0	5	3	11	3	.191	.245	.243	.489	56
27	Alex Radcliff	CAG/BBB	3B	29	121	115	10	20	4	2	1	11	0	6	0	.174	.215	.270	.484	52

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

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