1943 Season

1942 / 1944

Tom Wilson (President)
Ed Bolden (Vice President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)
Frank Forbes (Director of League Promotions)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Johnny
Wright

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Tetelo Vargas	EAS/NYC	.464
2	Josh Gibson	MULT	.441
3	Wild Bill Wright	ROM	.366
4	Pancho Coimbre	NNN/NYC	.359
5	Ray Dandridge	VEZ	.354
6	Jerry Benjamin	MULT	.353
7	Pedro Pagés	PUE	.353
8	Howard Easterling	MULT	.346
9	Alex Radcliff	CAG/WES	.345
10	Carlos Blanco	ULT	.339

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Johnny Markham	BBB	218
2	Venustiano Galan	ULT	186
3	Bill Byrd	MULT	177
4	Johnny Wright	EAS/HG	174
5	Vidal López	MTY	168
6	Roosevelt Davis	CC	159
7	Leon Day	MULT	145
8	Booker McDaniel	KCM/SAS	144
9	Hilton Smith	KCM	143
10	Dave Barnhill	MULT	142

Standings

Glossary

Negro National League II

		vs NN2					vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays^*¹²	50	13	1	.794	-	78	23	1	.772	7.5	4.2	Candy Jim Taylor	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	New York Cubans	18	14	1	.563	16.5	38	28	2	.576	5.4	4.2	José María Fernández	Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)
3	Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars	8	8	0	.500	18.5	12	14	1	.462	4.9	4.6	Harry Williams, George Mitchell, Tom Parker	Island Park (Harrisburg, PA)
4	Newark Eagles	29	33	0	.468	20.5	29	33	0	.468	5.8	5.5	Mule Suttles	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
5	Baltimore Elite Giants	19	27	3	.413	22.5	26	46	3	.361	5.0	6.3	George Scales	Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD), Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD)
6	Philadelphia Stars	20	29	1	.408	23.0	24	33	1	.421	6.2	6.8	Goose Curry	Parkside Athletic Field (Philadelphia, PA)
7	New York Black Yankees	4	24	2	.143	28.5	8	33	2	.195	3.9	8.6	Tex Burnett	Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)

* = League Champion 1 = First Half Champion 2 = Second Half Champion

Negro American League

		vs NAL					vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Kansas City Monarchs	36	23	1	.610	-	52	39	1	.571	4.7	3.9	Frank Duncan	Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2	Cleveland Buckeyes	39	27	2	.591	0.5	52	40	3	.565	5.6	4.7	Parnell Woods	Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
3	Birmingham Black Barons^*¹	44	34	3	.564	1.5	62	49	3	.559	4.8	4.0	Winfield Welch, Larry Brown	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
4	Chicago American Giants²	37	33	1	.529	4.5	45	38	1	.542	4.9	4.8	Ted Radcliffe	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
5	Memphis Red Sox	32	51	4	.386	16.0	49	59	4	.454	4.1	4.8	Larry Brown	Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
6	Cincinnati Clowns	27	47	5	.365	16.5	41	67	5	.380	4.0	5.6	Bunny Downs, Fred Wilson	Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)

* = League Champion 1 = First Half Champion 2 = Second Half Champion

NAL Championship Series

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Birmingham Black Barons	3	2	0	.600	-	5.4	2.8	Winfield Welch	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
2	Chicago American Giants	2	3	0	.400	1.0	2.8	5.4	Ted Radcliffe	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)

Negro League World Series

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays	4	3	1	.571	-	5.8	3.5	Candy Jim Taylor	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)
2	Birmingham Black Barons	3	4	1	.429	1.0	3.5	5.8	Winfield Welch	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL), Cramton Bowl (Montgomery, AL)

Independent Clubs

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Atlanta Black Crackers	7	19	1	.269	5.0	4.2	7.7	Henry Lewis, Nish Williams	Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, GA)
3	NNL All Stars	1	3	0	.250	-	2.3	6.3	Goose Curry	Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA)

East-West All Star Games

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	West All Stars	1	0	0	1.000	-	2.0	1.0	Frank Duncan	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
2	East All Stars	0	1	0	.000	1.0	1.0	2.0	Vic Harris	No Home Ballpark

North-South All Star Games

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	South All Stars	1	0	0	1.000	-	5.0	2.0	Frank Duncan	Pelican Stadium (New Orleans, LA)
2	North All Stars	0	1	0	.000	1.0	2.0	5.0	Harry Williams	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)

NNL All Star Games

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	NNL South All Stars	1	0	0	1.000	-	6.0	4.0	Jud Wilson	No Home Ballpark
2	NNL North All Stars	0	1	0	.000	1.0	4.0	6.0	Mule Suttles	No Home Ballpark

Negro Leagues vs. Major Leagues

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Chicago American Giants	1	0	0	1.000	-	7.0	3.0	Ted Radcliffe	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
2	Great Lakes Bluejackets	0	1	0	.000	1.0	3.0	7.0	Mickey Cochrane	Great Lakes Naval Training Station (Lake County, IL)

Mexican League

Liga Mexicana de Béisbol

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Industriales de Monterrey^*	53	37	0	.589	-	4.4	3.6	Lázaro Salazar	Parque Cuauhtémoc (Monterrey, NL, Mexico)
2	Unión Laguna de Torreón	51	36	0	.586	0.5	5.0	3.9	Martín Dihigo	Estadio Revolución (Torre?n, CO, Mexico)
3	Pericos de Puebla	44	43	0	.506	7.5	5.1	5.4	Chimuelo Morín	Parque Puebla (Puebla, PU, Mexico)
4	Alijadores de Tampico	41	48	0	.461	11.5	4.0	3.7	Willie Wells	Parque Alijadores (Tampico, TM, Mexico)
5	Azules de Veracruz	39	51	0	.433	14.0	4.0	5.6	Gustavo Buenrostro	Parque Delta (Ciudad de M?xico, DF, Mexico)
6	Rojos del México	38	51	0	.427	14.5	4.6	4.9	Chile Gómez	Parque Delta (Ciudad de M?xico, DF, Mexico)

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