1944 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1944 Season

Negro National League II

1943 / 1945

Top Hitter

Buck
Leonard

Top Pitcher

Bill
Ricks

Leaders

Homeruns

#	Player	Team	HR
1	Josh Gibson	HG	9
2	Buck Leonard	HG	7
3	Bill Hoskins	BEG	5
4	Goose Curry	PS	3
5	Doc Dennis	BEG	3
6	Hubert Glenn	PS	3
7	Bob Harvey	NE	3
8	Dave Hoskins	HG	3
9	Dave Thomas	NYC	3
10	Marvin Williams	PS	3

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	3.41
2	Tom Glover	BEG	3.38
3	Luis Tiant	NYC	2.75
4	Ray Brown	HG	2.17
5	Barney Brown	PS	2.10
6	Bill Ricks	PS	1.94
7	Henry Miller	PS	1.89
8	Dave Barnhill	NYC	1.89
9	Terris McDuffie	NBY/NE	1.84
10	Ule Mahoney	PS	1.73

Standings

Negro National League II

		vs NN2						vs Maj. Black Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB		W	L	T	W%		R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays^*¹²	48	24	3	.667	-		65	30	3	.684		6.6	4.7	Candy Jim Taylor	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	New York Cubans	31	21	2	.596	7.0		48	27	2	.640		5.5	4.1	José María Fernández	Polo Grounds (New York, NY), Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY) (Brooklyn, NY)
3	Philadelphia Stars	31	27	1	.534	10.0		38	29	1	.567		6.1	4.9	Goose Curry	Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA)
4	Baltimore Elite Giants	34	38	0	.472	14.0		41	41	0	.500		5.2	4.7	Felton Snow	Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
5	Newark Eagles	27	36	0	.429	16.5		33	36	0	.478		5.0	5.8	Mule Suttles	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
6	New York Black Yankees	7	32	0	.179	24.5		9	37	0	.196		3.2	7.1	Harry Williams	Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY), Polo Grounds (New York, NY)

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

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