1944 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1944 Season

Negro League World Series

1943 / 1945

Top Hitter

Buck
Leonard

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

Runs Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	Sam Bankhead	HG	6
2	Buck Leonard	HG	5
3	Jerry Benjamin	HG	4
4	Walter Cannady	HG	3
5	Josh Gibson	HG	3
6	Dave Hoskins	HG	3
7	Ed Steele	BBB	3
8	Piper Davis	BBB	2
9	Cool Papa Bell	HG	1
10	Alonzo Boone	BBB	1

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Roy Welmaker	HG	13.00
2	Edsall Walker	HG	2.25
3	Ray Brown	HG	1.67
4	John Huber	BBB	1.50
5	Johnny Markham	BBB	1.25
6	Alfred Saylor	BBB	1.25
7	Earl Bumpus	BBB	1.00
8	Spoon Carter	HG	1.00

Standings

Negro League World Series

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB		R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays	4	1	0	.800	-		5.4	2.4	Candy Jim Taylor	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	Birmingham Black Barons	1	4	0	.200	3.0		2.4	5.4	Winfield Welch	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)

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