1944 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1944 Season

Negro League World Series

1943 / 1945

Top Hitter

Buck
Leonard

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Buck Leonard	HG	.500
2	Josh Gibson	HG	.400
3	Ed Steele	BBB	.368
4	Sam Bankhead	HG	.350
5	Lester Lockett	BBB	.316
6	Dave Hoskins	HG	.273
7	Jerry Benjamin	HG	.263
8	Cool Papa Bell	HG	.250
9	Artie Wilson	BBB	.250
10	Ted Radcliffe	BBB	.211

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Roy Welmaker	HG	13
2	Edsall Walker	HG	9
3	Earl Bumpus	BBB	6
4	John Huber	BBB	6
5	Ray Brown	HG	5
6	Johnny Markham	BBB	5
7	Alfred Saylor	BBB	5
8	Spoon Carter	HG	1
9	Alonzo Boone	BBB	0

Advanced Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

L

R

S

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	Homestead Grays	WS	5	203	.330	10.3%	4.7%	2.33	1.5%	.088
2	Birmingham Black Barons	WS	5	188	.239	4.8%	6.1%	0.50	0.0%	.028
	2	1	10	391	.286	7.7%	5.3%	1.47	0.8%	.058

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	Buck Leonard*	HG	1B	22	.614	22.7%	4.5%	5.00	4.5%	.250
2	Josh Gibson	HG	C	22	.468	31.8%	0.0%		4.5%	.200
3	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	21	.463	9.5%	4.8%	2.00	0.0%	.158
4	Sam Bankhead	HG	SS	23	.396	8.7%	0.0%		0.0%	.000
5	Lester Lockett	BBB	LF	19	.333	0.0%	5.3%	0.00	0.0%	.053
6	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	23	.329	13.0%	0.0%		0.0%	.053
7	Dave Hoskins*	HG	RF	23	.320	0.0%	8.7%	0.00	4.3%	.136
8	Artie Wilson*	BBB	SS	23	.310	8.7%	4.3%	2.00	0.0%	.000
9	Felix McLaurin**	BBB	CF	23	.276	17.4%			0.0%	.053
10	Cool Papa Bell**	HG	LF	25	.270	0.0%	4.0%	0.00	0.0%	.083
11	Walter Cannady	HG	3B	21	.197	4.8%	9.5%	0.50	0.0%	.056
12	Ted Radcliffe	BBB	C	20	.196	0.0%	10.0%	0.00	0.0%	.000
13	Piper Davis	BBB	2B	22	.178	0.0%	4.5%	0.00	0.0%	.000
14	Leroy Morney**	BBB	1B	21	.093	0.0%	4.8%	0.00	0.0%	.000
15	Jelly Jackson	HG	2B	21	.072	4.8%	14.3%	0.33	0.0%	.000

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

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