1944 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1944 Season

Negro League World Series

1943 / 1945

Top Hitter

Buck
Leonard

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

Runs Batted In

#	Player	Team	RBI
1	Dave Hoskins	HG	5
2	Cool Papa Bell	HG	3
3	Lester Lockett	BBB	3
4	Jud Wilson	HG	2
5	Edsall Walker	HG	2
6	Ed Steele	BBB	2
7	Buck Leonard	HG	2
8	Josh Gibson	HG	2
9	Walter Cannady	HG	2
10	John Britton	BBB	1

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

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

L

R

S

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Homestead Grays	WS	5	203	171	27	46	4	1	3	19	4	1	21	9	4	3	5	3		.269	.354	.357	.710	137
2	Birmingham Black Barons	WS	5	188	176	12	36	5	0	0	9	3	1	9	8	0	1	1	1		.205	.246	.233	.479	59
	2	1	10	391	347	39	82	9	1	3	28	7	2	30	17	4	4	6	4		.236	.301	.294	.595	99

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Buck Leonard*	HG	1B	5	22	16	5	8	1	0	1	2	1	0	5	1	1	1	0	0		.500	.636	.750	1.386	356
2	Josh Gibson	HG	C	5	22	15	3	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	7	0	3	0	0	0		.400	.591	.600	1.191	291
3	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	5	21	19	3	7	3	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		.368	.429	.526	.955	216
4	Sam Bankhead	HG	SS	5	23	20	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		.350	.435	.350	.785	158
5	Lester Lockett	BBB	LF	5	19	19	0	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.316	.316	.368	.684	127
6	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	5	23	19	4	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		.263	.364	.316	.679	123
7	Dave Hoskins*	HG	RF	5	23	22	3	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		.273	.261	.409	.670	121
8	Artie Wilson*	BBB	SS	5	23	20	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		.250	.348	.250	.598	97
9	Cool Papa Bell**	HG	LF	5	25	24	1	6	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		.250	.250	.333	.583	92
10	Felix McLaurin**	BBB	CF	5	23	19	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	4		0	0	0	0		.158	.304	.211	.515	70
11	Ted Radcliffe	BBB	C	5	20	19	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0		.211	.211	.211	.421	39
12	Walter Cannady	HG	3B	5	21	18	3	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2		.167	.190	.222	.413	36
13	Piper Davis	BBB	2B	5	22	22	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.182	.182	.182	.364	20
14	Leroy Morney**	BBB	1B	5	21	20	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		.100	.095	.100	.195	-35
15	Jelly Jackson	HG	2B	5	21	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	0		.000	.100	.000	.100	-67

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

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