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

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Roy Welmaker	HG	238
2	Edsall Walker	HG	172
3	Earl Bumpus	BBB	80
4	Spoon Carter	HG	66
5	Alfred Saylor	BBB	41
6	Johnny Markham	BBB	34
7	Ray Brown	HG	0
8	John Huber	BBB	0

All-1944 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Cool Papa Bell	HG	0.2	0.1	0.1

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Felix McLaurin	BBB	0.2	0.0	0.2

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Dave Hoskins	HG	0.3	0.1	0.2

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Artie Wilson	BBB	0.2	0.1	0.1

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Piper Davis	BBB	0.1	-0.1	0.1

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Walter Cannady	HG	0.3	0.0	0.2

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Leonard	HG	0.6	0.6	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	HG	0.4	0.4	0.0

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Ray Brown	HG	9.0	0.6	0.6	0.0
Roy Welmaker	HG	18.0	0.5	0.4	0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Alonzo Boone	BBB	4.2	0.4	0.3	0.0
Edsall Walker	HG	13.0	0.1	0.1	0.0

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