1944 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1944 Season

Negro League World Series

1943 / 1945

Top Hitter

Buck
Leonard

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Buck Leonard	HG	356
2	Josh Gibson	HG	291
3	Ed Steele	BBB	216
4	Sam Bankhead	HG	158
5	Lester Lockett	BBB	127
6	Jerry Benjamin	HG	123
7	Dave Hoskins	HG	121
8	Artie Wilson	BBB	97
9	Cool Papa Bell	HG	92
10	Felix McLaurin	BBB	70

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Ray Brown	HG	0.00
2	John Huber	BBB	0.00
3	Roy Welmaker	HG	1.00
4	Edsall Walker	HG	1.38
5	Earl Bumpus	BBB	3.00
6	Spoon Carter	HG	3.60
7	Alfred Saylor	BBB	5.84
8	Johnny Markham	BBB	7.00

Fielding

Position:

League:

Teams

#	Team	Lg		G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP		Fld%	Lg		RF	Lg		Runs	Rate	Range
1	Birmingham Black Barons	WS		49	45	396.0	132	61	8	8		.960	.941		4.39	4.35		-1.8	-5.2	-2.3
2	Homestead Grays	WS		49	45	405.0	135	59	16	8		.924	.941		4.31	4.35		1.8	5.1	2.3
	2	1		98	90	801.0	267	120	24	16		.942	.941		4.35	4.35		0.0	0.0	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos		G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP		Fld%	Lg		RF	Lg		Runs	Rate	Range
1	Cool Papa Bell**	HG	LF		5	5	45.0	9	0	1	0		.900	.944		1.80	1.72		1.1	23.4	1.4
2	Leroy Morney**	BBB	1B		5	5	44.0	48	3	1	2		.981	.962		10.43	10.31		-0.1	-2.1	-0.1
3	Felix McLaurin**	BBB	CF		5	5	44.0	17	0	1	0		.944	.963		3.48	2.63		1.4	32.4	1.7
4	Ted Radcliffe	BBB	C		5	5	44.0	23	1	0	0		1.000	1.000		4.91	5.56		0.2	3.5	0.0
5	Buck Leonard*	HG	1B		5	5	45.0	48	3	3	3		.944	.962		10.20	10.31		0.1	2.0	0.1
6	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF		5	5	44.0	6	1	0	0		1.000	.905		1.43	1.92		-1.9	-42.2	-2.2
7	Jelly Jackson	HG	2B		5	5	45.0	12	10	2	0		.917	.942		4.40	4.96		-1.2	-27.6	-1.2
8	Dave Hoskins*	HG	RF		5	5	45.0	12	0	2	0		.857	.905		2.40	1.92		1.9	41.2	2.2
9	Josh Gibson	HG	C		5	5	45.0	31	0	0	0		1.000	1.000		6.20	5.56		-0.2	-3.4	0.0
10	Piper Davis	BBB	2B		5	5	44.0	11	16	1	1		.964	.942		5.52	4.96		1.2	28.2	1.2
11	Walter Cannady	HG	3B		5	4	41.0	4	16	4	1		.833	.816		4.39	4.04		2.0	49.7	2.0
12	Artie Wilson*	BBB	SS		5	5	44.0	14	18	1	4		.970	.933		6.55	5.66		0.8	19.1	0.8
13	Sam Bankhead	HG	SS		5	5	45.0	10	14	3	2		.889	.933		4.80	5.66		-0.8	-18.7	-0.8
14	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF		5	5	45.0	8	1	0	0		1.000	.963		1.80	2.63		-1.4	-31.6	-1.7
15	John Britton*	BBB	3B		3	3	26.0	0	6	2	0		.750	.816		2.08	4.04		-1.8	-68.6	-1.8
16	Lester Lockett	BBB	LF		3	3	26.0	4	1	0	0		1.000	.944		1.73	1.72		-0.4	-17.3	-0.9
17	Roy Welmaker**	HG	P		2	2	18.0	0	5	0	1		1.000	1.000		2.50	2.33
18	Edsall Walker**	HG	P		2	1	13.0	0	3	0	1		1.000	1.000		2.08	2.33
19	Collins Jones**	BBB	LF		2	2	18.0	3	0	0	0		1.000	.944		1.50	1.72		-0.6	-33.7	-0.5
20	Lester Lockett	BBB	3B		2	2	18.0	6	5	2	0		.846	.816		5.50	4.04		-0.7	-40.0	-0.7
21	Alfred Saylor**	BBB	P		2	2	12.1	0	7	0	1		1.000	1.000		5.11	2.33
22	Roy Welmaker**	HG	PR		1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Jud Wilson*	HG	3B		1	1	4.0	1	2	1	0		.750	.816		6.75	4.04		0.5	116.6	0.5
24	Jud Wilson*	HG	PH		1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Johnny Markham	BBB	PH		1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Johnny Markham	BBB	P		1	1	9.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	1.000		1.00	2.33
27	Collins Jones**	BBB	PR		1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	John Huber*	BBB	PH		1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	John Huber*	BBB	P		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			1.000		0.00	2.33
30	Spoon Carter*	HG	P		1	1	5.0	0	4	0	0		1.000	1.000		7.20	2.33
31	Earl Bumpus*	BBB	P		1	1	9.0	0	2	0	0		1.000	1.000		2.00	2.33
32	Ray Brown**	HG	P		1	1	9.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	1.000		1.00	2.33
33	Alonzo Boone	BBB	P		1	0	4.2	0	0	0	0			1.000		0.00	2.33

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

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