1944 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1944 Season

Negro League World Series

1943 / 1945

Top Hitter

Buck
Leonard

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Buck Leonard	HG	.750
2	Josh Gibson	HG	.600
3	Ed Steele	BBB	.526
4	Dave Hoskins	HG	.409
5	Lester Lockett	BBB	.368
6	Sam Bankhead	HG	.350
7	Cool Papa Bell	HG	.333
8	Jerry Benjamin	HG	.316
9	Artie Wilson	BBB	.250
10	Walter Cannady	HG	.222

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Ray Brown	HG	0.44
2	John Huber	BBB	0.78
3	Roy Welmaker	HG	1.11
4	Edsall Walker	HG	1.15
5	Spoon Carter	HG	1.20
6	Alfred Saylor	BBB	1.54
7	Earl Bumpus	BBB	1.89
8	Johnny Markham	BBB	1.89

Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

L

R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Homestead Grays	WS	4	1	.800	6	5	1	4	1	0	45.0	12	6	36	0	9	28	2	0	1	187	1.20	198
2	Birmingham Black Barons	WS	1	4	.200	6	5	1	4	1	0	44.0	27	18	46	3	21	22	3	0	3	199	3.68	65
	2	1	5	5	.500	12	10	2	8	2	0	89.0	39	24	82	3	30	50	5	0	4	386	2.43	99

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Roy Welmaker*	HG	SP	2	0	1.000	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	5	2	19	0	1	13	2	0	0	77	1.00	238
2	Edsall Walker*	HG	RP	1	0	1.000	2	1	1	1	0	0	13.0	5	2	11	0	4	9	0	0	0	57	1.38	172
3	Earl Bumpus*	BBB	SP	0	1	.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	9	3	11	0	6	6	2	0	1	47	3.00	80
4	Spoon Carter	HG	SP	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	2	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	21	3.60	66
5	Alfred Saylor	BBB	SP	0	2	.000	2	2	0	1	0	0	12.1	10	8	15	0	4	5	0	0	1	57	5.84	41
6	Johnny Markham	BBB	SP	0	1	.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	8	7	13	3	4	5	1	0	0	45	7.00	34
7	Ray Brown	HG	SP	1	0	1.000	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	0	0	1	0	3	5	0	0	0	32	0.00
8	John Huber	BBB	SP	1	0	1.000	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	0	0	3	0	4	6	0	0	0	33	0.00

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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