1944 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1944 Season

Negro National League II

1943 / 1945

Tom Wilson (President)
Ed Bolden (Vice President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Buck
Leonard

Top Pitcher

Bill
Ricks

Leaders

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Bob Harvey	NE	.467
2	Buck Leonard	HG	.451
3	Henry Kimbro	BEG	.445
4	Bill Hoskins	BEG	.441
5	Goose Curry	PS	.425
6	Roy Campanella	BEG/PS	.422
7	Frank Austin	PS	.418
8	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	.417
9	Jim West	PS	.414
10	Josh Gibson	HG	.412

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Donald Troy	BEG	1.63
2	Barney Morris	NYC	2.16
3	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	2.73
4	Bill Ricks	PS	2.75
5	Henry Miller	PS	2.75
6	Jonas Gaines	BEG	3.07
7	Roy Welmaker	HG	3.20
8	Ray Brown	HG	3.25
9	Hubert Glenn	PS	3.65
10	Victor Greenidge	NYC	3.66

Wins Above Replacement

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Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	2178	490.1		15.2	9.3	0.6	5.4	0.0
2	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	2228	488.1		14.5	7.3	-0.7	7.9	0.0
3	New York Cubans	NN2	1435	334.1		7.9	1.2	2.6	4.1	0.0
4	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	1293	296.0		7.7	3.5	-0.2	4.4	0.0
5	Newark Eagles	NN2	1301	289.0		4.0	1.1	1.7	1.3	0.0
6	New York Black Yankees	NN2	765	177.2		-5.5	-2.3	-3.4	0.2	0.0
	6	1	9200	2075.2		43.8	20.0	0.5	23.3	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Ray Brown	HG	P	90	127.1		3.9	0.9	0.1	2.9	0.0
2	Bill Ricks	PS	P	69	157.0		3.8	0.0	0.0	3.8	0.0
3	Buck Leonard	HG	1B	221			2.9	2.7	0.4	0.0	-0.2
4	Sam Bankhead	HG	SS	251	2.0		2.3	0.7	1.3	-0.1	0.3
5	Henry Miller	PS	P	35	68.2		2.2	0.1	0.0	2.2	0.0
6	Donald Troy	BEG	P	23	55.1		2.2	-0.1	0.0	2.3	0.0
7	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	P	39	79.0		2.1	-0.1	0.0	2.2	0.0
8	Roy Campanella	BEG/PS	C	147			1.9	1.5	0.4	0.0	0.0
9	Frank Austin	PS	SS	224			1.8	1.2	0.3	0.0	0.3
10	Josh Gibson	HG	C	199			1.7	2.1	-0.5	0.0	0.1
11	Hubert Glenn	PS	P	29	49.1		1.6	0.4	-0.1	1.3	0.0
12	Jerry Benjamin	HG	CF	251			1.4	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
13	Bob Harvey	NE	LF	109			1.4	1.7	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
14	Bill Hoskins	BEG	LF	128			1.4	1.4	0.1	0.0	-0.1
15	Dave Hoskins	HG	RF	196	50.1		1.2	1.0	-0.1	0.6	-0.2
16	Ray Dandridge	NE	2B	137			1.2	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.1
17	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	LF	130			1.2	1.1	0.2	0.0	-0.1
18	Terris McDuffie	NBY/NE	P	39	91.0		1.2	-0.1	0.0	1.3	0.0
19	Goose Curry	PS	LF	178	20.1		1.2	0.8	-0.1	0.6	-0.1
20	Barney Morris	NYC	P	23	58.1		1.1	-0.2	0.0	1.3	0.0
21	Henry Kimbro	BEG	CF	147			1.1	1.5	-0.3	0.0	0.0
22	Jonas Gaines	BEG	P	16	44.0		1.1	-0.1	0.0	1.2	0.0
23	Johnny Davis	NE	LF	123	26.1		1.1	0.9	0.5	-0.2	-0.1
24	Lou Louden	NYC	C	104			1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.1
25	Willie Hubert	HG	P	10	24.0		1.0	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
26	Johnny Taylor	NYC	P	5	15.1		0.9	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.0
27	Ed Stone	PS	RF	218			0.9	1.0	0.1	0.0	-0.2
28	Javier Pérez	NYC	2B	113			0.9	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.1
29	Gene Benson	PS	CF	247			0.8	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0
30	Cool Papa Bell	HG	LF	250			0.8	1.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
31	Marvin Williams	PS	2B	226			0.8	1.5	-0.9	0.0	0.2
32	Roy Welmaker	HG	P	21	39.1		0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
33	Henry Spearman	PS	3B	154			0.8	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.0
34	Lennie Pearson	NE	1B	144			0.8	0.3	0.6	0.0	-0.1
35	Jim West	PS	1B	223			0.7	1.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
36	Héctor Rodríguez	NYC	3B	168			0.7	-0.1	0.8	0.0	0.0
37	George Scales	BEG	1B	50			0.6	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0
38	Carrenza Howard	NYC	P	28	71.2		0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.8	0.0
39	Rabbit Martínez	NYC	SS	133			0.6	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2
40	Connie Rector	NBY	P	9	19.0		0.6	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
41	Freddie Jackson	NBY	P	3	9.0		0.6	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
42	José Vargas	NYC	CF	131			0.5	-0.1	0.7	0.0	0.0
43	Dave Barnhill	NYC	P	30	35.1		0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
44	Garnett Blair	HG	P	2	7.0		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
45	Walter Cannady	HG	2B	147			0.4	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.1
46	Victor Greenidge	NYC	P	15	39.1		0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
47	Perry	PS	P	3	9.0		0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
48	Bill Cash	PS	C	203			0.4	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.1
49	Eddie Jacobs	NE	P	10	21.0		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
50	Jesse Brown	NBY	P	2	4.1		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
51	William Makell	NE	C	15			0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
52	Mule Suttles	NE	1B	30			0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
53	Leniel Hooker	NE	P	33	83.1		0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.5	0.0
54	Roosevelt Cox	NYC	3B	7			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
55	Spoon Carter	HG	P	29	78.0		0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.4	0.0
56	Norman Robinson	BEG	RF	72			0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1
57	Edsall Walker	HG	P	31	64.1		0.1	0.3	0.0	-0.1	0.0
58	Lefty Boone	PS/HG	P	10	21.0		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
59	Bob Clarke	BEG	C	59			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
60	Joe Atkins	NE	SS	5			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
61	Tom Glover	BEG	P	14	35.1		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
62	Luis Tiant	NYC	P	13	35.1		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
63	Vic Barnett	NE	RF	94			0.1	-0.1	0.3	0.0	-0.1
64	Patricio Scantlebury	NYC	P	32	45.0		0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.2	0.0
65	Robinson	NE	SS	7			0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
66	Thad Christopher	NBY	RF	38			0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
67	José María Fernández	NYC	LF	6			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
68	Ule Mahoney	PS	P	29	28.1		0.1	0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
69	Tony Walker	BEG	P	11	26.2		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
70	Pete Sunkett	PS	P	18	34.2		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
71	Vic Harris	HG	LF	30			0.0	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
72	Johnny Johnson	HG	P	23	63.1		0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0
73	Bill Russell	NBY	P	2	7.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Dave Thomas	NYC	1B	106			0.0	0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
75	Don Newcombe	NE	P	17	41.2		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Murray Watkins	NE	3B	155			0.0	-0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0
77	Rodolfo Fernández	NYC	P	4	11.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Robert Gaston	HG	C	69			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Brown	NE	C	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Barney Brown	PS	LF	122	85.2		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1
81	Jimmy Hill	NE	P	15	27.1		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
82	Dick Weaver	NE	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Simmons	PS	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Piper Davis	HG	1B	5			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Charlie Parks	NE	C	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Walls	NBY	C	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Leon Ruffin	NE	C	13			0.0	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
88	Holder	NE	SS	6			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Felix Manning	NBY	1B	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Fred Hobgood	PS/NE	P	4	9.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Gil Garrido	NYC	2B	49			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
92	Andy Porter	BEG	P	8	21.2		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Stanley Glenn	PS	C	39			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Rufus Baker	NBY	SS	54			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1
95	Frank Russell	BEG	2B	137			-0.1	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1
96	Mahlon Duckett	PS	3B	102			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
97	Bob Turner	NE	CF	26			-0.1	-0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
98	Matt Carlisle	HG	2B	2			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
99	Larry Doby	NE	CF	6			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
100	Joe Royal	NBY	C	22			-0.1	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
101	Claro Duany	NYC	RF	90			-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
102	Walter Hardy	NBY	SS	23			-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
103	Rogelio Linares	NYC	LF	153			-0.1	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.1
104	Flash Miller	NBY	2B	21			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Carpenter	PS	P		0.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
106	Felton Snow	BEG	3B	104			-0.2	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
107	Carter	NBY	SS	4			-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
108	David Whatley	HG/NBY	RF	33			-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
109	Larry Kimbrough	PS	P	6	4.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
110	Roland Anderson	HG	P	2	3.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
111	Garrell Hartman	PS	LF	34			-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
112	Neck Stanley	NBY	P	18	47.1		-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
113	Harry Williams	NBY	2B	43			-0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
114	Dolly King	HG/NBY	LF	16			-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Archie Brathwaite	NE	CF	80			-0.2	0.3	-0.5	0.0	0.0
116	Ben Hill	HG	P		0.2		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
117	Jelly Jackson	HG	2B	106			-0.2	-0.6	0.2	0.0	0.1
118	William Kelly	NBY	C	41			-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
119	Specs Roberts	NBY	P	1	2.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
120	Jud Wilson	HG	3B	69			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
121	Leamon Johnson	NE	2B	13			-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
122	Zack Clayton	NBY	1B	70			-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
123	Doc Dennis	BEG	1B	129			-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
124	Jim Starks	NBY	3B	13			-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
125	Ameal Brooks	NYC	C	85			-0.3	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
126	Johnny Wright	HG	P	6	14.1		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
127	Joe Black	BEG	P	5	12.2		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
128	Ray Battle	HG	3B	93			-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
129	Leonardo Chapman	BEG	1B	43			-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
130	Laymon Yokely	BEG	P	2	3.0		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
131	Joe Spencer	HG/NBY	2B	67			-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
132	Curley Andrews	NBY	3B	17			-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
133	Willie Wynn	NE	C	115			-0.4	-0.5	0.0	0.0	0.1
134	Eddie White	HG	P	12	12.1		-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
135	Dan Wilson	NBY	CF	46			-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
136	Bill Anderson	NYC	P	10	23.0		-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
137	Clarence Palm	PS	C	40			-0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
138	Pitts	NBY/NE	SS	26			-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
139	Harry Cozart	NE	P	5	9.0		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
140	Bill Harvey	BEG	RF	41	25.1		-0.5	0.2	0.0	-0.6	0.0
141	Ches Buchanan	PS	P	2	6.1		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
142	Percy Forrest	NE/NBY	P	24	53.0		-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
143	Tommy Butts	BEG/PS	SS	132			-0.6	-0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.2
144	Doug Sydnor	NBY	LF	28			-0.6	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
145	Charlie Rivera	NBY	3B	48			-0.6	-0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.0
146	Jim Williams	NBY	RF	80			-0.7	0.0	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
147	John McFarland	NBY	P	5	16.0		-0.9	0.0	0.0	-0.8	0.0
148	Sy Morton	PS/NE	SS	82			-0.9	-0.6	-0.4	0.0	0.1
149	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	86			-0.9	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.0

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