1946 Season

Negro American League

1945 / 1947

J. B. Martin (President)
Ernie Wright (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Gentry
Jessup

Leaders

OPS

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Ted Strong	KCM	.966
2	Clyde Nelson	CAG	.924
3	Willard Brown	KCM	.914
4	Joe Greene	KCM	.899
5	Sam Hairston	CIC	.865
6	Piper Davis	BBB	.854
7	Leon Kellman	CBE	.842
8	Archie Ware	CBE	.837
9	Buddy Armour	CBE	.835
10	Red Longley	MRS	.822

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Satchel Paige	KCM	309
2	Angel García	CIC	298
3	Hilton Smith	KCM	285
4	Jehosie Heard	BBB	197
5	Gentry Jessup	CAG	194
6	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	175
7	Willie Cornelius	CAG	158
8	Walter McCoy	CAG	151
9	Ford Smith	KCM	134
10	Manuel Godínez	CIC	129

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	26	1030	902	135	233	30	8	3	113	19	89	12	27		.258	.333	.319	.652	93
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	40	1455	1298	198	348	41	23	11	159	26	128	7	22	0	.268	.337	.361	.698	107
3	Chicago American Giants	NAL	20	739	678	70	159	20	5	3	58	7	46	3	12	1	.235	.286	.292	.578	72
4	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	19	733	657	106	184	30	8	3	89	18	57	8	11		.280	.345	.364	.709	111
5	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	12	460	424	46	101	14	4	2	39	6	23	4	9		.238	.284	.304	.588	73
6	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	10	391	344	46	90	8	5	1	31	12	31	9	7		.262	.339	.323	.661	94
	6	1	135	4808	4303	601	1115	143	53	23	489	88	374	43	88	1	.259	.325	.333	.658	95

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Jim McCurine*	CAG	RF	17	66	59	8	16	2	1	0	7	0	3	0	4		.271	.306	.339	.645	92
2	Chico Renfroe	KCM	SS	32	121	105	14	26	4	3	1	9	1	9	3	4	0	.248	.325	.371	.696	107
3	Archie Ware*	CBE	1B	18	80	67	15	24	3	0	0	9	2	8	1	4		.358	.434	.403	.837	150
4	Willie Wells Jr.	MRS	SS	12	45	38	5	11	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	4		.289	.341	.342	.684	101
5	John Bissant	CAG	LF	11	49	43	2	10	2	0	0	3	1	3	0	3		.233	.283	.279	.562	67
6	Buster Haywood	CIC	C	17	59	48	3	7	1	1	0	7	2	7	1	3		.146	.268	.208	.476	42
7	Lester Lockett	BBB/CIC	LF	19	74	64	15	14	0	0	0	4	0	7	0	3		.219	.296	.219	.515	53
8	Henry Merchant*	CIC	LF	11	46	38	8	12	1	0	0	3	1	5	0	3		.316	.395	.342	.737	119
9	Johnie Scott*	KCM	LF	38	156	138	29	35	2	1	0	15	4	13	2	3	0	.254	.327	.283	.609	81
10	Lyman Bostock*	BBB	1B	8	33	31	4	12	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	2		.387	.387	.484	.871	154
11	Jim Colzie*	CIC	P	8	17	14	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	2		.357	.400	.357	.757	125
12	Reinaldo Drake*	CIC	CF	25	110	97	16	29	4	1	0	12	3	7	4	2		.299	.370	.361	.731	117
13	Coco Ferrer	CIC	SS	15	64	56	6	16	0	0	0	7	4	5	1	2		.286	.355	.286	.641	91
14	Joe Greene	KCM	C	26	95	71	14	21	2	1	2	12	1	22	0	2	0	.296	.462	.437	.899	167
15	Jim Hamilton*	KCM	SS	19	64	60	5	12	1	1	0	6	2	2	0	2	0	.200	.226	.250	.476	41
16	Preacher Henry	CIC	P	6	14	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2		.182	.250	.182	.432	29
17	Leon Kellman	CBE	3B	19	79	62	14	20	4	0	0	11	3	11	4	2		.323	.455	.387	.842	151
18	Fred McDaniel*	MRS	LF	10	35	33	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		.242	.242	.242	.485	42
19	Ray Neil	CIC	2B	26	121	106	20	28	6	1	0	6	4	12	1	2		.264	.345	.340	.684	103
20	Ted Strong**	KCM	RF	34	133	110	30	40	2	2	3	23	2	19	2	2	0	.364	.466	.500	.966	187
21	Hank Thompson*	KCM	2B	24	99	91	14	24	2	3	1	7	3	6	0	2		.264	.309	.385	.694	106
22	Ted Alexander	KCM	P	7	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	49
23	Hosea Allen^	CBE	P	5	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		.286	.286	.286	.571	71
24	Chet Brewer**	CAG/CBE	P	3	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		.500	.500	.500	1.000	139
25	John Britton*	BBB	3B	10	46	43	6	10	1	1	0	5	2	1	1	1		.233	.267	.302	.569	66
26	Larry Brown**	MRS	C	4	11	9	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	1		.556	.600	.667	1.267	271
27	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	38	153	145	30	48	11	6	3	27	3	7	0	1	0	.331	.362	.552	.914	171
28	Marlin Carter*	MRS	3B	10	34	32	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	1		.156	.182	.188	.369	8
29	Johnnie Cowan	CBE	2B	17	67	64	11	20	2	0	0	9	0	2	0	1		.313	.333	.344	.677	102
30	Peanuts Davis	CIC	P	6	24	21	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1		.095	.174	.095	.269	-20
31	Piper Davis	BBB	2B	10	45	36	7	10	2	2	0	0	1	8	0	1		.278	.409	.444	.854	149
32	Manuel Godínez^	CIC	P	7	13	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		.091	.167	.091	.258	-23
33	Willie Grace**	CBE	RF	16	64	60	5	21	2	0	0	10	1	3	0	1		.350	.381	.383	.764	128
34	Leslie Green*	MRS/CAG	CF	8	23	17	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1		.118	.318	.118	.436	40
35	Sam Hairston	CIC	3B	26	115	102	16	33	7	1	2	16	1	9	3	1		.324	.395	.471	.865	157
36	Jehosie Heard*	BBB	P	2	9	8	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		.500	.500	.500	1.000	192
37	Sam Hill*	CAG	LF	3	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
38	Red Howard*	CAG	P	7	9	6	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1		.167	.375	.500	.875	159
39	Larry Hubbard^	KCM	RF	1	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		.000	.250	.000	.250	-25
40	Sam Jethroe**	CBE	CF	19	86	78	20	21	4	1	1	12	4	6	1	1		.269	.329	.385	.714	113
41	Jim LaMarque*	KCM	P	13	29	28	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	-58
42	Lee Moody	KCM/BBB	2B	11	39	37	1	14	4	0	0	10	1	1	0	1		.378	.395	.486	.881	162
43	Sam Odom^	CIC	P	2	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		.200	.200	.200	.400	19
44	Ford Smith**	KCM	CF	25	79	71	9	13	3	1	0	10	0	7	0	1	0	.183	.256	.254	.510	51
45	Gene Smith	CIC	SS	16	53	48	5	10	1	0	0	6	1	3	1	1		.208	.269	.229	.498	48
46	Sylvester Snead	CIC	P	2	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		.000	.250	.000	.250	-25
47	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	9	40	27	8	7	1	1	0	4	3	7	5	1		.259	.487	.370	.858	151
48	Earl Taborn	KCM	C	20	60	56	4	11	2	0	1	2	0	3	0	1	0	.196	.237	.286	.523	55
49	Goose Tatum**	CIC	1B	17	66	59	11	16	4	1	1	8	0	6	0	1		.271	.338	.424	.762	126
50	Jelly Taylor*	MRS	1B	11	46	40	7	11	3	0	0	3	0	5	0	1		.275	.356	.350	.706	107
51	Hoss Walker	CIC	SS	6	23	20	3	8	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	1		.400	.455	.400	.855	154
52	Ralph Wyatt	CAG/CBE	SS	17	76	73	7	14	1	3	0	5	1	2	0	1		.192	.213	.288	.501	48
53	Leovigildo Xiqués	CIC	LF	17	67	59	11	16	0	1	0	10	0	7	0	1		.271	.348	.305	.654	94
54	Ed Young	CAG	1B	18	75	70	11	14	2	0	1	7	2	4	0	1		.200	.243	.271	.515	53
55	Buddy Armour*	CBE	LF	17	65	60	12	20	5	1	0	13	3	5	0	0		.333	.385	.450	.835	149
56	Baird^	CIC	-	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
57	Dan Bankhead	MRS	P	5	17	16	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		.125	.176	.125	.301	-11
58	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	10	44	41	4	9	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	0		.220	.273	.244	.517	52
59	Herb Barnhill	CAG	C	7	25	25	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		.200	.200	.200	.400	19
60	Pepper Bassett**	BBB	C	9	37	35	2	8	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0		.229	.270	.229	.499	46
61	Herman Bell	BBB	C	1	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
62	Alonzo Boone	CBE	P	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
63	Doc Bracken	CBE	P	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
64	Eugene Bremer	CBE	P	6	15	15	1	4	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		.267	.267	.467	.733	118
65	John Brown	CBE	P	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
66	Allen Bryant*	KCM/MRS	P	3	8	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.250	.250	.375	.625	84
67	Walter Burch	CBE	P	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
68	Lefty Calhoun*	CBE/CIC	P	2	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0		.500	.667	.500	1.167	247
69	Frank Carswell	CBE	P	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	497
70	Spoon Carter*	MRS	P	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
71	Bill Charter^	CAG	C	11	38	34	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0		.118	.211	.118	.328	-2
72	Eli Chism	CBE	RF	12	38	36	5	10	3	1	0	5	3	2	0	0		.278	.316	.417	.732	118
73	Vibert Clarke*	CBE	P	8	17	14	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0		.214	.353	.214	.567	70
74	Duke Cleveland*	CIC	RF	23	101	92	14	23	4	2	0	15	3	8	1	0		.250	.317	.337	.654	94
75	Willie Cornelius	CAG	P	4	10	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		.375	.500	.375	.875	160
76	Bill Duffy^	KCM	RF	1	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0		.500	.500	1.000	1.500	343
77	Felix Evans	MRS	P	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
78	Frank Fleming^	CBE	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0
79	Angel García^	CIC	P	5	16	13	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		.154	.313	.231	.543	62
80	Gilpin^	KCM	-	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
81	Alvin Gipson	BBB	P	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.167	.167	.167	.333	-3
82	Tommy Harris	CBE	C	9	20	19	3	2	0	1	1	4	0	1	0	0		.105	.150	.368	.518	54
83	Curtis Hollingsworth^	BBB	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0
84	Billy Horne*	CBE	2B	3	15	14	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		.214	.267	.214	.481	44
85	John Huber*	MRS	P	4	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		.000	.333	.000	.333	-1
86	Willie Hubert	CBE	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0
87	Johnny Hundley	CAG	C	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0
88	Grover Hunt	CAG	C	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
89	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	P	6	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.167	.167	.167	.333	-2
90	Cowan Hyde	MRS	CF	7	32	32	4	10	2	1	0	5	3	0	0	0		.313	.313	.438	.750	120
91	Tice James	CIC	3B	3	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		.167	.167	.167	.333	-1
92	Willie Jefferson	CBE	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0
93	Gentry Jessup	CAG	P	8	23	23	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.130	.130	.130	.261	-23
94	Connie Johnson	KCM	P	14	28	27	4	5	0	1	0	4	1	1	0	0		.185	.214	.259	.474	40
95	Casey Jones*	MRS	C	10	34	33	4	9	1	2	1	4	0	1	0	0		.273	.294	.515	.809	137
96	Collins Jones**	BBB	CF	1	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		.250	.400	.250	.650	91
97	Wilbert King	CAG	2B	2	9	8	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		.250	.333	.250	.583	74
98	Leonard Lindsay*	CIC	1B	4	18	18	1	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0		.278	.278	.278	.556	65
99	Clarence Locke	CAG	P	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
100	Bernell Longest*	CAG	2B	17	72	62	9	15	2	0	0	5	2	9	1	0		.242	.347	.274	.621	85
101	Red Longley	MRS	RF	10	44	39	7	12	0	1	1	6	2	4	1	0		.308	.386	.436	.822	141
102	Verdell Mathis*	MRS	LF	10	35	34	4	7	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		.206	.229	.235	.464	36
103	Walter McCoy	CAG	P	6	20	20	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.050	.050	.100	.150	-56
104	McKamey^	KCM	SS	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		.000	.500	.000	.500	51
105	Clyde McNeal	CAG	SS	16	49	47	2	11	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	0		.234	.265	.298	.563	67
106	Willie McNeely^	BBB	LF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
107	John Miles	CAG	CF	13	48	47	3	12	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	0		.255	.271	.277	.547	63
108	Harold Millon	CAG	-	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0
109	George Minor*	CBE	CF	9	31	30	5	13	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0		.433	.452	.500	.952	184
110	Clyde Nelson	CAG	3B	19	78	72	8	26	5	0	2	11	0	6	0	0	1	.361	.410	.514	.924	174
111	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	P	3	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.111	.111	.111	.222	-35
112	Jim Oliver	CBE	SS	1	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.200	.200	.200	.400	19
113	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	39	155	130	18	37	3	3	0	11	1	25	0	0	0	.285	.400	.354	.754	124
114	Satchel Paige	KCM	P	8	15	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	19
115	Frank Pearson	MRS	P	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		.333	.333	.333	.667	96
116	Nat Pollard	BBB	P	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
117	Bill Powell*	BBB	P	3	9	9	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		.222	.222	.333	.556	62
118	Alex Radcliff	MRS	3B	8	34	32	2	8	1	0	0	6	0	1	1	0		.250	.294	.281	.575	69
119	Jimmy Reynolds**	BBB	LF	5	15	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		.154	.267	.154	.421	23
120	Harry Rhodes*	CAG	RF	8	20	18	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		.278	.350	.333	.683	103
121	Vidal Richardson^	CBE	SS	3	10	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		.000	.200	.000	.200	-39
122	Neil Robinson	MRS	LF	3	11	10	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		.100	.182	.200	.382	12
123	Jacob Robinson^	CAG	-	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0
124	Emanuel Sampson^	BBB	LF	7	20	18	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0		.167	.250	.167	.417	22
125	Tommy Sampson	BBB	1B	3	8	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0		.200	.500	.200	.700	106
126	Jeff Shelton^	CBE	P	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
127	Freddie Shepard*	BBB	CF	5	16	16	3	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0		.375	.375	.625	1.000	191
128	Alex Singleton^	CBE	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0
129	Al Smith	CBE	3B	4	13	12	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		.333	.385	.333	.718	114
130	Hilton Smith	KCM	P	16	34	33	4	13	2	0	0	10	0	1	0	0		.394	.412	.455	.866	157
131	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	39	165	156	18	40	2	0	0	13	7	9	0	0	0	.256	.297	.269	.566	68
132	Riley Stewart*	MRS/CAG	P	3	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.200	.200	.200	.400	19
133	Walter Thomas	CAG	CF	16	56	52	6	14	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	0		.269	.321	.308	.629	87
134	John Thomas^	BBB	CF	3	13	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.231	.231	.231	.462	35
135	Jake Tolbert	CAG	C	3	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
136	Quincy Trouppe**	CBE	C	17	61	49	7	9	4	1	1	7	0	10	2	0		.184	.344	.367	.712	112
137	Turner^	KCM	C	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0
138	Amos Watson^	CIC	P	3	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		.000	.250	.000	.250	-25
139	Clyde Williams*	CBE	P	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.250	.250	.250	.500	49
140	Frank Williams*	CAG	RF	2	8	8	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0		.375	.375	.625	1.000	196
141	Johnny Williams	CIC	P	4	7	6	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		.333	.429	.500	.929	175
142	Artie Wilson*	BBB	SS	10	47	40	7	13	0	0	0	0	3	7	0	0		.325	.426	.325	.751	120
143	Sam Woods	CBE	P	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
144	Steve Wylie	KCM	P	10	25	24	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		.167	.200	.208	.408	21

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

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