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

Runs Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	Willard Brown	KCM	30
2	Ted Strong	KCM	30
3	Johnie Scott	KCM	29
4	Sam Jethroe	CBE	20
5	Ray Neil	CIC	20
6	Buck O'Neil	KCM	18
7	Herb Souell	KCM	18
8	Reinaldo Drake	CIC	16
9	Sam Hairston	CIC	16
10	Lester Lockett	BBB/CIC	15

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	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	19	733	657	106	184	30	8	3	89	18	57	8	11		.280	.345	.364	.709	111
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	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	10	391	344	46	90	8	5	1	31	12	31	9	7		.262	.339	.323	.661	94
4	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	26	1030	902	135	233	30	8	3	113	19	89	12	27		.258	.333	.319	.652	93
5	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	12	460	424	46	101	14	4	2	39	6	23	4	9		.238	.284	.304	.588	73
6	Chicago American Giants	NAL	20	739	678	70	159	20	5	3	58	7	46	3	12	1	.235	.286	.292	.578	72
	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	Ted Strong**	KCM	RF	34	133	110	30	40	2	2	3	23	2	19	2	2	0	.364	.466	.500	.966	187
2	Clyde Nelson	CAG	3B	19	78	72	8	26	5	0	2	11	0	6	0	0	1	.361	.410	.514	.924	174
3	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	38	153	145	30	48	11	6	3	27	3	7	0	1	0	.331	.362	.552	.914	171
4	Sam Hairston	CIC	3B	26	115	102	16	33	7	1	2	16	1	9	3	1		.324	.395	.471	.865	157
5	Lyman Bostock*	BBB	1B	8	33	31	4	12	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	2		.387	.387	.484	.871	154
6	Leon Kellman	CBE	3B	19	79	62	14	20	4	0	0	11	3	11	4	2		.323	.455	.387	.842	151
7	Ed Steele*	BBB	RF	9	40	27	8	7	1	1	0	4	3	7	5	1		.259	.487	.370	.858	151
8	Archie Ware*	CBE	1B	18	80	67	15	24	3	0	0	9	2	8	1	4		.358	.434	.403	.837	150
9	Piper Davis	BBB	2B	10	45	36	7	10	2	2	0	0	1	8	0	1		.278	.409	.444	.854	149
10	Buddy Armour*	CBE	LF	17	65	60	12	20	5	1	0	13	3	5	0	0		.333	.385	.450	.835	149
11	Red Longley	MRS	RF	10	44	39	7	12	0	1	1	6	2	4	1	0		.308	.386	.436	.822	141
12	Willie Grace**	CBE	RF	16	64	60	5	21	2	0	0	10	1	3	0	1		.350	.381	.383	.764	128
13	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	39	155	130	18	37	3	3	0	11	1	25	0	0	0	.285	.400	.354	.754	124
14	Artie Wilson*	BBB	SS	10	47	40	7	13	0	0	0	0	3	7	0	0		.325	.426	.325	.751	120
15	Reinaldo Drake*	CIC	CF	25	110	97	16	29	4	1	0	12	3	7	4	2		.299	.370	.361	.731	117
16	Sam Jethroe**	CBE	CF	19	86	78	20	21	4	1	1	12	4	6	1	1		.269	.329	.385	.714	113
17	Quincy Trouppe**	CBE	C	17	61	49	7	9	4	1	1	7	0	10	2	0		.184	.344	.367	.712	112
18	Jelly Taylor*	MRS	1B	11	46	40	7	11	3	0	0	3	0	5	0	1		.275	.356	.350	.706	107
19	Ray Neil	CIC	2B	26	121	106	20	28	6	1	0	6	4	12	1	2		.264	.345	.340	.684	103
20	Johnnie Cowan	CBE	2B	17	67	64	11	20	2	0	0	9	0	2	0	1		.313	.333	.344	.677	102
21	Willie Wells Jr.	MRS	SS	12	45	38	5	11	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	4		.289	.341	.342	.684	101
22	Duke Cleveland*	CIC	RF	23	101	92	14	23	4	2	0	15	3	8	1	0		.250	.317	.337	.654	94
23	Jim McCurine*	CAG	RF	17	66	59	8	16	2	1	0	7	0	3	0	4		.271	.306	.339	.645	92
24	Bernell Longest*	CAG	2B	17	72	62	9	15	2	0	0	5	2	9	1	0		.242	.347	.274	.621	85
25	Johnie Scott*	KCM	LF	38	156	138	29	35	2	1	0	15	4	13	2	3	0	.254	.327	.283	.609	81
26	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	39	165	156	18	40	2	0	0	13	7	9	0	0	0	.256	.297	.269	.566	68
27	John Britton*	BBB	3B	10	46	43	6	10	1	1	0	5	2	1	1	1		.233	.267	.302	.569	66
28	Ed Young	CAG	1B	18	75	70	11	14	2	0	1	7	2	4	0	1		.200	.243	.271	.515	53
29	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	10	44	41	4	9	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	0		.220	.273	.244	.517	52
30	Ralph Wyatt	CAG/CBE	SS	17	76	73	7	14	1	3	0	5	1	2	0	1		.192	.213	.288	.501	48
31	Pepper Bassett**	BBB	C	9	37	35	2	8	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0		.229	.270	.229	.499	46

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

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