1947 Season

1946 / 1948

Top Hitter

Henry
Kimbro

Top Pitcher

Max
Manning

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Larry Doby	NE	.743
2	Willard Brown	KCM	.648
3	Al Smith	CBE	.634
4	Henry Kimbro	BEG/EAS	.609
5	Sam Jethroe	CBE/WES	.594
6	Hank Thompson	KCM	.578
7	Buck Leonard	HG	.532
8	Butch Davis	BEG	.509
9	Johnny Smith	NBY	.505
10	Joe Greene	KCM	.504

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Luis Tiant	EAS/NYC	3.24
2	Rufus Lewis	EAS/NE	2.74
3	Cotton Williams	NE	2.64
4	Lino Donoso	NYC	2.58
5	Bill Byrd	BEG	2.46
6	Frank Thompson	HG	2.45
7	Jim LaMarque	KCM	2.43
8	Max Manning	EAS/NE	2.42
9	Henry McHenry	PS	2.30
10	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	2.29

Standings

Glossary

Negro National League II

		vs NN2					vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	New York Cubans^*	46	21	1	.687	-	51	27	1	.654	6.4	4.3	José María Fernández	Polo Grounds (New York, NY)
2	Newark Eagles	52	38	1	.578	5.5	55	42	1	.567	5.7	4.8	Biz Mackey	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
3	Homestead Grays	35	34	4	.507	12.0	61	43	4	.587	5.2	4.3	Vic Harris	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
4	Baltimore Elite Giants	41	40	2	.506	12.0	52	44	3	.542	5.5	4.7	Wesley Barrow, George Scales, Felton Snow	Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
5	Philadelphia Stars	27	37	2	.422	17.5	35	40	2	.467	4.8	5.8	Goose Curry	44th & Parkside (Philadelphia, PA), Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA)
6	New York Black Yankees	12	43	4	.218	28.0	20	50	6	.286	4.2	7.0	Marvin Barker	Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)

* = League Champion

Negro American League

		vs NAL					vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Cleveland Buckeyes^*	57	18	0	.760	-	62	34	1	.646	6.3	4.7	Quincy Trouppe	League Park (Cleveland, OH), Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
2	Kansas City Monarchs	62	36	0	.633	6.5	66	47	1	.584	6.1	5.1	Frank Duncan	Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
3	Birmingham Black Barons	49	41	0	.544	15.5	57	51	0	.528	6.0	5.4	Tommy Sampson	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
4	Memphis Red Sox	44	53	2	.454	24.0	49	63	3	.438	5.0	6.6	Larry Brown	Martin Park (Memphis, TN), Russwood Park (Memphis, TN)
5	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	36	68	2	.346	35.5	40	73	2	.354	5.0	6.0	Willie Wells, Hoss Walker, Reinaldo Drake	Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN), Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
6	Chicago American Giants	26	58	0	.310	35.5	33	67	0	.330	4.5	6.4	Candy Jim Taylor	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)

* = League Champion

Negro League World Series

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	New York Cubans	4	1	1	.800	-	7.0	4.3	José María Fernández	Polo Grounds (New York, NY)
2	Cleveland Buckeyes	1	4	1	.200	3.0	4.3	7.0	Quincy Trouppe	Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH)

East-West All Star Games

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	West All Stars	2	0	0	1.000	-	6.5	2.0	Frank Duncan	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
2	East All Stars	0	2	0	.000	2.0	2.0	6.5	Biz Mackey	Polo Grounds (New York, NY)

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Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Gary Ashwill.

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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