1947 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1947 Season


1946 / 1948

Top Hitter


Henry
Kimbro

Top Pitcher


Max
Manning

Leaders

wOBA

# Player Team wOBA
1
Larry Doby
NE
.514
2
Henry Kimbro
BEG/EAS
.480
3
Al Smith
CBE
.476
4
Willard Brown
KCM
.464
5
Sam Jethroe
CBE/WES
.461
6
Buck Leonard
HG
.453
7
Piper Davis
BBB/WES
.447
8
Hank Thompson
KCM
.437
9
Johnny Smith
NBY
.428
10
Joe Greene
KCM
.416

WHIP

# Player Team WHIP
1
Dan Bankhead
WES/MRS
0.76
2
Chet Brewer
WES/CBE
1.03
3
Nelson Thomas
NE
1.06
4
Gentry Jessup
WES/CAG
1.07
5
Alonzo Boone
CBE
1.07
6
Frank Thompson
HG
1.11
7
Bill Byrd
BEG
1.13
8
Bob Romby
BEG
1.14
9
Lino Donoso
NYC
1.15
10
Max Manning
EAS/NE
1.16


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
43
19
1
.694
-
50
24
2
.676
6.0
4.0
José María Fernández
Polo Grounds (New York, NY)
2
50
38
1
.568
6.0
53
42
1
.558
5.6
4.8
Biz Mackey
Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
3
41
39
2
.513
11.0
50
42
3
.543
5.6
4.7
Wesley Barrow, George Scales, Felton Snow
Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
4
35
34
4
.507
11.5
58
42
4
.580
5.2
4.3
Vic Harris
Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
5
27
34
2
.443
15.5
33
36
2
.478
4.9
5.7
Goose Curry
44th & Parkside (Philadelphia, PA), Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA)
6
10
42
4
.192
28.0
17
48
5
.262
3.9
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
43
13
0
.768
-
46
31
2
.597
5.7
4.6
Quincy Trouppe
League Park (Cleveland, OH), Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
2
55
32
0
.632
3.5
59
41
0
.590
6.3
5.1
Frank Duncan
Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
3
40
28
0
.588
9.0
47
37
0
.560
6.0
5.3
Tommy Sampson
Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
4
30
40
0
.429
20.0
33
45
2
.423
5.3
6.9
Larry Brown
Martin Park (Memphis, TN), Russwood Park (Memphis, TN)
5
31
54
1
.365
26.5
35
59
1
.372
4.9
6.0
Willie Wells, Hoss Walker, Reinaldo Drake
Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN), Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
6
21
53
0
.284
31.0
28
62
0
.311
4.4
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
4
1
1
.800
-
7.0
4.3
José María Fernández
Polo Grounds (New York, NY)
2
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
2
0
0
1.000
-
6.5
2.0
Frank Duncan
Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
2
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, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.


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