1947 Season

1946 / 1948

Top Hitter

Henry
Kimbro

Top Pitcher

Max
Manning

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Johnny Smith	NBY	.402
2	Henry Kimbro	EAS/BEG	.379
3	Willard Brown	KCM	.371
4	Johnny Washington	EAS/BEG	.365
5	Sam Jethroe	WES/CBE	.360
6	Larry Doby	NE	.354
7	Sam Hill	CAG	.351
8	Al Smith	CBE	.347
9	Tommy Butts	EAS/BEG	.347
10	Minnie Miñoso	EAS/NYC	.346

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Bob Romby	BEG	99
2	Rufus Lewis	EAS/NE	85
3	Jim LaMarque	KCM	80
4	Max Manning	EAS/NE	80
5	Henry Miller	EAS/PS	80
6	Lino Donoso	NYC	67
7	Joe Black	EAS/BEG	63
8	Johnny Wright	EAS/HG	63
9	Bill Byrd	BEG	59
10	Roy Partlow	PS	58

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^*	43	19	1	.694	-	46	23	1	.667	6.1	4.0	José María Fernández	Polo Grounds (New York, NY)
2	Newark Eagles	50	38	1	.568	6.0	53	42	1	.558	5.6	4.8	Biz Mackey	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
3	Baltimore Elite Giants	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	Homestead Grays	35	34	4	.507	11.5	57	42	4	.576	5.2	4.4	Vic Harris	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
5	Philadelphia Stars	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	New York Black Yankees	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	Cleveland Buckeyes^*	42	12	0	.778	-	44	25	1	.638	5.8	4.0	Quincy Trouppe	League Park (Cleveland, OH), Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
2	Kansas City Monarchs	52	32	0	.619	5.0	56	41	0	.577	6.0	5.1	Frank Duncan	Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
3	Birmingham Black Barons	40	28	0	.588	9.0	47	37	0	.560	6.0	5.3	Tommy Sampson	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
4	Memphis Red Sox	30	40	1	.429	20.0	33	45	2	.423	5.3	6.9	Larry Brown	Martin Park (Memphis, TN), Russwood Park (Memphis, TN)
5	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	31	52	1	.373	25.5	35	57	1	.380	5.0	5.9	Willie Wells, Hoss Walker, Reinaldo Drake	Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN), Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
6	Chicago American Giants	21	52	0	.288	30.5	28	61	0	.315	4.3	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, Wayne Stivers, 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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