1947 Season

1946 / 1948

Top Hitter

Henry
Kimbro

Top Pitcher

Max
Manning

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Larry Doby	NE	219
2	Henry Kimbro	BEG/EAS	185
3	Willard Brown	KCM	182
4	Al Smith	CBE	181
5	Buck Leonard	HG	167
6	Hank Thompson	KCM	165
7	Joe Greene	KCM	160
8	Johnny Smith	NBY	159
9	Sam Jethroe	CBE/WES	153
10	Monte Irvin	NE/EAS	144

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Gene Richardson	KCM	1.33
2	Ford Smith	KCM/WES	2.05
3	Dan Bankhead	MRS/WES	2.16
4	Chet Brewer	CBE/WES	2.17
5	Amos Watson	BEG	2.31
6	Lino Donoso	NYC	2.36
7	Bob Romby	BEG	2.43
8	Gentry Jessup	CAG/WES	2.52
9	Bill Byrd	BEG	2.61
10	Frank Thompson	HG	2.72

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	59	42	4	.584	5.2	4.3	Vic Harris	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
5	Philadelphia Stars	27	34	2	.443	15.5	34	37	2	.479	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^*	43	13	0	.768	-	45	27	1	.625	5.8	4.4	Quincy Trouppe	League Park (Cleveland, OH), Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
2	Kansas City Monarchs	55	32	0	.632	3.5	59	42	0	.584	6.3	5.1	Frank Duncan	Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
3	Birmingham Black Barons	43	31	0	.581	9.0	50	40	0	.556	6.0	5.3	Tommy Sampson	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
4	Memphis Red Sox	35	45	1	.438	20.0	39	51	2	.433	5.2	6.7	Larry Brown	Martin Park (Memphis, TN), Russwood Park (Memphis, TN)
5	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	33	56	1	.371	26.5	37	61	1	.378	5.0	5.9	Willie Wells, Hoss Walker, Reinaldo Drake	Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN), Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)
6	Chicago American Giants	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	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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