1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Season


1947 / 1949

Top Hitter


Jim
Gilliam

Top Pitcher


Jim
LaMarque

Leaders

On Base %

# Player Team OBP
1
Artie Wilson
BBB/WES
.492
2
Henry Kimbro
BEG
.474
3
Willard Brown
KCM/WES
.459
4
Ed Steele
BBB
.442
5
Luke Easter
EAS/HG
.432
6
Bob Harvey
EAS/NE
.428
7
Sam Hairston
IC/WES
.427
8
Piper Davis
BBB/WES
.425
9
Hank Thompson
KCM
.421
10
Pepper Bassett
BBB/WES
.411

ERA+

# Player Team ERA+
1
Garnett Blair
HG
238
2
Bill Ricks
PS
224
3
Bill Byrd
BEG
183
4
Max Manning
EAS/NE
183
5
Joe Black
EAS/BEG
161
6
Jim Cohen
WES/IC
154
7
Gene Richardson
KCM
150
8
Jimmie Newberry
BBB
150
9
Barney Brown
PS
147
10
Bob Romby
BEG
145


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
42
23
1
.646
0.5
54
24
3
.692
5.9
4.7
Vic Harris
Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2
49
29
2
.628
-
53
30
2
.639
5.3
3.9
Hoss Walker
Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
3
31
29
1
.517
9.0
38
34
3
.528
4.4
3.9
William Bell
Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
4
29
31
1
.483
11.0
33
33
2
.500
4.2
4.2
Oscar Charleston
Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA)
5
19
29
1
.396
15.0
30
31
1
.492
5.4
5.0
José María Fernández, Winfield Welch
Polo Grounds (New York, NY)
6
9
38
0
.191
24.5
13
45
0
.224
3.3
6.7
Marvin Barker
Red Wing Stadium (Rochester, NY), Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)
* = League Champion      1 = First Half Champion      2 = Second Half Champion      

NNL II Championship Series

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
2
1
1
.667
-
4.5
4.5
Vic Harris
Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2
1
2
1
.333
1.0
4.5
4.5
Hoss Walker
Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)


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
62
27
1
.697
-
67
39
2
.632
5.8
4.8
Piper Davis
Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
2
67
34
3
.663
1.0
69
36
3
.657
7.1
4.9
Buck O'Neil
Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
3
48
54
2
.471
20.5
49
58
3
.458
5.4
5.6
Alonzo Boone
League Park (Cleveland, OH)
4
44
64
3
.407
27.5
49
68
3
.419
4.9
6.4
Larry Brown
Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
5
39
60
5
.394
28.0
44
77
7
.364
4.5
5.9
Ramiro Ramírez, Buster Haywood
Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN)
6
36
57
0
.387
28.0
36
60
1
.375
4.8
5.5
Quincy Trouppe
Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
* = League Champion      1 = First Half Champion      2 = Second Half Champion      

NAL Championship Series

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
4
3
1
.571
-
3.9
3.6
Piper Davis
Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
2
3
4
1
.429
1.0
3.6
3.9
Buck O'Neil
Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)


Negro League World Series

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
4
1
0
.800
-
7.0
3.2
Vic Harris
Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2
1
4
0
.200
3.0
3.2
7.0
Piper Davis
Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)


East-West All Star Games

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
1
1
0
.500
-
3.0
2.0
Vic Harris
Yankee Stadium (New York, NY)
2
1
1
0
.500
-
2.0
3.0
Quincy Trouppe
Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)



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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.


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