1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Season


1947 / 1949

Top Hitter


Jim
Gilliam

Top Pitcher


Jim
LaMarque

Leaders

Slugging %

# Player Team SLG
1
Willard Brown
KCM/WES
.656
2
Artie Wilson
BBB/WES
.565
3
Minnie Miñoso
NYC/EAS
.558
4
Luke Easter
HG/EAS
.557
5
Hank Thompson
KCM
.527
6
Ray Noble
NYC
.522
7
Piper Davis
BBB/WES
.510
8
Lester Lockett
BEG/EAS
.506
9
Pepper Bassett
BBB/WES
.500
10
Frank Austin
PS/EAS
.482

WHIP

# Player Team WHIP
1
Bill Byrd
BEG
0.98
2
Joe Black
BEG/EAS
1.05
3
Leniel Hooker
NE
1.09
4
Max Manning
NE/EAS
1.10
5
José Santiago
NYC
1.11
6
Ted Alexander
HG
1.13
7
Rufus Lewis
NE/EAS
1.13
8
Bill Powell
BBB/WES
1.18
9
Wilmer Fields
HG/EAS
1.19
10
Bob Romby
BEG
1.20


Standings
Glossary

Negro National League II

vs NN2 vs Maj. Black Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
42
24
1
.636
1.0
54
25
3
.684
5.9
4.8
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
30
31
1
.492
10.5
34
33
2
.507
4.3
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 Maj. Black Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
63
28
2
.692
-
68
40
3
.630
5.8
4.7
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
3
.471
20.5
49
58
4
.458
5.4
5.5
Alonzo Boone
League Park (Cleveland, OH)
4
43
65
4
.398
28.5
48
69
4
.410
4.8
6.5
Larry Brown
Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
5
40
61
5
.396
28.0
45
78
7
.366
4.5
5.9
Ramiro Ramírez, Buster Haywood
Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN)
6
38
57
1
.400
27.0
38
60
2
.388
4.9
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