1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Season


1947 / 1949

Top Hitter


Jim
Gilliam

Top Pitcher


Jim
LaMarque

Leaders

wOBA

# Player Team wOBA
1
Artie Wilson
BBB/WES
.501
2
Willard Brown
KCM/WES
.498
3
Luke Easter
EAS/HG
.442
4
Minnie Miñoso
EAS/NYC
.442
5
Hank Thompson
KCM
.437
6
Piper Davis
BBB/WES
.436
7
Ed Steele
BBB
.423
8
Pepper Bassett
BBB/WES
.423
9
Henry Kimbro
BEG
.421
10
Lester Lockett
EAS/BEG
.416

ERA

# Player Team ERA
1
Garnett Blair
HG
1.35
2
Bill Ricks
PS
1.56
3
Max Manning
EAS/NE
1.62
4
Bill Byrd
BEG
1.70
5
Bob Romby
BEG
1.78
6
Joe Black
EAS/BEG
2.01
7
Rufus Lewis
EAS/NE
2.02
8
Barney Brown
PS
2.38
9
Tom Parker
HG
2.48
10
Jimmie Newberry
BBB
2.52


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
44
23
1
.657
-
56
24
2
.700
6.2
4.7
Vic Harris
Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2
49
29
2
.628
0.5
53
30
2
.639
5.4
4.0
Hoss Walker
Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
3
29
28
1
.509
10.0
33
32
3
.508
4.3
3.8
William Bell
Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
4
28
31
1
.475
12.0
32
33
2
.492
4.9
5.0
Oscar Charleston
Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA)
5
17
30
1
.362
17.0
23
32
1
.418
5.3
5.4
José María Fernández, Winfield Welch
Polo Grounds (New York, NY)
6
9
35
0
.205
23.5
11
39
0
.220
3.2
6.8
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
46
21
1
.687
2.5
51
27
1
.654
6.0
4.7
Piper Davis
Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
2
60
30
2
.667
-
62
32
2
.660
6.6
4.8
Buck O'Neil
Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
3
41
35
2
.539
12.0
42
38
3
.525
5.5
5.1
Alonzo Boone
League Park (Cleveland, OH)
4
32
50
3
.390
24.0
37
67
5
.356
4.5
5.9
Ramiro Ramírez, Buster Haywood
Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN)
5
27
47
0
.365
25.0
27
50
1
.351
4.5
5.5
Quincy Trouppe
Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
6
28
51
2
.354
26.5
29
52
2
.358
4.7
6.7
Larry Brown
Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
* = 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, 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