1948 Season

1947 / 1949

Jim
Gilliam

Jim
LaMarque

Leaders

#	Player	Team	RBI
1	Willard Brown	KCM/WES	59
2	Lester Lockett	EAS/BEG	58
3	Luke Easter	EAS/HG	41
4	Johnny Washington	BEG	38
5	Frank Russell	BEG	37
6	Jim Gilliam	EAS/BEG	34
7	Hank Thompson	KCM	33
8	Gene Baker	KCM	29
9	Lennie Pearson	NE	29
10	Lorenzo Cabrera	NYC	28

#	Player	Team	W
1	Bill Byrd	BEG	11
2	Jim LaMarque	KCM/WES	10
3	Max Manning	NE/EAS	10
4	Joe Black	BEG/EAS	8
5	Jonas Gaines	BEG	7
6	Henry McHenry	PS	7
7	Henry Miller	PS	7
8	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	7
9	Tom Parker	HG	7
10	Patricio Scantlebury	NYC	7

Standings

		vs NN2					vs Maj. Black Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays^*²	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	Baltimore Elite Giants¹	49	29	2	.628	-	53	30	2	.639	5.3	3.9	Hoss Walker	Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
3	Newark Eagles	31	29	1	.517	9.0	38	34	3	.528	4.4	3.9	William Bell	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
4	Philadelphia Stars	30	31	1	.492	10.5	34	33	2	.507	4.3	4.2	Oscar Charleston	Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA)
5	New York Cubans	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	New York Black Yankees	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

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

		vs NAL					vs Maj. Black Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Birmingham Black Barons^*¹	63	28	2	.692	-	68	40	3	.630	5.8	4.7	Piper Davis	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
2	Kansas City Monarchs²	67	34	3	.663	1.0	69	36	3	.657	7.1	4.9	Buck O'Neil	Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
3	Cleveland Buckeyes	48	54	3	.471	20.5	49	58	4	.458	5.4	5.5	Alonzo Boone	League Park (Cleveland, OH)
4	Memphis Red Sox	43	65	4	.398	28.5	48	69	4	.410	4.8	6.5	Larry Brown	Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
5	Indianapolis Clowns	40	61	5	.396	28.0	45	78	7	.366	4.5	5.9	Ramiro Ramírez, Buster Haywood	Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN)
6	Chicago American Giants	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

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

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

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