1948 Season

Negro American League

1947 / 1949

J. B. Martin (President)
Ernie Wright (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Willard
Brown

Jim
LaMarque

#	Player	Team	RBI
1	Willard Brown	KCM	54
2	Hank Thompson	KCM	29
3	Gene Baker	KCM	28
4	Johnie Scott	KCM	23
5	Earl Taborn	KCM	23
6	Herb Souell	KCM	22
7	Norman Robinson	BBB	21
8	John Britton	BBB	20
9	Curtis Roberts	KCM	20
10	Ed Steele	BBB	18

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Ford Smith	KCM	2.43
2	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	2.62
3	Bill Powell	BBB	2.79
4	Jim LaMarque	KCM	3.20
5	Gene Richardson	KCM	3.43
6	Vibert Clarke	CBE	3.47
7	Jim Cohen	IC	3.83
8	Bill Greason	BBB	3.86
9	Luis Cabrera	IC	4.09
10	Gene Collins	KCM	4.18

Standings

		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	56	22	0	.718	-	67	40	3	.626	5.8	4.7	Piper Davis	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
2	Kansas City Monarchs²	49	28	3	.636	6.5	69	37	3	.651	7.2	4.9	Buck O'Neil	Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
3	Cleveland Buckeyes	42	43	2	.494	17.5	50	58	4	.463	5.5	5.5	Alonzo Boone	League Park (Cleveland, OH)
4	Memphis Red Sox	39	49	3	.443	22.0	49	69	4	.415	4.9	6.5	Larry Brown	Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
5	Indianapolis Clowns	27	45	4	.375	26.0	45	78	7	.366	4.5	5.9	Ramiro Ramírez, Buster Haywood	Victory Field (Indianapolis, IN)
6	Chicago American Giants	26	52	0	.333	30.0	38	60	2	.388	4.9	5.5	Quincy Trouppe	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)

* = League Champion 1 = First Half Champion 2 = Second Half Champion

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