1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Season

Negro National League II

1947 / 1949

Top Hitter

Frank
Austin

Top Pitcher

Bill
Ricks

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Minnie Miñoso	NYC	.548
2	Luke Easter	HG	.542
3	Lester Lockett	BEG	.536
4	Ray Noble	NYC	.522
5	Frank Austin	PS	.482
6	Lorenzo Cabrera	NYC	.479
7	Cleveland Clark	NYC	.446
8	Bob Thurman	HG	.446
9	Buck Leonard	HG	.443
10	Bob Harvey	NE	.437

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Bill Ricks	PS	211
2	Max Manning	NE	197
3	Rufus Lewis	NE	185
4	Bill Byrd	BEG	179
5	Joe Black	BEG	172
6	Bob Romby	BEG	155
7	Barney Brown	PS	144
8	Dave Barnhill	NYC	115
9	Patricio Scantlebury	NYC	114
10	Jonas Gaines	BEG	113

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

L

R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	518.2		1.17	15.6%	7.4%	2.11	0.4%
2	Newark Eagles	NN2	456.2		1.25	13.3%	8.4%	1.59	0.4%
3	Homestead Grays	NN2	358.2		1.38	10.1%	9.6%	1.05	0.5%
4	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	419.2		1.40	14.6%	7.8%	1.86	0.9%
5	New York Cubans	NN2	366.1		1.44	13.7%	8.1%	1.69	1.3%
6	New York Black Yankees	NN2	209.1		1.59	10.0%	8.3%	1.20	1.2%
	6	1	2329.1		1.34	13.3%	8.2%	1.61	0.7%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Bill Byrd	BEG	SP	123.1		1.02	16.2%	4.5%	3.59	0.4%
2	Joe Black	BEG	SP	113.1		1.04	19.1%	8.1%	2.36	0.7%
3	Leniel Hooker	NE	SP	88.1		1.09	11.3%	4.4%	2.56	0.5%
4	Max Manning	NE	SP	113.1		1.11	15.6%	8.1%	1.92	0.0%
5	Rufus Lewis	NE	SP	77.1		1.11	15.3%	9.4%	1.63	0.3%
6	Bob Romby*	BEG	RP	90.0		1.17	18.6%	11.2%	1.66	0.3%
7	Jonas Gaines*	BEG	SP	83.1		1.20	17.0%	7.5%	2.27	0.3%
8	Tom Parker	HG	SP	74.1		1.21	13.4%	11.4%	1.17	1.0%
9	Wilmer Fields	HG	SP	56.0		1.21	11.1%	5.1%	2.17	0.9%
10	Bill Ricks	PS	RP	52.0		1.23	13.2%	9.9%	1.33	0.0%
11	Patricio Scantlebury*	NYC	SP	116.2		1.25	12.8%	4.1%	3.15	1.2%
12	Barney Brown*	PS	RP	56.2		1.31	18.6%	6.8%	2.75	1.3%
13	Clyde Golden*	NE	RP	64.0		1.36	13.2%	11.0%	1.19	1.1%
14	Ernest Burke	BEG	RP	65.2		1.37	7.0%	4.2%	1.67	0.0%
15	Dave Barnhill	NYC	SP	85.1		1.37	13.4%	8.0%	1.67	1.9%
16	Frank Pearson	NBY	RP	28.0		1.39	13.9%	4.1%	3.40	0.8%
17	Roy Partlow*	PS	SP	65.0		1.40	11.7%	4.9%	2.36	0.7%
18	Henry McHenry	PS	SP	100.2		1.42	14.4%	6.2%	2.33	1.1%
19	Henry Miller	PS	SP	111.2		1.42	14.0%	10.5%	1.33	1.2%
20	Neck Stanley*	NBY	RP	39.0		1.51	12.8%	6.7%	1.92	0.0%
21	Cotton Williams	NE	RP	72.0		1.57	12.0%	8.7%	1.38	0.3%
22	Charley Davidson	NBY	SP	43.1		1.59	5.1%	8.2%	0.63	1.5%
23	Bob Griffith	NBY	RP	35.1		1.64	11.3%	9.4%	1.20	1.9%
24	Bob Thurman*	HG	SP	49.2		1.67	13.5%	11.4%	1.19	0.4%
25	Raúl López*	NYC	RP	58.2		1.70	12.6%	11.6%	1.09	1.1%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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