{"id":32341,"date":"2018-06-17T21:37:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T01:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/?p=32341"},"modified":"2018-06-17T21:37:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T01:37:52","slug":"negro-leagues-db-update-1947-nnl-nal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/17\/negro-leagues-db-update-1947-nnl-nal\/","title":{"rendered":"Negro Leagues DB Update: 1947 NNL & NAL"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re pleased to announce the addition of the 1947 Negro leagues<\/a> to the DB. In that year history continued to bear down on the NNL & NAL. Josh Gibson<\/strong><\/a> tragically died in January. Jackie Robinson<\/strong><\/a> debuted for the Dodgers in April, and by mid-season other big league clubs were sniffing around the Negro leagues for more bargains. The two defending league champions, the Kansas City Monarchs<\/a> and Newark Eagles<\/a>, were the most inviting targets. In July the Cleveland Indians signed Newark\u2019s best player, Larry Doby<\/strong><\/a>. Then the St. Louis Browns followed by taking Willard Brown<\/strong><\/a> and Hank Thompson<\/strong><\/a> from the Monarchs. The latter two were back in Kansas City within a month, as the St. Louis Browns, at this point a pretty awful organization, offered them little support in the face of hostility from their teammates. Both the Monarchs and the Eagles wound up in second place.<\/p>\n

In the NAL it was the Cleveland Buckeyes<\/a> who finished on top, winning their second pennant in three years due to the sterling work of center fielder Sam Jethroe<\/strong><\/a>, veteran pitchers Doc Bracken<\/strong><\/a> and Chet Brewer<\/strong><\/a>, and player-manager Quincy Trouppe<\/strong><\/a>, in addition to a pair of teenagers\u2014the shortstop Al Smith<\/strong><\/a> and Panamanian southpaw Vibert Clarke<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Over in the NNL the New York Cubans secured the first-ever pennant victory by a Cuban team in the Negro leagues behind third baseman Orestes Mi\u00f1oso<\/strong><\/a>, shortstop Silvio Garc\u00eda<\/strong><\/a>, and a brilliant pitching staff led by Luis Tiant, Sr.<\/strong><\/a>, Patricio Scantlebury<\/strong><\/a>, and Lino Donoso<\/strong><\/a>. The Cubans went on to make short work of the Buckeyes in the World Series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our 1947 statistics started with the work of Larry Lester<\/strong> and Wayne Stivers<\/strong>, to which we have made extensive additions to create the best account of this season yet compiled. That said, the NAL teams (aside from the Monarchs) are not particularly well-represented here, due to the failure of newspapers to print box scores for NAL games.<\/p>\n

You can also check out the standings for the 1948 Negro leagues\u2014player stats will be posted within the next few months.<\/p>\n

Also coming up: 1900-1902 Cuban leagues, 1927 ECL, 1929 ANL, and more.<\/p>\n

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The New York Cubans, winners of the 1947 Negro League World Series<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re pleased to announce the addition of the 1947 Negro leagues to the DB. In that year history continued to bear down on the NNL & NAL. Josh Gibson tragically died in January. Jackie Robinson debuted for the Dodgers in April, and by mid-season other big league clubs were sniffing around the Negro leagues for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":809,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16162,4235],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-negro-lgs","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t