1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Season

1947 / 1949

Top Hitter

Jim
Gilliam

Top Pitcher

Jim
LaMarque

Leaders

Runs Batted In

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

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Bill Byrd	BEG	0.98
2	Joe Black	BEG/EAS	1.05
3	Leniel Hooker	NE	1.09
4	Max Manning	EAS/NE	1.10
5	José Santiago	NYC	1.11
6	Ted Alexander	HG	1.13
7	Rufus Lewis	EAS/NE	1.13
8	Wilmer Fields	EAS/HG	1.19
9	Garnett Blair	HG	1.20
10	Bill Powell	BBB/WES	1.20

Opponent's Batting

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Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Baltimore Elite Giants	NLC/NN2	91	2279	2058	228	479	79	20	9	34		172	357	1	11	38		57	.233	.295	.304	.599
2	Kansas City Monarchs	ALC/NAL	81	2056	1803	268	462	73	24	13	47		196	342	0	27	30		42	.256	.338	.345	.683
3	Newark Eagles	NN2	80	1956	1748	209	405	46	20	7	37		164	260	1	13	31		26	.232	.302	.293	.595
4	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	71	1811	1618	208	444	67	18	16	17		142	264	0	10	41		38	.274	.337	.368	.704
5	Homestead Grays	MULT	78	1784	1566	231	395	65	18	8	31		172	188	1	11	35		32	.252	.330	.332	.663
6	New York Cubans	NN2	68	1626	1466	197	394	60	22	21	22		132	223	0	7	21		30	.269	.332	.383	.715
7	Birmingham Black Barons	MULT	66	1420	1288	171	346	56	15	16	20	1	107	202	2	7	18		26	.269	.328	.373	.701
8	Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	46	1139	1027	200	303	45	22	12	33		90	108	0	9	13		18	.295	.357	.417	.774
9	New York Black Yankees	NN2	51	961	849	158	252	37	19	12	20		80	96	0	10	22		12	.297	.364	.428	.792
10	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	34	879	762	142	213	46	12	10	17		92	101	0	12	13		11	.280	.366	.411	.777
11	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	26	537	472	100	144	33	8	9	10		59	46	0	1	5		4	.305	.383	.466	.850
12	Chicago American Giants	NAL	23	528	468	99	150	31	8	4	13		49	61	0	6	5		14	.321	.392	.447	.839
13	West All Stars	EWA	8	68	61	6	12	3	0	1	1	2	7	5	1	0	0		3	.197	.279	.295	.574
14	East All Stars	EWA	6	64	59	4	12	1	0	0	2	1	5	11	1	0	0		3	.203	.266	.220	.486
	14	6	729	17108	15245	2221	4011	642	206	138	304	4	1467	2264	7	124	272		316	.263	.333	.359	.692

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Jim LaMarque*	KCM/WES	SP	21	619	569	64	146	27	6	3	13	0	34	103	1	10	6		15	.257	.310	.341	.651
2	Bill Byrd	BEG	SP	19	541	506	44	112	13	4	2	5		23	88	1	2	10		15	.221	.258	.275	.533
3	Patricio Scantlebury*	NYC	SP	16	492	465	56	126	17	9	6	3		20	63	0	0	7		15	.271	.301	.385	.686
4	Joe Black	BEG/EAS	SP	19	491	440	37	92	15	1	3	4	0	40	89	0	1	10		10	.209	.277	.268	.545
5	Henry Miller	PS	SP	18	484	419	55	108	21	7	6	6		51	68	0	2	12		8	.258	.341	.384	.725
6	Max Manning	EAS/NE	SP	16	478	429	38	89	11	2	0	12	1	39	75	1	2	8		5	.207	.277	.242	.519
7	Henry McHenry	PS	SP	16	436	401	56	116	18	4	5	6		27	63	0	2	6		10	.289	.337	.392	.729
8	Bob Romby*	BEG	RP	17	397	340	36	71	12	2	1	8		45	76	0	3	9		11	.209	.307	.265	.571
9	Dave Barnhill	EAS/NYC	SP	14	384	347	38	89	13	6	7	5	0	30	51	0	1	6		5	.256	.317	.389	.707
10	Jonas Gaines*	BEG	SP	13	373	335	41	80	13	5	2	5		31	62	0	2	5		10	.239	.307	.325	.632
11	Leniel Hooker	NE	SP	14	364	342	37	80	7	6	2	6		16	41	0	3	3		4	.234	.274	.307	.581
12	Jimmie Newberry	BBB	RP	18	347	322	30	87	10	3	2	4	1	17	50	0	2	6		5	.270	.311	.339	.649
13	Tom Parker	HG	SP	10	343	295	31	61	8	1	3	8		39	46	0	0	9		5	.207	.299	.271	.571
14	Rufus Lewis	EAS/NE	SP	13	333	296	28	59	7	0	1	5	0	32	53	1	2	3		6	.199	.282	.233	.515
15	Cotton Williams	NE	RP	15	333	293	50	84	10	5	1	9		29	40	0	4	7		6	.287	.359	.365	.724
16	Alonzo Perry	BBB	SP	13	330	296	50	84	13	7	6	4		26	34	0	4	4		5	.284	.350	.436	.786
17	Gene Collins*	KCM	SP	13	310	229	47	38	4	2	1	9		70	68	0	6	5		2	.166	.374	.214	.588
18	Bill Greason	BBB	RP	11	308	273	35	69	14	3	2	5		31	47	1	1	3		7	.253	.331	.348	.679
19	Ford Smith	KCM	SP	12	295	264	33	68	15	3	1	3		19	51	0	5	7		11	.258	.319	.348	.668
20	Vibert Clarke*	CBE/WES	SP	10	292	255	38	63	13	4	3	4	0	27	30	0	6	3		6	.247	.333	.365	.698
21	Bill Powell	BBB/WES	SP	11	292	267	31	61	9	0	4	6	1	23	52	1	0	2		3	.228	.290	.307	.597
22	Ernest Burke	BEG	RP	10	285	269	35	78	16	5	0	4		12	20	0	2	2		7	.290	.325	.387	.712
23	Roy Partlow*	PS	SP	10	283	258	32	77	13	1	2	1		14	33	0	2	9		6	.298	.339	.380	.719
24	Hilton Smith	KCM	RP	11	283	256	39	72	11	5	2	4		21	39	0	1	4		6	.281	.338	.387	.725
25	Clyde Golden*	NE	RP	15	281	244	36	56	8	5	3	3		31	37	0	1	5		4	.230	.319	.340	.659
26	Bob Thurman*	HG	SP	9	280	242	40	67	7	5	1	1		30	40	0	3	5		7	.277	.364	.360	.723
27	Raúl López*	NYC	RP	13	277	240	37	68	13	1	3	4		32	35	0	3	2		5	.283	.375	.383	.758
28	Wilmer Fields	EAS/HG	SP	9	246	228	24	57	14	5	2	1	0	13	28	0	1	4		4	.250	.293	.382	.675
29	Willie Cathey*	IC	RP	10	245	227	39	61	8	2	3	5		15	40	0	2	1		6	.269	.320	.361	.681
30	Barney Brown*	PS	RP	11	237	215	24	58	5	3	3	1		16	44	0	1	5		9	.270	.323	.363	.686
31	Gene Richardson*	KCM	RP	11	236	215	28	53	8	1	1	6		20	46	0	0	2		5	.247	.311	.307	.618
32	Connie Johnson	KCM	RP	11	232	204	31	56	5	5	2	8		23	33	0	2	3		3	.275	.354	.377	.731
33	Jim Cohen	IC/WES	SP	8	220	204	30	50	7	5	1	2	0	15	17	0	0	1		5	.245	.297	.343	.640
34	Bill Ricks	PS	RP	9	212	184	13	43	3	1	0	2		21	28	0	2	5		4	.234	.319	.261	.580
35	Charley Davidson	NBY	SP	8	196	173	27	53	8	6	3	4		16	10	0	2	5		2	.306	.372	.474	.846
36	R. T. Walker	HG	RP	10	192	166	26	40	13	0	0	4		19	18	0	1	6		3	.241	.323	.319	.642
37	Johnny Williams	IC	RP	7	191	167	35	44	6	3	2	6		16	11	0	5	3		1	.263	.346	.371	.717
38	Neck Stanley*	NBY	RP	8	180	162	31	47	4	3	0	3		12	23	0	3	3		1	.290	.350	.352	.702
39	Frank Thompson*	HG	RP	8	175	149	33	40	5	2	0	4		19	17	0	2	5		4	.268	.359	.329	.688
40	Chet Brewer	CBE	SP	5	172	156	34	48	11	6	0	4		14	22	0	0	3		3	.308	.365	.455	.820
41	Bob Griffith	EAS/NBY	RP	10	170	150	20	46	9	4	3	2	0	16	20	0	0	4		2	.307	.373	.480	.853
42	Spoon Carter	MRS/WES	RP	9	159	143	27	42	11	4	1	1	0	16	9	0	0	0		1	.294	.365	.448	.812
43	Ted Alexander	HG	RP	7	152	138	14	33	5	2	1	2		10	13	0	1	3		5	.239	.295	.326	.621
44	Luis Cabrera	IC	SP	5	145	131	20	39	6	4	1	5		11	16	0	2	1		2	.298	.361	.427	.789
45	Pee Wee Jenkins	NYC	RP	9	145	127	24	36	8	2	2	1		16	31	0	2	0		1	.283	.372	.425	.798
46	José Santiago	NYC	SP	6	134	120	15	25	2	0	2	4		11	26	0	1	2		3	.208	.280	.275	.555
47	Wilmer Harris	PS	RP	5	129	115	21	34	4	2	0	1		9	19	0	1	4		1	.296	.352	.365	.717
48	Willie Smith	HG	RP	9	128	112	25	36	5	2	1	5		15	7	1	1	0		1	.321	.406	.429	.835
49	Gentry Jessup	CAG/WES	RP	5	124	113	18	28	5	0	1	6	0	11	15	0	0	0		3	.248	.315	.319	.633
50	Eugene Smith	CBE	SP	4	124	104	22	31	6	0	3	2		17	16	0	1	2		0	.298	.402	.442	.844
51	Riley Stewart	CAG	RP	4	124	107	27	31	4	3	0	4		12	18	0	3	2		2	.290	.377	.383	.760
52	Jim Carter	NE	RP	6	123	101	18	26	2	1	0	0		16	9	0	1	5		2	.257	.364	.297	.661
53	Frank Pearson	NBY	RP	6	122	114	20	34	5	1	1	2		5	17	0	0	3		5	.298	.328	.386	.714
54	Garnett Blair	HG	SP	4	113	98	10	18	2	0	0	3		14	10	0	0	1		0	.184	.286	.204	.490
55	Alfred Wilmore	BEG	SP	5	100	88	18	19	4	1	1	5		11	14	0	0	1		2	.216	.303	.318	.621
56	Sammy Williams	BBB	SP	4	99	91	15	30	7	1	2	0		7	14	0	0	1		5	.330	.378	.495	.872
57	Verdell Mathis*	MRS	SP	4	98	84	16	24	4	1	2	1		11	16	0	0	3		0	.286	.368	.429	.797
58	Sam Jones	CBE	RP	4	95	77	21	23	3	2	1	4		16	12	0	0	2		3	.299	.419	.429	.848
59	Albert Stephens^	NBY	RP	6	92	74	20	18	3	2	1	4		12	15	0	2	4		0	.243	.364	.378	.742
60	Clarence Evans^	HG	RP	4	85	74	11	26	1	0	0	2		7	4	0	2	2		2	.351	.422	.365	.787
61	Felix Evans	MRS	RP	4	84	75	19	28	8	1	1	4		8	8	0	1	0		1	.373	.440	.547	.987
62	Leonard Johnson	KCM	SP	3	82	70	25	27	3	2	2	4		7	3	0	2	3		0	.386	.456	.571	1.027
63	Alex Newkirk	NBY/NYC	RP	6	82	75	13	26	3	3	0	2		6	3	0	0	1		0	.347	.395	.467	.862
64	Roberto Vargas*	CAG/WES	SP	4	82	73	12	25	6	1	0	1	1	5	7	0	2	2		2	.342	.400	.452	.852
65	Sam Woods	MRS	RP	4	80	69	13	16	5	1	1	2		11	8	0	0	0		0	.232	.338	.377	.714
66	Andy Porter	IC	SP	3	78	72	15	23	0	1	2	3		5	7	0	0	1		3	.319	.364	.431	.794
67	Johnny Smith*	NBY	RP	4	73	63	14	21	3	3	3	1		6	4	0	3	1		1	.333	.417	.619	1.036
68	Walter Gibbons	IC	SP	3	72	64	15	27	6	3	1	2		6	5	0	0	2		0	.422	.471	.656	1.128
69	Toots Ferrell^	BEG	RP	5	70	65	7	17	2	2	0	2		3	8	0	1	1		3	.262	.304	.354	.658
70	Wilbur Lansing	NE	SP	3	67	63	5	15	1	1	0	4		4	11	0	0	0		0	.238	.284	.286	.569
71	Frank Carswell	CBE	SP	3	64	56	12	20	5	0	2	2		5	6	0	1	2		0	.357	.419	.554	.973
72	Marvin Barker	NBY	RP	4	61	54	13	17	4	0	0	4		6	1	0	0	1		0	.315	.383	.389	.772
73	Pepper Sharpe	MRS	RP	3	57	51	9	14	1	1	3	0		5	3	0	0	1		1	.275	.339	.510	.849
74	Ladd White	IC	SP	2	55	48	10	18	2	1	0	1		5	3	0	0	2		0	.375	.434	.458	.892
75	Clarence Locke	CAG	SP	3	52	48	11	21	7	0	0	1		4	4	0	0	0		2	.438	.481	.583	1.064
76	John Brown	CBE	RP	4	51	42	2	4	1	0	0	0		6	8	0	3	0		0	.095	.255	.119	.374
77	Earl Bumpus*	CAG	RP	2	51	45	9	17	4	1	1	0		6	7	0	0	0		2	.378	.451	.578	1.029
78	Sack Morgan*	MRS	RP	2	50	41	11	13	2	0	1	2		8	1	0	0	1		1	.317	.429	.439	.868
79	Harry Rhodes*	CAG	RP	3	49	42	9	15	3	1	0	2		5	3	0	1	1		2	.357	.438	.476	.914
80	Barney Morris	NYC	SP	3	48	37	7	10	2	0	0	1		10	4	0	0	1		1	.270	.426	.324	.750
81	Martin Crue*	NYC	RP	2	47	43	5	11	1	1	1	0		3	7	0	0	1		1	.256	.304	.395	.700
82	Eugene Bremer	CBE	SP	1	44	41	6	14	3	0	0	0		1	5	0	1	1		0	.341	.372	.415	.787
83	Earnest Long	CBE	RP	3	44	38	7	11	4	0	1	1		6	2	0	0	0		0	.289	.386	.474	.860
84	Manuel Godínez	IC	RP	3	39	38	10	15	3	2	2	0		0	2	0	0	1		2	.395	.395	.737	1.132
85	Wilfredo Salas	NYC	RP	2	39	34	3	8	1	0	0	2		4	5	0	0	1		0	.235	.316	.265	.580
86	Lefty Bell*	HG	RP	5	37	33	4	8	1	0	0	0		4	3	0	0	0		0	.242	.324	.273	.597
87	Angel García*	IC	RP	1	36	31	10	10	4	0	0	2		4	4	0	0	1		0	.323	.400	.452	.852
88	José Velásquez	IC	SP	1	34	31	4	7	0	1	0	4		3	1	0	0	0		0	.226	.294	.290	.584
89	Clyde Sowell	BEG	SP	4	32	25	10	12	4	0	0	1		7	0	0	0	0		0	.480	.594	.640	1.234
90	Jehosie Heard*	BBB	RP	8	31	29	4	10	0	0	0	0		1	5	0	0	1		0	.345	.367	.345	.711
91	Rafaelito Ortiz	CAG	SP	1	29	26	5	8	1	2	1	0		3	5	0	0	0		1	.308	.379	.615	.995
92	Bill Dumpson^	NBY	SP	1	28	25	6	7	1	0	0	0		3	6	0	0	0		1	.280	.357	.320	.677
93	Larry Kimbrough	HG	RP	2	26	25	8	7	3	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0		1	.280	.308	.400	.708
94	Sonny Boy Jeffries	NBY	RP	2	24	20	3	4	0	0	1	0		3	1	0	0	1		0	.200	.304	.350	.654
95	Nat Pollard	BBB	RP	2	23	19	6	6	3	1	0	1		3	2	0	0	1		1	.316	.409	.579	.988
96	Gardner^	CAG	RP	1	22	21	2	4	0	0	1	0		1	3	0	0	0		1	.190	.227	.333	.561
97	DeShield^	PS	SP	1	21	17	2	2	1	0	0	0		4	7	0	0	0		0	.118	.286	.176	.462
98	Bill Blair*	IC	RP	2	19	15	8	8	3	0	0	2		4	2	0	0	0		0	.533	.632	.733	1.365
99	Bob Trice	HG	RP	2	18	16	5	3	1	1	0	0		2	3	0	0	0		0	.188	.278	.375	.653
100	Tincy Jamerson	KCM	SP	1	14	9	3	4	1	0	1	0		4	0	0	1	0		0	.444	.643	.889	1.532
101	Raúl Sánchez^	MRS	RP	1	13	12	5	7	2	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0		0	.583	.615	.750	1.365
102	Chris Vierira*	NBY	SP	1	13	11	4	5	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0		0	.455	.538	.545	1.084
103	Harold Gould	PS	SP	1	9	9	5	6	2	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	0		0	.667	.667	.889	1.556
104	Fred Shepherd	CAG	SP	1	9	6	3	2	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0		0	.333	.556	.500	1.056
105	Jimmie Bennett	IC	SP	1	7	5	3	3	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0		0	.600	.714	.800	1.514
106	Preacher Henry	IC	RP	1	7	3	2	1	0	0	0	1		4	0	0	0	0		0	.333	.714	.333	1.048
107	George Jefferson	CBE	RP	1	6	5	3	3	1	0	1	0		1	1	0	0	0		0	.600	.667	1.400	2.067
108	Taylor Smith	CAG	RP	1	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0		0	.500	.667	.500	1.167

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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