1943 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1943 Season

Negro American League

1942 / 1944

J. B. Martin (President)
Ernie Wright (Vice President)
R. S. Simmons (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Theolic
Smith

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Willard Brown	KCM	.520
2	Sam Jethroe	CBE	.474
3	Alex Radcliff	CAG	.468
4	Piper Davis	BBB	.463
5	Bonnie Serrell	KCM	.440
6	Sylvester Snead	CC	.429
7	Goose Tatum	CC	.417
8	Lloyd Davenport	CAG/KCM	.417
9	Ed Young	CAG	.413
10	John Bissant	CAG	.411

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Satchel Paige	KCM/MRS	9
2	Booker McDaniel	KCM	9
3	Gentry Jessup	BBB/CAG	7
4	Theolic Smith	CBE	5
5	Roosevelt Davis	CC	5
6	Leroy Sutton	CAG	5
7	Johnny Markham	BBB	5
8	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	4
9	Willie Cornelius	CAG	4
10	Gready McKinnis	BBB/KCM	4

Wins Above Replacement

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League:

Bats:

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Throws:

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Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	1934	456.2		15.9	8.3	-1.0	8.5	0.0
2	Chicago American Giants	NAL	1328	303.0		11.3	6.9	2.8	1.6	0.0
3	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	1637	374.1		10.6	4.6	2.7	3.2	0.0
4	Cincinnati Clowns	NAL	1328	312.0		5.8	4.1	-0.1	1.8	0.0
5	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	1323	318.1		4.6	3.0	-1.6	3.2	0.0
6	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	1131	261.2		3.6	3.6	-2.2	2.1	0.0
	6	1	8681	2026.0		51.8	30.6	0.8	20.4	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	221			4.2	2.9	1.3	0.0	0.0
2	Theolic Smith	CBE	CF	81	98.0		3.3	0.5	0.0	2.9	0.0
3	Satchel Paige	KCM/MRS	P	50	119.1		2.8	0.1	0.0	2.7	0.0
4	Piper Davis	BBB	SS	170			2.5	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.2
5	Booker McDaniel	KCM	P	30	78.0		2.5	-0.1	0.0	2.6	0.0
6	Bonnie Serrell	KCM	2B	215			2.4	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.3
7	Lloyd Davenport	CAG/KCM	CF	165			2.3	1.4	0.9	0.0	0.0
8	Verdell Mathis	MRS	CF	87	62.2		2.2	0.0	0.4	1.9	0.0
9	Tommy Sampson	BBB	2B	184			2.1	0.9	1.1	0.0	0.2
10	Roosevelt Davis	CC	P	22	61.1		1.9	-0.1	0.0	2.0	0.0
11	Alex Radcliff	CAG	3B	130			1.8	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.0
12	Hilton Smith	KCM	LF	67	60.0		1.8	0.3	-0.7	2.2	0.0
13	John Britton	CC	3B	136			1.8	0.8	1.1	0.0	0.0
14	Fred Wilson	CC	RF	99	44.0		1.8	0.6	0.4	0.9	-0.1
15	Jesse Williams	KCM	SS	175			1.8	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.3
16	Clyde Spearman	BBB	RF	187			1.7	1.4	0.5	0.0	-0.2
17	Lester Lockett	BBB	LF	169			1.6	0.5	1.2	0.0	-0.1
18	Felix McLaurin	BBB	CF	151			1.6	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.0
19	Porter Moss	MRS	P	32	68.0		1.4	-0.2	0.0	1.6	0.0
20	Alfred Saylor	BBB	P	57	61.0		1.4	0.2	-0.1	1.3	0.0
21	Hank Thompson	KCM	RF	148			1.3	1.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2
22	Art Pennington	CAG	2B	134			1.2	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.0
23	Alonzo Boone	CBE	P	24	48.2		1.2	0.0	-0.1	1.3	0.0
24	Sam Jethroe	CBE	CF	158			1.2	1.5	-0.3	0.0	0.0
25	Archie Ware	CBE	1B	139			1.2	0.5	0.8	0.0	-0.2
26	John Bissant	CAG	LF	117			1.2	1.0	0.3	0.0	-0.1
27	Gentry Jessup	BBB/CAG	P	48	102.1		1.1	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.0
28	Ralph Wyatt	CAG	SS	122			1.1	0.1	0.8	0.0	0.2
29	Johnny Markham	BBB	P	22	49.0		1.1	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0
30	Ted Radcliffe	BBB/CAG	C	118	8.2		1.0	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.1
31	Clarence Lamar	CC	2B	74			1.0	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.1
32	Gready McKinnis	BBB/KCM	P	37	90.0		0.9	-0.3	0.0	1.2	0.0
33	Leroy Sutton	CAG	P	31	67.0		0.8	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.0
34	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	112			0.8	0.7	0.1	0.0	-0.1
35	Buster Haywood	CC	C	98			0.8	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.1
36	Herbert Buster	CAG	2B	9			0.6	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
37	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	167			0.6	0.7	0.1	0.0	-0.2
38	Babe Charter	MULT	1B	107			0.6	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0
39	Sonny Parker	KCM	P	2	7.0		0.6	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
40	George Walker	KCM	P	16	36.2		0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
41	Pepper Bassett	CC	C	22	5.0		0.5	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.0
42	Fred McDaniel	MRS	3B	95			0.5	0.7	-0.2	0.0	0.0
43	Willie Ferrell	CAG	RF	26	9.0		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
44	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	128			0.5	0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.1
45	Goose Tatum	CC	1B	121			0.5	0.8	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
46	Marshall Riddle	CBE	2B	115			0.5	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1
47	Ted Alexander	KCM	P	10	32.0		0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
48	Eugene Bremer	CBE	P	27	62.1		0.4	0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0
49	Francis Jackson	CAG	P	2	5.0		0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
50	Johnny Hundley	CBE	RF	113			0.4	0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.1
51	Red Longley	MRS	SS	111			0.3	0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.1
52	Parnell Woods	CBE	3B	102			0.3	0.8	-0.5	0.0	0.0
53	John Huber	BBB	P	43	50.1		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
54	Ed Young	CAG	1B	111			0.3	0.8	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
55	Leonard Lindsay	BBB/CC	1B	129			0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.2
56	Herb Barnhill	KCM	C	86			0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
57	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	106			0.3	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
58	Alvin Gipson	BBB	P	35	73.2		0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
59	Henry Merchant	CC	LF	16			0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
60	Dave Harper	CC	RF	5			0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
61	Quincy Smith	CBE	LF	15			0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
62	Herb Souell	KCM	3B	229			0.2	0.7	-0.6	0.0	0.0
63	Paul Hardy	BBB	C	112			0.2	-0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1
64	Willie Jefferson	CBE	P	30	65.1		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
65	Pepper Sharpe	MRS	LF	13	4.1		0.2	0.1	0.4	-0.3	0.0
66	Marlin Carter	MRS	3B	40			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
67	Smith	CC	P	1	2.2		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
68	Ed Steele	BBB	LF	12			0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
69	Sylvester Snead	CC	2B	146	18.0		0.2	1.1	-1.1	0.0	0.1
70	Bill Barnes	MRS	P	4	9.2		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
71	Casey Jones	MRS	C	24			0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
72	Collins Jones	CC	SS	5			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
73	Felix Evans	MRS	SS	11	2.2		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
74	Kelsey	CC	LF	2			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
75	Bob Smith	MRS	C	31			0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
76	Joe Greene	KCM	C	8			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	Jimmy Ford	MRS	SS	5			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
78	Frank Duncan	KCM	C	54			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
79	Gray	CAG	2B	4			0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Specs Ellis	CC	P	2	3.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Nap Gulley	CBE	P	4	8.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Leamon Johnson	BBB	SS	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Johnny Smith	CAG	RF	104			0.0	-0.2	0.3	0.0	-0.1
84	Billy Horne	CBE	SS	137			0.0	-0.5	0.3	0.0	0.2
85	Deison	CC	RF	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Hodges	MRS	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Jelly Taylor	MRS	1B	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Dave Hoskins	KCM	LF	4			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
89	Jim Canada	MRS	1B	68			0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
90	Sam Segraves	CC	LF	22			0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
91	Glover	CC	LF	2			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
92	Richard King	CC	1B	4			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	George Britt	CBE	C	15			-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
94	Robinson	KCM	1B	2			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Goose Curry	MRS	LF	5			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
96	Charlie Shields	CAG	1B	25	24.2		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
97	Gerves Fagan	MRS	RF	5			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
98	Luis Pillot	CC	P	14	35.0		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
99	Clyde Nelson	CC	LF	45			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Jack Matchett	KCM	P	60	92.0		-0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
101	Henry Smith	MULT	SS	135			-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2
102	Norris Phillips	KCM	P	10	28.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
103	Ollie West	CAG	P	12	31.1		-0.1	0.3	0.0	-0.4	0.0
104	Dan Bankhead	BBB	P	2	3.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
105	Peanuts Davis	CC	P	13	32.2		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
106	Bad News Hall	CC	C	5	3.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
107	Henry Turner	CBE	C	47			-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Adolphus Grimes	CBE	RF	14			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
109	Felton Snow	KCM	SS	4			-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
110	Harry Jeffries	CC	C	12			-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
111	Eugene Tyler	KCM	RF	19			-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
112	Thad Christopher	CBE/CC	LF	94			-0.2	0.8	-0.9	0.0	-0.1
113	James Lockman	MRS	SS	7			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
114	Herman Bell	BBB	C	34			-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	George Daniels	CC	P	9	25.1		-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
116	Jim Daniels	BBB	P	9	17.0		-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
117	Ulysses Evans	CC	P		1.0		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
118	T. J. Brown	MRS	SS	21			-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
119	Barney Higdon	CC	P	3	2.1		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
120	Johnny Williams	BBB	P	2	1.2		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
121	Robert Keys	MRS	P	14	36.2		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
122	Bruce Wright	CC	2B	6			-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
123	John Lyles	CBE	SS	13			-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
124	Brennan King	CC	P	3	6.0		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
125	Larry Brown	MRS	C	58			-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.1
126	Willie Cornelius	CAG	P	54	62.0		-0.3	0.2	-0.2	-0.3	0.0
127	Sammy Haynes	KCM	C	73			-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
128	Duke Cleveland	CBE	LF	100			-0.4	0.2	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
129	Emmett Wilson	CBE/MRS	RF	66			-0.4	0.2	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
130	Eddie Locke	MULT	RF	29	18.0		-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
131	Johnny Johnson	CBE	RF	29	10.0		-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
132	Leroy Morney	BBB/CC	LF	103			-0.5	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
133	Charlie Harris	CAG/CC	2B	28			-0.5	0.0	-0.4	0.0	0.0
134	Jimmie Newberry	BBB/CC	P	21	44.2		-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
135	Alphonse Dunn	BBB	1B	104			-0.5	0.5	-0.9	0.0	-0.1
136	Raymond Taylor	CBE	C	54			-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.1
137	Willie Grace	CBE	CF	30			-0.6	0.0	-0.6	0.0	0.0
138	Newt Allen	KCM	LF	153			-0.7	-0.1	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
139	Johnny Ray	CC	CF	135			-0.7	-0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.0
140	Preacher Henry	CC	P	15	39.0		-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
141	Nat Rogers	MRS	RF	50			-0.8	-0.3	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
142	Satchel Davis	CBE	P	11	26.0		-1.2	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	0.0
143	Hoss Walker	BBB	3B	146			-1.3	-0.6	-0.7	0.0	0.1
144	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	P	32	72.2		-1.4	-0.1	0.0	-1.3	0.0
145	Willie Simms	KCM	LF	114			-1.6	-0.2	-1.3	0.0	-0.1

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