1943 Season

1942 / 1944

Tom Wilson (President)
Ed Bolden (Vice President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)
Frank Forbes (Director of League Promotions)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Johnny
Wright

Leaders

OPS

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Josh Gibson	MULT	1.342
2	Tetelo Vargas	NYC/EAS	1.099
3	Wild Bill Wright	ROM	1.002
4	Larry Doby	NE	.973
5	Pedro Pagés	PUE	.949
6	Quincy Trouppe	ROM	.944
7	Buck Leonard	MULT	.938
8	Willard Brown	MULT	.928
9	Alejandro Crespo	ULT	.927
10	Jacinto Roque	PUE	.923

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Johnny Markham	BBB	203
2	Venustiano Galan	ULT	185
3	Bill Byrd	MULT	179
4	Johnny Wright	HG/EAS	174
5	Vidal López	MTY	168
6	Roosevelt Davis	CC	160
7	Dave Barnhill	MULT	146
8	Theolic Smith	CBE/WES	145
9	Lefty Boone	HSS	142
10	Leon Day	MULT	140

Standings

Glossary

Negro National League II

		vs NN2					vs Maj. Black Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays^*	53	14	1	.791	-	78	23	1	.772	7.5	4.2	Candy Jim Taylor	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	New York Cubans	19	14	1	.576	17.0	35	27	2	.565	5.6	4.3	José María Fernández	Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)
3	Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars	8	8	0	.500	19.5	10	13	1	.435	4.8	4.5	Harry Williams, Tom Parker	Island Park (Harrisburg, PA)
4	Newark Eagles	26	32	0	.448	22.5	26	32	0	.448	5.8	5.6	Mule Suttles	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
5	Baltimore Elite Giants	18	26	3	.409	23.5	25	41	3	.379	5.0	6.2	George Scales	Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD), Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD)
6	Philadelphia Stars	21	31	1	.404	24.5	24	33	1	.421	6.2	6.7	Goose Curry	Parkside Athletic Field (Philadelphia, PA)
7	New York Black Yankees	4	24	2	.143	29.5	6	32	2	.158	3.7	9.1	Tex Burnett	Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)

* = League Champion

Negro American League

		vs NAL					vs Maj. Black Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Kansas City Monarchs	44	27	1	.620	-	52	39	1	.571	4.7	3.9	Frank Duncan	Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2	Cleveland Buckeyes	39	25	1	.609	1.5	50	37	2	.575	5.6	4.7	Parnell Woods	Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
3	Birmingham Black Barons^*¹	45	35	2	.563	3.5	59	49	2	.546	4.7	4.0	Winfield Welch	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
4	Chicago American Giants²	37	33	1	.529	6.5	43	37	1	.538	4.8	4.8	Ted Radcliffe	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
5	Memphis Red Sox	34	51	4	.400	17.0	44	55	4	.444	4.1	4.9	Larry Brown	Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
6	Cincinnati Clowns	31	59	5	.344	22.5	42	64	5	.396	4.1	5.5	Bunny Downs, Fred Wilson	Crosley Field (Cincinnati, OH)

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

NAL Championship Series

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Birmingham Black Barons	3	2	0	.600	-	5.4	2.8	Winfield Welch	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL), Cramton Bowl (Montgomery, AL)
2	Chicago American Giants	2	3	0	.400	1.0	2.8	5.4	Ted Radcliffe	Swayne Field (Toledo, OH), Red Bird Stadium (Columbus, OH) (Dayton, OH)

Negro League World Series

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays	4	3	1	.571	-	5.8	3.5	Candy Jim Taylor	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)
2	Birmingham Black Barons	3	4	1	.429	1.0	3.5	5.8	Winfield Welch	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL), Cramton Bowl (Montgomery, AL)

Independent Clubs

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Atlanta Black Crackers	8	18	1	.308	4.0	4.5	7.4	Henry Lewis, Nish Williams	Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, GA)
3	NNL All Stars	1	3	0	.250	-	2.3	6.3	Goose Curry	Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA)

East-West All Star Games

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	West All Stars	1	0	0	1.000	-	2.0	1.0	Frank Duncan	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
2	East All Stars	0	1	0	.000	1.0	1.0	2.0	Vic Harris	No Home Ballpark

North-South All Star Games

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	South All Stars	2	0	0	1.000	-	5.5	3.0	Jud Wilson, Frank Duncan	Pelican Stadium (New Orleans, LA)
2	North All Stars	0	2	0	.000	2.0	3.0	5.5	Mule Suttles, Harry Williams	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)

Mexican League

Liga Mexicana de Béisbol

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Industriales de Monterrey^*	53	37	0	.589	-	4.4	3.6	Lázaro Salazar	Parque Cuauhtémoc (Monterrey, NL, Mexico)
2	Unión Laguna de Torreón	51	36	0	.586	0.5	5.0	3.9	Martín Dihigo	Estadio Revolución (Torre?n, CO, Mexico)
3	Pericos de Puebla	44	43	0	.506	7.5	5.1	5.4	Chimuelo Morín	Parque Puebla (Puebla, PU, Mexico)
4	Alijadores de Tampico	41	48	0	.461	11.5	4.0	3.7	Willie Wells	Parque Alijadores (Tampico, TM, Mexico)
5	Azules de Veracruz	39	51	0	.433	14.0	4.0	5.6	Gustavo Buenrostro	Parque Delta (Ciudad de M?xico, DF, Mexico)
6	Rojos del México	38	51	0	.427	14.5	4.6	4.9	Chile Gómez	Parque Delta (Ciudad de M?xico, DF, Mexico)

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