1948 in the Negro Leagues

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1948 in the Negro Leagues


Standings[edit]

BOLD indicates League Champion

Negro National League[edit]

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Rank Team G W L T WPCT GB
1 Homestead Grays 68 44 23 1 0.657 --
2 Baltimore Elite Giants 70 49 29 2 0.628 0.5
3 Newark Eagles 58 29 28 1 0.509 10.0
4 Philadelphia Stars 60 28 31 1 0.475 12.0
5 New York Cubans 48 17 30 1 0.362 17.0
6 New York Black Yankees 44 9 35 0 0.204 23.5

Homestead Grays defeated Baltimore Elite Giants, 2-1-1, in League Championship Series

Negro American League[edit]

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Rank Team G W L T WPCT GB
1 Birmingham Black Barons 92 60 30 2 0.667 --
2 Kansas City Monarchs 68 46 21 1 0.687 2.5
3 Cleveland Buckeyes 78 41 35 2 0.539 12.0
4 Indianapolis Clowns 85 32 50 3 0.390 24.0
5 Chicago American Giants 74 27 47 0 0.365 25.0
6 Memphis Red Sox 77 28 51 2 0.354 26.5

Birmingham Black Barons defeated Kansas City Monarchs, 4-3-1, in League Championship Series

Independent Teams[edit]

Source: Teams list from The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester; records are from The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, John Holway

Leading Players[edit]

Batters[edit]

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Postseason[edit]

In the Negro World Series, the Homestead Grays (NNL) defeated the Birmingham Black Barons (NAL), 4 games to 1.

Further Reading[edit]

  • Frederick C. Bush and Bill Nowlin, ed.: Bittersweet Goodbye: the Black Barons, the Grays, and the 1948 Negro League World Series, SABR, Phoenix, AZ, 2017. ISBN 978-1-943816-55-2


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