1943 Negro American League Standard Pitching

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Pennant Winner: Birmingham Black Barons

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Team Standard Pitching

Team Standard Pitching Table
Tm	#P	PAge	RA/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	tSho	cSho	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Birmingham Black Barons	10	28.3	4.02	18	24	.429	3.64	42	42	28	2	2	0	356.1	333	169	144	8	111	197	13	1	1523	106	2.88	1.246	8.4	0.2	2.8	5.0	1.77
Chicago American Giants	10	29.3	4.15	19	15	.559	3.28	34	34	23	2	2	1	294.0	287	141	107	4	90	111	9	5	1257	118	3.09	1.282	8.8	0.1	2.8	3.4	1.23
Cleveland Buckeyes	7	30.9	4.56	16	19	.457	4.14	36	36	28	4	4	0	300.0	325	164	138	5	72	131	3	4	1290	93	2.75	1.323	9.8	0.2	2.2	3.9	1.82
Cincinnati Clowns	17	26.3	4.92	17	19	.472	4.15	36	36	21	1	1	3	301.2	306	177	139	9	118	144	6	7	1331	94	3.32	1.406	9.1	0.3	3.5	4.3	1.22
Kansas City Monarchs	10	32.8	3.79	29	24	.547	3.31	53	53	20	5	5	5	442.2	414	201	163	6	138	270	7	4	1839	116	2.59	1.247	8.4	0.1	2.8	5.5	1.96
Memphis Red Sox	7	25.9	5.44	11	16	.407	4.78	27	27	16	2	2	0	224.0	255	147	119	5	63	108	3	2	988	80	2.86	1.420	10.2	0.2	2.5	4.3	1.71
League Average	9	29.3	4.38	18	20	.485	3.80	38	38	23	3	3	2	320	320	166	135	6	99	160	7	4	1371	101	2.89	1.309	9.0	0.2	2.8	4.5	1.62
	53	29.3	4.38	110	117	.485	3.80	228	228	136	16	16	9	1918.2	1920	999	810	37	592	961	41	23	8228	101	2.89	1.309	9.0	0.2	2.8	4.5	1.62

Player Standard Pitching

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Player Standard Pitching Table
Rk	Player	Age	Team	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB	Awards
1	Satchel Paige	36	2TM	2.2	10	8	.556	2.91	28	24	3	0	1	123.2	109	52	40	2	31	102	2	0	506	131	2.02	1.132	7.9	0.1	2.3	7.4	3.29	AS
1	Satchel Paige	36	KCM	1.9	9	8	.529	3.03	27	23	3	0	1	118.2	109	52	40	2	29	95	2	0	491	126	2.06	1.163	8.3	0.2	2.2	7.2	3.28
1	Satchel Paige	36	MRS	0.3	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	15		1.05	0.400	0.0	0.0	3.6	12.6	3.50
2	Gentry Jessup	28	CAG	0.9	6	6	.500	3.34	14	10	8	0	1	94.1	94	43	35	1	27	47	2	1	401	114	2.72	1.283	9.0	0.1	2.6	4.5	1.74
3	Jack Matchett	35	KCM	-0.3	4	6	.400	4.70	17	10	5	1	0	92.0	111	59	48	4	32	39	3	2	410	81	3.51	1.554	10.9	0.4	3.1	3.8	1.22
4	Theolic Smith	30	CBE	2.7	5	4	.556	2.22	11	10	8	2	0	89.0	77	29	22	0	17	36	0	0	353	172	2.42	1.056	7.8	*0.0*	1.7	3.6	2.12	AS
5	Gready McKinnis*	29	2TM	1.1	4	6	.400	3.56	14	10	6	0	0	83.1	75	34	33	3	27	44	5	0	366	108	3.22	1.224	8.1	0.3	2.9	4.8	1.63	AS
5	Gready McKinnis*	29	BBB	1.0	4	6	.400	3.63	13	9	6	0	0	79.1	72	33	32	3	26	39	5	0	350	105	3.33	1.235	8.2	0.3	2.9	4.4	1.50
5	Gready McKinnis*	29	KCM	0.1	0	0		2.25	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	0	1	5	0	0	16	186	0.90	1.000	6.8	0.0	2.3	11.3	5.00
6	Booker McDaniel	29	KCM	1.9	8	2	.800	2.59	14	5	5	1	2	80.0	66	29	23	0	25	62	1	1	334	148	2.08	1.138	7.4	*0.0*	2.8	7.0	2.48
7	Alvin Gipson	29	BBB	0.4	2	7	.222	3.75	12	10	7	0	0	74.1	70	37	31	1	15	62	1	0	305	102	*1.81*	1.143	8.5	0.1	1.8	7.5	*4.13*
8	Willie Jefferson	39	CBE	-0.6	3	6	.333	5.07	9	8	7	0	0	65.2	87	47	37	2	14	35	2	1	302	75	2.71	1.538	11.9	0.3	1.9	4.8	2.50
9	Verdell Mathis*	29	MRS	1.5	4	2	.667	2.87	10	6	5	1	0	62.2	68	25	20	1	14	28	1	1	273	133	2.69	1.309	9.8	0.1	2.0	4.0	2.00
10	Eugene Bremer	26	CBE	0.0	4	3	.571	4.94	10	8	7	1	0	62.0	76	38	34	0	10	20	1	0	268	77	2.54	1.387	11.0	*0.0*	1.5	2.9	2.00
11	Willie Cornelius	36	CAG	-0.1	4	4	.500	3.92	10	10	6	0	0	62.0	65	35	27	1	22	11	3	0	273	98	3.72	1.403	9.4	0.1	3.2	1.6	0.50
12	Roosevelt Davis	38	CC	1.8	5	2	.714	2.35	9	6	6	1	2	61.1	45	20	16	1	10	37	0	0	243	163	2.15	*0.897*	6.6	0.1	1.5	5.4	3.70
13	Porter Moss	33	MRS	0.8	3	4	.429	3.39	12	6	4	1	0	61.0	59	30	23	0	21	25	1	0	260	113	2.92	1.311	8.7	*0.0*	3.1	3.7	1.19	AS
14	Alfred Saylor	31	BBB	1.3	3	2	.600	2.69	10	5	5	0	0	60.1	63	20	18	1	15	31	3	1	256	142	2.74	1.293	9.4	0.1	2.2	4.6	2.07
15	Willie Hutchinson	28	MRS	-1.7	2	7	.222	7.06	11	10	5	0	0	58.2	82	58	46	3	13	36	0	1	269	54	2.76	1.619	12.6	0.5	2.0	5.5	2.77
16	Leroy Sutton	22	CAG	0.8	4	2	.667	2.79	9	5	4	1	0	58.0	54	24	18	1	12	13	2	1	238	137	3.15	1.138	8.4	0.2	1.9	2.0	1.08
17	Hilton Smith	36	KCM	1.6	3	2	.600	2.70	9	5	3	1	0	50.0	42	15	15	0	9	24	0	0	193	142	2.23	1.020	7.6	*0.0*	1.6	4.3	2.67
18	Johnny Markham	34	BBB	1.1	5	1	.833	2.39	8	7	5	0	0	49.0	42	16	13	1	8	15	1	0	197	160	2.86	1.020	7.7	0.2	1.5	2.8	1.88
19	Alonzo Boone	35	CBE	1.3	3	2	.600	3.11	7	5	4	1	0	46.1	37	16	16	2	14	19	0	0	188	123	3.30	1.101	7.2	0.4	2.7	3.7	1.36
20	John Huber	35	BBB	0.4	3	3	.500	3.68	8	4	3	1	0	44.0	38	20	18	1	15	28	1	0	184	104	2.77	1.205	7.8	0.2	3.1	5.7	1.87
21	Fred Wilson	34	CC	0.8	3	1	.750	3.07	6	5	3	0	0	44.0	36	19	15	1	14	21	2	1	184	125	3.09	1.136	7.4	0.2	2.9	4.3	1.50	AS
22	George Walker	28	2TM	0.6	1	4	.200	3.43	9	4	2	1	0	39.1	34	18	15	0	8	22	0	3	161	113	2.15	1.068	7.8	*0.0*	1.8	5.0	2.75
22	George Walker	28	KCM	0.4	1	4	.200	3.53	8	4	2	1	0	35.2	32	17	14	0	6	18	0	0	146	109	2.15	1.065	8.1	0.0	1.5	4.5	3.00
22	George Walker	28	CC	0.1	0	0		2.45	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	2	1	1	0	2	4	0	3	15	172	2.11	1.091	4.9	0.0	4.9	9.8	2.00
23	Preacher Henry	32	CC	-0.7	3	2	.600	5.54	9	5	2	0	0	39.0	46	31	24	2	17	17	2	1	181	69	3.91	1.615	10.6	0.5	3.9	3.9	1.00
24	Jimmie Newberry	24	2TM	-0.7	0	4	.000	5.40	6	5	2	0	0	36.2	36	29	22	1	14	11	0	0	163	72	3.55	1.364	8.8	0.2	3.4	2.7	0.79
24	Jimmie Newberry	24	BBB	-0.7	0	3	.000	6.18	5	4	1	0	0	27.2	30	24	19	1	12	7	0	0	127	62	3.92	1.518	9.8	0.3	3.9	2.3	0.58
24	Jimmie Newberry	24	CC	0.0	0	1	.000	3.00	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	6	5	3	0	2	4	0	0	36	132	2.43	0.889	6.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	2.00
25	Luis Pillot	25	CC	0.0	1	2	.333	4.37	7	4	2	0	1	35.0	38	21	17	1	15	7	0	0	158	88	3.91	1.514	9.8	0.3	3.9	1.8	0.47
26	Peanuts Davis	25	CC	-0.1	0	4	.000	5.23	5	4	4	0	0	32.2	43	21	19	1	10	12	0	0	147	73	3.24	1.622	11.8	0.3	2.8	3.3	1.20
27	Ollie West	29	CAG	-0.3	3	2	.600	4.60	5	5	3	0	0	31.1	31	21	16	1	12	18	2	3	139	84	3.26	1.372	8.9	0.3	3.4	5.2	1.50
28	Ted Alexander	30	KCM	0.3	1	0	1.000	3.54	8	1	0	0	0	28.0	26	14	11	0	10	9	0	0	116	109	3.08	1.286	8.4	0.0	3.2	2.9	0.90
29	Norris Phillips	27	KCM	0.2	2	2	.500	3.62	6	3	1	0	2	27.1	24	14	11	0	25	11	1	1	110	106	4.70	1.793	7.9	0.0	8.2	3.6	0.44
30	Robert Keyes*		MRS	-0.7	1	3	.250	7.27	4	4	2	0	0	26.0	30	25	21	1	10	9	0	0	118	53	3.62	1.538	10.4	0.3	3.5	3.1	0.90
31	Charlie Shields*	20	CAG	-0.1	1	0	1.000	3.04	3	2	0	0	0	23.2	26	14	8	0	10	12	0	0	111	127	2.91	1.521	9.9	0.0	3.8	4.6	1.20
32	George Daniels		CC	0.2	1	2	.333	3.13	4	4	1	0	0	23.0	19	12	8	1	21	9	2	0	108	124	5.44	1.739	7.4	0.4	8.2	3.5	0.43
33	Eddie Locke	20	2TM	-0.3	2	1	.667	4.50	4	2	1	0	0	18.0	18	14	9	0	14	13	0	0	85	88	3.54	1.778	9.0	0.0	7.0	6.5	0.93
33	Eddie Locke	20	CAG	-0.2	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	3	2	0	1	3	0	0	10	51	1.15	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	13.5	3.00
33	Eddie Locke	20	CC	-0.1	2	1	.667	3.94	3	2	1	0	0	16.0	15	11	7	0	13	10	0	0	75	99	3.84	1.750	8.4	0.0	7.3	5.6	0.77
34	Satchel Davis	24	CBE	-0.7	1	2	.333	8.83	4	3	0	0	0	17.1	26	20	17	1	7	13	0	1	85	44	3.12	1.904	13.5	0.5	3.6	6.8	1.86
35	Jim Daniels		BBB	-0.1	1	1	.500	4.76	3	3	1	1	0	17.0	10	11	9	0	15	12	2	0	75	82	4.24	1.471	5.3	0.0	7.9	6.4	0.80
36	Johnny Johnson	27	CBE	-0.2	0	1	.000	5.40	2	1	1	0	0	11.2	13	9	7	0	4	5	0	1	56	73	2.83	1.457	10.0	0.0	3.1	3.9	1.25
37	Sylvester Snead	28	CC	0.3	1	1	.500	2.70	2	1	1	0	0	10.0	9	3	3	0	2	3	0	0	40	146	2.65	1.100	8.1	0.0	1.8	2.7	1.50
38	Bill Barnes	22	MRS	0.1	0	0		4.66	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	11	5	5	0	1	2	1	0	43	85	2.86	1.241	10.2	0.0	0.9	1.9	2.00
39	Willie Ferrell*	29	CAG	0.5	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	1	1	0	9.0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	29		2.77	0.444	3.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.00
40	Ted Radcliffe	40	CAG	0.4	0	1	.000	1.04	2	1	1	0	0	8.2	8	1	1	0	3	5	0	0	36	383	2.54	1.269	8.3	0.0	3.1	5.2	1.67	AS
41	Specs Ellis*		CC	-0.5	0	1	.000	7.88	3	1	0	0	0	8.0	16	11	7	0	1	2	0	0	41	51	2.53	2.125	18.0	0.0	1.1	2.3	2.00
42	Nap Gulley*	18	CBE	0.0	0	1	.000	5.63	1	1	1	0	0	8.0	9	5	5	0	6	3	0	1	38	71	4.15	1.875	10.1	0.0	6.8	3.4	0.50
43	Sonny Parker*		KCM	0.5	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	1	1	0	7.0	1	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	23		1.08	0.286	1.3	0.0	1.3	9.0	7.00
44	Brennan King	26	CC	-0.3	0	1	.000	10.50	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	6	10	7	0	6	6	0	1	34	39	3.65	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
45	Pepper Bassett	32	CC	0.3	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	8	0	0	0	2	5	0	1	22		1.85	2.000	14.4	0.0	3.6	9.0	2.50
46	Francis Jackson	39	CAG	0.3	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	20		3.45	1.000	5.4	0.0	3.6	1.8	0.50
47	Dan Bankhead	23	BBB	-0.1	0	0		6.00	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	3	2	0	2	2	0	0	15	72	3.32	2.000	12.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	1.00
48	Perry Hall	45	CC	-0.1	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	15	48	4.99	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	3.0	0.33
49	Henry Smith		CC	0.2	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	9		-0.35	0.375	3.4	0.0	0.0	13.5
50	Barney Higdon	25	CC	-0.3	0	0		19.29	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	7	5	5	2	0	2	0	0	14	23	12.08	3.000	27.0	7.7	0.0	7.7
51	Johnny Williams	25	BBB	-0.3	0	1	.000	10.80	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	4	5	2	0	3	1	0	0	14	44	6.85	4.200	21.6	0.0	16.2	5.4	0.33
52	Ulysses Evans	26	CC	-0.3	0	1	.000	36.00	1	1	0	0	0	1.0	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	15	2.65	6.000	54.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
53	Pepper Sharpe	24	MRS	-0.2	0	0		36.00	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	5	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	10	15	6.65	7.000	45.0	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
	League Average						.500	3.80																100	2.89	1.309	9.0	0.2	2.8	4.5	1.62

Player Standard Pitching Table
Rk	Player	Age	Team	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	FIP	WHIP	H9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB
1	Alfred Saylor	31	BBB	2	1	.667	2.42	3	3	0	2	0	0	26.0	23	9	7	0	8	0	6	0	0	101	0.76	1.192	8.0	2.8	2.1	0.75
2	Johnny Markham	34	BBB	1	1	.500	0.38	3	2	0	2	1	0	23.2	18	4	1	0	9	0	3	0	0	97		1.141	6.8	3.4	1.1	0.33
3	John Huber	35	BBB	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	1	0	1	1	0	13.2	3	0	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	49	1.38	0.512	2.0	2.6	3.3	1.25
4	Gentry Jessup	28	CAG	0	2	.000	2.08	2	2	0	1	0	0	13.0	10	3	3	0	3	0	5	1	0	47	2.81	1.000	6.9	2.1	3.5	1.67
5	Gready McKinnis*	29	BBB	0	2	.000	9.00	3	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	17	19	12	0	8	0	8	0	0	65		2.083	12.8	6.0	6.0	1.00
6	Gentry Jessup	28	BBB	0	0		4.15	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.2	10	5	4	0	3	0	3	2	0	44		1.500	10.4	3.1	3.1	1.00
7	Alvin Gipson	29	BBB	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	14		0.900	5.4	2.7	5.4	2.00
8	Willie Cornelius	36	CAG	0	0		6.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	2.65	1.333	12.0	0.0	0.0
	League Average					.500	2.53																		0.81	1.190	7.6	3.1	2.8	0.89