1944 Negro American League Standard Pitching

Other Leagues: Major Leagues, AL, NL, NN2

Pennant Winner: Birmingham Black Barons

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

Negro League team records include only league games. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black Baseball teams. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. Negro Leagues Data: Frequently Asked Questions (NEW)

Team Standard Pitching

Team Standard Pitching Table
Tm	#P	PAge	RA/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	tSho	cSho	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Birmingham Black Barons	15	29.2	4.39	13	20	.394	3.64	33	33	13	19	3	3	1	279.1	269	145	113	9	76	1	127	10	0	0	1187	96	3.11	1.235	8.7	0.3	2.4	4.1	1.67
Chicago American Giants	9	24.4	4.59	7	15	.318	3.58	22	22	4	17	0	0	0	186.0	191	101	74	2	54	0	86	8	0	4	802	98	2.90	1.317	9.2	0.1	2.6	4.2	1.59
Cleveland Buckeyes	10	28.7	4.12	13	11	.542	3.77	24	24	7	17	1	1	1	200.1	220	99	84	3	57	0	86	2	1	3	854	93	2.90	1.383	9.9	0.1	2.6	3.9	1.51
Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	12	30.2	4.44	14	13	.519	3.54	27	27	10	16	1	1	1	226.0	238	120	89	3	64	2	99	1	0	3	971	99	2.84	1.336	9.5	0.1	2.5	3.9	1.55
Kansas City Monarchs	12	32.3	4.34	26	24	.520	3.31	50	50	23	25	5	4	5	438.1	390	217	161	2	161	3	285	8	0	4	1870	105	2.60	1.257	8.0	0.0	3.3	5.9	1.77
Memphis Red Sox	11	26.4	3.67	13	14	.481	2.82	27	27	8	18	2	2	3	236.1	216	99	74	3	75	2	137	8	0	1	1006	124	2.74	1.231	8.2	0.1	2.9	5.2	1.83
League Average	10	29.2	4.27	14	16	.470	3.42	30	30	11	19	2	2	2	261	254	130	99	4	81	1	137	6	0	2	1115	102	2.82	1.284	8.8	0.1	2.8	4.7	1.68
	59	29.2	4.27	86	97	.470	3.42	183	183	65	112	12	11	11	1566.1	1524	781	595	22	487	8	820	37	1	15	6690	102	2.82	1.284	8.8	0.1	2.8	4.7	1.68

Player Standard Pitching

✨Upgraded✨

Regular Season

Playoffs

Player Standard Pitching Table
Rk	Player	Age	Team	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB	Awards
1	Alfred Saylor	32	BBB	-0.8	5	6	.455	3.77	15	11	3	8	0	0	102.2	115	56	43	5	13	0	32	2	0	0	427	91	3.13	1.247	10.1	0.4	*1.1*	2.8	2.46
2	Satchel Paige	37	KCM	3.9	6	4	.600	1.10	16	16	0	6	3	0	98.1	62	17	12	0	27	3	105	1	0	1	379	313	*1.40*	*0.905*	*5.7*	*0.0*	2.5	*9.6*	*3.89*
3	Gentry Jessup	29	CAG	1.4	5	6	.455	2.68	11	11	0	10	0	0	94.0	89	37	28	0	21	0	48	3	0	0	385	128	2.43	1.170	8.5	*0.0*	2.0	4.6	2.29	AS
4	Verdell Mathis*	30	MRS	1.7	7	2	.778	2.85	11	9	1	8	1	0	79.0	76	32	25	3	23	0	56	2	0	0	335	121	2.71	1.253	8.7	0.3	2.6	6.4	2.43	AS
5	Willie Jefferson	40	CBE	0.6	4	5	.444	4.01	11	8	3	6	0	1	67.1	76	33	30	1	17	0	33	0	1	3	286	86	2.65	1.381	10.2	0.1	2.3	4.4	1.94
6	Jack Matchett	36	KCM	-0.3	3	3	.500	3.88	10	7	2	5	0	1	65.0	70	35	28	0	17	0	30	0	0	0	277	89	2.54	1.338	9.7	*0.0*	2.4	4.2	1.76
7	Alvin Gipson	30	BBB	-0.1	2	6	.250	3.73	11	8	2	5	1	1	62.2	57	30	26	0	19	0	34	3	0	0	266	92	2.65	1.213	8.2	*0.0*	2.7	4.9	1.79
8	George Jefferson	21	CBE	2.1	2	3	.400	1.78	9	5	3	4	0	0	60.2	50	17	12	1	8	0	27	0	0	0	231	193	2.40	0.956	7.4	0.1	1.2	4.0	3.38
9	Booker McDaniel	30	KCM	0.6	4	4	.500	1.87	13	4	8	3	0	2	57.2	44	23	12	0	22	0	51	0	0	1	246	184	2.06	1.145	6.9	*0.0*	3.4	8.0	2.32
10	Antonio Ruiz	33	CC	-0.2	2	3	.400	2.60	10	6	3	4	0	1	52.0	58	28	15	2	11	2	23	0	0	0	215	133	2.93	1.327	10.0	0.3	1.9	4.0	2.09
11	Roosevelt Davis	39	CC	0.6	5	2	.714	2.82	7	7	0	4	1	0	51.0	48	20	16	0	15	0	37	0	0	0	212	122	2.11	1.235	8.5	*0.0*	2.6	6.5	2.47
12	Hilton Smith	37	KCM	-0.4	2	5	.286	3.44	9	6	3	3	0	1	49.2	45	29	19	0	17	0	18	0	0	0	214	100	2.98	1.248	8.2	*0.0*	3.1	3.3	1.06
13	Porter Moss	34	MRS	1.3	2	4	.333	2.42	9	6	3	3	0	1	48.1	35	17	13	0	11	0	36	2	0	0	197	143	2.00	0.952	6.5	*0.0*	2.0	6.7	3.27
14	Eddie Locke	21	KCM	-0.1	3	1	.750	3.33	10	4	2	3	0	0	46.0	39	24	17	0	17	0	20	2	0	0	196	104	3.05	1.217	7.6	*0.0*	3.3	3.9	1.18
15	Willie Hutchinson	29	MRS	1.4	2	2	.500	2.66	9	5	3	4	1	1	44.0	36	14	13	0	16	0	13	1	0	1	177	130	3.25	1.182	7.4	*0.0*	3.3	2.7	0.81
16	Eugene Bremer	27	CBE	1.3	4	2	.667	2.41	6	6	0	6	1	0	41.0	38	13	11	0	21	0	10	1	0	0	181	143	3.80	1.439	8.3	*0.0*	4.6	2.2	0.48	AS
17	Jim LaMarque*	23	KCM	-0.7	2	3	.400	4.91	6	3	2	2	1	0	40.1	45	27	22	0	13	0	21	5	0	2	185	70	2.98	1.438	10.0	*0.0*	2.9	4.7	1.62
18	Johnny Williams	26	2TM	0.2	2	3	.400	3.86	8	3	5	1	0	0	30.1	24	13	13	0	8	0	7	0	0	0	123	91	3.01	1.055	7.1	*0.0*	2.4	2.1	0.88
18	Johnny Williams	26	BBB	0.1	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9		2.68	0.375	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
18	Johnny Williams	26	CC	0.1	2	3	.400	4.23	7	3	4	1	0	0	27.2	23	13	13	0	8	0	7	0	0	0	114	82	3.04	1.120	7.5	0.0	2.6	2.3	0.88
19	John Huber	36	BBB	-0.5	0	3	.000	4.03	5	4	1	1	0	0	29.0	25	19	13	1	8	0	9	2	0	0	129	86	3.54	1.138	7.8	0.3	2.5	2.8	1.13
20	Robert Keyes*		MRS	1.1	1	2	.333	*0.64*	3	3	0	2	0	0	28.0	23	8	2	0	10	2	8	1	0	0	123	*540*	3.29	1.179	7.4	*0.0*	3.2	2.6	0.80
21	Steve Wylie	33	2TM	-1.0	2	1	.667	6.43	7	3	3	1	0	0	28.0	32	25	20	0	19	0	18	0	0	0	134	55	3.43	1.821	10.3	*0.0*	6.1	5.8	0.95
21	Steve Wylie	33	KCM	-0.7	2	1	.667	5.84	6	3	3	1	0	0	24.2	27	20	16	0	17	0	15	0	0	0	115	60	3.53	1.784	9.9	0.0	6.2	5.5	0.88
21	Steve Wylie	33	MRS	-0.2	0	0		10.80	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	5	5	4	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	19	36	2.68	2.100	13.5	0.0	5.4	8.1	1.50
22	Gready McKinnis*	30	2TM	-0.9	0	5	.000	5.53	5	5	0	1	0	0	27.2	38	25	17	0	15	0	9	2	0	3	136	64	3.87	1.916	12.4	*0.0*	4.9	2.9	0.60	AS
22	Gready McKinnis*	30	BBB	-0.1	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	3	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	22	84	5.93	2.250	9.0	0.0	11.3	2.3	0.20
22	Gready McKinnis*	30	CAG	-0.8	0	4	.000	5.70	4	4	0	1	0	0	23.2	34	22	15	0	10	0	8	2	0	3	114	61	3.53	1.859	12.9	0.0	3.8	3.0	0.80
23	Earl Bumpus*	30	2TM	-0.3	2	1	.667	5.00	5	4	1	2	0	1	27.0	25	17	15	0	15	0	11	0	0	0	119	71	3.53	1.481	8.3	*0.0*	5.0	3.7	0.73
23	Earl Bumpus*	30	KCM	-0.5	1	1	.500	6.50	4	3	1	1	0	1	18.0	17	14	13	0	14	0	10	0	0	0	82	54	3.90	1.722	8.5	0.0	7.0	5.0	0.71
23	Earl Bumpus*	30	BBB	0.1	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	8	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	37	179	2.79	1.000	8.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.00
24	Al Jones		2TM	-0.4	0	3	.000	3.60	4	3	0	3	0	0	25.0	26	18	10	1	9	0	13	0	0	0	108	98	3.24	1.400	9.4	0.4	3.2	4.7	1.44
24	Al Jones		CAG	-0.4	0	2	.000	3.71	3	2	0	2	0	0	17.0	19	13	7	1	8	0	9	0	0	0	79	95	3.80	1.588	10.1	0.5	4.2	4.8	1.13
24	Al Jones		MRS	0.0	0	1	.000	3.38	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	7	5	3	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	29	107	2.06	1.000	7.9	0.0	1.1	4.5	4.00
25	Fay Washington	29	BBB	0.2	1	2	.333	2.92	3	3	0	1	0	0	24.2	17	10	8	2	14	0	21	1	0	0	100	119	3.86	1.257	6.2	0.7	5.1	7.7	1.50
26	Edgar Chatman	27	MRS	0.0	0	3	.000	3.60	3	3	0	0	0	0	20.0	23	12	8	0	8	0	14	1	0	0	95	97	2.63	1.550	10.4	*0.0*	3.6	6.3	1.75
27	Dean Thomas	31	KCM	-0.3	0	2	.000	5.21	3	2	1	0	0	0	19.0	20	13	11	2	10	0	5	0	0	0	88	67	5.10	1.579	9.5	0.9	4.7	2.4	0.50
28	Henry Merchant*	26	CC	0.1	1	1	.500	1.00	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	16	8	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	75	350	2.57	1.000	8.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.00
29	Lázaro Medina	21	CC	-0.1	0	2	.000	4.76	2	2	0	2	0	0	17.0	23	10	9	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	77	74	1.92	1.353	12.2	0.5	0.0	6.9
30	Willie Burns*	28	CC	0.1	1	0	1.000	3.38	2	2	0	1	0	0	16.0	15	7	6	0	7	0	2	1	0	3	66	104	3.93	1.375	8.4	0.0	3.9	1.1	0.29
31	Pepper Sharpe	25	CAG	-0.6	0	2	.000	7.20	4	2	1	1	0	0	15.0	16	15	12	0	6	0	10	2	0	1	71	49	2.95	1.467	9.6	0.0	3.6	6.0	1.67
32	Frank Carswell	23	CBE	-0.7	1	1	.500	11.48	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.1	29	18	17	0	2	0	11	0	0	0	67	31	1.48	2.325	19.6	0.0	1.4	7.4	5.50
33	Ted Alexander	31	KCM	0.4	2	0	*1.000*	2.19	2	2	0	1	0	0	12.1	8	3	3	0	6	0	8	0	0	0	48	162	2.84	1.135	5.8	0.0	4.4	5.8	1.33
34	Pepper Bassett	33	CC	-0.7	0	2	.000	10.22	2	2	0	1	0	0	12.1	21	18	14	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	65	35	3.09	1.946	15.3	0.0	2.2	1.5	0.67
35	Leroy Sutton	23	CAG	0.4	1	0	1.000	2.19	3	1	0	1	0	0	12.1	15	3	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	53	162	2.52	1.378	10.9	0.0	1.5	2.9	2.00
36	Jimmie Newberry	25	BBB	0.1	1	0	1.000	3.18	3	1	2	1	0	0	11.1	8	4	4	0	6	1	6	0	0	0	52	112	3.21	1.235	6.4	0.0	4.8	4.8	1.00
37	Willie McCrary		2TM	0.2	2	0	*1.000*	2.38	3	1	0	0	0	0	11.1	13	4	3	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	45	155	2.95	1.412	10.3	0.0	2.4	2.4	1.00
37	Willie McCrary		CBE	-0.1	1	0	1.000	6.75	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	14	56	2.93	1.250	9.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.00
37	Willie McCrary		CC	0.3	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	9	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	31		2.95	1.500	11.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.00
38	Lovell Harden	26	CBE	-0.2	1	0	1.000	4.35	2	1	0	1	0	0	10.1	13	8	5	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	49	82	4.23	1.452	11.3	0.9	1.7	2.6	1.50
39	Alonzo Boone	36	2TM	0.3	1	0	1.000	1.74	2	2	0	1	1	0	10.1	7	2	2	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	40	213	3.07	1.065	6.1	0.0	3.5	3.5	1.00
39	Alonzo Boone	36	CBE	-0.1	0	0		13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	3	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	9	34	7.93	4.500	20.3	0.0	20.3	6.8	0.33
39	Alonzo Boone	36	BBB	0.4	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	31		2.35	0.556	4.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	3.00
40	Dan Bankhead	24	BBB	0.3	2	0	*1.000*	1.86	2	1	1	1	1	0	9.2	6	2	2	0	3	0	15	0	0	0	38	192	0.51	0.931	5.6	0.0	2.8	14.0	5.00
41	Specs Roberts	36	CC	0.3	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	6	2	2	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	39	179	4.57	1.444	6.0	0.0	7.0	2.0	0.29
42	Johnny Smith*	27	CAG	0.4	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	33		2.90	0.444	3.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.00
43	Buck Thomas*		CAG	-0.3	0	1	.000	7.88	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	9	8	7	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	39	46	5.68	1.750	10.1	1.1	5.6	2.3	0.40
44	Johnny Markham	35	BBB	-0.1	0	0		3.52	2	0	2	0	0	0	7.2	9	4	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	34	103	2.29	1.304	10.6	0.0	1.2	3.5	3.00
45	Weedy Edwards	18	CC	-0.2	1	0	1.000	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	8	5	5	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	34	54	3.73	1.950	10.8	0.0	6.8	5.4	0.80
46	Specs Ellis*		BBB	-0.5	0	1	.000	10.13	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.1	11	8	6	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	30	37	6.62	2.813	18.6	1.7	6.8	3.4	0.50
47	Cornelius Cook*	34	CC	-0.3	0	0		10.80	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	8	7	6	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	25	34	2.08	1.800	14.4	0.0	1.8	5.4	3.00
48	Lloyd Davenport*	32	CAG	0.1	0	0		3.60	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	21	103	1.88	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	3.6		AS
49	Garcia Massingale	16	KCM	0.2	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14		2.18	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	2.3
50	Albert Overton	40	CC	0.1	0	0		2.25	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	18	169	4.93	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.00
51	Malone		KCM	-0.4	0	0		21.60	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	11	12	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	26	18	2.98	3.600	29.7	0.0	2.7	2.7	1.00
52	Felix Evans	33	MRS	-0.2	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	30	3.81	2.250	16.9	0.0	3.4	0.0	0.00
53	Rufus Ligon*	41	MRS	-0.1	0	0		7.71	2	0	1	0	0	1	2.1	5	2	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	13	53	4.82	3.000	19.3	0.0	7.7	7.7	1.00
54	Ollie West	30	CAG	0.1	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7		3.18	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
55	John Brown	25	CBE	-0.1	0	0		10.80	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	40	4.48	3.000	21.6	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00
56	Tom Hunter		BBB	-0.3	0	1	.000	27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	5	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	8	18	11.68	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
57	Les Henderson		MRS	0.0	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4		4.18	3.000	13.5	0.0	13.5	13.5	1.00
58	Pee Wee Jenkins*	21	BBB	-0.1	0	0		13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	42	2.68	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
59	Willie McMeans		CBE	-0.2	0	0		27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	3	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	21	11.68	7.500	40.5	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
	League Average						.500	3.42																			100	2.82	1.284	8.8	0.1	2.8	4.7	1.68

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	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB
1	Alfred Saylor	32	BBB	0	2	.000	5.84	2	2	0	1	0	0	12.1	15	10	8	0	4	0	5	1	0	57	1.541	10.9	0.0	2.9	3.6	1.25
2	Earl Bumpus*	30	BBB	0	1	.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	11	9	3	0	6	0	6	1	2	47	1.889	11.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	1.00
3	John Huber	36	BBB	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	6	0	0	33	0.778	3.0	0.0	4.0	6.0	1.50
4	Johnny Markham	35	BBB	0	1	.000	7.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	13	8	7	3	4	0	5	0	1	45	1.889	13.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	1.25
5	Alonzo Boone	36	BBB	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	17	1.500	7.7	0.0	5.8	0.0	0.00
	League Average					.500	3.68																		1.523	9.4	0.6	4.3	4.5	1.05