1947 Negro American League Standard Pitching

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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	8	27.6	5.69	5	11	.313	4.98	16	16	10	6	0	0	1	137.1	172	91	76	8	48	0	71	6	0	0	628	98	3.58	1.602	11.3	0.5	3.1	4.7	1.48
Chicago American Giants	10	29.6	6.79	9	20	.310	5.57	29	29	15	14	2	2	3	248.2	285	197	154	10	127	1	132	14	0	8	1159	87	3.84	1.657	10.3	0.4	4.6	4.8	1.04
Cleveland Buckeyes	11	30.4	5.76	14	7	.667	4.40	21	21	10	11	2	2	2	178.0	194	121	87	8	71	0	93	9	0	5	801	118	3.56	1.489	9.8	0.4	3.6	4.7	1.31
Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	14	29.7	6.23	9	21	.300	5.03	30	30	12	18	0	0	1	245.1	304	187	137	14	88	0	98	7	2	2	1140	97	3.78	1.598	11.2	0.5	3.2	3.6	1.11
Kansas City Monarchs	13	30.3	5.38	39	26	.600	4.33	65	65	27	38	3	3	4	549.1	597	350	264	14	240	0	343	26	0	6	2511	112	3.21	1.524	9.8	0.2	3.9	5.6	1.43
Memphis Red Sox	11	30.3	6.62	9	11	.450	5.37	21	21	8	13	0	0	0	179.1	213	139	107	8	91	0	102	7	0	5	844	91	3.76	1.695	10.7	0.4	4.6	5.1	1.12
League Average	11	29.9	5.96	14	16	.470	4.83	30	30	14	17	1	1	2	256	294	181	138	10	111	0	140	12	0	4	1180	101	3.54	1.580	10.3	0.4	3.9	4.9	1.26
	65	29.9	5.96	85	96	.470	4.83	182	182	82	100	7	7	11	1538.0	1765	1085	825	62	665	1	839	69	2	26	7083	101	3.54	1.580	10.3	0.4	3.9	4.9	1.26

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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	Jim LaMarque*	26	KCM	2.5	10	3	.769	3.17	17	15	2	12	1	1	122.0	125	63	43	0	35	0	85	5	0	0	531	152	2.27	1.311	9.2	*0.0*	2.6	6.3	2.43
2	Hilton Smith	40	KCM	0.3	7	4	.636	5.47	13	8	5	6	0	0	75.2	104	54	46	2	13	0	25	3	0	0	343	88	2.99	1.546	12.4	0.2	*1.5*	3.0	1.92
3	Connie Johnson	24	KCM	-1.2	4	3	.571	7.13	13	7	3	4	0	0	64.1	88	65	51	6	46	0	29	3	0	2	331	68	5.27	2.083	12.3	0.8	6.4	4.1	0.63
4	Ford Smith	28	KCM	2.6	6	3	.667	2.00	9	7	2	5	2	0	63.0	47	18	14	2	27	0	32	1	0	0	256	241	3.41	1.175	6.7	0.3	3.9	4.6	1.19	AS
5	Johnny Williams	29	IC	1.2	5	2	.714	3.43	8	7	1	7	0	1	60.1	68	34	23	0	11	0	20	2	0	0	261	141	2.66	1.309	10.1	*0.0*	1.6	3.0	1.82	AS
6	Ted Alexander	34	KCM	0.8	3	2	.600	3.33	11	7	2	3	0	0	54.0	49	31	20	0	19	0	34	2	0	0	236	145	2.58	1.259	8.2	*0.0*	3.2	5.7	1.79
7	Riley Stewart	28	CAG	0.2	2	2	.500	5.57	11	6	3	3	0	1	53.1	61	41	33	3	21	0	22	3	0	5	241	87	3.93	1.538	10.3	0.5	3.5	3.7	1.05
8	Steve Wylie	36	2TM	0.2	2	3	.400	5.51	12	4	6	1	0	1	49.0	54	35	30	1	32	0	30	3	0	0	231	88	3.86	1.755	9.9	0.2	5.9	5.5	0.94
8	Steve Wylie	36	KCM	0.3	2	3	.400	5.20	10	4	4	1	0	0	45.0	50	30	26	1	27	0	28	3	0	0	210	93	3.72	1.711	10.0	0.2	5.4	5.6	1.04
8	Steve Wylie	36	CAG	-0.1	0	0		9.00	2	0	2	0	0	1	4.0	4	5	4	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	21	58	5.43	2.250	9.0	0.0	11.3	4.5	0.40
9	Earl Bumpus*	33	CAG	0.0	0	5	.000	6.10	10	4	3	3	0	1	41.1	57	34	28	0	25	1	22	2	0	2	209	79	3.57	1.984	12.4	*0.0*	5.4	4.8	0.88
10	Cannonball Berry	35	KCM	-0.2	2	3	.400	5.22	16	3	8	1	0	3	39.2	52	32	23	2	18	0	24	2	0	0	196	93	3.63	1.765	11.8	0.5	4.1	5.4	1.33
11	Dan Bankhead	27	MRS	0.7	1	1	.500	4.30	5	3	2	3	0	0	37.2	35	22	18	0	19	0	34	1	0	4	174	113	2.46	1.434	8.4	0.0	4.5	8.1	1.79	AS
12	Gentry Jessup	32	CAG	1.6	2	1	.667	2.72	5	5	0	2	2	0	36.1	22	12	11	0	20	0	24	1	0	0	147	178	3.09	1.156	5.4	*0.0*	5.0	5.9	1.20	AS
13	Webbo Clarke*	19	CBE	1.0	4	0	*1.000*	2.75	4	4	0	4	1	0	36.0	36	16	11	0	12	0	21	1	0	0	156	176	2.59	1.333	9.0	*0.0*	3.0	5.3	1.75	AS
14	Leonard Johnson	27	CAG	-0.7	0	6	.000	8.00	9	5	1	2	0	0	36.0	54	39	32	3	18	0	18	1	0	0	174	61	4.34	2.000	13.5	0.8	4.5	4.5	1.00
15	Doc Bracken	32	CBE	0.2	4	1	.800	4.65	6	4	2	2	0	0	31.0	30	21	16	2	26	0	21	1	0	0	152	104	4.77	1.806	8.7	0.6	7.5	6.1	0.81
16	John Huber	39	2TM	-0.5	1	4	.200	7.55	7	3	4	2	0	0	31.0	53	32	26	1	15	0	9	1	1	0	163	65	4.06	2.194	15.4	0.3	4.4	2.6	0.60
16	John Huber	39	MRS	-0.4	0	3	.000	9.00	5	2	3	2	0	0	20.0	33	22	20	1	13	0	6	1	0	0	106	54	4.83	2.300	14.9	0.5	5.9	2.7	0.46
16	John Huber	39	IC	-0.1	1	1	.500	4.91	2	1	1	0	0	0	11.0	20	10	6	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	57	101	2.68	2.000	16.4	0.0	1.6	2.5	1.50
17	Jim Colzie	26	IC	-0.2	1	3	.250	6.46	5	5	0	2	0	0	30.2	45	27	22	2	16	0	16	0	0	1	154	75	4.04	1.989	13.2	0.6	4.7	4.7	1.00
18	Jimmie Newberry	28	BBB	0.7	1	2	.333	4.25	7	3	4	2	0	0	29.2	34	17	14	0	7	0	16	1	0	0	132	114	2.41	1.382	10.3	*0.0*	2.1	4.9	2.29
19	Preacher Henry	36	IC	0.3	0	4	.000	5.52	5	4	1	3	0	0	29.1	37	20	18	3	11	0	8	0	0	0	132	88	4.58	1.636	11.4	0.9	3.4	2.5	0.73
20	Walter McCoy	24	CAG	0.1	1	3	.250	4.55	6	3	1	1	0	0	27.2	32	21	14	3	12	0	19	3	0	0	133	107	4.34	1.590	10.4	1.0	3.9	6.2	1.58
21	Gene Richardson*	19	KCM	1.1	3	0	*1.000*	*1.33*	3	3	0	3	0	0	27.0	19	8	4	0	13	0	29	3	0	0	117	*364*	2.30	1.185	6.3	*0.0*	4.3	*9.7*	2.23
22	Eugene Bremer	30	CBE	-0.7	2	1	.667	8.44	7	2	4	0	0	1	26.2	39	29	25	3	11	0	9	1	0	1	129	58	4.81	1.875	13.2	1.0	3.7	3.0	0.82
23	Manuel Godínez	26	IC	0.0	1	2	.333	5.88	4	3	1	2	0	0	26.0	34	21	17	3	5	0	11	2	0	0	118	83	4.14	1.500	11.8	1.0	1.7	3.8	2.20
24	Clarence Locke	36	CAG	-0.2	2	1	.667	5.04	4	3	0	3	0	0	25.0	28	23	14	1	12	0	13	3	0	0	118	96	3.96	1.600	10.1	0.4	4.3	4.7	1.08
25	Alonzo Perry	25	BBB	0.3	0	3	.000	6.00	5	3	1	0	0	0	24.0	26	17	16	1	15	0	9	0	0	0	109	81	4.34	1.708	9.8	0.4	5.6	3.4	0.60
26	Bill Powell	28	BBB	1.1	3	0	*1.000*	2.63	3	3	0	2	0	0	24.0	26	8	7	2	8	0	22	1	0	0	108	185	3.05	1.417	9.8	0.8	3.0	8.3	2.75
27	Alonzo Boone	39	CBE	0.4	1	1	.500	2.70	3	3	1	1	0	0	23.1	21	13	7	1	4	0	10	1	0	3	97	180	3.02	1.071	8.1	0.4	1.5	3.9	2.50
28	Pepper Sharpe	28	MRS	0.3	2	0	1.000	4.15	3	3	0	2	0	0	21.2	28	14	10	0	8	0	7	0	0	1	101	117	3.14	1.662	11.6	0.0	3.3	2.9	0.88
29	Felix Evans	36	MRS	0.3	1	1	.500	3.43	3	2	1	2	0	0	21.0	24	13	8	1	4	0	17	3	0	0	96	142	2.68	1.333	10.3	0.4	1.7	7.3	4.25
30	Juan Guilbe	33	IC	0.4	0	2	.000	3.98	3	3	0	2	0	0	20.1	22	12	9	3	14	0	11	0	0	0	100	122	5.58	1.770	9.7	1.3	6.2	4.9	0.79
31	Chet Brewer	40	CBE	0.9	1	2	.333	0.90	4	4	0	2	1	0	20.0	13	5	2	0	5	0	12	0	0	0	78	542	2.23	0.900	5.9	0.0	2.3	5.4	2.40	AS
32	Gene Collins*	22	KCM	-0.5	1	1	.500	8.10	4	3	0	1	0	0	20.0	21	22	18	1	25	0	23	2	0	1	114	60	5.08	2.300	9.5	0.5	11.3	10.4	0.92
33	Nat Pollard	32	BBB	0.0	0	2	.000	5.85	3	2	1	1	0	0	20.0	30	17	13	2	6	0	5	2	0	0	95	83	4.68	1.800	13.5	0.9	2.7	2.3	0.83
34	Satchel Paige	40	KCM	0.5	0	2	.000	2.37	5	4	1	1	0	0	19.0	19	8	5	0	2	0	18	0	0	1	74	206	1.10	1.105	9.0	0.0	0.9	8.5	9.00
35	Jay Heard*	27	BBB	0.5	1	2	.333	2.89	4	3	0	1	0	0	18.2	19	10	6	1	8	0	8	1	0	0	80	169	3.96	1.446	9.2	0.5	3.9	3.9	1.00
36	Ladd White	29	MRS	0.0	0	2	.000	4.34	2	2	0	0	0	0	18.2	16	15	9	1	10	0	12	0	0	0	85	112	3.69	1.393	7.7	0.5	4.8	5.8	1.20
37	Harry Rhodes*	24	CAG	-0.2	2	2	.500	6.38	6	3	3	0	0	0	18.1	20	17	13	0	11	0	10	1	0	1	88	77	3.55	1.691	9.8	0.0	5.4	4.9	0.91
38	Tomás Quiñones	27	IC	0.2	0	2	.000	4.08	4	2	2	0	0	0	17.2	17	12	8	0	7	0	8	1	0	1	78	120	3.13	1.358	8.7	0.0	3.6	4.1	1.14
39	Verdell Mathis*	33	MRS	-0.2	1	1	.500	7.16	3	3	0	1	0	0	16.1	19	15	13	2	16	0	9	1	0	0	73	68	6.29	2.143	10.5	1.1	8.8	5.0	0.56
40	Laymon Ramsey	29	MRS	0.3	2	1	.667	4.41	3	3	0	2	0	0	16.1	19	10	8	0	8	0	8	0	0	0	77	111	3.16	1.653	10.5	0.0	4.4	4.4	1.00
41	Armando Vázquez*	25	IC	-0.3	1	1	.500	6.32	3	2	1	1	0	0	15.2	22	17	11	2	3	0	7	2	0	0	75	77	4.40	1.596	12.6	1.1	1.7	4.0	2.33
42	Frank Pearson	27	MRS	0.1	1	1	.500	4.50	2	2	0	1	0	0	14.0	17	10	7	1	5	0	3	0	0	0	63	109	4.25	1.571	10.9	0.6	3.2	1.9	0.60
43	Carrenza Howard	33	IC	-0.2	0	2	.000	6.92	2	2	0	1	0	0	13.0	16	13	10	0	7	0	6	0	0	0	64	71	3.37	1.769	11.1	0.0	4.8	4.2	0.86
44	Satchel Davis	28	CBE	0.1	1	0	1.000	2.19	3	2	1	1	0	1	12.1	12	8	3	1	2	0	6	3	0	0	53	225	3.97	1.135	8.8	0.7	1.5	4.4	3.00
45	Larry Napoleon*	25	KCM	0.1	1	0	1.000	3.75	3	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	12	8	5	0	8	0	12	1	0	0	59	131	2.93	1.667	9.0	0.0	6.0	9.0	1.50
46	Clyde Williams*	27	CBE	-0.6	0	1	.000	8.44	4	1	0	0	0	0	10.2	19	17	10	1	5	0	3	0	0	1	54	59	4.74	2.250	16.0	0.8	4.2	2.5	0.60
47	Curtis Hollingsworth*	30	BBB	0.2	0	1	.000	5.40	4	0	3	0	0	1	10.0	13	6	6	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	45	92	3.98	1.400	11.7	0.9	0.9	2.7	3.00
48	James Brown	28	IC	-0.2	0	1	.000	6.52	2	0	2	0	0	0	9.2	9	11	7	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	43	76	4.23	1.345	8.4	0.9	3.7	4.7	1.25
49	Sam Jones	21	CBE	0.1	0	1	.000	3.38	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	11	5	3	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	35	148	2.18	1.625	12.4	0.0	2.3	5.6	2.50
50	Samuel Williams	24	BBB	-0.2	0	1	.000	9.45	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	13	8	7	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	34	53	1.63	2.100	17.6	0.0	1.4	6.8	5.00
51	Johnnie Scroggins	24	KCM	-0.3	0	2	.000	9.00	2	2	0	1	0	0	6.0	9	8	6	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	31	56	2.84	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	6.0	1.33
52	Spoon Carter	44	MRS	0.0	1	0	1.000	6.35	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	9	5	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	28	80	4.09	1.765	14.3	1.6	1.6	6.4	4.00	AS
53	Jesse Warren	32	CAG	0.0	0	0		7.94	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	7	5	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	24	64	3.03	1.588	11.1	0.0	3.2	3.2	1.00
54	Hosea Allen	28	IC	-0.2	0	1	.000	6.75	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	6	7	4	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	27	75	3.24	1.688	10.1	0.0	5.1	5.1	1.00
55	Herman Purcell	23	MRS	-0.2	0	0		6.75	2	1	1	0	0	0	5.1	7	7	4	1	5	0	1	1	0	0	27	75	8.11	2.250	11.8	1.7	8.4	1.7	0.20
56	Bill Barnes	26	IC	0.3	0	0		1.93	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	21	266	5.25	1.714	7.7	0.0	7.7	0.0	0.00
57	Orinthal Anderson	26	BBB	-0.3	0	0		14.54	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.1	11	8	7	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	25	35	5.68	3.000	22.8	2.1	4.2	6.2	1.50
58	George Jefferson	24	CBE	0.2	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	5	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	17		3.18	1.750	11.3	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
59	John Brown	28	CBE	0.2	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	12		3.34	0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
60	Walter Jones	29	CBE	-0.2	0	0		15.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	7	6	5	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	18	35	3.34	2.667	21.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
61	James Wilson		MRS	-0.2	0	1	.000	20.25	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	6	6	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	14	27	4.18	3.000	20.3	0.0	6.8	3.4	0.50
62	Joe Greene	35	KCM	-0.1	0	0		10.80	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	3	2	0	4	0	0	1	0	2	13	53	11.68	3.600	10.8	0.0	21.6	0.0	0.00
63	Henry Merchant*	29	IC	-0.1	0	0		18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	35	5.68	5.000	36.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
64	Tom Turner	32	CAG	0.1	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4		5.68	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
65	Hoss Walker	42	IC	0.1	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		2.68	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	League Average						.500	4.80																			100	3.54	1.580	10.3	0.4	3.9	4.9	1.26

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	Eugene Smith	31	CBE	0	1	.000	1.62	2	2	0	1	0	0	16.2	15	6	3	0	12	0	10	1	0	83	1.620	8.1	0.0	6.5	5.4	0.83
2	Doc Bracken	32	CBE	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	9.0	6	5	1	0	7	0	5	0	1	37	1.444	6.0	0.0	7.0	5.0	0.71
3	Eugene Bremer	30	CBE	0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	12	9	6	1	4	0	1	0	0	39	2.000	13.5	1.1	4.5	1.1	0.25
4	Chet Brewer	40	CBE	0	0		6.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.0	8	5	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	26	1.500	12.0	0.0	1.5	3.0	2.00
5	Satchel Davis	28	CBE	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
6	Sam Jones	21	CBE	0	1	.000	67.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	4	6	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	7	9.000	54.0	0.0	27.0	13.5	0.50
7	Webbo Clarke*	19	CBE	0	0			1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	5						0.00
	League Average					.500	4.61																		1.878	11.0	0.2	5.9	4.2	0.70