1948 Negro American League Standard Fielding

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Pennant Winner: Birmingham Black Barons

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Team Fielding

Team Fielding Table
Tm	#Fld	RA/G	DefEff	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
Birmingham Black Barons	18	1.47	.644	93	176	2204.0	1084	734	295	55	21	.949
Chicago American Giants	23	1.03	.599	96	78	975.0	487	325	136	26	14	.947
Cleveland Buckeyes	27	1.35	.646	105	133	1650.0	839	549	243	47	11	.944
Indianapolis Clowns	31	1.89	.641	106	186	2211.0	1117	736	323	58	18	.948
Kansas City Monarchs	19	2.32	.652	104	283	3624.0	1812	1203	518	91	34	.950
Memphis Red Sox	24	0.89	.638	112	78	996.0	482	332	124	26	4	.946
League Average	24	1.49	.641	103	156	1943	970	646	273	50	17	.948
	142	1.49	.641	616	934	11660.0	5821	3879	1639	303	102	.948

Player Standard Fielding

Player Standard Fielding Table
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	Pos Summary
1	Gene Baker	23	KCM		46		391.2	231	91	120	20	17	.913	4.49	SS-2B
2	Harry Barnes	32	MRS		0		12.0	8	6	1	1	0	.875	3.50	C
3	Pepper Bassett	37	BBB		13		116.0	91	80	8	3	1	.967	6.77	C
4	Hank Baylis	25	CAG		9		66.1	17	5	12	0	1	1.000	1.70	3B-2B
5	Herman Bell	33	BBB		16		128.2	102	96	5	1	0	.990	6.31	C
6	Jimmie Bennett	28	IC		1		0.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	P
7	Bill Blair	26	IC		1		2.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.00	P
8	Bob Boyd	28	MRS		13		110.2	118	112	3	3	4	.975	8.85	1B
9	Eugene Bremer	31	CBE		1		9.0	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	4.00	P
10	Chet Brewer	41	CBE		4		35.1	13	4	8	1	0	.923	2.40	P
11	John Britton	29	BBB		29		243.2	73	28	41	4	3	.945	2.38	3B
12	John Brown	29	CBE		0		12.1	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	0.75	P
13	Earl Bumpus	34	CAG		3		29.1	21	17	3	1	3	.952	5.00	1B-P
14	Luis Cabrera	29	IC		5		33.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.60	P
15	Rafael Cabrera	23	IC		0		6.2	6	3	0	3	0	.500	3.00	SS
16	Frank Carswell	27	CBE		3		12.2	6	1	5	0	0	1.000	2.00	P
17	Marlin Carter	35	CAG		6		54.1	17	11	6	0	1	1.000	2.13	3B-1B
18	Spoon Carter	45	MRS		5		32.2	9	1	5	3	0	.667	0.75	P
19	Willie Cathey		IC		5		55.2	11	0	10	1	1	.909	1.00	P
20	Webbo Clarke	20	CBE		8		62.1	23	7	16	0	2	1.000	2.56	P
21	Jim Cohen	30	IC		6		49.1	10	1	9	0	1	1.000	1.43	P
22	José Colás	24	MRS		0		1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	SS
23	Collins		MRS		0		0.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	P
24	Gene Collins	23	KCM		7		56.1	17	1	12	4	0	.765	1.18	P
25	Alex Colthirst	29	IC		2		19.0	13	3	7	3	2	.769	2.00	SS
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	Pos Summary
26	Tom Cooper		KCM		29		239.0	261	240	13	8	17	.969	8.43	1B-C-2B
27	Johnnie Cowan	35	MRS		11		92.2	49	28	19	2	3	.959	4.27	2B
28	Piper Davis	30	BBB		28		232.2	190	90	86	14	15	.926	5.87	2B-1B-3B
29	Felix Evans	37	MRS		1		15.2	7	0	6	1	0	.857	1.50	P
30	Benny Felder	21	IC		9		68.0	37	10	23	4	3	.892	3.30	SS
31	Coco Ferrer	33	IC		22		176.2	92	34	51	7	4	.924	3.86	SS-2B-3B
32	Angel García	25	IC		0		6.2	3	0	2	1	0	.667	2.00	P
33	Gardner		CAG		0		6.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.00	P
34	Walter Gibbons	19	IC		2		13.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.67	P
35	Manuel Godínez	27	IC		1		8.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.33	P
36	Bill Greason	23	BBB		5		46.2	11	1	9	1	0	.909	1.25	P
37	Joe Greene	36	CBE		7		61.0	42	37	4	1	0	.976	5.86	C
38	Wiley Griggs	23	BBB		5		35.0	23	12	10	1	1	.957	3.67	2B
39	Sam Hairston	28	IC		31		245.2	162	116	40	6	4	.963	4.88	3B-C-1B
40	George Handy	28	MRS		2		13.0	14	7	6	1	1	.929	6.50	2B
41	Tommy Harris	24	CBE		16		131.1	97	82	11	4	1	.959	5.81	C-3B
42	Buster Haywood	38	IC		6		62.2	31	28	1	2	0	.935	2.42	C
43	Jay Heard	28	BBB		1		8.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.29	P
44	Preacher Henry	37	IC		0		0.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	P
45	Tincy Jamerson	17	KCM		1		1.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	P
46	George Jefferson	25	CBE		0		0.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	P
47	Gentry Jessup	33	CAG		3		24.0	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.00	P
48	Connie Johnson	25	KCM		4		47.0	11	0	10	1	0	.909	1.00	P
49	Leonard Johnson	28	KCM		3		15.0	7	0	7	0	0	1.000	2.33	P
50	Casey Jones	29	MRS		13		93.2	65	56	7	2	0	.969	4.85	C
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	Pos Summary
51	Sam Jones	22	CBE		3		18.0	6	0	6	0	0	1.000	1.50	P
52	Cecil Jordan		MRS		0		3.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.00	SS
53	Leon Kellman	29	CBE		17		143.1	64	28	35	1	3	.984	3.50	3B-2B
54	Jim LaMarque	27	KCM		13		118.0	44	5	38	1	3	.977	2.69	P
55	Clarence Locke	37	CAG		2		9.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.33	P
56	Earnest Long	20	CBE		0		9.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.67	P
57	Bernell Longest	29	CBE		1		9.0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00	2B
58	Verdell Mathis	34	MRS		3		21.1	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.00	P
59	Clyde McNeal	19	CAG		13		107.1	86	47	36	3	10	.965	5.93	2B-SS
60	Henry Merchant	30	IC		4		24.0	30	29	1	0	1	1.000	7.50	1B
61	Cándido Morales	33	MRS		3		25.0	8	5	3	0	0	1.000	2.67	3B
62	Sack Morgan		MRS		1		9.2	3	0	1	2	0	.333	0.50	P
63	Ray Neil	27	IC		25		197.2	134	58	68	8	13	.940	5.04	2B
64	Clyde Nelson	26	CBE		10		89.2	49	26	17	6	2	.878	3.58	3B-2B-1B
65	Jimmie Newberry	29	BBB		5		58.1	15	1	13	1	0	.933	1.08	P
66	Buck O'Neil	36	KCM		21		188.2	217	205	11	1	11	.995	9.39	1B
67	Rafaelito Ortiz	33	CAG		1		6.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	P
68	Nat Peeples	22	MRS		0		5.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	C
69	Jim Pendleton	24	CAG		12		104.0	86	35	41	10	9	.884	5.85	SS
70	Luis Pérez		IC		8		65.0	32	11	20	1	3	.969	3.44	3B
71	Alonzo Perry	26	BBB		10		75.1	27	15	10	2	2	.926	1.92	P-1B
72	Leonard Pigg	28	IC		18		123.0	85	68	14	3	2	.965	4.32	C
73	Nat Pollard	33	BBB		1		4.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	P
74	Andy Porter	38	IC		3		16.1	7	1	5	1	1	.857	2.00	P
75	Bill Powell	29	BBB		7		51.2	14	3	11	0	0	1.000	2.00	P
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	Pos Summary
76	Henry Presswood	26	CBE		4		34.0	27	12	15	0	0	1.000	5.40	SS
77	Chico Renfroe	25	CBE		20		157.1	100	39	50	11	5	.890	4.45	SS-3B-2B
78	Bill Reynolds	19	CBE		12		108.1	81	28	46	7	3	.914	5.29	2B-3B
79	Harry Rhodes	25	CAG		1		9.2	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	P
80	Gene Richardson	20	KCM		5		44.1	14	2	11	1	1	.929	1.63	P
81	Curt Roberts	18	KCM		45		384.2	252	122	118	12	22	.952	5.22	2B-1B
82	Neil Robinson	40	MRS		2		20.0	6	2	4	0	1	1.000	2.00	3B
83	Bienvenido Rodríguez	21	CAG		3		17.2	11	7	2	2	0	.818	2.25	C
84	Raúl Sánchez	20	MRS		0		2.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.00	P
85	Joe Scott	30	BBB		25		210.2	235	214	11	10	15	.957	9.00	1B
86	Pepper Sharpe	29	MRS		1		13.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.33	P
87	Freddie Shepard	32	CAG		1		1.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	P
88	Al Smith	20	CBE		1		8.0	5	3	2	0	0	1.000	5.00	SS
89	Eugene Smith	32	CBE		4		24.0	7	2	4	1	0	.857	1.50	P
90	Ford Smith	29	KCM		8		62.2	25	7	14	4	3	.840	2.33	P-1B
91	Hilton Smith	41	KCM		7		63.2	13	1	12	0	0	1.000	1.18	P
92	Taylor Smith		CAG		0		0.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	P
93	Herb Souell	35	KCM		46		392.2	135	36	90	9	7	.933	2.74	3B
94	Riley Stewart	29	CAG		1		24.2	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.75	P
95	Ted Strong	31	IC		3		21.0	14	6	7	1	1	.929	4.33	SS
96	Earl Taborn	25	KCM		44		370.2	339	293	36	10	3	.971	7.48	C
97	Goose Tatum	30	IC		20		158.2	192	178	9	5	7	.974	9.35	1B
98	Hank Thompson	22	KCM		4		36.0	27	10	14	3	3	.889	4.80	SS-2B-3B
99	Jake Tolbert		CAG		2		25.0	28	24	1	3	1	.893	5.00	C
100	Quincy Trouppe	35	CAG		8		65.2	59	47	10	2	2	.966	7.13	C
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	Pos Summary
101	Roberto Vargas	19	CAG		3		16.1	5	0	5	0	0	1.000	1.67	P
102	Orlando Varona	22	MRS		7		60.2	35	18	15	2	1	.943	3.30	SS-3B
103	José Velásquez		IC		1		8.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.00	P
104	Archie Ware	30	CBE		22		174.2	199	182	14	3	7	.985	8.91	1B
105	Jesse Warren	33	MRS		1		9.0	2	0	1	1	0	.500	1.00	3B
106	Willie Wells	25	MRS		10		77.0	47	18	25	4	2	.915	3.58	SS-2B-3B
107	Willie Wells	43	MRS		3		30.2	9	2	7	0	0	1.000	2.25	3B
108	Jim West	43	IC		0		11.0	10	10	0	0	1	1.000	5.00	1B
109	Ladd White	30	IC		2		11.1	5	0	4	1	0	.800	2.00	P
110	John Williams	26	CAG		10		82.2	82	73	6	3	8	.963	7.90	1B
111	Johnny Williams	30	IC		4		40.1	14	2	11	1	0	.929	1.86	P
112	Koney Williams		IC		7		49.1	32	11	17	4	0	.875	4.00	SS-3B
113	Samuel Williams	25	BBB		2		14.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.33	P
114	Artie Wilson	27	BBB		29		244.2	140	52	82	6	15	.957	4.62	SS
115	Sam Woods	27	MRS		2		16.1	6	0	6	0	0	1.000	1.50	P