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1948 Negro American League Standard Pitching

Other Leagues: Major Leagues, AL, NL, NN2

Pennant Winner: Birmingham Black Barons

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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Birmingham Black Barons	7	27.0	4.72	22	7	.759	3.75	29	29	14	15	3	3	2	244.2	275	137	102	11	83	152	5	0	6	1093	129	3.18	1.463	10.1	0.4	3.1	5.6	1.83
Chicago American Giants	10	28.6	7.62	3	10	.231	6.81	13	13	8	5	0	0	0	108.1	150	99	82	4	49	61	6	0	7	528	73	3.63	1.837	12.5	0.3	4.1	5.1	1.24
Cleveland Buckeyes	9	27.4	6.45	8	13	.381	5.15	22	22	10	12	0	0	0	183.1	212	142	105	10	92	101	12	1	1	879	95	4.07	1.658	10.4	0.5	4.5	5.0	1.10
Indianapolis Clowns	13	23.2	6.45	5	23	.179	5.46	31	31	13	18	0	0	0	245.2	303	200	149	12	90	108	9	0	3	1139	90	3.72	1.600	11.1	0.4	3.3	4.0	1.20
Kansas City Monarchs	8	27.6	5.13	27	18	.600	3.92	47	47	17	30	3	3	5	401.2	402	241	175	11	166	291	24	0	12	1786	123	3.08	1.414	9.0	0.2	3.7	6.5	1.75
Memphis Red Sox	8	33.7	7.69	5	8	.385	6.42	13	13	9	4	0	0	1	110.2	145	100	79	9	59	46	1	1	0	537	77	4.61	1.843	11.8	0.7	4.8	3.7	0.78
League Average	9	27.3	5.93	12	13	.470	4.81	26	26	12	14	1	1	1	216	248	153	115	10	90	126	10	0	5	994	101	3.54	1.565	10.3	0.4	3.7	5.3	1.41
	55	27.3	5.93	70	79	.470	4.81	155	155	71	84	6	6	8	1294.1	1487	919	692	57	539	759	57	2	29	5962	101	3.54	1.565	10.3	0.4	3.7	5.3	1.41

Player Standard Pitching

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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*	27	KCM	3.2	9	4	.692	3.20	16	13	3	12	1	1	118.0	117	52	42	3	24	0	80	8	0	3	495	151	2.55	1.195	8.9	0.2	1.8	6.1	3.33	AS,AS
2	Hilton Smith	41	KCM	0.7	4	2	.667	3.96	11	7	3	4	0	0	63.2	72	39	28	2	22	0	39	1	0	1	285	122	3.03	1.476	10.2	0.3	3.1	5.5	1.77
3	Alonzo Perry	26	BBB	0.4	5	2	.714	4.41	11	9	1	5	0	0	63.1	75	44	31	5	22	0	28	3	0	2	292	110	4.08	1.532	10.7	0.7	3.1	4.0	1.27
4	Webbo Clarke*	20	CBE	1.3	5	3	.625	3.47	9	8	1	6	0	0	62.1	58	35	24	2	26	0	29	6	1	0	279	140	3.78	1.348	8.4	0.3	3.8	4.2	1.12	AS
5	Jimmie Newberry	29	BBB	1.7	6	2	.750	2.62	13	4	6	1	0	1	58.1	70	25	17	1	12	0	33	1	0	3	257	184	2.52	1.406	10.8	0.2	1.9	5.1	2.75
6	Gene Collins*	23	KCM	0.0	4	4	.500	4.66	11	7	3	4	1	1	56.0	33	43	29	0	60	0	62	5	0	2	270	104	4.03	1.661	*5.3*	*0.0*	9.6	*10.0*	1.03
7	Ford Smith	29	KCM	1.6	4	2	.667	2.43	8	7	1	6	1	1	55.2	49	24	15	0	13	0	41	5	0	3	229	200	2.26	1.114	7.9	*0.0*	2.1	6.6	3.15
8	Willie Cathey*		IC	0.6	1	4	.200	5.01	10	5	5	2	0	0	55.2	61	39	31	3	15	0	40	2	0	0	245	97	2.94	1.365	9.9	0.5	2.4	6.5	2.67
9	Bill Powell	29	BBB	1.9	5	1	.833	2.79	7	7	0	5	2	0	51.2	45	19	16	3	17	0	40	0	0	0	214	174	2.95	1.200	7.8	0.5	3.0	7.0	2.35	AS
10	Jim Cohen	30	IC	1.0	1	4	.200	3.47	7	6	1	5	0	0	49.1	47	29	19	1	15	0	17	0	0	1	211	140	3.24	1.257	8.6	0.2	2.7	3.1	1.13	AS
11	Connie Johnson	25	KCM	0.6	3	1	.750	4.02	10	4	4	3	0	2	47.0	53	28	21	2	19	0	29	2	0	3	213	120	3.42	1.532	10.1	0.4	3.6	5.6	1.53
12	Bill Greason	23	BBB	0.6	3	2	.600	4.44	8	5	2	4	1	1	46.2	53	29	23	0	22	0	34	1	0	1	216	109	2.78	1.607	10.2	*0.0*	4.2	6.6	1.55
13	Gene Richardson*	20	KCM	0.6	2	3	.400	3.43	8	5	3	1	0	0	44.2	47	27	17	1	17	0	37	0	0	0	198	141	2.53	1.433	9.5	0.2	3.4	7.5	2.18
14	Johnny Williams	30	IC	-0.1	1	4	.200	6.02	7	4	2	4	0	0	40.1	44	35	27	2	16	0	11	5	0	0	191	80	4.42	1.488	9.8	0.4	3.6	2.5	0.69
15	Chet Brewer	41	CBE	-0.4	0	3	.000	6.11	5	4	1	3	0	0	35.1	48	34	24	0	14	0	22	0	0	0	172	79	2.70	1.755	12.2	*0.0*	3.6	5.6	1.57
16	Luis Cabrera	29	IC	0.6	2	2	.500	4.09	5	5	0	3	0	0	33.0	39	20	15	1	11	0	16	2	0	1	145	119	3.36	1.515	10.6	0.3	3.0	4.4	1.45
17	Spoon Carter	45	MRS	0.1	3	2	.600	5.79	8	5	2	2	0	0	32.2	42	27	21	1	15	0	9	0	0	0	155	84	3.98	1.745	11.6	0.3	4.1	2.5	0.60	AS,AS
18	Riley Stewart	29	CAG	-0.3	1	1	.500	7.30	4	1	3	1	0	0	24.2	31	27	20	0	12	0	18	3	0	2	124	67	3.12	1.743	11.3	*0.0*	4.4	6.6	1.50
19	Eugene Smith	32	CBE	-0.2	1	2	.333	7.50	4	4	0	2	0	0	24.0	31	22	20	3	17	0	16	1	0	1	124	65	5.30	2.000	11.6	1.1	6.4	6.0	0.94
20	Gentry Jessup	33	CAG	0.3	1	3	.250	6.00	4	3	1	3	0	0	24.0	28	18	16	1	10	0	14	0	0	0	114	81	3.38	1.583	10.5	0.4	3.8	5.3	1.40	AS
21	Verdell Mathis*	34	MRS	0.2	1	2	.333	5.57	4	3	1	1	0	0	21.0	25	16	13	2	11	0	16	0	1	0	98	88	4.04	1.714	10.7	0.9	4.7	6.9	1.45
22	Sam Jones	22	CBE	-0.4	1	2	.333	8.00	4	2	2	0	0	0	18.0	23	21	16	1	16	0	12	0	0	0	95	61	4.81	2.167	11.5	0.5	8.0	6.0	0.75
23	Andy Porter	37	IC	-0.1	0	3	.000	6.06	3	3	0	1	0	0	16.1	23	15	11	2	5	0	7	0	0	1	78	81	4.41	1.714	12.7	1.1	2.8	3.9	1.40
24	Roberto Vargas*	19	CAG	0.3	0	1	.000	5.51	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.1	23	12	10	0	4	0	7	2	0	0	75	89	3.00	1.653	12.7	0.0	2.2	3.9	1.75	AS
25	Sam Woods	27	MRS	0.1	0	1	.000	6.06	4	2	2	0	0	1	16.1	16	13	11	1	11	0	8	0	0	0	80	81	4.59	1.653	8.8	0.6	6.1	4.4	0.73
26	Felix Evans	37	MRS	-0.4	1	1	.500	8.44	4	1	2	1	0	0	16.0	28	19	15	1	8	0	8	1	0	0	84	58	4.26	2.250	15.8	0.6	4.5	4.5	1.00
27	Leonard Johnson	28	KCM	-0.8	1	2	.333	12.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	27	25	20	2	7	0	3	2	0	0	82	41	5.89	2.267	16.2	1.2	4.2	1.8	0.43
28	Samuel Williams	25	BBB	0.1	1	0	1.000	4.50	3	2	0	0	0	0	14.0	16	10	7	2	6	0	10	0	0	0	61	109	4.47	1.571	10.3	1.3	3.9	6.4	1.67
29	Pepper Sharpe	29	MRS	0.2	0	2	.000	4.85	3	1	1	0	0	0	13.0	14	9	7	3	5	0	3	0	0	0	57	102	6.45	1.462	9.7	2.1	3.5	2.1	0.60
30	Walter Gibbons	19	IC	-0.3	0	1	.000	9.00	3	2	1	1	0	0	13.0	27	15	13	1	6	0	5	0	0	0	72	55	4.37	2.538	18.7	0.7	4.2	3.5	0.83
31	Frank Carswell	27	CBE	-0.1	0	2	.000	7.11	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.2	20	12	10	2	5	0	6	1	0	0	64	69	5.28	1.974	14.2	1.4	3.6	4.3	1.20
32	John Brown	29	CBE	0.7	0	0		0.73	4	0	4	0	0	0	12.1	4	2	1	0	6	0	8	3	0	0	51	676	3.65	0.811	2.9	0.0	4.4	5.8	1.33
33	Ladd White	30	IC	0.0	0	1	.000	3.97	2	2	0	1	0	0	11.1	18	10	5	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	55	125	3.55	2.029	14.3	0.0	4.0	2.4	0.60
34	Earl Bumpus*	34	CAG	0.1	1	1	.500	7.59	2	1	1	0	0	0	10.2	17	9	9	1	6	0	7	0	0	0	51	65	4.35	2.156	14.3	0.8	5.1	5.9	1.17
35	Harry Rhodes*	25	CAG	0.0	0	2	.000	5.59	3	1	1	0	0	0	9.2	15	9	6	0	5	0	3	1	0	3	49	89	4.00	2.069	14.0	0.0	4.7	2.8	0.60
36	Sack Morgan*		MRS	-0.2	0	0		6.52	2	1	0	0	0	0	9.2	13	11	7	1	8	0	1	0	0	0	50	76	6.38	2.172	12.1	0.9	7.4	0.9	0.13
37	Clarence Locke	37	CAG	-0.2	0	1	.000	8.68	3	2	1	1	0	0	9.1	21	11	9	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	52	57	3.19	2.679	20.3	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
38	Eugene Bremer	31	CBE	0.1	0	1	.000	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	14	6	2	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	44	249	2.31	1.667	14.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	5.00
39	Earnest Long	20	CBE	0.0	1	0	1.000	5.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	11	7	5	1	6	0	2	0	0	0	44	100	5.76	1.889	11.0	1.0	6.0	2.0	0.33
40	Manuel Godínez	27	IC	-0.2	0	1	.000	9.72	3	1	2	0	0	0	8.1	15	10	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	39	51	5.40	1.800	16.2	2.2	0.0	2.2
41	José Velásquez		IC	0.2	0	1	.000	2.25	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	7	4	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	34	222	3.63	1.250	7.9	0.0	3.4	1.1	0.33
42	Ángel García*	25	IC	-0.2	0	0		9.45	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	10	10	7	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	36	53	3.36	2.100	13.5	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
43	Jay Heard*	28	BBB	0.1	2	0	1.000	4.26	7	1	5	0	0	0	6.1	10	4	3	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	30	119	1.65	1.737	14.2	0.0	1.4	7.1	5.00
44	Rafaelito Ortiz	33	CAG	0.0	0	0		6.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	8	5	4	1	3	0	5	0	0	1	29	84	4.76	1.833	12.0	1.5	4.5	7.5	1.67
45	Gardner		CAG	0.3	0	1	.000	3.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	22	169	4.42	0.833	6.0	1.5	1.5	4.5	3.00
46	Nat Pollard	33	BBB	-0.2	0	0		10.38	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	6	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	23	50	3.91	2.077	12.5	0.0	6.2	4.2	0.67
47	Bill Blair*	26	IC	-0.4	0	1	.000	20.25	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.2	8	8	6	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	19	27	5.76	4.500	27.0	0.0	13.5	6.8	0.50
48	Raúl Sánchez	20	MRS	-0.2	0	0		22.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	7	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	13	25	3.26	4.000	31.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
49	Tincy Jamerson	17	KCM	-0.1	0	0		16.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	4	3	3	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	14	35	19.56	4.800	21.6	5.4	21.6	0.0	0.00
50	Freddie Shepard	32	CAG	-0.1	0	0		20.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	29	9.51	3.750	13.5	0.0	20.3	0.0	0.00
51	George Jefferson	25	CBE	-0.2	0	0		40.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	3	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	18	23.76	6.000	40.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	1.00
52	Preacher Henry	37	IC	-0.1	0	1	.000	27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	26	20.76	7.500	13.5	0.0	54.0	0.0	0.00
53	Taylor Smith		CAG	-0.2	0	0		81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	12	11.76	6.000	27.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
54	Jimmie Bennett	28	IC	-0.2	0	0		54.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	3	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	17	20.76	15.000	81.0	0.0	54.0	0.0	0.00
	League Average						.500	4.81																			100	3.54	1.565	10.3	0.4	3.7	5.3	1.41

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	BK	WP	BF	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB
1	Jim LaMarque*	27	KCM	1	1	.500	2.92	3	3	0	0	0	0	24.2	27	10	8	0	8	0	22	2	0	0	109	2.19	1.419	9.9	0.0	2.9	8.0	2.75
2	Bill Greason	23	BBB	2	1	.667	0.78	3	2	1	1	0	0	23.0	16	6	2	2	9	1	13	0	0	1	92	3.93	1.087	6.3	0.8	3.5	5.1	1.44
3	Jimmie Newberry	29	BBB	1	2	.333	2.41	4	1	3	1	0	0	18.2	14	5	5	1	3	0	15	1	0	0	77	1.63	0.911	6.8	0.5	1.4	7.2	5.00
4	Ford Smith	29	KCM	0	1	.000	4.30	4	1	3	1	0	1	14.2	19	9	7	1	6	0	10	0	0	1	66	3.51	1.705	11.7	0.6	3.7	6.1	1.67
5	Bill Powell	29	BBB	0	0		5.59	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	9	7	6	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	43	2.03	1.241	8.4	0.0	2.8	7.4	2.67
6	Gene Richardson*	20	KCM	2	1	.667	0.93	3	0	3	0	0	0	9.2	6	1	1	0	4	0	9	0	0	0	38	2.14	1.034	5.6	0.0	3.7	8.4	2.25
7	Samuel Williams	25	BBB	0	1	.000	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.1	14	5	5	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	38	2.16	1.800	15.1	0.0	1.1	4.3	4.00
8	Gene Collins*	23	KCM	0	0		4.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	5	4	4	1	10	0	6	1	0	0	40	7.01	1.875	5.6	1.1	11.3	6.8	0.60
9	Alonzo Perry	26	BBB	0	0		4.50	2	2	0	1	0	0	8.0	9	6	4	1	4	0	6	1	0	0	38	4.76	1.625	10.1	1.1	4.5	6.8	1.50
10	Connie Johnson	25	KCM	0	0		6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	3	3	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	19	3.76	1.750	6.8	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
11	Jay Heard*	28	BBB	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.76	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	League Average					.500	3.14																			3.06	1.349	8.5	0.4	3.6	6.8	1.87