1944 Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns Statistics

1943 Season 1945 Season

Record: 49-41-0, Finished 2nd in Negro American League

Manager: Hoss Walker (48-36-1)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Buster Haywood	34	15	43	41	4	10	1	1	0	6	0		2		.244	.279	.317	.596	83	13		0	0
2	1B	Armando Vázquez*	22	27	99	89	11	26	0	1	1	9	2		10		.292	.364	.348	.712	119	31		0	0
3	2B	Fermín Valdés	33	16	58	52	7	13	1	0	0	4	2		4		.250	.304	.269	.573	76	14		0	2
4	SS	Hoss Walker	39	15	49	42	5	5	1	0	0	1	2		5		.119	.229	.143	.372	15	6		1	1
5	3B	Alex Radcliff	38	18	73	65	9	22	4	1	1	10	1		8		.338	.411	.477	.888	173	31		0	0
6	LF	Leovigildo Xiqués	26	24	103	95	13	29	3	1	0	12	7		7		.305	.353	.358	.711	119	34		0	1
7	CF	Rafael Cabrera	19	17	58	51	5	11	0	1	0	4	1		5		.216	.286	.255	.541	67	13		0	2
8	RF	Johnny Ray*	32	27	115	100	13	19	1	0	0	4	0		12		.190	.289	.200	.489	51	20		2	1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	IF	Henry Smith		21	90	79	6	17	5	0	0	8	1		5		.215	.262	.278	.540	66	22		0	6
10	OF	Henry Merchant*	26	18	73	64	11	15	2	1	0	5	0		6		.234	.310	.297	.607	87	19		1	2
11	C	Pepper Bassett#	33	9	34	30	3	7	2	0	0	7	0		3		.233	.303	.300	.603	86	9		0	1
12	MI	Jack Marshall	35	8	31	26	9	11	1	0	0	3	0		3		.423	.483	.462	.944	191	12		0	2
13	C	Sam Hairston	24	9	28	25	3	7	1	0	1	8	0		2		.280	.333	.440	.773	137	11		0	1
14	IF	Walter Cannady	42	6	15	11	1	1	1	0	0	1	1		4		.091	.333	.182	.515	60	2		0	0
15	IF	Bad News Hall?	29	2	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1		.125	.222	.125	.347	8	1		0	0
16	OF	Art Pennington#	21	2	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1		.125	.222	.125	.347	8	1		0	0
17	C	Harry Jeffries		1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	105	1		0	0
18		Dave Harper	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			1.000				0		0	0
19		John Henry McQueen	28	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	516	1		0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
20	P	Antonio Ruiz	33	12	29	24	4	7	1	1	0	2	0		5		.292	.414	.417	.830	155	10		0	0
21	P	Roosevelt Davis	39	7	22	22	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.045	.045	.045	.091	-72	1		0	0
22	P	Johnny Williams	26	9	12	12	2	4	1	0	0	1	0		0		.333	.333	.417	.750	130	5		0	0
23	P	Lázaro Medina*	21	2	7	7	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0		.286	.286	.429	.714	119	3		0	0
24	P	Willie Burns*	28	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	23	1		0	0
25	P	Weedy Edwards?	18	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
26	P	Specs Roberts?	36	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	105	1		0	1
27	P	Willie McCrary?		2	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	105	1		0	0
28	P	Cornelius Cook?	34	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.500	.000	.500	57	0		0	0
29	P	Albert Overton?	40	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	516	1		0	0
		Team Totals	29.8	90	981	872	109	215	26	7	3	93	17		85		.247	.316	.303	.619	91	264		4	20
		Rank in 6 NAL teams				4	3	3	4	4	3		3		2	4	5	3	5	5		3		5
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.6	90	892	790	102	197	23	6	3	84	17		79		.249	.321	.305	.626	93	241		4	19
		Pitcher Totals	31.6	90	89	82	7	18	3	1	0	9	0		6		.220	.273	.280	.553	70	23		0	1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	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/W
1	SP	Antonio Ruiz	33	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
2	SP	Roosevelt Davis	39	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
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	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/W
3	RP	Johnny Williams	26	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
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	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/W
4		Henry Merchant*	26	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
5		Lázaro Medina	21	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
6		Willie Burns*	28	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
7		Pepper Bassett	33	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
8		Specs Roberts	36	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
9		Willie McCrary		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
10		Weedy Edwards?	18	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
11		Cornelius Cook*	34	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
12		Albert Overton?	40	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
		Team Totals	31.5	14	13	.519	3.54	90	27	10	16	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
		Rank in 6 NAL teams		1	4		3				6	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3		4
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	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/W