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1945 Memphis Red Sox Statistics

1944 Season 1946 Season

Record: 20-66-2, Finished 6th in Negro American League

Manager: Larry Brown (26-61-2)

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	Casey Jones*	26	23	77	72	12	17	5	0	3	7	1		5		.236	.286	.431	.716	108	31		0	0		0
2	1B	Jim Canada*	33	20	74	66	6	13	1	0	0	5	1		6		.197	.264	.212	.476	40	14		0	2		0
3	2B	Fred Bankhead	32	20	86	74	17	19	2	2	0	7	2		9		.257	.353	.338	.691	103	25		2	1		0
4	SS	Leamon Johnson*	28	14	48	45	3	6	0	1	0	2	0		1		.133	.170	.178	.348	2	8		1	1		0
5	3B	Red Longley	35	23	85	76	5	16	1	1	0	11	0		5		.211	.259	.250	.509	49	19		0	4		0
6	LF	Fred McDaniel*	32	15	52	46	6	11	2	0	0	5	1		4		.239	.300	.283	.583	71	13		0	2		0
7	CF	Neil Robinson	37	21	90	81	15	27	6	0	4	17	1		7		.333	.400	.556	.956	178	45		2	0		1
8	RF	Cowan Hyde	38	15	69	66	8	14	1	4	0	7	0		2		.212	.235	.348	.584	69	23		0	1		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
9	UT	Jimmy Ford	32	15	55	51	6	12	3	1	1	4	0		3		.235	.278	.392	.670	95	20		0	1		0
10	OF	Verdell Mathis*	31	16	45	35	11	10	2	0	0	5	1		7		.286	.405	.343	.748	120	12		0	3		0
11	IF	Willie Wells	22	14	41	39	3	6	3	1	0	5	0		1		.154	.195	.282	.477	39	11		1	0		0
12	UT	John Oliver		8	31	28	4	5	0	0	0	1	0		3		.179	.258	.179	.437	29	5		0	0		0
13	MI	Buck Felder	29	8	16	13	2	2	2	0	0	1	0		3		.154	.313	.308	.620	82	4		0	0		0
14	1B	Jelly Taylor*	34	3	13	11	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		2		.273	.385	.273	.657	94	3		0	0		0
15	SS	T.J. Brown	29	2	9	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		.250	.333	.250	.583	72	2		0	0		0
16	C	Larry Brown#	43	6	9	8	1	3	1	0	0	2	0		1		.375	.444	.500	.944	176	4		0	0		0
17	OF	Nat Rogers*	51	4	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		.250	.333	.250	.583	72	2		0	0		0
18	OF	B.L. Brown?		3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
19		Joe Burt Scott*	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
20	OF	Daniels?		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			1.000				0		0	0		0
21	OF	Spike Garrett?		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	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
22	P	Frank Pearson	25	6	16	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	47	4		0	0		0
23	P	Al Jones		6	13	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		.111	.200	.222	.422	23	2		0	3		0
24	P	Felix Evans	34	3	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.182	.182	.182	.364	7	2		0	0		0
25	P	Edgar Chatman?	28	4	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1		.222	.300	.222	.522	54	2		0	0		0
26	P	Robert Keyes*		5	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.167	.000	.167	-49	0		0	0		0
27	P	Edgar Baker*		2	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.400	.400	.400	.800	134	2		0	0		0
28	P	Oscar Childs?		2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
29	P	Rufus Ligon?	42	4	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1		.333	.500	.333	.833	147	1		0	0		0
30	P	M. Johnson?		2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	486	1		0	0		0
		Team Totals	32.2	88	885	794	106	181	30	10	8	83	7		67		.228	.293	.321	.614	80	255		6	18		1
		Rank in 6 NAL teams				4	5	5	4	5	2		5		3	1	6	5	5	5		5		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	32.5	88	769	696	90	158	27	10	8	75	6		55		.227	.289	.329	.618	81	229		6	12		1
		Pitcher Totals	30.2	88	116	98	16	23	3	0	0	8	1		12		.235	.318	.265	.583	72	26		0	6		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

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
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	RP	Rufus Ligon*	42	1	0	1.000	6.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	13	8	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	38	71	2.81	1.556	13.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.00
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
2		Verdell Mathis*	31	2	2	.500	3.71	5	5	0	4	0	0	34.0	39	19	14	0	4	0	16	2	0	0	145	112	2.29	1.265	10.3	0.0	1.1	4.2	4.00
3		Al Jones		3	2	.600	4.54	6	4	2	2	0	0	33.2	43	24	17	1	7	0	9	0	0	1	153	91	3.18	1.485	11.5	0.3	1.9	2.4	1.29
4		Frank Pearson	25	1	2	.333	3.41	5	4	0	3	0	0	31.2	35	16	12	0	3	0	12	1	0	0	134	121	2.32	1.200	9.9	0.0	0.9	3.4	4.00
5		Edgar Chatman	28	1	2	.333	3.49	4	3	1	2	0	0	28.1	26	14	11	1	12	0	14	0	0	1	124	119	3.44	1.341	8.3	0.3	3.8	4.4	1.17
6		Felix Evans	34	1	2	.333	7.03	3	3	0	2	0	0	24.1	27	21	19	0	14	0	12	0	0	0	115	59	3.44	1.685	10.0	0.0	5.2	4.4	0.86
7		Robert Keyes*		0	2	.000	4.26	3	2	1	1	0	0	12.2	15	14	6	2	11	0	1	0	0	1	66	99	7.20	2.053	10.7	1.4	7.8	0.7	0.09
8		Edgar Baker*		0	2	.000	10.50	2	2	0	1	0	0	12.0	18	16	14	1	6	0	14	0	1	2	62	40	2.95	2.000	13.5	0.8	4.5	10.5	2.33
9		Oscar Childs?		0	0		9.64	2	0	2	0	0	0	9.1	23	15	10	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	51	44	4.74	2.893	22.2	1.0	3.9	2.9	0.75
10		M. Johnson?		0	1	.000	18.00	2	1	1	0	0	1	3.0	5	7	6	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	19	26	11.37	3.333	15.0	3.0	15.0	3.0	0.20
		Team Totals	30.2	9	15	.375	5.23	88	24	9	15	0	1	198.0	244	154	115	7	67	0	83	3	1	5	907	80	3.38	1.571	11.1	0.3	3.0	3.8	1.24
		Rank in 6 NAL teams		6	1		6				4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	2		5
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