1944 New York Black Yankees Statistics

1943 Season 1945 Season

Record: 7-32-0, Finished 6th in Negro National League II

Manager: Harry Williams (10-38)

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	William Kelly		12	41	36	5	8	2	0	0	3	1		3		.222	.300	.278	.578	55	10		1	1
2	1B	Zack Clayton*	31	18	70	58	3	13	1	1	1	3	1		8		.224	.318	.328	.646	73	19		0	4
3	2B	Joe Spencer	24	9	35	32	3	7	1	0	0	1	0		2		.219	.265	.250	.515	38	8		0	1
4	SS	Rufus Baker?	25	15	54	47	5	11	0	1	0	0	3		5		.234	.321	.277	.597	60	13		1	1
5	3B	Charlie Rivera	31	13	48	45	2	11	2	0	0	2	0		3		.244	.292	.289	.581	55	13		0	0
6	LF	Doug Sydnor	24	7	28	26	2	5	0	0	0	2	0		1		.192	.222	.192	.415	11	5		0	1
7	CF	Marvin Barker	32	22	86	76	7	15	2	0	0	6	1		7		.197	.265	.224	.489	31	17		0	3
8	RF	Jim Williams	38	21	80	73	11	19	3	0	0	7	3		6		.260	.325	.301	.626	68	22		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	OF	Dan Wilson#	28	11	46	44	3	9	1	0	0	4	1		2		.205	.239	.227	.466	25	10		0	0
10	UT	Harry Williams	39	13	43	40	6	11	3	0	0	3	1		3		.275	.326	.350	.676	80	14		0	0
11	UT	Thad Christopher*	31	10	38	32	6	10	1	0	2	5	1		5		.313	.405	.531	.937	149	17		0	1
12	IF	Walter Hardy	18	7	23	21	0	5	1	0	0	3	0		1		.238	.273	.286	.558	49	6		0	1
13	C	Joe Royal	32	8	22	21	1	2	0	0	0	1	1		0		.095	.136	.095	.232	-37	2		1	0
14	IF	Flash Miller	34	6	21	19	0	4	1	0	0	3	0		1		.211	.250	.263	.513	37	5		0	1
15	3B	Curley Andrews		6	17	17	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		.118	.118	.118	.235	-37	2		0	0
16	OF	Dolly King?	30	4	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		.077	.143	.077	.220	-40	1		0	0
17	CI	Jim Starks	38	4	13	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		.167	.231	.167	.397	7	2		0	0
18	OF	David Whatley*	29	3	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		.200	.333	.200	.533	45	1		0	0
19	SS	Carter?		1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	34	1		0	0
20	1B	Felix Manning?	34	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
21	C	Walls?		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
22		Pitts?		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
23	P	Percy Forrest	27	8	21	20	3	4	1	0	0	2	0		0		.200	.200	.250	.450	20	5		0	1
24	P	Neck Stanley*	39	7	18	17	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		1		.118	.167	.118	.284	-23	2		0	0
25	P	Terris McDuffie	35	4	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.100	.100	.100	.200	-46	1		0	0
26	P	Connie Rector	52	4	9	8	0	4	0	0	0	1	0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	168	4		0	1
27	P	John McFarland?		7	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
28	P	Freddie Jackson?		1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	78	1		0	0
29	P	Jesse Brown*	30	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	1
30	P	Bill Russell?		3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
31	P	Specs Roberts?	36	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
		Team Totals	31.3	39	765	693	59	149	19	2	3	50	13		51		.215	.273	.261	.534	43	181		4	17
		Rank in 6 NN2 teams				6	6	6	6	6	6		4		6	1	6	6	6	6		6		6
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.9	39	694	626	55	137	18	2	3	44	13		50		.219	.281	.268	.549	47	168		4	14
		Pitcher Totals	35.4	39	71	67	4	12	1	0	0	6	0		1		.179	.191	.194	.385	3	13		0	3
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	Neck Stanley*	39	0	6	.000	7.80	7	6	1	5	0	0	47.1	74	46	41	1	16	2	20	0	0	0	235	56	3.12	1.901	14.1	0.2	3.0	3.8	1.25
2	SP	Percy Forrest	27	1	3	.250	7.71	7	5	2	2	0	0	46.2	69	45	40	2	25	0	12	1	0	2	227	57	4.40	2.014	13.3	0.4	4.8	2.3	0.48
3	SP	Terris McDuffie	35	0	3	.000	8.65	4	4	0	1	0	0	26.0	38	25	25	2	6	0	15	0	0	0	125	51	3.22	1.692	13.2	0.7	2.1	5.2	2.50
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	RP	Connie Rector	52	0	2	.000	3.32	4	2	1	2	0	0	19.0	22	13	7	0	10	0	10	0	0	0	88	133	3.21	1.684	10.4	0.0	4.7	4.7	1.00
5	RP	John McFarland?		1	4	.200	11.25	7	3	2	1	0	0	16.0	28	25	20	2	13	0	9	1	0	0	89	39	5.81	2.563	15.8	1.1	7.3	5.1	0.69
6	RP	Bill Russell?		0	0		5.14	3	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	8	6	4	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	32	89	4.25	1.429	10.3	1.3	2.6	5.1	2.00
7	RP	Specs Roberts	36	0	0		19.29	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	6	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	16	26	6.54	3.857	23.1	0.0	11.6	0.0	0.00
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
8		Freddie Jackson?		0	1	.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	9	3	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	36	150	3.57	1.111	9.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	4.00
9		Jesse Brown*	30	0	0		2.08	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	17	226	2.45	1.154	8.3	0.0	2.1	4.2	2.00
		Team Totals	35.8	2	19	.095	7.40	39	22	8	12	0	0	177.2	258	169	146	9	77	2	76	2	0	2	865	60	3.82	1.886	13.1	0.5	3.9	3.8	0.99
		Rank in 6 NN2 teams		6	3		6				6	6	6	6	1	3	3	2	1		6
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