1945 Newark Eagles Statistics

1944 Season 1946 Season

Record: 27-22-0, Finished 2nd in Negro National League II

Managers: Willie Wells (11-10) and Biz Mackey (18-13)

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	Biz Mackey#	47	18	64	55	5	15	1	1	1	8	0		8		.273	.365	.382	.747	109	21		0	1		0
2	1B	Lennie Pearson	27	19	75	71	15	23	2	3	2	13	0		4		.324	.360	.521	.881	145	37		0	0		0
3	2B	Charlie Humber	31	17	67	58	4	14	1	0	0	4	1		5		.241	.313	.259	.571	60	15		1	3		0
4	SS	Murray Watkins*	29	22	104	91	10	18	1	0	0	5	4		10		.198	.284	.209	.493	39	19		1	2		0
5	3B	Cotton Williams	28	13	54	49	9	14	0	1	1	6	0		5		.286	.352	.388	.740	106	19		0	0		0
6	LF	Sidney Williams?	30	9	26	24	3	8	4	0	1	2	1		2		.333	.385	.625	1.010	180	15		0	0		0
7	CF	Johnny Davis	28	21	87	74	14	25	9	0	4	20	0		11		.338	.430	.622	1.052	192	46		1	1		1
8	RF	Bob Harvey*	27	21	86	79	13	21	3	0	1	13	0		6		.266	.318	.342	.659	84	27		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	Fran Matthews*	28	12	52	46	8	11	0	1	1	4	1		4		.239	.314	.348	.662	85	16		1	1		0
10	IF	Norman Banks		10	35	33	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		2		.121	.171	.121	.293	-18	4		0	0		0
11	C	Willie Wynn	27	9	35	32	2	5	0	1	0	6	0		2		.156	.206	.219	.425	19	7		0	1		0
12	OF	Jimmy Wilkes*	19	10	34	30	7	8	1	0	0	2	2		3		.267	.333	.300	.633	78	9		0	1		0
13	SS	Willie Wells	40	8	31	26	5	2	0	0	0	1	0		3		.077	.226	.077	.303	-13	2		2	0		0
14	UT	Monte Irvin	26	2	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.111	.111	.111	.222	-38	1		0	0		0
15	C	Clay?		1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	40	1		0	0		0
16	OF	Thad Christopher*	32	1	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		.500	.667	.500	1.167	228	1		0	1		0
17	3B	Urban?		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
18	OF	Ted Griffith?		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0	0		0
19	P	Don Newcombe*	19	10	28	24	3	4	0	0	0	0	0		3		.167	.286	.167	.452	28	4		1	0		0
20	P	Leniel Hooker	26	7	24	23	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1		.087	.125	.087	.212	-40	2		0	0		0
21	P	Jimmy Hill*	27	5	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		0		.429	.429	.429	.857	140	3		0	0		0
22	P	Emmett Hopkins?		3	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.167	.000	.167	-51	0		0	0		0
23	P	Specs Roberts?	37	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	40	1		0	0		0
24	P	Warren Peace	23	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	40	1		0	0		0
25	P	Terris McDuffie	36	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.333	.000	.333	-3	0		0	0		0
26	P	Johnny Wright	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
		Team Totals	29.5	49	845	754	102	182	22	7	11	87	9		72		.241	.313	.333	.646	81	251		7	12		1
		Rank in 6 NN2 teams				6	5	6	6	6	4		6		6	1	5	5	5	5		6		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.0	49	768	684	98	171	22	7	11	85	9		66		.250	.321	.351	.672	88	240		6	12		1
		Pitcher Totals	24.1	49	77	70	4	11	0	0	0	2	0		6		.157	.234	.157	.391	10	11		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

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	Leniel Hooker	26	2	5	.286	2.79	7	7	0	7	0	0	58.0	63	22	18	0	10	0	29	1	0	0	247	146	2.27	1.259	9.8	0.0	1.6	4.5	2.90
2	SP	Don Newcombe	19	3	3	.500	2.60	7	6	1	6	0	0	55.1	43	23	16	1	16	0	33	2	0	1	231	157	2.72	1.066	7.0	0.2	2.6	5.4	2.06
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	Sidney Williams	30	1	0	1.000	3.29	4	1	2	1	0	0	13.2	14	7	5	1	9	0	3	0	0	1	64	127	5.19	1.683	9.2	0.7	5.9	2.0	0.33
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		Emmett Hopkins?		0	2	.000	10.05	3	2	0	0	0	0	14.1	22	21	16	6	8	0	3	2	1	1	78	42	9.82	2.093	13.8	3.8	5.0	1.9	0.38
5		Jimmy Hill*	27	1	2	.333	3.95	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.2	13	7	6	1	4	0	7	0	0	0	57	106	3.50	1.244	8.6	0.7	2.6	4.6	1.75
6		Warren Peace	23	0	1	.000	10.13	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	14	13	9	1	6	0	2	1	0	1	44	42	6.45	2.500	15.8	1.1	6.8	2.3	0.33
7		Terris McDuffie	36	0	1	.000	8.59	2	1	1	0	0	0	7.1	13	8	7	1	5	0	3	0	0	0	37	50	5.70	2.455	16.0	1.2	6.1	3.7	0.60
8		Specs Roberts	37	0	0		6.75	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	7	5	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	30	64	3.75	1.500	9.5	0.0	4.1	1.4	0.33
9		Cotton Williams	28	0	0		4.15	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	3	2	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	18	106	6.16	1.154	6.2	2.1	4.2	4.2	1.00
10		Johnny Wright	28	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7		3.20	0.500	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
11		Johnny Davis	28	0	1	.000	33.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	6	5	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	15	11.70	7.500	40.5	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
12		Willie Wells	40	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		2.70	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	25.0	7	15	.318	4.32	49	22	7	15	0	0	185.1	198	113	89	12	68	0	84	6	1	4	829	96	3.83	1.435	9.6	0.6	3.3	4.1	1.24
		Rank in 6 NN2 teams		3	5		4				5	6	6	6	1	1	1	3	2		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