1942 in the Negro Leagues

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1942 in the Negro Leagues

Contents 1 Standings 1.1 Negro National League 1.2 Negro American League 1.3 Independent Teams 2 Leading Players 2.1 Batters 2.2 Pitchers 3 Postseason

[edit] Standings

BOLD indicates League Champion

[edit] Negro National League

Source: The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT
1	Washington Homestead Grays	32	21	11	0.656
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	33	21	12	0.636
3	Newark Eagles	34	18	16	0.529
4	Philadelphia Stars	34	16	18	0.471
5	New York Cubans	22	8	14	0.364
6	New York Black Yankees	27	7	20	0.259

[edit] Negro American League

Source: The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT
1	Kansas City Monarchs	38	28	10	0.737
2	Cincinnati Buckeyes/Cleveland Buckeyes	20	12	8	0.600
3	Birmingham Black Barons	24	14	10	0.583
4	Memphis Red Sox	34	16	18	0.471
5	Jacksonville Red Caps	8	2	6	0.250
6	Chicago American Giants	18	2	16	0.111

[edit] Independent Teams

Source: Teams list from The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester; records are from The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, John Holway

• Boston Royal Giants
• Chicago Brown Bombers
• Cincinnati Clowns
• Philadelphia Daisies

[edit] Leading Players

[edit] Batters

[edit] Pitchers

[edit] Postseason

For the first time in a decade the Negro World Series was played. The series was between the league champions of the Negro National League and Negro American League. The Kansas City Monarchs (NAL) defeated the Washington Homestead Grays (NNL), 4 games to none.

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