1948 in the Negro Leagues

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1948 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	Pittsburgh Homestead Grays	58	38	20	0.655
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	71	45	26	0.634
3	Newark Eagles	57	29	28	0.509
4	Philadelphia Stars	52	24	28	0.462
5	New York Cubans	42	16	26	0.381
6	New York Black Yankees	40	8	32	0.2

[edit] Negro American League

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

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT
1	Birmingham Black Barons	76	55	21	0.724
2	Kansas City Monarchs	68	43	25	0.632
3	Cleveland Buckeyes	83	41	42	0.494
4	Memphis Red Sox	77	33	44	0.429
5	Indianapolis Clowns	73	27	46	0.37
6	Chicago American Giants	75	27	48	0.36

[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

• Greensboro Red Wings
• Harlem Globetrotters

[edit] Leading Players

[edit] Batters

[edit] Pitchers

[edit] Postseason

In the Negro World Series, the Homestead Grays (NNL) defeated the Birmingham Black Barons (NAL), 4 games to 1.

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