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1944 Negro American League Pitching Leaders

1943 Season 1945 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 92 games, 6 teams, approx. 30 games in season

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Verdell Mathis*	30	MRS	Maj	MRS	7	2	.778	2.85	3.65	11	9	1	8	1	0	79.0	76	32	25	3	23	0	56	2	0	0	335	1.253	8.7	0.3	2.6	6.4	2.43
2	Satchel Paige	37	KCM	Maj	KCM	6	4	.600	1.10	1.56	16	16	0	6	3	0	98.1	62	17	12	0	27	3	105	1	0	1	379	0.905	5.7	0.0	2.5	9.6	3.89
3	Roosevelt Davis	39	CC	Maj	CC	5	2	.714	2.82	3.53	7	7	0	4	1	0	51.0	48	20	16	0	15	0	37	0	0	0	212	1.235	8.5	0.0	2.6	6.5	2.47
4	Gentry Jessup	29	CAG	Maj	CAG	5	6	.455	2.68	3.54	11	11	0	10	0	0	94.0	89	37	28	0	21	0	48	3	0	0	385	1.170	8.5	0.0	2.0	4.6	2.29
5	Alfred Saylor	32	BBB	Maj	BBB	5	6	.455	3.77	4.91	15	11	3	8	0	0	102.2	115	56	43	5	13	0	32	2	0	0	427	1.247	10.1	0.4	1.1	2.8	2.46
6	Eugene Bremer	27	CBE	Maj	CBE	4	2	.667	2.41	2.85	6	6	0	6	1	0	41.0	38	13	11	0	21	0	10	1	0	0	181	1.439	8.3	0.0	4.6	2.2	0.48
7	Willie Jefferson	40	CBE	Maj	CBE	4	5	.444	4.01	4.41	11	8	3	6	0	1	67.1	76	33	30	1	17	0	33	0	1	3	286	1.381	10.2	0.1	2.3	4.4	1.94
8	Booker McDaniel	30	KCM	Maj	KCM	4	4	.500	1.87	3.59	13	4	8	3	0	2	57.2	44	23	12	0	22	0	51	0	0	1	246	1.145	6.9	0.0	3.4	8.0	2.32
9	Eddie Locke	21	KCM	Maj	KCM	3	1	.750	3.33	4.70	10	4	2	3	0	0	46.0	39	24	17	0	17	0	20	2	0	0	196	1.217	7.6	0.0	3.3	3.9	1.18
10	Jack Matchett	36	KCM	Maj	KCM	3	3	.500	3.88	4.85	10	7	2	5	0	1	65.0	70	35	28	0	17	0	30	0	0	0	277	1.338	9.7	0.0	2.4	4.2	1.76
11	Ted Alexander	31	KCM	Maj	KCM	2	0	1.000	2.19	2.19	2	2	0	1	0	0	12.1	8	3	3	0	6	0	8	0	0	0	48	1.135	5.8	0.0	4.4	5.8	1.33
12	Dan Bankhead	24	BBB	Maj	BBB	2	0	1.000	1.86	1.86	2	1	1	1	1	0	9.2	6	2	2	0	3	0	15	0	0	0	38	0.931	5.6	0.0	2.8	14.0	5.00
13	Earl Bumpus*	30	KCM,BBB	Maj	KCM-BBB	2	1	.667	5.00	5.67	5	4	1	2	0	1	27.0	25	17	15	0	15	0	11	0	0	0	119	1.481	8.3	0.0	5.0	3.7	0.73
14	Alvin Gipson	30	BBB	Maj	BBB	2	6	.250	3.73	4.31	11	8	2	5	1	1	62.2	57	30	26	0	19	0	34	3	0	0	266	1.213	8.2	0.0	2.7	4.9	1.79
15	Willie Hutchinson	29	MRS	Maj	MRS	2	2	.500	2.66	2.86	9	5	3	4	1	1	44.0	36	14	13	0	16	0	13	1	0	1	177	1.182	7.4	0.0	3.3	2.7	0.81
16	George Jefferson	21	CBE	Maj	CBE	2	3	.400	1.78	2.52	9	5	3	4	0	0	60.2	50	17	12	1	8	0	27	0	0	0	231	0.956	7.4	0.1	1.2	4.0	3.38
17	Jim LaMarque*	23	KCM	Maj	KCM	2	3	.400	4.91	6.02	6	3	2	2	1	0	40.1	45	27	22	0	13	0	21	5	0	2	185	1.438	10.0	0.0	2.9	4.7	1.62
18	Willie McCrary	--	CC,CBE	Maj	CC-CBE	2	0	1.000	2.38	3.18	3	1	0	0	0	0	11.1	13	4	3	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	45	1.412	10.3	0.0	2.4	2.4	1.00
19	Porter Moss	34	MRS	Maj	MRS	2	4	.333	2.42	3.17	9	6	3	3	0	1	48.1	35	17	13	0	11	0	36	2	0	0	197	0.952	6.5	0.0	2.0	6.7	3.27
20	Antonio Ruiz	33	CC	Maj	CC	2	3	.400	2.60	4.85	10	6	3	4	0	1	52.0	58	28	15	2	11	2	23	0	0	0	215	1.327	10.0	0.3	1.9	4.0	2.09
21	Hilton Smith	37	KCM	Maj	KCM	2	5	.286	3.44	5.26	9	6	3	3	0	1	49.2	45	29	19	0	17	0	18	0	0	0	214	1.248	8.2	0.0	3.1	3.3	1.06
22	Johnny Williams	26	CC,BBB	Maj	CC-BBB	2	3	.400	3.86	3.86	8	3	5	1	0	0	30.1	24	13	13	0	8	0	7	0	0	0	123	1.055	7.1	0.0	2.4	2.1	0.88
23	Steve Wylie	33	KCM,MRS	Maj	KCM-MRS	2	1	.667	6.43	8.04	7	3	3	1	0	0	28.0	32	25	20	0	19	0	18	0	0	0	134	1.821	10.3	0.0	6.1	5.8	0.95
24	Alonzo Boone	36	BBB,CBE	Maj	BBB-CBE	1	0	1.000	1.74	1.74	2	2	0	1	1	0	10.1	7	2	2	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	40	1.065	6.1	0.0	3.5	3.5	1.00
25	Willie Burns*	28	CC	Maj	CC	1	0	1.000	3.38	3.94	2	2	0	1	0	0	16.0	15	7	6	0	7	0	2	1	0	3	66	1.375	8.4	0.0	3.9	1.1	0.29
26	Frank Carswell	23	CBE	Maj	CBE	1	1	.500	11.48	12.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.1	29	18	17	0	2	0	11	0	0	0	67	2.325	19.6	0.0	1.4	7.4	5.50
27	Weedy Edwards?	18	CC	Maj	CC	1	0	1.000	6.75	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	8	5	5	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	34	1.950	10.8	0.0	6.8	5.4	0.80
28	Lovell Harden	26	CBE	Maj	CBE	1	0	1.000	4.35	6.97	2	1	0	1	0	0	10.1	13	8	5	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	49	1.452	11.3	0.9	1.7	2.6	1.50
29	Les Henderson?	--	MRS	Maj	MRS	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	3.000	13.5	0.0	13.5	13.5	1.00
30	Robert Keyes*	--	MRS	Maj	MRS	1	2	.333	0.64	2.57	3	3	0	2	0	0	28.0	23	8	2	0	10	2	8	1	0	0	123	1.179	7.4	0.0	3.2	2.6	0.80
31	Garcia Massingale?	16	KCM	Maj	KCM	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	2.3
32	Henry Merchant*	26	CC	Maj	CC	1	1	.500	1.00	4.00	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	16	8	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	75	1.000	8.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.00
33	Jimmie Newberry	25	BBB	Maj	BBB	1	0	1.000	3.18	3.18	3	1	2	1	0	0	11.1	8	4	4	0	6	1	6	0	0	0	52	1.235	6.4	0.0	4.8	4.8	1.00
34	Specs Roberts	36	CC	Maj	CC	1	0	1.000	2.00	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	6	2	2	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	39	1.444	6.0	0.0	7.0	2.0	0.29
35	Johnny Smith*	27	CAG	Maj	CAG	1	0	1.000	0.00	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	33	0.444	3.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.00
36	Leroy Sutton	23	CAG	Maj	CAG	1	0	1.000	2.19	2.19	3	1	0	1	0	0	12.1	15	3	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	53	1.378	10.9	0.0	1.5	2.9	2.00
37	Fay Washington	29	BBB	Maj	BBB	1	2	.333	2.92	3.65	3	3	0	1	0	0	24.2	17	10	8	2	14	0	21	1	0	0	100	1.257	6.2	0.7	5.1	7.7	1.50
38	Pepper Bassett	33	CC,BBB	Maj	CC-BBB	0	2	.000	10.22	13.14	2	2	0	1	0	0	12.1	21	18	14	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	65	1.946	15.3	0.0	2.2	1.5	0.67
39	John Brown	25	CBE	Maj	CBE	0	0		10.80	10.80	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	3.000	21.6	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00
40	Edgar Chatman	27	MRS	Maj	MRS	0	3	.000	3.60	5.40	3	3	0	0	0	0	20.0	23	12	8	0	8	0	14	1	0	0	95	1.550	10.4	0.0	3.6	6.3	1.75
41	Cornelius Cook*	34	CC	Maj	CC	0	0		10.80	12.60	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	8	7	6	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	25	1.800	14.4	0.0	1.8	5.4	3.00
42	Lloyd Davenport*	32	CAG,CBE	Maj	CAG-CBE	0	0		3.60	3.60	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	21	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	3.6
43	Specs Ellis*	--	BBB	Maj	BBB	0	1	.000	10.13	13.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.1	11	8	6	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	30	2.813	18.6	1.7	6.8	3.4	0.50
44	Felix Evans	33	MRS	Maj	MRS	0	0		13.50	13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	2.250	16.9	0.0	3.4	0.0	0.00
45	John Huber	36	BBB	Maj	BBB	0	3	.000	4.03	5.90	5	4	1	1	0	0	29.0	25	19	13	1	8	0	9	2	0	0	129	1.138	7.8	0.3	2.5	2.8	1.13
46	Tom Hunter?	--	BBB	Maj	BBB	0	1	.000	27.00	45.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	5	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	8	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
47	Pee Wee Jenkins*	21	BBB	Maj	BBB	0	0		13.50	13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
48	Al Jones	--	CAG,MRS	Maj	CAG-MRS	0	3	.000	3.60	6.48	4	3	0	3	0	0	25.0	26	18	10	1	9	0	13	0	0	0	108	1.400	9.4	0.4	3.2	4.7	1.44
49	Rufus Ligon*	41	MRS	Maj	MRS	0	0		7.71	7.71	2	0	1	0	0	1	2.1	5	2	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	13	3.000	19.3	0.0	7.7	7.7	1.00
50	Malone?	--	KCM	Maj	KCM	0	0		21.60	32.40	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	11	12	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	26	3.600	29.7	0.0	2.7	2.7	1.00
51	Johnny Markham	35	BBB	Maj	BBB	0	0		3.52	4.70	2	0	2	0	0	0	7.2	9	4	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	34	1.304	10.6	0.0	1.2	3.5	3.00
52	Gready McKinnis*	30	CAG,BBB	Maj	CAG-BBB	0	5	.000	5.53	8.13	5	5	0	1	0	0	27.2	38	25	17	0	15	0	9	2	0	3	136	1.916	12.4	0.0	4.9	2.9	0.60
53	Willie McMeans?	--	CBE	Maj	CBE	0	0		27.00	40.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	3	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	7.500	40.5	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
54	Lázaro Medina	21	CC	Maj	CC	0	2	.000	4.76	5.29	2	2	0	2	0	0	17.0	23	10	9	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	77	1.353	12.2	0.5	0.0	6.9
55	Albert Overton?	40	CC	Maj	CC	0	0		2.25	2.25	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	18	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.00
56	Pepper Sharpe	25	CAG,MRS	Maj	CAG-MRS	0	2	.000	7.20	9.00	4	2	1	1	0	0	15.0	16	15	12	0	6	0	10	2	0	1	71	1.467	9.6	0.0	3.6	6.0	1.67
57	Buck Thomas*	--	CAG	Maj	CAG	0	1	.000	7.88	9.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	9	8	7	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	39	1.750	10.1	1.1	5.6	2.3	0.40
58	Dean Thomas	31	KCM	Maj	KCM	0	2	.000	5.21	6.16	3	2	1	0	0	0	19.0	20	13	11	2	10	0	5	0	0	0	88	1.579	9.5	0.9	4.7	2.4	0.50
59	Ollie West	30	CAG	Maj	CAG	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00