1943 Philadelphia Stars Statistics

1942 Season 1944 Season

Record: 21-31-1, Finished 6th in Negro National League II

Manager: Homer Curry (24-33-1)

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

League Register

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	Bill Cash	24	44	180	161	25	42	7	3	1	22	1		18		.261	.335	.360	.695	87	58		0	1	0
2	1B	Jim West#	38	49	214	187	38	58	4	8	2	43	2		26		.310	.397	.449	.846	127	84		1	0	0
3	2B	Sy Morton	21	29	100	91	14	19	5	2	0	21	1		9		.209	.280	.308	.588	58	28		0	0	0
4	SS	Mahlon Duckett	20	16	60	48	7	12	1	2	0	6	2		10		.250	.379	.354	.733	98	17		0	2	0
5	3B	Henry Spearman	33	48	210	191	35	54	14	6	0	29	2		17		.283	.341	.419	.760	104	80		0	2	0
6	LF	Roy Parnell	39	38	153	132	28	39	5	4	0	17	0		17		.295	.392	.394	.786	112	52		4	0	0
7	CF	Gene Benson*	29	46	205	190	28	64	8	5	0	37	1		12		.337	.376	.432	.808	117	82		0	3	0
8	RF	Homer Curry*	38	47	202	164	46	48	6	5	2	23	3		36		.293	.420	.427	.847	128	70		0	2	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	Barney Brown*	35	43	150	121	25	37	6	2	0	13	1		29		.306	.440	.388	.828	124	47		0	0	0
10	IF	Jimmy Johnson		16	57	51	6	12	2	1	0	7	0		5		.235	.316	.314	.630	70	16		1	0	0
11	MI	Marvin Williams	23	13	53	49	10	20	3	3	0	10	1		4		.408	.453	.592	1.045	180	29		0	0	0
12	2B	Jimmy Ford	30	12	47	43	8	13	1	1	1	7	0		4		.302	.362	.442	.804	116	19		0	0	0
13	UT	Pete Sunkett	24	18	40	40	8	10	2	1	0	6	0		0		.250	.250	.350	.600	61	14		0	0	0
14	UT	Buddy Burbage*	36	12	35	29	5	4	0	0	0	2	1		6		.138	.286	.138	.424	16	4		0	0	0
15	UT	Gerves Fagan?	27	12	33	28	5	6	0	0	0	4	0		5		.214	.333	.214	.548	49	6		0	0	0
16	UT	Larry Kimbrough#	19	11	21	20	4	6	1	0	0	4	1		1		.300	.333	.350	.683	84	7		0	0	0
17	2B	Leon Day	26	3	15	15	4	7	2	0	0	3	0		0		.467	.467	.600	1.067	186	9		0	0	0
18	SS	Bozo Jackson*		3	13	13	1	6	1	0	0	1	0		0		.462	.462	.538	1.000	169	7		0	0	0
19	OF	Lennie Pearson	25	3	13	13	1	2	0	1	0	3	0		0		.154	.154	.308	.462	23	4		0	0	0
20	MI	Felton Snow	37	2	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.143	.250	.143	.393	7	1		1	0	0
21	OF	Dave Harper	25	2	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.125	.125	.125	.250	-33	1		0	0	0
22	C	Bob Clarke	40	2	7	7	2	3	0	1	0	0	0		0		.429	.429	.714	1.143	205	5		0	0	0
23	C	Cooper?		1	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.250	.000	.250	-30	0		0	0	0
24	C	Stanley Glenn	16	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.333	.000	.333	-6	0		0	0	0
25	2B	Curley Andrews		3	3	3	3	2	0	1	0	2	0		0		.667	.667	1.333	2.000	431	4		0	0	0
26		Morrison?		2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0	0
27	1B	Jake Dunn	33	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.500	.000	.500	40	0		0	0	0
28	2B	Honey Jenkins?		2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		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
29	P	Ches Buchanan?	35	14	30	26	7	5	0	0	0	3	0		4		.192	.300	.192	.492	34	5		0	0	0
30	P	Bob Evans	32	12	23	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		4		.105	.261	.105	.366	0	2		0	0	0
31	P	Verdell Mathis*	29	5	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.182	.182	.182	.364	-2	2		0	0	0
32	P	Robert Keyes*		3	11	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	8	2		0	1	0
33	P	Ben Hill?	26	3	8	8	2	2	0	0	0	2	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	35	2		0	0	0
34	P	Willie Bunn?	25	2	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		.400	.400	.400	.800	116	2		0	0	0
35	P	Bill Byrd#	35	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0	0
36	P	Emery Adams	31	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	169	1		0	0	0
37	P	Leniel Hooker	24	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	169	1		0	0	0
38	P	Henry Miller	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0	0
		Team Totals	31.5	53	1934	1706	320	483	68	46	6	267	16		210		.283	.364	.387	.751	102	661		7	11	0
		Rank in 7 NN2 teams				2	2	2	2	2	5		6		2		3	2	2	2		2		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	31.3	53	1668	1479	278	423	61	44	6	243	14		172		.286	.363	.399	.762	105	590		7	10	0
		Pitcher Totals	32.5	53	266	227	42	60	7	2	0	24	2		38		.264	.370	.313	.683	85	71		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

Team Pitching

League Register

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	Barney Brown*	35	5	8	.385	4.66	17	15		11	0	0	129.1	146	82	67	8	52		50	1		3	591	104	3.91	1.531	10.2	0.6	3.6	3.5	0.96
2	SP	Ches Buchanan	35	6	4	.600	5.15	13	9		5	0	0	73.1	87	52	42	1	26		16	1		0	334	94	3.50	1.541	10.7	0.1	3.2	2.0	0.62
3	SP	Homer Curry	38	3	3	.500	4.75	7	5		3	1	0	41.2	47	27	22	0	15		18	0		0	180	102	2.87	1.488	10.2	0.0	3.2	3.9	1.20
4	SP	Larry Kimbrough	19	1	3	.250	7.33	7	4		0	0	0	27.0	35	28	22	1	16		6	0		1	122	67	4.47	1.889	11.7	0.3	5.3	2.0	0.38
5	SP	Verdell Mathis*	29	2	2	.500	4.91	5	4		2	0	0	25.2	23	15	14	1	7		16	1		0	111	100	2.85	1.169	8.1	0.4	2.5	5.6	2.29
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
6	RP	Bob Evans	32	0	3	.000	6.53	12	4		1	0	0	51.0	66	48	37	1	28		26	0		0	249	74	3.54	1.843	11.6	0.2	4.9	4.6	0.93
7	RP	Ben Hill	26	1	0	1.000	7.88	3	1		1	0	0	16.0	19	16	14	0	8		9	0		0	77	63	3.03	1.688	10.7	0.0	4.5	5.1	1.13
8	RP	Bill Byrd	35	0	0		1.69	2	0		0	0	0	5.1	2	1	1	0	1		3	0		0	19	303	2.09	0.563	3.4	0.0	1.7	5.1	3.00
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
9		Robert Keyes*		2	0	1.000	3.42	3	2		2	0	0	23.2	28	11	9	0	7		16	1		0	106	143	2.32	1.479	10.6	0.0	2.7	6.1	2.29
10		Willie Bunn?	25	0	2	.000	5.54	2	2		1	0	0	13.0	19	10	8	0	6		10	0		0	63	89	2.50	1.923	13.2	0.0	4.2	6.9	1.67
11		Leniel Hooker	24	1	0	1.000	9.35	2	1		0	0	0	8.2	13	12	9	1	5		3	0		0	41	54	5.19	2.077	13.5	1.0	5.2	3.1	0.60
12		Henry Miller	25	0	0		7.36	1	0		0	0	0	3.2	5	3	3	1	1		0	0		0	19	71	7.02	1.636	12.3	2.5	2.5	0.0	0.00
13		Emery Adams	31	0	1	.000	10.80	1	1		0	0	0	3.1	3	5	4	0	1		1	0		0	17	49	2.95	1.200	8.1	0.0	2.7	2.7	1.00
14		Pete Sunkett	24	1	0	1.000	16.20	2	1		0	0	0	3.1	4	6	6	0	3		1	0		0	17	33	4.75	2.100	10.8	0.0	8.1	2.7	0.33
15		Jake Dunn	33	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	1		0	0		0	11	62	4.15	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
16		Leon Day	26	0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0
		Team Totals	32.3	22	26	.458	5.48	53	49		26	1	0	427.0	500	318	260	14	177		175	4		4	1957	89	3.53	1.585	10.5	0.3	3.7	3.7	0.99
		Rank in 7 NN2 teams		3	2		6				3	5	5	2	5	6	7	6	6		3
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