1944 Cleveland Buckeyes Statistics

1943 Season 1945 Season

Record: 46-33-0, Finished 3rd in Negro American League

Manager: Parnell Woods (35-33)

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	George Britt	48	10	26	25	3	8	1	0	0	3	0		0		.320	.320	.360	.680	109	9		0	1
2	1B	Archie Ware*	26	23	96	81	10	15	1	0	0	7	0		13		.185	.305	.198	.503	55	16		1	1
3	2B	Johnnie Cowan	31	17	64	59	7	14	2	0	1	8	1		3		.237	.274	.322	.596	83	19		0	2
4	SS	Billy Horne	28	20	80	73	9	16	2	1	0	11	0		3		.219	.250	.274	.524	61	20		0	4
5	3B	Parnell Woods	32	23	82	77	13	29	4	3	0	13	4		3		.377	.400	.506	.906	178	39		0	2
6	LF	Buddy Armour*	29	20	83	70	10	21	3	0	0	14	2		10		.300	.395	.343	.738	127	24		1	2
7	CF	Sam Jethroe#	27	23	99	88	19	30	3	0	2	13	2		9		.341	.408	.443	.851	162	39		1	1
8	RF	Jimmie Crutchfield*	34	16	68	64	7	14	1	0	0	2	1		2		.219	.242	.234	.477	47	15		0	2
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	Willie Grace#	27	18	61	55	4	12	2	0	0	5	0		2		.218	.259	.255	.513	58	14		1	3
10	IF	Rainey Bibbs#	33	9	30	28	5	13	5	0	0	4	0		2		.464	.500	.643	1.143	251	18		0	0
11	C	Walter Burch	36	8	27	25	1	5	0	0	0	1	0		2		.200	.259	.200	.459	42	5		0	0
12	C	Jesse Williams*		5	16	14	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		2		.286	.375	.286	.661	104	4		0	0
13	SS	Wilbert King	29	4	14	12	3	4	0	0	0	2	1		0		.333	.385	.333	.718	121	4		1	1
14	OF	Lloyd Davenport*	32	3	11	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		.222	.300	.222	.522	61	2		0	1
15	OF	Willie McCrary?		2	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.125	.125	.125	.250	-23	1		0	0
16	OF	John Brown	25	4	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.250	.000	.250	-21	0		0	1
17	C	Walter Crosby	23	1	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		1		.333	.500	.333	.833	158	1		0	1
18	1B	Jimmy Cockerham	33	1	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		.667	.750	.667	1.417	336	2		0	0
19	3B	Humphreys?		1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	105	1		0	1
20	C	Shirley Petway?	35	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	516	1		0	0
21		Drummer?		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
22	P	Willie Jefferson	40	13	28	27	3	4	1	0	0	1	2		0		.148	.148	.185	.333	2	5		0	1
23	P	George Jefferson	21	10	27	23	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		3		.043	.154	.043	.197	-38	1		0	1
24	P	Eugene Bremer	27	7	17	15	3	5	0	0	0	3	0		1		.333	.412	.333	.745	130	5		1	0
25	P	Frank Carswell	23	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
26	P	Lovell Harden	26	2	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	208	2		0	1
27	P	Willie McMeans?		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0	0
28	P	Alonzo Boone	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0	0
		Team Totals	30.0	79	868	777	106	205	25	4	3	92	13		59		.264	.321	.318	.639	96	247		6	26
		Rank in 6 NAL teams				5	4	5	5	6	3		5		5	1	3	2	4	3		6		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.1	79	777	694	99	192	24	4	3	86	11		55		.277	.334	.336	.670	106	233		5	23
		Pitcher Totals	28.9	79	91	83	7	13	1	0	0	6	2		4		.157	.205	.169	.373	15	14		1	3
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	Willie Jefferson	40	4	5	.444	4.01	11	8	3	6	0	1	67.1	76	33	30	1	17	0	33	0	1	3	286	86	2.65	1.381	10.2	0.1	2.3	4.4	1.94
2	SP	George Jefferson	21	2	3	.400	1.78	9	5	3	4	0	0	60.2	50	17	12	1	8	0	27	0	0	0	231	193	2.40	0.956	7.4	0.1	1.2	4.0	3.38
3	SP	Eugene Bremer	27	4	2	.667	2.41	6	6	0	6	1	0	41.0	38	13	11	0	21	0	10	1	0	0	181	143	3.80	1.439	8.3	0.0	4.6	2.2	0.48
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		Frank Carswell	23	1	1	.500	11.48	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.1	29	18	17	0	2	0	11	0	0	0	67	31	1.48	2.325	19.6	0.0	1.4	7.4	5.50
5		Lovell Harden	26	1	0	1.000	4.35	2	1	0	1	0	0	10.1	13	8	5	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	49	82	4.23	1.452	11.3	0.9	1.7	2.6	1.50
6		Willie McCrary		1	0	1.000	6.75	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	14	56	2.93	1.250	9.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.00
7		John Brown	25	0	0		10.80	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	40	4.48	3.000	21.6	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00
8		Alonzo Boone	36	0	0		13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	3	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	9	34	7.93	4.500	20.3	0.0	20.3	6.8	0.33
9		Willie McMeans?		0	0		27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	3	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	21	11.68	7.500	40.5	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
10		Lloyd Davenport*	32	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.3	13	11	.542	3.77	79	24	7	17	1	1	200.1	220	99	84	3	57	0	86	2	1	3	854	93	2.90	1.383	9.9	0.1	2.6	3.9	1.51
		Rank in 6 NAL teams		4	5		6				4	4	3	5	3	1	3	3	2		5
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