1948 Baltimore Elite Giants Statistics

1947 Season

Record: 49-29-2, Finished 2nd in Negro National League II

Postseason: Lost NN2 Championship Series (2-1-1) to Homestead Grays

Manager: Hoss Walker (53-30-2)

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	Frazier Robinson	38	59	209	193	16	36	2	3	1	18	2		9		.187	.227	.244	.470	36	47		1	6
2	1B	Johnny Washington*	32	56	235	215	23	64	8	4	0	33	2		16		.298	.346	.372	.718	108	80		0	4
3	2B	Jim Gilliam#	19	58	261	218	48	63	9	4	0	33	8		35		.289	.390	.367	.757	119	80		1	7
4	SS	Tommy Butts	28	51	226	191	44	58	9	1	0	15	6		24		.304	.390	.361	.751	118	69		3	8
5	3B	Ed Finney	23	50	187	163	25	45	4	2	0	15	10		19		.276	.352	.325	.677	96	53		0	5
6	LF	Lester Lockett	36	58	255	235	41	85	15	4	6	53	4		16		.362	.402	.536	.939	170	126		0	4
7	CF	Henry Kimbro*	36	59	270	201	54	56	11	4	0	21	7		59		.279	.457	.373	.830	141	75		7	3
8	RF	Frank Russell	27	57	225	211	33	66	13	5	0	37	4		3		.313	.329	.422	.751	116	89		2	9
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	Butch McCord*	22	26	84	73	7	19	5	1	0	9	1		6		.260	.341	.356	.698	102	26		3	2
10	SS	Hoss Walker	43	3	14	12	3	3	0	0	0	1	0		2		.250	.357	.250	.607	77	3		0	0
11	C	Bill Perkins	42	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0		0	0
12	C	Joe Campini*	28	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	479	1		0	0
13	C	Red Wright?		3	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
14	P	Bob Romby*	29	31	67	59	9	11	1	0	2	8	2		6		.186	.273	.305	.578	67	18		1	1
15	P	Bill Byrd#	40	28	66	58	8	18	2	0	0	11	0		8		.310	.394	.345	.739	114	20		0	0
16	P	Joe Black	24	19	50	43	3	9	2	0	0	5	1		4		.209	.292	.256	.547	59	11		1	2
17	P	Jonas Gaines	33	15	33	28	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		2		.071	.133	.071	.205	-40	2		0	3
18	P	Ernest Burke*	24	10	29	25	3	5	2	0	0	4	0		0		.200	.286	.280	.566	64	7		3	1
19	P	Al Wilmore	23	6	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		.100	.182	.100	.282	-18	1		0	0
20	P	Toots Ferrell?	18	5	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		.250	.400	.250	.650	90	1		0	0
21	P	Clyde Sowell	16	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
		Team Totals	29.9	80	2234	1944	321	543	83	28	9	264	47		213		.279	.357	.365	.722	109	709		22	55
		Rank in 6 NN2 teams				1	1	1	1	1	5		1		1	5	1	1	2	1		1		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.8	80	1972	1716	295	496	76	28	7	235	44		191		.289	.366	.378	.744	115	649		17	48
		Pitcher Totals	30.3	80	262	228	26	47	7	0	2	29	3		22		.206	.290	.263	.553	60	60		5	7
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	Bill Byrd	40	10	4	.714	1.75	17	12	5	11	0	0	123.1	104	40	24	2	22		79	1		0	487	194	2.25	1.022	7.6	0.1	1.6	5.8	3.59
2	SP	Joe Black	24	8	3	.727	1.91	17	12	4	8	2	1	113.1	82	32	24	3	36		85	1		1	446	179	2.58	1.041	6.5	0.2	2.9	6.8	2.36
3	SP	Bob Romby*	29	6	4	.600	2.10	16	10	6	7	1	3	90.0	64	32	21	1	41		68	2		0	365	162	2.82	1.167	6.4	0.1	4.1	6.8	1.66
4	SP	Jonas Gaines*	33	7	3	.700	2.92	11	11	0	6	0	0	83.1	74	36	27	1	26		59	1		1	347	117	2.47	1.200	8.0	0.1	2.8	6.4	2.27
5	SP	Ernest Burke	24	3	3	.500	3.43	10	6	3	5	1	0	65.2	78	35	25	0	12		20	2		2	285	100	2.79	1.371	10.7	0.0	1.6	2.7	1.67
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	Toots Ferrell?	18	1	0	1.000	3.24	5	0	2	0	0	1	16.2	17	7	6	0	3		8	1		0	70	107	2.52	1.200	9.2	0.0	1.6	4.3	2.67
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
7		Al Wilmore	23	1	2	.333	5.32	5	4	1	1	0	1	22.0	19	18	13	1	11		14	0		1	100	65	3.58	1.364	7.8	0.4	4.5	5.7	1.27
8		Clyde Sowell	16	0	2	.000	20.77	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.1	12	10	10	0	7		0	0		0	32	18	7.60	4.385	24.9	0.0	14.5	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	29.8	36	21	.632	2.59	80	59	21	38	4	6	518.2	450	210	149	8	158		333	8		5	2132	131	2.63	1.172	7.8	0.1	2.7	5.8	2.11
		Rank in 6 NN2 teams		1	3		1				1	2	1	1	6	6	4	2	5		1
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