War and player raids by the Mexican League depleted Negro League rosters, creating wide disparity between the top teams and the bottom-feeders. But the American division was highly competitive with Kansas City, Cleveland, Chicago and Birmingham battling closely to the end.

In the National, Homestead cruised to 104 wins in stats adjusted to a 154-game schedule. The Grays did so with the league’s premier slugger, Josh Gibson, who led in home runs, RBI, slugging, on-base percentage and a 1.026 OPS. Homestead boasted four 20-game winners: Ray Brown and the splendidly nicknamed Spoon Carter, Wild Man Walker and Needle Nose Wright.

The legendary Satchel Paige (20-13) led the league in strikeouts yet again. Teammate Willard Brown had a .939 OPS. Other highly recognizable stars, among 14 future Hall of Famers and 18 others in Strat-O-Matic’s Negro Stars set were Newark’s Larry Doby, Homestead’s Buck Leonard and pitchers Rosey Davis (21-12, 1.88) of Cincinnati and Baltimore’s Billy Bird.

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