Awards and Titles includes Most Valuable Player, batting average, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, runs batted in, runs, slugging, stolen bases and others.
Most Valuable Player Season Player Team 1941-42 Barney Brown Guayama 1943-44 Tomás “Planchardón” Quiñones Ponce 1944-45 Tomás “Planchardón” Quiñones Ponce 1945-46 Monte Irvin San Juan 1946-47 Barney Brown San Juan 1947-48 Johnny “Gaucho” Davis Mayagüez 1948-49 Luscious Easter Mayagüez 1949-50 Willard Brown Santurce 1950-51 Bob Thurman Santurce 1953-54 Luis “Canena” Márquez Mayagüez 1954-55 Sam Jones Santurce
Batting average Season Player Team Ave. 1940-41 Roy Partlow San Juan .443 1941-42 Joshua Gibson Santurce .480 1942-43 Francisco “Pancho” Coimbre Ponce .342 1943-44 Juan E. “Tetelo” Vargas Santurce .410 1944-45 Francisco “Pancho” Coimbre Ponce .425 1945-46 Fernando Díaz Pedroso Ponce .368 1946-47 Willard Brown Santurce .390 1947-48 Willard Brown Santurce .432 1948-49 Luscious Easter Mayagüez .402 1949-50 Willard Brown Santurce .353 1950-51 George Crowe Caguas .375 1951-52 Bob Boyd Ponce .374 1953-54 Luis “Canena” Márquez Mayagüez .333 1954-55 Willie Mays Santurce .395
Hits Season Player Team H 1943-44 Francisco Coimbre Ponce 59 1945-46 Monte Irvin San Juan 57 1946-47 Willard Brown Santurce 99 1947-48 Artie Wilson/Bob Thurman Mayagüez/Santurce 102 1948-49 Artie Wilson Mayagüez 126 1949-50 Willard Brown Santurce 117 1950-51 Bob Thurman Santurce 112 1951-52 Bob Boyd Ponce 114 1952-53 Luis “Canena” Márquez San Juan 88 1953-54 Luis “Canena” Márquez Mayagüez 94
Doubles Season Player Team D 1938-39 Francisco “Pancho” Coimbre Ponce 14 1940-41 Buck Leonard Mayagüez 17 1941-42 Monte Irvin San Juan 18 1943-44 Félix “Felo” Guilbe Ponce 15 1944-45 Félix “Fellé” Delgado San Juan 13 Francisco Coimbre/ Monte Irvin Ponce/San Juan 12 1946-47 Luis “Canena” Márquez Aguadilla 27 1948-49 Luscious Easter Mayagüez 27 1950-51 Bob Thurman Santurce 22 1951-52 George Crowe Cag.-SJ 23 1957-58 Luis “Canena” Márquez Ponce 15
Triples Season Player Team T 1938-39 Juan E. “Tetelo” Vargas Guayama 9 1939-40 Ed Stone Humacao 8 1941-42 Quincy Trouppe Guayama 10 1942-43 Félix “Fellé” Delgado San Juan 5 1943-44 Félix “Fellé” Delgado San Juan 5 1944-45 Sam Jethroe San Juan 7 1945-46 Luis “Canena” Márquez Mayagüez 10 Juan E. Vargas/ Caguas/Ponce 8 1947-48 Robert “Bob” Thurman Santurce 9 1948-49 Luscious Easter Mayagüez 9 1949-50 Luis “Canena” Márquez Aguadilla 10 1951-52 Bob Thurman Santurce 8 1954-55 Willie Mays Santurce 7 1957-58 Bob Thurman Santurce 8
Home Runs Season Player Team HR 1938-39 Ed Stone/Jimmy Starks Humacao/Mayagüez 8 1939-40 Joshua Gibson Santurce 6 1940-41 Roy Campanella/ Caguas/Mayagüez 8 1941-42 Joshua Gibson Santurce 13 1943-44 Juan Guilbe Ponce 2 1944-45 Tomás Quiñones Ponce 3 Fernando Díaz Pedroso/Sam Bankhead/Monte Irvin Ponce/Ponce/San Juan 3 1946-47 Luis “Canena” Márquez Aguadilla 14 1947-48 Willard Brown Santurce 27 1948-49 Willard Brown/ Santurce/Santurce 18 1949-50 Willard Brown Santurce 16 1950-51 Buster Clarkson Santurce 18 1951-52 George Crowe/ Caguas-San Juan/ Santurce 9 1953-54 Hank Aaron Caguas 9 1955-56 Luscious Easter SJ-Ponce 17
Runs batted in Season Player Team RBI 1941-42 Quincy Trouppe Guayama 57 1943-44 Francisco Coimbre Ponce 27 1946-47 Willard Brown Santurce 50 1947-48 Willard Brown Santurce 86 1948-49 Wilmer Fields Mayagüez 88 1949-50 Willard Brown Santurce 97 1950-51 Willard Brown Santurce 76 1951-52 George Crowe Cag.-SJ 70 1954-55 Buster Clarkson Santurce 61
Runs Season Player Team R 1938-39 Juan E. “Tetelo” Vargas Guayama 59 1939-40 Juan E. “Tetelo” Vargas Guayama 69 1940-41 Buster Clarkson Mayagüez 49 1941-42 Francisco Coimbre Ponce 46 1943-44 Juan E. “Tetelo” Vargas Santurce 41 1944-45 Sam Jethroe San Juan 37 1945-46 Juan E. “Tetelo” Vargas Santurce 40 1946-47 Luis “Canena” Márquez Aguadilla 69 1947-48 Willard Brown Santurce 79 1948-49 Luscious Easter Mayagüez 81 1949-50 Bob Thurman Santurce 69 1951-52 Jim “Junior” Gilliam Santurce 63 1952-53 Jim “Junior” Gilliam Santurce 55 1953-54 Luis “Canena” Márquez Mayagüez 51 1956-57 Luis “Canena” Márquez Ponce-Mayz. 56
Slugging Season Player Team S 1938-39 Juan E. “Tetelo” Vargas Guayama .677 1939-40 Joshua Gibson Santurce .667 1940-41 Buck Leonard Mayagüez .754 1941-42 Joshua Gibson Santurce .959 1943-44 Francisco Coimbre Ponce .484 1944-45 Francisco Coimbre Ponce .519 1945-46 Monte Irvin San Juan .555 1946-47 Monte Irvin San Juan .711 1947-48 Willard Brown Santurce .906 1948-49 Luscious Easter Mayagüez .751 1949-50 Willard Brown Santurce .598 1950-51 George Crowe Caguas .604 1951-52 George Crowe Cag.- SJ .550 1953-54 Hank Aaron Caguas .504 1954-55 Willie Mays Santurce .773 1955-56 Bob Thurman Santurce .620
Stolen bases Season Player Team SB 1938-39 Dick Seay Humacao 33 1939-40 Juan E. “Tetelo” Vargas Guayama 33 1940-41 Juan E. “Tetelo” Vargas Guayama 21 1941-42 Buster Clarkson Mayagüez 18 1943-44 Francisco Coimbre Ponce 20 1944-45 Alfonso Gerard Santurce 12 1945-46 Sam Bankhead Ponce 12 Fernando Díaz Pedroso / Ponce/Santurce 19 1947-48 Luis “Canena” Márquez Aguadilla 20 1948-49 Luis “Canena” Márquez Aguadilla 29 1953-54 Luis “Canena” Márquez Mayagüez 32
Wins Season Pitcher Team W 1938-39 Rafael Ortiz Guayama 11 1939-40 Satchel Paige Guayama 19 1940-41 Bill Byrd Caguas 15 1941-42 Barney Brown Guayama 16 1943-44 Rafael Ortiz Ponce 15 1944-45 Tomás Quiñones Ponce 16 1945-46 Tomás Quiñones Ponce 10 1946-47 Barney Brown San Juan 16 1947-48 John Ford Smith Santurce 13 1948-49 John Ford Smith Santurce 13 1954-55 Sam Jones Santurce 14
ERA Season Pitcher Team ERA 1938-39 Raymond Brown San Juan 2.00 1939-40 Silvio García Ponce 1.32 1940-41 David “Impo” Barnhill Humacao 2.12 1941-42 Raymond Brown Ponce 1.80 1942-43 Rafael Ortiz Ponce 1.83 1943-44 Tomás Quiñones Ponce 1.69 1944-45 Tomás Quiñones Ponce 2.52 1945-46 Johnny “Gaucho” Davis San Juan 2.42 1946-47 Barney Brown San Juan 1.25 1949-50 Cecil Kaiser Caguas 1.67 1954-55 Sam Jones Santurce 1.77
Strike Outs Season Pitcher Team SO 1938-39 José A. Figueroa Mayagüez 96 1939-40 Satchel Paige Guayama 208 1940-41 David “Impo” Barnhill Humacao 193 1941-42 Leon Day Aguadilla 168 1944-45 Luis R. “El Tigre” Cabrera Santurce 81 1945-46 Luis R. “El Tigre” Cabrera Santurce 75 1946-47 Dan Bankhead Caguas 179 1947-48 Johnny Davis Mayagüez 100 1948-49 Eugene Collins Caguas 157 1949-50 Dan Bankhead Caguas 131 1951-52 Sam Jones San Juan 140 1954-55 Sam Jones Santurce 171
“No-hitters” Date Pitcher (team) Opponent Score Innings Park 12/03/44 Tomás Quiñones (P) Mayagüez 8-0 9 Charles H. Terry 02/08/48 Johnny Davis (M) Aguadilla 1-0 9 Colón 12/31/50 Luis Febres and Roberto Vargas (C) [1] Aguadilla 11-1 9 Colón 06/12/53 José “Pantalones” Santiago (P) San Juan 6-0 7 Francisco Montaner
Rookie of the Year Season Player Team Luis “Canena” Márquez/ Mayagüez/Santurce 1946-47 José “Pantalones” Santiago Ponce
Manager of the Year Season Manager Team 1947-48 Quincy Trouppe Caguas 1948-49 Artie Wilson Mayagüez
.400+ Club Player (team) Season AB H Ave. Juan E. Vargas (G) 1938-39 164 68 .415 Roy Partlow (SJ) 1940-41 122 54 .443 Thomas Jefferson Young (G) 1940-41 148 63 .426 Clarence Palm (S) 1940-41 159 65 .409 Francisco Coimbre (P) 1940-41 167 67 .401 Joshua Gibson (S) 1941-42 123 59 .480 Willard Brown (H/A) 1941-42 122 50 .410 Juan E. Vargas (S) 1943-44 134 55 .410 Francisco Coimbre (P) 1944-45 106 45 .425 Willard Brown (S) 1947-48 234 101 .432 Bob Thurman (S) 1947-48 248 102 .411 Artie Wilson (M) 1947-48 252 102 .405 Luscious Easter (M) 1948-49 249 100 .402
Triple Crown Season Player (team) Ave. HR RBI 1947-48 Willard Brown (S) .432 27 86 1949-50 Willard Brown (S) .353 16 97
Season Pitcher (equipo) W SO ERA 1954-55 Sam Jones (S) 14 171 1.77
Batting for the cycle: Jimmy Crutchfield (SJ) vs. Caguas (December 4th, 1938 in 11 innings) Buster Clarkson (M) vs. Santurce (December 22nd, 1940) Willie Mays (S) vs. Mayagüez (December 8th, 1954) All times leaders Batting (minimum 1,500 ab) Player AB H AVE. Willard Brown 1,940 679 .350 Francisco “Pancho” Coimbre 1,915 646 .337 Pedro “Perucho” Cepeda 1,589 516 .325 Roberto Clemente 1,917 621 .324 Orlando Cepeda 1,849 597 .323 Juan E. “Tetelo” Vargas 2,821 906 .321 Bob Thurman 2,978 931 .313 Omar García 1,905 579 .304 Atanasio “Tany” Pérez 1,757 533 .303 Alfonso Gerard 2,288 693 .303 Buster Clarkson 2,063 621 .301 Jesús “Motorita” Feliciano 1,958 590 .301 Luis “Canena” Márquez 4,018 1,206 .300
Player Hits Luis “Canena” Márquez 1,206 Carlos Bernier 1,107 Saturnino “Nino” Escalera 1,071 Santos Alomar 1,069 Juan J. Beníquez 1,039 José A. Pagán 1,015 Víctor Pellot Power 980 Ramón L. “Wito” Conde 960 Bob Thurman 931 José “Cheo” Cruz 914
Player Doubles Luis “Canena” Márquez 235 José A. Pagán 174 Juan J. Beníquez 165 Víctor Pellot Power 155 Saturnino “Nino” Escalera 155 Carlos Bernier 151 Bob Thurman 149 Jerry Morales 146 José M. Morales 145 Ramón L. “Wito” Conde 141 Guillermo Montañez 141 José “Cheo” Cruz 141 Santos Alomar 136
Player Triples Carlos Bernier 85 Luis “Canena” Márquez 66 Saturnino “Nino” Escalera 66 Bob Thurman 61 Juan E. “Tetelo” Vargas 56* Víctor Pellot Power 38 Santos Alomar 38 Luis Rodríguez Olmo 35 José “Cheo” Cruz 33 Pedro “Perucho” Cepeda 31 Iván de Jesús 29 Carlos M. Santiago 28 Juan J. Beníquez 28
Player Home Runs Bob Thurman 120 José “Cheo” Cruz 119 Elrod Hendricks 105 Héctor Villanueva 105 Willard Brown 101 Buster Clarkson 98 Luis “Canena” Márquez 97 Cándido Maldonado 92 Orlando Cepeda 89 Guillermo Montañez 86 Carmelo Martínez 86 José A. Pagán 85 Ismael Oquendo 85
Player RBI’s Bob Thurman 566 Luis “Canena” Márquez 500 Víctor Pellot Power 489 Willard Brown 473 José M. Morales 467 José “Cheo” Cruz 465 José A. Pagán 463 Buster Clarkson 461 Juan J. Beníquez 450 Héctor Villanueva 425
Player Runs Luis “Canena” Márquez 768 Carlos Bernier 739 Saturnino “Nino” Escalera 646 Juan E. “Tetelo” Vargas 606 José “Cheo” Cruz 567 Santos Alomar 537 Bob Thurman 527 Juan J. Beníquez 525 José A. Pagán 503 Víctor Pellot Power 463
Player AB TB Slugging Willard Brown 1,940 1,171 .604 Orlando Cepeda 1,849 1,006 .544 Bob Thurman 2,978 1,562 .525 Buster Clarkson 2,063 1,054 .511 Atanasio “Tany” Pérez 1,757 866 .493 José “Cheo” Cruz 3,095 1,478 .478 Luis “Canena” Márquez 4,018 1,864 .464 Francisco “Pancho” Coimbre 1,915 887 .463 Omar García 1,905 871 .457 Roberto Clemente 1,917 876 .457 Cándido Maldonado 2,416 1,095 .453
Player Total Bases Luis “Canena” Márquez 1,864 Carlos Bernier 1,572 Bob Thurman 1,562 José A. Pagán 1,486 Juan J. Beníquez 1,479 José “Cheo” Cruz 1,478 Saturnino “Nino” Escalera 1,409 Víctor Pellot Power 1,376 Santos Alomar 1,356 José M. Morales 1,270
Player SB Carlos Bernier 286 Luis “Canena” Márquez 217* Santos Alomar 168 Henry Cotto 154 José “Cheo” Cruz 152 Iván de Jesús 152 Juan E. “Tetelo” Vargas 138* Saturnino “Nino” Escalera 126 Joe Cristopher 125 Gilberto Flores 124
Pitcher Wins Rubén Gómez 174 Juan “Terín” Pizarro 157 Luis “Tite” Arroyo 110 José “Pantalones” Santiago 107 Luis R. “Tigre” Cabrera 105 Julio Navarro 98 Ceferino “Cefo” Conde 87 Rafael Ortiz 85 Roberto Vargas 84 Tomás “Planchardón” Quiñones 82
Pitcher ERA (mínimum1,000 innings) Juan “Terín” Pizarro 2.51 José “Palillo” Santiago 2.84 Julio Navarro 2.94 Rubén Gómez 2.97 Luis “Tite” Arroyo 3.04 José “Pantalones” Santiago 3.06 Tomás “Planchardón” Quiñones 3.28* Luis R. “El Tigre” Cabrera 3.43* Florentino Rivera 3.62* Francisco Javier Oliveras 3.75
Pitcher SO Juan “Terín” Pizarro 1,804 Rubén Gómez 1,390 Julio Navarro 994 José “Pantalones” Santiago 976 Luis “Tite” Arroyo 942 Luis R. “Tigre” Cabrera 774 Roberto Vargas 632 José “Palillo” Santiago 615 Francisco J. Oliveras 568 Dan Bankhead 555
Pitcher IP Rubén Gómez 2,486.1 Juan “Terín” Pizarro 2,403.0 Luis “Tite” Arroyo 1,722.1 José “Pantalones” Santiago 1,690.0 Julio Navarro 1,623.0 Luis R. “Tigre” Cabrera* 1,378.1 Roberto Vargas* 1,228.1 Francisco J. Oliveras 1,138.2 José “Palillo” Santiago 1,070.0 Jesús Hernaiz 1,058.1
Pitcher ShO Juan “Terín” Pizarro 46 Rubén Gómez 32 José “Pantalones” Santiago 21 Julio Navarro 19 José “Palillo” Santiago 15 Miguel Cuellar 14 John Boozer 12 Eduardo “Volanta” Rodríguez 11 Luis “Tite” Arroyo 9 Rogelio Moret 9 Roberto Vargas 7 Florentino Rivera 7 Jesús Hernaiz 7
Bold=Negro leaguer
Season Team Manager 1941-42 Ponce George Scales 1942-43 Ponce George Scales 1943-44 Ponce George Scales 1944-45 Ponce George Scales 1945-46 San Juan Robert Clarke 1946-47 Ponce George Scales 1947-48 Caguas Quincy Trouppe 1948-49 Mayagüez Arthur “Artie” Wilson 1950-51 Santurce George Scales 1952-53 Santurce James “Buster” Clarkson
Caribbean Series Year Team Manager 1951 Santurce George Scales 1953 Santurce James “Buster” Clarkson
Roy Campanella (Caguas, Santurce y San Juan)-1969 Satchel Paige (Guayama y Santurce)-1971 Joshua Gibson (Santurce)-1972 Buck Leonard (Mayagüez)-1972 Monte Irvin (San Juan)-1973 Oscar Charleston-1976[2] Willie Mays (Santurce)-1979 Hank Aaron (Caguas)-1982 Ray Dandridge (Santurce)-1987 Leon Day (Aguadilla y Santurce)-1995 Willie Wells (Aguadilla)-1997 Larry Doby (San Juan)-1998 Hilton Smith (Ponce)-2001 Willard Brown (Humacao/Arecibo/Santurce)-2006 Raymond Brown (San Juan-Santurce-Ponce)-2006 Judd Wilson (Humacao)-2006 [1] Luis Febres (not a negroleaguer) threw two innings and Roberto Vargas, seven.
[2] Umpire 1946-47
