1940 St. Louis-New Orleans Stars - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1940 St. Louis-New Orleans Stars


22 - 22 - 2


20 - 19 - 2 in the Negro American League

1938 / 1941 (Team History)

Managed by:
George Mitchell (22-22-2)

Top Hitter


Marshall
Riddle

Top Pitcher


Eugene
Smith

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting Pitching
OPS+
108
 2nd ERA+
94
 4th
OPS
.665
 2nd ERA
4.02
 4th
BA
.260
 2nd BA
OBP
.328
 2nd K/BB
1.63
 5th
SLG
.337
 2nd K%
15.1%
 2nd
BB%
9.1%
 3rd BB%
9.3%
 6th
K%
HR%
ISO
.077
 2nd WHIP
1.34
 4th

Notes:


• Home Ballpark: South End Grounds (St. Louis, MO), Pelican Stadium (New Orleans, LA)


Fielding Breakdown by Position
C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF PH PR P
Player
Age
Pos
G
Runs
G
Runs
G
Runs
G
Runs
G
Runs
G
Runs
G
Runs
G
Runs
G
G
G
19
SP
4
30
C
16
25
RF
12
1
12
21
1B
2
1
1
28
RP
1
12
30
1B
24
-
RP
1
31
C
3
22
SP
1
9
20
RP
1
22
2B
18
26
C
2
26
CF
7
17
1
32
RP
1
36
3B
10
SS
1
24
SP
1
4
12
RP
1
40
1B
1
1
33
C
11
25
RP
3
28
SS
2
15
2
3
24
RP
2
27
3B
7
13
3
28
RP
1
1
SP
7
23
LF
18
5
CF
1
SP
2
30
32
28
25
25
28
28
25
27
56

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Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.


Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James