1940 Season

1939 / 1941

Tom Wilson (President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Cool Papa
Bell

Top Pitcher

Willie
Jefferson

Leaders

Homeruns

#	Player	Team	HR
1	Cool Papa Bell	ULT/VEZ	12
2	Josh Gibson	VEZ/HG	12
3	Ted Strong	JNL	11
4	Bus Clarkson	MULT	10
5	Martín Dihigo	VEZ	9
6	Henry McHenry	MULT	9
7	Sam Bankhead	CBM	8
8	Pepper Bassett	JNL	8
9	Willard Brown	JNL/KCM	8
10	Thad Christopher	ULT	8

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	George Walker	KCM	0.73
2	Johnny Wright	TIC	0.97
3	Frank Bradley	KCM	1.08
4	Dan Bankhead	BBB	1.08
5	Ray Brown	HG/EAS	1.09
6	Jesús Valenzuela	TPC	1.16
7	Lefty Calhoun	MULT	1.18
8	Willie Jefferson	CBM	1.20
9	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	1.24
10	Verdell Mathis	MRS	1.24

Advanced Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	East All Stars	EWA	1	49	.398	8.2%	18.4%	0.44	0.0%	.070
2	Azules de Veracruz	MEX	85	2839	.385	8.3%	9.2%	0.90	1.7%	.160
3	Newark Eagles	NN2	40	1501	.379	10.2%			2.6%	.157
4	Unión Laguna de Torreón	MEX	82	2424	.378	8.9%	8.9%	1.00	1.5%	.137
5	Rojos del México	MEX	91	3246	.378	10.9%	8.9%	1.23	1.3%	.141
6	Homestead Grays	NN2	56	2082	.357	9.8%			1.2%	.121
7	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	38	1410	.356	7.8%			0.9%	.104
8	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	61	2376	.356	10.3%			1.4%	.132
9	Carta Blanca de Monterrey	MEX	100	3426	.354	9.9%	9.4%	1.06	0.9%	.123
10	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	63	2264	.343	9.6%			1.2%	.119
11	North All Stars	NSA/IND	2	74	.342	14.9%			0.0%	.032
12	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	NAL	29	1073	.336	10.4%			0.3%	.077
13	Satchel Paige All Stars	IND	2	75	.327	4.0%			0.0%	.113
14	New York Black Yankees	NN2	33	1167	.321	8.5%			0.8%	.089
15	Gallos de Santa Rosa/Chihuahua	MEX	77	2680	.320	9.6%	11.6%	0.83	0.7%	.094
16	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo	MEX	95	2970	.315	7.5%	13.6%	0.55	1.5%	.124
17	New York Cubans	NN2	29	1142	.313	8.9%			1.1%	.090
18	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	48	1698	.309	8.7%			0.5%	.067
19	Alijadores de Tampico	MEX	24	985	.308	11.2%	11.1%	1.01	0.7%	.091
20	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	30	1066	.308	6.5%			0.8%	.075
21	South All Stars	NSA	1	36	.301	16.7%			0.0%	.107
22	Chicago American Giants	NAL	23	798	.300	9.1%			0.9%	.073
23	Cleveland Bears	NAL	27	997	.299	11.2%			0.3%	.054
24	Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	NAL	13	476	.283	8.2%			0.8%	.080
25	Taylor's All Stars	IND	1	27	.272	7.4%			0.0%	.125
26	West All Stars	EWA	1	34	.220	8.8%	11.8%	0.75	0.0%	.000
	26	6	1429	36915	.344	9.3%	10.3%	0.91	1.1%	.115

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	Leamon Johnson*	SPA	SS	8	.772	12.5%			0.0%	.333
2	Cool Papa Bell**	ULT/VEZ	CF	430	.520	10.5%	5.6%	1.88	2.8%	.249
3	Buck Leonard*	HG/EAS	1B	234	.508	17.5%	0.0%		3.4%	.254
4	Ed Mayweather*	MULT	1B	120	.480	20.8%	25.0%	1.00	0.8%	.120
5	Monte Irvin	NE	CF	161	.464	9.3%			2.5%	.218
6	Blas Monaco	ROM	2B	412	.462	20.6%	9.5%	2.18	1.7%	.171
7	Wild Bill Wright**	SRC/ROM	CF	398	.453	11.8%	3.5%	3.36	2.0%	.211
8	Bus Clarkson	MULT	SS	209	.452	9.1%	23.9%	0.29	4.8%	.265
9	Goose Curry*	MULT	RF	166	.445	20.5%			1.2%	.173
10	Lennie Pearson	NE	CF	167	.445	9.0%			4.8%	.243
11	Ted Strong**	JNL	SS	308	.441	9.1%	12.3%	0.74	3.6%	.271
12	Quincy Trouppe**	CBM	3B	327	.441	14.7%	12.2%	1.20	1.8%	.207
13	Bill Hoskins*	BEG	LF	198	.440	10.6%			4.0%	.240
14	Angel Castro*	VEZ	1B	281	.435	8.5%	7.1%	1.20	1.1%	.193
15	Theolic Smith**	ROM	RF	338	.430	12.4%	5.9%	2.10	0.9%	.134
16	Thad Christopher*	ULT	LF	337	.429	16.3%	13.1%	1.25	2.4%	.191
17	Martín Dihigo	VEZ	3B	324	.423	5.2%	7.7%	0.68	2.8%	.185
18	Jesse Williams	KCM	SS	147	.423	6.8%			0.7%	.115
19	Pat Patterson**	ROM	SS	284	.422	8.5%	10.6%	0.80	1.8%	.213
20	Henry Spearman	NBY/NOS	3B	143	.420	13.3%			2.8%	.180
21	Howard Easterling**	HG/EAS	3B	233	.411	9.0%	40.0%	0.00	1.3%	.178
22	Fran Matthews*	NE	1B	147	.409	12.9%			1.4%	.160
23	Johnny Washington*	NBY	1B	135	.407	3.0%			1.5%	.148
24	Sergio Correa^	VEZ/SRC	C	262	.406	15.6%	8.4%	1.86	1.1%	.154
25	Ed Young	CAG	1B	73	.405	9.6%			1.4%	.108
26	Lloyd Davenport*	TPC	CF	80	.404	7.5%	8.8%	0.86	0.0%	.137
27	Donald Reeves*	CAG/WES	RF	72	.404	8.3%	50.0%	0.00	5.6%	.262
28	Willie Wells	VEZ	SS	383	.401	9.1%	5.5%	1.67	0.8%	.127
29	Manuel Salvatierra	VEZ	RF	332	.399	13.9%	15.4%	0.90	2.4%	.205
30	Sam Bankhead	CBM	SS	429	.397	10.0%	6.8%	1.48	1.9%	.169
31	Buddy Armour*	SNS	RF	112	.394	6.3%			0.0%	.117
32	Mule Suttles	NE	LF	155	.394	14.8%			3.2%	.192
33	Gene Benson*	PS/EAS	CF	248	.393	11.3%	0.0%		2.0%	.142
34	Willard Brown	JNL/KCM	CF	312	.393	3.2%	4.9%	0.67	2.6%	.166
35	Chester Williams	ULT	SS	337	.393	6.2%	2.7%	2.33	2.1%	.141
36	Duke Cleveland*	CBR	RF	118	.392	12.7%			0.0%	.040
37	Roy Parnell	PS	LF	223	.391	11.2%			1.8%	.173
38	Turkey Stearnes*	KCM	CF	146	.390	12.3%			3.4%	.198
39	Woody Arkeketa*	ULT	3B	258	.387	7.0%	2.3%	3.00	0.8%	.124
40	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	135	.386	11.9%			0.0%	.059
41	Winfield Welch*	SPA	LF	9	.385	22.2%			0.0%	.000
42	Tommy Sampson	BBB/WES	2B	111	.384	4.5%	0.0%		0.0%	.097
43	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	CF	124	.381	8.9%			0.8%	.097
44	Pedro Pagés**	ROM	1B	371	.381	13.5%	10.2%	1.32	0.8%	.140
45	Jim West**	MULT	1B	251	.378	8.8%			0.0%	.102
46	Carlos Galina*	CBM	1B	403	.377	10.9%	8.9%	1.22	0.2%	.129
47	Clarence Isreal	NE	3B	124	.376	9.7%			3.2%	.119
48	Tommie Dukes*	ROM	C	373	.376	11.0%	7.8%	1.41	1.6%	.148
49	Charlie Biot	MULT	CF	130	.375	6.2%			1.5%	.217
50	Ed Stone*	MULT	RF	248	.373	13.3%	7.7%	1.57	1.2%	.138
51	Sammy Hughes	BEG/NOS	2B	269	.373	10.8%			2.2%	.174
52	Manuel Cortinas*	CBM	LF	356	.372	11.2%	11.5%	0.98	1.1%	.116
53	Lonnie Summers	MULT	3B	395	.371	5.3%	9.1%	0.58	1.3%	.172
54	Mike Simon	VEZ/ROM	LF	329	.370	6.7%	9.1%	0.73	0.3%	.108
55	Willie Nixon^	MULT	RF	110	.370	11.8%			1.8%	.174
56	Matt Carlisle	HG	2B	225	.368	8.9%			1.3%	.160
57	Leslie Green*	MULT	CF	187	.365	16.0%	24.0%	0.33	1.1%	.104
58	Alejandro Crespo	NYC/EAS	LF	132	.362	9.8%	0.0%		1.5%	.162
59	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	194	.361	8.8%			0.5%	.059
60	Henry Kimbro*	BEG/NOS	CF	296	.358	16.6%			0.7%	.075
61	Biz Mackey**	MULT	C	158	.357	9.5%			0.6%	.064
62	Johnny Ray*	CBR	CF	105	.356	19.0%			0.0%	.000
63	Felton Snow	BEG/NOS	3B	208	.355	6.3%			0.5%	.095
64	Ted Bond	CAG	3B	84	.352	13.1%			0.0%	.108
65	Larry Brown**	MRS/WES	C	160	.347	13.1%	0.0%		0.0%	.044
66	Clemente Carreras	NYC	2B	94	.347	11.7%			2.1%	.086
67	David Whatley*	HG/TAY	RF	244	.347	9.0%			0.8%	.095
68	Joe González	TPC	RF	152	.347	16.4%	10.5%	1.56	2.6%	.152
69	Buck O'Neil	KCM/SPA	1B	155	.344	5.2%			0.6%	.123
70	Tommy Butts	BEG/NOS	SS	261	.342	11.5%			0.4%	.063
71	Jimmy Ford	SNS/SAS	3B	114	.341	3.5%			0.0%	.083
72	Vic Harris*	HG	LF	208	.339	9.1%			0.5%	.126
73	Russell Awkard*	NE/NYC	RF	113	.337	10.6%			1.8%	.130
74	Francisco Correa	ULT	2B	268	.336	11.2%	6.0%	1.88	0.0%	.060
75	Rafael Caballero	CBM	CF	399	.333	10.5%	12.5%	0.84	1.0%	.096
76	Rogelio Linares*	NYC	1B	116	.330	7.8%			1.7%	.117
77	Marlin Carter*	MRS	3B	166	.329	8.4%			0.0%	.081
78	John Lyles**	SNS/SAS	SS	115	.327	7.8%			0.0%	.059
79	Red Longley	MRS	LF	158	.327	12.7%			0.0%	.074
80	Epitacio Torres*	CBM	RF	415	.325	5.8%	6.5%	0.89	0.7%	.113
81	Stanley Pintarell	JNL	2B	378	.324	6.9%	10.8%	0.63	1.1%	.119
82	Apolinar Pulido	TPC	SS	106	.323	14.2%	13.2%	1.07	0.0%	.047
83	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	186	.322	10.2%			0.5%	.074
84	Sammy Burton^	BBB/TAY	3B	107	.321	9.3%			0.9%	.084
85	Curtis Henderson	TIC/WES	SS	49	.319	10.2%	0.0%		2.0%	.114
86	Chile Gómez	CBM	2B	359	.318	12.5%	6.1%	2.05	0.3%	.082
87	Jabbo Andrews*	BBB/TAY	LF	113	.317	10.6%			2.7%	.112
88	Henry Turner	CBR	C	105	.317	16.2%			0.0%	.102
89	Charlie Bates	TPC	C	75	.312	6.7%	13.3%	0.50	0.0%	.114
90	Lyman Bostock*	BBB/TAY	1B	106	.311	5.7%			0.0%	.050
91	Willie Simms*	CAG	CF	85	.310	10.6%			1.2%	.092
92	Emanuel Sampson^	CBR	LF	100	.309	15.0%			0.0%	.063
93	Jelly Taylor*	MRS/WES	1B	184	.308	9.8%	0.0%		0.5%	.077
94	Héctor Leal	VEZ	LF	361	.308	7.8%	8.9%	0.88	1.1%	.113
95	Henry Milton*	KCM/WES	RF	143	.306	7.0%	25.0%	0.00	0.7%	.063
96	Jimmy Direaux^	CBM/TPC	3B	142	.305	16.2%	12.0%	1.35	0.7%	.059
97	Parnell Woods	MULT	3B	127	.304	7.1%	0.0%		0.8%	.095
98	T. J. Brown	MRS	SS	171	.304	5.8%			0.0%	.071
99	Bradford Bennett	SNS/SAS	LF	97	.299	10.3%			0.0%	.059
100	Dick Seay	MULT	2B	146	.297	5.5%	0.0%		2.1%	.115
101	Red Moore*	BEG/NOS	1B	248	.295	7.7%			0.4%	.100
102	Johnny Smith*	TIC	LF	53	.294	7.5%			0.0%	.041
103	Jake Dunn	MULT	RF	268	.293	7.8%	6.0%	0.75	1.1%	.103
104	Rabbit Martínez	NYC/EAS	SS	104	.291	8.7%	33.3%	0.00	1.9%	.109
105	Jim Keesey	TPC	1B	77	.290	9.1%	6.5%	1.40	0.0%	.086
106	Jimmy Johnson^	TPC/TIC	RF	94	.289	5.3%	13.0%	0.44	2.1%	.169
107	Pepper Bassett**	JNL	C	301	.289	4.7%	23.6%	0.20	2.7%	.143
108	Arnulfo Arras	MULT	2B	249	.282	8.8%	14.5%	0.61	0.0%	.051
109	Jim Williams	CBR/NBY	RF	117	.281	6.8%			0.9%	.085
110	Billy Horne*	CAG/SAS	2B	71	.278	12.7%			0.0%	.033
111	Clarence Lamar	CBR	SS	100	.278	8.0%			1.0%	.091
112	Ramón Heredía	NYC	3B	124	.268	2.4%			0.8%	.084
113	Paul Hardy	MULT	C	89	.263	10.1%			0.0%	.066
114	Jimmy Wilson	TIC	RF	53	.254	9.4%			0.0%	.000
115	Leroy Morney**	CAG/WES	SS	77	.248	13.0%	0.0%		0.0%	.032
116	Alfonso de la Fuente	TPC	2B	107	.246	6.5%	9.3%	0.70	0.0%	.041
117	Dominic Castro	TPC	3B	85	.243	4.7%	14.1%	0.33	0.0%	.062
118	Ted Gipson^	SPA	3B	8	.242	0.0%			0.0%	.000
119	Jelly Jackson	HG	SS	178	.223	4.5%			0.0%	.042
120	Lefty Turner	TIC	1B	44	.217	2.3%			0.0%	.119
121	Nora Listach	SPA	RF	8	.170	0.0%			0.0%	.125
122	Spike Bland^	SPA	C	7	.000	0.0%			0.0%	.000

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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