1940 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1940 Season


Negro American League


1939 / 1941



R. R. Jackson (Commissioner)
J. B. Martin (President)
Horace Hall (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter


Jesse
Williams

Top Pitcher


George
Walker

Leaders

Batting Average

# Player Team BA
1
SNS
.376
2
KCM
.366
3
TIC/KCM
.347
4
BBB
.337
5
CBR
.333
6
SNS
.330
7
KCM
.314
8
MRS
.309
9
SNS
.299
10
KCM
.283


Advanced Pitching


Throws:


Qualified:



Teams
# Team Lg
1
NAL
394.1
1.38
12.8%
9.6%
1.34
0.3%
2
NAL
309.1
1.19
18.8%
7.5%
2.50
0.7%
3
NAL
245.2
1.45
9.9%
7.5%
1.32
0.5%
4
NAL
235.2
1.48
13.3%
10.5%
1.26
0.6%
5
NAL
221.2
1.46
13.0%
8.1%
1.60
0.4%
6
NAL
184.1
1.56
10.5%
10.2%
1.03
0.7%
7
NAL
106.1
1.18
14.2%
7.1%
2.00
0.9%
7
1
1697.1
1.39
13.4%
8.8%
1.52
0.5%



Players
# Team Role
1
CBR
SP
92.2
1.60
14.6%
10.0%
1.47
0.5%
2
MRS
RP
82.0
1.26
12.5%
6.3%
2.00
0.3%
3
KCM
SP
80.1
1.34
15.9%
6.3%
2.50
0.6%
4
SNS
SP
79.1
1.32
15.6%
11.2%
1.40
0.6%
5
CBR
RP
69.0
1.26
14.1%
3.7%
3.82
0.7%
6
KCM
RP
61.0
1.10
22.7%
5.6%
4.07
0.4%
7
KCM
RP
53.0
1.08
24.2%
7.8%
3.12
0.9%
8
SNS
RP
53.0
1.06
14.0%
5.0%
2.82
0.5%
9
BBB
SP
51.1
1.52
8.8%
4.8%
1.82
0.4%
10
BBB
RP
51.0
1.24
11.1%
7.8%
1.41
0.0%
11
MRS
RP
49.0
1.24
14.2%
6.9%
2.07
0.0%
12
KCM
RP
49.0
0.73
20.8%
3.8%
5.43
1.1%
13
MRS
SP
48.1
1.24
14.1%
10.2%
1.38
0.5%
14
CAG
SP
47.2
1.32
17.4%
11.1%
1.57
1.4%
15
CAG
SP
47.0
1.74
7.4%
7.4%
1.00
0.9%
16
BBB
SP
45.1
1.08
12.9%
6.7%
1.92
0.6%
17
BBB
RP
44.2
1.70
8.0%
7.5%
1.07
0.5%
18
MRS
SP
43.1
1.52
10.6%
15.6%
0.68
0.5%
19
TIC
SP
41.1
0.97
11.7%
3.1%
3.80
0.0%
20
CAG
SP
40.2
1.60
8.5%
12.2%
0.70
0.0%
21
SP
39.2
1.16
12.9%
7.1%
1.83
0.6%
22
KCM
SP
37.2
1.88
10.9%
15.8%
0.69
0.5%
23
MRS
RP
36.2
1.36
20.4%
14.6%
1.39
0.0%
24
SNS
RP
36.0
1.81
12.6%
12.1%
1.05
1.1%
25
BBB
SP
34.2
1.73
10.7%
10.1%
1.06
0.6%
26
MRS
SP
33.1
1.74
10.7%
8.8%
1.21
0.6%
27
MRS
RP
32.1
1.39
4.1%
5.5%
0.75
0.0%
28
CAG
SP
28.2
1.99
6.5%
10.9%
0.60
0.7%
29
TIC
SP
26.0
1.46
12.9%
10.3%
1.25
2.6%
30
SP
22.1
2.42
14.3%
18.3%
0.78
1.6%
31
SNS
RP
22.1
1.84
8.4%
11.2%
0.75
0.0%
32
CBR
SP
16.2
1.38
13.3%
12.0%
1.11
0.0%
33
KCM
RP
16.1
1.29
12.2%
8.1%
1.50
1.4%
34
CBR
SP
13.1
1.43
10.3%
8.6%
1.20
0.0%
35
SNS
RP
13.1
1.95
7.8%
17.2%
0.45
1.6%
36
SNS
RP
12.2
1.42
18.6%
8.5%
2.20
1.7%
37
RP
12.0
1.08
12.0%
10.0%
1.20
0.0%
38
TIC
SP
10.0
1.20
19.5%
7.3%
2.67
0.0%
39
TIC
RP
10.0
1.50
16.0%
12.0%
1.33
0.0%
40
BBB
RP
8.0
2.13
7.1%
14.3%
0.50
2.4%
41
MRS
SP
8.0
1.13
14.7%
8.8%
1.67
0.0%
42
CBR
RP
7.2
1.83
0.0%
5.4%
0.00
0.0%
43
CAG
SP
7.0
0.71
25.9%
3.7%
7.00
0.0%
44
KCM
SP
7.0
0.43
13.0%
0.0%
0.0%
45
TIC
SP
7.0
1.00
25.0%
14.3%
1.75
0.0%
46
SNS
RP
6.2
0.60
0.0%
8.3%
0.00
0.0%
47
CAG
SP
6.0
0.50
9.1%
9.1%
1.00
0.0%
48
CBR
RP
5.2
1.94
7.1%
10.7%
0.67
0.0%
49
CBR
RP
5.2
1.41
10.7%
14.3%
0.75
0.0%
50
MRS
SP
5.1
1.88
15.4%
7.7%
2.00
0.0%
51
BBB
SP
5.0
1.20
5.0%
5.0%
1.00
0.0%
52
CBR
RP
5.0
1.00
10.0%
0.0%
0.0%
53
KCM
SP
5.0
1.20
47.6%
14.3%
3.33
0.0%
54
BBB
RP
3.1
0.60
8.3%
0.0%
0.0%
55
CAG
RP
3.1
2.70
5.3%
21.1%
0.25
0.0%
56
SNS
RP
3.1
2.10
10.5%
5.3%
2.00
0.0%
57
CAG
RP
3.0
1.00
8.3%
8.3%
1.00
0.0%
58
MRS
RP
3.0
0.33
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
59
BBB
RP
2.1
2.14
8.3%
16.7%
0.50
0.0%
60
SNS
RP
2.1
0.86
22.2%
0.0%
0.0%
61
SNS
RP
2.0
1.50
11.1%
11.1%
1.00
0.0%
62
SNS
RP
1.0
3.00
42.9%
28.6%
1.50
0.0%
63
CAG
RP
1.0
0.00
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
64
SNS
RP
0.2
9.00
0.0%
22.2%
0.00
0.0%
* = Left-handed pitcher       ^ = Unknown

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