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

Stolen Bases

#	Player	Team	SB
1	Leslie Green	SNS	11
2	Fred Bankhead	MRS	8
3	Henry Milton	KCM	8
4	Buck O'Neil	KCM	8
5	Herb Souell	KCM	8
6	Duke Cleveland	CBR	7
7	Jelly Taylor	MRS	7
8	Curtis Henderson	TIC	6
9	John Lyles	SNS	6
10	Buddy Armour	SNS	5

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	George Walker	KCM	1.29
2	Frank Bradley	KCM	2.21
3	Johnny Wright	TIC	2.40
4	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	2.42
5	Lefty Calhoun	SNS	2.89
6	Eugene Bremer	MRS	3.07
7	Lefty Wilson	MRS/TIC	3.18
8	Eugene Smith	SNS	3.29
9	Jack Matchett	KCM	3.36
10	Dan Bankhead	BBB	3.57

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	394.1	1.38	12.8%	9.6%	1.34	0.3%
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	309.1	1.19	18.8%	7.5%	2.50	0.7%
3	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	245.2	1.45	9.9%	7.5%	1.32	0.5%
4	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	NAL	235.2	1.48	13.3%	10.5%	1.26	0.6%
5	Cleveland Bears	NAL	221.2	1.46	13.0%	8.1%	1.60	0.4%
6	Chicago American Giants	NAL	184.1	1.56	10.5%	10.2%	1.03	0.7%
7	Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	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

#	Player	Team	Role	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Preacher Henry	CBR	SP	92.2	1.60	14.6%	10.0%	1.47	0.5%
2	Eugene Bremer	MRS	RP	82.0	1.26	12.5%	6.3%	2.00	0.3%
3	Jack Matchett	KCM	SP	80.1	1.34	15.9%	6.3%	2.50	0.6%
4	Eugene Smith	SNS	SP	79.1	1.32	15.6%	11.2%	1.40	0.6%
5	Andy Sarvis	CBR	RP	69.0	1.26	14.1%	3.7%	3.82	0.7%
6	Hilton Smith	KCM	RP	61.0	1.10	22.7%	5.6%	4.07	0.4%
7	Frank Bradley	KCM	RP	53.0	1.08	24.2%	7.8%	3.12	0.9%
8	Lefty Calhoun*	SNS	RP	53.0	1.06	14.0%	5.0%	2.82	0.5%
9	Blanch Moody	BBB	SP	51.1	1.52	8.8%	4.8%	1.82	0.4%
10	Red Howard*	BBB	RP	51.0	1.24	11.1%	7.8%	1.41	0.0%
11	Verdell Mathis*	MRS	RP	49.0	1.24	14.2%	6.9%	2.07	0.0%
12	George Walker	KCM	RP	49.0	0.73	20.8%	3.8%	5.43	1.1%
13	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	SP	48.1	1.24	14.1%	10.2%	1.38	0.5%
14	Lefty Bowe*	CAG	SP	47.2	1.32	17.4%	11.1%	1.57	1.4%
15	W. Miller^	CAG	SP	47.0	1.74	7.4%	7.4%	1.00	0.9%
16	Dan Bankhead	BBB	SP	45.1	1.08	12.9%	6.7%	1.92	0.6%
17	Eddie Snead*	BBB	RP	44.2	1.70	8.0%	7.5%	1.07	0.5%
18	Lafayette Dumas^	MRS	SP	43.1	1.52	10.6%	15.6%	0.68	0.5%
19	Johnny Wright	TIC	SP	41.1	0.97	11.7%	3.1%	3.80	0.0%
20	Willie Hudson*	CAG	SP	40.2	1.60	8.5%	12.2%	0.70	0.0%
21	Lefty Wilson*	MRS/TIC	SP	39.2	1.16	12.9%	7.1%	1.83	0.6%
22	Floyd Kranson	KCM	SP	37.2	1.88	10.9%	15.8%	0.69	0.5%
23	Junius Savage	MRS	RP	36.2	1.36	20.4%	14.6%	1.39	0.0%
24	Frank McAllister	SNS	RP	36.0	1.81	12.6%	12.1%	1.05	1.1%
25	Gentry Jessup	BBB	SP	34.2	1.73	10.7%	10.1%	1.06	0.6%
26	Big Train Jackson*	MRS	SP	33.1	1.74	10.7%	8.8%	1.21	0.6%
27	William Sumrall	MRS	RP	32.1	1.39	4.1%	5.5%	0.75	0.0%
28	Tommy Johnson	CAG	SP	28.2	1.99	6.5%	10.9%	0.60	0.7%
29	Connie Johnson	TIC	SP	26.0	1.46	12.9%	10.3%	1.25	2.6%
30	Lefty Boone*	MRS/SNS	SP	22.1	2.42	14.3%	18.3%	0.78	1.6%
31	Charles Dunklin	SNS	RP	22.1	1.84	8.4%	11.2%	0.75	0.0%
32	Ted Alexander	CBR	SP	16.2	1.38	13.3%	12.0%	1.11	0.0%
33	Allen Bryant*	KCM	RP	16.1	1.29	12.2%	8.1%	1.50	1.4%
34	Smoky Owens	CBR	SP	13.1	1.43	10.3%	8.6%	1.20	0.0%
35	Fay Washington	SNS	RP	13.1	1.95	7.8%	17.2%	0.45	1.6%
36	Leroy Sutton	SNS	RP	12.2	1.42	18.6%	8.5%	2.20	1.7%
37	Clarence White*	CBR/TIC	RP	12.0	1.08	12.0%	10.0%	1.20	0.0%
38	Spoon Carter	TIC	SP	10.0	1.20	19.5%	7.3%	2.67	0.0%
39	Jimmy Johnson*	TIC	RP	10.0	1.50	16.0%	12.0%	1.33	0.0%
40	Samuel Burris^	BBB	RP	8.0	2.13	7.1%	14.3%	0.50	2.4%
41	Roosevelt Davis	MRS	SP	8.0	1.13	14.7%	8.8%	1.67	0.0%
42	Specs Ellis*	CBR	RP	7.2	1.83	0.0%	5.4%	0.00	0.0%
43	Willie Cornelius	CAG	SP	7.0	0.71	25.9%	3.7%	7.00	0.0%
44	Lefty Moses*	KCM	SP	7.0	0.43	13.0%	0.0%		0.0%
45	Johnny Smith*	TIC	SP	7.0	1.00	25.0%	14.3%	1.75	0.0%
46	Robert Dean	SNS	RP	6.2	0.60	0.0%	8.3%	0.00	0.0%
47	Zell Miles	CAG	SP	6.0	0.50	9.1%	9.1%	1.00	0.0%
48	Alonzo Boone	CBR	RP	5.2	1.94	7.1%	10.7%	0.67	0.0%
49	Alex Broome^	CBR	RP	5.2	1.41	10.7%	14.3%	0.75	0.0%
50	Felix Evans	MRS	SP	5.1	1.88	15.4%	7.7%	2.00	0.0%
51	Sam Barber^	BBB	SP	5.0	1.20	5.0%	5.0%	1.00	0.0%
52	Alonzo Mitchell	CBR	RP	5.0	1.00	10.0%	0.0%		0.0%
53	Satchel Paige	KCM	SP	5.0	1.20	47.6%	14.3%	3.33	0.0%
54	Pete Gregory^	BBB	RP	3.1	0.60	8.3%	0.0%		0.0%
55	Hank Jones^	CAG	RP	3.1	2.70	5.3%	21.1%	0.25	0.0%
56	Charles Oakley^	SNS	RP	3.1	2.10	10.5%	5.3%	2.00	0.0%
57	Lloyd Bruce^	CAG	RP	3.0	1.00	8.3%	8.3%	1.00	0.0%
58	William Newman^	MRS	RP	3.0	0.33	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
59	Fred McBride	BBB	RP	2.1	2.14	8.3%	16.7%	0.50	0.0%
60	George Mitchell	SNS	RP	2.1	0.86	22.2%	0.0%		0.0%
61	Burrows^	SNS	RP	2.0	1.50	11.1%	11.1%	1.00	0.0%
62	Jimmie Armstead*	SNS	RP	1.0	3.00	42.9%	28.6%	1.50	0.0%
63	Henry Merchant*	CAG	RP	1.0	0.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
64	Jack Bruton	SNS	RP	0.2	9.00	0.0%	22.2%	0.00	0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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