1940 New York Black Yankees

24 - 27

19 - 24 in the Negro National League II

1931 / 1941 (Team History)

Managed by:
Tex Burnett (24-27)

Top Hitter

Henry
Spearman

Top Pitcher

Roy K.
Williams

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	75	6th	ERA+	84	6th
OPS	.685	5th	ERA	6.75	6th
BA	.263	5th	BA	.319	6th
OBP	.332	5th	K/BB	0.96	6th
SLG	.353	5th	K%	10.0%	6th
BB%	8.5%	6th	BB%	10.4%	4th
K%			HR%	1.7%	5th
ISO	.089	6th	WHIP	1.84	6th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)
• Jim Semler (Owner & Business Manager)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Johnny Hayes*	30	22	67	53	6	13	2	0	0	3	1	11	2	1	0	.245	.394	.283	.677	76
1B	Johnny Washington*	24	32	135	128	31	47	11	1	2	21	3	4	1	2	0	.367	.391	.516	.907	131
2B	Flash Miller	30	20	86	78	12	26	2	1	0	8	3	6	2	0	0	.333	.395	.385	.780	100
3B	Henry Spearman	30	33	135	115	19	37	8	1	4	28	0	18	0	2	0	.322	.414	.513	.927	136
SS	Hoss Walker	35	26	97	90	7	14	4	0	0	7	0	4	0	3	0	.156	.191	.200	.391	0
LF	Marvin Barker	28	23	92	81	13	18	2	1	0	6	1	8	1	2	0	.222	.300	.272	.572	47
CF	Charlie Biot	22	28	107	98	12	30	8	4	2	21	1	7	0	2	0	.306	.352	.531	.883	124
RF	Jim Williams	34	21	82	76	9	18	3	0	1	11	2	5	0	1	0	.237	.284	.316	.600	53

C	Bob Clarke	37	17	56	54	2	11	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	.204	.218	.204	.422	9
LF	Jim Starks	34	15	45	39	5	14	1	0	0	7	0	6	0	0	0	.359	.444	.385	.829	114
RF	Zollie Wright	30	12	41	37	3	8	3	0	0	9	0	3	0	1	0	.216	.275	.297	.572	47
LF	Goose Curry*	35	12	39	30	7	7	2	0	0	1	2	9	0	0	0	.233	.410	.300	.710	84
2B	Dick Seay	35	6	25	23	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	.174	.208	.174	.382	-1
CF	Roy Debnam^	36	4	16	12	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	.417	.533	.417	.950	146
SS	John Hawkins^		4	13	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.091	.231	.091	.322	-15
SS	Erkie Wilson^		3	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	.000	.300	.000	.300	-18
LF	Fats Jenkins*	42	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-32
3B	Anthony Cooper	35	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2B	U. Johnson^		2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
LF	Lamb Barbee^	24	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Roy K. Williams^	32	12	25	24	5	10	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.417	.440	.500	.940	140
SP	Neck Stanley*	35	13	22	20	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.200	.238	.250	.488	25
RP	Jesse Brown*	26	13	15	13	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	.154	.267	.231	.497	28
SP	Bud Barbee	26	9	15	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	69
SP	Bob Evans	29	12	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.067	.067	.133	-66
SP	Bill Holland**	39	5	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	-53
SP	Purnell Mincy*	24	2	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-9
PH	Greene Farmer**	20	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		1.000

RP	Roosevelt Davis	35	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	29		352	1167	1040	149	274	48	9	9	129	14	99	8	20	0	.263	.332	.353	.685	75

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Johnny Washington*	24	1B	135	.407	.361	3.0%	10.1%	1.5%	1.4%	.148	.126
Henry Spearman	30	3B	135	.418	.361	13.3%	10.1%	3.0%	1.4%	.191	.126
Charlie Biot	22	CF	107	.385	.361	6.5%	10.1%	1.9%	1.4%	.224	.126
Hoss Walker	35	SS	97	.183	.361	4.1%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.044	.126
Marvin Barker	28	LF	92	.276	.361	8.7%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.049	.126
Flash Miller	30	2B	86	.375	.361	7.0%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.051	.126
Jim Williams	34	RF	82	.280	.361	6.1%	10.1%	1.2%	1.4%	.079	.126
Johnny Hayes*	30	C	67	.345	.361	16.4%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.038	.126
Bob Clarke	37	C	56	.200	.361	1.8%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.126
Jim Starks	34	LF	45	.406	.361	13.3%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.026	.126
Zollie Wright	30	RF	41	.267	.361	7.3%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.081	.126
Goose Curry*	35	LF	39	.366	.361	23.1%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.067	.126
Roy K. Williams^	32	SP	25	.436	.361	4.0%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.083	.126
Dick Seay	35	2B	25	.183	.361	4.0%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.126
Neck Stanley*	35	SP	22	.223	.361	4.5%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.050	.126
Roy Debnam^	36	CF	16	.441	.361	18.8%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.126
Bob Evans	29	SP	15	.063	.361	0.0%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.126
Bud Barbee	26	SP	15	.344	.361	20.0%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.126
Jesse Brown*	26	RP	15	.252	.361	13.3%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.077	.126
John Hawkins^		SS	13	.196	.361	0.0%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.126
Bill Holland**	39	SP	11	.086	.361	0.0%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.126
Erkie Wilson^		SS	10	.231	.361	30.0%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.126
Purnell Mincy*	24	SP	5	.154	.361	20.0%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.126
Fats Jenkins*	42	LF	4	.193	.361	25.0%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.126
Anthony Cooper	35	3B	3	.000	.361	0.0%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.126
U. Johnson^		2B	3	.000	.361	0.0%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.126
Lamb Barbee^	24	LF	2	.000	.361	0.0%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.126
Greene Farmer**	20	PH	1	.772	.361	100.0%	10.1%	0.0%	1.4%		.126
Roosevelt Davis	35	RP		.000	.361		10.1%		1.4%		.126
29			1167	.321	.361	8.5%	10.1%	0.8%	1.4%	.089	.126