1940 Azules de Veracruz

61 - 30

(1st place in the Mexican League )

1939 / 1941 (Team History)

Managed by:
Martín Dihigo (61-30)

Top Hitter

Willie
Wells

Top Pitcher

Ramón
Bragaña

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	121	1st	ERA+	114	2nd
OPS	.855	1st	ERA	4.14	2nd
BA	.318	1st	BA
OBP	.378	3rd	K/BB	1.52	1st
SLG	.477	1st	K%	13.5%	2nd
BB%	8.3%	6th	BB%	8.9%	3rd
K%	9.2%	5th	HR%
ISO	.160	1st	WHIP	1.54	5th

Notes:

• Champions of the Mexican League
• Home Ballpark: Parque Delta (Ciudad de M?xico, DF, Mexico)
• 6 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• 3 members of the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Josh Gibson	28	22	108	92	32	43	7	4	11	38	3	16	6	0	0	.467	.546	.989	1.535	292
1B	Angel Castro*	23	65	281	254	51	92	28	6	3	42	9	24	20	1	2	.362	.419	.555	.974	152
2B	Fermín Vázquez	23	57	194	176	27	46	9	2	0	21	5	16	24	0	2	.261	.323	.335	.658	71
3B	Martín Dihigo	35	78	324	302	60	110	17	6	9	73	9	17	25	2	3	.364	.402	.550	.952	145
SS	Willie Wells	35	84	383	339	95	117	30	2	3	57	17	35	21	3	6	.345	.411	.472	.883	129
LF	Héctor Leal	25	83	361	326	56	80	13	6	4	32	12	28	32	3	4	.245	.311	.359	.670	74
CF	Lázaro Salazar*	27	7	37	32	7	9	1	0	0	5	2	5	4	0	0	.281	.378	.313	.691	81
RF	Manuel Salvatierra	23	78	332	283	61	81	28	3	8	54	26	46	51	2	1	.286	.390	.491	.881	128

LF	Mike Simon	28	82	329	305	48	99	24	3	1	48	0	22	30	1	1	.325	.372	.433	.805	109
3B	Ray Dandridge	26	27	134	127	27	44	8	3	1	27	6	5	4	0	2	.346	.371	.480	.852	120
LF	Ismael Montalvo	26	26	75	69	13	19	2	1	3	9	1	5	11	0	1	.275	.324	.464	.788	103
RF	Santos Amaro	32	14	64	58	15	20	4	4	0	14	3	4	3	0	2	.345	.387	.552	.939	142
CF	Primitivo Calles	24	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	30

SP	Ramón Bragaña	31	56	164	150	37	40	7	2	3	24	1	11	24	0	3	.267	.317	.400	.717	85
SP	Leon Day	23	14	49	47	6	14	4	1	1	11	0	2	5	0	0	.298	.327	.489	.816	110
-	Jonas Gaines	25			0								0		0	0

-	Cool Papa Bell**	37			0								0		0	0

-	Sergio Correa^	38			0								0		0	0

SP	Roy Partlow*	28	6		0								0		0	0
SP	Ted Radcliffe	37	21		0								0		0	0
-	Juan Ramírez^				0								0		0	0

SP	Barney Brown*	32	29		0								0		0	0
SP	Laureano Camacho	22	3		0								0		0	0
SP	Conrado Camacho^		5		0								0		0	0
-	Lonnie Summers	24			0								0		0	0

SP	Johnny Taylor	24	4		0								0		0	0
-	Marcos Váldez^	35			0								0		0	0

-	Arnulfo Arras	31			0								0		0	0
	28		767	2839	2564	535	815	182	43	47	455	94	236	261	12	27	.318	.378	.477	.855	121

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Willie Wells	35	SS	383	.401	.353	9.1%	9.4%	5.5%	10.2%	1.67	0.92	0.8%	1.2%	.127	.127
Héctor Leal	25	LF	361	.308	.353	7.8%	9.4%	8.9%	10.2%	0.88	0.92	1.1%	1.2%	.113	.127
Manuel Salvatierra	23	RF	332	.399	.353	13.9%	9.4%	15.4%	10.2%	0.90	0.92	2.4%	1.2%	.205	.127
Mike Simon	28	LF	329	.370	.353	6.7%	9.4%	9.1%	10.2%	0.73	0.92	0.3%	1.2%	.108	.127
Martín Dihigo	35	3B	324	.423	.353	5.2%	9.4%	7.7%	10.2%	0.68	0.92	2.8%	1.2%	.185	.127
Angel Castro*	23	1B	281	.435	.353	8.5%	9.4%	7.1%	10.2%	1.20	0.92	1.1%	1.2%	.193	.127
Fermín Vázquez	23	2B	194	.308	.353	8.2%	9.4%	12.4%	10.2%	0.67	0.92	0.0%	1.2%	.074	.127
Ramón Bragaña	31	SP	164	.322	.353	6.7%	9.4%	14.6%	10.2%	0.46	0.92	1.8%	1.2%	.133	.127
Ray Dandridge	26	3B	134	.380	.353	3.7%	9.4%	3.0%	10.2%	1.25	0.92	0.7%	1.2%	.134	.127
Josh Gibson	28	C	108	.642	.353	14.8%	9.4%	5.6%	10.2%	2.67	0.92	10.2%	1.2%	.522	.127
Ismael Montalvo	26	LF	75	.349	.353	6.7%	9.4%	14.7%	10.2%	0.45	0.92	4.0%	1.2%	.188	.127
Santos Amaro	32	RF	64	.404	.353	6.3%	9.4%	4.7%	10.2%	1.33	0.92	0.0%	1.2%	.207	.127
Leon Day	23	SP	49	.363	.353	4.1%	9.4%	10.2%	10.2%	0.40	0.92	2.0%	1.2%	.191	.127
Lázaro Salazar*	27	CF	37	.339	.353	13.5%	9.4%	10.8%	10.2%	1.25	0.92	0.0%	1.2%	.031	.127
Primitivo Calles	24	CF	4	.234	.353	0.0%	9.4%	25.0%	10.2%	0.00	0.92	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.127
Arnulfo Arras	31	-		.000	.353		9.4%		10.2%		0.92		1.2%		.127
Sergio Correa^	38	-		.000	.353		9.4%		10.2%		0.92		1.2%		.127
Cool Papa Bell**	37	-		.000	.353		9.4%		10.2%		0.92		1.2%		.127
Marcos Váldez^	35	-		.000	.353		9.4%		10.2%		0.92		1.2%		.127
Johnny Taylor	24	SP		.000	.353		9.4%		10.2%		0.92		1.2%		.127
Lonnie Summers	24	-		.000	.353		9.4%		10.2%		0.92		1.2%		.127
Barney Brown*	32	SP		.000	.353		9.4%		10.2%		0.92		1.2%		.127
Juan Ramírez^		-		.000	.353		9.4%		10.2%		0.92		1.2%		.127
Ted Radcliffe	37	SP		.000	.353		9.4%		10.2%		0.92		1.2%		.127
Roy Partlow*	28	SP		.000	.353		9.4%		10.2%		0.92		1.2%		.127
Conrado Camacho^		SP		.000	.353		9.4%		10.2%		0.92		1.2%		.127
Jonas Gaines	25	-		.000	.353		9.4%		10.2%		0.92		1.2%		.127
Laureano Camacho	22	SP		.000	.353		9.4%		10.2%		0.92		1.2%		.127
28			2839	.385	.353	8.3%	9.4%	9.2%	10.2%	0.90	0.92	1.7%	1.2%	.160	.127