1940 Season

1939 / 1941

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

Top Hitter

Cool Papa
Bell

Top Pitcher

Willie
Jefferson

Leaders

Runs Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	Cool Papa Bell	ULT/VEZ	119
2	Willie Wells	VEZ	95
3	Wild Bill Wright	ROM/SRC	94
4	Blas Monaco	ROM	90
5	Sam Bankhead	CBM	80
6	Pedro Pagés	ROM	80
7	Thad Christopher	ULT	68
8	Quincy Trouppe	CBM	67
9	Chile Gómez	CBM	65
10	Stanley Pintarell	JNL	63

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Andy Porter	JNL	232
2	Ramón Bragaña	VEZ	144
3	Tom Glover	MULT	136
4	Hilton Smith	MULT	127
5	Manuel Fortés	ULT	126
6	Henry McHenry	MULT	121
7	Barney Brown	VEZ	113
8	Theolic Smith	ROM	111
9	Willie Jefferson	CBM	101
10	Leroy Matlock	ROM	101

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Satchel Paige All Stars	IND	2	75	71	6	19	4	2	0	4	1		3			1	0		.268	.307	.380	.687	145
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	40	1480	1323	236	379	54	22	12	207	55		114			16	27		.286	.350	.388	.738	126
3	Taylor's All Stars	IND	1	27	24	0	4	1	1	0	0	0		2			1	0		.167	.259	.292	.551	125
4	Azules de Veracruz	MEX	85	2839	2564	535	815	182	43	47	455	94		236	261		12	27		.318	.378	.477	.855	121
5	North All Stars	IND/NSA	2	74	63	10	16	0	1	0	7	3		11		0	0	0	0	.254	.365	.286	.651	117
6	Rojos del México	MEX	91	3246	2861	565	868	185	46	42	468	126		353	288		9	23		.303	.382	.444	.826	115
7	Unión Laguna de Torreón	MEX	82	2424	2170	417	686	85	52	36	381	61		216	215		10	28		.316	.381	.453	.834	114
8	Newark Eagles	NN2	41	1545	1351	282	406	60	16	39	259	21		160			7	27		.301	.377	.455	.833	112
9	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	NAL	31	1129	981	147	250	39	12	3	127	31		120			9	19		.255	.341	.328	.670	107
10	Carta Blanca de Monterrey	MEX	100	3426	3017	509	874	157	60	31	473	81		339	321		12	58		.290	.364	.412	.776	103
11	East All Stars	EWA	1	49	43	11	14	1	1	0	10	2	0	4	9	1	2	0	1	.326	.408	.395	.804	103
12	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	61	2376	2079	391	580	104	34	34	354	37		245			17	35		.279	.360	.411	.770	101
13	Homestead Grays	NN2	56	2082	1829	328	528	75	37	24	287	46		205			13	35		.289	.364	.410	.774	99
14	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	31	1093	998	133	254	28	14	8	108	14		70			9	16		.255	.309	.335	.644	95
15	Chicago American Giants	NAL	23	798	702	79	163	22	4	7	73	4		73			4	19		.232	.308	.305	.613	93
16	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	49	1736	1541	199	381	53	12	8	161	41		151			9	35		.247	.318	.313	.631	88
17	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	63	2264	2005	319	551	93	32	27	280	16		217			8	34		.275	.348	.394	.741	86
18	South All Stars	NSA	1	36	28	1	4	1	1	0	1	0		6		0	1	1	0	.143	.314	.250	.564	83
19	Cleveland Bears	NAL	28	1018	865	143	191	24	7	3	112	28		115			13	25		.221	.321	.275	.596	82
20	Gallos de Santa Rosa/Chihuahua	MEX	77	2680	2382	359	615	84	42	19	272	49		256	310		14	28		.258	.334	.353	.686	80
21	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo	MEX	96	2970	2717	401	689	120	42	44	377	60		223	403		7	23		.254	.312	.377	.689	78
22	New York Black Yankees	NN2	33	1167	1040	149	274	48	9	9	129	14		99			8	20		.263	.332	.353	.685	75
23	New York Cubans	NN2	30	1179	1051	149	268	39	9	13	132	7		106			2	20		.255	.324	.346	.671	75
24	Alijadores de Tampico	MEX	24	985	865	110	206	34	12	7	93	13		110	109		0	10		.238	.324	.329	.654	72
25	Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	NAL	16	563	502	50	99	11	7	5	43	22		45			6	10		.197	.271	.277	.548	67
26	West All Stars	EWA	1	34	31	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	1	.161	.235	.161	.397	50
	26	6	1443	37295	33103	5529	9139	1504	518	418	4813	826	0	3482	1920	1	190	520	2	.276	.348	.391	.739	98

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Leamon Johnson	SPA	SS	2	8	6	2	4	0	1	0	1	0		1			1	0		.667	.750	1.000	1.750	511
2	Cool Papa Bell**	ULT/VEZ	CF	89	430	382	119	167	29	15	12	79	28		45	24		0	3		.437	.496	.686	1.182	202
3	Ed Mayweather*	MULT	1B	31	122	94	21	33	6	1	1	19	1	0	25	1	0	2	1	0	.351	.496	.468	.964	200
4	Buck Leonard*	EAS/HG	1B	55	234	189	51	73	14	5	8	45	3	0	41	0	0	2	2	0	.386	.500	.640	1.140	191
5	Donald Reeves*	CAG/WES	RF	18	72	65	8	18	3	1	4	24	0	0	6	2	0	0	1	0	.277	.338	.538	.876	178
6	Jesse Williams	KCM	SS	40	154	136	24	50	6	3	1	28	5		11			2	5		.368	.423	.478	.901	176
7	Ed Young	CAG	1B	18	73	65	10	21	4	0	1	11	1		7			1	0		.323	.397	.431	.828	161
8	Blas Monaco	ROM	2B	86	412	327	90	114	17	9	7	62	18		85	39		0	0		.349	.483	.520	1.003	161
9	Wild Bill Wright**	ROM/SRC	CF	87	398	350	94	126	30	10	8	67	29		47	14		1	0		.360	.437	.571	1.009	160
10	Bus Clarkson	MULT	SS	49	215	195	39	66	10	5	10	48	3	0	19	21	1	1	0	0	.338	.400	.595	.995	160
11	Monte Irvin	NE	CF	40	166	146	32	54	11	4	4	36	3		16			2	2		.370	.439	.582	1.021	159
12	Turkey Stearnes*	KCM	CF	38	154	133	24	36	6	3	5	34	4		19			1	1		.271	.366	.474	.840	158
13	Ted Strong**	JNL	SS	71	308	277	57	92	14	14	11	57	7		28	38		3	0		.332	.399	.603	1.002	157
14	Bill Hoskins*	BEG	LF	49	198	175	36	60	10	4	8	40	8		21			0	2		.343	.413	.583	.996	157
15	Lennie Pearson	NE	CF	41	172	156	46	55	11	2	8	35	3		16			0	0		.353	.413	.603	1.015	157
16	Quincy Trouppe**	CBM	3B	76	327	276	67	93	25	7	6	67	9		48	40		1	2		.337	.437	.543	.980	156
17	Winfield Welch*	SPA	LF	2	9	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		2			0	0		.286	.444	.286	.730	153
18	Angel Castro*	VEZ	1B	65	281	254	51	92	28	6	3	42	9		24	20		1	2		.362	.419	.555	.974	152
19	Goose Curry*	MULT	RF	47	166	127	36	39	12	2	2	26	5		34		0	4	1	0	.307	.467	.480	.947	149
20	Buddy Armour*	SNS	RF	29	119	110	21	36	8	2	0	18	5		7			1	1		.327	.373	.436	.809	148
21	Duke Cleveland*	CBR	RF	28	121	102	24	34	5	0	0	14	7		15			1	3		.333	.424	.382	.806	146
22	Martín Dihigo	VEZ	3B	78	324	302	60	110	17	6	9	73	9		17	25		2	3		.364	.402	.550	.952	145
23	Theolic Smith**	ROM	RF	80	338	291	55	106	22	4	3	53	4		42	20		1	4		.364	.446	.498	.944	145
24	Pat Patterson**	ROM	SS	60	284	258	55	88	24	8	5	49	16		24	30		0	2		.341	.397	.554	.951	145
25	Ted Bond	CAG	3B	20	84	65	13	18	1	3	0	7	0		11			1	7		.277	.390	.385	.774	144
26	Thad Christopher*	ULT	LF	72	337	282	68	90	14	8	8	61	5		55	44		0	0		.319	.430	.511	.941	142
27	Tommy Sampson	BBB/WES	2B	28	114	106	20	35	4	3	0	13	3	0	5	0	0	2	1	0	.330	.372	.425	.796	141
28	Henry Spearman	NBY/NOS	3B	35	143	122	21	40	8	1	4	30	1		19		0	0	2	0	.328	.418	.508	.927	141
29	Willie Nixon^	MULT	RF	30	113	95	18	25	6	2	2	16	0		13			1	4		.263	.358	.432	.789	141
30	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	35	139	122	19	38	5	1	0	15	8		16			1	0		.311	.396	.369	.765	135
31	Lloyd Davenport*	TPC	CF	18	80	73	16	26	6	2	0	5	3		6	7		0	1		.356	.405	.493	.898	135
32	Howard Easterling**	EAS/HG	3B	55	233	208	43	70	10	9	3	46	3	0	21	2	0	1	3	0	.337	.400	.514	.914	134
33	Sergio Correa^	SRC/VEZ	C	63	262	214	48	66	4	10	3	37	6		41	22		3	4		.308	.426	.463	.889	133
34	Johnny Washington*	NBY	1B	32	135	128	31	47	11	1	2	21	3		4			1	2		.367	.391	.516	.907	131
35	Willie Wells	VEZ	SS	84	383	339	95	117	30	2	3	57	17		35	21		3	6		.345	.411	.472	.883	129
36	Sam Bankhead	CBM	SS	93	429	384	80	122	19	11	8	74	32		43	29		1	1		.318	.388	.487	.875	128
37	Manuel Salvatierra	VEZ	RF	78	332	283	61	81	28	3	8	54	26		46	51		2	1		.286	.390	.491	.881	128
38	Willard Brown	JNL/KCM	CF	73	316	305	50	106	18	4	8	61	13		10	15		0	1		.348	.368	.511	.880	127
39	Fran Matthews*	NE	1B	36	152	128	34	41	8	3	2	21	2		20			1	3		.320	.416	.477	.893	127
40	Chester Williams	ULT	SS	74	337	311	54	107	13	5	7	76	11		21	9		1	4		.344	.387	.486	.873	124
41	Woody Arkeketa*	ULT	3B	55	258	233	37	79	9	7	2	44	1		18	6		3	4		.339	.394	.464	.857	120
42	Charlie Biot	MULT	CF	34	130	120	16	35	8	6	2	22	1		8		0	0	2	0	.292	.336	.508	.844	119
43	Carlos Galina*	CBM	1B	93	403	349	62	110	20	11	1	63	9		44	36		0	10		.315	.392	.444	.836	119
44	Roy Parnell	PS	LF	54	223	191	44	59	11	5	4	27	2		25			1	6		.309	.392	.482	.873	119
45	Buck O'Neil	KCM/SPA	1B	42	162	153	26	42	7	4	1	26	8		8			0	1		.275	.311	.392	.703	117
46	Jimmy Ford	SAS/SNS	3B	32	120	114	17	34	5	2	0	13	2		5		0	0	1	0	.298	.328	.377	.705	117
47	Pedro Pagés**	ROM	1B	78	371	314	80	94	27	4	3	38	23		50	38		0	7		.299	.396	.439	.835	117
48	Mule Suttles	NE	LF	39	160	134	30	37	8	1	5	32	3		23			2	1		.276	.390	.463	.853	117
49	Lonnie Summers	MULT	3B	95	395	372	58	116	23	13	5	65	2		21	36		0	2		.312	.349	.484	.832	116
50	Leslie Green*	MULT	CF	45	190	156	33	39	8	1	2	15	13	0	31	12	0	2	1	0	.250	.381	.353	.734	116
51	Sammy Hughes	BEG/NOS	2B	60	269	236	55	67	15	4	6	38	5		29		0	1	3	0	.284	.365	.458	.822	114
52	Tommie Dukes*	ROM	C	82	373	325	57	96	22	4	6	67	5		41	29		3	4		.295	.379	.443	.822	113
53	Gene Benson*	EAS/PS	CF	62	248	218	46	68	8	4	5	32	5	0	28	0	0	1	1	0	.312	.393	.454	.847	112
54	John Lyles**	SAS/SNS	SS	29	121	105	21	29	4	1	0	13	6		11		0	1	4	0	.276	.350	.333	.684	112
55	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	CF	28	128	116	18	38	6	1	1	18	1		12			0	0		.328	.391	.422	.813	112
56	Ed Stone*	MULT	RF	59	253	214	41	63	8	6	3	39	7	0	34	7	0	0	5	0	.294	.391	.430	.821	111
57	Manuel Cortinas*	CBM	LF	80	356	311	51	94	14	5	4	50	4		40	41		2	3		.302	.385	.418	.803	111
58	Jabbo Andrews*	BBB/TAY	LF	30	116	101	12	23	3	1	3	18	2		12			2	1		.228	.322	.366	.688	109
59	Mike Simon	ROM/VEZ	LF	82	329	305	48	99	24	3	1	48	0		22	30		1	1		.325	.372	.433	.805	109
60	Clarence Isreal	NE	3B	34	129	112	31	35	1	0	4	26	4		13			1	3		.313	.389	.429	.817	108
61	Matt Carlisle	HG	2B	56	225	200	28	58	11	6	3	39	10		20			2	3		.290	.360	.450	.810	107
62	Larry Brown**	MRS/WES	C	45	160	137	14	37	6	0	0	17	3	0	21	0	0	1	1	0	.270	.371	.314	.685	105
63	Alejandro Crespo	EAS/NYC	LF	31	136	121	19	33	6	4	2	20	2	0	13	0	0	1	1	0	.273	.348	.438	.786	105
64	Jim West**	MULT	1B	64	251	225	29	73	15	4	0	31	1		22			1	3		.324	.387	.427	.814	105
65	Sammy Burton^	BBB/TAY	3B	30	107	95	13	24	1	2	1	9	1		10			0	2		.253	.324	.337	.661	103
66	Henry Milton*	KCM/WES	RF	33	148	130	23	34	3	1	1	13	9	0	10	1	0	3	5	0	.262	.329	.323	.652	101
67	Marlin Carter*	MRS	3B	43	171	153	9	41	4	4	0	17	4		14			0	4		.268	.329	.346	.676	101
68	Felton Snow	BEG/NOS	3B	53	213	193	25	61	9	3	1	35	3		14		0	0	6	0	.316	.362	.409	.772	101
69	Clemente Carreras	NYC	2B	24	98	85	13	25	2	0	2	13	1		11			0	2		.294	.375	.388	.763	99
70	Red Longley	MRS	LF	44	162	138	19	34	8	1	0	15	2		21			0	3		.246	.346	.319	.665	98
71	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	44	194	170	38	54	3	2	1	27	16		17			3	4		.318	.389	.376	.766	98
72	Biz Mackey**	MULT	C	41	153	135	18	42	6	0	1	28	0		15		0	1	2	0	.311	.384	.378	.762	97
73	Willie Simms*	CAG	CF	19	85	76	14	17	4	0	1	5	1		9			0	0		.224	.306	.316	.622	96
74	Johnny Ray*	CBR	CF	24	108	84	18	20	0	0	0	5	1		20			3	1		.238	.402	.238	.640	96
75	Joe González	TPC	RF	36	152	125	20	29	3	2	4	15	1		25	16		0	2		.232	.360	.384	.744	95
76	Jelly Taylor*	MRS/WES	1B	49	184	156	23	39	5	2	1	10	7	0	18	0	0	0	10	1	.250	.328	.327	.655	95
77	Henry Kimbro*	BEG/NOS	CF	61	291	237	54	62	8	2	2	24	8		48		0	4	2	0	.262	.394	.338	.732	93
78	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	47	191	166	40	40	5	2	1	12	8		20			3	2		.241	.333	.313	.647	93
79	T. J. Brown	MRS	SS	49	175	157	20	41	11	0	0	16	4		11			1	6		.261	.314	.331	.645	92
80	Henry Turner	CBR	C	26	107	90	16	18	5	2	0	18	1		17			0	0		.200	.327	.300	.627	92
81	Lyman Bostock*	BBB/TAY	1B	28	109	103	14	27	5	0	0	10	1		6			0	0		.262	.303	.311	.613	92
82	Vic Harris*	HG	LF	47	208	183	37	50	8	6	1	18	1		19			1	5		.273	.345	.399	.744	91
83	David Whatley*	HG/TAY	RF	54	244	220	42	64	7	4	2	21	9		22			0	2		.291	.355	.386	.742	91
84	Tommy Butts	BEG/NOS	SS	57	261	223	46	63	9	1	1	36	3		30		0	2	6	0	.283	.373	.345	.718	90
85	Rafael Caballero	CBM	CF	92	399	345	43	94	15	3	4	55	3		42	50		2	10		.272	.355	.368	.723	90
86	Parnell Woods	MULT	3B	30	130	119	20	28	2	3	1	10	5	0	9	0	0	0	2	0	.235	.289	.328	.617	90
87	Russell Awkard*	NE/NYC	RF	25	117	103	20	26	4	2	2	11	0		13			1	0		.252	.342	.388	.730	90
88	Emanuel Sampson^	CBR	LF	26	102	81	14	17	3	1	0	10	3		16			1	4		.210	.347	.272	.619	89
89	Rogelio Linares*	NYC	1B	28	120	107	18	29	5	1	2	15	2		9			1	3		.271	.333	.393	.726	88
90	Epitacio Torres*	CBM	RF	92	415	382	58	107	18	8	3	50	6		24	27		2	7		.280	.326	.393	.719	88
91	Francisco Correa	ULT	2B	56	268	234	41	67	2	6	0	35	4		30	16		0	4		.286	.367	.346	.714	85
92	Apolinar Pulido	TPC	SS	25	106	86	8	23	4	0	0	6	1		15	14		0	5		.267	.376	.314	.690	83
93	Stanley Pintarell	JNL	2B	86	378	352	63	94	20	5	4	41	9		26	41		0	0		.267	.317	.386	.704	82
94	Charlie Bates	TPC	C	19	75	70	7	18	4	2	0	10	3		5	10		0	0		.257	.307	.371	.678	77
95	Chile Gómez	CBM	2B	81	359	306	65	74	10	6	1	26	7		45	22		3	5		.242	.345	.324	.668	76
96	Bradford Bennett	SAS/SNS	LF	29	103	90	10	19	3	1	0	12	1		11		0	1	1	0	.211	.304	.267	.571	75
97	Billy Horne*	CAG/SAS	2B	19	71	61	3	12	0	1	0	4	0		9		0	0	1	0	.197	.300	.230	.530	75
98	Curtis Henderson	TIC/WES	SS	15	59	54	3	11	0	1	1	5	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.271	.296	.567	74
99	Ted Gipson^	SPA	3B	2	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0			0	0		.250	.250	.250	.500	74
100	Héctor Leal	VEZ	LF	83	361	326	56	80	13	6	4	32	12		28	32		3	4		.245	.311	.359	.670	74
101	Dick Seay	MULT	2B	35	151	133	24	34	4	1	3	19	2	0	10	0	0	1	7	0	.256	.313	.368	.681	73
102	Clarence Lamar	CBR	SS	28	102	90	12	18	3	1	1	14	2		8			1	3		.200	.273	.289	.562	72
103	Jimmy Johnson^	TIC/TPC	RF	26	95	90	11	19	5	2	2	17	2		5	9		0	0		.211	.253	.378	.630	70
104	Red Moore*	BEG/NOS	1B	61	248	221	29	53	11	4	1	37	2		19		0	1	7	0	.240	.303	.339	.642	68
105	Rabbit Martínez	EAS/NYC	SS	24	104	92	15	21	2	1	2	14	0	0	9	1	0	0	3	1	.228	.297	.337	.634	65
106	Pepper Bassett**	JNL	C	80	301	287	30	66	13	2	8	51	4		14	71		0	0		.230	.266	.373	.639	64
107	Johnny Smith*	TIC	LF	16	62	58	8	13	0	1	0	4	1		4			0	0		.224	.274	.259	.533	64
108	Jimmy Direaux^	CBM/TPC	3B	37	142	119	14	25	4	0	1	15	3		23	17		0	0		.210	.338	.269	.607	61
109	Jim Keesey	TPC	1B	19	77	70	10	16	2	2	0	4	0		7	5		0	0		.229	.299	.314	.613	61
110	Arnulfo Arras	MULT	2B	61	249	217	24	53	11	0	0	24	4		22	36		0	10		.244	.314	.295	.609	60
111	Jake Dunn	MULT	RF	72	268	242	37	56	10	3	3	35	4		21	4		1	4		.231	.295	.335	.630	59
112	Jim Williams	CBR/NBY	RF	31	117	106	17	23	4	1	1	15	5		8			2	1		.217	.284	.302	.586	58
113	Leroy Morney**	CAG/WES	SS	20	77	62	10	10	2	0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	1	4	0	.161	.288	.194	.481	52
114	Jimmy Wilson	TIC	RF	15	61	54	6	10	1	0	0	1	1		6			1	0		.185	.279	.204	.482	48
115	Ramón Heredía	NYC	3B	30	128	123	14	29	5	1	1	13	0		3			0	2		.236	.254	.317	.571	48
116	Alfonso de la Fuente	TPC	2B	31	107	98	10	21	2	1	0	9	1		7	10		0	2		.214	.267	.255	.522	37
117	Dominic Castro	TPC	3B	23	85	81	9	17	3	1	0	6	1		4	12		0	0		.210	.247	.272	.519	36
118	Nora Listach	SPA	RF	2	8	8	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0			0	0		.125	.125	.250	.375	31
119	Jelly Jackson	HG	SS	54	178	166	21	32	3	2	0	15	5		8			1	3		.193	.234	.235	.469	21
120	Alphonzo Bland^	SPA	C	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

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