1940 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1940 Season

Mexican League

1939 / 1941

Top Hitter

Cool Papa
Bell

Top Pitcher

Willie
Jefferson

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Cool Papa Bell	ULT/VEZ	.437
2	Theolic Smith	ROM	.364
3	Martín Dihigo	VEZ	.364
4	Angel Castro	VEZ	.362
5	Wild Bill Wright	ROM/SRC	.360
6	Willard Brown	JNL	.354
7	Blas Monaco	ROM	.349
8	Ray Dandridge	VEZ	.346
9	Willie Wells	VEZ	.345
10	Chester Williams	ULT	.344

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Willie Jefferson	CBM	22
2	Andy Porter	JNL	21
3	Theolic Smith	ROM	19
4	Ramón Bragaña	VEZ	16
5	Manuel Fortés	ULT	16
6	Barney Brown	VEZ	16
7	Leroy Matlock	ROM	15
8	Marcos Váldez	CBM/VEZ	11
9	Roy Welmaker	ULT	9
10	Martín Dihigo	VEZ	8

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

L

R

S

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Azules de Veracruz	MEX	85	2839	2564	535	815	182	43	47	455	94		236	261		12	27			.318	.378	.477	.855	121
2	Rojos del México	MEX	91	3246	2861	565	868	185	46	42	468	126		353	288		9	23			.303	.382	.444	.826	115
3	Unión Laguna de Torreón	MEX	82	2424	2170	417	686	85	52	36	381	61		216	215		10	28			.316	.381	.453	.834	114
4	Carta Blanca de Monterrey	MEX	100	3426	3017	509	874	157	60	31	473	81		339	321		12	58			.290	.364	.412	.776	103
5	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
6	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
7	Alijadores de Tampico	MEX	24	985	865	110	206	34	12	7	93	13		110	109		0	10			.238	.324	.329	.654	72
	7	1	654	18570	16576	2896	4753	847	297	226	2519	484		1733	1907		64	197			.287	.357	.415	.771	101

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	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
2	Blas Monaco	ROM	2B	86	412	327	90	114	17	9	7	62	18		85	39		0	0			.349	.483	.520	1.003	161
3	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
4	Ted Strong**	JNL	SS	71	308	277	57	92	14	14	11	57	7		28	38		3	0			.332	.399	.603	1.002	157
5	Quincy Trouppe**	CBM	3B	76	327	276	67	93	25	7	6	67	9		48	40		1	2			.337	.437	.543	.980	156
6	Angel Castro*	VEZ	1B	65	281	254	51	92	28	6	3	42	9		24	20		1	2			.362	.419	.555	.974	152
7	Martín Dihigo	VEZ	3B	78	324	302	60	110	17	6	9	73	9		17	25		2	3			.364	.402	.550	.952	145
8	Theolic Smith**	ROM	RF	80	338	291	55	106	22	4	3	53	4		42	20		1	4			.364	.446	.498	.944	145
9	Pat Patterson**	ROM	SS	60	284	258	55	88	24	8	5	49	16		24	30		0	2			.341	.397	.554	.951	145
10	Thad Christopher*	ULT	LF	72	337	282	68	90	14	8	8	61	5		55	44		0	0			.319	.430	.511	.941	142
11	Lloyd Davenport*	TPC	CF	18	80	73	16	26	6	2	0	5	3		6	7		0	1			.356	.405	.493	.898	135
12	Sergio Correa^	SRC/VEZ	C	63	262	214	48	66	4	10	3	37	6		41	22		3	4			.308	.426	.463	.889	133
13	Willard Brown	JNL	CF	70	305	294	49	104	18	4	8	61	13		10	15		0	1			.354	.375	.524	.899	132
14	Willie Wells	VEZ	SS	84	383	339	95	117	30	2	3	57	17		35	21		3	6			.345	.411	.472	.883	129
15	Sam Bankhead	CBM	SS	93	429	384	80	122	19	11	8	74	32		43	29		1	1			.318	.388	.487	.875	128
16	Manuel Salvatierra	VEZ	RF	78	332	283	61	81	28	3	8	54	26		46	51		2	1			.286	.390	.491	.881	128
17	Chester Williams	ULT	SS	74	337	311	54	107	13	5	7	76	11		21	9		1	4			.344	.387	.486	.873	124
18	Woody Arkeketa*	ULT	3B	55	258	233	37	79	9	7	2	44	1		18	6		3	4			.339	.394	.464	.857	120
19	Carlos Galina*	CBM	1B	93	403	349	62	110	20	11	1	63	9		44	36		0	10			.315	.392	.444	.836	119
20	Pedro Pagés**	ROM	1B	78	371	314	80	94	27	4	3	38	23		50	38		0	7			.299	.396	.439	.835	117
21	Lonnie Summers	MULT	3B	95	395	372	58	116	23	13	5	65	2		21	36		0	2			.312	.349	.484	.832	116
22	Tommie Dukes*	ROM	C	82	373	325	57	96	22	4	6	67	5		41	29		3	4			.295	.379	.443	.822	113
23	Manuel Cortinas*	CBM	LF	80	356	311	51	94	14	5	4	50	4		40	41		2	3			.302	.385	.418	.803	111
24	Mike Simon	ROM/VEZ	LF	82	329	305	48	99	24	3	1	48	0		22	30		1	1			.325	.372	.433	.805	109
25	Joe González	TPC	RF	36	152	125	20	29	3	2	4	15	1		25	16		0	2			.232	.360	.384	.744	95
26	Rafael Caballero	CBM	CF	92	399	345	43	94	15	3	4	55	3		42	50		2	10			.272	.355	.368	.723	90
27	Epitacio Torres*	CBM	RF	92	415	382	58	107	18	8	3	50	6		24	27		2	7			.280	.326	.393	.719	88
28	Francisco Correa	ULT	2B	56	268	234	41	67	2	6	0	35	4		30	16		0	4			.286	.367	.346	.714	85
29	Apolinar Pulido	TPC	SS	25	106	86	8	23	4	0	0	6	1		15	14		0	5			.267	.376	.314	.690	83
30	Stanley Pintarell	JNL	2B	86	378	352	63	94	20	5	4	41	9		26	41		0	0			.267	.317	.386	.704	82
31	Charlie Bates	TPC	C	19	75	70	7	18	4	2	0	10	3		5	10		0	0			.257	.307	.371	.678	77
32	Chile Gómez	CBM	2B	81	359	306	65	74	10	6	1	26	7		45	22		3	5			.242	.345	.324	.668	76
33	Héctor Leal	VEZ	LF	83	361	326	56	80	13	6	4	32	12		28	32		3	4			.245	.311	.359	.670	74
34	Pepper Bassett**	JNL	C	80	301	287	30	66	13	2	8	51	4		14	71		0	0			.230	.266	.373	.639	64
35	Jimmy Direaux^	CBM/TPC	3B	37	142	119	14	25	4	0	1	15	3		23	17		0	0			.210	.338	.269	.607	61
36	Jim Keesey	TPC	1B	19	77	70	10	16	2	2	0	4	0		7	5		0	0			.229	.299	.314	.613	61
37	Arnulfo Arras	MULT	2B	61	249	217	24	53	11	0	0	24	4		22	36		0	10			.244	.314	.295	.609	60
38	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
39	Dominic Castro	TPC	3B	23	85	81	9	17	3	1	0	6	1		4	12		0	0			.210	.247	.272	.519	36

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

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