1940 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1940 Season

Mexican League

1939 / 1941

Top Hitter

Cool Papa
Bell

Top Pitcher

Willie
Jefferson

Leaders

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Cool Papa Bell	ULT/VEZ	.496
2	Blas Monaco	ROM	.483
3	Jacinto Roque	SRC	.476
4	Theolic Smith	ROM	.446
5	Wild Bill Wright	ROM/SRC	.437
6	Quincy Trouppe	CBM	.437
7	Thad Christopher	ULT	.430
8	Sergio Correa	SRC/VEZ	.426
9	Angel Castro	VEZ	.419
10	Willie Wells	VEZ	.411

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Andy Porter	JNL	232
2	Ramón Bragaña	VEZ	144
3	Tom Glover	MULT	136
4	Manuel Fortés	ULT	126
5	Barney Brown	VEZ	113
6	Theolic Smith	ROM	111
7	Leroy Matlock	ROM	101
8	Willie Jefferson	CBM	101
9	Roy Welmaker	ULT	83
10	Tom Parker	JNL/ULT	77

All-1940 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Thad Christopher	ULT	2.3	2.6	0.0
Fernando Arencibia	ROM	1.3	1.6	0.0

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Cool Papa Bell	ULT/VEZ	6.8	6.9	0.0
Wild Bill Wright	ROM/SRC	4.6	4.6	0.0

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Theolic Smith	ROM	6.3	2.8	0.0
Manuel Salvatierra	VEZ	2.3	2.6	0.0

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sam Bankhead	CBM	4.0	3.4	0.0
Willie Wells	VEZ	3.3	2.8	0.0

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Blas Monaco	ROM	4.9	4.6	0.0
Stanley Pintarell	JNL	0.6	0.3	0.0

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Martín Dihigo	VEZ	5.3	2.7	0.0
Woody Arkeketa	ULT	1.4	1.3	0.0

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Angel Castro	VEZ	2.4	2.7	0.0
Carlos Galina	CBM	1.8	2.2	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	VEZ	2.6	2.5	0.0
Sergio Correa	SRC/VEZ	2.1	1.9	0.0

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Willie Jefferson	CBM	271.1	9.2	9.2	0.0
Andy Porter	JNL	296.0	7.5	7.5	0.0
Leroy Matlock	ROM	228.2	6.1	6.1	0.0
Jesús Valenzuela	TPC	121.1	4.3	4.3	0.0
Marcos Váldez	CBM/VEZ	161.1	3.3	3.3	0.0

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Ramón Bragaña	VEZ	233.2	8.0	8.3	-0.3
Manuel Fortés	ULT	232.1	2.6	2.6	0.0
Guadalupe Ortegón	JNL	28.2	0.9	0.9	0.0
Jonas Gaines	ROM/VEZ	82.2	0.9	0.9	0.0
Porter Moss	TPC	12.1	0.6	0.6	0.0

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