1940 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1940 Season

Mexican League

1939 / 1941

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

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Jesús Valenzuela	TPC	1.16
2	Willie Jefferson	CBM	1.20
3	Leroy Matlock	ROM	1.26
4	Theolic Smith	ROM	1.28
5	Leon Day	VEZ	1.30
6	Marcos Váldez	CBM/VEZ	1.32
7	Andy Porter	JNL	1.33
8	Ramón Bragaña	VEZ	1.35
9	Manuel Fortés	ULT	1.41
10	Hilton Smith	JNL/ULT	1.41

Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

L

R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Alijadores de Tampico	MEX	9	15	.375	39	24		16	1		225.1	90	80	212		87	109			5	956	3.20	145
2	Azules de Veracruz	MEX	56	29	.659	134	85		52	6		740.0	383	340	845		293	446			7	3300	4.14	114
3	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo	MEX	42	53	.442	141	96		63	5		828.1	450	400	814		421	529			13	3653	4.35	109
4	Carta Blanca de Monterrey	MEX	55	45	.550	166	100		59	2		884.1	478	425	957		343	371			23	3875	4.33	107
5	Rojos del México	MEX	58	33	.637	154	91		60	5		833.0	461	410	886		316	405			10	3629	4.43	106
6	Unión Laguna de Torreón	MEX	42	40	.512	144	82		43	4		748.2	499	443	837		318	423			15	3340	5.33	90
7	Gallos de Santa Rosa/Chihuahua	MEX	20	57	.260	142	77		24	0		651.0	536	476	930		295	309			14	3123	6.58	70
	7	1	282	272	.509	920	555		317	23		4910.2	2897	2574	5481		2073	2592			87	21876	4.72	100

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Ramón Bragaña	VEZ	RP	16	8	.667	37	24		15	3		233.2	76	67	236		80	144			0	998	2.58	183
2	Willie Jefferson	CBM	SP	22	9	.710	41	31		24	1		271.1	90	80	248		78	101			1	1116	2.65	174
3	Jesús Valenzuela	TPC	SP	8	6	.571	19	15		10	1		121.1	39	37	112		29	59			3	495	2.74	168
4	Leroy Matlock*	ROM	SP	15	10	.600	35	26		20	0		228.2	93	83	240		47	101			2	953	3.27	144
5	Andy Porter	JNL	SP	21	14	.600	42	33		27	3		296.0	124	110	268		125	232			4	1259	3.34	141
6	Martín Dihigo	VEZ	SP	8	6	.571	17	12		8	2		109.1	48	43	106		48	65			0	473	3.54	133
7	Marcos Váldez	CBM/VEZ	SP	11	6	.647	25	19		14	0		161.1	74	66	159		54	76			5	683	3.68	126
8	Roy Welmaker*	ULT	SP	9	8	.529	24	16		11	2		142.1	70	62	150		66	83			3	631	3.92	123
9	Theolic Smith	ROM	SP	19	9	.679	30	24		21	2		219.0	110	97	193		88	111			2	919	3.99	118
10	Barney Brown*	VEZ	SP	16	7	.696	29	20		14	1		175.0	88	78	205		56	113			2	772	4.01	118
11	Manuel Fortés	ULT	RP	16	11	.593	40	24		14	0		232.1	132	116	270		57	126			3	1005	4.49	107
12	Jimmy Direaux	CBM/TPC	RP	1	3	.250	8	4		2	0		43.2	24	21	44		26	14			1	197	4.33	107
13	Boyd Biggers	TPC	SP	0	4	.000	7	5		4	0		44.2	24	22	45		24	30			1	199	4.43	104
14	Manny Pérez	JNL	SP	4	14	.222	22	17		13	1		150.1	91	81	163		88	62			1	689	4.85	97
15	Francisco Castañeda	SRC	RP	6	10	.375	20	11		5	0		97.2	59	52	121		32	57			1	438	4.79	96
16	Bill Harvey*	CBM/TPC	SP	7	9	.438	21	14		9	0		128.1	78	69	136		64	62			3	574	4.84	96
17	Hilton Smith	JNL/ULT	RP	5	3	.625	14	9		6	1		86.2	55	49	95		27	60			0	375	5.09	95
18	Willie Cornelius	SRC	RP	7	9	.438	27	15		6	0		125.0	79	70	153		79	67			4	597	5.04	92
19	Tom Glover*	MULT	RP	8	13	.381	36	22		12	1		180.0	119	106	175		109	136			6	810	5.30	89
20	Manuel Echeverría	CBM	RP	4	8	.333	24	13		5	0		115.2	75	67	132		56	44			2	525	5.21	89
21	Alberto Romo	ROM	RP	6	4	.600	27	12		4	1		107.0	75	67	148		38	49			3	498	5.64	84
22	Manuel Perea^	SRC	RP	1	6	.143	18	10		4	0		91.0	64	58	126		47	39			2	438	5.74	81
23	Tom Parker	JNL/ULT	RP	5	8	.385	17	11		7	0		108.0	82	72	103		65	77			2	484	6.00	80

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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