1940 Season

Negro American League

1939 / 1941

R. R. Jackson (Commissioner)
J. B. Martin (President)
Horace Hall (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Jesse
Williams

George
Walker

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Ed Mayweather	SNS	.513
2	Duke Cleveland	CBR	.424
3	Jesse Williams	KCM	.423
4	Johnny Ray	CBR	.402
5	Neil Robinson	MRS	.402
6	Rainey Bibbs	KCM/TIC	.400
7	Leslie Green	SNS	.400
8	Herb Souell	KCM	.396
9	Marshall Riddle	SNS	.390
10	Ted Bond	CAG	.390

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	George Walker	KCM	5.71
2	Hilton Smith	KCM	4.27
3	Andy Sarvis	CBR	3.82
4	Johnny Wright	TIC	2.90
5	Lefty Calhoun	SNS	2.82
6	Frank Bradley	KCM	2.75
7	Jack Matchett	KCM	2.65
8	Verdell Mathis	MRS	2.07
9	Eugene Bremer	MRS	2.00
10	Dan Bankhead	BBB	1.92

Advanced Batting

All

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	wOBA	BB%	HR%	ISO
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	40	1480	.355	7.7%	0.8%	.101
2	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	NAL	31	1129	.330	10.6%	0.3%	.073
3	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	31	1093	.312	6.4%	0.7%	.080
4	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	49	1736	.309	8.7%	0.5%	.066
5	Chicago American Giants	NAL	23	798	.300	9.1%	0.9%	.073
6	Cleveland Bears	NAL	28	1018	.299	11.3%	0.3%	.054
7	Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	NAL	16	563	.270	8.0%	0.9%	.080
	7	1	218	7817	.316	8.8%	0.6%	.076

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	HR%	ISO
1	Ed Mayweather*	SNS	1B	114	.489	21.1%	0.9%	.126
2	Jesse Williams	KCM	SS	154	.422	7.1%	0.6%	.110
3	Ed Young	CAG	1B	73	.405	9.6%	1.4%	.108
4	Turkey Stearnes*	KCM	CF	154	.400	12.3%	3.2%	.203
5	Duke Cleveland*	CBR	RF	121	.393	12.4%	0.0%	.049
6	Tommy Sampson	BBB	2B	112	.389	4.5%	0.0%	.096
7	Buddy Armour*	SNS	RF	119	.388	5.9%	0.0%	.109
8	Willie Nixon^	BBB	RF	106	.386	11.3%	1.9%	.180
9	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	139	.382	11.5%	0.0%	.057
10	Leslie Green*	SNS	CF	136	.374	18.4%	0.7%	.083
11	Ted Bond	CAG	3B	84	.352	13.1%	0.0%	.108
12	Johnny Ray*	CBR	CF	108	.346	18.5%	0.0%	.000
13	Larry Brown**	MRS	C	159	.343	13.2%	0.0%	.044
14	Jabbo Andrews*	BBB	LF	113	.338	10.6%	2.7%	.141
15	Jimmy Ford	SNS	3B	118	.336	4.2%	0.0%	.080
16	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	154	.333	5.2%	0.6%	.103
17	Red Longley	MRS	LF	162	.330	13.0%	0.0%	.072
18	Marlin Carter*	MRS	3B	171	.325	8.2%	0.0%	.078
19	John Lyles**	SNS	SS	117	.324	8.5%	0.0%	.049
20	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	191	.323	10.5%	0.5%	.072
21	Sammy Burton^	BBB	3B	104	.321	9.6%	1.0%	.087
22	Henry Turner	CBR	C	107	.320	15.9%	0.0%	.100
23	Henry Milton*	KCM	RF	144	.317	6.9%	0.7%	.063
24	Emanuel Sampson^	CBR	LF	102	.311	15.7%	0.0%	.062
25	Willie Simms*	CAG	CF	85	.311	10.6%	1.2%	.092
26	Jelly Taylor*	MRS	1B	183	.310	9.8%	0.5%	.077
27	Parnell Woods	BBB/CBR	3B	122	.309	7.4%	0.8%	.099
28	T. J. Brown	MRS	SS	175	.307	6.3%	0.0%	.070
29	Lyman Bostock*	BBB	1B	106	.289	5.7%	0.0%	.040
30	Bradford Bennett	SNS	LF	101	.288	9.9%	0.0%	.056
31	Curtis Henderson	TIC	SS	58	.286	8.6%	1.7%	.094
32	Clarence Lamar	CBR	SS	102	.272	7.8%	1.0%	.089
33	Johnny Smith*	TIC	LF	62	.267	6.5%	0.0%	.034
34	Jimmy Wilson	TIC	RF	61	.256	9.8%	0.0%	.019
35	Leroy Morney**	CAG	SS	75	.254	13.3%	0.0%	.033

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