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)

Top Hitter

Jesse
Williams

Top Pitcher

George
Walker

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Ed Mayweather	SNS	.368
2	Jesse Williams	KCM	.368
3	Rainey Bibbs	KCM/TIC	.341
4	Tommy Sampson	BBB	.337
5	Duke Cleveland	CBR	.333
6	Marshall Riddle	SNS	.329
7	Buddy Armour	SNS	.327
8	Herb Souell	KCM	.311
9	Neil Robinson	MRS	.309
10	Jimmy Ford	SNS	.295

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Jack Matchett	KCM	7
2	Lefty Calhoun	SNS	6
3	Frank Bradley	KCM	6
4	George Walker	KCM	5
5	Eugene Smith	SNS	5
6	Andy Sarvis	CBR	5
7	Preacher Henry	CBR	5
8	Hilton Smith	KCM	4
9	Blanch Moody	BBB	4
10	Floyd Kranson	KCM	4

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	40	1480	1323	236	379	54	22	12	207	55	114	16	27	.286	.350	.388	.738	126
2	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	NAL	31	1129	981	147	250	39	12	3	127	31	120	9	19	.255	.341	.328	.670	107
3	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	31	1093	998	133	254	28	14	8	108	14	70	9	16	.255	.309	.335	.644	95
4	Chicago American Giants	NAL	23	798	702	79	163	22	4	7	73	4	73	4	19	.232	.308	.305	.613	93
5	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	49	1736	1541	199	381	53	12	8	161	41	151	9	35	.247	.318	.313	.631	88
6	Cleveland Bears	NAL	28	1018	865	143	191	24	7	3	112	28	115	13	25	.221	.321	.275	.596	82
7	Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	NAL	16	563	502	50	99	11	7	5	43	22	45	6	10	.197	.271	.277	.548	67
	7	1	218	7817	6912	987	1717	231	78	46	831	195	688	66	151	.248	.322	.324	.647	97

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Ed Mayweather*	SNS	1B	29	114	87	21	32	6	1	1	19	1	24	2	1	.368	.513	.494	1.008	209
2	Jesse Williams	KCM	SS	40	154	136	24	50	6	3	1	28	5	11	2	5	.368	.423	.478	.901	176
3	Ed Young	CAG	1B	18	73	65	10	21	4	0	1	11	1	7	1	0	.323	.397	.431	.828	161
4	Turkey Stearnes*	KCM	CF	38	154	133	24	36	6	3	5	34	4	19	1	1	.271	.366	.474	.840	158
5	Willie Nixon^	BBB	RF	28	106	89	18	25	6	2	2	16	0	12	1	4	.281	.373	.461	.833	152
6	Buddy Armour*	SNS	RF	29	119	110	21	36	8	2	0	18	5	7	1	1	.327	.373	.436	.809	148
7	Duke Cleveland*	CBR	RF	28	121	102	24	34	5	0	0	14	7	15	1	3	.333	.424	.382	.806	146
8	Tommy Sampson	BBB	2B	27	112	104	20	35	4	3	0	13	3	5	2	1	.337	.378	.433	.811	146
9	Ted Bond	CAG	3B	20	84	65	13	18	1	3	0	7	0	11	1	7	.277	.390	.385	.774	144
10	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	35	139	122	19	38	5	1	0	15	8	16	1	0	.311	.396	.369	.765	135
11	Leslie Green*	SNS	CF	30	136	108	27	27	4	1	1	9	13	25	2	1	.250	.400	.333	.733	125
12	Jimmy Ford	SNS	3B	31	118	112	16	33	5	2	0	13	2	5	0	1	.295	.325	.375	.700	115
13	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	40	154	145	24	40	6	3	1	26	8	8	0	1	.276	.314	.379	.693	113
14	Jabbo Andrews*	BBB	LF	29	113	99	12	23	3	1	3	18	2	12	1	1	.232	.321	.374	.695	111
15	John Lyles**	SNS	SS	28	117	102	21	28	3	1	0	13	6	10	1	4	.275	.345	.324	.669	105
16	Henry Milton*	KCM	RF	32	144	126	23	33	3	1	1	13	9	10	3	5	.262	.331	.325	.656	101
17	Larry Brown**	MRS	C	44	159	136	14	36	6	0	0	17	3	21	1	1	.265	.367	.309	.676	101
18	Marlin Carter*	MRS	3B	43	171	153	9	41	4	4	0	17	4	14	0	4	.268	.329	.346	.676	101
19	Sammy Burton^	BBB	3B	29	104	92	13	23	1	2	1	9	1	10	0	2	.250	.324	.337	.660	100
20	Red Longley	MRS	LF	44	162	138	19	34	8	1	0	15	2	21	0	3	.246	.346	.319	.665	98
21	Jelly Taylor*	MRS	1B	48	183	155	23	39	5	2	1	10	7	18	0	10	.252	.329	.329	.659	96
22	Willie Simms*	CAG	CF	19	85	76	14	17	4	0	1	5	1	9	0	0	.224	.306	.316	.622	96
23	Johnny Ray*	CBR	CF	24	108	84	18	20	0	0	0	5	1	20	3	1	.238	.402	.238	.640	96
24	Parnell Woods	BBB/CBR	3B	28	122	111	20	27	2	3	1	10	5	9	0	2	.243	.300	.342	.642	95
25	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	47	191	166	40	40	5	2	1	12	8	20	3	2	.241	.333	.313	.647	93
26	T. J. Brown	MRS	SS	49	175	157	20	41	11	0	0	16	4	11	1	6	.261	.314	.331	.645	92
27	Henry Turner	CBR	C	26	107	90	16	18	5	2	0	18	1	17	0	0	.200	.327	.300	.627	92
28	Emanuel Sampson^	CBR	LF	26	102	81	14	17	3	1	0	10	3	16	1	4	.210	.347	.272	.619	89
29	Curtis Henderson	TIC	SS	14	58	53	3	11	0	1	1	5	6	5	0	0	.208	.276	.302	.578	77
30	Lyman Bostock*	BBB	1B	27	106	100	14	25	4	0	0	10	1	6	0	0	.250	.292	.290	.582	76
31	Bradford Bennett	SNS	LF	28	101	89	10	19	3	1	0	12	1	10	1	1	.213	.300	.270	.570	75
32	Clarence Lamar	CBR	SS	28	102	90	12	18	3	1	1	14	2	8	1	3	.200	.273	.289	.562	72
33	Johnny Smith*	TIC	LF	16	62	58	8	13	0	1	0	4	1	4	0	0	.224	.274	.259	.533	64
34	Leroy Morney**	CAG	SS	19	75	60	10	10	2	0	0	0	1	10	1	4	.167	.296	.200	.496	56
35	Jimmy Wilson	TIC	RF	15	61	54	6	10	1	0	0	1	1	6	1	0	.185	.279	.204	.482	48

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

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