1940 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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

OPS

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Ed Mayweather	SNS	1.008
2	Jesse Williams	KCM	.901
3	Marshall Riddle	SNS	.890
4	Neil Robinson	MRS	.886
5	Joe Greene	KCM	.862
6	Turkey Stearnes	KCM	.840
7	Rainey Bibbs	KCM/TIC	.839
8	Willie Nixon	BBB	.833
9	Tommy Sampson	BBB	.811
10	Buddy Armour	SNS	.809

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	George Walker	KCM	1.21
2	Johnny Wright	TIC	2.56
3	Frank Bradley	KCM	2.57
4	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	2.65
5	Lefty Calhoun	SNS	2.89
6	Eugene Bremer	MRS	3.07
7	Lefty Wilson	MRS/TIC	3.18
8	Jack Matchett	KCM	3.23
9	Eugene Smith	SNS	3.26
10	Dan Bankhead	BBB	3.57

All-1940 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Johnny Smith	TIC	0.4	-0.1	0.2
Newt Allen	KCM	0.3	0.1	0.3

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Neil Robinson	MRS	1.9	1.2	0.8
Turkey Stearnes	KCM	1.3	1.5	-0.1

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buddy Armour	SNS	1.7	1.1	0.6
Duke Cleveland	CBR	1.0	1.2	-0.1

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jesse Williams	KCM	3.0	1.9	0.9
John Lyles	SNS	0.5	0.6	-0.1

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Tommy Sampson	BBB	1.4	1.0	0.3
Fred Bankhead	MRS	1.1	0.6	0.4

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Herb Souell	KCM	1.2	1.2	0.0
Marlin Carter	MRS	1.0	0.6	0.4

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ed Mayweather	SNS	1.8	1.7	0.2
Buck O'Neil	KCM	0.8	0.9	0.1

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Joe Greene	KCM	1.4	1.2	0.1
Henry Turner	CBR	0.6	0.3	0.3

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Johnny Wright	TIC	52.2	1.6	1.9	-0.2
Willie Hutchinson	MRS	54.1	1.4	1.4	0.0
Dan Bankhead	BBB	45.1	1.4	1.2	0.2
Eugene Smith	SNS	88.1	1.3	1.5	-0.2
Lefty Wilson	MRS/TIC	39.2	0.7	0.9	-0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
George Walker	KCM	52.0	2.7	2.7	0.0
Eugene Bremer	MRS	82.0	1.7	1.5	0.0
Red Howard	BBB	55.0	1.4	1.3	0.0
Hilton Smith	KCM	64.1	1.3	0.6	0.7
Frank Bradley	KCM	56.0	1.2	1.0	0.2

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