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

Runs Batted In

#	Player	Team	RBI
1	Turkey Stearnes	KCM	34
2	Jesse Williams	KCM	28
3	Buck O'Neil	KCM	26
4	Donald Reeves	CAG	24
5	Joe Greene	KCM	22
6	Neil Robinson	MRS	21
7	Ed Mayweather	SNS	19
8	Henry Turner	CBR	18
9	Buddy Armour	SNS	18
10	Jabbo Andrews	BBB	18

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Hilton Smith	KCM	64
2	Preacher Henry	CBR	63
3	Jack Matchett	KCM	61
4	Eugene Smith	SNS	60
5	Frank Bradley	KCM	55
6	Eugene Bremer	MRS	44
7	Andy Sarvis	CBR	42
8	George Walker	KCM	40
9	Lefty Bowe	CAG	36
10	Junius Savage	MRS	34

Wins Above Replacement

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Throws:

All

Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	1480	327.1	16.8	10.1	1.8	4.9
2	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	1736	402.1	7.4	3.3	0.6	3.6
3	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	NAL	1129	250.2	6.4	5.3	0.3	0.8
4	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	1093	249.2	4.3	2.8	-1.6	3.1
5	Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	NAL	563	128.1	3.6	0.4	0.6	2.6
6	Cleveland Bears	NAL	1018	226.2	2.2	2.1	-0.3	0.4
7	Chicago American Giants	NAL	798	184.1	1.3	2.2	-1.0	0.1
	7	1	7817	1769.1	42.1	26.3	0.4	15.5

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Jesse Williams	KCM	SS	154		3.0	1.9	0.9	0.0	0.2
2	George Walker	KCM	P	26	52.0	2.7	0.0	0.0	2.7	0.0
3	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	112		1.9	1.2	0.8	0.0	0.0
4	Ed Mayweather	SNS	1B	114		1.8	1.7	0.2	0.0	-0.1
5	Buddy Armour	SNS	RF	119		1.7	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.0
6	Eugene Bremer	MRS	P	45	82.0	1.7	0.0	0.2	1.5	0.0
7	Johnny Wright	TIC	P	23	52.2	1.6	-0.2	-0.1	1.9	0.0
8	Joe Greene	KCM	C	108		1.4	1.2	0.1	0.0	0.1
9	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	P	22	54.1	1.4	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.0
10	Dan Bankhead	BBB	P	23	45.1	1.4	0.2	-0.1	1.2	0.0
11	Tommy Sampson	BBB	2B	112		1.4	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.1
12	Red Howard	BBB	P	24	55.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.0
13	Turkey Stearnes	KCM	CF	154		1.3	1.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
14	Leslie Green	SNS	CF	136		1.3	1.2	0.2	0.0	-0.1
15	Hilton Smith	KCM	P	31	64.1	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.6	0.0
16	Eugene Smith	SNS	P	59	88.1	1.3	-0.2	0.0	1.5	0.0
17	Frank Bradley	KCM	P	27	56.0	1.2	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.0
18	Herb Souell	KCM	3B	139		1.2	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
19	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	191		1.1	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.2
20	Marlin Carter	MRS	3B	171		1.0	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.0
21	Duke Cleveland	CBR	RF	121		1.0	1.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
22	Verdell Mathis	MRS	CF	131	49.0	0.9	-0.2	0.6	0.5	0.0
23	Jack Matchett	KCM	P	38	86.1	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.0
24	Willie Nixon	BBB	RF	106		0.9	0.9	0.1	0.0	-0.1
25	Eddie Snead	BBB	P	21	44.2	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.0
26	Lefty Calhoun	SNS	P	24	53.0	0.9	-0.2	0.0	1.1	0.0
27	Henry Milton	KCM	RF	144		0.9	0.7	0.3	0.0	-0.1
28	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	154		0.8	0.9	0.1	0.0	-0.2
29	Spoon Carter	TIC	P	5	12.2	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.0
30	Ted Bond	CAG	3B	84		0.8	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
31	Marshall Riddle	SNS	2B	80		0.8	0.9	-0.2	0.0	0.1
32	Lefty Wilson	MRS/TIC	P	16	39.2	0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
33	Junius Savage	MRS	P	15	38.2	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0
34	Ed Young	CAG	1B	73		0.6	0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.1
35	Johnny Ray	CBR	CF	108		0.6	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
36	Henry Turner	CBR	C	107		0.6	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
37	Willie Cornelius	CAG	P	2	7.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
38	John Lyles	SNS	SS	117		0.5	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.1
39	Rainey Bibbs	KCM/TIC	2B	92		0.5	0.9	-0.5	0.0	0.1
40	Jesse Douglas	KCM	2B	111		0.5	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.1
41	Alonzo Mitchell	CBR	P	7	8.1	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
42	Jimmy Ford	SNS	3B	118		0.5	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.0
43	Ernie Smith	CAG	C	51		0.4	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
44	Larry Brown	MRS	C	159		0.4	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.1
45	Ted Alexander	CBR	P	8	16.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
46	Johnny Smith	TIC	LF	62	7.0	0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.4	-0.1
47	Leandy Young	KCM	LF	20		0.4	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
48	Blanch Moody	BBB	P	22	51.1	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
49	Andy Sarvis	CBR	P	35	69.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
50	Willie Spencer	TIC	C	27		0.4	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.0
51	Sylvester Owens	SNS/TIC	CF	25		0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
52	James Mickey	BBB	SS	15		0.4	-0.2	0.5	0.0	0.0
53	Paul Hardy	BBB	C	88		0.4	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
54	Robert Dean	SNS	P	4	6.2	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
55	Parnell Woods	BBB/CBR	3B	122		0.4	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
56	Oscar Charleston	TIC	1B	20		0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
57	Lefty Turner	TIC	1B	48		0.3	-0.3	0.7	0.0	-0.1
58	Leroy Sutton	SNS	P	3	12.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
59	Smoky Owens	CBR	P	5	13.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
60	Lefty Moses	KCM	P	2	7.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
61	Newt Allen	KCM	LF	100		0.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
62	Emanuel Sampson	CBR	LF	102		0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
63	Sam Barber	BBB	P	2	5.0	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
64	Wilson Redus	CAG	LF	36		0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
65	Bus Clarkson	TIC	SS	29		0.3	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
66	Henry Merchant	CAG	CF	21	1.0	0.3	-0.1	0.3	0.1	0.0
67	Jelly Taylor	MRS	1B	183		0.3	0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
68	William Newman	MRS	P	1	3.0	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
69	Donald Reeves	CAG	RF	68		0.2	0.9	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
70	Lionel Decuir	KCM	C	61		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Mint Jones	CBR	1B	21		0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
72	Lefty Bowe	CAG	P	18	47.2	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.4	0.0
73	Lloyd Bruce	CAG	P	1	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
74	Roosevelt Davis	MRS	P	4	8.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
75	Edwin Dimes	CBR	RF	2		0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
76	Pete Gregory	BBB	P	1	3.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
77	Red Longley	MRS	LF	162		0.2	0.5	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
78	Curtis Henderson	TIC	SS	58		0.2	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1
79	Jesse Warren	KCM/MRS	3B	44		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
80	Bobby Robinson	SNS	3B	63		0.1	0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.0
81	Babe Davis	MRS	LF	10		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Bad News Hall	TIC	2B	33		0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
83	Clarence Lamar	CBR	SS	102		0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.2
84	Walter Burch	CAG/SNS	C	11		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
85	Emmett Wilson	BBB	CF	16		0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
86	Frazier Robinson	KCM	C	3		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Paul Stanley	CAG	RF	3		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Bill Harvey	TIC	1B	2		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Frank Duncan	CAG	C	3		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Zell Miles	CAG	P	2	6.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
91	Joe Brown	CAG	C	20		0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
92	T. J. Brown	MRS	SS	175		0.0	0.4	-0.6	0.0	0.3
93	Buddy Allen	BBB	CF	38		0.0	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
94	Steward	CBR	CF	1		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Sammy Burton	BBB	3B	104		0.0	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
96	Fred McDaniel	KCM	LF	97		0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1
97	Fay Washington	SNS	P	7	13.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0
98	Leroy Bass	BBB	C	2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Allen Bryant	KCM	P	6	19.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Harry Else	CAG	C	37		0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
101	Jake Tolbert	BBB	C	5		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
102	Charley Hayes	SNS	SS	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Herman Bell	TIC	C	45		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Satchel Paige	KCM	P	3	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Douglas Rhone	TIC	P	4	8.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
106	Eddie Vines	BBB	1B	4		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Teddy Gunn	CBR	1B	4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Lacey Thomas	CBR	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Ruben Jones	MRS	LF	7		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Willie Hudson	CAG	LF	50	40.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0
111	Candy Jim Taylor	BBB	-	2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Leo Sanders	BBB/KCM	3B	5		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Jones	BBB	3B	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Chesley Gray	SNS	C	4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Johnnie Dawson	MULT	C	22		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
116	George Mitchell	SNS	1B	7	2.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
117	Bob Smith	SNS	C	50		0.0	-0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
118	Hughes	MRS	RF	4		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
119	Buster Haywood	BBB	C	10		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	Joe Sparks	CAG	2B	48		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
121	Alonzo Boone	CBR	P	3	5.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
122	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	14		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
123	Rusty Payne	TIC	CF	19		-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
124	Henry Nears	MRS	RF	12		-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
125	Jim Williams	CBR	1B	35		-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
126	Al Frazier	CBR	2B	72		-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.1
127	Ulysses Redd	BBB	SS	90		-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
128	Gabby Kemp	CBR	CF	8		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
129	Jimmy Johnson	TIC	RF	26	10.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
130	Army Rhodes	CAG	1B	7		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
131	Clarence White	CBR/TIC	P	3	12.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
132	Joe Jenkins	CBR	3B	3		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
133	Cap Tyson	BBB	C	12		-0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
134	Nat Rogers	CAG/MRS	RF	60		-0.1	-0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
135	William Sumrall	MRS	P	12	32.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
136	Alex Broome	CBR	P	2	5.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
137	Jimmy Shamberger	TIC	3B	31		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
138	Charles Dunklin	SNS	P	6	22.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
139	Willard Brown	KCM	LF	11		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
140	Jimmie Armstead	SNS	P		1.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
141	Fred McBride	BBB	1B	46	2.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
142	Floyd Kranson	KCM	P	17	37.1	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.4	0.0
143	Ralph Coles	CBR	LF	40		-0.2	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
144	Jabbo Andrews	BBB	LF	113		-0.2	0.5	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
145	Herb Barnhill	CBR	C	37		-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
146	Johnnie Cowan	BBB	2B	11		-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
147	Bradford Bennett	SNS	LF	101		-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
148	Hank Jones	CAG	P	1	3.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
149	Willie Simms	CAG	CF	85		-0.3	0.2	-0.5	0.0	0.0
150	Skin Down Robinson	CBR	1B	41		-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
151	Leroy Morney	CAG	SS	75		-0.3	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.1
152	Billy Horne	CAG	2B	68		-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.1
153	Charles Oakley	SNS	P	2	3.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
154	Samuel Burris	BBB/SNS	P	2	10.0	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
155	Raymond Taylor	SNS	C	60		-0.4	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.1
156	Felix Evans	MRS	LF	4	5.1	-0.4	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
157	Wadel Miller	CAG	P	20	47.0	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	0.0
158	Jack Bruton	SNS	1B	20	0.2	-0.5	-0.2	0.2	-0.5	0.0
159	Connie Johnson	TIC	P	10	26.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
160	Jimmy Wilson	TIC	RF	61		-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
161	Bill Bradford	MRS	RF	108		-0.5	0.1	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
162	Dan Thomas	BBB	CF	88		-0.6	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
163	Gentry Jessup	BBB	P	13	34.2	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
164	Specs Ellis	CBR	P	3	9.2	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
165	Preacher Henry	CBR	P	40	92.0	-0.6	-0.4	0.0	-0.2	0.0
166	Big Train Jackson	MRS	P	12	33.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
167	Lyman Bostock	BBB	1B	106		-0.7	0.0	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
168	Lafayette Dumas	MRS	LF	58	43.1	-0.8	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	0.0
169	Tommy Johnson	CAG	P	13	28.2	-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
170	Frank McAllister	SNS	P	23	42.0	-0.9	-0.2	0.0	-0.8	0.0
171	Lefty Boone	MRS/SNS	P	7	22.1	-1.3	0.0	0.0	-1.3	0.0

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