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	209
2	Jesse Williams	KCM	176
3	Marshall Riddle	SNS	173
4	Joe Greene	KCM	165
5	Neil Robinson	MRS	164
6	Turkey Stearnes	KCM	158
7	Rainey Bibbs	KCM/TIC	157
8	Willie Nixon	BBB	152
9	Buddy Armour	SNS	148
10	Duke Cleveland	CBR	146

K/BB

#	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 Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	402.1	1.38	12.7%	9.7%	1.31	0.3%
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	327.1	1.17	19.4%	7.5%	2.57	0.7%
3	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	NAL	250.2	1.45	13.5%	10.4%	1.29	0.6%
4	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	249.2	1.45	10.0%	7.7%	1.31	0.5%
5	Cleveland Bears	NAL	226.2	1.47	12.6%	8.0%	1.59	0.4%
6	Chicago American Giants	NAL	184.1	1.56	10.5%	10.2%	1.03	0.7%
7	Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	NAL	128.1	1.15	15.0%	7.0%	2.13	0.7%
	7	1	1769.1	1.38	13.5%	8.8%	1.54	0.5%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Preacher Henry	CBR	SP	92.0	1.57	14.8%	10.1%	1.47	0.5%
2	Eugene Smith	SNS	SP	88.1	1.34	15.2%	11.1%	1.36	0.5%
3	Jack Matchett	KCM	RP	86.1	1.31	16.5%	6.2%	2.65	0.5%
4	Eugene Bremer	MRS	RP	82.0	1.26	12.5%	6.3%	2.00	0.3%
5	Andy Sarvis	CBR	RP	69.2	1.32	13.8%	3.6%	3.82	0.7%
6	Hilton Smith	KCM	RP	64.1	1.06	24.4%	5.7%	4.27	0.4%
7	Frank Bradley	KCM	RP	56.0	1.09	23.6%	8.6%	2.75	1.3%
8	Red Howard*	BBB	RP	55.0	1.27	11.3%	8.4%	1.35	0.0%
9	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	SP	54.1	1.33	12.7%	11.4%	1.11	0.4%
10	Lefty Calhoun*	SNS	RP	53.0	1.06	14.0%	5.0%	2.82	0.5%
11	Johnny Wright	TIC	SP	52.2	0.97	14.1%	4.9%	2.90	0.0%
12	George Walker	KCM	RP	52.0	0.73	20.6%	3.6%	5.71	1.0%
13	Blanch Moody	BBB	SP	51.1	1.52	8.8%	4.8%	1.82	0.4%
14	Verdell Mathis*	MRS	RP	49.0	1.24	14.2%	6.9%	2.07	0.0%
15	Lefty Bowe*	CAG	SP	47.2	1.32	17.4%	11.1%	1.57	1.4%
16	Wadel Miller^	CAG	SP	47.0	1.74	7.4%	7.4%	1.00	0.9%
17	Dan Bankhead	BBB	SP	45.1	1.08	12.9%	6.7%	1.92	0.6%
18	Eddie Snead*	BBB	RP	44.2	1.70	8.0%	7.5%	1.07	0.5%
19	Lafayette Dumas^	MRS	SP	43.1	1.52	10.6%	15.6%	0.68	0.5%
20	Frank McAllister	SNS	RP	42.0	1.60	14.4%	11.3%	1.27	1.0%
21	Willie Hudson*	CAG	SP	40.2	1.60	8.5%	12.2%	0.70	0.0%
22	Lefty Wilson*	MRS/TIC	SP	39.2	1.16	12.9%	7.1%	1.83	0.6%
23	Junius Savage	MRS	RP	38.2	1.29	20.9%	14.1%	1.48	0.0%
24	Floyd Kranson	KCM	SP	37.1	1.90	10.9%	15.8%	0.69	0.5%
25	Gentry Jessup	BBB	SP	34.2	1.73	10.7%	10.1%	1.06	0.6%
26	Big Train Jackson*	MRS	SP	33.1	1.74	10.7%	8.8%	1.21	0.6%
27	William Sumrall	MRS	RP	32.1	1.39	4.1%	5.5%	0.75	0.0%
28	Tommy Johnson	CAG	SP	28.2	1.99	6.5%	10.9%	0.60	0.7%
29	Connie Johnson	TIC	SP	26.0	1.46	12.9%	10.3%	1.25	2.6%
30	Lefty Boone*	MRS/SNS	SP	22.1	2.42	14.3%	18.3%	0.78	1.6%
31	Charles Dunklin	SNS	RP	22.1	1.84	8.4%	11.2%	0.75	0.0%
32	Allen Bryant*	KCM	RP	19.1	1.19	14.3%	7.1%	2.00	1.2%
33	Ted Alexander	CBR	SP	16.2	1.38	13.3%	12.0%	1.11	0.0%
34	Fay Washington	SNS	RP	13.1	1.95	7.8%	17.2%	0.45	1.6%
35	Smoky Owens	CBR	SP	13.1	1.43	10.3%	8.6%	1.20	0.0%
36	Spoon Carter	TIC	RP	12.2	1.03	22.0%	6.0%	3.67	0.0%
37	Leroy Sutton	SNS	RP	12.2	1.42	18.6%	8.5%	2.20	1.7%
38	Clarence White*	CBR/TIC	RP	12.0	1.08	12.0%	10.0%	1.20	0.0%
39	Samuel Burris^	BBB/SNS	RP	10.0	2.00	7.8%	13.7%	0.57	2.0%
40	Jimmy Johnson*	TIC	RP	10.0	1.50	16.0%	12.0%	1.33	0.0%
41	Specs Ellis*	CBR	SP	9.2	2.28	0.0%	5.6%	0.00	0.0%
42	Alonzo Mitchell	CBR	RP	8.1	0.96	6.5%	0.0%		0.0%
43	Roosevelt Davis	MRS	SP	8.0	1.13	14.7%	8.8%	1.67	0.0%
44	Douglas Rhone^	TIC	SP	8.0	1.38	10.8%	2.7%	4.00	0.0%
45	Willie Cornelius	CAG	SP	7.0	0.71	25.9%	3.7%	7.00	0.0%
46	Lefty Moses*	KCM	SP	7.0	0.43	13.0%	0.0%		0.0%
47	Johnny Smith*	TIC	SP	7.0	1.00	25.0%	14.3%	1.75	0.0%
48	Robert Dean	SNS	RP	6.2	0.60	0.0%	8.3%	0.00	0.0%
49	Zell Miles	CAG	SP	6.0	0.50	9.1%	9.1%	1.00	0.0%
50	Alonzo Boone	CBR	RP	5.2	1.94	7.1%	10.7%	0.67	0.0%
51	Alex Broome^	CBR	RP	5.1	1.31	11.5%	15.4%	0.75	0.0%
52	Felix Evans	MRS	SP	5.1	1.88	15.4%	7.7%	2.00	0.0%
53	Satchel Paige	KCM	SP	5.0	1.20	47.6%	14.3%	3.33	0.0%
54	Sam Barber^	BBB	SP	5.0	1.20	5.0%	5.0%	1.00	0.0%
55	Hank Jones^	CAG	RP	3.1	2.70	5.3%	21.1%	0.25	0.0%
56	Charles Oakley^	SNS	RP	3.1	2.10	10.5%	5.3%	2.00	0.0%
57	Pete Gregory^	BBB	RP	3.1	0.60	8.3%	0.0%		0.0%
58	William Newman^	MRS	RP	3.0	0.33	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
59	Lloyd Bruce^	CAG	RP	3.0	1.00	8.3%	8.3%	1.00	0.0%
60	George Mitchell	SNS	RP	2.1	0.86	22.2%	0.0%		0.0%
61	Fred McBride	BBB	RP	2.1	2.14	8.3%	16.7%	0.50	0.0%
62	Henry Merchant*	CAG	RP	1.0	0.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
63	Jimmie Armstead*	SNS	RP	1.0	3.00	42.9%	28.6%	1.50	0.0%
64	Jack Bruton	SNS	RP	0.2	9.00	0.0%	22.2%	0.00	0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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