1941 Season

Negro American League

1940 / 1942

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

Top Hitter

Ted
Strong

Top Pitcher

Hilton
Smith

Leaders

OPS

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Lyman Bostock	BBB	1.068
2	Ted Strong	KCM	1.067
3	Willard Brown	KCM	.992
4	Cowan Hyde	MRS	.916
5	Jimmy Ford	SNS	.880
6	Ed Young	CAG	.840
7	Neil Robinson	MRS	.818
8	Joe Greene	KCM	.807
9	Lester Lockett	BBB	.799
10	Ed Mayweather	SNS	.748

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Gready McKinnis	BBB	341
2	Hilton Smith	KCM	214
3	Dan Bankhead	BBB	182
4	Satchel Paige	KCM	172
5	Ford Smith	KCM	162
6	Preacher Henry	JRC	140
7	George Walker	KCM	139
8	Willie Ferrell	CAG	135
9	Connie Johnson	KCM	124
10	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	121

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	372.0	1.13	18.2%	5.4%	3.39	0.3%
2	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	209.0	1.22	13.5%	6.8%	1.97	0.3%
3	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	NAL	206.0	1.49	17.8%	10.0%	1.78	1.2%
4	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	171.0	1.20	15.4%	6.5%	2.36	0.8%
5	Chicago American Giants	NAL	157.1	1.54	9.7%	10.6%	0.92	0.5%
6	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	85.1	1.50	10.9%	8.1%	1.34	0.5%
	6	1	1200.2	1.30	15.2%	7.6%	2.01	0.6%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Hilton Smith	KCM	RP	92.1	0.90	19.3%	3.2%	6.09	0.6%
2	Dan Bankhead	BBB	RP	69.1	0.84	14.1%	6.3%	2.24	0.4%
3	Frank Bradley	KCM	RP	63.0	1.24	17.3%	6.6%	2.61	0.4%
4	Eugene Smith	SNS	SP	62.1	1.27	20.7%	9.8%	2.11	1.8%
5	Willie Cornelius	CAG	SP	61.2	1.30	7.9%	8.6%	0.91	0.8%
6	Satchel Paige	KCM	SP	56.2	0.95	21.0%	3.1%	6.86	0.0%
7	Porter Moss	MRS	SP	53.0	1.25	15.4%	8.1%	1.89	1.4%
8	Frank McAllister	SNS	SP	51.0	1.10	14.7%	7.1%	2.07	0.9%
9	Alvin Gipson	BBB	SP	48.1	1.61	12.0%	8.9%	1.35	0.4%
10	Connie Johnson	KCM	RP	44.0	1.45	25.4%	9.8%	2.58	0.5%
11	Willie Ferrell*	CAG	RP	37.2	1.27	9.6%	6.0%	1.60	0.0%
12	Johnny Markham	BBB	RP	36.0	1.19	15.8%	2.6%	6.00	0.0%
13	Gready McKinnis*	BBB	SP	34.2	1.07	15.2%	9.4%	1.62	0.7%
14	Verdell Mathis*	CAG/MRS	SP	33.2	1.46	16.2%	5.4%	3.00	1.4%
15	Ford Smith	KCM	RP	33.0	1.03	13.2%	4.7%	2.83	0.0%
16	Preacher Henry	JRC	SP	32.1	1.30	12.2%	8.6%	1.42	0.0%
17	Ted Radcliffe	MRS	RP	28.2	1.29	13.8%	3.1%	4.50	0.0%
18	George Walker	KCM	SP	28.1	1.09	11.4%	5.3%	2.17	0.0%
19	Lefty Boone*	SNS	SP	28.1	1.59	28.2%	13.7%	2.06	0.8%
20	Lefty Calhoun*	SNS	RP	28.0	1.89	12.1%	11.4%	1.07	0.8%
21	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	SP	26.0	1.15	22.4%	7.5%	3.00	0.9%
22	Allen Bryant*	KCM	SP	25.1	1.58	16.5%	6.1%	2.71	0.0%
23	Andy Sarvis	JRC	SP	21.1	1.50	9.4%	2.1%	4.50	0.0%
24	Gentry Jessup	BBB/CAG	RP	18.1	1.75	12.9%	14.0%	0.92	0.0%
25	Robert Keys	MRS	SP	17.0	1.47	9.1%	7.8%	1.17	0.0%
26	Booker McDaniel	KCM	RP	14.0	1.14	20.7%	6.9%	3.00	0.0%
27	Willie Hudson*	CAG	RP	12.1	2.11	14.3%	20.6%	0.69	1.6%
28	Alex Broome^	JRC	SP	12.1	1.30	19.6%	14.3%	1.38	3.6%
29	Chet Brewer	KCM	RP	12.0	1.25	11.8%	5.9%	2.00	2.0%
30	Leroy Sutton	SNS	RP	11.1	1.15	15.2%	10.9%	1.40	2.2%
31	Hosea Allen	JRC	RP	11.1	1.76	5.2%	6.9%	0.75	0.0%
32	Fay Washington	SNS	RP	11.0	2.73	9.7%	4.8%	2.00	1.6%
33	Henry Merchant*	CAG	RP	9.1	1.71	6.4%	12.8%	0.50	0.0%
34	Lafayette Dumas^	MRS	SP	9.0	0.44	16.1%	6.5%	2.50	0.0%
35	Alfred Saylor	BBB	SP	9.0	1.00	5.7%	0.0%		0.0%
36	Ted Alexander	CAG	RP	8.2	1.62	15.0%	10.0%	1.50	0.0%
37	Felix Evans	MRS	SP	7.0	0.86	7.4%	7.4%	1.00	0.0%
38	Tom Parker	SNS	SP	6.1	1.42	7.1%	3.6%	2.00	0.0%
39	Alonzo Mitchell	JRC	RP	6.0	2.33	9.1%	18.2%	0.50	0.0%
40	Charlie Shields*	CAG	RP	5.2	1.94	6.9%	13.8%	0.50	0.0%
41	Ted Gipson	CAG	SP	4.2	3.21	9.7%	19.4%	0.50	3.2%
42	Cliff Blackmon	SNS	SP	4.0	2.25	27.3%	22.7%	1.20	0.0%
43	Clarence Brown^	KCM	SP	3.1	1.80	0.0%	5.9%	0.00	0.0%
44	John Ware^	BBB	RP	3.0	3.00	5.3%	5.3%	1.00	0.0%
45	Lee Johnson^	BBB	RP	2.1	4.29	0.0%	15.0%	0.00	0.0%
46	Specs Ellis*	JRC	RP	2.0	1.50	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
47	George Mitchell	SNS	RP	2.0	1.50	37.5%	0.0%		0.0%
48	Hoss Walker	BBB	RP	2.0	0.50	42.9%	0.0%		0.0%
49	Clemon Rooney^	SNS	RP	1.0	4.00	0.0%	28.6%	0.00	0.0%
50	James Barnhill^	SNS	RP	0.2	7.50	14.3%	28.6%	0.50	0.0%
51	W. H. Kelly^	JRC	RP	0.0	0.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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