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

On Base %

# Player Team OBP
1
SNS
.513
2
CBR
.424
3
KCM
.423
4
CBR
.402
5
MRS
.402
6
KCM/TIC
.400
7
SNS
.400
8
KCM
.396
9
SNS
.390
10
CAG
.390


Pitching


Throws:


Qualified:



Teams
# Team Lg
1
NAL
27
11
.711
68
40
19
4
5
327.1
144
113
280
10
103
265
7
1
10
1369
3.11
125
2
NAL
4
11
.267
19
16
13
0
0
128.1
62
50
110
4
38
81
2
0
5
540
3.51
123
3
NAL
20
29
.408
80
49
25
2
2
402.1
225
188
383
6
172
225
8
1
11
1771
4.21
96
4
NAL
15
15
.500
66
31
12
2
3
250.2
161
124
244
7
119
154
4
3
20
1141
4.45
94
5
NAL
14
17
.452
62
31
10
0
5
249.2
152
129
279
5
84
110
5
0
6
1098
4.65
88
6
NAL
14
13
.519
47
28
16
1
1
226.2
146
116
252
4
82
130
1
0
10
1029
4.61
85
7
NAL
7
15
.318
34
23
15
1
0
184.1
119
92
201
6
86
89
1
0
10
847
4.49
78
7
1
101
111
.476
376
218
110
10
16
1769.1
1009
812
1749
42
684
1054
28
5
72
7795
4.13
96



Players
# Team Role
1
KCM
RP
5
1
.833
9
4
3
3
0
52.0
7
7
31
2
7
40
1
1
2
194
1.21
320
2
TIC
SP
1
6
.143
7
7
6
0
0
52.2
17
15
41
0
10
29
1
0
3
206
2.56
168
3
MRS
SP
4
3
.571
7
7
5
0
0
54.1
21
16
45
1
27
30
1
0
1
236
2.65
153
4
KCM
RP
6
2
.750
10
6
2
0
0
56.0
23
16
41
3
20
55
2
0
1
233
2.57
151
5
SNS
RP
6
3
.667
15
4
2
1
2
53.0
24
17
45
1
11
31
0
0
3
222
2.89
145
6
MRS
RP
3
6
.333
13
8
8
2
1
82.0
37
28
81
1
22
44
1
0
1
351
3.07
132
7
SNS
SP
5
4
.556
15
11
7
1
0
88.1
44
32
74
2
44
60
3
2
10
396
3.26
128
8
KCM
RP
7
3
.700
16
10
6
1
2
86.1
43
31
90
2
23
61
3
0
2
369
3.23
120
9
BBB
SP
4
1
.800
8
6
4
0
0
45.1
21
18
37
1
12
23
0
0
2
178
3.57
114
10
BBB
RP
3
6
.333
16
5
2
0
4
55.0
27
24
50
0
20
27
2
0
1
238
3.93
104
11
KCM
RP
4
4
.500
16
7
4
0
3
64.1
31
27
53
1
15
64
0
0
1
262
3.78
103
12
CAG
SP
2
2
.500
9
7
4
0
0
47.2
26
19
40
3
23
36
1
0
1
207
3.59
98
13
MRS
RP
1
3
.250
9
4
2
0
0
49.0
26
23
47
0
14
29
0
0
3
204
4.22
96
14
CAG
SP
3
2
.600
6
4
3
0
0
40.2
24
17
42
0
23
16
0
0
3
189
3.76
93
15
CBR
RP
5
2
.714
11
7
6
0
0
69.2
41
33
81
2
11
42
0
0
2
305
4.26
92
16
BBB
RP
2
1
.667
10
5
1
0
1
44.2
26
23
61
1
15
16
0
0
0
201
4.63
88
17
BBB
SP
4
3
.571
12
8
2
0
0
51.1
32
27
67
1
11
20
2
0
1
227
4.73
86
18
CBR
SP
5
7
.417
16
13
9
1
0
92.0
62
52
101
2
43
63
0
0
4
425
5.09
77
19
BBB
SP
1
4
.200
8
6
1
0
0
34.2
30
21
43
1
17
18
0
0
1
168
5.45
75
20
CAG
SP
1
5
.167
7
6
5
0
0
47.0
34
25
65
2
17
17
0
0
2
230
4.79
73
21
TIC
SP
1
2
.333
4
4
2
0
0
26.0
21
18
26
3
12
15
1
0
1
116
6.23
69
22
SNS
RP
2
2
.500
11
7
3
0
1
42.0
36
29
45
2
22
28
1
0
3
194
6.21
67
23
CAG
SP
0
5
.000
6
4
1
0
0
28.2
26
23
42
1
15
9
0
0
3
138
7.22
49
* = Left-handed pitcher       ^ = Unknown

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