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
SNS
1.008
2
KCM
.901
3
SNS
.890
4
MRS
.886
5
KCM
.862
6
KCM
.840
7
KCM/TIC
.839
8
BBB
.833
9
BBB
.811
10
SNS
.809

ERA

# Player Team ERA
1
KCM
1.21
2
TIC
2.56
3
KCM
2.57
4
MRS
2.65
5
SNS
2.89
6
MRS
3.07
7
MRS/TIC
3.18
8
KCM
3.23
9
SNS
3.26
10
BBB
3.57


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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