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

Stolen Bases

#	Player	Team	SB
1	Leslie Green	SNS	13
2	Henry Milton	KCM	9
3	Herb Souell	KCM	8
4	Fred Bankhead	MRS	8
5	Buck O'Neil	KCM	8
6	Duke Cleveland	CBR	7
7	Jelly Taylor	MRS	7
8	John Lyles	SNS	6
9	Curtis Henderson	TIC	6
10	Jesse Williams	KCM	5

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	George Walker	KCM	0.73
2	Johnny Wright	TIC	0.97
3	Lefty Calhoun	SNS	1.06
4	Hilton Smith	KCM	1.06
5	Dan Bankhead	BBB	1.08
6	Frank Bradley	KCM	1.09
7	Lefty Wilson	MRS/TIC	1.16
8	Verdell Mathis	MRS	1.24
9	Eugene Bremer	MRS	1.26
10	Red Howard	BBB	1.27

Opponent's Batting

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	BB	SO	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	80	1771	1557	225	383	69	20	6	39	172	225	11	31	28	.246	.325	.328	.653
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	68	1369	1230	144	280	37	18	10	30	103	265	10	26	26	.228	.293	.311	.604
3	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	NAL	66	1141	977	161	244	29	8	7	32	119	154	20	25	25	.250	.343	.317	.660
4	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	62	1098	994	152	279	27	11	5	15	84	110	6	14	20	.281	.340	.345	.685
5	Cleveland Bears	NAL	47	1029	918	146	252	37	14	4	26	82	130	10	19	16	.275	.341	.358	.699
6	Chicago American Giants	NAL	34	847	729	119	201	25	12	6	20	86	89	10	22	13	.276	.360	.368	.728
7	Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	NAL	19	540	486	62	110	19	8	4	12	38	81	5	11	8	.226	.289	.323	.612
	7	1	376	7795	6891	1009	1749	243	91	42	174	684	1054	72	148	136	.254	.328	.334	.661

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	BB	SO	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Preacher Henry	CBR	SP	16	425	370	62	101	11	8	2	12	43	63	4	9	6	.273	.355	.362	.717
2	Eugene Smith	SNS	SP	15	396	333	44	74	2	2	2	8	44	60	10	9	10	.222	.331	.258	.589
3	Jack Matchett	KCM	RP	16	369	340	43	90	13	4	2	5	23	61	2	4	7	.265	.315	.344	.659
4	Eugene Bremer	MRS	RP	13	351	324	37	81	11	6	1	7	22	44	1	4	3	.250	.300	.330	.630
5	Andy Sarvis	CBR	RP	11	305	287	41	81	15	3	2	5	11	42	2	4	5	.282	.313	.376	.690
6	Hilton Smith	KCM	RP	16	262	239	31	53	5	6	1	6	15	64	1	7	6	.222	.271	.305	.576
7	Red Howard*	BBB	RP	16	238	216	27	50	5	2	0	2	20	27	1	1	2	.231	.300	.273	.573
8	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	SP	7	236	206	21	45	11	1	1	3	27	30	1	2	3	.218	.312	.296	.608
9	Frank Bradley	KCM	RP	10	233	206	23	41	3	1	3	9	20	55	1	6	2	.199	.273	.267	.540
10	Wadel Miller^	CAG	SP	7	230	206	34	65	9	1	2	5	17	17	2	5	5	.316	.373	.398	.771
11	Blanch Moody	BBB	SP	12	227	211	32	67	6	3	1	5	11	20	1	4	4	.318	.354	.389	.743
12	Lefty Calhoun*	SNS	RP	15	222	205	24	45	8	1	1	4	11	31	3	3	4	.220	.269	.283	.552
13	Lefty Bowe*	CAG	SP	9	207	176	26	40	3	4	3	8	23	36	1	7	1	.227	.320	.341	.661
14	Johnny Wright	TIC	SP	7	206	192	17	41	11	0	0	5	10	29	3	1	4	.214	.263	.271	.534
15	Verdell Mathis*	MRS	RP	9	204	183	26	47	7	3	0	8	14	29	3	4	3	.257	.320	.328	.648
16	Eddie Snead*	BBB	RP	10	201	184	26	61	4	1	1	3	15	16	0	2	6	.332	.382	.380	.762
17	Lafayette Dumas^	MRS	SP	7	199	166	30	35	10	2	1	4	31	21	0	2	3	.211	.335	.313	.648
18	Frank McAllister	SNS	RP	11	194	164	36	45	7	2	2	7	22	28	3	5	2	.274	.370	.378	.748
19	George Walker	KCM	RP	9	194	183	7	31	4	2	2	5	7	40	2	2	3	.169	.208	.246	.454
20	Willie Hudson*	CAG	SP	6	189	157	24	42	7	3	0	3	23	16	3	6	6	.268	.372	.350	.722
21	Floyd Kranson	KCM	SP	8	183	145	25	42	5	4	1	2	29	20	3	6	7	.290	.418	.400	.818
22	Dan Bankhead	BBB	SP	8	178	162	21	37	4	4	1	2	12	23	2	2	5	.228	.290	.321	.611
23	Lefty Wilson*	MRS/TIC	SP	9	170	151	18	34	4	1	1	3	12	22	1	6	5	.225	.287	.285	.571
24	Gentry Jessup	BBB	SP	8	168	145	30	43	5	1	1	3	17	18	1	5	2	.297	.374	.366	.740
25	Junius Savage	MRS	RP	10	163	137	18	27	5	1	0	6	23	34	1	2	5	.197	.317	.248	.565
26	Big Train Jackson*	MRS	SP	6	159	139	28	44	10	1	1	1	14	17	1	5	1	.317	.383	.424	.808
27	William Sumrall	MRS	RP	9	146	133	21	37	7	2	0	4	8	6	2	3	1	.278	.329	.361	.690
28	Tommy Johnson	CAG	SP	6	138	116	26	42	5	3	1	2	15	9	3	4	1	.362	.448	.483	.931
29	Lefty Boone*	MRS/SNS	SP	10	126	99	30	31	3	2	2	2	23	18	1	3	2	.313	.447	.444	.892
30	Connie Johnson	TIC	SP	4	116	99	21	26	5	3	3	3	12	15	1	4	3	.263	.348	.465	.813
31	Charles Dunklin	SNS	RP	7	107	89	16	29	5	2	0	3	12	9	3	3	3	.326	.423	.427	.850
32	Allen Bryant*	KCM	RP	7	84	77	11	17	6	0	1	3	6	12	0	1	0	.221	.277	.338	.615
33	Ted Alexander	CBR	SP	2	75	63	7	14	2	0	0	3	9	10	1	2	1	.222	.329	.254	.583
34	Fay Washington	SNS	RP	4	64	50	11	15	1	1	1	2	11	5	0	3	2	.300	.426	.420	.846
35	Leroy Sutton	SNS	RP	4	59	53	5	13	1	0	1	2	5	11	0	1	3	.245	.310	.321	.631
36	Smoky Owens	CBR	SP	4	58	51	5	14	1	0	0	2	5	6	1	1	1	.275	.351	.294	.645
37	Specs Ellis*	CBR	SP	3	54	50	13	19	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.380	.415	.520	.935
38	Samuel Burris^	BBB/SNS	RP	6	51	43	12	13	3	0	1	1	7	4	1	0	0	.302	.412	.442	.854
39	Jimmy Johnson*	TIC	RP	2	50	42	7	9	0	1	0	1	6	8	0	2	0	.214	.313	.262	.574
40	Clarence White*	CBR/TIC	RP	4	50	43	9	8	0	1	0	1	5	6	1	1	0	.186	.286	.233	.518
41	Spoon Carter	TIC	RP	2	50	46	1	10	2	1	0	0	3	11	0	1	1	.217	.265	.304	.570
42	Douglas Rhone^	TIC	SP	1	37	33	6	10	0	1	0	3	1	4	1	2	0	.303	.343	.364	.706
43	Roosevelt Davis	MRS	SP	1	34	31	3	6	1	0	0	1	3	5	0	0	2	.194	.265	.226	.491
44	Alonzo Mitchell	CBR	RP	4	31	31	2	8	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.258	.258	.387	.645
45	Johnny Smith*	TIC	SP	1	28	24	1	3	1	1	0	0	4	7	0	0	0	.125	.250	.250	.500
46	Alonzo Boone	CBR	RP	2	28	25	4	8	2	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	1	.320	.393	.400	.793
47	Willie Cornelius	CAG	SP	1	27	26	0	4	0	0	0	2	1	7	0	0	0	.154	.185	.154	.339
48	Alex Broome^	CBR	RP	2	26	20	5	3	1	0	0	2	4	3	1	1	0	.150	.320	.200	.520
49	Felix Evans	MRS	SP	1	26	23	7	8	1	1	0	0	2	4	0	1	1	.348	.400	.478	.878
50	Robert Dean	SNS	RP	2	24	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	.100	.217	.100	.317
51	Lefty Moses*	KCM	SP	1	23	22	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	.136	.174	.227	.401
52	Zell Miles	CAG	SP	1	22	20	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	.050	.136	.050	.186
53	Satchel Paige	KCM	SP	1	21	18	3	3	1	0	0	0	3	10	0	0	0	.167	.286	.222	.508
54	Sam Barber^	BBB	SP	1	20	19	2	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	.263	.300	.263	.563
55	Charles Oakley^	SNS	RP	2	19	18	6	6	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	.333	.368	.333	.702
56	Hank Jones^	CAG	RP	1	19	14	6	5	1	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	.357	.526	.571	1.098
57	Pete Gregory^	BBB	RP	1	12	12	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.167	.250	.417
58	Fred McBride	BBB	RP	1	12	10	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	.300	.417	.300	.717
59	Lloyd Bruce^	CAG	RP	2	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432
60	William Newman^	MRS	RP	1	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222
61	Jack Bruton	SNS	RP	1	9	7	5	4	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	.571	.667	.857	1.524
62	George Mitchell	SNS	RP	1	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444
63	Jimmie Armstead*	SNS	RP	1	7	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	.200	.429	.400	.829
64	Henry Merchant*	CAG	RP	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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