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

Runs Batted In

# Player Team RBI
1
Turkey Stearnes
KCM
34
2
Jesse Williams
KCM
28
3
Buck O'Neil
KCM
26
4
Donald Reeves
CAG
24
5
Joe Greene
KCM
22
6
Neil Robinson
MRS
21
7
Ed Mayweather
SNS
19
8
Henry Turner
CBR
18
9
Buddy Armour
SNS
18
10
Jabbo Andrews
BBB
18


Players

Bats:

Throws:

#
Player
Team
Age
Pos
PA
IP
Height
Weight
Bats Throws
Birth
Death
1
CBR
27
P
8
16.2
5'10"
185
R
R
9/15/1912 (Spartanburg, SC)
3/6/1999 (East Orange, NJ)
2
BBB
25
CF
38
5'8"
161
11/25/1914 (Wilmot, AR)
5/16/1989 (Los Angeles, CA)
3
KCM
39
LF
100
5'8"
160
R
R
5/19/1901 (Austin, TX)
6/9/1988 (Cincinnati, OH)
4
BBB
32
LF
113
6'4"
198
L
L
12/23/1907 (Burnsville, AL)
7/30/1964 (death place unknown)
5
SNS
25
RF
119
5'9"
170
L
R
4/27/1915 (Madison, MS)
4/15/1974 (Carbondale, IL)
6
SNS
20
P
1.0
5'11"
180
L
L
9/8/1919 (Birmingham, AL)
11/9/2006 (Louisville, KY)
7
BBB
20
P
23
45.1
6'1"
184
R
R
5/3/1920 (Empire, AL)
5/2/1976 (Houston, TX)
8
MRS
27
2B
191
5'9"
163
R
R
11/22/1912 (Sulligent, AL)
12/17/1972 (Memphis, TN)
9
BBB
20
P
2
5.0
6'4"
169
9/17/1919 (Birmingham, AL)
4/18/1999 (Birmingham, AL)
10
CBR
26
C
37
5'11"
175
R
R
7/2/1913 (Hazlehurst, GA)
7/25/2004 (Jacksonville, FL)
11
BBB
22
C
2
6'0"
170
R
R
5/5/1918 (Ruleville, MS)
5/7/2003 (El Paso, TX)
12
TIC
25
C
45
5'11"
177
R
R
4/18/1915 (Birmingham, AL)
9/27/1970 (Birmingham, AL)
13
SNS
23
LF
101
5'11"
165
R
R
10/31/1916 (Obion, TN)
7/8/1981 (East Chicago, IN)
14
29
2B
92
5'10"
175
B
R
10/31/1910 (Henderson, KY)
9/11/1980 (Indianapolis, IN)
15
CAG
36
3B
84
5'6"
155
R
R
1/25/1904 (Kimball, WV)
12/18/1997 (Chicago, IL)
16
CBR
32
P
3
5.2
6'1"
184
R
R
1/13/1908 (Decatur, AL)
4/8/1982 (East Cleveland, OH)
17
20
P
7
22.1
6'2"
202
L
3/24/1920 (East Saint Louis, IL)
9/18/1976 (death place unknown)
18
BBB
22
1B
106
6'0"
187
L
R
3/11/1918 (Birmingham, AL)
1/23/2005 (Birmingham, AL)
19
CAG
21
P
18
47.2
6'3"
200
L
L
12/18/1918 (Amandaville, KY)
7/19/2016 (Erie, PA)
20
MRS
26
RF
108
6'0"
182
L
R
9/6/1913 (Madison, AL)
21
KCM
22
P
27
56.0
6'2"
187
R
R
2/3/1918 (Benton, LA)
12/2/2002 (Benton, LA)
22
MRS
23
P
45
82.0
5'9"
176
R
R
7/18/1916 (New Orleans, LA)
6/19/1971 (Cleveland, OH)
23
CBR
19
P
2
5.1
3/13/1921 (Tampa, FL)
24
CAG
23
C
20
6'1"
187
R
R
11/20/1916 (Jacksonville, FL)
9/7/1942 (Geneva, OH)
25
MRS
38
C
159
5'7"
162
B
R
9/16/1901 (Pratt City, AL)
4/7/1972 (Memphis, TN)
26
MRS
24
SS
175
5'4"
152
R
R
8/18/1915 (Des Moines, IA)
11/22/1973 (East Moline, IL)
27
KCM
25
LF
11
5'11"
200
R
R
6/26/1915 (Shreveport, LA)
8/4/1996 (Houston, TX)
28
CAG
33
P
1
3.0
6'0"
163
5/15/1907 (Sherman, TX)
3/28/1988 (Muskogee, OK)
29
SNS
28
1B
20
0.2
5'11"
196
R
3/12/1912 (Cordova, AL)
6/1/1973 (Cordova, AL)
30
KCM
22
P
6
19.1
5'10"
160
L
L
3/29/1918 (Chicago, IL)
3/22/1992 (Kansas City, MO)
31
32
C
11
5'10"
170
R
R
5/2/1908 (Atlanta, GA)
5/10/1985 (Detroit, MI)
32
20
P
2
10.0
5'8"
155
7/21/1919 (Centralia, IL)
6/19/1982 (death place unknown)
33
BBB
27
3B
104
5'9"
165
R
2/3/1913 (Muskogee, OK)
11/22/1987 (Tulsa, OK)
34
SNS
28
P
24
53.0
5'9"
180
L
L
8/21/1911 (Union City, TN)
10/2/1976 (Cleveland, OH)
35
MRS
27
3B
171
5'7"
160
L
R
12/27/1912 (Haslam, TX)
12/20/1993 (Memphis, TN)
36
TIC
37
P
5
12.2
5'11"
176
L
R
12/8/1902 (Harpersville, AL)
1/23/1974 (Birmingham, AL)
37
TIC
43
1B
20
5'8"
185
L
L
10/14/1896 (Indianapolis, IN)
10/5/1954 (Philadelphia, PA)
38
TIC
25
SS
29
5'11"
210
R
R
3/13/1915 (Hopkins, SC)
1/18/1989 (Jeannette, PA)
39
CBR
23
RF
121
6'1"
190
L
R
11/25/1916 (Alapaha, GA)
8/13/1970 (Jacksonville, FL)
40
CBR
27
LF
40
6'1"
209
B
R
6/26/1913 (Kissimmee, FL)
7/8/1984 (Philadelphia, PA)
41
CAG
33
P
2
7.0
5'8"
180
R
R
9/3/1906 (Atlanta, GA)
10/30/1989 (Chicago, IL)
42
BBB
27
2B
11
5'10"
160
R
R
5/31/1913 (Pleasant Hill, AL)
10/24/1993 (Birmingham, AL)
43
MRS
31
LF
10
5'10"
180
R
R
9/10/1908 (Clarke County, GA)
7/18/1981 (Athens, GA)
44
MRS
35
P
4
8.0
5'9"
168
R
R
11/19/1904 (Bartlesville, OK)
12/28/1968 (Chicago, IL)
45
MULT
25
C
22
6'1"
176
R
11/8/1914 (Shreveport, LA)
8/6/1984 (Los Angeles, CA)
46
SNS
24
P
4
6.2
5'10"
183
R
10/28/1915 (Muskogee, OK)
10/29/1970 (St. Louis, MO)
47
KCM
25
C
61
5'8"
160
R
R
12/21/1914 (New Orleans, LA)
4/14/1977 (New Orleans, LA)
48
CBR
36
RF
2
5'9"
160
R
R
6/23/1904 (New Orleans, LA)
9/28/1999 (Cleveland, OH)
49
KCM
24
2B
111
5'8"
170
L
R
3/27/1916 (Longview, TX)
50
MRS
20
LF
58
43.1
6'2"
183
3/20/1920 (Muskogee, OK)
2/20/1943 (Muskogee, OK)
51
CAG
39
C
3
6'0"
175
R
R
2/14/1901 (Kansas City, MO)
12/4/1973 (Kansas City, MO)
52
SNS
25
P
6
22.1
6'5"
187
R
R
10/26/1914 (Hayneville, AL)
12/9/1975 (Birmingham, AL)
53
CBR
P
3
9.2
L
54
CAG
34
C
37
5'11"
170
R
R
1/9/1906 (Terrell, TX)
12/28/1986 (San Diego, CA)
55
MRS
29
LF
4
5.1
6'2"
180
R
R
10/3/1910 (Atlanta, GA)
8/21/1993 (Pompano Beach, FL)
56
SNS
27
3B
118
5'8"
185
R
R
10/16/1912 (Memphis, TN)
1/1982 (Memphis, TN)
57
CBR
25
2B
72
6'1"
145
R
R
1/23/1915 (Jacksonville, FL)
8/18/1999 (Jacksonville, FL)
58
SNS
26
C
4
5'9"
165
R
R
1/8/1914 (Union City, TN)
4/18/1996 (Ann Arbor, MI)
59
SNS
26
CF
136
5'11"
177
L
R
2/8/1914 (Evergreen, AL)
3/2/1985 (St. Louis, MO)
60
KCM
28
C
108
5'11"
190
R
R
10/17/1911 (Stone Mountain, GA)
7/19/1989 (Stone Mountain, GA)
61
BBB
29
P
1
3.1
5'11"
170
7/11/1910 (Cairo, IL)
9/15/1986 (Tyler, TX)
62
CBR
23
1B
4
6'1"
175
R
7/11/1916 (Springfield, TN)
10/13/1947 (McKeesport, PA)
63
TIC
25
2B
33
5'10"
164
R
9/5/1914 (Lake Charles, LA)
1/22/1989 (San Francisco, CA)
64
BBB
29
C
88
5'10"
162
R
R
9/17/1910 (Meridian, MS)
8/28/1979 (Chicago, IL)
65
TIC
32
1B
2
5'8"
175
L
L
3/23/1908 (Clarksdale, MS)
3/3/1989 (Baltimore, MD)
66
SNS
SS
1
67
BBB
30
C
10
5'8"
165
R
R
1/12/1910 (Portsmouth, VA)
4/19/2000 (Los Angeles, CA)
68
TIC
28
SS
58
5'11"
180
R
R
11/12/1911 (Shreveport, LA)
1/12/1982 (New York, NY)
69
CBR
29
P
40
92.0
5'5"
148
R
R
3/10/1911 (Inverness, FL)
5/16/1992 (Jacksonville, FL)
70
CAG
24
2B
68
5'5"
152
L
R
2/20/1916 (New Orleans, LA)
11/1969 (New Orleans, LA)
71
BBB
30
P
24
55.0
5'10"
198
L
L
3/10/1910 (Birmingham, AL)
12/30/1969 (Birmingham, AL)
72
CAG
22
LF
50
40.2
6'4"
197
L
L
6/2/1918 (Devereux, GA)
9/27/1943 (Cincinnati, OH)
73
MRS
RF
4
74
MRS
25
P
22
54.1
5'8"
152
R
R
1/26/1915 (Plano, TX)
4/9/1984 (Dallas, TX)
75
MRS
33
RF
14
5'7"
159
R
R
4/10/1907 (Pontotoc, MS)
11/20/2003 (St. Louis, MO)
76
MRS
23
P
12
33.1
6'2"
190
L
L
1917 (birthplace unknown)
77
CBR
20
3B
3
5'8"
165
R
11/26/1919 (Philadelphia, PA)
11/19/1976 (Atlanta, GA)
78
BBB
25
P
13
34.2
6'2"
180
R
R
7/11/1914 (Westfield, NC)
3/23/1998 (Springfield, MA)
79
TIC
17
P
10
26.0
6'4"
200
R
R
12/27/1922 (Stone Mountain, GA)
11/28/2004 (Kansas City, MO)
80
TIC
21
RF
26
10.0
6'2"
170
L
12/20/1918 (Morgantown, WV)
9/21/1987 (Akron, OH)
81
CAG
25
P
13
28.2
6'0"
190
R
3/23/1915 (Elmwood, MO)
3/9/1980 (St. Louis, MO)
82
BBB
3B
1
83
CAG
P
1
3.1
84
CBR
29
1B
21
5'11"
186
B
R
12/10/1910 (Tampa, FL)
10/1962 (Jacksonville, FL)
85
MRS
46
LF
7
L
R
2/5/1894 (Austin, TX)
2/14/1970 (Big Spring, TX)
86
CBR
21
CF
8
5'5"
145
R
R
4/9/1919 (Winder, GA)
10/21/1993 (Atlanta, GA)
87
KCM
26
P
17
37.1
6'1"
180
R
R
7/24/1913 (Natchitoches, LA)
9/3/1967 (Alameda, CA)
88
CBR
25
SS
102
5'11"
167
R
R
3/12/1915 (Montgomery, AL)
7/15/1951 (Montgomery, AL)
89
MRS
30
LF
162
5'9"
210
R
R
9/7/1909 (Little Rock, AR)
7/20/1977 (Memphis, TN)
90
SNS
28
SS
117
5'9"
194
B
R
9/16/1911 (Charleston, MO)
2/5/1954 (St. Louis, MO)
91
KCM
32
P
38
86.1
6'2"
193
L
R
2/4/1908 (Palestine, TX)
3/19/1979 (Los Angeles, CA)
92
MRS
26
CF
131
49.0
5'11"
155
L
L
11/18/1913 (Crawfordsville, AR)
10/30/1998 (Memphis, TN)
93
SNS
30
1B
114
5'10"
180
L
L
11/26/1909 (Shreveport, LA)
2/19/1966 (Kansas City, MO)
94
SNS
22
P
23
42.0
6'3"
210
R
R
4/29/1918 (Forrest City, AR)
5/5/1987 (Cairo, IL)
95
BBB
35
1B
46
2.1
5'11"
185
R
R
6/20/1905 (Groveton, TX)
10/1974 (Tulsa, OK)
96
KCM
27
LF
97
5'11"
165
L
R
1/21/1913 (Henderson, TX)
1/8/1990 (Garland, TX)
97
CAG
22
CF
21
1.0
6'3"
180
L
L
2/17/1918 (Birmingham, AL)
8/23/1982 (Cincinnati, OH)
98
BBB
SS
15
R
99
CAG
30
P
2
6.0
5'11"
180
R
R
10/6/1909 (birthplace unknown)
12/18/1970 (death place unknown)
100
CAG
P
20
47.0
101
KCM
29
RF
144
5'9"
155
L
R
6/2/1911 (Winona, MS)
6/25/1943 (Crown Point, IN)
102
CBR
35
P
7
8.1
5'7"
158
R
R
1/2/1905 (Jacksonville, FL)
10/1963 (Jacksonville, FL)
103
SNS
40
1B
7
2.1
6'3"
202
R
R
3/31/1900 (Sparta, IL)
11/1953 (Sparta, IL)
104
BBB
28
P
22
51.1
5'8"
150
R
3/17/1912 (Boyce, LA)
10/27/1940 (Eloy, AZ)
105
CAG
31
SS
75
5'11"
169
B
R
5/13/1909 (Columbus, OH)
11/6/1980 (Oak Forest, IL)
106
KCM
26
P
2
7.0
5'10"
150
L
3/12/1914 (Farmerville, LA)
11/23/1989 (Farmerville, LA)
107
MRS
33
RF
12
5'11"
170
4/17/1907 (Checotah, OK)
10/16/1974 (Austin, TX)
108
MRS
P
1
3.0
109
BBB
23
RF
106
5'7"
165
10/29/1916 (York, AL)
12/14/1979 (Cleveland, OH)
110
KCM
28
1B
154
5'10"
190
R
R
11/13/1911 (Carrabelle, FL)
10/6/2006 (Kansas City, MO)
111
SNS
24
P
2
3.1
5'7"
160
10/11/1915 (Bunn, AR)
12/22/1979 (Lake City, AR)
112
CBR
28
P
5
13.1
5'7"
180
R
3/15/1912 (Manning, SC)
9/7/1942 (Geneva, OH)
113
CF
25
R
R
114
KCM
33
P
3
5.0
6'3"
180
R
R
7/7/1906 (Mobile, AL)
6/8/1982 (Kansas City, MO)
115
TIC
18
CF
19
5'11"
154
1/20/1922 (Dallas, TX)
12/3/2002 (San Francisco, CA)
116
CBR
28
CF
108
5'8"
160
L
R
6/28/1957 (Nashville, TN)
117
BBB
25
SS
90
5'10"
165
R
R
11/13/1914 (Baton Rouge, LA)
11/17/2002 (Baton Rouge, LA)
118
CAG
35
LF
36
5'5"
160
R
R
1/29/1905 (Tullahassee, OK)
3/23/1979 (Fort Worth, TX)
119
CAG
28
RF
68
6'2"
198
L
L
7/31/1911 (Atlanta, GA)
1/3/1973 (Sandersville, GA)
120
CAG
22
1B
7
6'2"
179
6/2/1918 (Tuscaloosa, AL)
2/22/1985 (Flint, MI)
121
TIC
22
P
4
8.0
5'8"
172
9/1/1917 (Galveston, TX)
1/7/1978 (Houston, TX)
122
SNS
22
2B
80
5'8"
155
L
R
4/22/1918 (Warren, AR)
9/2/1988 (St. Louis, MO)
123
SNS
36
3B
63
5'10"
155
R
R
10/25/1903 (Whistler, AL)
5/17/2002 (Chicago, IL)
124
KCM
30
C
3
5'11"
180
R
R
5/30/1910 (Birmingham, AL)
10/13/1997 (Kings Mountain, NC)
125
MRS
32
CF
112
5'11"
183
R
R
7/31/1907 (Birmingham, AL)
7/23/1983 (Cincinnati, OH)
126
CBR
32
1B
41
5'4"
168
R
R
5/1967 (Jacksonville, FL)
127
46
RF
60
L
R
7/21/1893 (Spartanburg, SC)
12/2/1981 (Memphis, TN)
128
CBR
29
LF
102
5'11"
168
9/17/1910 (Ocala, FL)
12/10/1966 (Columbia County, FL)
129
BBB
27
2B
112
6'1"
180
R
R
8/31/1912 (Calhoun, AL)
1/24/2002 (Elizabeth City, NC)
130
26
3B
5
6'0"
155
R
3/10/1914 (Vian, OK)
8/4/1999 (Muskogee, OK)
131
CBR
32
P
35
69.2
5'10"
190
R
12/22/1907 (Seville, FL)
10/29/1976 (Jacksonville, FL)
132
MRS
21
P
15
38.2
6'1"
172
R
6/17/1919 (Pine Bluff, AR)
3/22/1974 (Detroit, MI)
133
TIC
21
3B
31
6'3"
165
R
10/15/1918 (Lower Peach Tree, AL)
134
CAG
31
CF
85
5'9"
160
L
R
12/23/1908 (Shreveport, LA)
5/10/2002 (Perris, CA)
135
SNS
33
C
50
R
R
1907 (birthplace unknown)
136
CAG
32
C
51
5'11"
168
L
R
6/3/1908 (Alexandria, LA)
8/13/1973 (Alexandria, LA)
137
SNS
24
P
59
88.1
6'1"
185
B
R
4/23/1916 (Ansley, LA)
5/25/2011 (Richmond Heights, MO)
138
KCM
33
P
31
64.1
6'2"
180
R
R
2/27/1907 (Giddings, TX)
11/18/1983 (Kansas City, MO)
139
TIC
23
LF
62
7.0
L
L
1917 (birthplace unknown)
140
BBB
29
P
21
44.2
5'8"
168
R
L
7/30/1910 (Fowl River, AL)
8/26/1975 (Mobile, AL)
141
KCM
27
3B
139
5'9"
150
B
R
2/5/1913 (West Monroe, LA)
7/12/1978 (Los Angeles, CA)
142
CAG
29
2B
48
5'8"
160
R
R
9/1/1910 (Oklahoma City, OK)
143
TIC
26
C
27
5'6"
160
R
1/22/1914 (Water Valley, MS)
3/1968 (death place unknown)
144
CAG
26
RF
3
5'10"
167
7/27/1913 (Franklin, KY)
8/4/1984 (St. Paul, MN)
145
KCM
39
CF
154
6'1"
185
L
L
5/8/1901 (Nashville, TN)
9/4/1979 (Detroit, MI)
146
CBR
CF
1
147
MRS
23
P
12
32.1
6'1"
200
R
12/4/1916 (Deering, MO)
10/29/1964 (Gary, IN)
148
SNS
24
P
3
12.2
6'1"
178
R
R
12/24/1915 (Cairo, IL)
149
BBB
56
-
2
5'5"
165
R
R
2/1/1884 (Anderson, SC)
4/3/1948 (Chicago, IL)
150
MRS
29
1B
183
5'11"
230
L
L
7/10/1910 (London, OH)
10/1/1976 (Cleveland, OH)
151
SNS
29
C
60
5'11"
158
R
R
5/7/1911 (Memphis, TN)
2/9/1954 (Memphis, TN)
152
BBB
32
CF
88
5'5"
144
R
8/26/1907 (Pine Bluff, AR)
8/3/1977 (Muskogee, OK)
153
CBR
30
-
1
6'2"
175
L
R
4/26/1910 (Meridian, MS)
154
BBB
C
5
R
R
155
CBR
26
C
107
5'11"
172
R
R
9/1/1913 (Lloyd, FL)
156
TIC
27
1B
48
5'6"
143
R
L
7/8/1912 (Beach, GA)
8/13/2000 (Palatka, FL)
157
BBB
37
C
12
5'9"
170
R
R
2/10/1903 (Bolton, MS)
3/28/1973 (Chicago, IL)
158
BBB
22
1B
4
5'11"
172
L
L
4/12/1918 (Tuscaloosa, AL)
6/9/1992 (Pontiac, MI)
159
KCM
25
P
26
52.0
6'0"
180
R
R
2/5/1915 (Waco, TX)
8/19/1967 (Waco, TX)
160
25
3B
44
5'11"
153
R
R
8/16/1914 (Whitehaven, TN)
4/8/2003 (death place unknown)
161
SNS
25
P
7
13.1
6'0"
185
R
1/26/1915 (Alma, AR)
4/11/1975 (Chicago, IL)
162
39
P
3
12.0
L
1901 (birthplace unknown)
163
KCM
27
SS
154
5'11"
160
R
R
6/22/1913 (Henderson, TX)
2/27/1990 (Kansas City, MO)
164
CBR
34
1B
35
6'1"
198
R
R
1/16/1906 (Benton, AL)
4/28/1962 (Jacksonville, FL)
165
BBB
27
CF
16
5'4"
158
B
R
1/10/1913 (Yazoo City, MS)
2/26/1991 (St. Louis, MO)
166
TIC
20
RF
61
5'10"
169
R
R
1/28/1920 (Newberry, SC)
5/2/1997 (Woonsocket, RI)
167
23
P
16
39.2
5'11"
165
L
12/16/1916 (Limestone County, TX)
4/19/1965 (Dallas, TX)
168
28
3B
122
5'10"
188
R
R
2/6/1912 (Cordova, AL)
7/23/1977 (Cleveland, OH)
169
TIC
23
P
23
52.2
5'11"
175
R
R
11/28/1916 (New Orleans, LA)
5/10/1990 (Jackson, MS)
170
CAG
27
1B
73
6'1"
230
R
R
6/13/1913 (East Saint Louis, IL)
8/3/1967 (Chicago, IL)
171
KCM
31
LF
20
5'10"
184
R
R
6/10/1909 (Dallas, TX)
2/4/1997 (Berkeley, CA)

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