1940 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1940 Season

Negro National League II

1939 / 1941

Tom Wilson (President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Buck
Leonard

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Buck Leonard	HG	.378
2	Monte Irvin	NE	.370
3	Johnny Washington	NBY	.367
4	Lennie Pearson	NE	.353
5	George Scales	BEG	.352
6	Bill Hoskins	BEG	.343
7	Howard Easterling	HG	.335
8	Darius Bea	PS	.331
9	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	.328
10	Jim West	BEG/PS	.327

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Henry McHenry	PS	2.21
2	J. C. Hamilton	HG	1.78
3	Ray Brown	HG	1.67
4	Nate Moreland	BEG	1.51
5	Bob Evans	NBY	1.50
6	Sam Thompson	PS	1.48
7	Leniel Hooker	NE	1.47
8	Emery Adams	BEG	1.42
9	Jim Missouri	PS	1.41
10	Johnny Taylor	NE/NYC	1.39

Advanced Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

L

R

S

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	Newark Eagles	NN2	41	1545	.378	10.4%			2.5%	.155
2	Homestead Grays	NN2	56	2082	.357	9.8%			1.2%	.121
3	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	61	2376	.356	10.3%			1.4%	.132
4	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	63	2264	.343	9.6%			1.2%	.119
5	New York Black Yankees	NN2	33	1167	.321	8.5%			0.8%	.089
6	New York Cubans	NN2	30	1179	.314	9.0%			1.1%	.091
	6	1	289	10613	.348	9.7%			1.4%	.121

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	Buck Leonard*	HG	1B	228	.501	17.1%			3.5%	.259
2	Monte Irvin	NE	CF	166	.455	9.6%			2.4%	.212
3	Lennie Pearson	NE	CF	172	.451	9.3%			4.7%	.250
4	Bill Hoskins*	BEG	LF	198	.440	10.6%			4.0%	.240
5	Henry Spearman	NBY	3B	135	.418	13.3%			3.0%	.191
6	Howard Easterling**	HG	3B	228	.412	9.2%			1.3%	.182
7	Fran Matthews*	NE	1B	152	.407	13.2%			1.3%	.156
8	Johnny Washington*	NBY	1B	135	.407	3.0%			1.5%	.148
9	Mule Suttles	NE	LF	160	.393	14.4%			3.1%	.187
10	Gene Benson*	PS	CF	242	.393	11.6%			2.1%	.142
11	Roy Parnell	PS	LF	223	.391	11.2%			1.8%	.173
12	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	CF	128	.383	9.4%			0.8%	.095
13	Jim West**	BEG/PS	1B	248	.379	8.5%			0.0%	.103
14	Clarence Isreal	NE	3B	129	.375	10.1%			3.1%	.116
15	Sammy Hughes	BEG	2B	260	.373	10.4%			2.3%	.179
16	Matt Carlisle	HG	2B	225	.368	8.9%			1.3%	.160
17	Henry Kimbro*	BEG	CF	282	.366	17.0%			0.7%	.079
18	Ed Stone*	NE	RF	162	.365	14.2%			1.2%	.141
19	Charlie Biot	BEG/NBY	CF	122	.365	6.6%			1.6%	.214
20	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	194	.361	8.8%			0.5%	.059
21	Biz Mackey**	NE/NYC	C	145	.358	9.0%			0.7%	.070
22	Clemente Carreras	NYC	2B	98	.356	11.2%			2.0%	.094
23	Felton Snow	BEG	3B	211	.354	6.6%			0.5%	.094
24	David Whatley*	HG	RF	241	.352	9.1%			0.8%	.097
25	Alejandro Crespo	NYC	LF	133	.349	9.8%			1.5%	.151
26	Russell Awkard*	NE/NYC	RF	117	.343	11.1%			1.7%	.136
27	Tommy Butts	BEG	SS	254	.342	11.0%			0.4%	.064
28	Vic Harris*	HG	LF	208	.339	9.1%			0.5%	.126
29	Rogelio Linares*	NYC	1B	120	.330	7.5%			1.7%	.121
30	Dick Seay	NBY/NE	2B	146	.308	6.8%			2.1%	.116
31	Jake Dunn	PS	RF	201	.304	9.0%			0.0%	.079
32	Red Moore*	BEG	1B	241	.293	7.1%			0.4%	.102
33	Rabbit Martínez	NYC	SS	101	.290	8.9%			2.0%	.112
34	Ramón Heredía	NYC	3B	128	.259	2.3%			0.8%	.081
35	Jelly Jackson	HG	SS	178	.223	4.5%			0.0%	.042

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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