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

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Buck Leonard	HG	.638
2	Lennie Pearson	NE	.603
3	Bill Hoskins	BEG	.583
4	Monte Irvin	NE	.582
5	George Scales	BEG	.556
6	Darius Bea	PS	.529
7	Howard Easterling	HG	.517
8	Johnny Washington	NBY	.516
9	Henry Spearman	NBY	.513
10	Goose Curry	BEG/NBY	.504

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Ray Brown	HG	255
2	Silvino Ruíz	NYC	169
3	Emery Adams	BEG	168
4	Ches Buchanan	PS	142
5	Jimmy Hill	NE	141
6	Henry McHenry	PS	134
7	Edsall Walker	HG	127
8	Max Manning	NE	114
9	Johnny Taylor	NE/NYC	112
10	Sam Thompson	PS	107

All-1940 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bill Hoskins	BEG	1.1	2.0	-0.7
Vic Harris	HG	0.9	0.3	0.7

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Monte Irvin	NE	2.2	1.6	0.5
Lennie Pearson	NE	1.5	1.6	-0.1

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
George Scales	BEG	1.9	1.9	0.0
Darius Bea	PS	1.3	0.7	0.7

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Tommy Butts	BEG	1.5	0.4	0.8
Bus Clarkson	NE	1.4	1.1	0.1

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Matt Carlisle	HG	2.2	1.0	1.0
Sammy Hughes	BEG	1.0	1.2	-0.4

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Howard Easterling	HG	1.9	1.6	0.3
Felton Snow	BEG	1.0	0.7	0.2

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Leonard	HG	2.7	2.8	0.1
Jim West	BEG/PS	1.0	0.9	0.4

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Roy Campanella	BEG	0.5	0.3	0.2
Biz Mackey	NE/NYC	0.3	0.2	0.0

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Ray Brown	HG	165.1	7.4	6.8	0.6
Henry McHenry	PS	148.2	4.7	3.7	1.0
Silvino Ruíz	NYC	79.1	2.9	3.1	-0.1
Ches Buchanan	PS	108.2	2.5	2.8	-0.3

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Emery Adams	BEG	136.1	5.7	5.6	0.1
Nate Moreland	BEG	88.1	1.5	1.6	-0.1
Max Manning	NE	109.2	1.3	1.4	-0.1
Sonny Boy Jeffries	HG	17.1	0.6	0.5	0.2

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