1940 Season

Negro National League II

1939 / 1941

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

Buck
Leonard

Ray
Brown

#	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

#	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

Standings

		vs NN2 (Official)					vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays^*	28	13	0	.683	-	53	23	2	.697	6.2	5.0	Vic Harris	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	25	14	0	.641	2.0	44	29	0	.603	6.3	5.4	Felton Snow	Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD), Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
3	Newark Eagles	25	16	1	.610	3.0	30	24	2	.556	6.6	6.0	Dick Lundy, Biz Mackey	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
4	Philadelphia Stars	17	30	0	.362	14.0	31	40	0	.437	5.1	5.8	Jake Dunn, Roy Parnell	Parkside Athletic Field (Philadelphia, PA)
5	New York Black Yankees	9	19	0	.321	12.5	26	27	0	.491	4.9	5.2	Tex Burnett	Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)
6	New York Cubans	8	20	1	.286	13.5	15	34	2	.306	4.6	5.6	José María Fernández	No Home Ballpark

* = League Champion

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