1940 Season

1939 / 1941

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

Cool Papa
Bell

Willie
Jefferson

Leaders

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Josh Gibson	HG/VEZ	.629
2	Cool Papa Bell	ULT/VEZ	.520
3	Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	.504
4	George Scales	BEG	.475
5	Henry McHenry	MULT	.473
6	Ed Mayweather	MULT	.472
7	Blas Monaco	ROM	.462
8	Monte Irvin	NE	.455
9	Wild Bill Wright	ROM/SRC	.453
10	Lennie Pearson	NE	.451

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	George Walker	KCM	317
2	Ray Brown	EAS/HG	261
3	Spoon Carter	MULT	186
4	Ramón Bragaña	VEZ	183
5	Silvino Ruiz	EAS/nyc	175
6	Willie Jefferson	CBM	174
7	Emery Adams	BEG/NOS	172
8	Jesús Valenzuela	TPC	168
9	Guadalupe Ortegón	JNL	167
10	Johnny Wright	TIC	166

Standings

		vs NN2					vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays^*	39	20	1	.661	-	53	23	2	.697	6.2	5.0	Vic Harris	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	30	21	0	.588	5.0	44	29	0	.603	6.3	5.4	Felton Snow	Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD), Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
3	Newark Eagles	29	23	2	.558	6.5	30	24	2	.556	6.6	6.0	Dick Lundy, Biz Mackey	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
4	New York Black Yankees	20	22	0	.476	10.5	26	27	0	.491	4.9	5.2	Tex Burnett	Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)
5	Philadelphia Stars	22	37	0	.373	17.0	31	40	0	.437	5.1	5.8	Roy Parnell, Jake Dunn	Parkside Athletic Field (Philadelphia, PA)
6	New York Cubans	13	30	1	.302	18.0	15	34	2	.306	4.6	5.6	José María Fernández	No Home Ballpark

* = League Champion

		vs NAL					vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Kansas City Monarchs^*¹²	42	16	3	.724	-	43	21	3	.672	5.6	3.7	Andy Cooper	Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2	Memphis Red Sox	37	28	0	.569	8.5	45	43	0	.511	5.3	4.9	Ruben Jones	Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
3	Cleveland Bears	21	18	1	.538	11.5	22	21	1	.512	5.5	5.2	Jim Williams, Alonzo Mitchell	League Park (Cleveland, OH), Durkee Field (Jacksonville, FL)
4	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	25	31	3	.446	16.0	30	35	3	.462	5.1	5.8	George Mitchell	South End Grounds (St. Louis, MO), Pelican Stadium (New Orleans, LA)
5	Chicago American Giants	24	30	2	.444	16.0	25	33	2	.431	4.6	5.3	Wilson Redus	American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
6	Birmingham Black Barons	18	31	0	.367	19.5	21	38	0	.356	4.1	5.7	Candy Jim Taylor	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
7	Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	11	24	1	.314	19.5	11	26	1	.297	3.6	4.8	Oscar Charleston	Swayne Field (Toledo, OH), Perry Stadium (Indianapolis, IN)

* = League Champion 1 = First Half Champion 2 = Second Half Champion

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	North All Stars	1	1	0	.500	-	2.0	2.5	Biz Mackey	No Home Ballpark
1	South All Stars	1	1	0	.500	-	2.5	2.0		Pelican Stadium (New Orleans, LA)

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Azules de Veracruz^*	61	30	0	.670	-	5.9	4.2	Martín Dihigo	Parque Delta (Ciudad de M?xico, DF, Mexico)
2	Rojos del México	50	30	0	.625	5.5	7.1	5.8	Ernesto Carmona	Parque Delta (Ciudad de M?xico, DF, Mexico)
3	Carta Blanca de Monterrey	52	41	0	.559	10.0	5.5	5.8	Chile Gómez	Parque Cuauhtémoc (Monterrey, NL, Mexico)
4	Alijadores de Tampico	46	41	0	.529	13.0	1.3	1.0	Guillermo Ornelas	Parque Alijadores (Tampico, TM, Mexico)
5	Unión Laguna de Torreón	45	41	0	.523	13.5	4.8	5.8	Chester Williams	Estadio Revolución (Torre?n, CO, Mexico)
6	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo	30	48	0	.385	24.5	5.1	6.1	Erasmo Flores	Parque del Béisbol La Junta (Nuevo Laredo, TM, Mexico)
7	Gallos de Santa Rosa/Chihuahua	14	67	0	.173	42.0	4.4	5.6	Avelino Catalá	Parque Deportivo Esfuerzo Obrero (Ciudad Mendoza, VE, Mexico), Estadio de Béisbol Manuel L. Almanza (Chihuahua, CH, Mexico)

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