1940 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1940 Season


1939 / 1941

Top Hitter


Cool Papa
Bell

Top Pitcher


Willie
Jefferson

Leaders

wOBA

# Player Team wOBA
1
Josh Gibson
VEZ/HG
.632
2
Cool Papa Bell
ULT/VEZ
.520
3
Buck Leonard
EAS/HG
.488
4
Henry McHenry
MULT
.471
5
George Scales
BEG
.471
6
Blas Monaco
ROM
.462
7
Ed Mayweather
WES/SNS
.460
8
Wild Bill Wright
ROM/SRC
.453
9
Jacinto Roque
SRC
.450
10
Monte Irvin
NE
.448


Standings
Glossary

Negro National League II

vs NN2 vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
34
19
0
.642
-
42
20
0
.677
5.6
4.8
Vic Harris
Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2
32
19
1
.627
1.0
40
23
1
.635
6.3
5.2
Felton Snow
Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD), Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
3
26
21
1
.553
5.0
26
22
1
.542
6.1
5.9
Dick Lundy, Biz Mackey
Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
4
25
32
1
.439
11.0
32
35
1
.478
5.3
5.6
Roy Parnell, Jake Dunn
Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA)
5
12
25
0
.324
14.0
16
28
0
.364
4.5
5.5
Tex Burnett
No Home Ballpark
5
12
25
1
.324
14.0
13
25
1
.342
4.4
5.1
José María Fernández
No Home Ballpark
* = League Champion      

Negro American League

vs NAL vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
30
10
2
.750
-
31
15
2
.674
5.6
3.9
Andy Cooper
Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2
25
20
0
.556
7.5
31
30
0
.508
5.1
4.4
Ruben Jones
Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
3
16
13
0
.552
8.5
18
15
0
.545
5.5
5.2
Jim Williams, Alonzo Mitchell
League Park (Cleveland, OH)
4
20
19
2
.513
9.5
22
22
2
.500
5.2
5.5
George Mitchell
South End Grounds (St. Louis, MO), Pelican Stadium (New Orleans, LA)
5
20
28
0
.417
14.0
20
31
0
.392
4.2
5.3
Wilson Redus
American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
6
11
21
0
.344
15.0
12
24
0
.333
3.7
5.6
Candy Jim Taylor
Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
7
6
17
0
.261
15.5
6
19
0
.240
3.2
5.2
Oscar Charleston
Swayne Field (Toledo, OH), Perry Stadium (Indianapolis, IN)
* = League Champion      

East-West All Star Games

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
1
0
0
1.000
-
11.0
0.0
Felton Snow
No Home Ballpark
2
0
1
0
.000
1.0
0.0
11.0
Andy Cooper
Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)


Mexican League


Liga Mexicana de Béisbol

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
61
30
0
.670
-
5.9
4.2
Martín Dihigo
Parque Delta (Mexico City, DF, Mexico)
2
50
30
0
.625
5.5
7.1
5.8
Ernesto Carmona
Parque Delta (Mexico City, DF, Mexico)
3
52
41
0
.559
10.0
5.5
5.8
Chile Gómez
Parque Cuauhtémoc (Monterrey, NL, Mexico)
4
46
41
0
.529
13.0
1.3
1.0
Guillermo Ornelas
Parque Alijadores (Tampico, TM, Mexico)
5
45
41
0
.523
13.5
4.8
5.8
Chester Williams
Estadio Revolución (Torreón, CO, Mexico)
6
30
48
0
.385
24.5
5.1
6.1
Erasmo Flores
Parque del Béisbol La Junta (Nuevo Laredo, TM, Mexico)
7
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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Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.


Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James