1940 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1940 Season


Negro American League


1939 / 1941

Top Hitter


Jesse
Williams

Top Pitcher


George
Walker

Leaders



Standings
Glossary

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      
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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

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, 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