1940 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1940 Season


Negro National League II


1939 / 1941



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

Top Hitter


Buck
Leonard

Top Pitcher


Ray
Brown

Leaders

Slugging %

# Player Team SLG
1
HG
.638
2
NE
.599
3
NE
.592
4
BEG
.583
5
BEG
.556
6
PS
.529
7
HG
.517
8
NBY
.516
9
NBY
.513
10
BEG/NBY
.504

K/BB

# Player Team SO/BB
1
PS
2.21
2
HG
1.78
3
HG
1.67
4
BEG
1.51
5
NBY
1.50
6
PS
1.48
7
NE
1.47
8
BEG
1.42
9
PS
1.41
10
NE/NYC
1.39


Standings
Glossary

Negro National League II

vs NN2 vs Maj. Black Teams
# Team R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
36
20
0
.643
-
46
21
0
.687
6.0
5.1
Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2
32
23
0
.582
3.5
44
28
0
.611
6.3
5.4
Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD), Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
3
28
22
1
.560
5.0
28
23
1
.549
6.4
5.8
Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
4
19
24
0
.442
10.5
24
27
0
.471
4.7
5.2
Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)
5
24
37
0
.393
14.5
31
40
0
.437
5.1
5.8
Parkside Athletic Field (Philadelphia, PA)
6
13
26
1
.333
14.5
14
26
1
.350
4.8
5.3
No Home Ballpark
* = League Champion      


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