1940 Season

Negro National League II

1939 / 1941

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

Buck
Leonard

Ray
Brown

#	Player	Team	SB
1	Jerry Benjamin	HG	16
2	Matt Carlisle	HG	10
3	David Whatley	HG	9
4	Bill Hoskins	BEG	8
5	Henry Kimbro	BEG	8
6	Gene Benson	PS	5
7	Goose Curry	NBY/BEG	5
8	Jelly Jackson	HG	5
9	Sammy Hughes	BEG	4
10	Clarence Isreal	NE	4

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Ray Brown	HG	2.07
2	Emery Adams	BEG	3.17
3	Silvino Ruiz	NYC	3.40
4	Jimmy Hill	NE	3.70
5	Ches Buchanan	PS	3.89
6	Henry McHenry	PS	4.12
7	Edsall Walker	HG	4.15
8	Max Manning	NE	4.88
9	Nate Moreland	BEG	4.99
10	Sam Thompson	PS	5.06

Standings

		vs NN2					vs Maj. Black Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays^*	36	20	0	.643	-	46	21	0	.687	6.0	5.1	Vic Harris	Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	32	23	0	.582	3.5	44	28	0	.611	6.3	5.4	Felton Snow	Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD), Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
3	Newark Eagles	28	22	1	.560	5.0	28	23	1	.549	6.4	5.8	Dick Lundy, Biz Mackey	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
4	New York Black Yankees	19	24	0	.442	10.5	24	27	0	.471	4.7	5.2	Tex Burnett	Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)
5	Philadelphia Stars	24	37	0	.393	14.5	31	40	0	.437	5.1	5.8	Roy Parnell, Jake Dunn	Parkside Athletic Field (Philadelphia, PA)
6	New York Cubans	13	26	1	.333	14.5	14	26	1	.350	4.8	5.3	José María Fernández	No Home Ballpark

* = League Champion

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