1940 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1940 Season

Negro National League II

1939 / 1941

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

Top Hitter

Buck
Leonard

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Buck Leonard	HG	190
2	George Scales	BEG	170
3	Monte Irvin	NE	158
4	Goose Curry	BEG/NBY	157
5	Bill Hoskins	BEG	157
6	Lennie Pearson	NE	156
7	Henry Spearman	NBY	136
8	Howard Easterling	HG	135
9	Johnny Washington	NBY	131
10	Fran Matthews	NE	126

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Ray Brown	HG	257
2	Silvino Ruiz	nyc	168
3	Emery Adams	BEG	168
4	Jimmy Hill	NE	141
5	Ches Buchanan	PS	140
6	Henry McHenry	PS	133
7	Edsall Walker	HG	128
8	Max Manning	NE	113
9	Johnny Taylor	NE/nyc	112
10	Sam Thompson	PS	108

Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

L

R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	41	15	.732	79	56	16	41	6	3	465.0	266	225	457	15	186	225	3	3	9	2040	4.35	122
2	New York Cubans	NN2	10	20	.333	46	30	14	16	1	1	254.0	175	152	291	18	122	130	8	0	11	1185	5.39	106
3	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	27	36	.429	112	63	32	31	0	5	514.1	365	298	598	30	179	240	6	0	5	2325	5.21	105
4	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	38	23	.623	109	61	35	24	2	7	513.2	333	292	547	45	249	285	2	3	10	2325	5.12	104
5	Newark Eagles	NN2	23	18	.561	79	40	25	16	1	6	335.2	229	194	340	20	171	205	2	2	10	1537	5.20	100
6	New York Black Yankees	NN2	9	24	.273	59	33	19	14	0	0	252.0	217	189	337	21	126	121	2	2	5	1211	6.75	84
	6	1	148	136	.521	484	283	141	142	10	22	2334.2	1585	1350	2570	149	1033	1206	23	10	50	10623	5.20	104

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Ray Brown	HG	SP	17	2	.895	21	18	3	18	4	0	165.1	45	38	137	1	45	75	0	2	0	661	2.07	257
2	Silvino Ruiz	nyc	SP	6	3	.667	12	9	3	6	1	0	79.1	36	30	81	2	29	29	1	0	1	350	3.40	168
3	Emery Adams	BEG	RP	12	5	.706	25	15	7	9	2	1	136.1	50	48	122	12	50	71	1	0	3	569	3.17	168
4	Jimmy Hill*	NE	SP	8	2	.800	13	9	3	5	1	0	82.2	42	34	65	5	49	58	1	1	1	370	3.70	141
5	Ches Buchanan	PS	SP	4	7	.364	17	13	3	8	0	0	108.2	58	47	110	7	38	35	1	0	2	463	3.89	140
6	Henry McHenry	PS	SP	11	7	.611	23	17	5	11	0	2	148.2	81	68	152	8	39	86	2	0	0	638	4.12	133
7	Edsall Walker*	HG	SP	13	4	.765	21	18	3	12	1	1	136.2	72	63	127	4	64	81	2	1	2	610	4.15	128
8	Max Manning	NE	RP	10	6	.625	22	12	8	7	0	2	109.2	66	56	111	3	50	68	0	1	7	495	4.60	113
9	Johnny Taylor	NE/nyc	SP	1	8	.111	12	9	3	5	0	0	77.1	54	44	84	7	38	53	1	0	3	355	5.12	112
10	Nate Moreland	BEG	RP	6	4	.600	15	8	6	4	0	1	88.1	53	49	96	8	37	56	0	0	0	395	4.99	106
11	Roy K. Williams	NBY	SP	3	5	.375	9	7	2	4	0	0	52.1	36	33	58	5	28	30	0	0	1	239	5.68	100
12	J. C. Hamilton*	HG	SP	5	2	.714	12	9	3	5	0	1	61.0	42	36	67	4	18	32	0	0	4	270	5.31	100
13	Bud Barbee	BEG/NBY	SP	9	4	.692	20	15	5	5	0	0	100.1	76	62	105	7	70	56	0	1	4	480	5.56	98
14	Willie Hubert	BEG	RP	8	3	.727	23	15	6	4	0	1	121.2	91	75	143	11	61	67	0	2	2	570	5.55	96
15	José Figueroa	nyc	SP	1	6	.143	9	6	3	4	0	0	50.1	37	34	62	5	20	20	2	0	3	235	6.08	94
16	Leniel Hooker	NE	RP	4	5	.444	19	12	6	2	0	2	81.2	60	53	89	3	32	47	1	0	1	372	5.84	89
17	Jesse Brown*	BEG/NBY	RP	0	3	.000	10	4	4	2	0	0	41.0	38	30	60	3	23	15	0	0	0	214	6.59	86
18	Carrenza Howard	nyc	SP	1	3	.250	7	6	1	1	0	0	33.2	33	29	42	0	26	24	3	0	3	173	7.75	74
19	Neck Stanley*	NBY	RP	1	7	.125	13	7	3	3	0	0	57.1	56	49	83	4	28	24	1	1	0	280	7.69	74
20	Bob Evans	NBY	RP	1	5	.167	12	5	7	2	0	0	36.1	36	32	59	4	12	18	1	0	2	184	7.93	72

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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