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

Batting Average

# Player Team BA
1
Buck Leonard
HG
.378
2
Monte Irvin
NE
.370
3
Johnny Washington
NBY
.367
4
Lennie Pearson
NE
.353
5
George Scales
BEG
.352
6
Bill Hoskins
BEG
.343
7
Howard Easterling
HG
.335
8
Darius Bea
PS
.331
9
Pancho Coimbre
NYC
.328
10
Jim West
BEG/PS
.327

WHIP

# Player Team WHIP
1
Ray Brown
HG
1.10
2
Emery Adams
BEG
1.26
3
Henry McHenry
PS
1.28
4
Ches Buchanan
PS
1.36
5
Jimmy Hill
NE
1.38
6
Silvino Ruíz
NYC
1.39
7
J. C. Hamilton
HG
1.39
8
Edsall Walker
HG
1.40
9
Max Manning
NE
1.47
10
Leniel Hooker
NE
1.48


Players

Bats:

Throws:

#
Player
Team
Age
Pos
PA
IP
Height
Weight
Bats Throws
Birth
Death
1
BEG
28
P
61
136.1
5'11"
171
R
R
10/10/1911 (Collierville, TN)
1/22/1955 (New York, NY)
2
NE
23
LF
40
6'0"
202
R
R
9/4/1916 (York, SC)
11/29/1987 (Bessemer City, NC)
3
BEG
20
RF
26
5'11"
180
L
L
9/8/1919 (Birmingham, AL)
11/9/2006 (Louisville, KY)
4
22
RF
117
5'10"
150
L
R
10/7/1917 (Howard County, MD)
4/1/2002 (Louisville, KY)
5
NYC
21
P
6
6.0
5'3"
170
R
R
11/30/1918 (Santo Domingo, D.R.)
5/29/1989 (Santo Domingo, D.R.)
6
26
P
55
100.1
6'2"
205
R
R
3/16/1914 (Durham, NC)
1/14/2000 (Durham, NC)
7
NBY
24
LF
2
5'11"
190
4/30/1916 (Durham, NC)
8/22/1986 (Durham, NC)
8
NBY
28
LF
92
5'8"
170
R
R
2/13/1912 (Joplin, MO)
7/1964 (Newark, NJ)
9
BEG
19
P
14
34.2
6'0"
186
R
R
2/20/1921 (Birmingham, AL)
4/11/2007 (Detroit, MI)
10
HG
22
C
14
6'0"
170
R
R
5/5/1918 (Ruleville, MS)
5/7/2003 (El Paso, TX)
11
PS
26
RF
131
4.0
6'2"
185
L
L
12/15/1913 (White Stone, VA)
6/26/2001 (Philadelphia, PA)
12
HG
30
CF
194
5'9"
165
B
R
11/9/1909 (Montgomery, AL)
11/23/1974 (Detroit, MI)
13
PS
26
CF
242
5'9"
180
L
L
10/2/1913 (Pittsburgh, PA)
4/6/1999 (Philadelphia, PA)
14
22
CF
122
6'2"
190
R
R
10/18/1917 (Orange, NJ)
3/10/2000 (East Orange, NJ)
15
HG
44
C
11
4.0
5'8"
175
R
R
7/6/1895 (Lexington, KY)
1/1981 (Erie, PA)
16
26
P
18
41.0
6'0"
158
L
L
6/6/1914 (Cleveland, OH)
5/25/1980 (Wellesley, MA)
17
PS
23
C
1
6'1"
187
R
R
11/20/1916 (Jacksonville, FL)
9/7/1942 (Geneva, OH)
18
HG
32
P
92
165.1
6'1"
195
B
R
2/23/1908 (McDonald Township, OH)
2/8/1965 (Dayton, OH)
19
PS
32
P
44
108.2
6'1"
179
R
8/10/1907 (Philadelphia, PA)
8/8/1964 (New York, NY)
20
PS
33
LF
9
5'6"
160
L
R
6/23/1907 (Salisbury, MD)
8/30/1989 (Philadelphia, PA)
21
BEG
20
SS
254
5'8"
142
R
R
8/27/1919 (Sparta, GA)
12/30/1972 (Atlanta, GA)
22
BEG
18
C
126
5'9"
190
R
R
11/19/1921 (Philadelphia, PA)
6/26/1993 (Woodland Hills, CA)
23
PS
31
2B
163
5'5"
140
L
R
7/20/1908 (Greenwood, SC)
7/6/1961 (Winston-Salem, NC)
24
HG
30
2B
225
5'6"
145
R
R
2/5/1910 (Wenonah, AL)
11/18/1972 (Pittsburgh, PA)
25
NYC
26
2B
98
5'10"
190
R
R
3/25/1914 (La Habana, Cuba)
11/19/1989 (death place unknown)
26
PS
19
SS
12
5'9"
160
R
10/25/1920 (Coatesville, PA)
1/31/2011 (Christiana, PA)
27
37
P
14
20.0
5'11"
176
L
R
12/8/1902 (Harpersville, AL)
1/23/1974 (Birmingham, AL)
28
NYC
35
C
61
5'7"
200
R
5/5/1905 (Newport News, VA)
1/1968 (Philadelphia, PA)
29
NBY
37
C
56
5'10"
175
R
R
1/8/1903 (Richmond, VA)
1/1971 (Newark, NJ)
30
NE
25
SS
98
5'11"
210
R
R
3/13/1915 (Hopkins, SC)
1/18/1989 (Jeannette, PA)
31
NYC
31
CF
128
5'8"
170
R
R
1/29/1909 (Arroyo, Puerto Rico)
11/4/1989 (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
32
NBY
35
3B
3
5'5"
162
R
R
7/20/1904 (Arkadelphia, AR)
10/1979 (Schenectady, NY)
33
PS
25
C
185
5'8"
170
L
R
2/19/1915 (Sumter, SC)
3/10/1985 (Philadelphia, PA)
34
NE
37
P
3
5.1
5'10"
185
R
R
8/2/1902 (Arkadelphia, AR)
2/13/1944 (Schenectady, NY)
35
NYC
25
LF
133
6'1"
206
R
R
36
35
RF
158
0.2
6'2"
180
L
R
5/19/1905 (Mexia, TX)
3/30/1974 (Memphis, TN)
37
BEG
23
P
2
7.0
6'0"
155
R
9/27/1916 (Cheraw, SC)
4/29/1990 (death place unknown)
38
NBY
35
P
1.2
5'9"
168
R
R
11/19/1904 (Bartlesville, OK)
12/28/1968 (Chicago, IL)
39
BEG
21
P
4
11.0
6'1"
165
R
R
7/28/1918 (Greenville, MS)
1/1/2013 (Houston, TX)
40
NE
21
P
1
3.1
5'9"
148
9/6/1918 (Dillsboro, NC)
1/25/2005 (Reidsville, NC)
41
PS
C
7
42
NBY
36
CF
16
5'10"
165
1/5/1904 (Nash County, NC)
3/1/1985 (Durham, NC)
43
BEG
24
P
1
2.2
5'6"
167
R
R
5/15/1916 (Bonifay, FL)
7/8/1993 (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
44
PS
17
3B
112
5'10"
170
R
R
12/20/1922 (Philadelphia, PA)
7/12/2015 (Philadelphia, PA)
45
PS
30
RF
201
5'10"
190
R
R
11/5/1909 (Luther, OK)
7/24/1984 (Los Angeles, CA)
46
HG
28
3B
228
5'9"
179
B
R
11/26/1911 (Mount Olive, MS)
9/6/1993 (Collins, MS)
47
NE
P
1.0
48
HG/PS
29
P
11
15.1
5'8"
141
R
1/26/1911 (Darby, PA)
11/15/1989 (Richmond, VA)
49
NE
2B
4
50
NBY
29
P
15
36.1
6'5"
178
R
R
12/27/1910 (Richmond, VA)
10/15/1947 (Richmond, VA)
51
NE
31
P
4
7.1
5'11"
195
R
R
7/4/1908 (Jacksonville, FL)
5/3/1996 (Miami, FL)
52
NBY
20
-
1
5'10"
165
B
R
9/8/1919 (Spring Creek, AR)
5/20/1982 (San Diego, CA)
53
NYC
44
C
57
5'8"
170
R
R
6/6/1896 (Guanabacoa, Cuba)
7/20/1972 (Guanabacoa, Cuba)
54
HG
26
P
16
31.1
5'11"
180
L
11/6/1913 (Empire, AL)
55
HG
17
P
4
8.1
6'2"
197
R
R
8/2/1922 (Manassas, VA)
6/4/2004 (Manassas, VA)
56
NYC
26
P
22
50.1
5'11"
189
R
4/13/2004 (death place unknown)
57
NYC
26
LF
10
6'0"
195
R
R
10/11/1913 (Limonar, Cuba)
8/28/1977 (Matanzas, Cuba)
58
HG
30
C
128
6'1"
180
R
R
3/19/1910 (Chattanooga, TN)
2/11/2000 (Pittsburgh, PA)
59
HG
28
1B
9
6'1"
213
R
R
12/21/1911 (Buena Vista, GA)
1/20/1947 (Pittsburgh, PA)
60
NYC
26
1B
15
4.1
6'1"
205
R
R
6/26/1914 (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
4/29/1994 (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
61
HG
27
P
35
61.0
5'11"
175
L
L
3/6/1913 (Marion County, FL)
12/14/1991 (Bradenton, FL)
62
PS
35
3B
45
5'10"
172
R
R
2/14/1905 (Washington County, TX)
8/3/1947 (Los Angeles, CA)
63
PS
1B
1
L
64
HG
35
LF
208
5'10"
168
L
R
6/10/1905 (Calhoun, AL)
2/23/1978 (Los Angeles, CA)
65
NBY
SS
13
66
PS
2B
108
67
NBY
30
C
67
5'10"
195
L
R
4/27/1910 (Independence, MO)
11/16/1988 (Auburn Park, IL)
68
NYC
27
3B
128
5'11"
190
R
R
2/18/1913 (Matanzas, Cuba)
69
HG
P
6
13.2
6'1"
195
R
R
70
NE
22
P
46
82.2
5'6"
140
L
L
6/6/1918 (Plant City, FL)
5/31/1993 (Sarasota, FL)
71
NBY
39
P
11
26.0
5'9"
180
B
R
2/28/1901 (Alexandria, IN)
12/3/1973 (New York, NY)
72
NYC
33
P
2
3.0
5'9"
153
L
L
2/28/1907 (Brunswick, GA)
12/27/1987 (Brunswick, GA)
73
NE
24
P
29
81.2
6'0"
169
R
R
6/28/1916 (Sanford, NC)
12/18/1977 (Newark, NJ)
74
BEG
26
LF
198
6'2"
192
L
R
2/9/1968 (Baltimore, MD)
75
NYC
26
P
16
33.2
5'10"
170
R
R
1/10/1914 (Daytona Beach, FL)
2/1/2003 (Cerritos, CA)
76
BEG
27
P
55
121.2
5'11"
173
R
R
1/19/1913 (Ocala, FL)
5/19/2000 (Bronx, NY)
77
BEG
29
2B
260
6'3"
192
R
R
10/20/1910 (Louisville, KY)
8/9/1981 (Los Angeles, CA)
78
NE
21
CF
166
6'1"
195
R
R
2/25/1919 (Haleburg, AL)
1/11/2016 (Houston, TX)
79
NE
22
3B
129
5'5"
160
R
R
2/15/1918 (Marietta, GA)
4/12/1987 (Rockville, MD)
80
HG
30
SS
178
5'11"
147
R
R
9/13/1909 (Washington, DC)
2/14/1980 (Washington, DC)
81
HG
25
P
7
17.1
5'11"
154
R
R
8/5/1914 (Rochester, NY)
4/17/1995 (Rochester, NY)
82
42
LF
6
5'7"
165
L
L
1/10/1898 (New York, NY)
12/4/1968 (Philadelphia, PA)
83
BEG
-
1
84
HG
26
C
29
6'1"
187
R
R
1/25/1914 (Evergreen, AL)
8/12/1999 (Springfield, IL)
85
PS
23
P
16
42.1
5'10"
179
R
R
3/10/1917 (Philadelphia, PA)
3/21/2007 (Silver Spring, MD)
86
NBY
2B
3
87
PS
-
3
R
R
88
PS
26
SS
178
5'10"
182
R
R
4/23/1914 (Valdosta, GA)
2/8/1987 (Philadelphia, PA)
89
BEG
28
CF
282
5'8"
175
L
R
2/10/1912 (Nashville, TN)
7/11/1999 (Nashville, TN)
90
HG
32
1B
228
5'10"
185
L
L
9/8/1907 (Rocky Mount, NC)
11/27/1997 (Rocky Mount, NC)
91
NYC
30
1B
120
5'9"
180
L
L
9/20/1909 (La Habana, Cuba)
92
PS
27
SS
2
5'8"
165
R
R
9/20/1912 (Columbia, SC)
11/8/1999 (Hudson, NY)
93
PS
27
3B
20
5'11"
162
R
R
11/20/1912 (Atlanta, GA)
3/6/1976 (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
94
42
C
145
6'1"
235
B
R
7/27/1897 (Caldwell County, TX)
9/22/1965 (Los Angeles, CA)
95
NE
21
P
49
109.2
6'4"
180
R
R
11/18/1918 (Rome, GA)
6/23/2003 (Pleasantville, NJ)
96
23
C
17
6'3"
198
R
R
9/1/1916 (New Orleans, LA)
10/10/1990 (Los Angeles, CA)
97
NYC
27
SS
101
5'9"
155
R
R
10/20/1912 (Santiago, D.R.)
4/14/1992 (Santo Domingo, D.R.)
98
NE
23
1B
152
5'8"
180
L
L
11/2/1916 (Cambridge, MA)
8/24/1999 (Los Angeles, CA)
99
PS
40
P
5
14.0
5'11"
190
L
R
1/1/1900 (Glasgow, DE)
6/12/1982 (Philadelphia, PA)
100
PS
30
P
101
148.2
6'0"
180
R
R
4/3/1910 (Houston, TX)
2/9/1981 (Brooklyn, NY)
101
NBY
30
2B
86
R
R
1910 (Lockett, VA)
102
PS
22
P
14
39.1
6'0"
178
R
R
7/17/1917 (Glenolden, PA)
8/30/1972 (Philadelphia, PA)
103
24
P
5
17.1
6'4"
195
L
L
2/14/1916 (Statesboro, GA)
4/20/2003 (New York, NY)
104
NYC
30
2B
70
5'7"
1910 (Bauta, Cuba)
105
PS
23
P
15
50.2
5'10"
185
L
L
5/29/1917 (Bishopville, SC)
7/4/1989 (Capitol Heights, MD)
106
BEG
23
1B
241
5'11"
190
L
L
11/18/1916 (Atlanta, GA)
2/6/2016 (Atlanta, GA)
107
BEG
26
P
43
88.1
6'1"
195
R
R
4/22/1914 (England, AR)
11/27/1973 (Alameda County, CA)
108
PS
18
SS
5
5'9"
165
R
R
12/19/1921 (Washington, NC)
1/1993 (Philadelphia, PA)
109
BEG
P
1.0
R
110
NE
23
RF
4
5'7"
165
10/29/1916 (York, AL)
12/14/1979 (Cleveland, OH)
111
PS
32
C
68
5'11"
176
R
R
10/27/1907 (Georgetown, TX)
4/21/1969 (New York, NY)
112
NE
23
C
37
5'11"
195
R
R
6/19/1917 (Chester, SC)
9/13/1987 (Salisbury, NC)
113
PS
36
LF
223
7.0
5'11"
170
R
R
11/23/1903 (Port Allen, LA)
2/22/1954 (Philadelphia, PA)
114
NE
22
CF
172
6'2"
214
R
R
5/23/1918 (La Grange, GA)
12/7/1980 (East Orange, NJ)
115
BEG
34
C
175
5'10"
176
R
R
6/26/1906 (Dawson, GA)
1/24/1958 (Birmingham, AL)
116
HG
24
C
5
6'0"
185
L
R
7/6/1915 (Oakland, FL)
3/1980 (Oakland, FL)
117
BEG
23
P
2
3.2
5'9"
182
L
5/24/1917 (Nashville, TN)
10/11/1962 (Nashville, TN)
118
PS
-
1
119
NE
22
P
1.0
5'8"
170
L
7/8/1917 (New York, NY)
8/6/1999 (Queens, NY)
120
BEG
P
4
7.0
6'0"
210
L
L
121
HG
32
P
3
7.0
5'9"
162
R
9/7/1907 (High Point, NC)
9/10/1984 (Fort Worth, TX)
122
PS
SS
6
123
BEG
27
RF
30
5'8"
180
B
R
4/1/1913 (Oklahoma City, OK)
3/26/1984 (Pacoima, CA)
124
PS
28
C
42
5'11"
169
R
R
2/11/1912 (Portsmouth, VA)
8/14/1970 (Portsmouth, VA)
125
NYC
39
P
37
79.1
R
R
126
BEG
39
RF
179
5'11"
195
R
R
8/16/1900 (Talladega, AL)
4/15/1976 (Compton, CA)
127
35
2B
146
5'7"
162
R
R
11/30/1904 (West New York, NJ)
4/6/1981 (Jersey City, NJ)
128
PS
20
3B
2
5'7"
147
R
5/30/1920 (Edge Hill, PA)
8/7/2002 (death place unknown)
129
HG
32
LF
3
5'11"
168
L
R
6/3/1908 (Alexandria, LA)
8/13/1973 (Alexandria, LA)
130
BEG
34
3B
211
5'10"
155
R
R
10/23/1905 (Oxford, AL)
3/16/1974 (Louisville, KY)
131
NYC
34
2B
10
R
R
132
NYC
27
RF
9
5'9"
175
L
R
7/23/1912 (Arkadelphia, AR)
2/13/1955 (New York, NY)
133
NBY
30
3B
135
6'0"
179
R
R
11/16/1909 (Arkadelphia, AR)
6/1980 (Philadelphia, PA)
134
NBY
35
P
22
57.1
6'0"
212
L
L
5/9/1905 (Kent County, MD)
1/1/1959 (New York, NY)
135
NBY
34
LF
45
6'2"
217
R
R
4/23/1906 (Springfield, MO)
136
HG
P
7
14.0
137
NE
24
P
3
4.2
6'0"
195
L
9/5/1915 (Norfolk, VA)
8/1969 (death place unknown)
138
NE
30
RF
162
6'0"
195
L
R
8/21/1909 (Black Cat, DE)
3/20/1983 (Bronx, NY)
139
NE
39
LF
160
6'1"
200
R
R
3/31/1901 (Blocton, AL)
7/9/1966 (Newark, NJ)
140
24
P
34
77.1
6'0"
165
R
R
2/4/1916 (Hartford, CT)
6/15/1987 (Hartford, CT)
141
PS
32
P
28
59.1
6'2"
158
R
R
5/27/1908 (Sulligent, AL)
1/29/1978 (Los Angeles, CA)
142
NYC
33
-
1
5'10"
150
L
L
8/27/1906 (La Habana, Cuba)
12/10/1976 (Milton, MA)
143
NE
P
6
13.2
144
HG
29
P
59
136.2
5'11"
215
B
L
9/15/1910 (Catskill, NY)
2/19/1997 (Catskill, NY)
145
32
SS
104
5'11"
190
R
R
9/10/1907 (Austin, TX)
2/10/1971 (Nashville, TN)
146
NBY
24
1B
135
6'2"
185
L
R
1/9/1916 (Montgomery, AL)
7/22/1984 (Detroit, MI)
147
PS
26
P
17
31.1
6'0"
200
B
L
12/6/1913 (Atlanta, GA)
2/3/1998 (Decatur, GA)
148
35
1B
248
6'0"
218
B
R
4/23/1905 (Birmingham, AL)
9/2/1969 (Philadelphia, PA)
149
HG
25
RF
241
5'10"
165
L
R
11/10/1914 (Griffin, GA)
3/13/1961 (Oakland, CA)
150
NBY
34
RF
82
6'1"
198
R
R
1/16/1906 (Benton, AL)
4/28/1962 (Jacksonville, FL)
151
NBY
32
P
25
52.1
5'11"
190
R
11/10/1907 (Middletown, OH)
152
PS
1B
7
153
BEG
21
P
11
25.2
5'9"
174
L
8/23/1918 (Nolensville, TN)
5/22/1990 (Chicago, IL)
154
NBY
SS
10
155
NYC
31
RF
4
6'1"
192
L
R
8/31/1908 (Palatka, FL)
9/27/1948 (Coral Gables, FL)
156
HG
44
3B
136
5'8"
190
L
R
2/28/1896 (Remington, VA)
6/24/1963 (Washington, DC)
157
NBY
30
RF
41
5'9"
197
R
R
9/17/1909 (Milford, TX)
4/12/1976 (Philadelphia, PA)
158
NE
P
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