1940 Season

Negro American League

1939 / 1941

R. R. Jackson (Commissioner)
J. B. Martin (President)
Horace Hall (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Jesse
Williams

Top Pitcher

George
Walker

Leaders

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Ed Mayweather	SNS	.523
2	Duke Cleveland	CBR	.426
3	Jesse Williams	KCM	.420
4	Johnny Ray	CBR	.413
5	Rainey Bibbs	TIC/KCM	.405
6	Neil Robinson	MRS	.402
7	Leslie Green	SNS	.402
8	Herb Souell	KCM	.400
9	Ted Bond	CAG	.390
10	Joe Greene	KCM	.384

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	George Walker	KCM	5.43
2	Hilton Smith	KCM	4.07
3	Andy Sarvis	CBR	3.82
4	Johnny Wright	TIC	3.80
5	Frank Bradley	KCM	3.12
6	Lefty Calhoun	SNS	2.82
7	Jack Matchett	KCM	2.50
8	Verdell Mathis	MRS	2.07
9	Eugene Bremer	MRS	2.00
10	Dan Bankhead	BBB	1.92

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	38	1410	1261	227	362	53	21	12	200	52	110	14	25	0	.287	.351	.391	.742	128
2	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	NAL	29	1073	933	142	244	39	12	3	123	29	112	9	19	0	.262	.346	.339	.685	110
3	Chicago American Giants	NAL	23	798	702	79	163	22	4	7	73	4	73	4	19	1	.232	.308	.305	.613	93
4	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	30	1066	972	126	244	25	12	8	103	14	69	9	16	0	.251	.307	.326	.633	92
5	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	48	1698	1507	196	372	53	12	8	158	41	147	9	35	1	.247	.317	.314	.631	87
6	Cleveland Bears	NAL	27	997	847	140	187	23	7	3	111	28	112	13	25	0	.221	.321	.275	.596	83
7	Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	NAL	13	476	424	45	89	10	6	4	38	21	39	5	8	0	.210	.284	.290	.574	74
	7	1	208	7518	6646	955	1661	225	74	45	806	189	662	63	147	2	.250	.324	.326	.650	98

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Ed Mayweather*	SNS	1B	28	112	85	21	32	6	1	1	19	1	24	2	1	.376	.523	.506	1.028	213
2	Jesse Williams	KCM	SS	38	147	131	23	48	6	3	1	28	5	10	2	4	.366	.420	.481	.900	177
3	Ed Young	CAG	1B	18	73	65	10	21	4	0	1	11	1	7	1	0	.323	.397	.431	.828	160
4	Willie Nixon^	BBB	RF	27	103	86	17	24	6	2	2	15	0	12	1	4	.279	.374	.465	.839	154
5	Turkey Stearnes*	KCM	CF	36	146	126	22	33	6	2	5	33	4	18	1	1	.262	.359	.460	.819	152
6	Buddy Armour*	SNS	RF	27	112	103	20	34	8	2	0	17	5	7	1	1	.330	.378	.447	.825	151
7	Tommy Sampson	BBB	2B	26	109	101	19	34	4	3	0	13	3	5	2	1	.337	.380	.436	.815	147
8	Duke Cleveland*	CBR	RF	27	118	99	23	33	4	0	0	14	7	15	1	3	.333	.426	.374	.800	146
9	Ted Bond	CAG	3B	20	84	65	13	18	1	3	0	7	0	11	1	7	.277	.390	.385	.774	144
10	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	34	135	118	19	37	5	1	0	14	8	16	1	0	.314	.400	.373	.773	138
11	Leslie Green*	SNS	CF	29	133	106	26	27	4	1	1	9	11	24	2	1	.255	.402	.340	.741	126
12	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	38	147	138	24	39	6	3	1	26	8	8	0	1	.283	.322	.391	.713	119
13	Jimmy Ford	SNS	3B	29	112	107	16	32	5	2	0	13	2	4	0	1	.299	.324	.383	.708	115
14	Johnny Ray*	CBR	CF	23	105	81	17	20	0	0	0	5	1	20	3	1	.247	.413	.247	.660	103
15	Marlin Carter*	MRS	3B	42	166	148	9	40	4	4	0	16	4	14	0	4	.270	.333	.351	.685	102
16	John Lyles**	SNS	SS	26	111	98	21	27	3	1	0	12	6	8	1	4	.276	.336	.327	.663	102
17	Parnell Woods	CBR/BBB	3B	27	119	108	20	27	2	3	1	10	5	9	0	2	.250	.308	.352	.660	102
18	Curtis Henderson	TIC	SS	11	48	43	3	10	0	1	1	5	6	5	0	0	.233	.313	.349	.661	101
19	Sammy Burton^	BBB	3B	29	104	92	13	23	1	2	1	9	1	10	0	2	.250	.324	.337	.660	100
20	Larry Brown**	MRS	C	44	159	136	14	36	6	0	0	17	3	21	1	1	.265	.367	.309	.676	100
21	Henry Milton*	KCM	RF	31	139	122	22	31	3	1	1	13	8	10	2	5	.254	.321	.320	.641	97
22	Jabbo Andrews*	BBB	LF	28	110	96	11	21	2	0	3	16	2	12	1	1	.219	.312	.333	.645	96
23	Willie Simms*	CAG	CF	19	85	76	14	17	4	0	1	5	1	9	0	0	.224	.306	.316	.622	96
24	Red Longley	MRS	LF	43	158	135	19	33	8	1	0	15	2	20	0	3	.244	.342	.319	.660	95
25	Jelly Taylor*	MRS	1B	48	183	155	23	39	5	2	1	10	7	18	0	10	.252	.329	.329	.659	95
26	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	46	186	162	39	39	5	2	1	12	8	19	3	2	.241	.332	.315	.646	91
27	Henry Turner	CBR	C	25	105	88	16	17	5	2	0	17	1	17	0	0	.193	.324	.295	.619	90
28	Emanuel Sampson^	CBR	LF	25	100	80	14	17	3	1	0	10	3	15	1	4	.213	.344	.275	.619	90
29	T. J. Brown	MRS	SS	48	171	154	20	40	11	0	0	15	4	10	1	6	.260	.309	.331	.640	89
30	Lyman Bostock*	BBB	1B	26	103	97	13	25	4	0	0	10	1	6	0	0	.258	.301	.299	.600	82
31	Bradford Bennett	SNS	LF	26	95	84	9	19	3	1	0	12	1	9	1	1	.226	.309	.286	.594	81
32	Johnny Smith*	TIC	LF	13	53	49	8	12	0	1	0	4	1	4	0	0	.245	.302	.286	.588	79
33	Clarence Lamar	CBR	SS	27	100	88	12	18	3	1	1	14	2	8	1	3	.205	.278	.295	.574	76
34	Leroy Morney**	CAG	SS	19	75	60	10	10	2	0	0	0	1	10	1	4	.167	.296	.200	.496	56
35	Jimmy Wilson	TIC	RF	12	53	47	6	9	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	0	.191	.283	.191	.475	45
36	Lefty Turner	TIC	1B	12	44	42	2	7	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	1	.167	.186	.286	.472	44

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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