1940 Season

1939 / 1941

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

Top Hitter

Cool Papa
Bell

Top Pitcher

Willie
Jefferson

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Josh Gibson	HG/VEZ	.449
2	Cool Papa Bell	ULT/VEZ	.437
3	Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	.386
4	Monte Irvin	NE	.370
5	Jesse Williams	KCM	.368
6	Johnny Washington	NBY	.367
7	Theolic Smith	ROM	.364
8	Martín Dihigo	VEZ	.364
9	Angel Castro	VEZ	.362
10	Wild Bill Wright	ROM/SRC	.360

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	George Walker	KCM	320
2	Ray Brown	EAS/HG	260
3	Spoon Carter	MULT	187
4	Ramón Bragaña	VEZ	183
5	Silvino Ruíz	EAS/NYC	175
6	Willie Jefferson	CBM	174
7	Emery Adams	BEG/NOS	173
8	Jesús Valenzuela	TPC	168
9	Johnny Wright	TIC	168
10	Guadalupe Ortegón	JNL	167

Advanced Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	East All Stars	EWA	1	49	.398	8.2%	18.4%	0.44	0.0%	.070
2	Azules de Veracruz	MEX	85	2839	.385	8.3%	9.2%	0.90	1.7%	.160
3	Newark Eagles	NN2	41	1545	.378	10.4%			2.5%	.155
4	Unión Laguna de Torreón	MEX	82	2424	.378	8.9%	8.9%	1.00	1.5%	.137
5	Rojos del México	MEX	91	3246	.378	10.9%	8.9%	1.23	1.3%	.141
6	Homestead Grays	NN2	56	2082	.357	9.8%			1.2%	.121
7	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	61	2376	.356	10.3%			1.4%	.132
8	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	40	1480	.355	7.7%			0.8%	.101
9	Carta Blanca de Monterrey	MEX	100	3426	.354	9.9%	9.4%	1.06	0.9%	.123
10	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	63	2264	.343	9.6%			1.2%	.119
11	North All Stars	IND/NSA	2	74	.342	14.9%			0.0%	.032
12	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	NAL	31	1129	.330	10.6%			0.3%	.073
13	Satchel Paige All Stars	IND	2	75	.327	4.0%			0.0%	.113
14	New York Black Yankees	NN2	33	1167	.321	8.5%			0.8%	.089
15	Gallos de Santa Rosa/Chihuahua	MEX	77	2680	.320	9.6%	11.6%	0.83	0.7%	.094
16	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo	MEX	96	2970	.315	7.5%	13.6%	0.55	1.5%	.124
17	New York Cubans	NN2	30	1179	.314	9.0%			1.1%	.091
18	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	31	1093	.312	6.4%			0.7%	.080
19	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	49	1736	.309	8.7%			0.5%	.066
20	Alijadores de Tampico	MEX	24	985	.308	11.2%	11.1%	1.01	0.7%	.091
21	South All Stars	NSA	1	36	.301	16.7%			0.0%	.107
22	Chicago American Giants	NAL	23	798	.300	9.1%			0.9%	.073
23	Cleveland Bears	NAL	28	1018	.299	11.3%			0.3%	.054
24	Taylor's All Stars	IND	1	27	.272	7.4%			0.0%	.125
25	Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	NAL	16	563	.270	8.0%			0.9%	.080
26	West All Stars	EWA	1	34	.220	8.8%	11.8%	0.75	0.0%	.000
	26	6	1443	37295	.343	9.3%	10.3%	0.91	1.1%	.115

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	Leamon Johnson	SPA	SS	8	.772	12.5%			0.0%	.333
2	Cool Papa Bell**	ULT/VEZ	CF	430	.520	10.5%	5.6%	1.88	2.8%	.249
3	Buck Leonard*	EAS/HG	1B	234	.508	17.5%	0.0%		3.4%	.254
4	Ed Mayweather*	MULT	1B	122	.472	20.5%	25.0%	1.00	0.8%	.117
5	Blas Monaco	ROM	2B	412	.462	20.6%	9.5%	2.18	1.7%	.171
6	Monte Irvin	NE	CF	166	.455	9.6%			2.4%	.212
7	Wild Bill Wright**	ROM/SRC	CF	398	.453	11.8%	3.5%	3.36	2.0%	.211
8	Lennie Pearson	NE	CF	172	.451	9.3%			4.7%	.250
9	Goose Curry*	MULT	RF	166	.445	20.5%			1.2%	.173
10	Ted Strong**	JNL	SS	308	.441	9.1%	12.3%	0.74	3.6%	.271
11	Quincy Trouppe**	CBM	3B	327	.441	14.7%	12.2%	1.20	1.8%	.207
12	Bill Hoskins*	BEG	LF	198	.440	10.6%			4.0%	.240
13	Bus Clarkson	MULT	SS	215	.440	8.8%	23.9%	0.29	4.7%	.256
14	Angel Castro*	VEZ	1B	281	.435	8.5%	7.1%	1.20	1.1%	.193
15	Theolic Smith**	ROM	RF	338	.430	12.4%	5.9%	2.10	0.9%	.134
16	Thad Christopher*	ULT	LF	337	.429	16.3%	13.1%	1.25	2.4%	.191
17	Martín Dihigo	VEZ	3B	324	.423	5.2%	7.7%	0.68	2.8%	.185
18	Pat Patterson**	ROM	SS	284	.422	8.5%	10.6%	0.80	1.8%	.213
19	Jesse Williams	KCM	SS	154	.422	7.1%			0.6%	.110
20	Henry Spearman	NBY/NOS	3B	143	.420	13.3%			2.8%	.180
21	Howard Easterling**	EAS/HG	3B	233	.411	9.0%	40.0%	0.00	1.3%	.178
22	Fran Matthews*	NE	1B	152	.407	13.2%			1.3%	.156
23	Johnny Washington*	NBY	1B	135	.407	3.0%			1.5%	.148
24	Sergio Correa^	SRC/VEZ	C	262	.406	15.6%	8.4%	1.86	1.1%	.154
25	Ed Young	CAG	1B	73	.405	9.6%			1.4%	.108
26	Donald Reeves*	CAG/WES	RF	72	.405	8.3%	50.0%	0.00	5.6%	.262
27	Lloyd Davenport*	TPC	CF	80	.404	7.5%	8.8%	0.86	0.0%	.137
28	Willie Wells	VEZ	SS	383	.401	9.1%	5.5%	1.67	0.8%	.127
29	Turkey Stearnes*	KCM	CF	154	.400	12.3%			3.2%	.203
30	Manuel Salvatierra	VEZ	RF	332	.399	13.9%	15.4%	0.90	2.4%	.205
31	Sam Bankhead	CBM	SS	429	.397	10.0%	6.8%	1.48	1.9%	.169
32	Willard Brown	JNL/KCM	CF	316	.394	3.2%	4.9%	0.67	2.5%	.164
33	Duke Cleveland*	CBR	RF	121	.393	12.4%			0.0%	.049
34	Gene Benson*	EAS/PS	CF	248	.393	11.3%	0.0%		2.0%	.142
35	Mule Suttles	NE	LF	160	.393	14.4%			3.1%	.187
36	Chester Williams	ULT	SS	337	.393	6.2%	2.7%	2.33	2.1%	.141
37	Roy Parnell	PS	LF	223	.391	11.2%			1.8%	.173
38	Buddy Armour*	SNS	RF	119	.388	5.9%			0.0%	.109
39	Woody Arkeketa*	ULT	3B	258	.387	7.0%	2.3%	3.00	0.8%	.124
40	Winfield Welch*	SPA	LF	9	.385	22.2%			0.0%	.000
41	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	CF	128	.383	9.4%			0.8%	.095
42	Tommy Sampson	BBB/WES	2B	114	.382	4.4%	0.0%		0.0%	.094
43	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	139	.382	11.5%			0.0%	.057
44	Pedro Pagés**	ROM	1B	371	.381	13.5%	10.2%	1.32	0.8%	.140
45	Jim West**	MULT	1B	251	.378	8.8%			0.0%	.102
46	Ed Stone*	MULT	RF	253	.377	13.4%	7.7%	1.57	1.2%	.136
47	Carlos Galina*	CBM	1B	403	.377	10.9%	8.9%	1.22	0.2%	.129
48	Tommie Dukes*	ROM	C	373	.376	11.0%	7.8%	1.41	1.6%	.148
49	Clarence Isreal	NE	3B	129	.375	10.1%			3.1%	.116
50	Charlie Biot	MULT	CF	130	.375	6.2%			1.5%	.217
51	Sammy Hughes	BEG/NOS	2B	269	.373	10.8%			2.2%	.174
52	Manuel Cortinas*	CBM	LF	356	.372	11.2%	11.5%	0.98	1.1%	.116
53	Lonnie Summers	MULT	3B	395	.371	5.3%	9.1%	0.58	1.3%	.172
54	Mike Simon	ROM/VEZ	LF	329	.370	6.7%	9.1%	0.73	0.3%	.108
55	Willie Nixon^	MULT	RF	113	.369	11.5%			1.8%	.168
56	Matt Carlisle	HG	2B	225	.368	8.9%			1.3%	.160
57	Leslie Green*	MULT	CF	190	.364	16.3%	24.0%	0.33	1.1%	.103
58	Biz Mackey**	MULT	C	153	.362	9.8%			0.7%	.067
59	Henry Kimbro*	BEG/NOS	CF	291	.362	16.5%			0.7%	.076
60	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	194	.361	8.8%			0.5%	.059
61	Alejandro Crespo	EAS/NYC	LF	136	.361	9.6%	0.0%		1.5%	.165
62	Clemente Carreras	NYC	2B	98	.356	11.2%			2.0%	.094
63	Ted Bond	CAG	3B	84	.352	13.1%			0.0%	.108
64	Felton Snow	BEG/NOS	3B	213	.351	6.6%			0.5%	.093
65	Larry Brown**	MRS/WES	C	160	.347	13.1%	0.0%		0.0%	.044
66	David Whatley*	HG/TAY	RF	244	.347	9.0%			0.8%	.095
67	Joe González	TPC	RF	152	.347	16.4%	10.5%	1.56	2.6%	.152
68	Johnny Ray*	CBR	CF	108	.346	18.5%			0.0%	.000
69	Russell Awkard*	NE/NYC	RF	117	.343	11.1%			1.7%	.136
70	Tommy Butts	BEG/NOS	SS	261	.342	11.5%			0.4%	.063
71	Vic Harris*	HG	LF	208	.339	9.1%			0.5%	.126
72	Jimmy Ford	SAS/SNS	3B	120	.339	4.2%			0.0%	.079
73	Jabbo Andrews*	BBB/TAY	LF	116	.336	10.3%			2.6%	.139
74	Francisco Correa	ULT	2B	268	.336	11.2%	6.0%	1.88	0.0%	.060
75	Buck O'Neil	KCM/SPA	1B	162	.335	4.9%			0.6%	.118
76	Rafael Caballero	CBM	CF	399	.333	10.5%	12.5%	0.84	1.0%	.096
77	John Lyles**	SAS/SNS	SS	121	.332	9.1%			0.0%	.057
78	Rogelio Linares*	NYC	1B	120	.330	7.5%			1.7%	.121
79	Red Longley	MRS	LF	162	.330	13.0%			0.0%	.072
80	Epitacio Torres*	CBM	RF	415	.325	5.8%	6.5%	0.89	0.7%	.113
81	Marlin Carter*	MRS	3B	171	.325	8.2%			0.0%	.078
82	Stanley Pintarell	JNL	2B	378	.324	6.9%	10.8%	0.63	1.1%	.119
83	Apolinar Pulido	TPC	SS	106	.323	14.2%	13.2%	1.07	0.0%	.047
84	Fred Bankhead	MRS	2B	191	.323	10.5%			0.5%	.072
85	Sammy Burton^	BBB/TAY	3B	107	.321	9.3%			0.9%	.084
86	Henry Turner	CBR	C	107	.320	15.9%			0.0%	.100
87	Chile Gómez	CBM	2B	359	.318	12.5%	6.1%	2.05	0.3%	.082
88	Henry Milton*	KCM/WES	RF	148	.315	6.8%	25.0%	0.00	0.7%	.062
89	Charlie Bates	TPC	C	75	.312	6.7%	13.3%	0.50	0.0%	.114
90	Emanuel Sampson^	CBR	LF	102	.311	15.7%			0.0%	.062
91	Willie Simms*	CAG	CF	85	.311	10.6%			1.2%	.092
92	Jelly Taylor*	MRS/WES	1B	184	.309	9.8%	0.0%		0.5%	.077
93	Héctor Leal	VEZ	LF	361	.308	7.8%	8.9%	0.88	1.1%	.113
94	T. J. Brown	MRS	SS	175	.307	6.3%			0.0%	.070
95	Jimmy Direaux^	CBM/TPC	3B	142	.305	16.2%	12.0%	1.35	0.7%	.059
96	Dick Seay	MULT	2B	151	.304	6.6%	0.0%		2.0%	.113
97	Lyman Bostock*	BBB/TAY	1B	109	.303	5.5%			0.0%	.049
98	Parnell Woods	MULT	3B	130	.298	6.9%	0.0%		0.8%	.092
99	Red Moore*	BEG/NOS	1B	248	.295	7.7%			0.4%	.100
100	Jake Dunn	MULT	RF	268	.293	7.8%	6.0%	0.75	1.1%	.103
101	Rabbit Martínez	EAS/NYC	SS	104	.291	8.7%	33.3%	0.00	1.9%	.109
102	Jim Keesey	TPC	1B	77	.290	9.1%	6.5%	1.40	0.0%	.086
103	Bradford Bennett	SAS/SNS	LF	103	.289	10.7%			0.0%	.056
104	Pepper Bassett**	JNL	C	301	.289	4.7%	23.6%	0.20	2.7%	.143
105	Jimmy Johnson^	TIC/TPC	RF	95	.286	5.3%	13.0%	0.44	2.1%	.167
106	Jim Williams	CBR/NBY	RF	117	.282	6.8%			0.9%	.085
107	Arnulfo Arras	MULT	2B	249	.282	8.8%	14.5%	0.61	0.0%	.051
108	Curtis Henderson	TIC/WES	SS	59	.281	8.5%	0.0%		1.7%	.093
109	Billy Horne*	CAG/SAS	2B	71	.278	12.7%			0.0%	.033
110	Clarence Lamar	CBR	SS	102	.272	7.8%			1.0%	.089
111	Johnny Smith*	TIC	LF	62	.267	6.5%			0.0%	.034
112	Ramón Heredía	NYC	3B	128	.259	2.3%			0.8%	.081
113	Jimmy Wilson	TIC	RF	61	.256	9.8%			0.0%	.019
114	Leroy Morney**	CAG/WES	SS	77	.248	13.0%	0.0%		0.0%	.032
115	Alfonso de la Fuente	TPC	2B	107	.246	6.5%	9.3%	0.70	0.0%	.041
116	Dominic Castro	TPC	3B	85	.243	4.7%	14.1%	0.33	0.0%	.062
117	Ted Gipson^	SPA	3B	8	.242	0.0%			0.0%	.000
118	Jelly Jackson	HG	SS	178	.223	4.5%			0.0%	.042
119	Nora Listach	SPA	RF	8	.170	0.0%			0.0%	.125
120	Alphonzo Bland^	SPA	C	7	.000	0.0%			0.0%	.000

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

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