1940 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1940 Season

1939 / 1941

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

Top Hitter

Cool Papa
Bell

Top Pitcher

Willie
Jefferson

Leaders

OPS

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Josh Gibson	HG/VEZ	1.508
2	Cool Papa Bell	ULT/VEZ	1.182
3	Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	1.140
4	Henry McHenry	MULT	1.099
5	George Scales	BEG	1.039
6	Monte Irvin	NE	1.021
7	Lennie Pearson	NE	1.015
8	Wild Bill Wright	ROM/SRC	1.009
9	Blas Monaco	ROM	1.003
10	Ted Strong	JNL	1.002

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	George Walker	KCM	0.73
2	Johnny Wright	TIC	0.97
3	Dan Bankhead	BBB	1.08
4	Frank Bradley	KCM	1.09
5	Ray Brown	EAS/HG	1.09
6	Jesús Valenzuela	TPC	1.16
7	Lefty Calhoun	MULT	1.18
8	Willie Jefferson	CBM	1.20
9	Verdell Mathis	MRS	1.24
10	Emery Adams	BEG/NOS	1.25

All-1940 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Thad Christopher	ULT	2.3	2.6	0.0
Fernando Arencibia	ROM	1.3	1.6	0.0
Manuel Cortinas	CBM	1.1	1.5	0.0
Bill Hoskins	BEG	1.1	2.0	-0.7
Vic Harris	HG	0.9	0.3	0.7
Roy Parnell	PS	0.9	1.0	-0.2

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Cool Papa Bell	ULT/VEZ	6.8	6.9	0.0
Wild Bill Wright	ROM/SRC	4.6	4.6	0.0
Monte Irvin	NE	2.2	1.6	0.5
Neil Robinson	MRS/WES	1.9	1.1	0.7
Willard Brown	JNL/KCM	1.8	2.1	-0.1
Lennie Pearson	NE	1.5	1.6	-0.1

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Theolic Smith	ROM	6.3	2.8	0.0
Manuel Salvatierra	VEZ	2.3	2.6	0.0
George Scales	BEG	1.9	1.9	0.0
Buddy Armour	SNS	1.7	1.1	0.6
Darius Bea	PS	1.3	0.7	0.7
Goose Curry	MULT	1.2	1.6	-0.2

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sam Bankhead	CBM	4.0	3.4	0.0
Willie Wells	VEZ	3.3	2.8	0.0
Ted Strong	JNL	3.2	3.0	0.0
Pat Patterson	ROM	3.0	2.7	0.0
Jesse Williams	KCM	3.0	1.9	0.9
Chester Williams	ULT	2.4	2.0	0.0

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Blas Monaco	ROM	4.9	4.6	0.0
Matt Carlisle	HG	2.2	1.0	1.0
Tommy Sampson	BBB/WES	1.3	0.9	0.3
Fred Bankhead	MRS	1.1	0.6	0.4
Sammy Hughes	BEG/NOS	1.0	1.3	-0.5
Stanley Pintarell	JNL	0.6	0.3	0.0

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Martín Dihigo	VEZ	5.3	2.7	0.0
Howard Easterling	EAS/HG	1.9	1.6	0.3
Woody Arkeketa	ULT	1.4	1.3	0.0
Herb Souell	KCM	1.2	1.2	0.0
Marlin Carter	MRS	1.0	0.6	0.4
Ray Dandridge	VEZ	0.9	0.8	0.0

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	2.8	3.0	0.1
Angel Castro	VEZ	2.4	2.7	0.0
Carlos Galina	CBM	1.8	2.2	0.0
Ed Mayweather	MULT	1.8	1.8	0.1
Jim West	MULT	1.1	0.9	0.4
Buck O'Neil	KCM/SPA	0.9	1.0	0.1

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	HG/VEZ	2.7	2.6	0.0
Sergio Correa	SRC/VEZ	2.1	1.9	0.0
Tommie Dukes	ROM	1.9	1.6	0.0
Joe Greene	KCM/WES	1.4	1.2	0.1
Paul Hardy	MULT	0.9	0.0	0.7
Biz Mackey	MULT	0.6	0.3	0.2

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Willie Jefferson	CBM	271.1	9.2	9.2	0.0
Andy Porter	JNL	296.0	7.5	7.5	0.0
Ray Brown	EAS/HG	168.1	7.4	6.8	0.6
Leroy Matlock	ROM	228.2	6.1	6.1	0.0
Jesús Valenzuela	TPC	121.1	4.3	4.3	0.0
Henry McHenry	MULT	207.2	4.2	2.9	1.4
Marcos Váldez	CBM/VEZ	161.1	3.3	3.3	0.0
Barney Brown	VEZ	175.0	2.9	2.9	0.0
Silvino Ruíz	EAS/NYC	82.1	2.9	3.0	-0.2
Ches Buchanan	PS	108.2	2.5	2.8	-0.3
Jimmy Hill	NE	82.2	2.0	1.8	0.2
Edsall Walker	HG	136.2	1.9	2.1	-0.2
Leon Day	VEZ	67.0	1.9	1.8	0.1
Eugene Smith	SAS/SNS	91.1	1.7	1.9	-0.2
Johnny Wright	TIC	52.2	1.6	1.9	-0.2
Willie Hutchinson	MRS	54.1	1.4	1.4	0.0

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Ramón Bragaña	VEZ	233.2	8.0	8.3	-0.3
Emery Adams	BEG/NOS	140.1	5.7	5.6	0.1
George Walker	KCM	52.0	2.7	2.7	0.0
Manuel Fortés	ULT	232.1	2.6	2.6	0.0
Roy Welmaker	PS/ULT	173.2	2.5	2.4	0.1
Eugene Bremer	MULT	88.0	2.2	1.9	0.0
Hilton Smith	MULT	154.0	1.9	1.3	0.7
Spoon Carter	MULT	32.2	1.4	1.4	0.1
Nate Moreland	BEG/NOS	91.1	1.4	1.4	-0.1
Max Manning	NE	109.2	1.3	1.4	-0.1
Frank Bradley	KCM	56.0	1.2	1.0	0.2
Satchel Davis	BEG/ROM	16.2	1.0	1.0	0.0
Red Howard	BBB/TAY	56.1	1.0	1.0	0.0
Willie Cornelius	CAG/SRC	132.0	1.0	1.0	0.0
Guadalupe Ortegón	JNL	28.2	0.9	0.9	0.0
Jack Matchett	KCM	86.1	0.9	0.6	0.3

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