1940 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1940 Season


Negro National League II


1939 / 1941



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

Top Hitter


Buck
Leonard

Top Pitcher


Ray
Brown

Leaders

Batting Average

# Player Team BA
1
NE
.380
2
HG
.378
3
NBY
.367
4
BEG
.352
5
NE
.349
6
BEG
.343
7
HG
.335
8
PS
.331
9
NYC
.327
10
BEG/PS
.327

Strikeouts

# Player Team SO
1
PS
86
2
HG
81
3
HG
75
4
BEG
71
5
BEG
67
6
NE
65
7
NE
58
8
NBY/BEG
56
9
BEG
56
10
NE/NYC
53


Standings
Glossary

Negro National League II

vs NN2 vs Maj. Black Teams
# Team R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
36
20
0
.643
-
46
21
0
.687
6.0
5.1
Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
2
32
23
0
.582
3.5
44
28
0
.611
6.3
5.4
Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD), Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)
3
28
22
1
.560
5.0
28
23
0
.549
6.6
5.9
Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
4
19
24
0
.442
10.5
24
27
0
.471
4.7
5.2
Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)
5
24
37
0
.393
14.5
31
40
0
.437
5.1
5.8
Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA)
6
13
26
1
.333
14.5
14
26
1
.350
4.8
5.3
No Home Ballpark
* = League Champion      


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