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

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Buck Leonard	HG	.491
2	Goose Curry	BEG/NBY	.484
3	George Scales	BEG	.483
4	Monte Irvin	NE	.439
5	Fran Matthews	NE	.416
6	Henry Spearman	NBY	.414
7	Bill Hoskins	BEG	.413
8	Lennie Pearson	NE	.413
9	Howard Easterling	HG	.400
10	Henry Kimbro	BEG	.400

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

Opponent's Batting

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

L

R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	109	2325	2033	333	547	73	23	45	43	6	249	285	2	10	33		45	.269	.352	.394	.746
2	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	112	2325	2114	365	598	87	35	30	31	5	179	240	3	5	27		42	.283	.340	.400	.740
3	Homestead Grays	NN2	79	2040	1806	266	457	84	20	15	25	4	186	225	0	9	39		38	.253	.326	.347	.672
4	Newark Eagles	NN2	80	1555	1349	236	347	58	15	20	20	0	174	206	1	10	22		23	.257	.346	.367	.713
5	New York Black Yankees	NN2	59	1211	1058	217	337	66	14	21	21	1	126	121	4	5	22		19	.319	.394	.467	.861
6	New York Cubans	NN2	46	1185	1022	175	291	40	17	18	22		122	130	0	11	30		20	.285	.367	.410	.777
	6	1	485	10641	9382	1592	2577	408	124	149	162	16	1036	1207	10	50	173		187	.275	.350	.392	.742

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Ray Brown	HG	SP	21	661	602	45	137	24	4	1	9	1	45	75	0	0	14		11	.228	.281	.286	.567
2	Henry McHenry	PS	SP	23	638	590	81	152	21	9	8	9	3	39	86	2	0	9		10	.258	.304	.364	.668
3	Edsall Walker*	HG	SP	21	610	533	72	127	23	7	4	9	0	64	81	0	2	11		10	.238	.322	.330	.652
4	Willie Hubert	BEG	RP	23	570	498	91	143	22	5	11	10	2	61	67	0	2	9		12	.287	.367	.418	.785
5	Emery Adams	BEG	RP	25	569	511	50	122	13	5	12	11	3	50	71	0	3	5		8	.239	.310	.354	.664
6	Max Manning	NE	RP	22	495	433	66	111	20	3	3	5	0	50	68	0	7	5		6	.256	.343	.337	.680
7	Bud Barbee	BEG/NBY	SP	20	480	395	76	105	19	5	7	8		70	56	0	4	11		8	.266	.382	.392	.774
8	Ches Buchanan	PS	SP	17	463	419	58	110	15	8	7	6	0	38	35	0	2	4		9	.263	.327	.387	.713
9	Nate Moreland	BEG	RP	15	395	351	53	96	12	4	8	9		37	56	0	0	7		7	.274	.343	.399	.742
10	Leniel Hooker	NE	RP	19	372	334	60	89	15	6	3	6	0	32	47	0	1	5		5	.266	.332	.374	.707
11	Jimmy Hill*	NE	SP	13	370	315	42	65	8	1	5	2		49	58	0	1	5		6	.206	.315	.286	.601
12	Johnny Taylor	NE/NYC	SP	12	355	305	54	84	12	4	7	7		38	53	0	3	9		5	.275	.361	.410	.771
13	Silvino Ruíz	NYC	SP	12	350	311	36	81	9	4	2	8		29	29	0	1	9		4	.260	.326	.334	.660
14	Neck Stanley*	NBY	RP	13	280	249	56	83	15	4	4	5	0	28	24	3	0	3		5	.333	.401	.474	.875
15	Sam Thompson	PS	RP	12	280	256	45	74	15	3	5	5	0	21	31	0	2	3		3	.289	.348	.430	.777
16	J. C. Hamilton*	HG	SP	12	270	243	42	67	11	7	4	4	1	18	32	0	4	5		4	.276	.336	.428	.764
17	Jim Missouri*	PS	RP	19	242	218	42	72	9	6	0	5	1	22	31	0	0	2		4	.330	.392	.427	.818
18	Roy K. Williams	NBY	SP	9	239	206	36	58	13	1	5	4	1	28	30	0	1	4		7	.282	.370	.427	.797
19	José Figueroa	NYC	SP	9	235	206	37	62	7	7	5	4		20	20	0	3	6		8	.301	.371	.476	.847
20	Jesse Brown*	BEG/NBY	RP	10	214	186	38	60	13	2	3	0		23	15	1	0	5		1	.323	.397	.462	.859
21	Henry Miller	PS	RP	13	208	185	50	63	7	3	3	5	0	20	23	0	0	1		4	.341	.405	.459	.864
22	Tommy Johnson	PS	RP	12	197	174	33	51	7	3	2	0	0	21	11	1	1	1		4	.293	.372	.402	.775
23	Bob Evans	NBY	RP	12	184	169	36	59	9	1	4	7		12	18	0	2	1		1	.349	.399	.485	.884
24	Carrenza Howard	NYC	SP	7	173	139	33	42	8	1	0	2		26	24	0	3	5		3	.302	.423	.374	.797
25	Bill Barnes	BEG	RP	11	165	147	38	46	6	3	8	0	0	15	12	1	1	2		6	.313	.380	.558	.938
26	Roy Welmaker*	PS	RP	9	145	137	29	36	6	2	2	1	1	7	13	0	0	1		4	.263	.299	.380	.678
27	Willie Ferrell*	HG	RP	7	141	123	25	30	4	1	0	1	0	16	10	0	1	1		3	.244	.336	.293	.628
28	Woody Williams*	BEG	RP	8	115	100	16	24	4	2	1	1	1	13	25	0	1	1		2	.240	.333	.350	.683
29	Bill Holland	NBY	SP	5	114	101	15	34	6	2	2	0		10	15	0	1	2		3	.337	.402	.495	.897
30	Purnell Mincy*	NBY/NE	RP	5	92	74	24	27	4	1	0	4		14	5	0	0	4		0	.365	.466	.446	.912
31	Spoon Carter	NE/NYC	RP	7	91	81	9	21	2	1	2	0		9	12	0	0	1		0	.259	.333	.383	.716
32	Jimmy Hicks	HG	RP	5	83	60	29	23	5	0	1	1		21	8	0	2	0		4	.383	.554	.517	1.071
33	Rocky Ellis	HG/PS	RP	4	77	70	20	24	8	1	2	0	1	4	4	0	0	3		1	.343	.378	.571	.950
34	Sonny Boy Jeffries	HG	RP	4	74	67	7	20	5	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	2		2	.299	.347	.373	.720
35	Webster McDonald	PS	RP	4	65	58	16	18	3	1	1	0		4	7	0	0	3		2	.310	.355	.448	.803
36	Willie Stevenson^	HG	SP	2	62	55	11	12	2	0	2	1	1	7	4	0	0	0		1	.218	.306	.364	.670
37	Albert Walker^	NE	RP	4	56	47	6	10	2	0	2	0	0	7	9	0	0	2		2	.213	.315	.383	.698
38	Jimmy Everett	NE	RP	2	44	34	15	14	1	1	3	1		9	4	1	0	1		1	.412	.535	.765	1.300
39	Satchel Davis	BEG	SP	3	43	37	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	0		0	.162	.279	.189	.468
40	Specs Roberts	HG	SP	1	40	34	4	8	1	0	0	0		5	4	0	0	1		1	.235	.333	.265	.598
41	Wilmer Fields	HG	RP	2	36	33	7	10	3	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	3		1	.303	.303	.576	.879
42	Charley Davidson	BEG	RP	2	33	28	7	10	1	1	0	3	0	3	3	1	0	2		1	.357	.419	.464	.884
43	Julio Baez	NYC	RP	2	32	30	9	12	3	1	3	1		2	0	0	0	0		0	.400	.438	.867	1.304
44	Jimmy Reese*	BEG	RP	4	32	27	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	1		0	.296	.387	.481	.869
45	William Davis^	NE	RP	4	32	24	18	13	6	2	0	1	0	7	2	0	1	0		0	.542	.656	.958	1.615
46	Roy Parnell	PS	SP	1	30	27	3	8	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	1		1	.296	.345	.333	.678
47	Darltie Cooper	NE	RP	2	26	21	7	7	1	1	2	2		4	0	0	0	1		1	.333	.440	.762	1.202
48	George Britt	HG	SP	1	24	21	9	9	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0		1	.429	.500	.476	.976
49	Juan Guilbe	NYC	RP	2	21	18	1	5	0	0	0	0		3	3	0	0	0		0	.278	.381	.278	.659
50	Darius Bea*	PS	RP	1	19	15	3	4	0	0	1	0		3	1	0	0	1		0	.267	.389	.467	.856
51	Lefty Phillips*	BEG	RP	2	17	13	1	3	0	0	0	1		4	1	0	0	0		1	.231	.412	.231	.643
52	Leon Stewart*	NE	RP	1	17	16	0	3	0	0	0	1		1	3	0	0	0		1	.188	.235	.188	.423
53	Lefty Holmes*	NYC	RP	2	16	11	4	3	1	0	1	0		3	1	0	1	1		0	.273	.467	.636	1.103
54	Eddie Dixon	BEG	RP	1	14	14	6	7	1	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	0		1	.500	.500	.571	1.071
55	Cowboy Murray	BEG	SP	1	10	6	8	3	2	0	0	2		4	0	0	0	0		1	.500	.700	.833	1.533
56	Yarborough^	NE	RP	1	9	9	2	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		1	.333	.333	.444	.778
57	Roosevelt Davis	NBY	RP	1	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0		0	.167	.167	.167	.333
58	Allen Reed*	NE	RP	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0		0	.250	.250	.250	.500
59	Eastern^	NE	RP	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0		0	.000	.000	.000	.000
60	Goose Curry	BEG	RP	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	.333	.333	.333	.667

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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