1941 Season

Negro American League

1940 / 1942

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

Top Hitter

Ted
Strong

Top Pitcher

Hilton
Smith

Leaders

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Ted Strong	KCM	.509
2	Lyman Bostock	BBB	.473
3	Willard Brown	KCM	.458
4	Cowan Hyde	MRS	.437
5	Neil Robinson	MRS	.396
6	Lester Lockett	BBB	.381
7	Joe Greene	KCM	.374
8	Jimmy Ford	SNS	.361
9	Paul Hardy	BBB	.352
10	Dan Wilson	SNS	.343

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Hilton Smith	KCM	7.13
2	Satchel Paige	KCM	6.86
3	Johnny Markham	BBB	6.00
4	Ted Radcliffe	MRS	4.50
5	Andy Sarvis	JRC	4.50
6	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	3.00
7	Verdell Mathis	MRS/CAG	3.00
8	Connie Johnson	KCM	2.83
9	Ford Smith	KCM	2.80
10	Allen Bryant	KCM	2.71

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	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	26	874	785	104	220	24	15	3	91	10	50	7	32	1	.280	.329	.361	.689	106
2	Chicago American Giants	NAL	16	583	537	49	125	10	5	2	42	9	34	2	10	1	.233	.281	.281	.562	75
3	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	11	387	347	41	79	9	3	0	35	1	28	7	5	0	.228	.298	.271	.569	76
4	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	38	1434	1258	196	313	46	24	12	174	36	132	19	25	1	.249	.329	.352	.681	107
5	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	19	710	628	95	178	27	9	2	81	17	56	8	18	1	.283	.350	.365	.714	109
6	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	NAL	20	708	647	84	154	15	15	2	69	26	43	4	14	0	.238	.290	.317	.606	89
	6	1	133	4696	4202	569	1069	131	71	21	492	99	343	47	104	4	.254	.318	.334	.652	98

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Ted Alexander	CAG	P	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2	Hosea Allen^	JRC	P	4	8	7	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.250	.286	.536	67
3	Newt Allen	KCM	3B	35	148	131	24	33	5	1	0	10	4	13	0	4	0	.252	.319	.305	.625	89
4	Buddy Armour*	SNS	CF	20	80	74	10	17	1	2	0	9	8	6	0	0	0	.230	.288	.297	.585	83
5	Dan Bankhead	BBB	P	11	27	20	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	4	0	.200	.304	.250	.554	66
6	Fred Bankhead	MRS	3B	17	61	51	5	10	1	1	0	12	2	3	2	5	0	.196	.268	.255	.523	53
7	Herb Barnhill	JRC	C	6	17	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	.154	.313	.154	.466	47
8	James Barnhill^	SNS	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
9	Pepper Bassett**	CAG	C	10	31	28	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	50
10	Bradford Bennett	SNS	RF	11	24	22	2	4	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	.182	.217	.318	.536	67
11	Rainey Bibbs**	KCM	2B	38	161	145	16	33	5	0	0	17	2	9	2	5	0	.228	.282	.262	.544	65
12	Cliff Blackmon	SNS	P	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
13	Spike Bland^	BBB	C	2	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	78
14	Lefty Boone^	SNS	P	4	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
15	Oscar Boone	CAG	C	9	32	30	4	11	1	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	.367	.406	.400	.806	150
16	Lyman Bostock*	BBB	1B	23	84	75	10	34	4	3	0	15	1	4	0	5	0	.453	.481	.587	1.068	219
17	Bill Bradford*	MRS/CAG	CF	3	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	.522	54
18	Frank Bradley	KCM	P	11	22	21	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-14
19	Chet Brewer**	KCM	P	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
20	George Britt	JRC	C	1	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	212
21	Alex Broome^	JRC	P	3	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	25
22	Clarence Brown^	KCM	P	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
23	Larry Brown**	MRS	C	10	32	31	2	9	1	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	1	.290	.313	.323	.635	86
24	T. J. Brown	MRS	SS	19	69	60	7	12	1	1	0	6	0	5	1	3	0	.200	.273	.250	.523	53
25	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	38	161	144	31	49	7	4	6	32	10	16	1	0	0	.340	.410	.569	.979	195
26	Jack Bruton^	SNS	RF	13	48	48	6	11	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.229	.271	.500	56
27	Allen Bryant*	KCM	P	5	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
28	Walter Burch	SNS	C	4	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
29	Subby Byas**	MRS	C	12	42	35	5	11	2	1	0	5	0	2	3	2	0	.314	.400	.429	.829	142
30	Lefty Calhoun*	SNS	P	5	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
31	Marlin Carter*	MRS	2B	19	83	77	7	23	4	0	0	11	3	4	0	2	0	.299	.333	.351	.684	100
32	Duke Cleveland*	JRC	CF	11	47	43	8	19	2	3	0	11	1	4	0	0	0	.442	.489	.628	1.117	247
33	Ralph Coles**	JRC	LF	6	22	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.050	.136	.050	.186	-41
34	Willie Cornelius	CAG	P	9	21	17	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	.353	.421	.353	.774	141
35	Jimmie Crutchfield*	CAG	RF	16	71	69	7	18	1	1	0	3	4	2	0	0	0	.261	.282	.304	.586	82
36	Lloyd Davenport*	MRS/BBB	CF	5	21	18	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	.111	.238	.222	.460	38
37	Johnnie Dawson^	BBB	LF	3	5	5	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.800	.800	.800	1.600	379
38	Jesse Douglas*	BBB	LF	26	105	96	12	25	3	2	0	8	1	5	1	3	0	.260	.304	.333	.637	91
39	Lafayette Dumas^	MRS	P	2	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	30
40	Frank Duncan	KCM	C	13	41	36	3	9	0	1	0	4	1	4	0	1	0	.250	.325	.306	.631	91
41	Frank Duncan III	KCM	1B	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
42	Specs Ellis^	JRC	P	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	524
43	Felix Evans	MRS	P	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
44	Willie Ferrell^	CAG	P	5	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	-4
45	Cliff Fields^	SNS	CF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
46	Jimmy Ford	SNS	2B	17	60	52	12	15	1	2	0	9	1	7	0	1	0	.288	.373	.385	.757	137
47	Jonas Gaines	CAG	-	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
48	Alvin Gipson	BBB	P	12	23	20	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	20
49	Ted Gipson^	CAG	3B	9	17	17	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.235	.471	46
50	Joe Greene	KCM	C	30	106	94	14	26	4	6	0	22	0	11	0	1	1	.277	.352	.447	.799	141
51	J. B. Hampton^	JRC	CF	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0
52	Paul Hardy	BBB	C	22	68	62	8	18	0	2	1	9	1	5	0	1	0	.290	.343	.403	.747	123
53	Curtis Henderson	CAG	3B	13	48	44	4	9	1	1	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	.205	.271	.273	.544	69
54	Preacher Henry	JRC	P	5	12	11	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	35
55	Billy Horne*	CAG	2B	16	55	50	4	7	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	1	0	.140	.204	.160	.364	13
56	Bill Hoskins*	MRS	LF	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.250	.250	.250	.500	46
57	Willie Hudson*	CAG	LF	10	28	24	2	8	1	1	1	4	1	3	0	1	0	.333	.407	.583	.991	206
58	William Hudson^	CAG	LF	2	7	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	77
59	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	P	6	10	9	2	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	.444	.444	.444	.889	160
60	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	15	68	62	14	24	3	3	0	9	5	4	0	2	0	.387	.424	.532	.957	179
61	Tice James	MRS/CAG	SS	12	42	38	2	6	1	1	0	3	0	1	1	2	0	.158	.200	.237	.437	34
62	Gentry Jessup	BBB/CAG	P	6	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	29
63	Connie Johnson	KCM	P	7	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-14
64	Lee Johnson^	BBB	P	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
65	Mint Jones**	JRC	-	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
66	W. H. Kelly^	JRC	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
67	Gabby Kemp	JRC	2B	2	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
68	Robert Keyes^	MRS	P	2	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	46
69	Clarence Lamar	JRC	SS	10	36	36	4	11	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.306	.389	.694	116
70	Nora Listach	BBB	RF	9	32	28	5	7	1	0	0	3	1	3	0	1	0	.250	.323	.286	.608	82
71	Lester Lockett	BBB	3B	26	101	93	22	31	3	1	1	11	2	5	2	1	0	.333	.380	.419	.799	139
72	Red Longley	MRS	LF	15	56	47	11	12	2	1	1	10	1	8	0	1	0	.255	.364	.404	.768	124
73	John Lyles**	CAG/SNS	SS	15	62	58	9	16	0	1	1	5	3	3	1	0	0	.276	.323	.362	.685	113
74	Johnny Markham	BBB	P	9	17	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.059	.059	.118	-65
75	Verdell Mathis*	MRS/CAG	P	11	31	30	6	12	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	.400	.419	.400	.819	140
76	Ed Mayweather*	SNS	1B	17	66	59	7	15	2	2	0	9	0	4	0	3	0	.254	.302	.356	.658	106
77	Frank McAllister	SNS	P	11	33	30	6	9	0	2	1	5	2	3	0	0	0	.300	.364	.533	.897	180
78	Booker McDaniel	KCM	P	3	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	-48
79	Gready McKinnis	BBB	P	6	12	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	20
80	Henry Merchant*	CAG	P	8	16	13	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	.231	.375	.308	.683	112
81	Alonzo Mitchell	JRC	1B	7	12	11	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.364	.417	.364	.780	144
82	George Mitchell	SNS	P	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
83	Porter Moss	MRS	P	10	22	21	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.364	.381	.745	118
84	Willie Nixon^	BBB/JRC	LF	11	35	32	4	8	1	1	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	.250	.273	.438	.710	114
85	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	37	161	149	20	32	3	3	0	11	5	7	0	5	0	.215	.250	.275	.525	59
86	Satchel Paige	KCM	P	12	29	27	2	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	.222	.276	.222	.498	51
87	Tom Parker	SNS	RF	6	20	19	1	9	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	.474	.500	.526	1.026	221
88	Art Pennington**	CAG	LF	11	47	42	3	7	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	0	.167	.239	.167	.406	27
89	Piccard^	SNS	C	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
90	Alex Radcliff	CAG	3B	2	8	6	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.333	.429	.500	.929	188
91	Ted Radcliffe	MRS/KCM	P	10	11	9	2	3	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	.333	.455	.778	1.232	258
92	Johnny Ray*	JRC	3B	10	43	35	5	7	0	0	0	3	0	6	1	1	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	67
93	Ulysses Redd	BBB	SS	17	61	54	6	13	0	1	0	3	0	5	0	2	0	.241	.305	.278	.583	75
94	Donald Reeves*	CAG	RF	7	22	21	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	.143	.182	.143	.325	1
95	Marshall Riddle*	SNS	2B	18	66	60	2	12	1	3	0	4	3	5	0	1	0	.200	.262	.317	.578	81
96	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	18	77	65	11	19	4	2	0	9	2	11	1	0	0	.292	.403	.415	.818	139
97	Skin Down Robinson	JRC	2B	11	45	39	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	.128	.209	.128	.338	6
98	Nat Rogers*	MRS	LF	12	39	33	6	10	4	0	0	3	0	5	0	1	0	.303	.395	.424	.819	139
99	Clemon Rooney^	SNS	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
100	Emanuel Sampson^	BBB	RF	8	31	27	4	5	3	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	.185	.267	.296	.563	68
101	Ormond Sampson	JRC	RF	6	21	20	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.150	.190	.150	.340	6
102	Tommy Sampson	BBB	2B	26	97	88	11	26	3	3	0	18	1	4	0	5	1	.295	.326	.398	.724	116
103	Andy Sarvis^	JRC	P	5	10	10	1	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	117
104	Alfred Saylor**	BBB	1B	16	48	44	5	16	0	0	0	8	0	4	0	0	0	.364	.417	.364	.780	134
105	Bobby Scott^	JRC	1B	7	21	17	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	.059	.238	.059	.297	-6
106	Bonnie Serrell*	CAG	LF	2	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	38
107	Charlie Shields*	CAG	P	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
108	Willie Simms*	KCM	LF	37	158	137	21	25	2	2	0	12	8	20	1	0	0	.182	.291	.226	.517	57
109	Bob Smith	SNS	C	13	36	29	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	2	0	.103	.235	.103	.339	7
110	Eugene Smith**	SNS	P	9	20	19	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.211	.250	.263	.513	61
111	Ford Smith**	KCM	P	7	13	13	1	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.385	.538	.923	178
112	Gene Smith	JRC	3B	2	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	107
113	Hilton Smith	KCM	P	15	39	36	6	12	5	0	0	8	0	3	0	0	0	.333	.385	.472	.857	158
114	Eddie Snead	BBB	LF	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	3
115	Sylvester Snead	KCM	RF	9	35	29	2	6	3	1	0	2	1	4	1	1	0	.207	.324	.379	.703	112
116	Herb Souell**	KCM	3B	3	8	8	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	88
117	Clyde Spearman*	CAG	RF	3	13	13	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.385	.385	.769	139
118	Joe Spencer	BBB	RF	2	8	7	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	.571	.571	.714	1.286	284
119	Ted Strong**	KCM	RF	35	151	113	29	39	5	3	6	27	2	27	9	2	0	.345	.503	.602	1.105	233
120	Leroy Sutton	SNS	P	3	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
121	Goose Tatum**	BBB	RF	6	16	12	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	.417	.533	.417	.950	185
122	Jelly Taylor*	MRS	1B	16	65	58	10	14	2	0	0	2	1	7	0	0	0	.241	.323	.276	.599	75
123	Raymond Taylor	SNS	C	11	30	28	3	8	2	1	0	6	1	2	0	0	0	.286	.333	.429	.762	138
124	Henry Turner	JRC	C	8	31	27	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	.185	.290	.185	.476	49
125	Cap Tyson	BBB	C	3	8	8	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.625	1.000	197
126	George Walker	KCM	P	6	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	-22
127	Hoss Walker	BBB	SS	13	43	38	3	4	2	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	.105	.190	.158	.348	5
128	Archie Ware*	CAG	1B	1	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	24
129	John Ware^	BBB	P	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
130	Jesse Warren	SNS	3B	17	65	59	8	14	1	1	0	3	2	3	0	3	0	.237	.274	.288	.562	76
131	Fay Washington^	SNS	P	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
132	Winfield Welch*	BBB	LF	2	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-38
133	Jesse Williams	KCM	SS	36	137	119	19	30	4	3	0	18	2	13	3	2	0	.252	.341	.336	.677	105
134	Dan Wilson**	SNS	LF	20	81	75	15	22	3	1	0	9	6	4	2	0	0	.293	.346	.360	.706	121
135	Jimmy Wilson	BBB	CF	10	37	35	3	7	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	.200	.243	.286	.529	58
136	Parnell Woods	JRC	3B	5	22	20	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.300	.364	.350	.714	123
137	Ralph Wyatt	CAG	SS	2	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	38
138	Ed Young	CAG	1B	16	63	58	8	16	2	1	0	10	0	4	1	0	0	.276	.333	.345	.678	110
139	Tom Young*	KCM	C	5	17	13	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	.077	.250	.077	.327	0

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

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