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

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Lyman Bostock	BBB	.453
2	Cowan Hyde	MRS	.387
3	Ted Strong	KCM	.345
4	Willard Brown	KCM	.340
5	Lester Lockett	BBB	.333
6	Marlin Carter	MRS	.299
7	Tommy Sampson	BBB	.295
8	Dan Wilson	SNS	.293
9	Neil Robinson	MRS	.292
10	Paul Hardy	BBB	.290

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	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	19	710	628	95	178	27	9	2	81	17	56	8	18	1	.283	.350	.365	.714	109
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	38	1434	1258	196	313	46	24	12	174	36	132	19	25	1	.249	.329	.352	.681	107
3	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	26	874	785	104	220	24	15	3	91	10	50	7	32	1	.280	.329	.361	.689	106
4	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
5	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	11	387	347	41	79	9	3	0	35	1	28	7	5	0	.228	.298	.271	.569	76
6	Chicago American Giants	NAL	16	583	537	49	125	10	5	2	42	9	34	2	10	1	.233	.281	.281	.562	75
	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	Duke Cleveland*	JRC	CF	11	47	43	8	19	2	3	0	11	1	4	0	0	0	.442	.489	.628	1.117	247
2	Ted Strong**	KCM	RF	35	151	113	29	39	5	3	6	27	2	27	9	2	0	.345	.503	.602	1.105	233
3	Lyman Bostock*	BBB	1B	23	84	75	10	34	4	3	0	15	1	4	0	5	0	.453	.481	.587	1.068	219
4	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	38	161	144	31	49	7	4	6	32	10	16	1	0	0	.340	.410	.569	.979	195
5	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	15	68	62	14	24	3	3	0	9	5	4	0	2	0	.387	.424	.532	.957	179
6	Lester Lockett	BBB	3B	26	101	93	22	31	3	1	1	11	2	5	2	1	0	.333	.380	.419	.799	139
7	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	18	77	65	11	19	4	2	0	9	2	11	1	0	0	.292	.403	.415	.818	139
8	Dan Wilson**	SNS	LF	20	81	75	15	22	3	1	0	9	6	4	2	0	0	.293	.346	.360	.706	121
9	Tommy Sampson	BBB	2B	26	97	88	11	26	3	3	0	18	1	4	0	5	1	.295	.326	.398	.724	116
10	Clarence Lamar	JRC	SS	10	36	36	4	11	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.306	.389	.694	116
11	John Lyles**	CAG/SNS	SS	15	62	58	9	16	0	1	1	5	3	3	1	0	0	.276	.323	.362	.685	113
12	Ed Young	CAG	1B	16	63	58	8	16	2	1	0	10	0	4	1	0	0	.276	.333	.345	.678	110
13	Ed Mayweather*	SNS	1B	17	66	59	7	15	2	2	0	9	0	4	0	3	0	.254	.302	.356	.658	106
14	Jesse Williams	KCM	SS	36	137	119	19	30	4	3	0	18	2	13	3	2	0	.252	.341	.336	.677	105
15	Marlin Carter*	MRS	2B	19	83	77	7	23	4	0	0	11	3	4	0	2	0	.299	.333	.351	.684	100
16	Jesse Douglas*	BBB	LF	26	105	96	12	25	3	2	0	8	1	5	1	3	0	.260	.304	.333	.637	91
17	Newt Allen	KCM	3B	35	148	131	24	33	5	1	0	10	4	13	0	4	0	.252	.319	.305	.625	89
18	Buddy Armour*	SNS	CF	20	80	74	10	17	1	2	0	9	8	6	0	0	0	.230	.288	.297	.585	83
19	Jimmie Crutchfield*	CAG	RF	16	71	69	7	18	1	1	0	3	4	2	0	0	0	.261	.282	.304	.586	82
20	Marshall Riddle*	SNS	2B	18	66	60	2	12	1	3	0	4	3	5	0	1	0	.200	.262	.317	.578	81
21	Jesse Warren	SNS	3B	17	65	59	8	14	1	1	0	3	2	3	0	3	0	.237	.274	.288	.562	76
22	Jelly Taylor*	MRS	1B	16	65	58	10	14	2	0	0	2	1	7	0	0	0	.241	.323	.276	.599	75
23	Johnny Ray*	JRC	3B	10	43	35	5	7	0	0	0	3	0	6	1	1	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	67
24	Rainey Bibbs**	KCM	2B	38	161	145	16	33	5	0	0	17	2	9	2	5	0	.228	.282	.262	.544	65
25	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	37	161	149	20	32	3	3	0	11	5	7	0	5	0	.215	.250	.275	.525	59
26	Willie Simms*	KCM	LF	37	158	137	21	25	2	2	0	12	8	20	1	0	0	.182	.291	.226	.517	57
27	T. J. Brown	MRS	SS	19	69	60	7	12	1	1	0	6	0	5	1	3	0	.200	.273	.250	.523	53
28	Fred Bankhead	MRS	3B	17	61	51	5	10	1	1	0	12	2	3	2	5	0	.196	.268	.255	.523	53
29	Billy Horne*	CAG	2B	16	55	50	4	7	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	1	0	.140	.204	.160	.364	13
30	Skin Down Robinson	JRC	2B	11	45	39	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	.128	.209	.128	.338	6

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

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