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

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Gready McKinnis	BBB	324
2	Ford Smith	KCM	191
3	Hilton Smith	KCM	186
4	Dan Bankhead	BBB	173
5	Satchel Paige	KCM	156
6	Connie Johnson	KCM	139
7	Preacher Henry	JRC	131
8	George Walker	KCM	127
9	Willie Cornelius	CAG	119
10	Willie Ferrell	CAG	118

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	327.0	1.09	16.5%	4.7%	3.48	0.1%
2	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	209.0	1.22	13.5%	6.8%	1.97	0.3%
3	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	NAL	165.0	1.38	17.8%	10.5%	1.70	0.8%
4	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	163.0	1.17	15.6%	6.3%	2.47	0.9%
5	Chicago American Giants	NAL	139.1	1.56	10.1%	11.0%	0.92	0.5%
6	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	85.1	1.50	10.9%	8.1%	1.34	0.5%
	6	1	1088.2	1.26	14.6%	7.4%	1.97	0.4%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Hilton Smith	KCM	RP	83.1	0.86	18.4%	2.6%	7.13	0.0%
2	Dan Bankhead	BBB	RP	69.1	0.84	14.1%	6.3%	2.24	0.4%
3	Willie Cornelius	CAG	SP	56.2	1.24	8.2%	8.6%	0.95	0.4%
4	Satchel Paige	KCM	SP	56.2	0.95	21.0%	3.1%	6.86	0.0%
5	Frank Bradley	KCM	RP	54.0	1.20	14.2%	6.9%	2.06	0.0%
6	Porter Moss	MRS	SP	53.0	1.25	15.4%	8.1%	1.89	1.4%
7	Eugene Smith	SNS	SP	52.0	1.15	20.3%	9.5%	2.14	1.4%
8	Alvin Gipson	BBB	SP	48.1	1.61	12.0%	8.9%	1.35	0.4%
9	Frank McAllister	SNS	SP	43.0	1.07	15.2%	7.3%	2.08	1.1%
10	Johnny Markham	BBB	RP	36.0	1.19	15.8%	2.6%	6.00	0.0%
11	Verdell Mathis*	MRS/CAG	SP	35.1	1.30	16.0%	5.3%	3.00	1.3%
12	Gready McKinnis*	BBB	SP	34.2	1.07	15.2%	9.4%	1.62	0.7%
13	Preacher Henry	JRC	SP	32.1	1.30	12.2%	8.6%	1.42	0.0%
14	Willie Ferrell*	CAG	RP	29.2	1.21	11.4%	7.6%	1.50	0.0%
15	Ted Radcliffe	MRS	RP	28.2	1.40	13.5%	3.0%	4.50	0.0%
16	George Walker	KCM	SP	28.1	1.09	11.4%	5.3%	2.17	0.0%
17	Ford Smith	KCM	RP	26.2	0.94	13.7%	4.9%	2.80	0.0%
18	Allen Bryant*	KCM	SP	25.1	1.58	16.5%	6.1%	2.71	0.0%
19	Willie Hutchinson	MRS	SP	24.1	1.23	23.5%	7.8%	3.00	1.0%
20	Connie Johnson	KCM	RP	23.1	1.37	16.8%	5.9%	2.83	0.0%
21	Lefty Boone*	SNS	SP	22.1	1.61	25.7%	14.9%	1.73	0.0%
22	Lefty Calhoun*	SNS	SP	21.2	1.62	11.6%	10.5%	1.10	0.0%
23	Andy Sarvis	JRC	SP	21.1	1.50	9.4%	2.1%	4.50	0.0%
24	Gentry Jessup	BBB/CAG	RP	18.1	1.75	12.9%	14.0%	0.92	0.0%
25	Booker McDaniel	KCM	RP	14.0	1.14	20.7%	6.9%	3.00	0.0%
26	Alex Broome^	JRC	SP	12.1	1.30	19.6%	14.3%	1.38	3.6%
27	Chet Brewer	KCM	RP	12.0	1.25	11.8%	5.9%	2.00	2.0%
28	Hosea Allen	JRC	RP	11.1	1.76	5.2%	6.9%	0.75	0.0%
29	Leroy Sutton	SNS	RP	11.1	1.15	15.2%	10.9%	1.40	2.2%
30	Lafayette Dumas^	MRS	SP	9.0	0.44	16.1%	6.5%	2.50	0.0%
31	Robert Keyes	MRS	SP	9.0	1.00	5.6%	5.6%	1.00	0.0%
32	Alfred Saylor	BBB	SP	9.0	1.00	5.7%	0.0%		0.0%
33	Ted Alexander	CAG	RP	8.2	1.62	15.0%	10.0%	1.50	0.0%
34	Henry Merchant*	CAG	RP	8.1	2.04	7.0%	14.0%	0.50	0.0%
35	Willie Hudson*	CAG	RP	7.1	2.59	14.0%	25.6%	0.55	2.3%
36	Felix Evans	MRS	SP	7.0	0.86	7.4%	7.4%	1.00	0.0%
37	Fay Washington	SNS	RP	7.0	2.43	8.1%	8.1%	1.00	0.0%
38	Charlie Shields*	CAG	RP	6.2	1.95	5.7%	8.6%	0.67	0.0%
39	Alonzo Mitchell	JRC	RP	6.0	2.33	9.1%	18.2%	0.50	0.0%
40	Ted Gipson	CAG	SP	4.2	3.21	9.7%	19.4%	0.50	3.2%
41	Cliff Blackmon	SNS	SP	4.0	2.25	27.3%	22.7%	1.20	0.0%
42	Clarence Brown^	KCM	SP	3.1	1.80	0.0%	5.9%	0.00	0.0%
43	John Ware^	BBB	RP	3.0	3.00	5.3%	5.3%	1.00	0.0%
44	Lee Johnson^	BBB	RP	2.1	4.29	0.0%	15.0%	0.00	0.0%
45	Specs Ellis*	JRC	RP	2.0	1.50	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
46	George Mitchell	SNS	RP	2.0	1.50	37.5%	0.0%		0.0%
47	Hoss Walker	BBB	RP	2.0	0.50	42.9%	0.0%		0.0%
48	Clemon Rooney^	SNS	RP	1.0	4.00	0.0%	28.6%	0.00	0.0%
49	James Barnhill^	SNS	RP	0.2	7.50	14.3%	28.6%	0.50	0.0%
50	W. H. Kelly^	JRC	RP	0.0	0.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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