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1940 New York Black Yankees

26 - 27

20 - 22 in the Negro National League II

1931 / 1941 ( Team History )

Managed by:
Tex Burnett (26-27)

Top Hitter

Henry
Spearman

Top Pitcher

Roy K.
Williams

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting

Pitching

OPS+

75

5th

ERA+

84

6th

OPS

.685

5th

ERA

6.75

6th

BA

.263

5th

BA

.319

6th

OBP

.332

5th

K/BB

0.96

6th

SLG

.353

5th

K%

10.0%

6th

BB%

8.5%

6th

BB%

10.4%

4th

K%

HR%

1.7%

5th

ISO

.089

6th

WHIP

1.84

6th

Notes:

Home Ballpark: Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)
Jim Semler (Owner & Business Manager)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP
C	Johnny Hayes *	30	22	67	53	6	13	2	0	0	3	1	11	2	1	.245	.394	.283	.677	76
1B	Johnny Washington *	24	32	135	128	31	47	11	1	2	21	3	4	1	2	.367	.391	.516	.907	131
2B	Flash Miller	30	20	86	78	12	26	2	1	0	8	3	6	2	0	.333	.395	.385	.780	100
3B	Henry Spearman	30	33	135	115	19	37	8	1	4	28	0	18	0	2	.322	.414	.513	.927	136
SS	Hoss Walker	32	26	97	90	7	14	4	0	0	7	0	4	0	3	.156	.191	.200	.391	0
LF	Marvin Barker	28	23	92	81	13	18	2	1	0	6	1	8	1	2	.222	.300	.272	.572	47
CF	Charlie Biot	22	28	107	98	12	30	8	4	2	21	1	7	0	2	.306	.352	.531	.883	124
RF	Jim Williams	34	21	82	76	9	18	3	0	1	11	2	5	0	1	.237	.284	.316	.600	53

C	Bob Clarke	37	17	56	54	2	11	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	.204	.218	.204	.422	9
LF	Jim Starks	34	15	45	39	5	14	1	0	0	7	0	6	0	0	.359	.444	.385	.829	114
RF	Zollie Wright	30	12	41	37	3	8	3	0	0	9	0	3	0	1	.216	.275	.297	.572	47
LF	Goose Curry *	35	12	39	30	7	7	2	0	0	1	2	9	0	0	.233	.410	.300	.710	84
2B	Dick Seay	35	6	25	23	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	.174	.208	.174	.382	-1
CF	Roy Debnam ^	36	4	16	12	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	.417	.533	.417	.950	146
SS	John Hawkins ^	4	13	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.091	.231	.091	.322	-15
SS	Erkie Wilson ^	3	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	.000	.300	.000	.300	-18
LF	Fats Jenkins *	42	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-32
3B	Anthony Cooper	35	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2B	U. Johnson ^	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
LF	Lamb Barbee ^	24	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Roy K. Williams ^	32	12	25	24	5	10	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.417	.440	.500	.940	140
SP	Neck Stanley *	35	13	22	20	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.200	.238	.250	.488	25
SP	Bob Evans	29	12	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.067	.067	.133	-66
RP	Jesse Brown *	26	13	15	13	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.154	.267	.231	.497	28
SP	Bud Barbee	26	9	15	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	69
SP	Bill Holland **	39	5	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	-53
SP	Purnell Mincy *	24	2	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	-9
PH	Greene Farmer **	20	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000

RP	Roosevelt Davis	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	29		352	1167	1040	149	274	48	9	9	129	14	99	8	20	.263	.332	.353	.685	75

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG	K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%
Henry Spearman	30	3B	135		.418	.361		13.3%	10.1%			3.0%	1.3%		.191	.126
Johnny Washington *	24	1B	135		.407	.361		3.0%	10.1%			1.5%	1.3%		.148	.126
Charlie Biot	22	CF	107		.385	.361		6.5%	10.1%			1.9%	1.3%		.224	.126
Hoss Walker	32	SS	97		.183	.361		4.1%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.044	.126
Marvin Barker	28	LF	92		.276	.361		8.7%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.049	.126
Flash Miller	30	2B	86		.375	.361		7.0%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.051	.126
Jim Williams	34	RF	82		.280	.361		6.1%	10.1%			1.2%	1.3%		.079	.126
Johnny Hayes *	30	C	67		.345	.361		16.4%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.038	.126
Bob Clarke	37	C	56		.200	.361		1.8%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.000	.126
Jim Starks	34	LF	45		.406	.361		13.3%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.026	.126
Zollie Wright	30	RF	41		.267	.361		7.3%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.081	.126
Goose Curry *	35	LF	39		.366	.361		23.1%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.067	.126
Roy K. Williams ^	32	SP	25		.437	.361		4.0%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.083	.126
Dick Seay	35	2B	25		.183	.361		4.0%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.000	.126
Neck Stanley *	35	SP	22		.223	.361		4.5%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.050	.126
Roy Debnam ^	36	CF	16		.441	.361		18.8%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.000	.126
Bob Evans	29	SP	15		.063	.361		0.0%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.000	.126
Bud Barbee	26	SP	15		.344	.361		20.0%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.000	.126
Jesse Brown *	26	RP	15		.252	.361		13.3%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.077	.126
John Hawkins ^	SS	13		.196	.361		0.0%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.000	.126
Bill Holland **	39	SP	11		.086	.361		0.0%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.000	.126
Erkie Wilson ^	SS	10		.232	.361		30.0%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.000	.126
Purnell Mincy *	24	SP	5		.154	.361		20.0%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.000	.126
Fats Jenkins *	42	LF	4		.193	.361		25.0%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.000	.126
U. Johnson ^	2B	3		.000	.361		0.0%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.000	.126
Anthony Cooper	35	3B	3		.000	.361		0.0%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.000	.126
Lamb Barbee ^	24	LF	2		.000	.361		0.0%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.000	.126
Greene Farmer **	20	PH	1		.772	.361		100.0%	10.1%			0.0%	1.3%		.126
Roosevelt Davis	35	RP		.000	.361		10.1%			1.3%		.126
29			1167		.321	.361		8.5%	10.1%			0.8%	1.3%		.089	.126