1940 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1940 Season

Negro American League

1939 / 1941

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

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Ed Mayweather	SNS	1.008
2	Jesse Williams	KCM	.901
3	Marshall Riddle	SNS	.890
4	Neil Robinson	MRS	.886
5	Joe Greene	KCM	.862
6	Turkey Stearnes	KCM	.840
7	Rainey Bibbs	KCM / TIC	.839
8	Willie Nixon	BBB	.833
9	Tommy Sampson	BBB	.811
10	Buddy Armour	SNS	.809

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	George Walker	KCM	5.71
2	Hilton Smith	KCM	4.27
3	Andy Sarvis	CBR	3.82
4	Johnny Wright	TIC	2.90
5	Lefty Calhoun	SNS	2.82
6	Frank Bradley	KCM	2.75
7	Jack Matchett	KCM	2.65
8	Verdell Mathis	MRS	2.07
9	Eugene Bremer	MRS	2.00
10	Dan Bankhead	BBB	1.92

Standings

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Kansas City Monarchs ^* ¹ ²	42	16	3	.724	-	43	21	3	.672	5.6	3.7	Andy Cooper	Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2	Memphis Red Sox	37	28	0	.569	8.5	45	43	0	.511	5.3	4.9	Ruben Jones	Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
3	Cleveland Bears	21	18	1	.538	11.5	22	21	1	.512	5.5	5.2	Jim Williams , Alonzo Mitchell	League Park (Cleveland, OH), Durkee Field (Jacksonville, FL)
4	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	25	31	3	.446	16.0	30	35	3	.462	5.1	5.8	George Mitchell	South End Grounds (St. Louis, MO), Pelican Stadium (New Orleans, LA)
5	Chicago American Giants	24	30	2	.444	16.0	25	33	2	.431	4.6	5.3	Wilson Redus	American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
6	Birmingham Black Barons	18	31	0	.367	19.5	21	38	0	.356	4.1	5.7	Candy Jim Taylor	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
7	Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	11	24	1	.314	19.5	11	26	1	.297	3.6	4.8	Oscar Charleston	Swayne Field (Toledo, OH), Perry Stadium (Indianapolis, IN)

* = League Champion 1 = First Half Champion 2 = Second Half Champion

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