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)
Batting
Teams
| # | Team | Lg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1
|
40
|
1480
|
1323
|
236
|
379
|
54
|
22
|
12
|
207
|
55
|
114
|
16
|
27
|
.286
|
.350
|
.388
|
.738
|
126
|
|||||||
| 2
|
31
|
1129
|
981
|
147
|
250
|
39
|
12
|
3
|
127
|
31
|
120
|
9
|
19
|
.255
|
.341
|
.328
|
.670
|
107
|
|||||||
| 3
|
31
|
1093
|
998
|
133
|
254
|
28
|
14
|
8
|
108
|
14
|
70
|
9
|
16
|
.255
|
.309
|
.335
|
.644
|
95
|
|||||||
| 4
|
23
|
798
|
702
|
79
|
163
|
22
|
4
|
7
|
73
|
4
|
73
|
4
|
19
|
.232
|
.308
|
.305
|
.613
|
93
|
|||||||
| 5
|
49
|
1736
|
1541
|
199
|
381
|
53
|
12
|
8
|
161
|
41
|
151
|
9
|
35
|
.247
|
.318
|
.313
|
.631
|
88
|
|||||||
| 6
|
28
|
1018
|
865
|
143
|
191
|
24
|
7
|
3
|
112
|
28
|
115
|
13
|
25
|
.221
|
.321
|
.275
|
.596
|
82
|
|||||||
| 7
|
16
|
563
|
502
|
50
|
99
|
11
|
7
|
5
|
43
|
22
|
45
|
6
|
10
|
.197
|
.271
|
.277
|
.548
|
67
|
|||||||
| 7
|
1
|
218
|
7817
|
6912
|
987
|
1717
|
231
|
78
|
46
|
831
|
195
|
688
|
66
|
151
|
.248
|
.322
|
.324
|
.647
|
97
|
Players
| # | Team | Pos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1
|
1B | 29
|
114
|
87
|
21
|
32
|
6
|
1
|
1
|
19
|
1
|
24
|
2
|
1
|
.368
|
.513
|
.494
|
1.008
|
209
|
|||||||
| 2
|
SS | 40
|
154
|
136
|
24
|
50
|
6
|
3
|
1
|
28
|
5
|
11
|
2
|
5
|
.368
|
.423
|
.478
|
.901
|
176
|
|||||||
| 3
|
1B | 18
|
73
|
65
|
10
|
21
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
11
|
1
|
7
|
1
|
0
|
.323
|
.397
|
.431
|
.828
|
161
|
|||||||
| 4
|
CF | 38
|
154
|
133
|
24
|
36
|
6
|
3
|
5
|
34
|
4
|
19
|
1
|
1
|
.271
|
.366
|
.474
|
.840
|
158
|
|||||||
| 5
|
RF | 28
|
106
|
89
|
18
|
25
|
6
|
2
|
2
|
16
|
0
|
12
|
1
|
4
|
.281
|
.373
|
.461
|
.833
|
152
|
|||||||
| 6
|
RF | 29
|
119
|
110
|
21
|
36
|
8
|
2
|
0
|
18
|
5
|
7
|
1
|
1
|
.327
|
.373
|
.436
|
.809
|
148
|
|||||||
| 7
|
RF | 28
|
121
|
102
|
24
|
34
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
14
|
7
|
15
|
1
|
3
|
.333
|
.424
|
.382
|
.806
|
146
|
|||||||
| 8
|
2B | 27
|
112
|
104
|
20
|
35
|
4
|
3
|
0
|
13
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
.337
|
.378
|
.433
|
.811
|
146
|
|||||||
| 9
|
3B | 20
|
84
|
65
|
13
|
18
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
11
|
1
|
7
|
.277
|
.390
|
.385
|
.774
|
144
|
|||||||
| 10
|
Herb Souell
**
|
3B | 35
|
139
|
122
|
19
|
38
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
15
|
8
|
16
|
1
|
0
|
.311
|
.396
|
.369
|
.765
|
135
|
||||||
| 11
|
CF | 30
|
136
|
108
|
27
|
27
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
9
|
13
|
25
|
2
|
1
|
.250
|
.400
|
.333
|
.733
|
125
|
|||||||
| 12
|
3B | 31
|
118
|
112
|
16
|
33
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
13
|
2
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
.295
|
.325
|
.375
|
.700
|
115
|
|||||||
| 13
|
1B | 40
|
154
|
145
|
24
|
40
|
6
|
3
|
1
|
26
|
8
|
8
|
0
|
1
|
.276
|
.314
|
.379
|
.693
|
113
|
|||||||
| 14
|
LF | 29
|
113
|
99
|
12
|
23
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
18
|
2
|
12
|
1
|
1
|
.232
|
.321
|
.374
|
.695
|
111
|
|||||||
| 15
|
John Lyles
**
|
SS | 28
|
117
|
102
|
21
|
28
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
13
|
6
|
10
|
1
|
4
|
.275
|
.345
|
.324
|
.669
|
105
|
||||||
| 16
|
RF | 32
|
144
|
126
|
23
|
33
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
13
|
9
|
10
|
3
|
5
|
.262
|
.331
|
.325
|
.656
|
101
|
|||||||
| 17
|
Larry Brown
**
|
C | 44
|
159
|
136
|
14
|
36
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
17
|
3
|
21
|
1
|
1
|
.265
|
.367
|
.309
|
.676
|
101
|
||||||
| 18
|
3B | 43
|
171
|
153
|
9
|
41
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
17
|
4
|
14
|
0
|
4
|
.268
|
.329
|
.346
|
.676
|
101
|
|||||||
| 19
|
3B | 29
|
104
|
92
|
13
|
23
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
9
|
1
|
10
|
0
|
2
|
.250
|
.324
|
.337
|
.660
|
100
|
|||||||
| 20
|
LF | 44
|
162
|
138
|
19
|
34
|
8
|
1
|
0
|
15
|
2
|
21
|
0
|
3
|
.246
|
.346
|
.319
|
.665
|
98
|
|||||||
| 21
|
1B | 48
|
183
|
155
|
23
|
39
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
10
|
7
|
18
|
0
|
10
|
.252
|
.329
|
.329
|
.659
|
96
|
|||||||
| 22
|
CF | 19
|
85
|
76
|
14
|
17
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
.224
|
.306
|
.316
|
.622
|
96
|
|||||||
| 23
|
CF | 24
|
108
|
84
|
18
|
20
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
20
|
3
|
1
|
.238
|
.402
|
.238
|
.640
|
96
|
|||||||
| 24
|
3B | 28
|
122
|
111
|
20
|
27
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
10
|
5
|
9
|
0
|
2
|
.243
|
.300
|
.342
|
.642
|
95
|
|||||||
| 25
|
2B | 47
|
191
|
166
|
40
|
40
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
12
|
8
|
20
|
3
|
2
|
.241
|
.333
|
.313
|
.647
|
93
|
|||||||
| 26
|
SS | 49
|
175
|
157
|
20
|
41
|
11
|
0
|
0
|
16
|
4
|
11
|
1
|
6
|
.261
|
.314
|
.331
|
.645
|
92
|
|||||||
| 27
|
C | 26
|
107
|
90
|
16
|
18
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
18
|
1
|
17
|
0
|
0
|
.200
|
.327
|
.300
|
.627
|
92
|
|||||||
| 28
|
LF | 26
|
102
|
81
|
14
|
17
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
10
|
3
|
16
|
1
|
4
|
.210
|
.347
|
.272
|
.619
|
89
|
|||||||
| 29
|
SS | 14
|
58
|
53
|
3
|
11
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
6
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
.208
|
.276
|
.302
|
.578
|
77
|
|||||||
| 30
|
1B | 27
|
106
|
100
|
14
|
25
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
1
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
.250
|
.292
|
.290
|
.582
|
76
|
|||||||
| 31
|
LF | 28
|
101
|
89
|
10
|
19
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
12
|
1
|
10
|
1
|
1
|
.213
|
.300
|
.270
|
.570
|
75
|
|||||||
| 32
|
SS | 28
|
102
|
90
|
12
|
18
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
14
|
2
|
8
|
1
|
3
|
.200
|
.273
|
.289
|
.562
|
72
|
|||||||
| 33
|
LF | 16
|
62
|
58
|
8
|
13
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
.224
|
.274
|
.259
|
.533
|
64
|
|||||||
| 34
|
Leroy Morney
**
|
SS | 19
|
75
|
60
|
10
|
10
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
10
|
1
|
4
|
.167
|
.296
|
.200
|
.496
|
56
|
||||||
| 35
|
RF | 15
|
61
|
54
|
6
|
10
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
.185
|
.279
|
.204
|
.482
|
48
|
* = Left-handed hitter
** = Switch-hitter
^ = Unknown
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