1940 Negro American League Standard Pitching

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Pennant Winner: Kansas City Monarchs

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Negro League teams are presented with both league-only and overall records against top Black clubs. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black clubs. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. Negro Leagues Data: Frequently Asked Questions

Team Standard Pitching

Team Standard Pitching Table
Tm	#P	PAge	RA/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	tSho	cSho	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Birmingham Black Barons	9	26.4	4.90	14	17	.452	4.65	31	31	21	10	0	0	5	249.2	279	152	129	5	84	110	6	0	5	1098	90	3.46	1.454	10.1	0.2	3.0	4.0	1.31
Chicago American Giants	9	17.6	5.17	7	15	.318	4.49	23	23	8	15	1	1	0	184.1	201	119	92	6	86	89	10	0	1	847	94	4.02	1.557	9.8	0.3	4.2	4.3	1.03
Cleveland Bears	9	27.7	5.21	14	13	.519	4.61	28	28	12	16	1	1	1	226.2	252	146	116	4	82	130	10	0	1	1029	91	3.30	1.474	10.0	0.2	3.3	5.2	1.59
Kansas City Monarchs	8	28.1	3.60	27	11	.711	3.11	40	40	20	19	4	4	5	327.1	280	144	113	10	103	265	10	1	7	1369	134	2.82	1.170	7.7	0.3	2.8	7.3	2.57
Memphis Red Sox	12	22.8	4.59	20	29	.408	4.21	49	49	24	25	2	2	2	402.1	383	225	188	6	172	225	11	1	8	1771	99	3.44	1.379	8.6	0.1	3.8	5.0	1.31
St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	13	24.4	5.19	15	15	.500	4.45	31	31	19	12	2	2	3	250.2	244	161	124	7	119	154	20	3	4	1141	95	3.80	1.448	8.8	0.3	4.3	5.5	1.29
Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	8	22.6	3.88	4	11	.267	3.51	16	16	2	13	0	0	0	128.1	110	62	50	4	38	81	5	0	2	540	121	3.15	1.153	7.7	0.3	2.7	5.7	2.13
League Average	9	24.7	4.63	14	16	.476	4.13	31	31	15	16	1	1	2	253	250	144	116	6	98	151	10	1	4	1114	101	3.40	1.375	8.9	0.2	3.5	5.4	1.54
	64	24.7	4.63	101	111	.476	4.13	218	218	106	110	10	10	16	1769.1	1749	1009	812	42	684	1054	72	5	28	7795	101	3.40	1.375	8.9	0.2	3.5	5.4	1.54

Player Standard Pitching

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Player Standard Pitching Table
Rk	Player	Age	Team	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB	Awards
1	Preacher Henry	29	CBR	-0.3	5	7	.417	5.09	16	13	1	9	1	0	92.0	101	62	52	2	43	63	4	0	0	425	82	3.45	1.565	9.9	0.2	4.2	6.2	1.47
2	Eugene Smith	24	SNS	1.1	5	4	.556	3.26	15	11	1	7	1	0	88.1	74	44	32	2	44	60	10	2	3	396	127	3.77	1.336	7.5	0.2	4.5	6.1	1.36
3	Jack Matchett	32	KCM	0.6	7	3	.700	3.23	16	10	4	6	1	2	86.1	90	43	31	2	23	61	2	0	3	369	128	2.76	1.309	9.4	0.2	2.4	6.4	2.65
4	Eugene Bremer	23	MRS	1.6	3	6	.333	3.07	13	8	4	8	2	1	82.0	81	37	28	1	22	44	1	0	1	351	135	2.93	1.256	8.9	0.1	2.4	4.8	2.00	AS
5	Andy Sarvis	32	CBR	0.3	5	2	.714	4.26	11	7	3	6	0	0	69.2	81	41	33	2	11	42	2	0	0	305	97	2.73	1.321	10.5	0.3	1.4	5.4	3.82
6	Hilton Smith	33	KCM	0.6	4	4	.500	3.78	16	7	9	4	0	3	64.1	53	31	27	1	15	64	1	0	0	262	110	*1.96*	1.057	7.4	0.1	2.1	*9.0*	4.27	AS
7	Frank Bradley	22	KCM	0.9	6	2	.750	2.57	10	6	1	2	0	0	56.0	41	23	16	3	20	55	1	0	2	233	162	2.86	1.089	6.6	0.5	3.2	8.8	2.75
8	Red Howard*	30	BBB	1.0	3	6	.333	3.93	16	5	10	2	0	4	55.0	50	27	24	0	20	27	1	0	2	238	106	3.17	1.273	8.2	*0.0*	3.3	4.4	1.35
9	Willie Hutchinson	25	MRS	1.4	4	3	.571	2.65	7	7	0	5	0	0	54.1	45	21	16	1	27	30	1	0	1	236	157	3.68	1.325	7.5	0.2	4.5	5.0	1.11
10	Lefty Calhoun*	28	SNS	0.9	6	3	.667	2.89	15	4	10	2	1	2	53.0	45	24	17	1	11	31	3	0	0	222	144	2.87	1.057	7.6	0.2	1.9	5.3	2.82	AS
11	Johnny Wright	23	TC	1.6	1	6	.143	2.56	7	7	0	6	0	0	52.2	41	17	15	0	10	29	3	0	1	206	162	2.64	0.968	7.0	*0.0*	1.7	5.0	2.90
12	George Walker	25	KCM	2.4	5	1	.833	*1.21*	9	4	4	3	3	0	52.0	31	7	7	2	7	40	2	1	1	194	*343*	2.48	*0.731*	*5.4*	0.3	*1.2*	6.9	*5.71*
13	Blanch Moody	28	BBB	0.3	4	3	.571	4.73	12	8	2	2	0	0	51.1	67	32	27	1	11	20	1	0	2	227	88	3.18	1.519	11.7	0.2	1.9	3.5	1.82
14	Verdell Mathis*	26	MRS	0.5	1	3	.250	4.22	9	4	4	2	0	0	49.0	47	26	23	0	14	29	3	0	0	204	99	2.86	1.245	8.6	*0.0*	2.6	5.3	2.07
15	Lefty Bowe*	21	CAG	0.6	2	2	.500	3.59	9	7	2	4	0	0	47.2	40	26	19	3	23	36	1	0	1	207	116	3.82	1.322	7.6	0.6	4.3	6.8	1.57
16	Wadel Miller		CAG	-0.2	1	5	.167	4.79	7	6	0	5	0	0	47.0	65	34	25	2	17	17	2	0	0	230	87	4.05	1.745	12.4	0.4	3.3	3.3	1.00
17	Dan Bankhead	20	BBB	1.0	4	1	.800	3.57	8	6	1	4	0	0	45.1	37	21	18	1	12	23	2	0	0	178	117	3.20	1.081	7.3	0.2	2.4	4.6	1.92
18	Eddie Snead*	29	BBB	0.4	2	1	.667	4.63	10	5	3	1	0	1	44.2	61	26	23	1	15	16	0	0	0	201	90	3.59	1.701	12.3	0.2	3.0	3.2	1.07
19	Lafayette Dumas	20	MRS	-0.2	2	5	.286	5.19	7	7	0	5	0	0	43.1	35	30	25	1	31	21	0	0	2	199	80	4.48	1.523	7.3	0.2	6.4	4.4	0.68
20	Frank McAllister	22	SNS	-0.8	2	2	.500	6.21	11	7	1	3	0	1	42.0	45	36	29	2	22	28	3	0	1	194	67	4.08	1.595	9.6	0.4	4.7	6.0	1.27
21	Willie Hudson*	22	CAG	0.4	3	2	.600	3.76	6	4	2	3	0	0	40.2	42	24	17	0	23	16	3	0	0	189	111	4.14	1.598	9.3	*0.0*	5.1	3.5	0.70
22	Lefty Wilson*	23	2TM	0.9	3	3	.500	3.18	9	6	2	3	0	0	39.2	34	18	14	1	12	22	1	0	0	170	132	3.21	1.160	7.7	0.2	2.7	5.0	1.83
22	Lefty Wilson*	23	MRS	1.1	3	2	.600	2.67	8	5	2	2	0	0	33.2	27	11	10	0	11	19	1	0	0	140	156	2.94	1.129	7.2	0.0	2.9	5.1	1.73
22	Lefty Wilson*	23	TC	-0.2	0	1	.000	6.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.0	7	7	4	1	1	3	0	0	0	30	73	4.67	1.333	10.5	1.5	1.5	4.5	3.00
23	Junius Savage	21	MRS	0.7	1	1	.500	3.96	10	3	6	1	0	1	38.2	27	18	17	0	23	34	1	1	0	163	105	3.11	1.293	6.3	*0.0*	5.4	7.9	1.48
24	Floyd Kranson	26	KCM	-0.3	4	1	.800	4.82	8	8	0	2	0	0	37.1	42	25	20	1	29	20	3	0	0	183	87	4.85	1.902	10.1	0.2	7.0	4.8	0.69
25	Gentry Jessup	25	BBB	-0.6	1	4	.200	5.45	8	6	1	1	0	0	34.2	43	30	21	1	17	18	1	0	0	168	77	3.90	1.731	11.2	0.3	4.4	4.7	1.06
26	Big Train Jackson*	23	MRS	-0.5	3	2	.600	6.21	6	4	1	1	0	0	33.1	44	28	23	1	14	17	1	0	3	159	67	3.72	1.740	11.9	0.3	3.8	4.6	1.21
27	William Sumrall	23	MRS	0.0	2	2	.500	5.29	9	2	6	0	0	0	32.1	37	21	19	0	8	6	2	0	0	146	79	3.56	1.392	10.3	*0.0*	2.2	1.7	0.75
28	Tommy Johnson	25	CAG	-0.5	0	5	.000	7.22	6	4	1	1	0	0	28.2	42	26	23	1	15	9	3	0	0	138	58	4.71	1.988	13.2	0.3	4.7	2.8	0.60
29	Connie Johnson	17	TC	-0.4	1	2	.333	6.23	4	4	0	2	0	0	26.0	26	21	18	3	12	15	1	0	1	116	67	4.85	1.462	9.0	1.0	4.2	5.2	1.25	AS
30	Charles Dunklin	25	SNS	-0.2	1	2	.333	6.04	7	4	1	0	0	0	22.1	29	16	15	0	12	9	3	0	0	107	69	4.21	1.836	11.7	0.0	4.8	3.6	0.75
31	Lefty Boone*	20	2TM	-1.3	1	4	.200	10.88	10	8	0	0	0	0	22.1	31	30	27	2	23	18	1	0	1	126	39	5.78	2.418	12.5	0.8	9.3	7.3	0.78
31	Lefty Boone*	20	MRS	-0.9	1	3	.250	10.24	8	7	0	0	0	0	19.1	25	23	22	2	17	16	1	0	1	104	41	5.49	2.172	11.6	0.9	7.9	7.4	0.94
31	Lefty Boone*	20	SNS	-0.4	0	1	.000	15.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	7	5	0	6	2	0	0	0	22	31	7.67	4.000	18.0	0.0	18.0	6.0	0.33
32	Allen Bryant*	22	KCM	0.0	0	0		3.72	7	3	2	0	0	0	19.1	17	11	8	1	6	12	0	0	1	84	113	3.37	1.190	7.9	0.5	2.8	5.6	2.00
33	Ted Alexander	27	CBR	0.4	2	0	1.000	2.16	2	2	0	1	0	0	16.2	14	7	4	0	9	10	1	0	1	75	195	3.60	1.380	7.6	0.0	4.9	5.4	1.11
34	Smoky Owens	28	CBR	0.4	1	1	.500	2.03	4	3	1	0	0	0	13.1	14	5	3	0	5	6	1	0	0	58	210	3.45	1.425	9.5	0.0	3.4	4.1	1.20
35	Fay Washington	25	SNS	-0.2	0	0		5.40	4	1	2	0	0	0	13.1	15	11	8	1	11	5	0	1	0	64	79	5.70	1.950	10.1	0.7	7.4	3.4	0.45
36	Spoon Carter	37	TC	0.8	1	0	1.000	0.71	2	1	0	1	0	0	12.2	10	1	1	0	3	11	0	0	0	50	598	1.98	1.026	7.1	0.0	2.1	7.8	3.67
37	Leroy Sutton	24	SNS	0.3	0	1	.000	2.13	4	2	1	0	0	0	12.2	13	5	3	1	5	11	0	0	0	59	199	3.48	1.421	9.2	0.7	3.6	7.8	2.20
38	Clarence White*	39	2TM	-0.1	0	0		6.00	4	0	3	0	0	1	12.0	8	9	8	0	5	6	1	0	0	50	73	3.50	1.083	6.0	0.0	3.8	4.5	1.20
38	Clarence White*	39	CBR	-0.3	0	0		9.00	3	0	2	0	0	1	6.0	4	7	6	0	4	2	1	0	0	27	49	4.84	1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
38	Clarence White*	39	TC	0.2	0	0		3.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	4	2	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	23	146	2.17	0.833	6.0	0.0	1.5	6.0	4.00
39	Jimmy Johnson*	21	TC	-0.1	0	1	.000	5.40	2	1	1	1	0	0	10.0	9	7	6	0	6	8	0	0	0	50	79	3.20	1.500	8.1	0.0	5.4	7.2	1.33
40	Samuel Burris	20	2TM	-0.5	0	2	.000	10.80	6	0	4	0	0	0	10.0	13	12	12	1	7	4	1	0	1	51	41	5.90	2.000	11.7	0.9	6.3	3.6	0.57
40	Samuel Burris	20	BBB	-0.5	0	2	.000	12.38	5	0	3	0	0	0	8.0	11	11	11	1	6	3	1	0	1	42	35	6.50	2.125	12.4	1.1	6.8	3.4	0.50
40	Samuel Burris	20	SNS	0.0	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	109	3.50	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
41	Specs Ellis*		CBR	-0.5	0	2	.000	9.31	3	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	19	13	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	54	46	3.94	2.276	17.7	0.0	2.8	0.0	0.00
42	Alonzo Mitchell	35	CBR	0.3	0	0		2.16	4	0	3	0	0	0	8.1	8	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	31	200	2.52	0.960	8.6	0.0	0.0	2.2
43	Roosevelt Davis	35	MRS	0.2	0	1	.000	1.13	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	6	3	1	0	3	5	0	0	0	34	384	2.88	1.125	6.8	0.0	3.4	5.6	1.67
44	Douglas Rhone	22	TC	-0.1	0	1	.000	3.38	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	10	6	3	0	1	4	1	0	0	37	128	2.75	1.375	11.3	0.0	1.1	4.5	4.00
45	Willie Cornelius	33	CAG	0.5	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	7.0	4	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	27		1.43	0.714	5.1	0.0	1.3	9.0	7.00
46	Lefty Moses*	26	KCM	0.3	0	0		1.29	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	23	338	2.58	0.429	3.9	0.0	0.0	3.9
47	Johnny Smith*	23	TC	0.4	1	0	1.000	1.29	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	3	1	1	0	4	7	0	0	0	28	338	2.72	1.000	3.9	0.0	5.1	9.0	1.75
48	Robert Dean	24	SNS	0.2	0	1	.000	2.70	2	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	2	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	24	162	4.35	0.600	2.7	0.0	2.7	0.0	0.00
49	Zell Miles	30	CAG	0.1	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.0	1	3	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	22	97	3.34	0.500	1.5	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
50	Alonzo Boone	32	CBR	0.0	1	0	1.000	4.76	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	8	4	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	28	92	3.89	1.941	12.7	0.0	4.8	3.2	0.67
51	Alex Broome	19	CBR	-0.1	0	1	.000	5.06	2	1	1	0	0	0	5.1	3	5	3	0	4	3	1	0	0	26	87	4.69	1.313	5.1	0.0	6.8	5.1	0.75
52	Felix Evans	29	MRS	-0.2	0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	8	7	4	0	2	4	0	0	0	26	65	2.63	1.875	13.5	0.0	3.4	6.8	2.00
53	Sam Barber	20	BBB	0.1	0	0		3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	20	123	3.20	1.200	9.0	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.00
54	Satchel Paige	33	KCM	0.0	1	0	1.000	5.40	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	3	3	3	0	3	10	0	0	0	21	82	0.80	1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	18.0	3.33
55	Pete Gregory	29	BBB	0.1	0	0		2.70	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	170	2.40	0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	2.7
56	Hank Jones		CAG	-0.3	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	5	6	5	0	4	1	1	0	0	19	34	6.90	2.700	13.5	0.0	10.8	2.7	0.25
57	Charles Oakley	24	SNS	-0.3	1	0	1.000	13.50	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	6	6	5	0	1	2	0	0	0	19	34	2.70	2.100	16.2	0.0	2.7	5.4	2.00
58	Lloyd Bruce	33	CAG	0.2	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	12		3.34	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
59	William Newman		MRS	0.2	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9		3.00	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
60	Fred McBride	35	BBB	0.0	0	0		7.71	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	12	62	4.72	2.143	11.6	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.50
61	George Mitchell	40	SNS	0.1	0	0		3.86	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	124	1.29	0.857	7.7	0.0	0.0	7.7
62	Jimmie Armstead*	20	SNS	-0.2	0	1	.000	18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	3	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	7	31	3.00	3.000	9.0	0.0	18.0	27.0	1.50
63	Henry Merchant*	22	CAG	0.1	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		3.00	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
64	Jack Bruton	28	SNS	-0.3	0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	4	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	9	12	12.00	9.000	54.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
	League Average						.500	4.13																		100	3.40	1.375	8.9	0.2	3.5	5.4	1.54