1940 Negro National League Batting Leaders

1939 Season 1941 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 142 games, 6 teams, approx. 47 games in season

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1	Buck Leonard*	32	HG	Maj	HG	54	228	185	49	70	14	5	8	42	1	39	.378	.491	.638	1.129	118	2	2
2	Monte Irvin	21	NE	Maj	NE	40	166	146	32	54	11	4	4	36	3	16	.370	.439	.582	1.021	85	2	2
3	Johnny Washington*	25	NBY	Maj	NBY	32	135	128	31	47	11	1	2	21	3	4	.367	.391	.516	.907	66	1	2
4	Bus Clarkson	25	NE	Maj	NE	22	98	87	21	31	3	1	8	27	2	11	.356	.429	.690	1.118	60	0	0
5	Lennie Pearson	22	NE	Maj	NE	41	172	156	46	55	11	2	8	35	3	16	.353	.413	.603	1.015	94	0	0
6	George Scales	39	BEG	Maj	BEG	49	179	142	37	50	15	1	4	39	1	32	.352	.483	.556	1.039	79	4	1
7	Bill Hoskins*	26	BEG	Maj	BEG	49	198	175	36	60	10	4	8	40	8	21	.343	.413	.583	.996	102	0	2
8	Howard Easterling#	28	HG	Maj	HG	54	228	203	42	68	10	9	3	45	3	21	.335	.400	.517	.917	105	1	3
9	Flash Miller	30	NBY	Maj	NBY	20	86	78	12	26	2	1	0	8	3	6	.333	.395	.385	.780	30	2	0
10	Darius Bea*	26	PS	Maj	PS	39	131	121	14	40	11	2	3	30	0	10	.331	.382	.529	.911	64	0	0
11	Pancho Coimbre	31	NYC	Maj	NYC	28	128	116	18	38	6	1	1	18	1	12	.328	.391	.422	.813	49	0	0
12	Jim West#	35	PS,BEG	Maj	PS-BEG	63	248	223	29	73	15	4	0	31	1	21	.327	.388	.430	.818	96	1	3
13	Ray Brown#	32	HG	Maj	HG	32	92	80	12	26	3	2	2	10	0	10	.325	.400	.488	.888	39	0	2
14	Henry Spearman	30	NBY	Maj	NBY	33	135	115	19	37	8	1	4	28	0	18	.322	.414	.513	.927	59	0	2
15	Clarence Palm	32	PS	Maj	PS	22	68	56	6	18	1	0	1	10	0	10	.321	.424	.393	.817	22	0	2
16	Fran Matthews*	23	NE	Maj	NE	36	152	128	34	41	8	3	2	21	2	20	.320	.416	.477	.893	61	1	3
17	Homer Curry*	35	BEG,NBY	Maj	BEG-NBY	45	158	119	35	38	12	2	2	26	5	34	.319	.484	.504	.988	60	4	1
18	Felton Snow	34	BEG	Maj	BEG	52	211	191	25	61	9	3	1	35	3	14	.319	.366	.414	.779	79	0	6
19	Jerry Benjamin#	30	HG	Maj	HG	44	194	170	38	54	3	2	1	27	16	17	.318	.389	.376	.766	64	3	4
20	Larnie Jordan	26	PS	Maj	PS	42	178	168	33	53	11	6	2	29	4	8	.315	.347	.488	.835	82	0	2
21	Clarence Isreal	22	NE	Maj	NE	34	129	112	31	35	1	0	4	26	4	13	.313	.389	.429	.817	48	1	3
22	Gene Benson*	26	PS	Maj	PS	61	242	212	45	66	7	4	5	30	5	28	.311	.394	.453	.847	96	1	1
23	Biz Mackey#	42	NE,NYC	Maj	NE-NYC	39	145	129	17	40	6	0	1	26	0	13	.310	.378	.380	.757	49	1	2
24	Roy Parnell	36	PS	Maj	PS	54	223	191	44	59	11	5	4	27	2	25	.309	.392	.482	.873	92	1	6
25	Henry McHenry	30	PS	Maj	PS	44	101	82	13	25	4	0	8	23	0	17	.305	.430	.646	1.076	53	1	1
26	David Whatley*	25	HG	Maj	HG	53	241	217	42	64	7	4	2	21	9	22	.295	.360	.392	.752	85	0	2
27	Clemente Carreras	26	NYC	Maj	NYC	24	98	85	13	25	2	0	2	13	1	11	.294	.375	.388	.763	33	0	2
28	Matt Carlisle	30	HG	Maj	HG	56	225	200	28	58	11	6	3	39	10	20	.290	.360	.450	.810	90	2	3
29	Bill Perkins	34	BEG	Maj	BEG	46	175	160	31	46	5	4	1	28	3	13	.288	.341	.388	.729	62	0	2
30	Charlie Biot	22	NBY,BEG	Maj	NBY-BEG	32	122	112	15	32	8	5	2	22	1	8	.286	.333	.500	.833	56	0	2
31	Tommy Butts	20	BEG	Maj	BEG	55	254	218	44	62	9	1	1	34	3	28	.284	.371	.349	.720	76	2	6
32	Sammy Hughes	29	BEG	Maj	BEG	58	260	229	53	65	15	4	6	37	4	27	.284	.362	.463	.825	106	1	3
33	Emery Adams	28	BEG	Maj	BEG	29	61	60	8	17	4	2	0	9	0	0	.283	.283	.417	.700	25	0	1
34	Mule Suttles	39	NE	Maj	NE	39	160	134	30	37	8	1	5	32	3	23	.276	.390	.463	.853	62	2	1
35	Ed Stone*	30	NE	Maj	NE	39	162	135	24	37	5	4	2	23	2	23	.274	.380	.415	.795	56	0	4
36	Vic Harris*	35	HG	Maj	HG	47	208	183	37	50	8	6	1	18	1	19	.273	.345	.399	.744	73	1	5
37	Rogelio Linares*	30	NYC	Maj	NYC	28	120	107	18	29	5	1	2	15	2	9	.271	.333	.393	.726	42	1	3
38	Alejandro Crespo	25	NYC	Maj	NYC	30	133	119	17	32	6	3	2	19	2	13	.269	.341	.420	.761	50	0	1
39	Bill Cooper*	25	PS	Maj	PS	53	185	166	32	44	6	2	3	24	1	17	.265	.333	.380	.713	63	0	2
40	Dick Seay	35	NE,NBY	Maj	NE-NBY	34	146	129	23	34	4	1	3	19	2	10	.264	.317	.380	.696	49	0	7
41	Henry Kimbro*	28	BEG	Maj	BEG	59	282	228	54	60	8	2	2	24	8	48	.263	.400	.342	.742	78	4	2
42	Roy Campanella	18	BEG	Maj	BEG	35	126	119	18	31	5	1	6	25	1	6	.261	.302	.471	.772	56	1	0
43	Mahlon Duckett	17	PS	Maj	PS	32	112	104	13	27	0	3	0	15	1	7	.260	.306	.317	.624	33	0	1
44	Max Manning	21	NE	Maj	NE	22	49	47	7	12	2	0	0	3	0	1	.255	.271	.298	.569	14	0	1
45	Jud Wilson*	46	HG	Maj	HG	41	136	114	20	29	5	0	0	21	0	19	.254	.375	.298	.673	34	3	0
46	Russell Awkard*	22	NYC,NE	Maj	NYC-NE	25	117	103	20	26	4	2	2	11	0	13	.252	.342	.388	.730	40	1	0
47	Jake Dunn	30	PS	Maj	PS	56	201	178	28	44	8	3	0	28	1	18	.247	.320	.326	.646	58	1	4
48	Johnny Hayes*	30	NBY	Maj	NBY	22	67	53	6	13	2	0	0	3	1	11	.245	.394	.283	.677	15	2	1
49	Red Moore*	23	BEG	Maj	BEG	59	241	216	29	52	11	4	1	37	2	17	.241	.299	.343	.642	74	1	7
50	David Campbell*	31	PS	Maj	PS	38	163	143	21	34	5	2	0	6	0	14	.238	.310	.301	.611	43	1	5
51	Jim Williams	34	NBY	Maj	NBY	21	82	76	9	18	3	0	1	11	2	5	.237	.284	.316	.600	24	0	1
52	Ramón Heredía	27	NYC	Maj	NYC	30	128	123	14	29	5	1	1	13	0	3	.236	.254	.317	.571	39	0	2
53	José María Fernández	44	NYC	Maj	NYC	17	57	52	9	12	2	0	0	7	0	5	.231	.298	.269	.567	14	0	0
54	Edsall Walker#	29	HG	Maj	HG	21	59	52	8	12	1	0	0	8	1	3	.231	.273	.250	.523	13	0	4
55	Horacio Martínez	27	NYC	Maj	NYC	23	101	89	14	20	2	1	2	14	0	9	.225	.296	.337	.633	30	0	3
56	Marvin Barker	28	NBY	Maj	NBY	23	92	81	13	18	2	1	0	6	1	8	.222	.300	.272	.572	22	1	2
57	Robert Gaston	30	HG	Maj	HG	36	128	110	10	24	7	0	0	17	0	14	.218	.306	.282	.588	31	0	4
58	Bud Barbee	26	BEG,NBY	Maj	BEG-NBY	25	55	49	4	10	0	1	2	7	0	6	.204	.291	.367	.658	18	0	0
59	Bob Clarke	37	NBY	Maj	NBY	17	56	54	2	11	0	0	0	2	0	1	.204	.218	.204	.422	11	0	1
60	Bill Casey?	35	NYC	Maj	NYC	20	61	55	3	11	0	0	0	4	0	5	.200	.267	.200	.467	11	0	1
61	Charley Hayes?	--	PS	Maj	PS	36	108	96	14	19	4	1	0	6	1	9	.198	.274	.260	.534	25	1	2
62	Antonio Mirabal?	30	NYC	Maj	NYC	19	70	61	6	12	0	0	0	3	1	8	.197	.290	.197	.487	12	0	1
63	Jelly Jackson	30	HG	Maj	HG	54	178	166	21	32	3	2	0	15	5	8	.193	.234	.235	.469	39	1	3
64	Hoss Walker	32	NBY,BEG	Maj	NBY-BEG	28	104	97	7	15	4	1	0	7	0	4	.155	.188	.216	.405	21	0	3
65	Willie Hubert	27	BEG	Maj	BEG	23	55	48	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	6	.125	.222	.125	.347	6	0	1