1940 Memphis Red Sox Statistics

1939 Season 1941 Season

Record: 36-26-0, Finished 2nd in Negro American League

Manager: Ruben Jones (31-30)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Larry Brown#	38	44	159	136	14	36	6	0	0	17	3		21		.265	.367	.309	.676	102	42	0	1	1		0
2	1B	Jelly Taylor*	29	48	183	155	23	39	5	2	1	10	7		18		.252	.329	.329	.659	97	51	0	0	10		2
3	2B	Fred Bankhead	27	46	186	162	39	39	5	2	1	12	8		19		.241	.332	.315	.646	93	51	0	3	2		0
4	SS	T.J. Brown	24	48	171	154	20	40	11	0	0	15	4		10		.260	.309	.331	.640	92	51	0	1	6		0
5	3B	Marlin Carter*	27	42	166	148	9	40	4	4	0	16	4		14		.270	.333	.351	.685	105	52	0	0	4		0
6	LF	Red Longley	30	43	158	135	19	33	8	1	0	15	2		20		.244	.342	.319	.660	98	43	0	0	3		0
7	CF	Verdell Mathis*	26	42	127	114	13	24	3	0	1	9	3		11		.211	.280	.263	.543	63	30	0	0	2		0
8	RF	Bill Bradford*	26	33	104	95	11	25	4	0	0	10	2		7		.263	.320	.305	.626	87	29	1	1	1		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Neil Robinson	32	30	112	97	16	30	3	1	4	21	5		14		.309	.402	.485	.886	165	47	0	1	0		0
10	OF	Lafayette Dumas?	20	21	54	52	6	11	0	0	1	4	1		1		.212	.226	.269	.496	48	14	0	0	1		0
11	OF	Nat Rogers*	46	22	52	52	4	13	0	0	0	6	1		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	50	13	0	0	0		0
12	IF	Jesse Warren	25	10	32	30	1	8	1	0	0	4	0		1		.267	.290	.300	.590	77	9	0	0	1		0
13	C	Johnnie Dawson?	25	8	17	17	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		0		.118	.118	.176	.294	-12	3	0	0	0		0
14	OF	Cowan Hyde	33	3	14	13	2	3	1	0	0	3	0		1		.231	.286	.308	.593	78	4	0	0	0		0
15	UT	Henry Nears?	33	5	12	12	0	5	0	0	0	3	0		0		.417	.417	.417	.833	149	5	0	0	0		0
16	OF	Babe Davis	31	5	10	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		4		.200	.600	.200	.800	140	1	0	1	0		0
17	OF	Ruben Jones*	46	6	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	100	2	0	0	0		0
18	OF	Felix Evans	29	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
19	OF	Hughes?		1	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	199	2	0	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
20	P	Eugene Bremer	23	24	45	39	5	7	1	1	0	4	0		4		.179	.273	.256	.529	58	10	0	1	1		0
21	P	Willie Hutchinson	25	8	20	20	2	4	0	1	0	4	0		0		.200	.200	.300	.500	50	6	0	0	0		0
22	P	Junius Savage?	21	9	14	12	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		1		.167	.231	.167	.397	19	2	0	0	1		0
23	P	Roosevelt Davis	35	1	14	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	50	1	0	0	0		0
24	P	Big Train Jackson*	23	6	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.091	.000	.091	-73	0	0	0	1		0
25	P	Lefty Wilson?	23	8	13	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.154	.154	.154	.308	-8	2	0	0	0		0
26	P	William Sumrall?	23	10	12	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.083	.083	.083	.167	-50	1	0	0	0		0
27	P	Lefty Boone?	20	9	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	1		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	20	1	0	0	1		0
28	P	Newman?		1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	498	1	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	28.7	62	1710	1507	196	372	53	12	8	158	41		147		.247	.317	.314	.631	89	473	1	9	35		2
		Rank in 7 NAL teams				1	2	1	1	2	2		2		1	7	4	4	4	4		2		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.1	62	1572	1391	182	353	52	10	8	146	40		141		.254	.326	.323	.649	94	449	1	8	31		2
		Pitcher Totals	24.1	62	138	116	14	19	1	2	0	12	1		6		.164	.211	.207	.418	25	24	0	1	4		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Eugene Bremer	23	3	6	.333	3.07	13	8	4	8	2	1	82.0	81	37	28	1	22	0	44	1	0	1	351	136	2.92	1.256	8.9	0.1	2.4	4.8	2.00
2	SP	Willie Hutchinson	25	4	2	.667	2.42	6	6	0	5	0	0	48.1	39	17	13	1	21	0	29	1	0	1	205	173	3.43	1.241	7.3	0.2	3.9	5.4	1.38
3	SP	Lafayette Dumas?	20	2	5	.286	5.19	7	7	0	5	0	0	43.1	35	30	25	1	31	1	21	0	0	2	199	81	4.47	1.523	7.3	0.2	6.4	4.4	0.68
4	SP	Lefty Wilson*	23	3	2	.600	2.67	8	5	2	2	0	0	33.2	27	11	10	0	11	0	19	1	0	0	140	157	2.94	1.129	7.2	0.0	2.9	5.1	1.73
5	SP	Big Train Jackson*	23	3	2	.600	5.94	6	4	1	1	0	0	33.1	44	28	22	1	14	0	17	1	0	3	159	71	3.72	1.740	11.9	0.3	3.8	4.6	1.21
6	SP	Lefty Boone*	20	1	3	.250	10.24	8	7	0	0	0	0	19.1	25	23	22	2	17	0	16	1	0	1	104	41	5.48	2.172	11.6	0.9	7.9	7.4	0.94
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	RP	Verdell Mathis*	26	1	3	.250	4.22	9	4	4	2	0	0	49.0	47	26	23	0	14	0	29	3	0	0	204	99	2.85	1.245	8.6	0.0	2.6	5.3	2.07
8	RP	Junius Savage	21	1	1	.500	4.17	9	3	5	1	0	1	36.2	27	18	17	0	23	0	32	1	1	0	157	101	3.22	1.364	6.6	0.0	5.6	7.9	1.39
9	RP	William Sumrall	23	2	2	.500	5.01	9	2	6	0	0	0	32.1	37	21	18	0	8	0	6	2	0	0	146	84	3.55	1.392	10.3	0.0	2.2	1.7	0.75
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Roosevelt Davis	35	0	1	.000	1.13	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	6	3	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	34	386	2.87	1.125	6.8	0.0	3.4	5.6	1.67
11		Felix Evans	29	0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	8	7	4	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	26	66	2.62	1.875	13.5	0.0	3.4	6.8	2.00
12		Newman?		0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9		3.00	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	23.3	20	28	.417	4.18	62	48	23	25	2	2	394.1	377	221	183	6	166	1	222	11	1	8	1734	101	3.42	1.377	8.6	0.1	3.8	5.1	1.34
		Rank in 7 NAL teams		1	4		3				1	2	4	1	7	7	7	4	7		2
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W