1941 Season

Negro American League

1940 / 1942

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

Top Hitter

Ted
Strong

Top Pitcher

Hilton
Smith

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Lyman Bostock	BBB	.453
2	Cowan Hyde	MRS	.373
3	Willard Brown	KCM	.344
4	Ted Strong	KCM	.336
5	Lester Lockett	BBB	.333
6	Jimmy Ford	SNS	.333
7	Ed Young	CAG	.324
8	Marlin Carter	MRS	.296
9	Tommy Sampson	BBB	.295
10	Ed Mayweather	SNS	.295

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Hilton Smith	KCM	67
2	Eugene Smith	SNS	57
3	Connie Johnson	KCM	49
4	Satchel Paige	KCM	48
5	Frank Bradley	KCM	47
6	Dan Bankhead	BBB	38
7	Lefty Boone	SNS	37
8	Porter Moss	MRS	34
9	Frank McAllister	SNS	31
10	Alvin Gipson	BBB	27

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	20	750	663	97	187	27	10	2	83	18	60	9	18	.282	.350	.362	.712	106
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	43	1634	1439	234	367	56	25	14	207	44	146	20	29	.255	.332	.358	.690	105
3	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	26	874	785	104	220	24	15	3	91	10	50	7	32	.280	.329	.361	.689	102
4	Chicago American Giants	NAL	18	674	620	70	157	12	5	5	61	13	40	3	11	.253	.302	.313	.615	88
5	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	NAL	25	883	805	103	190	18	18	4	86	31	58	5	15	.236	.291	.318	.609	85
6	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	11	387	347	41	79	9	3	0	35	1	28	7	5	.228	.298	.271	.569	72
	6	1	146	5202	4659	649	1200	146	76	28	563	117	382	51	110	.258	.321	.340	.660	97

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Duke Cleveland*	JRC	CF	11	47	43	8	19	2	3	0	11	1	4	0	0	.442	.489	.628	1.117	239
2	Ted Strong**	KCM	RF	38	165	125	34	42	6	3	6	27	2	28	10	2	.336	.491	.576	1.067	216
3	Lyman Bostock*	BBB	1B	23	84	75	10	34	4	3	0	15	1	4	0	5	.453	.481	.587	1.068	214
4	Willard Brown	KCM	CF	43	181	163	38	56	10	4	7	37	14	17	1	0	.344	.409	.583	.992	193
5	Cowan Hyde	MRS	RF	16	73	67	15	25	3	3	0	9	5	4	0	2	.373	.408	.507	.916	165
6	Ed Young	CAG	1B	18	73	68	11	22	2	1	2	16	1	4	1	0	.324	.370	.471	.840	155
7	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	18	77	65	11	19	4	2	0	9	2	11	1	0	.292	.403	.415	.818	137
8	Lester Lockett	BBB	3B	26	101	93	22	31	3	1	1	11	2	5	2	1	.333	.380	.419	.799	135
9	Ed Mayweather*	SNS	1B	22	86	78	8	23	3	3	0	13	0	5	0	3	.295	.337	.410	.748	127
10	Tommy Sampson	BBB	2B	26	97	88	11	26	3	3	0	18	1	4	0	5	.295	.326	.398	.724	113
11	Dan Wilson**	SNS	LF	23	94	85	17	24	3	1	0	10	6	6	3	0	.282	.351	.341	.692	111
12	Clarence Lamar	JRC	SS	10	36	36	4	11	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	.306	.306	.389	.694	111
13	Marlin Carter*	MRS	2B	20	88	81	7	24	4	1	0	13	3	5	0	2	.296	.337	.370	.708	105
14	Jesse Williams	KCM	SS	41	158	138	21	36	4	3	0	21	4	13	3	4	.261	.338	.333	.671	99
15	Buddy Armour*	SNS	CF	22	89	81	12	20	2	2	0	11	10	8	0	0	.247	.315	.321	.636	94
16	John Lyles**	CAG/SNS	SS	19	76	69	10	17	0	1	1	6	5	6	1	0	.246	.316	.319	.635	93
17	Jimmie Crutchfield*	CAG	CF	18	82	79	10	22	1	1	0	6	5	3	0	0	.278	.305	.316	.621	89
18	Jesse Douglas*	BBB	LF	26	105	96	12	25	3	2	0	8	1	5	1	3	.260	.304	.333	.637	87
19	Jesse Warren	SNS	3B	21	82	76	11	20	2	1	0	5	2	3	0	3	.263	.291	.316	.607	85
20	Newt Allen	KCM	3B	39	166	148	27	36	6	1	0	13	4	14	0	4	.243	.309	.297	.606	80
21	Willie Simms*	KCM	LF	42	182	160	28	34	3	3	1	17	8	21	1	0	.213	.308	.288	.595	77
22	Fred Bankhead	MRS	3B	18	66	55	6	13	1	1	0	12	3	4	2	5	.236	.311	.291	.602	75
23	Jelly Taylor*	MRS	1B	16	65	58	10	14	2	0	0	2	1	7	0	0	.241	.323	.276	.599	74
24	Marshall Riddle*	SNS	2B	22	80	73	4	14	1	3	0	4	4	6	0	1	.192	.253	.288	.541	65
25	Johnny Ray*	JRC	3B	10	43	35	5	7	0	0	0	3	0	6	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	64
26	Billy Horne*	CAG	2B	18	64	57	6	12	2	0	0	5	0	5	1	1	.211	.286	.246	.531	62
27	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	41	180	166	21	37	4	3	0	12	6	9	0	5	.223	.263	.283	.546	62
28	Rainey Bibbs**	KCM	2B	43	183	165	19	38	5	0	0	20	2	10	2	6	.230	.282	.261	.543	61
29	T. J. Brown	MRS	SS	20	73	64	7	14	1	1	0	6	0	5	1	3	.219	.286	.266	.551	60
30	Skin Down Robinson	JRC	2B	11	45	39	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	2	.128	.209	.128	.338	4

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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