1941 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Lyman Bostock	BBB	.587
2	Willard Brown	KCM	.583
3	Ted Strong	KCM	.576
4	Cowan Hyde	MRS	.507
5	Ed Young	CAG	.471
6	Jimmy Ford	SNS	.456
7	Joe Greene	KCM	.448
8	Lester Lockett	BBB	.419
9	Neil Robinson	MRS	.415
10	Ed Mayweather	SNS	.410

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

All-1941 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Dan Wilson	SNS	1.0	0.6	0.5
Red Longley	MRS	0.5	0.3	0.3

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willard Brown	KCM	2.3	2.7	-0.4
Duke Cleveland	JRC	1.3	0.9	0.4

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ted Strong	KCM	2.6	2.5	0.2
Cowan Hyde	MRS	1.2	0.8	0.4

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jesse Williams	KCM	0.9	0.5	0.1
T. J. Brown	MRS	0.2	-0.1	0.3

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Tommy Sampson	BBB	0.8	0.4	0.3
Billy Horne	CAG	0.4	-0.1	0.5

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Lester Lockett	BBB	0.6	0.7	0.0
Fred Bankhead	MRS	0.6	0.1	0.5

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Lyman Bostock	BBB	1.4	1.3	0.2
Ed Young	CAG	0.8	0.7	0.2

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Joe Greene	KCM	1.1	0.9	0.1
Frank Duncan	KCM	0.5	0.0	0.4

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Satchel Paige	KCM	56.2	1.9	2.1	-0.1
Gready McKinnis	BBB	34.2	1.4	1.4	-0.1
Willie Cornelius	CAG	61.2	1.2	1.1	0.1
Willie Hutchinson	MRS	26.0	0.7	0.6	0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Hilton Smith	KCM	92.1	4.2	3.9	0.3
Dan Bankhead	BBB	69.1	2.4	2.4	0.0
Ford Smith	KCM	33.0	1.4	1.2	0.3
Willie Ferrell	CAG	37.2	0.8	1.0	-0.2

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