1940 in the Negro Leagues

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1940 in the Negro Leagues


Standings[edit]

BOLD indicates League Champion

Negro National League[edit]

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Rank Team G W L T WPCT GB
1 Homestead Grays 53 34 19 0 .641 --
2 Baltimore Elite Giants 52 32 19 1 .627 1.0
3 Newark Eagles 48 26 21 1 .553 5.0
4 Philadelphia Stars 58 25 32 1 .439 11.0
5 New York Black Yankees 37 12 25 0 .324 14.0
5 New York Cubans 38 12 25 1 .324 14.0

Negro American League[edit]

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Rank Team G W L T WPCT GB
1 Kansas City Monarchs 42 30 10 2 .750 --
2 Memphis Red Sox 45 25 20 0 .556 7.5
3 Cleveland Bears 29 16 13 0 .552 8.5
4 St. Louis-New Orleans Stars 31 10 19 2 .513 9.5
5 Chicago American Giants 48 20 28 0 .417 14.0
6 Birmingham Black Barons 32 11 21 0 .344 15.0
7 Toledo/Indianapolis Crawfords 23 6 17 0 .261 15.5

Independent Teams[edit]

Source: Teams list from The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester; records are from The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, John Holway

Leading Players[edit]

Batters[edit]

Pitchers[edit]

Postseason[edit]

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