1940 Negro American League Standard Fielding

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Team Fielding

Team Fielding Table
Tm	#Fld	RA/G	DefEff	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
Birmingham Black Barons	29	3.17	.664	47	180	2211.0	1145	736	368	41	19	.964
Chicago American Giants	26	2.20	.654	54	138	1659.0	870	553	270	47	13	.946
Cleveland Bears	26	3.48	.648	40	162	1995.0	1024	665	309	50	16	.951
Kansas City Monarchs	25	2.78	.680	50	228	2784.0	1383	928	397	58	25	.958
Memphis Red Sox	28	3.56	.683	62	288	3549.0	1743	1181	488	74	28	.958
St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	27	2.82	.661	56	174	2121.0	1073	707	305	61	25	.943
Toledo/Indianapolis Crawfords	20	2.08	.700	25	78	957.0	461	319	120	22	6	.952
League Average	24	2.93	.669	48	178	2182	1100	727	322	50	19	.954
	169	2.93	.669	334	1248	15276.0	7699	5089	2257	353	132	.954

Player Standard Fielding

Player Standard Fielding Table
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	Pos Summary
1	Ted Alexander	27	CBR		2		16.2	9	3	5	1	0	.889	4.00	P
2	Buddy Allen	25	BBB		2		8.0	5	1	3	1	1	.800	2.00	3B
3	Newt Allen	39	KCM		4		31.2	13	6	7	0	2	1.000	2.17	2B-SS-3B-1B
4	Buddy Armour	25	SNS		13		102.0	60	16	41	3	6	.950	4.38	SS
5	Jimmie Armstead	20	SNS		0		1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	P
6	Dan Bankhead	20	BBB		6		47.1	22	2	20	0	0	1.000	2.44	P-1B
7	Fred Bankhead	27	MRS		44		361.1	230	97	124	9	17	.961	4.91	2B-3B
8	Sam Barber	20	BBB		1		5.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.00	P
9	Herb Barnhill	26	CBR		8		72.0	53	45	6	2	0	.962	4.64	C
10	Leroy Bass	22	BBB		0		3.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00	C
11	Herman Bell	25	TC		10		77.1	61	56	4	1	0	.984	6.00	C
12	Rainey Bibbs	29	TOT		18		151.1	82	35	40	7	6	.915	3.95	2B-3B
13	Ted Bond	36	CAG		20		162.1	65	23	40	2	2	.969	3.15	3B
14	Alonzo Boone	32	CBR		0		5.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	P
15	Lefty Boone	20	TOT		8		22.1	4	0	3	1	1	.750	0.30	P
16	Lyman Bostock	22	BBB		26		213.2	231	204	21	6	14	.974	8.04	1B-SS-3B
17	Lefty Bowe	21	CAG		7		47.2	18	1	16	1	1	.944	1.89	P
18	Bill Bradford	26	MRS		1		5.0	4	2	2	0	1	1.000	4.00	2B
19	Frank Bradley	22	KCM		5		55.2	20	2	18	0	0	1.000	2.00	P-SS
20	Eugene Bremer	23	MRS		8		82.0	27	5	21	1	0	.963	2.00	P
21	Alex Broome	19	CBR		1		6.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.00	P
22	Joe Brown	23	CAG		5		37.0	29	25	4	0	0	1.000	5.80	C
23	Larry Brown	38	MRS		41		345.1	268	242	23	3	2	.989	6.02	C
24	T.J. Brown	24	MRS		47		383.1	208	79	105	24	12	.885	3.83	SS
25	Lloyd Bruce	33	CAG		0		3.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	P
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	Pos Summary
26	Jack Bruton	28	SNS		1		11.2	16	13	1	2	0	.875	2.80	1B-P
27	Allen Bryant	22	KCM		2		16.1	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	0.83	P
28	Walter Burch	32	TOT		4		21.1	15	12	2	1	0	.933	2.80	C
29	Samuel Burris	20	BBB		0		8.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.20	P
30	Burrows		SNS		0		2.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	P
31	Sammy Burton	27	BBB		21		181.2	88	34	46	8	3	.909	3.20	3B-2B-1B
32	Lefty Calhoun	28	SNS		4		53.0	13	4	9	0	2	1.000	0.87	P
33	Marlin Carter	27	MRS		32		273.0	109	36	63	10	5	.908	2.75	3B-2B
34	Spoon Carter	37	TC		1		10.0	3	0	2	1	0	.667	2.00	P
35	Oscar Charleston	43	TC		1		9.0	10	10	0	0	1	1.000	10.00	1B
36	Buster Clarkson	25	TC		5		41.1	20	9	9	2	2	.900	3.60	SS
37	Willie Cornelius	33	CAG		1		7.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	4.00	P
38	Johnnie Cowan	27	BBB		3		25.0	15	9	6	0	1	1.000	5.00	2B-3B
39	Roosevelt Davis	35	MRS		1		8.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.00	P
40	Johnnie Dawson	25	TOT		7		51.0	36	26	9	1	2	.972	4.38	C
41	Robert Dean	24	SNS		0		6.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.00	P
42	Lionel Decuir	25	KCM		13		117.1	123	110	13	0	1	1.000	7.24	C-3B
43	Jesse Douglas	24	KCM		26		208.1	130	40	75	15	15	.885	4.26	2B-SS
44	Lafayette Dumas	20	MRS		7		44.1	11	0	9	2	0	.818	1.13	P-1B
45	Frank Duncan	39	CAG		1		7.0	9	8	1	0	0	1.000	9.00	C
46	Charles Dunklin	25	SNS		4		22.1	4	1	1	2	0	.500	0.29	P
47	Specs Ellis		CBR		1		7.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.00	P
48	Harry Else	34	CAG		9		75.0	46	39	6	1	0	.978	5.00	C-3B
49	Felix Evans	29	MRS		1		5.1	3	1	1	1	0	.667	2.00	P
50	Jimmy Ford	27	SNS		24		192.2	94	35	49	10	7	.894	3.50	3B-2B-SS
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	Pos Summary
51	Albert Frazier	25	CBR		18		146.2	78	26	50	2	7	.974	4.22	2B-3B
52	Chesley Gray	26	SNS		0		7.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	C
53	Joe Greene	28	KCM		24		189.0	158	145	12	1	0	.994	6.04	C-1B
54	Pete Gregory	29	BBB		0		3.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	P
55	Teddy Gunn	23	CBR		1		9.0	12	12	0	0	0	1.000	12.00	1B
56	Bad News Hall	25	TC		6		52.1	23	7	14	2	1	.913	3.50	2B-3B
57	Paul Hardy	29	BBB		24		196.2	143	113	24	6	2	.958	5.71	C
58	Bill Harvey	32	TC		0		0.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	1B
59	Charley Hayes		SNS		0		2.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	SS
60	Buster Haywood	30	BBB		3		21.0	14	13	1	0	0	1.000	3.50	C
61	Curtis Henderson	28	TC		10		84.0	34	11	20	3	3	.912	3.10	SS-3B
62	Preacher Henry	29	CBR		13		92.2	33	2	30	1	1	.970	2.00	P
63	Billy Horne	24	CAG		18		143.1	94	38	50	6	6	.936	4.63	2B-SS
64	Red Howard	30	BBB		4		51.0	12	0	11	1	0	.917	0.73	P
65	Willie Hudson	22	CAG		7		63.2	48	24	22	2	2	.958	5.11	P-1B
66	Willie Hutchinson	25	MRS		6		48.1	12	0	12	0	0	1.000	2.00	P
67	Big Train Jackson	23	MRS		4		33.1	8	2	5	1	0	.875	1.17	P
68	Joe Jenkins	20	CBR		0		5.2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00	3B
69	Gentry Jessup	25	BBB		6		34.2	11	0	11	0	0	1.000	1.38	P
70	Connie Johnson	17	TC		4		26.0	13	2	11	0	2	1.000	3.25	P
71	Jimmy Johnson	21	TC		1		10.0	7	1	6	0	0	1.000	3.50	P
72	Tommy Johnson	25	CAG		4		28.2	10	2	8	0	0	1.000	1.67	P
73	Jones		BBB		0		1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	3B
74	Hank Jones		CAG		0		3.1	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.00	P
75	Mint Jones	29	CBR		6		46.0	57	51	4	2	3	.965	9.17	1B
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	Pos Summary
76	Floyd Kranson	26	KCM		8		37.1	25	6	17	2	1	.920	2.88	P
77	Clarence Lamar	25	CBR		27		216.0	117	36	71	10	9	.915	3.96	SS
78	John Lyles	28	SNS		18		145.2	73	25	42	6	8	.918	3.72	SS-3B
79	Jack Matchett	32	KCM		10		80.1	26	6	18	2	0	.923	1.71	P
80	Verdell Mathis	26	MRS		4		56.0	25	10	14	1	0	.960	1.85	P-1B
81	Ed Mayweather	30	SNS		28		223.2	266	248	12	6	19	.977	9.29	1B
82	Frank McAllister	22	SNS		6		36.0	17	5	10	2	1	.882	1.50	P
83	Fred McBride	35	BBB		9		85.1	89	80	8	1	3	.989	7.33	1B-3B-P
84	Henry Merchant	22	CAG		0		1.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	P
85	James Mickey		BBB		4		30.0	23	5	18	0	0	1.000	4.60	SS-3B
86	Zell Miles	30	CAG		1		6.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	P
87	W. Miller		CAG		6		47.0	12	0	10	2	0	.833	1.43	P
88	Alonzo Mitchell	35	CBR		0		5.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.67	P
89	George Mitchell	40	SNS		0		3.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50	P-1B
90	Blanch Moody	28	BBB		8		51.1	19	2	17	0	0	1.000	1.58	P
91	Leroy Morney	31	CAG		15		122.2	81	38	38	5	6	.938	4.75	SS
92	Lefty Moses	26	KCM		1		7.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.00	P
93	Henry Nears	33	MRS		1		7.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.00	C
94	William Newman		MRS		0		3.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	P
95	Buck O'Neil	28	KCM		38		304.2	367	352	10	5	22	.986	9.53	1B
96	Charles Oakley		SNS		1		3.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.50	P
97	Smoky Owens	28	CBR		3		13.1	9	1	8	0	0	1.000	2.25	P
98	Satchel Paige	33	KCM		1		5.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	P
99	Rusty Payne	18	TC		0		9.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50	C
100	Johnny Ray	28	CBR		2		15.0	20	19	1	0	1	1.000	10.00	1B
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	Pos Summary
101	Ulysses Redd	25	BBB		25		189.2	118	48	67	3	11	.975	4.60	SS-3B
102	Army Rhodes	22	CAG		2		14.0	17	15	1	1	0	.941	8.00	1B
103	Marshall Riddle	22	SNS		20		164.2	100	43	52	5	13	.950	4.75	2B
104	Bobby Robinson	36	SNS		12		100.0	33	15	17	1	0	.970	2.46	3B
105	Frazier Robinson	30	KCM		1		5.0	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	11.00	C
106	Neil Robinson	32	MRS		12		94.1	38	10	27	1	2	.974	2.47	3B-SS
107	Skin Down Robinson	32	CBR		10		80.2	91	81	8	2	5	.978	8.90	1B-2B
108	Nat Rogers	46	MRS		0		1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	C
109	Emanuel Sampson	29	CBR		10		83.0	51	19	28	4	3	.922	4.70	2B
110	Tommy Sampson	27	BBB		26		213.2	164	69	88	7	14	.957	6.04	2B-1B
111	Leo Sanders	26	TOT		1		11.0	4	0	3	1	0	.750	1.50	3B-SS
112	Andy Sarvis	32	CBR		7		68.0	21	2	16	3	1	.857	1.64	P
113	Junius Savage	21	MRS		3		36.2	12	1	11	0	0	1.000	1.33	P
114	Jimmy Shamberger	21	TC		7		56.0	26	12	10	4	1	.846	3.14	3B-SS
115	Bob Smith	33	SNS		11		98.2	89	77	11	1	1	.989	6.77	C
116	Ernie Smith	32	CAG		8		63.1	39	34	5	0	1	1.000	4.88	C
117	Eugene Smith	24	SNS		10		79.1	32	4	20	8	0	.750	1.71	P
118	Hilton Smith	33	KCM		7		61.0	20	4	16	0	0	1.000	1.33	P
119	Johnny Smith	23	TC		1		7.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	P
120	Eddie Snead	29	BBB		5		44.2	10	0	10	0	0	1.000	1.00	P
121	Herb Souell	27	KCM		31		256.1	72	18	48	6	0	.917	2.06	3B
122	Joe Sparks	29	CAG		14		110.2	79	31	42	6	4	.924	4.87	2B-3B-SS
123	Willie Spencer	26	TC		4		26.0	20	15	5	0	0	1.000	4.00	C-2B
124	William Sumrall	23	MRS		2		32.1	11	1	10	0	0	1.000	1.22	P
125	Leroy Sutton	19	SNS		2		12.2	7	1	4	2	0	.714	1.25	P
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	Pos Summary
126	Jelly Taylor	29	MRS		48		386.1	449	424	18	7	22	.984	9.21	1B
127	Raymond Taylor	29	SNS		15		116.2	94	82	11	1	1	.989	4.89	C
128	Jake Tolbert		BBB		1		8.0	7	5	2	0	0	1.000	7.00	C
129	Henry Turner	26	CBR		21		173.2	160	141	16	3	4	.981	7.14	C-1B
130	Lefty Turner	27	TC		12		97.0	131	123	6	2	4	.985	10.75	1B
131	Cap Tyson	37	BBB		3		24.0	13	12	1	0	0	1.000	4.33	C-3B
132	Eddie Vines	22	BBB		1		7.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	3.50	1B-3B
133	George Walker	25	KCM		4		49.0	17	1	16	0	1	1.000	2.13	P
134	Jesse Warren	25	TOT		10		82.0	35	9	22	4	1	.886	2.82	3B-2B
135	Fay Washington	25	SNS		1		13.1	9	0	7	2	0	.778	1.75	P
136	Clarence White	39	TOT		0		12.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.50	P
137	Bill Williams	27	KCM		38		307.0	174	60	102	12	16	.931	4.15	SS-3B
138	Jim Williams	34	CBR		8		66.0	84	78	2	4	3	.952	10.00	1B
139	Jimmy Wilson	20	TC		4		29.0	9	3	5	1	0	.889	2.00	2B-3B
140	Lefty Wilson	23	TOT		6		39.2	8	1	7	0	1	1.000	0.89	P
141	Parnell Woods	28	TOT		26		210.2	80	25	47	8	3	.900	2.67	3B-SS
142	Johnny Wright	23	TC		5		41.1	9	0	9	0	0	1.000	1.80	P
143	Ed Young	27	CAG		18		147.1	198	171	13	14	9	.929	10.22	1B