1940 Negro American League Standard Pitching

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Pennant Winner: Kansas City Monarchs

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Team Standard Pitching

Team Standard Pitching Table
Tm	#P	PAge	RA/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	tSho	cSho	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Birmingham Black Barons	9	26.3	4.97	13	17	.433	4.62	30	30	21	9	0	0	5	245.2	275	149	126	5	81	0	107	6	0	5	1077	91	3.45	1.449	10.1	0.2	3.0	3.9	1.32
Chicago American Giants	9	17.6	5.17	7	15	.318	4.39	23	23	8	15	1	1	0	184.1	201	119	90	6	86	1	89	10	0	1	847	96	4.02	1.557	9.8	0.3	4.2	4.3	1.03
Cleveland Bears	9	28.5	5.15	14	12	.538	4.38	27	27	11	16	1	1	1	221.2	242	139	108	4	81	0	130	10	0	1	1002	96	3.29	1.457	9.8	0.2	3.3	5.3	1.60
Kansas City Monarchs	8	28.2	3.66	25	11	.694	3.23	38	38	19	19	4	4	3	309.1	271	139	111	9	98	0	245	9	1	7	1302	130	2.83	1.193	7.9	0.3	2.9	7.1	2.50
Memphis Red Sox	12	22.8	4.60	20	28	.417	4.18	48	48	23	25	2	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
St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	13	23.3	5.45	13	15	.464	4.66	29	29	19	10	2	2	3	235.2	234	158	122	7	114	0	144	20	3	4	1083	91	3.87	1.477	8.9	0.3	4.4	5.5	1.26
Toledo/Indianapolis Crawfords	7	22.4	4.00	4	8	.333	3.64	13	13	2	11	0	0	0	106.1	93	52	43	4	32	0	64	3	0	2	451	117	3.27	1.176	7.9	0.3	2.7	5.4	2.00
League Average	9	24.6	4.70	14	15	.475	4.15	30	30	15	15	1	1	2	242	242	140	112	6	94	0	143	10	1	4	1071	101	3.42	1.385	9.0	0.2	3.5	5.3	1.52
	64	24.6	4.70	96	106	.475	4.15	208	208	103	105	10	10	14	1697.1	1693	977	783	41	658	2	1001	69	5	28	7496	101	3.42	1.385	9.0	0.2	3.5	5.3	1.52

Player Standard Pitching

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Player Standard Pitching Table
Rk	Player	Age	Team	WAR	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/BB	Awards
1	Preacher Henry	29	CBR	-0.4	5	7	.417	5.15	16	13	1	9	1	0	92.2	105	64	53	2	43	0	63	4	0	0	432	81	3.44	1.597	10.2	0.2	4.2	6.1	1.47
2	Eugene Bremer	23	MRS	1.6	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	AS
3	Jack Matchett	32	KCM	0.6	6	3	.667	3.36	14	10	4	6	1	1	80.1	86	41	30	2	22	0	55	2	0	3	347	124	2.85	1.344	9.6	0.2	2.5	6.2	2.50
4	Eugene Smith	24	SNS	0.9	4	4	.500	3.40	14	10	1	6	1	0	79.1	65	41	30	2	40	0	56	10	2	3	358	123	3.80	1.324	7.4	0.2	4.5	6.4	1.40
5	Andy Sarvis	32	CBR	0.6	5	2	.714	3.78	11	7	3	6	0	0	69.0	76	38	29	2	11	0	42	2	0	0	297	110	2.72	1.261	9.9	0.3	1.4	5.5	3.82
6	Hilton Smith	33	KCM	0.5	4	4	.500	3.98	15	7	8	4	0	2	61.0	53	31	27	1	14	0	57	1	0	0	251	105	*2.08*	1.098	7.8	0.1	2.1	8.4	4.07	AS
7	Frank Bradley	22	KCM	1.1	6	2	.750	2.55	9	5	1	2	0	0	53.0	40	20	15	2	17	0	53	0	0	2	219	164	2.45	1.075	6.8	0.3	2.9	*9.0*	3.12
8	Lefty Calhoun*	28	SNS	0.9	6	3	.667	2.89	15	4	10	2	1	2	53.0	45	24	17	1	11	0	31	3	0	0	222	145	2.86	1.057	7.6	0.2	1.9	5.3	2.82	AS
9	Blanch Moody	28	BBB	0.3	4	3	.571	4.73	12	8	2	2	0	0	51.1	67	32	27	1	11	0	20	1	0	2	227	88	3.17	1.519	11.7	0.2	1.9	3.5	1.82
10	Red Howard*	30	BBB	1.1	2	6	.250	3.88	15	4	10	1	0	4	51.0	46	24	22	0	17	0	24	1	0	2	217	108	3.11	1.235	8.1	*0.0*	3.0	4.2	1.41
11	Verdell Mathis*	26	MRS	0.6	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
12	George Walker	25	KCM	2.3	4	1	.800	*1.29*	8	4	4	3	3	0	49.0	29	7	7	2	7	0	38	2	1	1	183	*325*	2.53	*0.735*	*5.3*	0.4	1.3	7.0	*5.43*
13	Willie Hutchinson	25	MRS	1.5	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
14	Lefty Bowe*	21	CAG	0.6	2	2	.500	3.59	9	7	2	4	0	0	47.2	40	26	19	3	23	0	36	1	0	1	207	117	3.82	1.322	7.6	0.6	4.3	6.8	1.57
15	W. Miller		CAG	-0.2	1	5	.167	4.79	7	6	0	5	0	0	47.0	65	34	25	2	17	0	17	2	0	0	230	87	4.04	1.745	12.4	0.4	3.3	3.3	1.00
16	Dan Bankhead	20	BBB	1.0	4	1	.800	3.57	8	6	1	4	0	0	45.1	37	21	18	1	12	0	23	2	0	0	178	117	3.20	1.081	7.3	0.2	2.4	4.6	1.92
17	Eddie Snead*	29	BBB	0.5	2	1	.667	4.43	10	5	3	1	0	1	44.2	61	26	22	1	15	0	16	0	0	0	201	94	3.58	1.701	12.3	0.2	3.0	3.2	1.07
18	Lafayette Dumas	20	MRS	-0.1	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
19	Johnny Wright	23	TC	1.4	1	4	.200	2.40	5	5	0	5	0	0	41.1	35	13	11	0	5	0	19	2	0	1	163	175	2.59	0.968	7.6	*0.0*	*1.1*	4.1	3.80
20	Willie Hudson*	22	CAG	0.3	3	2	.600	3.76	6	4	2	3	0	0	40.2	42	24	17	0	23	0	16	3	0	0	189	111	4.13	1.598	9.3	*0.0*	5.1	3.5	0.70
21	Lefty Wilson*	23	2TM	0.9	3	3	.500	3.18	9	6	2	3	0	0	39.2	34	18	14	1	12	0	22	1	0	0	170	133	3.20	1.160	7.7	0.2	2.7	5.0	1.83
21	Lefty Wilson*	23	MRS	1.1	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
21	Lefty Wilson*	23	TC	-0.2	0	1	.000	6.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.0	7	7	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	30	73	4.66	1.333	10.5	1.5	1.5	4.5	3.00
22	Floyd Kranson	26	KCM	-0.3	4	1	.800	4.78	8	8	0	2	0	0	37.2	42	25	20	1	29	0	20	3	0	0	184	88	4.83	1.885	10.0	0.2	6.9	4.8	0.69
23	Junius Savage	21	MRS	0.6	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
24	Frank McAllister	22	SNS	-1.1	1	2	.333	7.75	10	6	1	2	0	1	36.0	44	36	31	2	21	0	22	3	0	1	174	54	4.50	1.806	11.0	0.5	5.3	5.5	1.05
25	Gentry Jessup	25	BBB	-0.5	1	4	.200	5.45	8	6	1	1	0	0	34.2	43	30	21	1	17	0	18	1	0	0	168	77	3.89	1.731	11.2	0.3	4.4	4.7	1.06
26	Big Train Jackson*	23	MRS	-0.5	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
27	William Sumrall	23	MRS	0.0	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
28	Tommy Johnson	25	CAG	-0.5	0	5	.000	7.22	6	4	1	1	0	0	28.2	42	26	23	1	15	1	9	3	0	0	138	58	4.71	1.988	13.2	0.3	4.7	2.8	0.60
29	Connie Johnson	17	TC	-0.3	1	2	.333	6.23	4	4	0	2	0	0	26.0	26	21	18	3	12	0	15	1	0	1	116	68	4.84	1.462	9.0	1.0	4.2	5.2	1.25	AS
30	Charles Dunklin	25	SNS	-0.2	1	2	.333	5.64	7	4	1	0	0	0	22.1	29	16	14	0	12	0	9	3	0	0	107	75	4.21	1.836	11.7	0.0	4.8	3.6	0.75
31	Lefty Boone*	20	2TM	-1.3	1	4	.200	10.88	10	8	0	0	0	0	22.1	31	30	27	2	23	0	18	1	0	1	126	39	5.77	2.418	12.5	0.8	9.3	7.3	0.78
31	Lefty Boone*	20	MRS	-0.9	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
31	Lefty Boone*	20	SNS	-0.4	0	1	.000	15.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	7	5	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	22	31	7.66	4.000	18.0	0.0	18.0	6.0	0.33
32	Ted Alexander	27	CBR	0.4	2	0	1.000	2.16	2	2	0	1	0	0	16.2	14	7	4	0	9	0	10	1	0	1	75	196	3.60	1.380	7.6	0.0	4.9	5.4	1.11
33	Allen Bryant*	22	KCM	-0.1	0	0		4.41	6	2	2	0	0	0	16.1	15	11	8	1	6	0	9	0	0	1	74	96	3.79	1.286	8.3	0.6	3.3	5.0	1.50
34	Smoky Owens	28	CBR	0.3	1	1	.500	2.03	4	3	1	0	0	0	13.1	14	5	3	0	5	0	6	1	0	0	58	211	3.45	1.425	9.5	0.0	3.4	4.1	1.20
35	Fay Washington	25	SNS	-0.2	0	0		5.40	4	1	2	0	0	0	13.1	15	11	8	1	11	0	5	0	1	0	64	79	5.70	1.950	10.1	0.7	7.4	3.4	0.45
36	Leroy Sutton	19	SNS	0.3	0	1	.000	2.13	4	2	1	0	0	0	12.2	13	5	3	1	5	0	11	0	0	0	59	200	3.47	1.421	9.2	0.7	3.6	7.8	2.20
37	Clarence White*	39	2TM	-0.1	0	0		6.00	4	0	3	0	0	1	12.0	8	9	8	0	5	0	6	1	0	0	50	73	3.50	1.083	6.0	0.0	3.8	4.5	1.20
37	Clarence White*	39	CBR	-0.3	0	0		9.00	3	0	2	0	0	1	6.0	4	7	6	0	4	0	2	1	0	0	27	49	4.83	1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
37	Clarence White*	39	TC	0.2	0	0		3.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	23	147	2.16	0.833	6.0	0.0	1.5	6.0	4.00
38	Spoon Carter	37	TC	0.5	1	0	1.000	0.90	1	1	0	1	0	0	10.0	9	1	1	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	41	478	2.30	1.200	8.1	0.0	2.7	7.2	2.67
39	Jimmy Johnson*	21	TC	0.0	0	1	.000	5.40	2	1	1	1	0	0	10.0	9	7	6	0	6	0	8	0	0	0	50	80	3.20	1.500	8.1	0.0	5.4	7.2	1.33
40	Samuel Burris	20	BBB	-0.5	0	2	.000	12.38	5	0	3	0	0	0	8.0	11	11	11	1	6	0	3	1	0	1	42	35	6.50	2.125	12.4	1.1	6.8	3.4	0.50
41	Roosevelt Davis	35	MRS	0.2	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
42	Specs Ellis*		CBR	-0.2	0	1	.000	5.87	2	1	0	0	0	0	7.2	12	7	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	37	74	3.78	1.826	14.1	0.0	2.3	0.0	0.00
43	Willie Cornelius	33	CAG	0.5	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	7.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	27		1.43	0.714	5.1	0.0	1.3	9.0	7.00
44	Lefty Moses*	26	KCM	0.3	0	0		1.29	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	23	340	2.57	0.429	3.9	0.0	0.0	3.9
45	Johnny Smith*	23	TC	0.4	1	0	1.000	1.29	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	3	1	1	0	4	0	7	0	0	0	28	340	2.71	1.000	3.9	0.0	5.1	9.0	1.75
46	Robert Dean	24	SNS	0.2	0	1	.000	2.70	2	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	24	162	4.35	0.600	2.7	0.0	2.7	0.0	0.00
47	Zell Miles	30	CAG	0.1	0	1	.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.0	1	3	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	22	147	3.33	0.500	1.5	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
48	Alonzo Boone	32	CBR	0.0	1	0	1.000	4.76	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	8	4	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	28	93	3.88	1.941	12.7	0.0	4.8	3.2	0.67
49	Alex Broome	19	CBR	-0.1	0	1	.000	4.76	2	1	1	0	0	0	5.2	4	5	3	0	4	0	3	1	0	0	28	93	4.59	1.412	6.4	0.0	6.4	4.8	0.75
50	Felix Evans	29	MRS	-0.2	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
51	Sam Barber	20	BBB	0.1	0	0		3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	20	124	3.20	1.200	9.0	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.00
52	Alonzo Mitchell	35	CBR	0.1	0	0		3.60	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	20	124	2.20	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	3.6
53	Satchel Paige	33	KCM	0.0	1	0	1.000	5.40	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	3	3	3	0	3	0	10	0	0	0	21	83	0.80	1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	18.0	3.33
54	Pete Gregory	29	BBB	0.1	0	0		2.70	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	171	2.40	0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	2.7
55	Hank Jones		CAG	-0.3	0	0		10.80	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	5	6	4	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	19	43	6.90	2.700	13.5	0.0	10.8	2.7	0.25
56	Charles Oakley		SNS	-0.3	1	0	1.000	13.50	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	6	6	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	19	34	2.70	2.100	16.2	0.0	2.7	5.4	2.00
57	Lloyd Bruce	33	CAG	0.2	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12		3.33	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
58	William Newman		MRS	0.2	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
59	Fred McBride	35	BBB	0.0	0	0		7.71	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	12	62	4.71	2.143	11.6	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.50
60	George Mitchell	40	SNS	0.1	0	0		3.86	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	125	1.28	0.857	7.7	0.0	0.0	7.7
61	Burrows		SNS	0.0	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9		3.50	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
62	Jimmie Armstead*	20	SNS	-0.2	0	1	.000	18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	3	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	7	32	3.00	3.000	9.0	0.0	18.0	27.0	1.50
63	Henry Merchant*	22	CAG	0.1	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		3.00	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
64	Jack Bruton	28	SNS	-0.3	0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	4	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	12	12.00	9.000	54.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
	League Average						.500	4.15																			100	3.42	1.385	9.0	0.2	3.5	5.3	1.52