1940 Cleveland Bears Statistics

1939 Season 1941 Season

Record: 21-18-1, Finished 3rd in Negro American League

Managers: Jim Williams (10-5) and Alonzo Mitchell (8-10)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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Negro League team records include only league games. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black Baseball teams. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. More about data coverage

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

League Register

Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Henry Turner	26	25	105	88	16	17	5	2	0	17	1		17		.193	.324	.295	.619	85	26	0	0	0		0
2	1B	Jim Williams	34	10	35	30	8	5	1	1	0	4	3		3		.167	.286	.267	.552	65	8	0	2	0		0
3	2B	Albert Frazier	25	18	70	61	9	15	2	0	0	10	1		5		.246	.324	.279	.602	80	17	0	2	2		0
4	SS	Clarence Lamar	25	27	100	88	12	18	3	1	1	14	2		8		.205	.278	.295	.574	72	26	0	1	3		0
5	3B	Parnell Woods	28	24	105	94	18	22	2	2	1	8	4		9		.234	.301	.330	.631	89	31	0	0	2		0
6	LF	Emanuel Sampson?	29	25	100	80	14	17	3	1	0	10	3		15		.213	.344	.275	.619	85	22	0	1	4		0
7	CF	Johnny Ray*	28	23	105	81	17	20	0	0	0	5	1		20		.247	.413	.247	.660	98	20	0	3	1		0
8	RF	Duke Cleveland*	23	27	118	99	23	33	4	0	0	14	7		15		.333	.426	.374	.800	139	37	0	1	3		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Ralph Coles#	27	11	40	33	8	7	0	0	1	8	2		5		.212	.333	.303	.636	91	10	0	1	1		0
10	IF	Skin Down Robinson	32	10	39	36	3	6	0	0	0	1	3		2		.167	.211	.167	.377	13	6	0	0	1		0
11	C	Herb Barnhill	26	13	37	34	6	9	0	0	0	5	0		2		.265	.306	.265	.570	71	9	0	0	1		0
12	1B	Mint Jones#	29	6	21	17	0	5	1	0	0	5	1		2		.294	.400	.353	.753	125	6	0	1	1		0
13	OF	Gabby Kemp	21	2	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		.143	.250	.143	.393	18	1	0	0	0		0
14	1B	Teddy Gunn?	23	1	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0		.250	.250	.500	.750	124	2	0	0	0		0
15	UT	Joe Jenkins?	20	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1		0
16	OF	Edwin Dimes	36	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
17	OF	Stewart?		1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	498	1	0	0	0		0
18		Lacey Thomas*	30	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
19	P	Preacher Henry	29	16	40	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		5		.000	.135	.000	.135	-59	0	0	0	3		0
20	P	Andy Sarvis?	32	12	35	30	2	6	1	0	0	5	0		3		.200	.294	.233	.527	58	7	0	1	1		0
21	P	Ted Alexander	27	2	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		.286	.286	.286	.571	71	2	0	0	1		0
22	P	Smoky Owens?	28	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
23	P	Alonzo Mitchell	35	5	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		.400	.400	.400	.800	139	2	0	0	0		0
24	P	Specs Ellis?		2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
25	P	Alonzo Boone	32	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
26	P	Alex Broome?	19	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
27	P	Clarence White?	39	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	27.2	40	997	847	140	187	23	7	3	111	28		112		.221	.321	.275	.596	78	233	0	13	25		0
		Rank in 7 NAL teams				5	4	5	5	5	6		4		2	3	6	3	7	6		5		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.9	40	894	758	135	177	22	7	3	103	28		104		.234	.335	.293	.628	88	222	0	12	20		0
		Pitcher Totals	30.1	40	103	89	5	10	1	0	0	8	0		8		.112	.194	.124	.317	-5	11	0	1	5		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

League Register

Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	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/W
1	SP	Preacher Henry	29	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	SP	Andy Sarvis	32	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
3	SP	Smoky Owens	28	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
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	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/W
4	RP	Clarence White*	39	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
5	RP	Alonzo Boone	32	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
6	RP	Alonzo Mitchell	35	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
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	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/W
7		Ted Alexander	27	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
8		Specs Ellis*		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
9		Alex Broome?	19	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
		Team Totals	30.0	14	12	.538	4.38	40	27	11	16	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
		Rank in 7 NAL teams		5	5		4				3	4	5	5	4	3	3	1	2		4
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	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/W