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1940 Cleveland Bears Statistics

1939 Season 1941 Season

Record: 16-13-0, 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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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	18	76	61	11	13	3	1	0	13	1		15		.213	.368	.295	.664	103	18			0
2	1B	Mint Jones#	29	6	21	17	0	5	1	0	0	4	1		3		.294	.400	.353	.753	130	6			1
3	2B	Albert Frazier	25	14	55	48	7	10	2	0	0	8	1		4		.208	.269	.250	.519	59	12			3
4	SS	Clarence Lamar	25	20	74	64	8	12	3	1	1	11	2		8		.188	.278	.313	.590	80	20			2
5	3B	Parnell Woods	28	17	74	68	14	18	2	1	0	7	4		4		.265	.306	.324	.629	92	22			2
6	LF	Ormond Sampson	30	18	72	59	9	13	1	1	0	9	3		12		.220	.352	.271	.623	91	16			1
7	CF	Johnny Ray*	28	17	77	61	12	14	0	0	0	3	1		15		.230	.382	.230	.611	87	14			1
8	RF	Duke Cleveland*	23	20	89	76	18	22	1	0	0	5	6		13		.289	.393	.303	.696	113	23			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	IF	Skin Down Robinson	32	8	32	31	2	5	0	0	0	0	3		0		.161	.161	.161	.323	-1	5			1
10		Ralph Coles#	27	8	31	24	5	4	0	0	0	4	1		4		.167	.286	.167	.452	38	4			3
11	C	Herb Barnhill	26	10	30	28	5	7	0	0	0	2	0		1		.250	.276	.250	.526	61	7			1
12	1B	Jim Williams	34	7	25	22	3	1	0	0	0	1	1		2		.045	.125	.045	.170	-48	1			1
13		Manuel?		1	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		1		.333	.500	.667	1.167	256	2			0
14	3B	Van Jenkins?		2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0			1
15		Steward?		1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	511	1			0
16		Lacey Thomas*	30	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
17	P	Preacher Henry	29	13	29	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		2		.000	.074	.000	.074	-77	0			2
18	P	Andy Sarvis?	32	9	24	20	1	4	1	0	0	2	0		3		.200	.304	.250	.554	69	5			1
19	P	Smoky Owens?	28	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0			0
20	P	Ted Alexander	27	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	104	1			1
21	P	Alonzo Mitchell	35	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0			0
22	P	Specs Ellis?		2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0			0
23	P	Alonzo Boone	32	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0			0
24	P	Alex Broome?	19	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0			0
25	P	Clarence White?		2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0			0
		Team Totals	27.3	29	740	632	98	131	15	4	1	72	24		87		.207	.303	.248	.552	69	157			21
		Rank in 7 NAL teams				5	4	6	6	5	7		3		2		6	4	7	6		6
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.1	29	665	566	95	126	14	4	1	69	24		82		.223	.321	.267	.588	80	151			17
		Pitcher Totals	29.7	29	75	66	3	5	1	0	0	3	0		5		.076	.141	.091	.232	-29	6			4
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	3	6	.333	4.65	13	10		6	1	0	71.2	77	52	37		36		48	3		0		82		1.577	9.7		4.5	6.0	1.33
2	SP	Smoky Owens	28	1	0	1.000	4.60	4	3		0	0	0	15.2	17	11	8		5		6	1		0		84		1.404	9.8		2.9	3.4	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
3	CL	Clarence White*		0	0		3.38	3	0		0	0	1	2.2	2	1	1		4		2	1		0		129		2.250	6.8		13.5	6.8	0.50
4	RP	Andy Sarvis	32	4	1	.800	4.08	8	4		3	0	0	46.1	56	26	21		9		29	2		0		93		1.403	10.9		1.7	5.6	3.22
5	RP	Ted Alexander	27	1	0	1.000	2.08	2	1		0	0	0	8.2	8	4	2		1		5	0		0		190		1.038	8.3		1.0	5.2	5.00
6	RP	Specs Ellis*		0	1	.000	5.19	2	1		0	0	0	8.2	13	7	5		0		1	0		0		76		1.500	13.5		0.0	1.0
7	RP	Alonzo Boone	32	1	0	1.000	7.20	2	0		0	0	0	5.0	9	5	4		4		2	0		0		57		2.600	16.2		7.2	3.6	0.50
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
8		Alex Broome?	19	0	1	.000	5.06	1	1		0	0	0	5.1	4	5	3		4		3	1		0		80		1.500	6.8		6.8	5.1	0.75
9		Alonzo Mitchell	35	0	0		4.50	2	0		0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1		0		0	1		0		101		1.500	13.5		0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	29.5	10	9	.526	4.45	29	20		9	1	1	166.0	189	112	82		63		96	9		0		87		1.518	10.2		3.4	5.2	1.52
		Rank in 7 NAL teams		5	6		5				5	3	4	5	3	4	2		3		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