1940 New York Black Yankees Statistics

1939 Season 1941 Season

Record: 19-24-0, Finished 5th in Negro National League II

Manager: Tex Burnett (16-28)

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

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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	Johnny Hayes*	30	22	67	53	6	13	2	0	0	3	1		11		.245	.394	.283	.677	79	15	0	2	1		0
2	1B	Johnny Washington*	24	32	135	128	31	47	11	1	2	21	3		4		.367	.391	.516	.907	135	66	0	1	2		0
3	2B	Flash Miller	30	20	86	78	12	26	2	1	0	8	3		6		.333	.395	.385	.780	104	30	0	2	0		0
4	SS	Hoss Walker	35	26	97	90	7	14	4	0	0	7	0		4		.156	.191	.200	.391	2	18	0	0	3		0
5	3B	Henry Spearman	30	33	135	115	19	37	8	1	4	28	0		18		.322	.414	.513	.927	140	59	0	0	2		0
6	LF	Homer Curry*	35	12	39	30	7	7	2	0	0	1	2		9		.233	.410	.300	.710	87	9	0	0	0		0
7	CF	Charlie Biot	22	28	107	98	12	30	8	4	2	21	1		7		.306	.352	.531	.883	128	52	0	0	2		0
8	RF	Jim Williams	34	21	82	76	9	18	3	0	1	11	2		5		.237	.284	.316	.600	56	24	0	0	1		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	UT	Marvin Barker	28	23	92	81	13	18	2	1	0	6	1		8		.222	.300	.272	.572	50	22	0	1	2		0
10	C	Bob Clarke	37	17	56	54	2	11	0	0	0	2	0		1		.204	.218	.204	.422	10	11	0	0	1		0
11	UT	Jim Starks	34	15	45	39	5	14	1	0	0	7	0		6		.359	.444	.385	.829	117	15	0	0	0		0
12	OF	Zollie Wright	30	12	41	37	3	8	3	0	0	9	0		3		.216	.275	.297	.572	49	11	0	0	1		0
13	UT	Dick Seay	35	6	25	23	3	4	0	0	0	1	0		1		.174	.208	.174	.382	0	4	0	0	1		0
14	OF	Roy Debnam?	36	4	16	12	2	5	0	0	0	2	0		3		.417	.533	.417	.950	150	5	0	0	1		0
15	SS	John Hawkins?		4	13	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.091	.231	.091	.322	-14	1	0	2	0		0
16	SS	Erkie Wilson?		3	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		3		.000	.300	.000	.300	-17	0	0	0	0		0
17	OF	Fats Jenkins*	42	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.250	.000	.250	-31	0	0	0	0		0
18	IF	Anthony Cooper	35	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
19	2B	U. Johnson?		2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
20	OF	Lamb Barbee?	24	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
21		Greene Farmer#	20	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			1.000				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
22	P	Roy Williams?	32	12	25	24	5	10	0	1	0	1	0		1		.417	.440	.500	.940	144	12	0	0	0		0
23	P	Neck Stanley*	35	13	22	20	3	4	1	0	0	0	0		1		.200	.238	.250	.488	27	5	0	0	1		0
24	P	Jesse Brown*	26	13	15	13	2	2	1	0	0	1	0		2		.154	.267	.231	.497	30	3	0	0	0		0
25	P	Bud Barbee	26	9	15	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		3		.250	.400	.250	.650	72	3	0	0	0		0
26	P	Bob Evans	29	12	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.067	.067	.067	.133	-65	1	0	0	0		0
27	P	Bill Holland#	39	5	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.091	.091	.091	.182	-53	1	0	0	0		0
28	P	Purnell Mincy*	24	2	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.333	.000	.333	-7	0	0	0	2		0
29	P	Roosevelt Davis	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	30.1	43	1167	1040	149	274	48	9	9	129	14		99		.263	.332	.353	.685	78	367	0	8	20		0
		Rank in 6 NN2 teams				5	5	5	5	5	6		5		6	2	5	5	5	5		5		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.0	43	1059	943	136	253	46	8	9	127	14		91		.268	.338	.363	.700	82	342	0	8	17		0
		Pitcher Totals	30.7	43	108	97	13	21	2	1	0	2	0		8		.216	.276	.258	.534	40	25	0	0	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

Team Pitching

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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	Neck Stanley*	35	1	7	.125	7.53	13	7	3	3	0	0	57.1	83	56	48	4	28	3	24	0	1	1	280	69	4.53	1.936	13.0	0.6	4.4	3.8	0.86
2	SP	Roy Williams	32	3	5	.375	5.50	9	7	2	4	0	0	52.1	58	36	32	5	28	0	30	1	0	0	239	95	4.75	1.643	10.0	0.9	4.8	5.2	1.07
3	SP	Bud Barbee	26	3	2	.600	5.60	8	6	2	2	0	0	35.1	36	31	22	3	24	0	15	1	1	0	164	93	5.37	1.698	9.2	0.8	6.1	3.8	0.63
4	SP	Bill Holland	39	1	2	.333	5.19	5	4	1	2	0	0	26.0	34	15	15	2	10	0	15	1	0	0	114	101	4.11	1.692	11.8	0.7	3.5	5.2	1.50
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
5	RP	Bob Evans	29	1	5	.167	7.93	12	5	7	2	0	0	36.1	59	36	32	4	12	0	18	2	0	1	184	66	4.59	1.954	14.6	1.0	3.0	4.5	1.50
6	RP	Jesse Brown*	26	0	2	.000	7.59	9	3	4	1	0	0	32.0	51	31	27	3	17	1	14	0	0	0	171	69	4.93	2.125	14.3	0.8	4.8	3.9	0.82
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		Purnell Mincy*	24	0	1	.000	9.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	11.0	15	12	11	0	7	0	4	0	0	0	53	59	4.18	2.000	12.3	0.0	5.7	3.3	0.57
8		Roosevelt Davis	35	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6		1.80	0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	5.4
9		Homer Curry	35	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	31.0	9	24	.273	6.68	43	33	19	14	0	0	252.0	337	217	187	21	126	4	121	5	2	2	1211	78	4.68	1.837	12.0	0.8	4.5	4.3	0.96
		Rank in 6 NN2 teams		5	3		6				6	5	6	5	2	2	2	4	2		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