1940 Negro National League Winning Percentage Leaders
Wins per decision
Ray Brown led the Negro National League in winning percentage in 1940 with .895, 95 points ahead of Jimmy Hill (.800).
Showing pitchers with at least 41.0 innings — the standard 1.0 inning per team game. Show all players
Led the NN2 in 1940
Ray Brown
Homestead Grays
.895
Winning Percentage
.095 clear of Jimmy Hill
Showing Winning Percentage and the stats that give it context
Full stat line
| # | Player | Team | W-L% | W | L | ERA | IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
HG | .895 | 17 | 2 | 2.07 | 165.1 |
| 2 |
|
NE | .800 | 8 | 2 | 3.70 | 82.2 |
| 3 |
|
HG | .765 | 13 | 4 | 4.15 | 136.2 |
| 4 |
|
BEG | .727 | 8 | 3 | 5.55 | 121.2 |
| 5 | J. C. Hamilton | HG | .714 | 5 | 2 | 5.31 | 61.0 |
| 6 | Emery Adams | BEG | .706 | 12 | 5 | 3.17 | 136.1 |
| 7 | Bud Barbee | BEG +1 | .692 | 9 | 4 | 5.56 | 100.1 |
| 8 |
|
NYC | .667 | 6 | 3 | 3.40 | 79.1 |
| 9 |
|
NE | .625 | 10 | 6 | 4.60 | 109.2 |
| 10 |
|
PS | .611 | 11 | 7 | 4.12 | 148.2 |
| 11 |
|
BEG | .600 | 6 | 4 | 4.99 | 88.1 |
| 12 |
|
NE | .444 | 4 | 5 | 5.84 | 81.2 |
| 13 | Roy K. Williams | NBY | .375 | 3 | 5 | 5.68 | 52.1 |
| 14 | Ches Buchanan | PS | .364 | 4 | 7 | 3.89 | 108.2 |
| 15 |
|
PS | .286 | 2 | 5 | 5.16 | 59.1 |
| 16 | Jim Missouri | PS | .250 | 1 | 3 | 6.39 | 50.2 |
| 17 | Carrenza Howard | NYC | .250 | 1 | 3 | 7.75 | 33.2 |
| 18 |
|
NBY | .167 | 1 | 5 | 7.93 | 36.1 |
| 19 | José Figueroa | NYC | .143 | 1 | 6 | 6.08 | 50.1 |
| 20 |
|
NBY | .125 | 1 | 7 | 7.69 | 57.1 |
| 21 |
|
NYC +1 | .111 | 1 | 8 | 5.12 | 77.1 |
| 22 | Jesse Brown | NBY +1 | .000 | 0 | 3 | 6.59 | 41.0 |