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1940 Negro National League First Base Assists Leaders

Assists at first base

Jim West and Red Moore shared the lead in the Negro National League with 27 first base assists in 1940, 6 ahead of Buck Leonard (21). It was one of 6 times Jim West led in first base assists.

Jim West Led the NN2 in 1940 Jim West Philadelphia Stars
27 First Base Assists Tied with Red Moore
Showing First Base Assists and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team 1B A G PO E FPCT
1 Jim West Jim West PS 27 63 588 12 .981
2 Red Moore Red Moore BEG 27 59 575 7 .989
3 Buck Leonard HG 21 54 568 5 .992
4 Fran Matthews Fran Matthews NE 17 36 296 6 .981
5 Johnny Washington NBY 13 31 259 9 .968
6 Rogelio Linares Rogelio Linares NYC 11 28 260 3 .989
7 Mule Suttles Mule Suttles NE 4 8 63 0 1.000
8 Jim Williams Jim Williams NBY 2 8 78 4 .952
9 Henry Spearman Henry Spearman NBY 2 1 5 0 1.000
10 Juan Guilbe NYC 1 4 20 0 1.000
11 Jim Starks Jim Starks NBY 1 2 11 0 1.000
12 Willie Williams PS 1 2 21 1 .957
13 Vic Harris Vic Harris HG 1 1 11 0 1.000
14 George Scales BEG 0 2 2 0 1.000
15 Josh Gibson Josh Gibson HG 0 1 6 1 .857
16 Lefty Harris PS 0 1 7 0 1.000
17 Charley Hayes PS 0 1 2 0 1.000
18 Roy Welmaker PS 0 1 0 0 —