1939 Season
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1939 National League Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Bucky Walters
CIN
SP
30.2
8.2
32.7
22.6
2 Claude Passeau
MULT
SP
30.2
5.9
21.5
12.7
3 Hugh Casey *
BRO
SP
25.7
5.3
20.0
12.6
4 Bill Lee
CHN
SP
29.7
5.1
20.3
11.4
5 Luke Hamlin
BRO
SP
35.0
4.8
20.2
11.6
6 Bob Bowman *
SLN
SP
28.7
4.8
19.0
13.1
7 Paul Derringer
CIN
SP
32.7
4.6
25.8
16.2
8 Larry French
CHN
SP
31.7
4.5
15.9
9.5
9 Junior Thompson *
CIN
SW
22.1
3.2
15.2
9.8
10 Whit Wyatt
BRO
SP
31.8
3.2
11.6
8.2
11 Mort Cooper *
SLN
SP
26.3
3.2
15.9
9.0
12 Mace Brown
PIT
SP
30.1
3.0
14.3
7.5
13 Carl Hubbell
NY1
SP
36.0
3.0
14.2
9.2
14 Cliff Melton
NY1
SP
27.5
2.7
15.0
8.2
15 Bill McGee
SLN
SP
29.6
2.7
10.9
5.6
16 Lon Warneke
SLN
SP
30.3
2.6
11.6
6.3
17 Curt Davis
SLN
SP
35.8
2.6
18.0
9.9
18 Dizzy Dean
CHN
SP
29.5
1.9
7.3
4.2
19 Johnny Lanning
BSN
SW
28.8
1.9
8.1
3.4
20 Charley Root
CHN
SP
40.3
1.8
9.9
4.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1939 American League Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Bob Feller
CLE
SP
20.7
9.3
31.1
21.7
2 Bobo Newsom
MULT
SP
31.9
8.3
26.1
16.9
3 Lefty Grove
BOS
SP
39.3
7.0
23.0
16.9
4 Tommy Bridges
DET
SP
32.5
4.9
18.9
12.6
5 Dutch Leonard
WS1
SP
30.3
4.9
21.0
12.5
6 Mel Harder
CLE
SP
29.7
4.7
17.9
11.3
7 Johnny Rigney
CHA
SP
24.7
4.5
19.0
12.1
8 Red Ruffing
NYA
SP
34.2
4.4
20.1
12.7
9 Ted Lyons
CHA
SP
38.5
4.3
18.6
13.2
10 Eddie Smith
MULT
SP
25.5
4.3
14.5
8.8
11 Al Milnar
CLE
SP
25.5
4.2
16.5
9.9
12 Thornton Lee
CHA
SP
32.8
3.9
18.2
10.8
13 Lefty Gomez
NYA
SP
30.6
3.0
14.1
7.8
14 Lynn Nelson
PHA
SP
34.4
3.0
10.7
4.4
15 Dizzy Trout *
DET
SP
24.0
3.0
13.0
7.9
16 Ken Chase
WS1
SP
25.7
2.9
14.2
6.9
17 Marius Russo *
NYA
SP
25.0
2.9
11.5
7.8
18 Jack Knott
CHA
SP
32.3
2.8
12.3
7.6
19 Archie McKain
DET
SP
28.1
2.6
10.8
6.6
20 Bump Hadley
NYA
SP
35.0
2.6
12.7
7.8
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James