1939 Cleveland Bears

24 - 36

20 - 21 in the Negro American League

1937 / 1940 (Team History)

Managed by:
Alonzo Mitchell (24-36)

Top Hitter

Henry
Turner

Top Pitcher

Smoky
Owens

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	87	6th	ERA+	114	3rd
OPS	.647	6th	ERA	3.30	2nd
BA	.257	4th	BA	.250	3rd
OBP	.325	4th	K/BB	1.03	7th
SLG	.322	6th	K%	10.2%	7th
BB%	7.9%	4th	BB%	9.9%	6th
K%			HR%	0.8%	4th
ISO	.065	7th	WHIP	1.33	4th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
• J. B. Greer (Owner & President) , Lem Williams (General Manager) , Marcellus Mason (Secretary & Treasurer) , F. D. Picken (Road Secretary)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Henry Turner	25	28	109	100	11	37	5	5	1	21	1	9	0	0	0	.370	.422	.550	.972	180
1B	Mint Jones**	28	26	104	91	11	24	4	0	0	8	1	8	1	3	1	.264	.327	.308	.634	84
2B	Al Frazier	24	28	107	90	14	26	3	0	0	11	1	7	3	7	0	.289	.360	.322	.682	98
3B	Parnell Woods	27	26	113	103	17	27	6	4	0	14	7	7	1	2	0	.262	.315	.398	.713	106
SS	John Lyles**	27	23	100	95	13	28	6	0	0	13	4	3	2	0	0	.295	.330	.358	.688	99
LF	Ralph Coles**	26	11	34	30	1	12	1	0	0	4	2	4	0	0	0	.400	.471	.433	.904	163
CF	Johnny Ray*	27	25	110	95	21	18	3	1	0	6	3	12	2	1	0	.189	.294	.242	.536	56
RF	Duke Cleveland*	22	22	88	72	15	16	2	0	0	5	0	13	0	3	0	.222	.341	.250	.591	73

C	Walter Burch	31	11	40	35	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	0		.114	.225	.114	.339	0
SS	Clarence Lamar	24	12	36	32	5	6	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	.188	.257	.188	.445	30
SS	Philly Holmes*	26	7	26	21	4	4	1	0	0	2	2	5	0	0	0	.190	.346	.238	.584	71
1B	Alonzo Mitchell	34	10	23	22	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		.273	.273	.318	.591	71
LF	Joe Royal	27	6	19	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	2
LF	Lacey Thomas*	29	3	12	9	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		.444	.545	.444	.990	188
RF	David Whatley*	24	2	8	8	1	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		.375	.375	.500	.875	152
RF	Eugene Tyler	19	2	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
LF	Jack Bruton^	27	4	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.125	.125	.125	.250	-27
RF	Dusty Decker^	27	1	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	190
LF	Jack Moore^		1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	480

SP	Preacher Henry	28	16	42	37	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	.162	.205	.216	.421	22
SP	Smoky Owens^	27	11	30	27	1	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	.222	.222	.259	.481	39
SP	Red Howard*	29	5	10	8	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	.375	.444	.500	.944	173
RP	Andy Sarvis^	31	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Willie Ferrell^	25	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.333	.333	.333	.667	93
RP	Alonzo Boone	31	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		.000	.333	.000	.333	1
SP	Bernard Fernández	21	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Satchel Davis	20	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SP	Andrews^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	28		290	1045	923	125	237	37	10	1	101	24	83	11	27	1	.257	.325	.322	.647	87

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Parnell Woods	27	3B	113	.328	.323	6.2%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.136	.098
Johnny Ray*	27	CF	110	.270	.323	10.9%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.053	.098
Henry Turner	25	C	109	.449	.323	8.3%	8.3%	0.9%	0.7%	.180	.098
Al Frazier	24	2B	107	.314	.323	6.5%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.033	.098
Mint Jones**	28	1B	104	.300	.323	7.7%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.044	.098
John Lyles**	27	SS	100	.329	.323	3.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.063	.098
Duke Cleveland*	22	RF	88	.293	.323	14.8%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.028	.098
Preacher Henry	28	SP	42	.191	.323	4.8%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.054	.098
Walter Burch	31	C	40	.190	.323	10.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Clarence Lamar	24	SS	36	.222	.323	5.6%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Ralph Coles**	26	LF	34	.436	.323	11.8%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.033	.098
Smoky Owens^	27	SP	30	.204	.323	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.037	.098
Philly Holmes*	26	SS	26	.306	.323	19.2%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.048	.098
Alonzo Mitchell	34	1B	23	.266	.323	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.045	.098
Joe Royal	27	LF	19	.180	.323	10.5%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Lacey Thomas*	29	LF	12	.443	.323	16.7%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Red Howard*	29	SP	10	.400	.323	10.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.125	.098
Jack Bruton^	27	LF	8	.119	.323	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Eugene Tyler	19	RF	8	.000	.323	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
David Whatley*	24	RF	8	.406	.323	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.125	.098
Dusty Decker^	27	RF	4	.477	.323	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Alonzo Boone	31	RP	3	.251	.323	33.3%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Andy Sarvis^	31	RP	3	.000	.323	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Willie Ferrell^	25	RP	3	.318	.323	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Bernard Fernández	21	SP	3	.000	.323	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Jack Moore^		LF	2	.853	.323	50.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Andrews^		SP		.000	.323		8.3%		0.7%		.098
Satchel Davis	20	SP		.000	.323		8.3%		0.7%		.098
28			1045	.306	.323	7.9%	8.3%	0.1%	0.7%	.065	.098