1939 St. Louis Stars

25 - 35 - 2

23 - 31 - 2 in the Negro American League

1938 / 1940 (Team History)

Managed by:
George Mitchell (25-35-2)

Top Hitter

Leslie
Green

Top Pitcher

Lefty
Calhoun

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	94	5th	ERA+	112	2nd
OPS	.669	4th	ERA	3.58	3rd
BA	.247	6th	BA	.250	2nd
OBP	.327	3rd	K/BB	1.49	4th
SLG	.342	5th	K%	12.1%	4th
BB%	9.5%	2nd	BB%	8.1%	4th
K%	1.1%	4th	HR%	0.4%	1st
ISO	.094	5th	WHIP	1.30	2nd

Notes:

• Second Half Champions of the Negro American League
• Home Ballpark: South End Grounds (St. Louis, MO)
• Allen Johnson (Owner) , George Mitchell (Business Manager)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Raymond Taylor	28	27	92	84	13	20	3	1	1	12	1		5	1	1	2	0	.238	.289	.333	.622	80
1B	Ed Mayweather*	29	31	128	112	12	25	4	1	3	19	0		13	0	1	1	1	.223	.307	.357	.664	92
2B	Marshall Riddle*	21	31	122	104	9	34	4	1	0	15	1		15	0	0	3	0	.327	.412	.385	.796	132
3B	Bobby Robinson	35	31	121	91	10	17	0	1	0	7	0		18	3	2	9	1	.187	.330	.209	.539	58
SS	Buddy Armour*	24	25	98	90	8	27	3	1	1	16	3		3	0	3	2	0	.300	.344	.389	.733	112
LF	Dan Wilson**	23	31	141	127	26	36	7	2	1	10	10		13	2	1	0	0	.283	.355	.394	.748	117
CF	Leslie Green*	25	30	129	109	21	35	5	2	3	16	11		13	1	1	6	0	.321	.398	.486	.885	156
RF	Bill Bradford*	25	33	138	120	13	19	2	1	1	8	3		14	2	2	1	1	.158	.255	.217	.472	38

LF	Quincy Trouppe**	26	9	42	36	9	13	3	1	0	8	2		4	0	0	1	1	.361	.415	.500	.915	165
SS	Jimmy Ford	26	10	37	33	4	7	0	2	0	3	1		3		0	1	0	.212	.278	.333	.611	77
C	Bob Smith	32	10	28	22	2	2	0	0	0	1	1		4	1	1	1	0	.091	.259	.091	.350	4
1B	George Mitchell	39	5	9	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	2	0	1	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	93
3B	John Lyles**	27	1	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0		.000	.200	.000	.200	-39
LF	Jones^		1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0		.000	.250	.000	.250	-24
SS	Malcolm^		1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	481
PH	Felix Evans	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Theolic Smith**	26	21	52	43	7	11	4	0	0	0	1		7	0	0	2	0	.256	.360	.349	.709	106
SP	Lefty Calhoun*	27	13	31	28	3	7	2	0	0	5	0		1		0	2	0	.250	.276	.321	.597	73
SP	Frank McAllister	21	13	30	30	3	6	2	0	2	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.467	.667	90
SP	Robert Dean^	23	4	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Phillip Brown^	33	8	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	-8
RP	Andy Drake^	32	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	190
SP	Eugene Smith**	23	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Jimmie Armstead*	19	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Sylvester Owens		1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	481
	25		340	1236	1071	142	265	39	13	12	124	34	0	117	13	12	32	4	.247	.327	.342	.669	94

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Dan Wilson**	23	LF	141	.357	.323	9.2%	8.3%	1.4%	0.7%	6.50	11.68	0.7%	0.7%	.110	.098
Bill Bradford*	25	RF	138	.239	.323	10.1%	8.3%	1.4%	0.7%	7.00	11.68	0.7%	0.7%	.058	.098
Leslie Green*	25	CF	129	.395	.323	10.1%	8.3%	0.8%	0.7%	13.00	11.68	2.3%	0.7%	.165	.098
Ed Mayweather*	29	1B	128	.315	.323	10.2%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%		11.68	2.3%	0.7%	.134	.098
Marshall Riddle*	21	2B	122	.377	.323	12.3%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%		11.68	0.0%	0.7%	.058	.098
Bobby Robinson	35	3B	121	.265	.323	14.9%	8.3%	2.5%	0.7%	6.00	11.68	0.0%	0.7%	.022	.098
Buddy Armour*	24	SS	98	.341	.323	3.1%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%		11.68	1.0%	0.7%	.089	.098
Raymond Taylor	28	C	92	.290	.323	5.4%	8.3%	1.1%	0.7%	5.00	11.68	1.1%	0.7%	.095	.098
Theolic Smith**	26	SP	52	.333	.323	13.5%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%		11.68	0.0%	0.7%	.093	.098
Quincy Trouppe**	26	LF	42	.412	.323	9.5%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%		11.68	0.0%	0.7%	.139	.098
Jimmy Ford	26	SS	37	.281	.323	8.1%	8.3%		0.7%		11.68	0.0%	0.7%	.121	.098
Lefty Calhoun*	27	SP	31	.265	.323	3.2%	8.3%		0.7%		11.68	0.0%	0.7%	.071	.098
Frank McAllister	21	SP	30	.296	.323	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%		11.68	6.7%	0.7%	.267	.098
Bob Smith	32	C	28	.203	.323	14.3%	8.3%	3.6%	0.7%	4.00	11.68	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Robert Dean^	23	SP	11	.000	.323	0.0%	8.3%	9.1%	0.7%	0.00	11.68	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Phillip Brown^	33	SP	10	.170	.323	10.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%		11.68	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
George Mitchell	39	1B	9	.295	.323	11.1%	8.3%	22.2%	0.7%	0.50	11.68	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
John Lyles**	27	3B	5	.150	.323	20.0%	8.3%		0.7%		11.68	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Jones^		LF	4	.188	.323	25.0%	8.3%		0.7%		11.68	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Andy Drake^	32	RP	2	.477	.323	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%		11.68	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Eugene Smith**	23	SP	2	.000	.323	0.0%	8.3%		0.7%		11.68	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Malcolm^		SS	1	.953	.323	0.0%	8.3%		0.7%		11.68	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Sylvester Owens		PH	1	.953	.323	0.0%	8.3%		0.7%		11.68	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Felix Evans	28	PH	1	.000	.323	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.7%		11.68	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Jimmie Armstead*	19	RP	1	.000	.323	0.0%	8.3%		0.7%		11.68	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
25			1236	.315	.323	9.5%	8.3%	1.1%	0.7%	8.54	11.68	1.0%	0.7%	.094	.098