1939 Season

Negro American League

1938 / 1940

R. R. Jackson (President)
J. B. Martin (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Ted
Strong

Top Pitcher

George
Walker

Leaders

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Red Moore	IAB	.477
2	Henry Turner	CBR	.449
3	Willard Brown	KCM	.439
4	Ted Strong	KCM	.414
5	Turkey Stearnes	KCM	.412
6	Leslie Green	SL3	.397
7	Neil Robinson	MRS	.395
8	Oscar Boone	IAB	.388
9	Red Longley	MRS	.387
10	Marshall Riddle	SL3	.375

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Smoky Owens	CBR	197
2	Andy Cooper	KCM	181
3	George Walker	KCM	178
4	Willie Jefferson	MRS	153
5	Jimmy Johnson	TC	145
6	Lefty Bowe	CAG	144
7	Hilton Smith	KCM	142
8	Lefty Wilson	MRS	140
9	Robert Dean	SL3	138
10	Lefty Calhoun	SL3	136

Advanced Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	wOBA	BB%	HR%	ISO
1	Toledo Crawfords	NAL	14	536	.363	10.1%	0.6%	.113
2	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	22	814	.344	8.7%	1.0%	.109
3	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	52	1910	.319	7.1%	1.0%	.108
4	St. Louis Stars	NAL	28	1045	.317	9.9%	1.1%	.100
5	Chicago American Giants	NAL	43	1602	.310	7.6%	0.8%	.094
6	Cleveland Bears	NAL	28	1044	.307	8.0%	0.1%	.065
7	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	35	1227	.292	7.7%	0.3%	.069
	7	1	237	8178	.317	8.1%	0.7%	.093

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	HR%	ISO
1	Red Moore*	IAB	1B	69	.477	13.0%	0.0%	.161
2	Bus Clarkson	TC	2B	52	.469	11.5%	1.9%	.267
3	Henry Turner	CBR	C	109	.449	8.3%	0.9%	.180
4	Willard Brown	KCM	LF	191	.439	4.2%	2.1%	.224
5	Ted Strong**	KCM	SS	195	.414	11.8%	1.5%	.132
6	Turkey Stearnes*	KCM	CF	215	.412	8.8%	3.3%	.187
7	Tommie Dukes*	TC	C	54	.402	9.3%	0.0%	.146
8	Leslie Green*	SL3	CF	107	.397	8.4%	2.8%	.172
9	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	113	.395	5.3%	1.8%	.171
10	Oscar Boone	IAB	C	73	.388	12.3%	0.0%	.066
11	Marshall Riddle*	SL3	2B	103	.375	13.6%	0.0%	.070
12	Ed Young	CAG	1B	147	.370	10.9%	1.4%	.133
13	Gabby Kemp	IAB	2B	75	.369	12.0%	1.3%	.078
14	Donald Reeves*	CAG/IAB	RF	99	.368	4.0%	1.0%	.158
15	Dan Wilson**	SL3	LF	119	.364	9.2%	0.8%	.112
16	Willie Simms*	CAG	CF	164	.361	9.1%	1.8%	.126
17	Jabbo Andrews*	IAB	LF	78	.360	5.1%	3.8%	.247
18	Jim Williams	TC	RF	48	.358	10.4%	0.0%	.119
19	Subby Byas**	CAG	RF	152	.352	14.5%	1.3%	.104
20	Alex Radcliff	CAG	3B	177	.342	6.8%	0.6%	.124
21	Curtis Henderson	TC	SS	51	.335	9.8%	0.0%	.109
22	Rainey Bibbs**	KCM	3B	180	.329	5.0%	0.6%	.103
23	Parnell Woods	CBR	3B	113	.329	6.2%	0.0%	.136
24	Henry Milton*	KCM	RF	221	.328	8.6%	0.9%	.108
25	John Lyles**	CBR/SL3	SS	105	.320	3.8%	0.0%	.061
26	Jimmie Crutchfield*	TC	LF	66	.320	9.1%	0.0%	.103
27	Al Frazier	CBR	2B	107	.314	6.5%	0.0%	.033
28	Lloyd Davenport*	MRS	RF	131	.314	7.6%	0.0%	.066
29	Ernie Smith*	CAG	LF	159	.304	5.0%	0.0%	.048
30	Jelly Taylor*	MRS	1B	129	.304	9.3%	0.0%	.044
31	Mint Jones**	CBR	1B	103	.304	7.8%	0.0%	.044
32	Duke Cleveland*	CBR	RF	88	.294	14.8%	0.0%	.028
33	Ed Mayweather*	SL3	1B	108	.288	10.2%	1.9%	.125
34	Fred Bankhead	MRS	3B	124	.284	8.1%	0.0%	.073
35	Jerry Benjamin**	TC	CF	48	.280	18.8%	0.0%	.000
36	Johnny Ray*	CBR	CF	110	.270	10.9%	0.0%	.053
37	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	187	.268	9.1%	0.5%	.097
38	Bobby Robinson	SL3	3B	107	.266	15.9%	0.0%	.025
39	Marlin Carter*	MRS	2B	130	.266	6.9%	0.0%	.111
40	Bill Bradford*	SL3	RF	119	.261	11.8%	0.8%	.068
41	Tommy Butts	IAB	SS	83	.257	6.0%	0.0%	.078
42	Newt Allen	KCM	2B	198	.249	6.1%	0.0%	.045

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

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