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

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	George Walker	KCM	9
2	Smoky Owens	CBR	8
3	Ted Radcliffe	MRS	7
4	Frank Bradley	KCM	7
5	Hilton Smith	KCM	6
6	Preacher Henry	CBR	6
7	Jesse Houston	CAG	5
8	Frank McAllister	SL3	4
9	Lefty Moses	KCM	3
10	Robert Dean	SL3	3

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Toledo Crawfords	NAL	14	536	471	80	139	28	8	3	67	13	54	1	10	.295	.369	.408	.776	123
2	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	22	814	724	109	202	31	12	8	95	18	71	4	15	.279	.347	.388	.735	110
3	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	52	1910	1730	269	448	73	27	20	224	60	136	10	34	.259	.317	.367	.684	97
4	Chicago American Giants	NAL	43	1602	1429	180	358	52	22	13	150	41	122	15	36	.251	.316	.345	.661	97
5	St. Louis Stars	NAL	28	1045	907	129	220	34	12	11	112	27	103	11	24	.243	.327	.343	.670	94
6	Cleveland Bears	NAL	28	1044	923	125	237	37	10	1	101	24	83	11	27	.257	.325	.322	.647	87
7	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	35	1227	1094	118	264	39	12	4	92	33	94	8	31	.241	.306	.310	.616	77
	7	1	237	8178	7278	1010	1868	294	103	60	841	216	663	60	177	.257	.324	.350	.674	95

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Red Moore*	IAB	1B	16	69	56	11	23	5	2	0	8	2	9	1	3	.411	.500	.571	1.071	206
2	Bus Clarkson	TC	2B	13	52	45	14	16	5	2	1	15	2	6	0	1	.356	.431	.622	1.054	202
3	Henry Turner	CBR	C	28	109	100	11	37	5	5	1	21	1	9	0	0	.370	.422	.550	.972	180
4	Willard Brown	KCM	LF	46	191	183	37	65	15	7	4	44	9	8	0	0	.355	.382	.579	.961	176
5	Turkey Stearnes*	KCM	CF	51	215	193	44	63	11	2	7	39	11	19	0	3	.326	.387	.513	.900	159
6	Leslie Green*	SL3	CF	25	107	93	19	30	5	1	3	14	7	9	1	4	.323	.388	.495	.883	156
7	Ted Strong**	KCM	SS	48	195	167	36	55	7	3	3	33	14	23	3	2	.329	.420	.461	.881	155
8	Tommie Dukes*	TC	C	13	54	48	7	16	5	1	0	7	2	5	0	1	.333	.396	.479	.875	152
9	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	29	113	105	22	34	6	3	2	13	6	6	1	1	.324	.366	.495	.861	146
10	Oscar Boone	IAB	C	19	73	61	10	21	2	1	0	7	0	9	0	3	.344	.429	.410	.838	140
11	Willie Simms*	CAG	CF	36	164	143	20	42	5	2	3	14	6	15	1	5	.294	.365	.420	.784	134
12	Marshall Riddle*	SL3	2B	26	103	86	8	27	4	1	0	14	1	14	0	3	.314	.410	.384	.794	131
13	Ed Young	CAG	1B	36	147	128	20	35	9	1	2	19	10	16	3	0	.273	.367	.406	.774	131
14	Donald Reeves*	CAG/IAB	RF	25	99	95	14	29	6	3	1	10	1	4	0	0	.305	.333	.463	.796	129
15	Jabbo Andrews*	IAB	LF	20	78	73	11	19	3	3	3	13	0	4	0	1	.260	.299	.507	.806	128
16	Alex Radcliff	CAG	3B	40	177	161	24	46	9	4	1	16	1	12	0	4	.286	.335	.410	.745	122
17	Dan Wilson**	SL3	LF	26	119	107	24	31	5	2	1	9	9	11	1	0	.290	.361	.402	.763	122
18	Jim Williams	TC	RF	11	48	42	6	12	5	0	0	6	2	5	0	1	.286	.362	.405	.766	121
19	Gabby Kemp	IAB	2B	19	75	64	9	19	2	0	1	8	4	9	1	1	.297	.392	.375	.767	120
20	Subby Byas**	CAG	RF	39	152	125	18	31	5	1	2	11	3	22	3	2	.248	.373	.352	.725	117
21	Rainey Bibbs**	KCM	3B	44	180	165	33	48	10	2	1	18	3	9	0	6	.291	.328	.394	.722	108
22	Parnell Woods	CBR	3B	26	113	103	17	27	6	4	0	14	7	7	1	2	.262	.315	.398	.713	106
23	Curtis Henderson	TC	SS	14	51	46	9	12	1	2	0	4	0	5	0	0	.261	.333	.370	.703	102
24	Henry Milton*	KCM	RF	49	221	194	35	50	7	4	2	16	11	19	3	5	.258	.333	.366	.699	102
25	Jimmie Crutchfield*	TC	LF	14	66	58	11	15	2	2	0	5	1	6	0	2	.259	.328	.362	.690	99
26	Al Frazier	CBR	2B	28	107	90	14	26	3	0	0	11	1	7	3	7	.289	.360	.322	.682	98
27	John Lyles**	CBR/SL3	SS	24	105	99	13	28	6	0	0	13	4	4	2	0	.283	.324	.343	.667	92
28	Ernie Smith*	CAG	LF	41	159	146	15	40	3	2	0	15	7	8	2	3	.274	.321	.322	.642	92
29	Lloyd Davenport*	MRS	RF	32	131	121	11	32	6	1	0	8	6	10	0	0	.264	.321	.331	.651	87
30	Mint Jones**	CBR	1B	26	103	91	11	24	4	0	0	8	1	8	1	3	.264	.330	.308	.638	85
31	Jelly Taylor*	MRS	1B	33	129	113	13	28	5	0	0	10	1	12	2	2	.248	.331	.292	.623	79
32	Ed Mayweather*	SL3	1B	26	108	96	11	19	4	1	2	16	0	11	0	1	.198	.280	.323	.603	75
33	Duke Cleveland*	CBR	RF	22	88	72	15	16	2	0	0	5	0	13	0	3	.222	.341	.250	.591	72
34	Fred Bankhead	MRS	3B	34	124	110	11	25	6	1	0	15	3	10	1	3	.227	.298	.300	.598	72
35	Marlin Carter*	MRS	2B	30	130	117	14	24	5	4	0	6	3	9	0	4	.205	.262	.316	.578	66
36	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	49	187	165	20	31	5	4	1	24	4	17	2	3	.188	.272	.285	.557	61
37	Bobby Robinson	SL3	3B	27	107	80	8	14	0	1	0	7	0	17	2	8	.175	.333	.200	.533	57
38	Johnny Ray*	CBR	CF	25	110	95	21	18	3	1	0	6	3	12	2	1	.189	.294	.242	.536	56
39	Tommy Butts	IAB	SS	22	83	77	7	16	2	2	0	9	2	5	0	1	.208	.256	.286	.542	55
40	Newt Allen	KCM	2B	49	198	178	21	39	6	1	0	14	1	12	0	8	.219	.268	.264	.532	54
41	Jerry Benjamin**	TC	CF	11	48	39	6	7	0	0	0	1	2	9	0	0	.179	.333	.179	.513	50
42	Bill Bradford*	SL3	RF	28	119	103	13	17	2	1	1	8	3	14	2	0	.165	.277	.233	.510	49

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

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