1939 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1939 Season

Negro National League II

1938 / 1940

Tom Wilson (President)
Ed Bolden (Vice President)
Eddie Gottlieb (Recording Secretary)
Cumberland Posey (Corresponding Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Mule
Suttles

Top Pitcher

Roy
Partlow

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Josh Gibson	HG	235
2	Buck Leonard	HG	200
3	Mule Suttles	NE	199
4	David Whatley	HG	176
5	Ed Stone	NE	163
6	Goose Curry	BEG/NBY	162
7	Bill Hoskins	BEG	158
8	George Scales	NBY	146
9	Fred Wilson	NE/PS	145
10	Wild Bill Wright	BEG	142

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Roy Partlow	HG	1.05
2	Bill Harvey	BEG/TC	1.06
3	Jimmy Johnson	TC	1.14
4	Willie Hubert	BEG/NE	1.23
5	Bill Byrd	BEG	1.24
6	Roy K. Williams	NBY	1.24
7	Specs Roberts	HG	1.28
8	James Brown	NE	1.29
9	Edsall Walker	HG	1.31
10	Terris McDuffie	NBY	1.32

All-1939 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bill Hoskins	BEG	1.3	1.3	0.2
Fred Wilson	NE/PS	0.8	1.3	-0.5

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ray Brown	HG	1.2	0.3	0.4
Goose Curry	BEG/NBY	1.0	1.1	0.2

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ed Stone	NE	2.3	1.7	0.8
David Whatley	HG	1.3	1.6	-0.3

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Chester Williams	PS	1.4	0.9	0.3
Willie Wells	NE	0.9	0.2	0.5

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sam Bankhead	HG	1.7	0.6	1.0
Sammy Hughes	BEG	1.2	0.9	0.2

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jud Wilson	PS	0.9	1.0	0.0
Felton Snow	BEG	0.7	0.3	0.3

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Mule Suttles	NE	2.9	2.4	0.7
Buck Leonard	HG	2.1	2.1	0.1

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	HG	2.8	2.4	0.3
Bill Casey	NYC	0.6	0.5	0.1

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Bill Byrd	BEG	95.0	2.8	1.9	0.9
Roy Partlow	HG	73.2	2.6	2.6	0.0
Willie Hubert	BEG/NE	56.0	2.2	2.4	-0.2
Jimmy Hill	NE	73.2	2.2	2.0	0.2
Leon Day	NE	114.2	2.1	1.6	0.5

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Henry McHenry	PS	101.2	1.9	1.9	0.0
Bill Holland	NBY	62.0	1.1	1.3	-0.2
Jesse Brown	NBY	7.1	0.7	0.6	0.0
Bill Harvey	BEG/TC	27.1	0.6	0.9	-0.2
Armando Torres	NYC	30.0	0.6	0.6	0.1

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