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

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Willie
Hubert

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	David Whatley	HG	.423
2	Josh Gibson	HG	.398
3	Bill Hoskins	BEG	.374
4	Wild Bill Wright	BEG	.369
5	Mule Suttles	NE	.367
6	Buck Leonard	HG	.364
7	Ed Stone	NE	.356
8	Fred Wilson	NE/PS	.356
9	Goose Curry	BEG/NBY	.349
10	Walter Cannady	NBY	.348

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Tom Glover	BEG	5.25
2	Bill Byrd	BEG	3.14
3	Luis Tiant	NYC	2.80
4	Roy K. Williams	NBY	2.00
5	Terris McDuffie	NBY	1.89
6	Neck Stanley	NBY	1.84
7	Henry Miller	PS	1.80
8	Bill Holland	NBY	1.75
9	Bill Harvey	BEG/TC	1.63
10	Roy Partlow	HG	1.61

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	405.1	1.54	10.5%	8.7%	1.20	2.2%
2	Newark Eagles	NN2	339.1	1.43	12.3%	10.6%	1.15	1.1%
3	Homestead Grays	NN2	303.2	1.30	11.5%	8.4%	1.37	1.2%
4	New York Black Yankees	NN2	272.2	1.48	10.6%	6.5%	1.63	2.4%
5	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	266.0	1.41	11.3%	6.4%	1.76	1.0%
6	New York Cubans	NN2	172.1	1.54	12.9%	8.8%	1.46	1.8%
7	Toledo Crawfords	NN2	59.0	1.47	8.9%	10.3%	0.86	0.0%
	7	1	1818.1	1.45	11.3%	8.4%	1.34	1.6%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Leon Day	NE	SP	105.2	1.37	13.4%	9.6%	1.39	1.8%
2	Henry McHenry	PS	RP	101.2	1.35	8.9%	8.4%	1.05	2.5%
3	Bill Byrd	BEG	SP	95.0	1.24	11.2%	3.6%	3.14	1.5%
4	Silvino Ruíz	NYC	SP	78.1	1.39	9.5%	8.3%	1.14	2.1%
5	Neck Stanley*	NBY	SP	75.0	1.53	13.9%	7.6%	1.84	1.5%
6	Jimmy Hill*	NE	SP	73.2	1.33	16.1%	11.6%	1.39	1.0%
7	Edsall Walker*	HG	SP	72.0	1.31	12.7%	8.0%	1.60	1.0%
8	Jim Missouri*	PS	RP	66.0	1.42	10.4%	9.4%	1.11	2.7%
9	Roy Partlow*	HG	RP	64.2	1.04	14.5%	9.0%	1.61	0.4%
10	Terris McDuffie	NBY	SP	64.1	1.32	11.8%	6.3%	1.89	2.1%
11	Bill Holland	NBY	RP	62.0	1.48	7.5%	4.3%	1.75	2.9%
12	Ray Brown	HG	SP	59.1	1.43	5.3%	6.1%	0.88	0.4%
13	Sam Thompson	PS	RP	59.1	1.65	11.2%	9.3%	1.20	2.6%
14	Willie Hubert	BEG/NE	SP	56.0	1.23	10.7%	10.7%	1.00	0.4%
15	Roy Welmaker*	HG/PS	RP	55.2	1.78	12.4%	9.4%	1.32	1.1%
16	Specs Roberts	HG	SP	47.0	1.28	13.5%	9.8%	1.37	4.1%
17	Jonas Gaines*	BEG	SP	46.1	1.40	9.7%	6.3%	1.54	0.0%
18	Luis Tiant*	NYC	SP	46.0	1.37	20.9%	7.5%	2.80	1.0%
19	James Brown	NE	RP	45.0	1.29	11.1%	11.6%	0.96	1.0%
20	Webster McDonald	PS	RP	44.0	1.45	8.4%	6.4%	1.31	0.5%
21	Max Manning	NE	SP	42.0	1.74	7.4%	10.8%	0.68	0.5%
22	Roy K. Williams	NBY	SP	41.0	1.24	11.2%	5.6%	2.00	2.8%
23	Tom Parker	HG	SP	38.1	1.43	15.6%	11.4%	1.37	1.2%
24	Jimmy Johnson*	TC	SP	35.0	1.14	11.1%	9.0%	1.23	0.0%
25	Rocky Ellis	PS	RP	33.0	1.76	8.8%	6.3%	1.40	3.1%
26	Armando Torres	NYC	RP	30.0	1.77	12.3%	12.3%	1.00	0.7%
27	Henry Miller	PS	RP	29.0	1.31	14.1%	7.8%	1.80	1.6%
28	Bill Harvey*	BEG/TC	RP	27.1	1.06	11.0%	6.8%	1.63	0.0%
29	Emery Adams	BEG	RP	26.1	1.48	10.4%	9.6%	1.09	2.6%
30	Tom Glover*	BEG	SP	25.2	1.60	18.6%	3.5%	5.25	0.0%
31	Bob Evans	NE	RP	23.2	1.61	10.3%	11.2%	0.92	1.9%
32	Barney Brown*	NBY	SP	18.1	1.42	7.6%	6.3%	1.20	2.5%
33	Willie Ferrell*	HG	SP	17.2	1.53	7.6%	8.9%	0.86	0.0%
34	Connie Rector	NYC	RP	14.0	2.07	10.1%	8.7%	1.17	0.0%
35	Spoon Carter	PS	SP	13.2	2.20	13.0%	11.6%	1.13	2.9%
36	Johnny Wright	NE/TC	SP	10.1	1.74	5.8%	7.7%	0.75	1.9%
37	Harry Cozart	NE	RP	10.1	1.94	3.8%	13.2%	0.29	0.0%
38	Jim Willis	BEG	RP	10.0	2.20	6.0%	6.0%	1.00	2.0%
39	Fred Wilson	NE	SP	9.0	2.00	13.9%	8.3%	1.67	0.0%
40	Purnell Mincy*	PS	RP	7.2	1.83	7.3%	12.2%	0.60	2.4%
41	Jesse Brown*	NBY	RP	7.1	1.23	10.0%	13.3%	0.75	0.0%
42	Johnny Johnson	BEG	RP	6.1	2.68	11.1%	19.4%	0.57	2.8%
43	Johnny Taylor	TC	RP	5.2	1.59	3.8%	7.7%	0.50	0.0%
44	Robert Poinsette^	NBY/TC	RP	5.1	3.94	0.0%	16.7%	0.00	8.3%
45	Rodolfo Fernández	NYC	RP	4.0	3.00	4.2%	8.3%	0.50	16.7%
46	Vernon Harrison*	NE	RP	2.2	1.13	18.2%	27.3%	0.67	0.0%
47	Ted Alexander	NE	RP	2.2	0.75	20.0%	0.0%		0.0%
48	Lefty Phillips*	BEG	RP	2.0	5.50	27.8%	16.7%	1.67	0.0%
49	George Scales	NBY	RP	1.1	3.00	0.0%	12.5%	0.00	0.0%
50	Harry Kincannon	TC	RP	1.0	7.00	0.0%	16.7%	0.00	0.0%
51	Goose Curry	NBY	RP	0.1	18.00	0.0%	12.5%	0.00	0.0%
52	Woody Williams*	BEG	RP	0.1	3.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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