1939 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1939 Season


Negro American League


1938 / 1940

Top Hitter


Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher


George
Walker

Leaders

ERA+

# Player Team ERA+
1
Felix Evans
IAB
232
2
George Walker
KCM
184
3
Smoky Owens
CBR
176
4
Jimmy Johnson
TC
155
5
Hilton Smith
KCM
151
6
Frank McAllister
SL3
134
7
Frank Bradley
KCM
133
8
Ted Trent
CAG
129
9
Ted Radcliffe
MRS
124
10
Lefty Bowe
CAG
118


Standings
Glossary

Negro American League

vs NAL vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
42
22
0
.656
-
42
25
0
.627
5.6
4.0
Andy Cooper
Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2
38
34
0
.528
8.0
39
36
0
.520
5.2
4.9
Candy Jim Taylor
American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
3
20
21
0
.488
10.5
20
21
0
.488
4.7
5.1
Alonzo Mitchell
Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
4
15
17
1
.469
11.0
15
20
1
.429
5.8
6.1
George Mitchell
South End Grounds (St. Louis, MO)
5
8
11
1
.421
11.5
8
11
1
.421
4.6
6.1
Oscar Charleston
Swayne Field (Toledo, OH)
6
6
10
0
.375
12.0
7
19
0
.269
4.8
7.5
Gabby Kemp, Nish Williams
Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, GA)
7
15
29
0
.341
17.0
16
29
0
.356
3.6
4.9
Ted Radcliffe
Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
* = League Champion      1 = First Half Champion      2 = Second Half Champion      
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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.


Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James