1939 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1939 Season


Negro American League


1938 / 1940

Top Hitter


Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher


George
Walker

Leaders

OPS+

# Player Team OPS+
1
Red Moore
IAB
221
2
Henry Turner
CBR
199
3
Willard Brown
KCM
184
4
Dan Wilson
SL3
157
5
Turkey Stearnes
KCM
156
6
Oscar Boone
IAB
148
7
Willie Simms
CAG
147
8
Buddy Armour
SL3
146
9
Ted Strong
KCM
144
10
Leslie Green
SL3
144

ERA

# Player Team ERA
1
Felix Evans
IAB
1.86
2
George Walker
KCM
1.99
3
Smoky Owens
CBR
2.04
4
Hilton Smith
KCM
2.43
5
Jimmy Johnson
TC
2.49
6
Ted Trent
CAG
2.56
7
Frank Bradley
KCM
2.75
8
Lefty Bowe
CAG
2.81
9
Frank McAllister
SL3
2.94
10
Ted Radcliffe
MRS
3.13


Standings
Glossary

Negro American League

vs NAL vs Maj. Black Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
46
25
0
.648
-
46
28
0
.622
5.8
4.2
Andy Cooper
Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2
40
34
0
.541
7.5
41
37
0
.526
5.3
5.0
Candy Jim Taylor
American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
3
20
21
0
.488
11.0
20
29
0
.408
4.3
5.6
Alonzo Mitchell
Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
4
9
11
1
.450
11.5
9
11
1
.450
4.8
5.9
Oscar Charleston
Swayne Field (Toledo, OH)
5
15
20
1
.429
13.0
15
23
1
.395
5.6
6.2
George Mitchell
South End Grounds (St. Louis, MO)
6
6
10
0
.375
12.5
7
19
0
.269
4.8
7.5
Gabby Kemp, Nish Williams
Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, GA)
7
19
34
0
.358
18.0
21
35
0
.375
3.9
5.5
Ted Radcliffe
Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
* = League Champion      1 = First Half Champion      2 = Second Half Champion      
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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, 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