1939 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1939 Season


Negro National League II


1938 / 1940

Top Hitter


Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher


Henry
McHenry

Leaders

Batting Average

# Player Team BA
1
Josh Gibson
HG
.402
2
Buck Leonard
HG
.385
3
Bill Hoskins
BEG
.382
4
David Whatley
HG
.379
5
Sammy Hughes
BEG
.378
6
Fred Wilson
NE
.368
7
Wild Bill Wright
BEG
.365
8
Walter Cannady
NBY
.354
9
Mule Suttles
NE
.351
10
Pat Patterson
PS
.348

K/BB

# Player Team SO/BB
1
Tom Glover
BEG
4.00
2
Luis Tiant
NYC
2.25
3
Bill Harvey
BEG/TC
2.17
4
Jimmy Johnson
TC
2.14
5
Roy Welmaker
HG/PS
2.12
6
Terris McDuffie
NBY
2.08
7
Roy Partlow
HG
1.93
8
Sam Thompson
PS
1.86
9
Edsall Walker
HG
1.80
10
Bill Byrd
BEG
1.71


Standings
Glossary

Negro National League II

vs NN2 vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
34
19
1
.642
-
38
21
1
.644
7.1
4.8
Vic Harris
Forbes Field (Pittburgh, PA)
2
32
21
1
.604
2.0
37
21
1
.638
6.3
4.9
Dick Lundy
Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
3
17
18
4
.486
8.0
19
18
4
.514
4.7
5.4
George Scales
No Home Ballpark
4
25
30
1
.455
10.0
25
30
1
.455
5.4
6.7
Jud Wilson, Jake Dunn
Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA)
5
19
23
0
.452
9.5
24
24
0
.500
5.6
5.2
Felton Snow
Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD)
6
4
5
1
.444
8.0
4
5
1
.444
3.2
4.6
Oscar Charleston
Swayne Field (Toledo, OH)
7
8
23
0
.258
15.0
9
23
0
.281
3.2
5.7
José María Fernández
No Home Ballpark
* = League Champion      
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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