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

Henry
McHenry

Leaders

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Josh Gibson	HG	.549
2	Buck Leonard	HG	.524
3	Mule Suttles	NE	.450
4	Ed Stone	NE	.439
5	Bill Hoskins	BEG	.431
6	Sammy Hughes	BEG	.426
7	Goose Curry	BEG/NBY	.425
8	George Scales	NBY	.415
9	Fred Wilson	NE	.412
10	David Whatley	HG	.407

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

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	33	1306	1151	252	343	48	21	37	219	23	130	25	.298	.369	.473	.842	127
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	27	1013	909	160	269	39	8	12	148	9	83	21	.296	.355	.396	.751	102
3	Newark Eagles	NN2	33	1234	1133	195	313	27	7	32	172	18	91	10	.276	.330	.397	.727	94
4	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	50	1833	1705	283	477	50	14	28	237	8	114	14	.280	.325	.375	.700	84
5	New York Black Yankees	NN2	31	1200	1050	137	264	25	9	13	123	4	131	19	.251	.334	.330	.664	80
6	New York Cubans	NN2	17	646	596	63	142	13	2	6	53	3	45	5	.238	.292	.297	.589	64
7	Toledo Crawfords	NN2	7	246	228	22	53	6	0	2	19	0	15	3	.232	.280	.285	.565	54
	7	1	199	7478	6772	1112	1861	208	61	130	971	65	609	97	.275	.335	.381	.716	92

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Josh Gibson	HG	C	27	123	102	34	41	4	3	11	46	4	18	3	.402	.492	.824	1.315	250
2	Buck Leonard*	HG	1B	30	135	109	35	42	10	0	11	48	2	21	5	.385	.485	.780	1.264	237
3	Mule Suttles	NE	1B	31	127	114	31	40	6	0	7	25	3	13	0	.351	.417	.588	1.005	167
4	Bill Hoskins*	BEG	LF	24	99	89	20	34	5	1	2	22	1	8	2	.382	.433	.528	.961	159
5	Ed Stone*	NE	RF	30	128	114	34	39	2	1	7	31	2	14	0	.342	.414	.561	.975	159
6	Ramón Heredía	NYC	3B	14	54	48	10	17	1	0	2	6	0	6	0	.354	.426	.500	.926	156
7	Sammy Hughes	BEG	2B	22	102	90	20	34	7	2	0	12	0	10	2	.378	.440	.500	.940	154
8	David Whatley*	HG	RF	26	108	103	23	39	5	3	1	14	2	3	2	.379	.396	.515	.911	144
9	Fred Wilson*	NE	LF	33	116	106	18	39	3	0	3	24	1	9	1	.368	.417	.481	.899	140
10	Wild Bill Wright**	BEG	RF	25	104	96	23	35	4	1	1	24	4	7	1	.365	.408	.458	.866	135
11	Walter Cannady	NBY	3B	26	101	96	17	34	1	1	3	18	0	5	0	.354	.386	.479	.865	133
12	Bus Clarkson	TC	SS	7	28	26	4	9	1	0	1	6	0	1	1	.346	.370	.500	.870	133
13	Pat Patterson**	PS	2B	45	192	184	43	64	9	4	4	36	2	7	1	.348	.372	.505	.877	129
14	José Vargas	NYC	LF	15	61	57	10	19	3	0	1	4	1	4	0	.333	.377	.439	.816	125
15	Henry Spearman	HG	3B	31	125	116	22	35	4	4	3	16	0	8	1	.302	.347	.483	.830	122
16	Henry Kimbro*	BEG	CF	27	122	112	22	35	4	1	3	13	2	10	0	.313	.369	.446	.815	120
17	Sam Bankhead	HG	2B	33	153	133	28	42	5	2	2	20	8	15	5	.316	.385	.429	.814	119
18	Tommie Dukes*	HG/TC	C	8	29	22	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	.318	.464	.318	.782	112
19	Felton Snow	BEG	3B	27	113	103	19	30	6	2	1	15	1	9	1	.291	.348	.417	.766	107
20	Vic Harris*	HG	LF	31	138	121	19	32	7	3	2	19	0	15	2	.264	.346	.421	.767	106
21	Chester Williams	PS	SS	48	211	201	37	68	6	3	1	26	1	10	0	.338	.370	.413	.783	106
22	Gene Benson*	PS	CF	50	194	180	29	51	8	2	6	30	1	14	0	.283	.335	.450	.785	105
23	Johnny Washington*	NBY	1B	32	125	118	17	34	4	1	2	15	0	6	1	.288	.323	.390	.712	92
24	Jim West**	BEG/PS	1B	37	156	140	24	37	7	1	3	27	0	14	2	.264	.331	.393	.724	92
25	Monte Irvin	NE	3B	27	106	97	15	25	3	1	3	18	1	8	1	.258	.314	.402	.716	91
26	Oscar Charleston*	TC	1B	7	29	25	5	7	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	.280	.379	.320	.699	90
27	Zollie Wright	NBY	RF	26	102	87	8	25	0	1	0	13	0	13	2	.287	.380	.310	.690	89
28	Willie Wells	NE	SS	31	141	126	27	34	2	0	3	19	3	13	2	.270	.338	.357	.695	86
29	Esterio Caraballo	NYC	RF	16	63	58	6	14	3	0	1	8	0	5	0	.241	.302	.345	.646	79
30	Lennie Pearson	NE	CF	33	135	132	18	32	3	2	5	23	2	3	0	.242	.259	.409	.668	77
31	Flash Miller	NBY	SS	30	118	96	15	18	3	2	1	11	1	21	1	.188	.333	.292	.625	71
32	Fermín Valdés	NYC	SS	16	67	62	5	16	2	0	0	5	1	4	1	.258	.303	.290	.593	65
33	Jake Dunn	PS	RF	48	180	172	24	44	4	1	3	27	0	7	1	.256	.285	.343	.628	65
34	Curtis Harris	PS	1B	46	174	173	23	50	3	0	0	22	0	1	0	.289	.293	.306	.599	58
35	Dave Campbell*	NBY	2B	27	105	94	12	21	2	0	1	5	0	10	1	.223	.298	.277	.575	57
36	Jelly Jackson	HG	SS	33	134	113	25	20	1	4	1	10	1	17	4	.177	.285	.283	.568	54
37	Dick Seay	NE	2B	31	137	123	19	28	3	0	1	10	3	11	3	.228	.291	.276	.567	53
38	Antonio Rodríguez	NYC	2B	16	64	56	7	12	0	0	0	5	1	5	3	.214	.279	.214	.493	38
39	Pedro Pagés**	NYC	1B	15	60	56	6	10	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	.179	.233	.179	.412	15

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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