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

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Neck Stanley	NBY	44
2	Jim Missouri	PS	43
3	Henry McHenry	PS	40
4	Edsall Walker	HG	36
5	Roy Welmaker	HG/PS	36
6	Leon Day	NE	30
7	Roy Partlow	HG	27
8	Luis Tiant	NYC	27
9	Sam Thompson	PS	26
10	Jimmy Hill	NE	25

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	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	50	1833	1705	283	477	50	14	28	237	8	114	14	.280	.325	.375	.700	84
2	Homestead Grays	NN2	33	1306	1151	252	343	48	21	37	219	23	130	25	.298	.369	.473	.842	127
3	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	27	1013	909	160	269	39	8	12	148	9	83	21	.296	.355	.396	.751	102
4	Newark Eagles	NN2	33	1234	1133	195	313	27	7	32	172	18	91	10	.276	.330	.397	.727	94
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	Buck Leonard*	HG	1B	30	135	109	35	42	10	0	11	48	2	21	5	.385	.485	.780	1.264	237
2	Pat Patterson**	PS	2B	45	192	184	43	64	9	4	4	36	2	7	1	.348	.372	.505	.877	129
3	Gene Benson*	PS	CF	50	194	180	29	51	8	2	6	30	1	14	0	.283	.335	.450	.785	105
4	Vic Harris*	HG	LF	31	138	121	19	32	7	3	2	19	0	15	2	.264	.346	.421	.767	106
5	Sammy Hughes	BEG	2B	22	102	90	20	34	7	2	0	12	0	10	2	.378	.440	.500	.940	154
6	Jim West**	BEG/PS	1B	37	156	140	24	37	7	1	3	27	0	14	2	.264	.331	.393	.724	92
7	Felton Snow	BEG	3B	27	113	103	19	30	6	2	1	15	1	9	1	.291	.348	.417	.766	107
8	Mule Suttles	NE	1B	31	127	114	31	40	6	0	7	25	3	13	0	.351	.417	.588	1.005	167
9	Hoss Walker	BEG	SS	15	54	51	6	12	6	0	0	5	0	2	1	.235	.264	.353	.617	66
10	Chester Williams	PS	SS	48	211	201	37	68	6	3	1	26	1	10	0	.338	.370	.413	.783	106
11	Sam Bankhead	HG	2B	33	153	133	28	42	5	2	2	20	8	15	5	.316	.385	.429	.814	119
12	Bill Hoskins*	BEG	LF	24	99	89	20	34	5	1	2	22	1	8	2	.382	.433	.528	.961	159
13	Roy Parnell	PS	LF	38	147	134	27	42	5	2	2	16	2	12	1	.313	.370	.425	.795	109
14	David Whatley*	HG	RF	26	108	103	23	39	5	3	1	14	2	3	2	.379	.396	.515	.911	144
15	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	18	65	60	9	15	4	0	2	13	1	5	0	.250	.308	.417	.724	95
16	Ray Brown**	HG	CF	20	82	78	13	19	4	0	1	9	1	4	0	.244	.280	.333	.614	65
17	Jake Dunn	PS	RF	48	180	172	24	44	4	1	3	27	0	7	1	.256	.285	.343	.628	65
18	Josh Gibson	HG	C	27	123	102	34	41	4	3	11	46	4	18	3	.402	.492	.824	1.315	250
19	Henry Kimbro*	BEG	CF	27	122	112	22	35	4	1	3	13	2	10	0	.313	.369	.446	.815	120
20	George Scales	NBY	3B	21	75	58	8	18	4	0	2	12	0	14	3	.310	.444	.483	.927	151
21	Henry Spearman	HG	3B	31	125	116	22	35	4	4	3	16	0	8	1	.302	.347	.483	.830	122
22	Johnny Washington*	NBY	1B	32	125	118	17	34	4	1	2	15	0	6	1	.288	.323	.390	.712	92
23	Jud Wilson*	PS	3B	42	138	113	18	33	4	1	2	24	0	23	2	.292	.412	.398	.810	114
24	Wild Bill Wright**	BEG	RF	25	104	96	23	35	4	1	1	24	4	7	1	.365	.408	.458	.866	135
25	Esterio Caraballo	NYC	RF	16	63	58	6	14	3	0	1	8	0	5	0	.241	.302	.345	.646	79
26	Mickey Casey^	NYC	C	14	52	50	6	16	3	0	0	6	0	1	1	.320	.333	.380	.713	97
27	Curtis Harris	PS	1B	46	174	173	23	50	3	0	0	22	0	1	0	.289	.293	.306	.599	58
28	Monte Irvin	NE	3B	27	106	97	15	25	3	1	3	18	1	8	1	.258	.314	.402	.716	91
29	Flash Miller	NBY	SS	30	118	96	15	18	3	2	1	11	1	21	1	.188	.333	.292	.625	71
30	Lennie Pearson	NE	CF	33	135	132	18	32	3	2	5	23	2	3	0	.242	.259	.409	.668	77
31	Dick Seay	NE	2B	31	137	123	19	28	3	0	1	10	3	11	3	.228	.291	.276	.567	53
32	José Vargas	NYC	LF	15	61	57	10	19	3	0	1	4	1	4	0	.333	.377	.439	.816	125
33	Fred Wilson*	NE	LF	33	116	106	18	39	3	0	3	24	1	9	1	.368	.417	.481	.899	140
34	Jerry Benjamin**	HG	CF	17	78	66	15	16	2	1	0	8	5	10	2	.242	.342	.303	.645	75
35	Charlie Biot	NE/NBY	CF	19	52	46	4	10	2	0	0	5	1	6	0	.217	.308	.261	.569	54
36	Bill Byrd**	BEG	P	15	39	37	7	14	2	0	3	12	0	2	0	.378	.410	.676	1.086	190
37	Dave Campbell*	NBY	2B	27	105	94	12	21	2	0	1	5	0	10	1	.223	.298	.277	.575	57
38	Bill Cooper*	PS	C	10	26	23	8	10	2	0	2	6	0	3	0	.435	.500	.783	1.283	234
39	Goose Curry*	BEG/NBY	CF	27	91	70	17	24	2	1	1	12	0	18	3	.343	.477	.443	.920	152
40	Bill Perkins	PS	C	20	79	76	14	19	2	0	3	15	0	3	0	.250	.278	.395	.673	76
41	Willie Spencer^	TC	3B	4	14	14	0	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	.214	.214	.357	.571	52
42	Ed Stone*	NE	RF	30	128	114	34	39	2	1	7	31	2	14	0	.342	.414	.561	.975	159
43	Fermín Valdés	NYC	SS	16	67	62	5	16	2	0	0	5	1	4	1	.258	.303	.290	.593	65
44	Willie Wells	NE	SS	31	141	126	27	34	2	0	3	19	3	13	2	.270	.338	.357	.695	86
45	Jim Williams	HG/TC	RF	10	40	39	4	9	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	.231	.250	.282	.532	45
46	Pedro Arango	NYC	1B	14	51	44	3	7	1	1	0	5	0	7	0	.159	.275	.227	.502	40
47	Ameal Brooks*	NBY	LF	26	86	75	11	21	1	0	0	8	1	10	1	.280	.365	.293	.658	80
48	Ralph Burgin	NBY	LF	24	74	70	8	15	1	0	0	4	0	3	1	.214	.247	.229	.475	30
49	Tommy Butts	BEG	SS	8	29	25	4	12	1	0	0	6	1	4	0	.480	.552	.520	1.072	192
50	Roy Campanella	BEG	C	16	50	42	6	8	1	0	0	4	0	3	5	.190	.244	.214	.459	25
51	Walter Cannady	NBY	3B	26	101	96	17	34	1	1	3	18	0	5	0	.354	.386	.479	.865	133
52	Oscar Charleston*	TC	1B	7	29	25	5	7	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	.280	.379	.320	.699	90
53	Bus Clarkson	TC	SS	7	28	26	4	9	1	0	1	6	0	1	1	.346	.370	.500	.870	133
54	Bob Clarke	NBY	C	26	91	82	5	17	1	0	1	7	0	8	1	.207	.278	.256	.534	46
55	Babe Davis	HG	CF	8	34	33	6	10	1	0	1	5	0	1	0	.303	.324	.424	.748	101
56	Leon Day	NE	P	17	41	39	5	13	1	2	0	3	0	1	1	.333	.350	.462	.812	116
57	Bob Evans	NE	P	5	9	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.222	.333	-13
58	Ramón Heredía	NYC	3B	14	54	48	10	17	1	0	2	6	0	6	0	.354	.426	.500	.926	156
59	Jimmy Hill*	NE	P	9	28	27	3	8	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.296	.321	.333	.655	76
60	Bill Holland**	NBY	P	9	21	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.050	.050	.100	.150	-60
61	Jelly Jackson	HG	SS	33	134	113	25	20	1	4	1	10	1	17	4	.177	.285	.283	.568	54
62	Bucky Johnson^	NE	2B	2	11	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	.125	.364	.250	.614	67
63	Jack Johnson^	TC	3B	4	16	16	3	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	.188	.188	.438	.625	64
64	Biz Mackey**	BEG/NE	C	24	75	68	7	21	1	0	1	11	1	5	2	.309	.356	.368	.724	95
65	Henry McHenry	PS	P	25	53	53	1	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	.189	.189	.208	.396	4
66	Red Moore*	BEG	1B	10	43	37	4	13	1	0	0	5	0	4	2	.351	.415	.378	.793	116
67	Leroy Morney**	PS/TC	2B	6	26	26	5	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	.231	.231	.269	.500	34
68	Eudie Napier*	HG	C	2	9	7	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	.429	.556	.571	1.127	205
69	Tom Parker	HG	LF	16	49	44	10	16	1	1	2	11	0	5	0	.364	.429	.568	.997	167
70	Edsall Walker**	HG	P	12	30	28	1	7	1	0	1	3	0	2	0	.250	.300	.393	.693	86
71	Emery Adams	BEG	P	8	12	12	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.417	.417	.417	.833	127
72	Oscar Boone	BEG	C	3	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	33
73	James Brown*	NE	P	9	17	16	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	.188	.235	.313	.548	46
74	Jesse Brown*	NBY	P	6	14	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.000	.083	.000	.083	-76
75	Joe Brown	NE/HG	LF	3	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.083	.000	.083	-76
76	Spoon Carter*	PS	P	3	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	-43
77	Harry Cozart	NE	P	5	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	53
78	Jimmie Crutchfield*	TC	CF	4	17	16	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.294	.250	.544	48
79	Tommie Dukes*	HG/TC	C	8	29	22	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	.318	.464	.318	.782	112
80	Joe Echols^	NE	CF	3	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-10
81	Rocky Ellis^	PS	P	18	27	24	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	.125	.192	.125	.317	-15
82	Isidro Fabré	NYC	LF	2	5	4	2	2	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	.500	.600	1.750	2.350	531
83	Rodolfo Fernández	NYC	P	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
84	José María Fernández	NYC	C	9	19	19	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	.105	.105	.263	.368	-1
85	Willie Ferrell^	HG	P	2	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23
86	Jonas Gaines	BEG	P	7	19	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.053	.000	.053	-85
87	Robert Gaston	HG	C	4	11	10	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	81
88	Oscar Givens	NE	3B	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
89	Tom Glover	BEG	P	6	10	10	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	63
90	Vernon Harrison^	NE	P	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000
91	Bill Harvey*	BEG/TC	P	8	23	21	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.143	.217	.143	.360	0
92	Johnny Hayes*	NE	C	24	82	76	8	19	0	0	3	7	0	6	0	.250	.305	.368	.673	80
93	Curtis Henderson	TC	CF	3	12	11	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.273	.333	.273	.606	65
94	Crush Holloway**	BEG	RF	2	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
95	Willie Hubert	NE/BEG	P	8	20	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.053	.100	.053	.153	-59
96	Jimmy Johnson^	TC	P	4	14	14	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	55
97	Johnny Johnson*	BEG	P	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
98	Harry Kincannon	TC	P	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
99	Cando López	NYC	CF	13	49	45	1	12	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	.267	.327	.267	.593	66
100	Max Manning	NE	P	6	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	17
101	Clem Martin^	NBY	-	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
102	Webster McDonald*	PS	P	14	23	22	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	.182	.182	.318	.500	30
103	Terris McDuffie	NBY	P	13	27	18	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	.167	.444	.167	.611	71
104	Henry Miller	PS	P	9	9	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	-6
105	Ned Miller^	TC	2B	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
106	Purnell Mincy*	PS	P	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
107	Antonio Mirabal^	NYC	LF	12	44	42	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.143	.182	.143	.325	-9
108	Jim Missouri*	PS	P	16	34	30	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	.200	.226	.200	.426	13
109	Pedro Pagés**	NYC	1B	15	60	56	6	10	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	.179	.233	.179	.412	15
110	Clarence Palm	NBY/PS	C	21	67	64	6	16	0	1	0	7	0	3	0	.250	.284	.281	.565	51
111	Charlie Parks	NBY	C	2	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	9
112	Roy Partlow*	HG	P	11	27	25	6	6	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	.240	.296	.360	.656	76
113	Lefty Phillips^	BEG	P	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000
114	Robert Poinsette^	NBY/TC	P	4	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-10
115	Connie Rector	NYC	P	6	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	178
116	Vernon Riddick	NE	3B	7	19	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.105	.105	.211	-43
117	Charlie Rivera	BEG	3B	11	46	39	9	10	0	0	0	3	0	6	1	.256	.356	.256	.612	68
118	Specs Roberts^	HG	P	6	24	20	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	47
119	Norman Robinson**	BEG	SS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
120	Antonio Rodríguez	NYC	2B	16	64	56	7	12	0	0	0	5	1	5	3	.214	.279	.214	.493	38
121	Leon Ruffin	NE/PS	C	22	73	68	7	9	0	0	1	3	0	4	1	.132	.181	.176	.357	-5
122	Silvino Ruiz	NYC	P	10	31	30	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.133	.161	.133	.295	-18
123	Clyde Spearman*	PS	RF	28	111	95	13	20	0	1	1	5	1	15	1	.211	.318	.263	.581	55
124	Neck Stanley*	NBY	P	13	33	29	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.069	.129	.069	.198	-45
125	Ross Taylor	TC	LF	4	15	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23
126	Johnny Taylor	TC	P	1	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.500	.750	.500	1.250	243
127	Sam Thompson	PS	P	13	22	22	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.318	.318	.318	.636	68
128	Thompson^	HG	RF	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	81
129	Luis Tiant*	NYC	P	7	14	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-21
130	Armando Torres^	NYC	P	5	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	28
131	Wyatt Turner	HG	C	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
132	Roy Welmaker**	HG/PS	P	14	26	25	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.080	.115	.080	.195	-48
133	Clarence Williams^	BEG	LF	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
134	Harry Williams	HG	3B	4	12	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.083	.000	.083	-76
135	Jim Willis^	BEG	P	2	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	172
136	Roy K. Williams^	NBY	P	8	15	13	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	.231	.333	.385	.718	94
137	Alec Wilson^	NBY	C	1	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	250
138	Johnny Wright	NE/TC	P	2	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	12
139	Zollie Wright	NBY	RF	26	102	87	8	25	0	1	0	13	0	13	2	.287	.380	.310	.690	89

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

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