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1939 Cleveland Bears

24 - 36

24 - 29 in the Negro American League

1937 / 1940 ( Team History )

Managed by:
Alonzo Mitchell (24-36)

Top Hitter

Henry
Turner

Top Pitcher

Smoky
Owens

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting

Pitching

OPS+

87

6th

ERA+

114

3rd

OPS

.647

6th

ERA

3.30

2nd

BA

.257

4th

BA

.250

3rd

OBP

.325

4th

K/BB

1.03

7th

SLG

.322

6th

K%

10.2%

7th

BB%

8.0%

4th

BB%

9.9%

6th

K%

HR%

0.8%

4th

ISO

.065

6th

WHIP

1.33

4th

Notes:

Home Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
J. B. Greer (Owner & President) , Lem Williams (General Manager) , Marcellus Mason (Secretary & Treasurer) , F. D. Picken (Road Secretary)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP
C	Henry Turner	25	28	109	100	11	37	5	5	1	21	1	9	0	0	.370	.422	.550	.972	180
1B	Mint Jones **	28	26	103	91	11	24	4	0	0	8	1	8	1	3	.264	.330	.308	.638	85
2B	Al Frazier	24	28	107	90	14	26	3	0	0	11	1	7	3	7	.289	.360	.322	.682	98
3B	Parnell Woods	27	26	113	103	17	27	6	4	0	14	7	7	1	2	.262	.315	.398	.713	106
SS	John Lyles **	27	23	100	95	13	28	6	0	0	13	4	3	2	0	.295	.330	.358	.688	99
LF	Ralph Coles **	26	11	34	30	1	12	1	0	0	4	2	4	0	0	.400	.471	.433	.904	162
CF	Johnny Ray *	27	25	110	95	21	18	3	1	0	6	3	12	2	1	.189	.294	.242	.536	56
RF	Duke Cleveland *	22	22	88	72	15	16	2	0	0	5	0	13	0	3	.222	.341	.250	.591	72

C	Walter Burch	31	11	40	35	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	.114	.225	.114	.339	0
SS	Clarence Lamar	24	12	36	32	5	6	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	.188	.257	.188	.445	30
SS	Philly Holmes *	26	7	26	21	4	4	1	0	0	2	2	5	0	0	.190	.346	.238	.584	71
1B	Alonzo Mitchell	34	10	23	22	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.318	.591	71
LF	Joe Royal	27	6	19	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	.125	.222	.125	.347	2
LF	Lacey Thomas *	29	3	12	9	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	.444	.545	.444	.990	188
RF	David Whatley *	24	2	8	8	1	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	152
RF	Eugene Tyler	19	2	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
LF	Jack Bruton ^	27	4	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-28
RF	Dusty Decker ^	27	1	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	190
LF	Jack Moore ^	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	480

SP	Preacher Henry	28	16	42	37	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	.162	.205	.216	.421	22
SP	Smoky Owens ^	27	11	30	27	1	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.259	.481	39
SP	Red Howard *	29	5	10	8	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	.375	.444	.500	.944	173
RP	Andy Sarvis ^	31	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Willie Ferrell ^	25	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	93
RP	Alonzo Boone	31	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	1
SP	Bernard Fernández	21	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Satchel Davis	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SP	nfn Andrews ^	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	28		290	1044	923	125	237	37	10	1	101	24	83	11	27	.257	.325	.322	.647	87

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG
Parnell Woods	27	3B	113		.329	.324		6.2%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.136	.098
Johnny Ray *	27	CF	110		.270	.324		10.9%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.053	.098
Henry Turner	25	C	109		.449	.324		8.3%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.9%	0.7%		.180	.098
Al Frazier	24	2B	107		.314	.324		6.5%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.033	.098
Mint Jones **	28	1B	103		.304	.324		7.8%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.044	.098
John Lyles **	27	SS	100		.329	.324		3.0%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.063	.098
Duke Cleveland *	22	RF	88		.294	.324		14.8%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.028	.098
Preacher Henry	28	SP	42		.191	.324		4.8%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.054	.098
Walter Burch	31	C	40		.190	.324		10.0%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.000	.098
Clarence Lamar	24	SS	36		.223	.324		5.6%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.000	.098
Ralph Coles **	26	LF	34		.437	.324		11.8%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.033	.098
Smoky Owens ^	27	SP	30		.204	.324		0.0%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.037	.098
Philly Holmes *	26	SS	26		.307	.324		19.2%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.048	.098
Alonzo Mitchell	34	1B	23		.266	.324		0.0%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.045	.098
Joe Royal	27	LF	19		.180	.324		10.5%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.000	.098
Lacey Thomas *	29	LF	12		.444	.324		16.7%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.000	.098
Red Howard *	29	SP	10		.401	.324		10.0%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.125	.098
Jack Bruton ^	27	LF	8		.119	.324		0.0%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.000	.098
Eugene Tyler	19	RF	8		.000	.324		0.0%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.000	.098
David Whatley *	24	RF	8		.407	.324		0.0%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.125	.098
Dusty Decker ^	27	RF	4		.477	.324		0.0%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.000	.098
Alonzo Boone	31	RP	3		.251	.324		33.3%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.000	.098
Andy Sarvis ^	31	RP	3		.000	.324		0.0%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.000	.098
Willie Ferrell ^	25	RP	3		.318	.324		0.0%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.000	.098
Bernard Fernández	21	SP	3		.000	.324		0.0%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.000	.098
Jack Moore ^	LF	2		.854	.324		50.0%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.0%	0.7%		.000	.098
nfn Andrews ^	SP		.000	.324		8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.7%		.098
Satchel Davis	20	SP		.000	.324		8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.7%		.098
28			1044		.307	.324		8.0%	8.4%				0.1%	0.7%		.065	.098