1939 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1939 Season

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

Hilton
Smith

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Josh Gibson	EAS / HG	236
2	Buck Leonard	EAS / HG	213
3	Bill Byrd	BEG / EAS	190
4	Mule Suttles	MULT	188
5	Henry Turner	CBR	180
6	Willard Brown	KCM	178
7	Bill Hoskins	BEG / NOS	178
8	Bus Clarkson	TC	176
9	Ed Stone	EAS / NE	171
10	George Scales	NBY	169

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Andy Cooper	KCM	1.72
2	Willie Hubert	BEG / NE	1.99
3	George Walker	KCM	2.11
4	Lefty Bowe	CAG	2.42
5	Smoky Owens	CBR / WES	2.53
6	Roosevelt Davis	MRS / SAS	2.56
7	Willie Jefferson	MRS	2.57
8	Hilton Smith	KCM / WES	2.59
9	Roy Partlow	EAS / HG	2.68
10	Robert Dean	SL3	2.92

Batting

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	North All Stars	NSA	1	49	44	10	19	4	0	1	6	1	2	1	2	.432	.468	.591	1.059	117
2	Homestead Grays	MULT	42	1614	1412	281	408	53	26	41	250	22	1	155	17	2	8	31	8	1	.289	.361	.450	.811	115
3	West All Stars	EWA	2	71	59	6	15	1	0	2	6	0	2	8	10	1	0	3	1	0	.254	.338	.373	.711	115
4	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	22	814	724	109	202	31	12	8	95	18	71	4	15	.279	.347	.388	.735	110
5	Newark Eagles	NLP / NN2	45	1673	1493	257	419	55	21	41	234	23	3	148	23	0	10	21	1	0	.281	.349	.428	.777	104
6	Toledo Crawfords	NAL / NN2	20	749	663	99	184	35	7	5	83	13	68	3	15	.278	.347	.374	.721	104
7	Baltimore Elite Giants	MULT	40	1478	1303	228	390	65	11	15	208	15	127	17	3	7	37	4	1	.299	.364	.401	.764	103
8	Chicago American Giants	NAL	41	1535	1368	178	343	50	22	12	148	40	119	14	34	.251	.317	.346	.663	98
9	Kansas City Monarchs	ALC / NAL	56	2050	1851	289	479	82	30	21	237	65	1	136	3	13	37	13	1	.259	.312	.370	.682	97
10	St. Louis Stars	ALC / NAL	33	1236	1071	142	265	39	13	12	124	34	0	117	13	12	32	4	.247	.327	.342	.669	94
11	Cleveland Bears	NAL	28	1044	923	125	237	37	10	1	101	24	83	11	27	.257	.325	.322	.647	87
12	Philadelphia Stars	NLP / NN2	51	1787	1631	255	452	60	17	22	229	8	0	128	3	0	4	22	2	.277	.331	.375	.706	83
13	East All Stars	EWA	2	76	65	12	16	3	1	0	11	2	2	9	9	2	1	0	1	1	.246	.342	.323	.665	83
14	New York Black Yankees	NN2	32	1156	1001	141	256	34	8	10	134	8	124	7	24	.256	.342	.336	.678	82
15	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	33	1160	1032	106	243	36	12	2	82	29	91	8	29	.235	.302	.299	.602	73
16	New York Cubans	NN2	21	759	698	81	176	24	3	5	72	6	48	2	11	.252	.302	.317	.619	67
17	South All Stars	NSA	1	36	33	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	.182	.229	.182	.410	19
	17	7	729	17287	15371	2320	4110	609	193	198	2021	308	9	1436	95	8	105	341	34	4	.267	.333	.371	.704	95

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Josh Gibson	EAS / HG	C	37	163	130	40	50	5	4	14	49	3	0	25	0	3	1	3	4	0	.385	.475	.808	1.283	236
2	Buck Leonard *	EAS / HG	1B	41	176	145	40	55	12	1	12	52	3	1	27	2	0	0	3	1	0	.379	.474	.724	1.198	213
3	Mule Suttles	MULT	1B	45	185	164	43	57	12	3	13	42	3	0	20	2	0	1	0	0	1	.348	.422	.695	1.117	188
4	Henry Turner	CBR	C	28	109	100	11	37	5	5	1	21	1	9	0	0	.370	.422	.550	.972	180
5	Willard Brown	KCM	LF	48	198	189	36	67	16	8	4	46	9	0	8	0	0	1	0	.354	.379	.587	.966	178
6	Bill Hoskins *	BEG / NOS	LF	38	157	135	31	56	9	3	2	29	2	18	0	0	2	1	1	0	.415	.487	.570	1.058	178
7	Bus Clarkson	TC	2B	19	76	68	18	24	7	1	2	17	3	7	0	1	.353	.413	.574	.987	176
8	Ed Stone *	EAS / NE	RF	41	172	152	41	54	7	2	9	33	4	1	17	2	0	3	0	0	0	.355	.430	.605	1.035	171
9	David Whatley *	CBR / HG	RF	37	149	140	30	57	8	5	1	21	3	0	6	4	0	0	3	0	0	.407	.432	.557	.989	162
10	Turkey Stearnes *	KCM / WES	CF	57	238	208	47	67	12	2	8	45	11	0	22	0	0	2	5	1	0	.322	.391	.514	.905	162
11	Leslie Green *	SL3	CF	30	129	109	21	35	5	2	3	16	11	13	1	1	6	0	.321	.398	.486	.885	157
12	Sammy Hughes	BEG / EAS	2B	35	150	126	28	45	13	2	1	18	1	0	21	2	0	0	3	0	0	.357	.449	.516	.965	154
13	Willie Simms *	CAG	CF	34	155	134	20	42	5	2	3	14	6	15	1	5	.313	.387	.448	.834	149
14	Fred Wilson *	NE / PS	LF	46	167	150	31	55	6	2	4	31	2	0	13	4	0	1	3	0	0	.367	.421	.513	.934	145
15	Neil Robinson	MRS / WES	CF	29	113	104	18	33	7	3	1	13	5	0	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	.317	.366	.471	.837	144
16	Wild Bill Wright **	MULT	RF	39	165	152	34	57	12	2	1	31	5	1	9	0	3	2	2	0	0	.375	.417	.500	.917	143
17	Ted Strong **	KCM / WES	SS	54	221	188	36	59	8	3	3	33	15	0	25	2	1	3	2	3	0	.314	.397	.436	.833	142
18	Tommie Dukes *	HG / TC	C	21	83	71	12	24	5	1	0	11	2	9	1	2	0	.338	.420	.437	.856	138
19	Ed Young	CAG	1B	34	141	122	20	34	9	1	2	19	10	16	3	0	.279	.376	.418	.794	137
20	Red Moore *	BEG / IAB	1B	37	156	130	21	44	7	2	0	18	2	15	1	0	2	9	0	0	.338	.415	.423	.838	133
21	Oscar Boone	BEG / IAB	C	23	84	69	10	23	2	1	0	8	0	11	0	4	0	.333	.425	.391	.816	132
22	Donald Reeves *	CAG / IAB	RF	25	99	95	14	29	6	3	1	10	1	4	0	0	.305	.333	.463	.796	129
23	Marshall Riddle *	SL3 / WES	2B	32	124	106	9	34	4	1	0	15	1	0	15	0	0	0	3	0	0	.321	.405	.377	.782	129
24	Bill Harvey *	MULT	LF	16	57	50	5	18	3	0	0	4	1	7	0	0	.360	.439	.420	.859	129
25	Jabbo Andrews *	IAB	LF	20	78	73	11	19	3	3	3	13	0	4	0	1	.260	.299	.507	.806	128
26	José Vargas	NYC	LF	18	74	67	12	22	4	0	1	8	1	6	1	0	.328	.392	.433	.825	123
27	Leroy Morney **	MULT	2B	15	66	61	13	19	3	1	1	9	2	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.311	.364	.443	.806	121
28	Dan Wilson **	SL3 / WES	LF	33	150	135	27	38	7	2	2	12	10	0	13	3	0	1	1	0	0	.281	.349	.407	.756	121
29	Gabby Kemp	IAB	2B	19	75	64	9	19	2	0	1	8	4	9	1	1	.297	.392	.375	.767	120
30	Alex Radcliff	CAG / WES	3B	40	177	162	25	46	9	4	1	16	1	0	11	3	0	0	4	0	0	.284	.329	.407	.737	120
31	Pat Patterson **	EAS / PS	2B	42	180	170	37	57	12	3	2	29	3	0	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	.335	.369	.476	.845	118
32	Monte Irvin	NE	3B	36	146	127	22	36	6	3	3	23	2	0	17	4	0	2	0	0	0	.283	.377	.449	.826	117
33	Subby Byas **	CAG	RF	39	152	125	18	31	5	1	2	11	3	22	3	2	.248	.373	.352	.725	117
34	Roy Parnell	MULT	LF	40	154	138	30	43	6	2	4	25	2	0	13	0	0	0	3	0	0	.312	.371	.471	.842	116
35	Oscar Charleston *	TC	1B	17	65	58	9	17	3	0	1	7	1	7	0	0	.293	.369	.397	.766	115
36	Buddy Armour *	SL3	SS	25	98	90	8	27	3	1	1	16	3	3	0	3	2	0	.300	.344	.389	.733	114
37	Johnny Washington *	NBY	1B	30	119	111	19	36	6	1	1	17	1	7	1	0	.324	.370	.423	.793	111
38	Chester Williams	PS	SS	46	203	188	32	62	10	4	1	21	1	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	.330	.376	.441	.818	111
39	Curtis Henderson	TC	SS	16	59	52	9	14	2	2	0	5	0	6	0	1	.269	.345	.385	.729	107
40	Henry Spearman	HG	3B	40	160	148	24	42	4	5	3	25	0	0	10	4	0	2	0	0	0	.284	.338	.439	.777	106
41	Parnell Woods	CBR / WES	3B	27	114	103	17	27	6	4	0	14	7	0	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	.262	.315	.398	.713	105
42	Rainey Bibbs **	KCM	3B	49	199	182	36	52	10	2	1	19	4	0	10	0	6	1	0	.286	.321	.379	.700	103
43	Willie Spencer ^	TC	3B	15	49	44	3	13	4	0	0	8	0	2	0	3	.295	.326	.386	.712	102
44	Henry Kimbro *	BEG	CF	40	178	160	31	46	7	1	3	16	4	14	5	0	1	3	0	0	.288	.349	.400	.749	99
45	Biz Mackey **	BEG / NE	C	30	101	89	9	28	2	0	1	13	1	0	10	0	0	1	1	0	.315	.380	.371	.751	99
46	Gene Benson *	PS	CF	49	193	176	25	49	6	3	5	25	1	0	15	0	0	1	1	0	.278	.339	.432	.770	99
47	Al Frazier	CBR	2B	28	107	90	14	26	3	0	0	11	1	7	3	7	.289	.360	.322	.682	98
48	Vic Harris *	EAS / HG	LF	40	176	151	20	39	8	3	2	23	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	1	0	.258	.354	.391	.745	98
49	Sam Bankhead	HG	2B	42	188	161	34	46	4	3	2	24	5	1	17	2	1	1	8	1	0	.286	.356	.385	.741	97
50	John Lyles **	MULT	SS	25	109	102	14	29	6	0	0	13	4	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	.284	.330	.343	.673	95
51	Ed Mayweather *	SL3	1B	31	128	112	12	25	4	1	3	19	0	13	0	1	1	1	.223	.307	.357	.664	94
52	Henry Milton *	KCM / WES	RF	54	239	214	39	53	7	5	2	17	12	1	17	1	0	3	5	0	0	.248	.312	.355	.667	93
53	Felton Snow	BEG	3B	40	167	154	25	44	9	2	1	27	1	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	.286	.333	.390	.723	93
54	Jim Williams	MULT	RF	22	87	79	11	21	7	0	0	10	2	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.266	.326	.354	.680	92
55	Ernie Smith *	CAG	LF	39	151	140	15	38	3	2	0	15	7	7	2	2	.271	.315	.321	.637	90
56	Jimmie Crutchfield *	TC	LF	17	79	69	13	17	2	2	0	5	1	8	0	2	.246	.325	.333	.658	88
57	Lloyd Davenport *	MULT	RF	32	128	118	10	31	6	1	0	8	6	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.320	.331	.651	87
58	Flash Miller	NBY / TC	SS	29	112	90	15	19	4	2	1	13	1	19	1	2	.211	.355	.333	.688	86
59	Mint Jones **	CBR	1B	26	103	91	11	24	4	0	0	8	1	8	1	3	.264	.330	.308	.638	85
60	Tommy Butts	BEG / IAB	SS	39	142	128	13	35	3	2	0	15	3	12	1	0	0	2	0	0	.273	.336	.328	.664	84
61	Babe Davis	HG / IAB	CF	29	119	108	19	26	3	0	3	15	2	0	9	0	1	1	0	0	.241	.305	.352	.657	83
62	Raymond Taylor	SL3	C	27	92	84	13	20	3	1	1	12	1	5	1	1	2	0	.238	.289	.333	.622	81
63	Willie Wells	EAS / NE	SS	44	197	171	34	43	5	0	3	23	4	1	23	5	0	1	1	1	0	.251	.342	.333	.675	79
64	Larry Brown **	MULT	C	30	105	91	4	24	3	0	0	11	1	0	8	0	0	0	6	0	0	.264	.323	.297	.620	78
65	Marlin Carter *	MRS / SAS	2B	29	126	112	14	25	5	4	0	6	3	9	0	5	.223	.281	.339	.620	78
66	Fred Bankhead	MRS	3B	32	117	104	10	24	6	1	0	12	2	10	1	2	.231	.304	.308	.612	76
67	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	53	202	178	23	38	6	5	1	25	4	1	17	2	3	2	0	.213	.286	.320	.607	75
68	Duke Cleveland *	CBR	RF	22	88	72	15	16	2	0	0	5	0	13	0	3	.222	.341	.250	.591	72
69	Dick Seay	NE	2B	41	180	150	24	34	5	1	2	13	3	1	23	1	0	1	6	0	0	.227	.333	.313	.647	72
70	Jim West **	MULT	1B	40	165	146	21	35	6	1	2	23	0	0	16	3	0	0	2	1	0	.240	.313	.336	.648	67
71	Billy Horne *	MULT	2B	35	133	117	16	27	1	1	0	14	4	0	12	2	0	0	4	0	0	.231	.302	.256	.559	67
72	Esterio Caraballo	NYC	RF	17	66	62	6	14	4	0	1	6	0	4	0	0	.226	.273	.339	.611	64
73	Jake Dunn	NOS / PS	RF	48	180	168	21	43	7	1	1	26	0	0	9	0	0	0	3	0	.256	.294	.327	.621	62
74	Jerry Benjamin **	MULT	CF	30	137	114	23	25	1	1	0	10	6	0	20	1	0	1	2	0	0	.219	.341	.246	.586	61
75	Lennie Pearson	NE	CF	43	173	167	21	37	4	3	5	29	2	0	4	4	0	0	2	0	0	.222	.240	.371	.611	60
76	Pepper Bassett **	MULT	C	36	130	122	14	27	6	1	0	15	1	0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	.221	.258	.287	.545	59
77	Bobby Robinson	SL3	3B	31	121	91	10	17	0	1	0	7	0	18	3	2	9	1	.187	.330	.209	.539	58
78	Newt Allen	KCM	2B	53	213	192	24	43	7	1	0	15	2	0	12	0	9	0	0	.224	.270	.271	.540	57
79	Roy Campanella	BEG	C	27	89	78	11	19	2	0	1	13	0	3	0	1	7	0	0	.244	.280	.308	.588	56
80	Johnny Ray *	CBR	CF	25	110	95	21	18	3	1	0	6	3	12	2	1	.189	.294	.242	.536	56
81	Dave Campbell *	NBY	2B	27	106	97	14	22	3	0	1	6	1	8	0	1	.227	.286	.289	.574	54
82	Jelly Taylor *	MRS / WES	1B	32	122	107	10	22	3	0	0	6	1	0	12	0	0	2	1	0	0	.206	.298	.234	.531	54
83	Fermín Valdés	NYC	SS	20	85	80	7	19	3	0	0	7	1	5	0	0	.238	.282	.275	.557	51
84	Jimmy Johnson ^	TC / WES	P	13	33	31	2	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	.258	.281	.258	.539	50
85	Jelly Jackson	HG	SS	42	161	136	28	25	2	4	1	15	2	0	17	3	0	1	7	0	0	.184	.279	.279	.559	49
86	Antonio Rodríguez	NYC	2B	18	73	67	9	16	1	0	0	6	1	3	1	2	.239	.282	.254	.535	46
87	Curtis Harris	PS / SAS	1B	46	169	167	20	45	2	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.269	.274	.281	.555	45
88	Bill Bradford *	SL3	RF	33	138	120	13	19	2	1	1	8	3	14	2	2	1	1	.158	.255	.217	.472	38

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

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