1939 Season

1938 / 1940

Tom Wilson (President)
Ed Bolden (Vice President)
Eddie Gottlieb (Recording Secretary)
Cumberland Posey (Corresponding Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)

Leaders

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Josh Gibson	EAS / HG	.808
2	Buck Leonard	EAS / HG	.724
3	Mule Suttles	MULT	.695
4	Bill Byrd	BEG / EAS	.679
5	Ed Stone	EAS / NE	.605
6	Willard Brown	KCM	.587
7	Bus Clarkson	TC	.574
8	Bill Hoskins	BEG / NOS	.570
9	George Scales	NBY	.569
10	David Whatley	CBR / HG	.557

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Willie Hubert	BEG / NE	247
2	Andy Cooper	KCM	205
3	George Walker	KCM	178
4	Roy Partlow	EAS / HG	170
5	Smoky Owens	CBR / WES	159
6	Roosevelt Davis	MRS / SAS	155
7	James Brown	NE	154
8	Willie Jefferson	MRS	154
9	Jimmy Hill	NE	150
10	Hilton Smith	KCM / WES	148

All-1939 Team

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willard Brown	KCM	2.4	2.4	0.1
Bill Hoskins	BEG / NOS	2.2	2.0	0.4
Dan Wilson	SL3 / WES	1.5	1.0	0.5
Bill Harvey	MULT	0.8	0.3	-0.2

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Leslie Green	SL3	1.7	1.4	0.4
Turkey Stearnes	KCM / WES	1.4	2.4	-1.0
Willie Simms	CAG	1.3	1.4	0.1
Goose Curry	BEG / NBY	0.9	1.0	0.2

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ed Stone	EAS / NE	2.4	2.0	0.5
David Whatley	CBR / HG	1.3	1.6	-0.2
Wild Bill Wright	MULT	1.2	1.4	-0.1
Subby Byas	CAG	0.9	0.8	0.2

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ted Strong	KCM / WES	2.5	2.0	0.2
Chester Williams	PS	1.3	0.9	0.2
Willie Wells	EAS / NE	0.8	0.1	0.4
Buddy Armour	SL3	0.7	0.4	0.1

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sammy Hughes	BEG / EAS	1.9	1.5	0.3
Sam Bankhead	HG	1.7	0.6	1.0
Bus Clarkson	TC	1.2	0.9	0.2
Al Frazier	CBR	1.1	0.3	0.7

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Alex Radcliff	CAG / WES	1.5	0.9	0.6
Jud Wilson	PS	1.1	1.0	0.1
Felton Snow	BEG	0.7	0.4	0.3
Ramón Heredía	NYC	0.5	0.3	0.2

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Mule Suttles	MULT	2.9	2.5	0.6
Buck Leonard	EAS / HG	2.7	2.7	0.1
Ed Young	CAG	1.6	1.2	0.5
Red Moore	BEG / IAB	0.8	0.9	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	EAS / HG	3.3	2.9	0.3
Henry Turner	CBR	1.3	1.2	0.0
Oscar Boone	BEG / IAB	0.9	0.5	0.4
Bill Casey	NYC	0.6	0.5	0.1

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Bill Byrd	BEG / EAS	125.1	4.1	3.1	1.0
Jimmy Hill	NE	73.2	2.2	2.0	0.2
Silvino Ruíz	NYC	78.1	2.1	2.4	-0.3
Leon Day	EAS / NE	117.0	1.8	1.3	0.5
Jimmy Johnson	TC / WES	62.1	1.5	1.5	0.0
Andy Cooper	KCM	36.2	1.5	1.5	0.0
Theolic Smith	SL3 / WES	80.0	1.3	0.8	0.4
Neck Stanley	NBY	75.0	1.3	1.6	-0.3
Edsall Walker	HG	85.0	1.2	1.2	0.0
Luis Tiant	NYC	46.0	1.2	1.4	-0.2
Smoky Owens	CBR / WES	67.2	1.2	1.3	-0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Hilton Smith	KCM / WES	125.0	3.2	3.5	-0.2
George Walker	KCM	89.2	2.8	3.0	-0.2
Roy Partlow	EAS / HG	74.0	2.5	2.5	0.1
Willie Hubert	BEG / NE	63.1	2.5	2.6	-0.1
Ted Radcliffe	MRS / WES	83.2	2.1	1.9	0.1
Henry McHenry	PS	110.2	2.0	2.1	-0.1
Terris McDuffie	MULT	69.0	1.8	1.7	0.1
Frank Bradley	KCM	88.2	1.6	1.6	0.0
Lefty Calhoun	SL3	80.0	1.6	1.5	0.0
Eddie Dixon	IAB	61.1	1.4	1.3	0.1
Felix Evans	IAB / SL3	39.0	0.9	0.8	0.2

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