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	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

Advanced Pitching

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Kansas City Monarchs	ALC / NAL	482.1	1.24	17.1%	7.3%	2.35	0.5%
2	Philadelphia Stars	NLP / NN2	414.1	1.51	11.5%	8.8%	1.30	2.1%
3	Newark Eagles	NLP / NN2	370.1	1.47	12.1%	10.6%	1.14	1.2%
4	Chicago American Giants	NAL	362.1	1.40	11.9%	8.7%	1.37	0.7%
5	Homestead Grays	MULT	350.2	1.32	11.6%	8.3%	1.39	1.2%
6	Baltimore Elite Giants	MULT	324.0	1.41	11.2%	7.3%	1.55	1.2%
7	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	282.1	1.31	13.0%	5.1%	2.57	1.0%
8	St. Louis Stars	ALC / NAL	279.0	1.30	12.1%	8.1%	1.49	0.4%
9	New York Black Yankees	NN2	258.2	1.50	10.5%	6.6%	1.58	2.3%
10	Cleveland Bears	NAL	240.0	1.33	10.2%	9.9%	1.03	0.8%
11	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	179.0	1.77	10.4%	10.0%	1.03	1.0%
12	New York Cubans	NN2	172.1	1.54	12.9%	8.8%	1.46	1.8%
13	Toledo Crawfords	NAL / NN2	166.1	1.50	11.4%	8.8%	1.30	0.7%
14	East All Stars	EWA	17.0	1.35	14.1%	11.3%	1.25	2.8%
15	West All Stars	EWA	17.0	1.47	11.8%	11.8%	1.00	0.0%
16	North All Stars	NSA	9.0	0.89	5.6%	5.6%	1.00	0.0%
17	South All Stars	NSA	9.0	2.33	12.2%	4.1%	3.00	2.0%
	17	7	3933.2	1.41	12.2%	8.3%	1.48	1.1%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Bill Byrd	BEG / EAS	SP	125.1	1.30	11.6%	4.2%	2.77	1.0%
2	Hilton Smith	KCM / WES	RP	125.0	0.98	21.4%	4.6%	4.61	0.2%
3	Leon Day	EAS / NE	SP	117.0	1.39	13.0%	10.2%	1.27	1.8%
4	Henry McHenry	PS	RP	110.2	1.32	10.8%	8.7%	1.24	2.5%
5	Preacher Henry	CBR	SP	108.0	1.32	11.8%	12.9%	0.92	0.2%
6	Willie Cornelius	CAG	SP	99.1	1.24	11.1%	6.6%	1.68	0.5%
7	George Walker	KCM	RP	89.2	1.07	17.3%	5.6%	3.10	1.1%
8	Frank Bradley	KCM	RP	88.2	1.18	17.9%	6.9%	2.60	0.3%
9	Edsall Walker *	HG	SP	85.0	1.36	12.9%	8.8%	1.45	1.3%
10	Ted Radcliffe	MRS / WES	RP	83.2	1.08	18.3%	3.8%	4.85	0.6%
11	Lefty Calhoun *	SL3	RP	80.0	1.18	10.5%	7.5%	1.40	0.3%
12	Theolic Smith	SL3 / WES	SP	80.0	1.39	11.7%	6.9%	1.71	0.3%
13	Silvino Ruíz	NYC	SP	78.1	1.39	9.5%	8.3%	1.14	2.1%
14	Jonas Gaines *	BEG / NOS	SP	78.0	1.31	9.9%	8.4%	1.18	0.6%
15	Jesse Houston	CAG	SP	77.1	1.50	10.7%	11.0%	0.97	0.9%
16	Neck Stanley *	NBY	SP	75.0	1.51	14.0%	7.3%	1.92	1.5%
17	Roy Partlow *	EAS / HG	RP	74.0	1.05	13.9%	8.2%	1.71	1.0%
18	Jimmy Hill *	NE	SP	73.2	1.33	16.1%	11.6%	1.39	1.0%
19	Terris McDuffie	MULT	RP	69.0	1.36	12.3%	6.8%	1.81	1.9%
20	Ray Brown	HG	SP	68.1	1.36	7.1%	5.7%	1.24	0.3%
21	Smoky Owens	CBR / WES	SP	67.2	1.12	7.5%	7.1%	1.05	0.8%
22	Jim Missouri *	PS	RP	66.0	1.42	10.4%	9.4%	1.11	2.7%
23	Roy Welmaker *	HG / PS	RP	64.2	1.65	14.9%	9.2%	1.61	1.3%
24	Frank McAllister	SL3	SP	64.1	1.41	13.0%	8.5%	1.54	1.1%
25	Willie Hubert	BEG / NE	RP	63.1	1.18	10.6%	11.0%	0.97	0.8%
26	Jimmy Johnson *	TC / WES	SP	62.1	1.24	16.2%	9.0%	1.79	0.0%
27	Eddie Dixon	IAB	RP	61.1	1.48	10.7%	7.8%	1.38	1.1%
28	Bill Holland	EAS / NBY	RP	57.2	1.58	7.2%	4.9%	1.46	3.0%
29	Specs Roberts	HG	SP	56.0	1.41	11.8%	9.7%	1.22	3.8%
30	Floyd Kranson	KCM	RP	55.2	1.51	9.3%	9.3%	1.00	0.8%
31	Tommy Johnson	CAG	RP	55.0	1.53	8.2%	9.1%	0.91	0.8%
32	Max Manning	NE	SP	52.2	1.71	10.3%	9.9%	1.04	0.4%
33	Sam Thompson	PS	RP	51.1	1.62	12.1%	10.0%	1.22	1.7%
34	Tom Parker	HG	SP	46.1	1.45	14.7%	10.3%	1.43	1.0%
35	Ted Trent	CAG	RP	46.1	1.36	12.1%	3.5%	3.43	1.0%
36	Luis Tiant *	NYC	SP	46.0	1.37	20.9%	7.5%	2.80	1.0%
37	Roosevelt Davis	MRS / SAS	SP	45.2	1.18	12.8%	2.6%	5.00	1.0%
38	James Brown	NE	RP	45.0	1.29	11.1%	11.6%	0.96	1.0%
39	Lefty Bowe *	CAG	RP	44.2	1.30	22.6%	11.1%	2.05	0.5%
40	Spoon Carter	PS / TC	SP	43.2	1.72	11.7%	11.2%	1.04	2.4%
41	Webster McDonald	PS	RP	43.0	1.49	8.4%	6.4%	1.31	0.5%
42	Johnny Wright	MULT	RP	39.2	1.49	8.8%	6.1%	1.45	0.6%
43	Bill Harvey *	BEG / TC	RP	39.1	1.35	10.2%	7.9%	1.29	0.0%
44	Felix Evans	IAB	RP	39.0	1.36	11.1%	9.4%	1.18	0.6%
45	Eugene Bremer	MRS	SP	37.1	1.23	8.2%	7.6%	1.08	0.6%
46	Andy Cooper *	KCM	SP	36.2	1.04	23.4%	4.8%	4.86	0.0%
47	Willie Hutchinson	KCM	RP	36.1	1.46	13.5%	9.2%	1.47	0.6%
48	Willie Jefferson	MRS	SP	35.0	1.17	9.1%	3.2%	2.80	1.9%
49	Rocky Ellis	PS	RP	33.0	1.76	8.8%	6.3%	1.40	3.1%
50	Tee Mitchell	IAB	SP	33.0	1.70	7.3%	9.8%	0.75	1.2%
51	Roy K. Williams	NBY	SP	32.1	1.24	10.3%	5.9%	1.75	2.2%
52	Lefty Wilson *	MRS	SP	31.1	1.34	12.1%	5.0%	2.43	0.0%
53	Bob Evans	NE	RP	30.2	1.70	7.7%	11.3%	0.69	1.4%
54	Tom Glover *	BEG	SP	30.2	1.53	18.4%	5.1%	3.57	0.0%
55	Armando Torres	NYC	RP	30.0	1.77	12.3%	12.3%	1.00	0.7%
56	Henry Miller	PS	RP	29.0	1.31	14.1%	7.8%	1.80	1.6%
57	Big Train Jackson *	KCM	RP	27.1	1.90	13.3%	11.1%	1.20	0.7%
58	Emery Adams	BEG	RP	25.2	1.68	8.5%	11.1%	0.77	5.1%
59	Robert Dean	SL3	SP	24.2	1.18	17.1%	11.4%	1.50	0.0%
60	Red Howard *	CBR	RP	24.0	1.33	11.0%	7.0%	1.57	4.0%
61	Porter Moss	MRS	SP	23.0	2.09	12.4%	9.1%	1.36	1.7%
62	Willie Ferrell *	CBR / HG	SP	22.2	1.41	9.2%	9.2%	1.00	0.0%
63	Lefty Moses *	KCM	RP	22.2	1.99	13.1%	15.9%	0.82	0.0%
64	Phillip Brown *	SL3	RP	22.0	1.05	14.1%	6.5%	2.17	0.0%
65	Percy Forrest	CAG / MRS	SP	20.0	1.20	10.7%	9.5%	1.13	1.2%
66	Alonzo Mitchell	CBR	RP	19.0	1.47	9.9%	8.6%	1.14	0.0%
67	Barney Brown *	NBY	SP	18.1	1.42	7.5%	6.3%	1.20	2.5%
68	Harry Cozart	NE	RP	18.1	1.85	6.7%	12.2%	0.55	1.1%
69	Cliff Blackmon	IAB / MRS	SP	18.0	2.33	9.0%	8.0%	1.13	2.0%
70	Harry Kincannon	TC	SP	14.1	2.23	9.0%	6.4%	1.40	2.6%
71	Henry Williams	CAG	RP	14.1	1.47	8.8%	13.2%	0.67	1.5%
72	Connie Rector	NYC	RP	14.0	2.07	10.1%	8.7%	1.17	0.0%
73	Guy Smith ^	IAB	SP	14.0	1.79	15.1%	12.3%	1.22	1.4%
74	Bernard Fernández	CBR	SP	9.0	1.44	10.0%	7.5%	1.33	0.0%
75	Lefty Richburg *	IAB	SP	9.0	2.22	11.5%	7.7%	1.50	0.0%
76	Fred Wilson	NE	SP	9.0	2.00	13.9%	8.3%	1.67	0.0%
77	Claude Hayslett	IAB	SP	8.1	2.40	10.6%	10.6%	1.00	0.0%
78	Purnell Mincy *	PS	RP	7.2	1.83	7.3%	12.2%	0.60	2.4%
79	Jim Willis	BEG	RP	7.2	2.35	0.0%	5.1%	0.00	2.6%
80	Jesse Brown *	NBY	RP	7.1	1.23	10.0%	13.3%	0.75	0.0%
81	Rogers Pierre	CAG	RP	6.2	1.20	10.7%	10.7%	1.00	0.0%
82	Logan Hensley	CAG	SP	6.1	2.53	14.3%	8.6%	1.67	0.0%
83	Telosh Howard	IAB	RP	6.1	3.32	9.3%	14.0%	0.67	2.3%
84	Johnny Johnson	BEG	RP	6.1	2.68	11.1%	19.4%	0.57	2.8%
85	Alonzo Boone	CBR	RP	6.0	1.50	11.5%	11.5%	1.00	0.0%
86	Andy Drake	SL3	RP	5.2	1.06	4.3%	8.7%	0.50	0.0%
87	Johnny Taylor	TC	RP	5.2	1.59	3.8%	7.7%	0.50	0.0%
88	Robert Poinsette ^	NBY / TC	RP	5.1	3.94	0.0%	16.7%	0.00	8.3%
89	Walsh ^	MRS	SP	5.1	1.69	29.2%	4.2%	7.00	0.0%
90	Lloyd Davenport *	MRS	RP	4.2	0.86	5.6%	11.1%	0.50	0.0%
91	Eugene Smith	SL3	SP	4.1	1.85	9.1%	18.2%	0.50	0.0%
92	Rodolfo Fernández	NYC	RP	4.0	3.00	4.2%	8.3%	0.50	16.7%
93	Elbert Treadway ^	KCM	SP	4.0	1.25	12.5%	12.5%	1.00	0.0%
94	Donald Reeves *	IAB	RP	3.1	4.80	3.6%	21.4%	0.17	3.6%
95	Ted Alexander	NE	RP	2.2	0.75	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%
96	Vernon Harrison *	NE	RP	2.2	1.13	18.2%	27.3%	0.67	0.0%
97	Blanch Moody	SAS	RP	2.1	5.14	5.3%	5.3%	1.00	5.3%
98	Willie Hudson *	KCM	RP	2.0	1.00	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%
99	Lefty Phillips *	BEG	RP	2.0	5.50	27.8%	16.7%	1.67	0.0%
100	Jabbo Andrews *	IAB	RP	1.2	2.40	11.1%	33.3%	0.33	0.0%
101	Andy Sarvis	CBR	RP	1.1	3.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
102	George Scales	NBY	RP	1.1	3.00	0.0%	12.5%	0.00	0.0%
103	Willie Simms	CAG	RP	1.1	3.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
104	Jimmie Armstead *	SL3	RP	1.0	6.00	0.0%	20.0%	0.00	0.0%
105	Elbert Eatmon ^	MRS	RP	1.0	6.00	11.1%	33.3%	0.33	0.0%
106	nfn Andrews ^	CBR	SP	0.2	10.50	0.0%	11.1%	0.00	11.1%
107	Satchel Davis	CBR	SP	0.2	10.50	0.0%	11.1%	0.00	0.0%
108	Charlie Beverly *	KCM	RP	0.1	6.00	0.0%	33.3%	0.00	0.0%
109	Goose Curry	NBY	RP	0.1	18.00	0.0%	12.5%	0.00	0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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