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

Runs Batted In

#	Player	Team	RBI
1	Buck Leonard	EAS / HG	52
2	Josh Gibson	EAS / HG	49
3	Willard Brown	KCM	46
4	Turkey Stearnes	KCM / WES	45
5	Mule Suttles	MULT	42
6	Ted Strong	KCM / WES	33
7	Ed Stone	EAS / NE	33
8	Fred Wilson	NE / PS	31
9	Wild Bill Wright	MULT	31
10	Lennie Pearson	NE	29

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Bill Byrd	BEG / EAS	11
2	Henry McHenry	PS	10
3	Leon Day	EAS / NE	9
4	George Walker	KCM	9
5	Ted Radcliffe	MRS / WES	8
6	Hilton Smith	KCM / WES	8
7	Smoky Owens	CBR / WES	8
8	Frank Bradley	KCM	7
9	Ray Brown	HG	7
10	Jimmy Hill	NE	6

Opponent's Batting

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Kansas City Monarchs	ALC / NAL	106	2016	1794	213	452	56	22	10	57	2	147	345	0	18	49	8	48	.252	.314	.324	.638
2	Philadelphia Stars	NLP / NN2	94	1884	1671	299	460	55	19	39	10	1	166	216	1	6	38	3	26	.275	.342	.401	.743
3	Newark Eagles	NLP / NN2	70	1646	1434	207	369	50	16	19	13	0	175	199	1	8	26	3	21	.257	.341	.354	.695
4	Chicago American Giants	NAL	79	1587	1395	204	371	73	22	11	44	2	138	189	0	6	43	5	21	.266	.334	.373	.707
5	Homestead Grays	MULT	52	1498	1345	180	339	51	16	18	17	3	125	174	0	3	22	3	28	.252	.316	.354	.670
6	Baltimore Elite Giants	MULT	59	1405	1270	181	354	47	16	17	18	102	158	0	8	24	2	24	.279	.336	.381	.717
7	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	46	1242	1139	169	307	47	15	13	23	1	63	162	0	11	23	6	14	.270	.313	.371	.684
8	St. Louis Stars	ALC / NAL	46	1205	1061	157	265	44	14	5	35	98	146	1	15	28	3	25	.250	.321	.332	.653
9	New York Black Yankees	NN2	48	1159	1059	168	310	37	9	27	11	77	122	1	7	13	3	18	.293	.344	.421	.765
10	Cleveland Bears	NAL	41	1007	877	116	219	34	11	8	37	3	100	103	1	3	22	5	15	.250	.327	.341	.668
11	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	34	887	770	162	228	44	14	9	21	3	89	92	0	11	16	1	14	.296	.377	.425	.801
12	New York Cubans	NN2	32	770	685	115	198	31	9	14	13	68	99	0	3	13	1	9	.289	.355	.422	.777
13	Toledo Crawfords	NAL / NN2	29	761	670	120	182	32	9	5	8	1	67	87	1	4	18	2	14	.272	.341	.369	.709
14	West All Stars	EWA	6	76	65	12	16	3	1	0	2	2	9	9	2	1	0	1	1	.246	.342	.323	.665
15	East All Stars	EWA	7	71	59	6	15	1	0	2	0	2	8	10	0	0	3	1	0	.254	.338	.373	.711
16	South All Stars	NSA	3	49	44	10	19	4	0	1	1	2	6	0	1	2	2	.432	.468	.591	1.059
17	North All Stars	NSA	2	36	33	1	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	.182	.229	.182	.410
	17	7	754	17299	15371	2320	4110	609	193	198	310	20	1436	2119	8	105	341	47	280	.267	.333	.371	.704

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Bill Byrd	BEG / EAS	SP	18	524	496	56	141	17	5	5	6	1	22	61	0	1	6	0	5	.284	.316	.369	.685
2	Leon Day	EAS / NE	SP	21	508	449	66	111	13	3	9	2	1	52	66	1	2	5	0	8	.247	.328	.350	.678
3	Hilton Smith	KCM / WES	RP	26	496	457	44	99	11	6	1	12	1	23	106	0	4	11	1	11	.217	.260	.274	.533
4	Henry McHenry	PS	RP	19	473	419	58	105	9	5	12	2	41	51	0	2	10	1	4	.251	.320	.382	.702
5	Preacher Henry	CBR	SP	15	459	383	46	84	16	3	1	17	2	59	54	1	2	9	5	7	.219	.323	.285	.608
6	Willie Cornelius	CAG	SP	15	423	376	62	95	26	7	2	14	1	28	47	0	1	16	2	6	.253	.305	.375	.680
7	Edsall Walker *	HG	SP	13	373	334	45	83	14	2	5	7	3	33	48	0	0	6	0	7	.249	.316	.347	.663
8	Frank Bradley	KCM	RP	16	364	324	40	80	5	7	1	10	25	65	0	2	8	5	9	.247	.301	.315	.615
9	George Walker	KCM	RP	21	358	327	28	76	10	3	4	10	1	20	62	0	6	4	1	11	.232	.288	.318	.606
10	Theolic Smith	SL3 / WES	SP	12	350	311	44	87	12	5	1	11	0	24	41	2	4	9	2	8	.280	.337	.360	.697
11	Ted Radcliffe	MRS / WES	RP	15	344	324	39	77	15	4	2	7	2	13	63	0	2	3	2	3	.238	.270	.327	.597
12	Silvino Ruíz	NYC	SP	10	338	306	43	81	7	2	7	4	28	32	0	1	3	0	4	.265	.328	.369	.698
13	Jonas Gaines *	BEG / NOS	SP	11	335	297	36	74	7	4	2	2	28	33	0	1	7	2	7	.249	.314	.320	.634
14	Jesse Houston	CAG	SP	13	335	287	42	79	13	7	3	6	37	36	0	1	10	0	6	.275	.360	.401	.761
15	Lefty Calhoun *	SL3	RP	13	332	297	37	69	14	5	1	8	25	35	0	4	5	1	8	.232	.300	.323	.623
16	Neck Stanley *	NBY	SP	12	328	295	46	89	12	3	5	1	24	46	1	4	4	1	7	.302	.361	.414	.775
17	Jimmy Hill *	NE	SP	10	310	271	29	62	8	4	3	5	36	50	0	1	2	0	3	.229	.321	.321	.642
18	Terris McDuffie	MULT	RP	13	310	281	37	73	7	1	6	2	0	21	38	0	2	5	1	2	.260	.315	.356	.671
19	Roy Welmaker *	HG / PS	RP	13	303	270	52	79	13	2	4	0	1	28	45	1	0	4	1	3	.293	.358	.400	.758
20	Jim Missouri *	PS	RP	14	299	264	47	66	10	1	8	2	28	31	0	1	6	0	3	.250	.324	.386	.711
21	Ray Brown	HG	SP	8	296	276	36	76	10	3	1	0	17	21	0	0	3	0	3	.275	.317	.344	.662
22	Roy Partlow *	EAS / HG	RP	13	294	266	25	54	8	2	3	1	0	24	41	0	1	3	0	6	.203	.271	.282	.553
23	Frank McAllister	SL3	SP	10	284	250	43	67	10	3	3	13	24	37	0	2	8	0	8	.268	.337	.368	.705
24	Eddie Dixon	IAB	RP	10	270	244	36	70	9	2	3	7	3	21	29	0	1	4	0	9	.287	.346	.377	.723
25	Jimmy Johnson *	TC / WES	SP	9	266	234	28	53	9	1	0	3	0	24	43	1	2	5	1	6	.226	.303	.274	.576
26	Smoky Owens	CBR / WES	SP	11	266	235	23	57	8	3	2	6	1	19	20	0	2	9	1	4	.243	.304	.328	.631
27	Bill Holland	EAS / NBY	RP	11	265	250	38	78	11	1	8	3	0	13	19	0	0	1	1	4	.312	.345	.460	.805
28	Willie Hubert	BEG / NE	RP	11	263	227	20	46	9	0	2	5	29	28	0	2	4	1	6	.203	.297	.269	.566
29	Max Manning	NE	SP	10	253	217	29	65	8	1	1	2	25	26	0	2	8	0	2	.300	.377	.359	.736
30	Floyd Kranson	KCM	RP	13	246	208	31	61	6	2	2	12	23	23	0	3	12	0	4	.293	.372	.370	.742
31	Tommy Johnson	CAG	RP	16	243	216	27	62	11	2	2	3	0	22	20	0	1	3	1	4	.287	.354	.384	.738
32	Specs Roberts	HG	SP	8	238	208	30	56	7	6	9	0	0	23	28	0	1	4	2	9	.269	.342	.490	.832
33	Sam Thompson	PS	RP	14	231	202	37	60	7	2	4	1	0	23	28	0	0	6	0	3	.297	.369	.411	.780
34	Spoon Carter	PS / TC	SP	8	206	174	34	52	6	3	5	3	1	23	24	1	2	6	1	3	.299	.385	.454	.839
35	Tom Parker	HG	SP	7	204	178	30	46	7	2	2	8	21	30	0	1	4	0	2	.258	.340	.354	.694
36	Webster McDonald	PS	RP	11	202	184	34	51	7	3	1	0	0	13	17	0	2	3	6	.277	.332	.364	.696
37	Luis Tiant *	NYC	SP	8	201	183	25	48	10	3	2	2	15	42	0	1	2	2	.262	.322	.383	.704
38	Lefty Bowe *	CAG	RP	10	199	168	17	36	7	2	1	11	0	22	45	0	2	6	1	1	.214	.311	.298	.608
39	James Brown	NE	RP	11	199	172	22	35	3	3	2	2	0	23	22	0	2	2	1	3	.203	.303	.291	.594
40	Ted Trent	CAG	RP	11	198	186	24	56	6	1	2	4	1	7	24	0	1	4	0	0	.301	.330	.376	.706
41	Roosevelt Davis	MRS / SAS	SP	6	196	184	18	49	7	0	2	2	5	25	0	1	5	1	3	.266	.288	.337	.625
42	Johnny Wright	MULT	RP	8	181	166	29	48	7	5	1	2	11	16	0	0	4	0	3	.289	.333	.410	.743
43	Felix Evans	IAB	RP	6	180	160	23	36	5	2	1	5	17	20	0	2	1	1	.225	.307	.300	.607
44	Bill Harvey *	BEG / TC	RP	8	177	156	21	39	10	2	0	1	14	18	0	1	6	0	2	.250	.316	.340	.656
45	Tee Mitchell	IAB	SP	5	164	139	31	40	10	4	2	2	16	12	0	1	8	0	2	.288	.365	.460	.826
46	Willie Hutchinson	KCM	RP	7	163	142	23	38	8	1	1	7	15	22	0	0	5	1	1	.268	.335	.359	.695
47	Rocky Ellis	PS	RP	10	160	147	34	48	7	2	5	1	10	14	0	0	3	3	.327	.369	.503	.873
48	Eugene Bremer	MRS	SP	5	158	141	19	34	7	2	1	3	12	13	0	4	1	3	.241	.318	.340	.659
49	Willie Jefferson	MRS	SP	5	154	147	22	36	4	0	3	3	5	14	0	0	0	2	1	.245	.266	.333	.600
50	Andy Cooper *	KCM	SP	6	145	135	8	31	7	1	0	2	7	34	0	0	3	0	5	.230	.268	.296	.564
51	Bob Evans	NE	RP	7	142	122	25	36	8	0	2	0	16	11	0	0	4	2	.295	.377	.410	.787
52	Lefty Wilson *	MRS	SP	4	140	129	14	35	4	3	0	2	7	17	0	0	4	1	.271	.309	.349	.658
53	Armando Torres	NYC	RP	7	138	116	19	36	8	1	1	5	17	17	0	0	5	1	.310	.398	.422	.821
54	Tom Glover *	BEG	SP	7	136	124	23	40	6	2	0	1	7	25	0	3	2	0	3	.323	.373	.403	.776
55	Roy K. Williams	NBY	SP	6	136	125	19	32	4	3	3	1	8	14	0	1	2	1	.256	.306	.408	.714
56	Big Train Jackson *	KCM	RP	8	135	115	21	37	5	2	1	1	15	18	0	2	3	0	1	.322	.409	.426	.835
57	Henry Miller	PS	RP	9	128	114	18	28	2	2	2	3	0	10	18	0	0	3	1	2	.246	.304	.351	.655
58	Porter Moss	MRS	SP	5	121	105	28	37	6	4	2	1	11	15	0	1	4	0	.352	.419	.543	.962
59	Emery Adams	BEG	RP	7	117	101	24	30	4	0	6	1	13	10	0	0	3	1	.297	.377	.515	.892
60	Lefty Moses *	KCM	RP	8	107	86	21	28	5	1	0	3	17	14	0	1	3	0	5	.326	.442	.407	.849
61	Robert Dean	SL3	SP	4	105	88	13	17	2	0	0	1	12	18	0	1	4	0	1	.193	.297	.216	.513
62	Cliff Blackmon	IAB / MRS	SP	5	100	87	21	34	5	1	2	5	8	9	0	1	4	0	.391	.448	.540	.988
63	Red Howard *	CBR	RP	5	100	91	14	25	2	1	4	5	1	7	11	0	0	2	0	3	.275	.327	.451	.777
64	Willie Ferrell *	CBR / HG	SP	3	98	85	12	23	4	1	0	2	9	9	0	0	3	1	1	.271	.337	.341	.678
65	Phillip Brown *	SL3	RP	5	92	84	10	17	3	1	0	1	6	13	0	1	1	0	.202	.264	.262	.526
66	Harry Cozart	NE	RP	5	90	74	18	23	4	3	1	2	11	6	0	1	4	0	1	.311	.407	.486	.893
67	Percy Forrest	CAG / MRS	SP	4	84	71	13	16	2	2	1	2	8	9	0	2	2	1	3	.225	.317	.352	.669
68	Alonzo Mitchell	CBR	RP	4	81	73	13	21	4	2	0	1	7	8	0	0	1	1	.288	.350	.397	.747
69	Barney Brown *	NBY	SP	3	80	73	10	21	1	0	2	3	5	6	0	0	1	1	2	.288	.329	.384	.713
70	Harry Kincannon	TC	SP	3	78	72	24	27	4	2	2	0	5	7	0	1	0	2	.375	.423	.569	.993
71	Guy Smith ^	IAB	SP	2	73	60	14	16	4	2	1	2	9	11	0	3	1	0	.267	.389	.450	.839
72	Connie Rector	NYC	RP	5	69	59	19	23	5	3	0	0	6	7	0	0	3	1	1	.390	.439	.576	1.016
73	Henry Williams	CAG	RP	4	68	58	10	12	2	1	1	0	9	6	0	0	1	2	.207	.313	.328	.641
74	Lefty Richburg *	IAB	SP	4	52	46	12	16	5	1	0	0	4	6	0	1	1	0	.348	.412	.500	.912
75	Claude Hayslett	IAB	SP	2	47	41	10	15	5	2	0	0	5	5	0	0	1	1	.366	.435	.585	1.020
76	Telosh Howard	IAB	RP	2	43	33	14	15	2	0	1	4	0	6	4	0	3	0	1	1	.455	.558	.606	1.164
77	Purnell Mincy *	PS	RP	3	41	35	10	9	1	1	1	1	5	3	0	0	1	0	.257	.350	.429	.779
78	Bernard Fernández	CBR	SP	1	40	37	8	10	1	0	0	5	3	4	0	0	0	0	.270	.325	.297	.622
79	Jim Willis	BEG	RP	2	39	37	10	16	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.432	.462	.595	1.056
80	Johnny Johnson	BEG	RP	3	36	28	11	10	3	2	1	1	7	4	0	0	1	0	1	.357	.486	.714	1.200
81	Robert Poinsette ^	NBY / TC	RP	3	36	29	17	15	1	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	.517	.600	.862	1.462
82	Fred Wilson	NE	SP	1	36	33	5	15	1	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	1	.455	.500	.485	.985
83	Logan Hensley	CAG	SP	3	35	31	11	13	4	1	0	2	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	.419	.457	.613	1.070
84	Jesse Brown *	NBY	RP	2	30	26	0	5	1	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	0	2	.192	.300	.231	.531
85	Rogers Pierre	CAG	RP	3	28	24	1	5	0	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	.208	.296	.292	.588
86	Donald Reeves *	IAB	RP	1	28	22	12	10	2	0	1	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	.455	.571	.682	1.253
87	Alonzo Boone	CBR	RP	2	26	23	5	6	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	.261	.346	.304	.651
88	Johnny Taylor	TC	RP	1	26	23	5	7	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	.304	.360	.391	.751
89	Rodolfo Fernández	NYC	RP	2	24	21	9	10	1	0	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	.476	.542	1.095	1.637
90	Walsh ^	MRS	SP	1	24	22	4	8	1	0	0	0	1	7	0	1	0	0	1	.364	.417	.409	.826
91	Andy Drake	SL3	RP	1	23	19	3	4	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	.211	.318	.211	.529
92	Eugene Smith	SL3	SP	1	22	17	4	4	1	0	0	1	4	2	0	1	0	1	.235	.409	.294	.703
93	Blanch Moody	SAS	RP	1	19	16	9	11	3	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	.688	.706	1.063	1.768
94	Lloyd Davenport *	MRS	RP	1	18	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	2	.143	.250	.143	.393
95	Lefty Phillips *	BEG	RP	3	18	15	8	8	2	1	0	1	3	5	0	0	0	0	.533	.611	.800	1.411
96	Elbert Treadway ^	KCM	SP	1	16	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	.214	.313	.214	.527
97	Vernon Harrison *	NE	RP	2	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	.000	.300	.000	.300
98	Ted Alexander	NE	RP	1	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400
99	Jimmie Armstead *	SL3	RP	1	10	7	5	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.571	.700	.857	1.557
100	Jabbo Andrews *	IAB	RP	1	9	6	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.444	.333	.778
101	nfn Andrews ^	CBR	SP	1	9	9	5	6	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.700	1.333	2.033
102	Satchel Davis	CBR	SP	1	9	8	5	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.750	.778	1.000	1.778
103	Elbert Eatmon ^	MRS	RP	1	9	6	6	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167
104	Goose Curry	NBY	RP	1	8	6	4	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.833	.857	1.167	2.024
105	Willie Hudson *	KCM	RP	1	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
106	Andy Sarvis	CBR	RP	1	8	7	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.571	.571	.571	1.143
107	George Scales	NBY	RP	1	8	7	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.500	.571	1.071
108	Willie Simms	CAG	RP	1	8	8	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250
109	Charlie Beverly *	KCM	RP	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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