1939 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1939 Season

Negro National League II

1938 / 1940

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

#	Player	Team	R
1	Mule Suttles	NE	41
2	Josh Gibson	HG	39
3	Ed Stone	NE	39
4	Buck Leonard	HG	38
5	Pat Patterson	PS	36
6	Sam Bankhead	HG	34
7	Willie Wells	NE	32
8	Chester Williams	PS	32
9	Henry Kimbro	BEG	31
10	Fred Wilson	NE / PS	31

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Roy Partlow	HG	1.02
2	Bill Harvey	BEG / TC	1.06
3	Jimmy Johnson	TC	1.14
4	Willie Hubert	NE / BEG	1.18
5	Roy K. Williams	NBY	1.24
6	James Brown	NE	1.29
7	Bill Byrd	BEG	1.30
8	Henry Miller	PS	1.31
9	Henry McHenry	PS	1.32
10	Terris McDuffie	NBY	1.33

Standings

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays ¹ ²	40	19	1	.678	-	49	21	1	.700	7.4	4.6	Vic Harris	Forbes Field (Pittburgh, PA), Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)
2	Newark Eagles	36	27	1	.571	6.0	45	27	1	.625	6.6	5.1	Dick Lundy	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
3	Philadelphia Stars	32	31	1	.508	10.0	32	31	1	.508	5.4	6.3	Jud Wilson , Jake Dunn	Parkside Athletic Field (Philadelphia, PA)
4	New York Black Yankees	21	25	4	.457	12.5	23	25	4	.479	4.4	5.2	George Scales	No Home Ballpark
5	Baltimore Elite Giants ^*	23	28	0	.451	13.0	31	32	0	.492	5.6	5.0	Felton Snow	Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD)
6	Toledo Crawfords	4	6	1	.400	11.5	4	6	1	.400	3.5	5.1	Oscar Charleston	Swayne Field (Toledo, OH)
7	New York Cubans	7	27	0	.206	20.5	9	27	0	.250	3.3	6.0	José María Fernández	No Home Ballpark

* = League Champion 1 = First Half Champion 2 = Second Half Champion

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