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	HR
1	Josh Gibson	HG	11
2	Buck Leonard	HG	11
3	Mule Suttles	NE	9
4	Ed Stone	NE	7
5	Lennie Pearson	NE	5
6	Gene Benson	PS	5
7	Johnny Hayes	NE	3
8	Fred Wilson	NE / PS	3
9	Henry Spearman	HG	3
10	Bill Byrd	BEG	3

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Willie Hubert	BEG / NE	2.09
2	Roy Partlow	HG	2.91
3	Bill Harvey	BEG / TC	2.96
4	James Brown	NE	3.20
5	Jimmy Hill	NE	3.30
6	Jimmy Johnson	TC	3.34
7	Specs Roberts	HG	3.83
8	Bill Byrd	BEG	3.86
9	Edsall Walker	HG	3.88
10	Silvino Ruíz	NYC	3.91

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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