1939 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1939 Season

Negro American League

1938 / 1940

R. R. Jackson (President)
J. B. Martin (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Ted
Strong

Top Pitcher

George
Walker

Leaders

Homeruns

#	Player	Team	HR
1	Turkey Stearnes	KCM	7
2	Willard Brown	KCM	4
3	Jabbo Andrews	IAB	3
4	Leslie Green	SL3	3
5	Willie Simms	CAG	3
6	Ted Strong	KCM	3
7	Felix Evans	IAB / SL3	2
8	Ed Young	CAG	2
9	Subby Byas	CAG	2
10	Babe Davis	IAB	2

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Hilton Smith	KCM	84
2	Frank Bradley	KCM	65
3	Ted Radcliffe	MRS	62
4	George Walker	KCM	62
5	Preacher Henry	CBR	54
6	Willie Cornelius	CAG	47
7	Lefty Bowe	CAG	45
8	Theolic Smith	SL3	37
9	Jesse Houston	CAG	36
10	Frank McAllister	SL3	29

Wins Above Replacement

Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	1885	439.1	14.2	6.0	0.0	8.2
2	Chicago American Giants	NAL	1535	362.1	6.8	5.3	0.4	1.1
3	St. Louis Stars	NAL	1049	240.0	6.4	3.2	0.2	2.9
4	Cleveland Bears	NAL	1044	240.0	6.1	2.1	2.9	1.2
5	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	1160	282.1	3.1	0.6	-0.8	3.3
6	Toledo Crawfords	NAL	499	107.1	2.7	3.1	-0.6	0.2
7	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	814	179.0	1.0	3.4	-1.6	-0.8
	7	1	7986	1850.1	40.3	23.7	0.5	16.1

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	George Walker	KCM	P	33	89.2		2.8	-0.2	0.0	3.0	0.0
2	Hilton Smith	KCM	P	54	105.1		2.5	-0.3	-0.1	2.8	0.0
3	Ted Strong	KCM	SS	194		2.5	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.2
4	Willard Brown	KCM	LF	188		2.2	2.3	0.1	0.0	-0.2
5	Ted Radcliffe	MRS	P	42	80.2		1.8	0.0	0.1	1.7	0.0
6	Lefty Calhoun	SL3	P	26	67.0		1.7	0.1	0.0	1.6	0.0
7	Frank Bradley	KCM	P	39	88.2		1.6	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.0
8	Ed Young	CAG	1B	141		1.6	1.2	0.5	0.0	-0.1
9	Smoky Owens	CBR	P	30	66.1		1.5	-0.1	0.0	1.6	0.0
10	Alex Radcliff	CAG	3B	169		1.5	0.9	0.6	0.0	0.0
11	Eddie Dixon	IAB	P	31	61.1		1.4	0.1	0.0	1.3	0.0
12	Dan Wilson	SL3	LF	119		1.3	0.8	0.6	0.0	-0.1
13	Theolic Smith	SL3	P	43	69.0		1.3	0.2	0.1	1.0	0.0
14	Turkey Stearnes	KCM	CF	215		1.3	2.1	-0.8	0.0	0.0
15	Willie Simms	CAG	CF	155	1.1		1.3	1.4	0.1	-0.1	0.0
16	Henry Turner	CBR	C	109		1.3	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
17	Leslie Green	SL3	CF	107		1.2	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
18	Al Frazier	CBR	2B	107		1.1	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.1
19	Marshall Riddle	SL3	2B	103		0.9	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.1
20	Felix Evans	IAB / SL3	P	29	39.0		0.9	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.0
21	Red Moore	IAB	1B	69		0.9	1.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1
22	Subby Byas	CAG	RF	152		0.9	0.8	0.2	0.0	-0.1
23	Roosevelt Davis	MRS	P	17	40.0		0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
24	Oscar Boone	IAB	C	73		0.9	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0
25	Lefty Bowe	CAG	P	16	44.2		0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
26	Andy Cooper	KCM	P	9	21.2		0.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.0
27	Lefty Wilson	MRS	P	10	31.1		0.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.0
28	Bus Clarkson	TC	2B	48		0.8	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
29	Henry Milton	KCM	RF	216		0.8	0.7	0.2	0.0	-0.2
30	Newt Allen	KCM	2B	194		0.8	-0.4	1.0	0.0	0.2
31	Preacher Henry	CBR	P	42	108.0		0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
32	Jabbo Andrews	IAB	LF	78	1.2		0.7	0.4	0.4	-0.1	-0.1
33	Buddy Armour	SL3	SS	81		0.7	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.1
34	Jesse Houston	CAG	P	48	77.1		0.6	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.0
35	Lloyd Davenport	MRS	RF	123	4.2		0.6	0.4	0.1	0.2	-0.1
36	Eugene Bremer	MRS	P	17	37.1		0.6	0.0	-0.1	0.7	0.0
37	Parnell Woods	CBR	3B	113		0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
38	Ernie Smith	CAG	LF	151		0.5	0.4	0.3	0.0	-0.1
39	Jimmy Johnson	TC	P	16	23.2		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
40	Ralph Coles	CBR	LF	34		0.5	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
41	Fred Bankhead	MRS	3B	117		0.5	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
42	Johnny Ray	CBR	CF	110		0.5	-0.2	0.6	0.0	0.0
43	Jim Williams	TC	RF	44		0.4	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
44	Tommie Dukes	TC	C	54		0.4	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
45	Duke Cleveland	CBR	RF	88		0.4	0.0	0.5	0.0	-0.1
46	Tommy Johnson	CAG	P	16	55.0		0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
47	Rogers Pierre	CAG	P	4	6.2		0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
48	Spoon Carter	TC	P	19	30.0		0.4	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0
49	Raymond Taylor	SL3	C	84		0.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1
50	Tommy Butts	IAB	SS	83		0.4	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.1
51	John Lyles	CBR / SL3	SS	105		0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
52	Floyd Kranson	KCM	P	19	48.1		0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
53	Leroy Morney	TC	SS	32		0.3	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
54	Quincy Trouppe	SL3	LF	42		0.3	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
55	Joe Greene	KCM	C	121		0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
56	Willie Ferrell	CBR	P	3	5.0		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
57	Johnny Wright	TC	P	11	28.1		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
58	Willie Jefferson	MRS	P	12	35.0		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
59	Frank McAllister	SL3	P	25	53.1		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
60	Robert Dean	SL3	P	11	24.2		0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
61	Red Longley	MRS	LF	62		0.3	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
62	Larry Brown	MRS	C	98		0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.1
63	Fresnell	CAG	CF	3		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
64	Babe Davis	IAB	CF	68		0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
65	Ralph Jefferson	IAB	3B	7		0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
66	Ted Trent	CAG	P	16	46.1		0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
67	Spencer Davis	IAB	3B	61		0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
68	Marlin Carter	MRS	2B	122		0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
69	John Bissant	CAG	LF	65		0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
70	Paul Hardy	KCM	C	47		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Rainey Bibbs	KCM	3B	181		0.1	0.7	-0.6	0.0	0.1
72	Lester Lockett	CAG	2B	13		0.1	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
73	Luther Gilyard	CAG	1B	16		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
74	Elbert Treadway	KCM	P	2	4.0		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
75	Curtis Henderson	TC	SS	47		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Dusty Decker	CBR	RF	4		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
77	Willie Hudson	KCM	P	2.0		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
78	Billy Horne	CAG	2B	126		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
79	Bill Cooper	IAB	1B	11		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Andy Drake	SL3	P	2	5.2		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
81	Jack Moore	CBR	LF	2		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Red Hale	CAG	SS	44		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
83	Malcolm	SL3	SS	1		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	David Whatley	CBR	RF	8		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Willie Spencer	TC	3B	35		0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
86	Percy Forrest	CAG / MRS	P	9	20.0		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Phillip Brown	SL3	P	6	15.0		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
88	Nat Rogers	MRS	RF	76		0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.1
89	Jimmy Ford	SL3	SS	24		0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
90	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	105		0.1	0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.0
91	Clarence Lamar	CBR	SS	36		0.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
92	Bill Harvey	TC	1B	27	12.0		0.0	0.4	-0.2	-0.1	0.0
93	Leroy Haynes	IAB	LF	6		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Joe Royal	CBR	LF	19		0.0	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
95	Johnny Reed	CAG	1B	2		0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
96	Matt Carlisle	MRS	2B	7		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Charlie Beverly	KCM	P	0.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	George Mitchell	SL3	1B	7		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Hill	TC	3B	10		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Oscar Charleston	TC	1B	38		0.0	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
101	Willie Hutchinson	KCM	P	11	29.1		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
102	Ziggy Marcell	KCM	C	5		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Jelly Taylor	MRS	1B	121		0.0	-0.3	0.4	0.0	-0.1
104	Walter Burch	CBR	C	40		0.0	-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
105	Zell Miles	CAG	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Charles Wesley	IAB	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Jimmie Crutchfield	TC	LF	61		0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
108	Henry McCall	CAG	-	2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Philly Holmes	CBR / IAB	SS	42		0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1
110	Martin	KCM	RF		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Provine Bradley	MRS	SS	2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Walsh	MRS	P	2	5.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Lacey Thomas	CBR	LF	12		-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
114	Jerry Benjamin	TC	CF	44		-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
115	Red Hadley	IAB	CF	5		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
116	Eugene Tyler	CBR	RF	8		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	Joe Williams	CAG	SS	6		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
118	Bob Smith	SL3	C	18		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Willie Davis	MRS	LF	13		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
120	Mint Jones	CBR	1B	103		-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
121	Eugene Smith	SL3	P	2	4.1		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
122	Guy Smith	IAB	P	9	14.0		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
123	Chapel	TC	RF	8		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
124	Charley Robinson	CAG	CF	13		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
125	Jones	SL3	LF	4		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
126	Red Howard	CBR / MRS	P	16	24.0		-0.1	0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
127	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	185		-0.1	-0.2	0.3	0.0	-0.2
128	Andy Sarvis	CBR	P	3	1.1		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
129	Horatio Lamar	IAB	2B	10		-0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
130	Alonzo Boone	CBR	P	3	6.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
131	Jack Bruton	CBR	LF	8		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
132	Henry Williams	CAG	P	6	14.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
133	Willie Cornelius	CAG	P	41	99.1		-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
134	Jimmy Reynolds	MRS	3B	8		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
135	Bobby Robinson	SL3	3B	108		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
136	Bernard Fernández	CBR	P	3	9.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
137	Claude Hayslett	IAB	P	3	8.1		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
138	Elbert Eatmon	MRS	P	3	1.0		-0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
139	Jesse Williams	KCM	3B	76		-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
140	Joe Sparks	CAG	SS	107		-0.3	0.3	-0.7	0.0	0.2
141	Jimmie Armstead	SL3	P	1	1.0		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
142	Langrum	CAG / KCM	LF	27		-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
143	nfn Andrews	CBR	P	0.2		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
144	Satchel Davis	CBR	P	0.2		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
145	Tee Mitchell	IAB	P	12	33.0		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
146	Gabby Kemp	IAB	2B	75		-0.4	0.4	-0.9	0.0	0.1
147	Lefty Richburg	IAB	P	3	9.0		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
148	Nish Williams	IAB	C	41		-0.4	0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.0
149	Pepper Bassett	CAG	C	122		-0.4	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.1
150	Big Train Jackson	KCM	P	12	27.1		-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
151	Alonzo Mitchell	CBR	P	23	19.0		-0.4	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
152	Wilson Redus	CAG	LF	69		-0.4	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
153	Telosh Howard	IAB	P	4	6.1		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
154	Sylvester Owens	IAB / MRS	CF	51		-0.5	0.1	-0.6	0.0	0.0
155	Lionel Decuir	KCM	C	49		-0.6	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
156	Cliff Blackmon	IAB / MRS	P	9	18.0		-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
157	Bill Bradford	SL3	RF	120		-0.6	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
158	Harry Kincannon	TC	P	5	13.1		-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
159	Logan Hensley	CAG	P	6.1		-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
160	Cowan Hyde	MRS	LF	67		-0.6	0.0	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
161	Lefty Moses	KCM	P	9	22.2		-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
162	T. J. Brown	MRS	SS	101		-0.7	-0.4	-0.5	0.0	0.2
163	Ed Mayweather	SL3	1B	109		-0.8	0.0	-0.7	0.0	-0.1
164	Porter Moss	MRS	P	11	23.0		-0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	0.0
165	Donald Reeves	CAG / IAB	RF	99	3.1		-1.1	0.6	-0.8	-0.8	-0.1

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