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)

Leaders

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Bill Hoskins	BEG / NOS	.415
2	David Whatley	CBR / HG	.407
3	Josh Gibson	HG / EAS	.385
4	Buck Leonard	HG / EAS	.379
5	Wild Bill Wright	MULT	.375
6	Henry Turner	CBR	.370
7	Bill Casey	NYC	.367
8	Fred Wilson	NE / PS	.367
9	Bill Harvey	MULT	.360
10	Bill Byrd	BEG / EAS	.357

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Hilton Smith	KCM / WES	0.96
2	Andy Cooper	KCM	1.04
3	Phillip Brown	SL3	1.05
4	Roy Partlow	HG / EAS	1.05
5	George Walker	KCM	1.07
6	Ted Radcliffe	MRS / WES	1.08
7	Willie Jefferson	MRS	1.11
8	Smoky Owens	CBR / WES	1.12
9	Lefty Calhoun	SL3	1.18
10	Robert Dean	SL3	1.18

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

#	Team	W	L	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Baltimore Elite Giants	3	1	.750	-	7.3	4.0	Felton Snow	Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD)
2	Homestead Grays	3	2	.600	0.5	7.8	5.4	Vic Harris	Forbes Field (Pittburgh, PA), Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)
3	Philadelphia Stars	2	3	.400	1.5	5.4	7.8	Jake Dunn	Parkside Athletic Field (Philadelphia, PA)
4	Newark Eagles	1	3	.250	2.0	4.0	7.3	Dick Lundy	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB		R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Baltimore Elite Giants	3	1	1	.750	-		4.2	2.6	Felton Snow	Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD)
2	Homestead Grays	1	3	1	.250	2.0		2.6	4.2	Vic Harris	Forbes Field (Pittburgh, PA), Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Kansas City Monarchs ^* ¹	50	28	0	.641	-	60	35	0	.632	5.8	4.4	Andy Cooper	Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2	Chicago American Giants	41	38	0	.519	9.5	45	42	0	.517	5.3	5.2	Candy Jim Taylor , Felton Snow	American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
3	Memphis Red Sox	35	39	1	.473	13.0	42	54	1	.438	4.8	5.3	Ted Radcliffe	Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
4	Cleveland Bears	24	29	0	.453	13.5	24	36	0	.400	4.5	5.6	Alonzo Mitchell	Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
5	St. Louis Stars ²	23	31	2	.426	15.0	25	35	2	.417	4.9	5.9	George Mitchell	South End Grounds (St. Louis, MO)
6	Toledo Crawfords	10	14	1	.417	13.0	10	16	1	.385	4.9	6.1	Oscar Charleston	Swayne Field (Toledo, OH)
7	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	7	11	0	.389	13.0	8	20	0	.286	4.9	7.3	Gabby Kemp , Nish Williams	Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, GA)

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

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB		R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Kansas City Monarchs	4	1	0	.800	-		5.0	2.6	Andy Cooper	Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2	St. Louis Stars	1	4	0	.200	3.0		2.6	5.0	George Mitchell	South End Grounds (St. Louis, MO)

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB		R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	East All Stars	1	1	0	.500	-		6.0	3.0	George Scales	Yankee Stadium (New York, NY)
2	West All Stars	1	1	0	.500	-		3.0	6.0	George Mitchell , Candy Jim Taylor	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)

#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB		R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	North All Stars	1	0	0	1.000	-		10.0	1.0		No Home Ballpark
2	South All Stars	0	1	0	.000	1.0		1.0	10.0	Winfield Welch	Pelican Stadium

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