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 Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	Turkey Stearnes	KCM/WES	45
2	Pat Patterson	PS/EAS	44
3	Buck Leonard	HG/EAS	40
4	Josh Gibson	HG/EAS	39
5	Ed Stone	NE/EAS	39
6	Willard Brown	KCM	37
7	Chester Williams	PS	37
8	Rainey Bibbs	KCM	36
9	Henry Milton	KCM/WES	34
10	Ted Strong	KCM/WES	34

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	108
2	George Walker	KCM	63
3	Frank Bradley	KCM	59
4	Henry McHenry	PS	52
5	Roy Welmaker	HG/PS	49
6	Willie Cornelius	CAG	45
7	Lefty Bowe	CAG	44
8	Neck Stanley	NBY	44
9	Jim Missouri	PS	43
10	Ted Radcliffe	MRS/WES	43

Standings

Glossary

Negro National League II

		vs NN2					vs Maj. Black Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays	36	19	1	.655	-	42	21	1	.667	7.1	4.6	Vic Harris	Forbes Field (Pittburgh, PA), Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)
2	Newark Eagles	32	23	1	.582	4.0	41	23	1	.641	6.4	4.8	Dick Lundy	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
3	New York Black Yankees	19	18	4	.514	8.0	21	18	4	.538	4.7	4.9	George Scales	No Home Ballpark
4	Baltimore Elite Giants^*	21	23	0	.477	9.5	29	25	0	.537	5.8	5.0	Felton Snow	Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD)
5	Philadelphia Stars	24	29	1	.453	11.0	24	29	1	.453	5.2	6.6	Jud Wilson, Jake Dunn	Parkside Athletic Field (Philadelphia, PA)
6	Toledo Crawfords	4	6	1	.400	9.5	4	6	1	.400	3.5	5.1	Oscar Charleston	Swayne Field (Toledo, OH)
7	New York Cubans	7	25	0	.219	17.5	9	25	0	.265	3.4	5.9	José María Fernández	No Home Ballpark

* = League Champion

NNL II Playoffs

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Baltimore Elite Giants	3	1	0	.750	-	7.3	4.0	Felton Snow	Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD)
2	Homestead Grays	3	2	0	.600	0.5	7.8	5.4	Vic Harris	Forbes Field (Pittburgh, PA), Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)
3	Philadelphia Stars	2	3	0	.400	1.5	5.4	7.8	Jake Dunn	Parkside Athletic Field (Philadelphia, PA)
4	Newark Eagles	1	3	0	.250	2.0	4.0	7.3	Dick Lundy	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)

NNL II Championship Series

		vs All Teams
#	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)

Negro American League

		vs NAL					vs Maj. Black Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Kansas City Monarchs^*¹	46	25	0	.648	-	46	28	0	.622	5.8	4.2	Andy Cooper	Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2	Chicago American Giants	40	34	0	.541	7.5	41	37	0	.526	5.3	5.0	Candy Jim Taylor	American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
3	Cleveland Bears	20	21	0	.488	11.0	20	29	0	.408	4.3	5.6	Alonzo Mitchell	Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
4	Toledo Crawfords	9	11	1	.450	11.5	9	11	1	.450	4.8	5.9	Oscar Charleston	Swayne Field (Toledo, OH)
5	St. Louis Stars²	15	20	1	.429	13.0	15	23	1	.395	5.6	6.2	George Mitchell	South End Grounds (St. Louis, MO)
6	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	6	10	0	.375	12.5	7	19	0	.269	4.8	7.5	Gabby Kemp, Nish Williams	Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, GA)
7	Memphis Red Sox	19	34	0	.358	18.0	21	35	0	.375	3.9	5.5	Ted Radcliffe	Martin Park (Memphis, TN)

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

NAL Championship Series

		vs All Teams
#	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)

East-West All Star Games

		vs All Teams
#	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, Oscar Charleston	Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)

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