1939 Season

Negro National League II

1938 / 1940

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Henry
McHenry

Leaders

Homeruns

#	Player	Team	HR
1	Josh Gibson	HG	11
2	Buck Leonard	HG	11
3	Ed Stone	NE	7
4	Mule Suttles	NE	7
5	Gene Benson	PS	6
6	Lennie Pearson	NE	5
7	Pat Patterson	PS	4
8	Bill Byrd	BEG	3
9	Walter Cannady	NBY	3
10	Jake Dunn	PS	3

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Roy Partlow	HG	1.74
2	James Brown	NE	1.89
3	Willie Hubert	NE/BEG	2.40
4	Jesse Brown	NBY	2.64
5	Jimmy Johnson	TC	2.83
6	Jimmy Hill	NE	3.00
7	Bill Harvey	BEG/TC	3.29
8	Bill Byrd	BEG	3.32
9	Leon Day	NE	3.41
10	Edsall Walker	HG	3.46

All-1939 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Tom Parker	HG	0.9	0.5	0.0
Bill Hoskins	BEG	0.9	1.0	0.0

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ray Brown	HG	0.8	-0.1	0.0
Henry Kimbro	BEG	0.6	0.7	0.0

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ed Stone	NE	1.1	1.2	0.0
David Whatley	HG	0.8	0.9	0.0

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Chester Williams	PS	0.9	0.7	0.0
Tommy Butts	BEG	0.5	0.4	0.0

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Pat Patterson	PS	1.3	1.2	0.0
Sam Bankhead	HG	1.1	1.0	0.0

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Henry Spearman	HG	0.7	0.7	0.0
Jud Wilson	PS	0.6	0.6	0.0

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Leonard	HG	2.2	2.3	0.0
Mule Suttles	NE	1.2	1.3	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	HG	2.4	2.3	0.0
Bill Cooper	PS	0.4	0.4	0.0

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Bill Byrd	BEG	76.0	2.7	2.1	0.6
Roy Partlow	HG	46.2	2.4	2.3	0.1
Jimmy Hill	NE	57.0	2.2	2.1	0.1
Leon Day	NE	87.0	2.1	1.8	0.4
Terris McDuffie	NBY	59.0	1.9	1.7	0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Henry McHenry	PS	106.1	2.1	2.4	-0.3
Willie Hubert	NE/BEG	48.2	1.7	1.8	-0.2
James Brown	NE	38.0	1.2	1.2	0.0
Webster McDonald	PS	45.2	0.3	0.3	0.0
Purnell Mincy	PS	8.0	0.3	0.3	0.0

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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