1939 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1939 Season

NAL Championship Series

1938 / 1943

Top Hitter

Leslie
Green

Top Pitcher

Hilton
Smith

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Buck O'Neil	KCM	.688
2	Ed Mayweather	SL3	.563
3	Turkey Stearnes	KCM	.538
4	Leslie Green	SL3	.438
5	Joe Greene	KCM	.412
6	Marshall Riddle	SL3	.389
7	Dan Wilson	SL3	.350
8	Henry Milton	KCM	.316
9	Ted Strong	KCM	.316
10	Buddy Armour	SL3	.294

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Hilton Smith	KCM	459
2	Clifford Brown	SL3	253
3	Andy Cooper	KCM	252
4	Lefty Calhoun	SL3	78
5	Theolic Smith	SL3	72
6	Frank McAllister	SL3	66
7	Floyd Kranson	KCM	62
8	Willie Hutchinson	KCM	47

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

L

R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Kansas City Monarchs	ALC	43.0		1.37	19.3%	7.5%	2.57	0.5%
2	St. Louis Stars	ALC	39.0		1.15	13.9%	3.6%	3.83	0.6%
	2	1	82.0		1.27	16.8%	5.7%	2.95	0.6%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Andy Cooper*	KCM	SP	15.0		1.07	19.7%	4.9%	4.00	0.0%
2	Hilton Smith	KCM	RP	13.2		1.17	33.9%	5.4%	6.33	0.0%
3	Lefty Calhoun*	SL3	SP	13.0		1.15	15.1%	1.9%	8.00	0.0%
4	Frank McAllister	SL3	RP	11.0		1.36	16.0%	6.0%	2.67	2.0%
5	Theolic Smith	SL3	SP	8.0		1.38	8.1%	2.7%	3.00	0.0%
6	Floyd Kranson	KCM	SP	7.1		1.91	5.6%	13.9%	0.40	2.8%
7	Clifford Brown^	SL3	SP	7.0		0.57	16.0%	4.0%	4.00	0.0%
8	Willie Hutchinson	KCM	SP	7.0		1.86	8.8%	8.8%	1.00	0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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