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)

Top Hitter


Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher


Hilton
Smith

Leaders

Batting Average

# Player Team BA
1
CBR/HG
.404
2
BEG/NOS
.401
3
EAS/HG
.381
4
MULT
.380
5
EAS/HG
.372
6
CBR
.370
7
BEG/EAS
.367
8
NYC
.367
9
NE/PS
.367
10
MULT
.360

K/BB

# Player Team SO/BB
1
MRS/SAS
5.00
2
KCM
4.86
3
MRS/WES
4.85
4
KCM/WES
4.61
5
BEG
3.57
6
CAG
3.13
7
KCM
3.10
8
MRS
3.00
9
BEG/EAS
2.83
10
NYC
2.80


Advanced Batting


Bats:


Qualified:



Teams
# Team Lg
1
NSA
1
49
.465
4.1%
2.0%
.159
2
MULT
43
1652
.367
9.5%
6.7%
0.75
2.7%
.166
3
45
1673
.353
8.8%
2.5%
.147
4
MULT
42
1544
.345
8.4%
6.5%
1.00
1.1%
.103
5
NAL
22
815
.343
8.7%
1.0%
.109
6
20
751
.336
9.1%
0.7%
.097
7
NN2
34
1220
.324
10.4%
1.1%
.090
8
50
1820
.322
7.1%
1.2%
.097
9
EWA
2
71
.318
11.3%
14.1%
0.80
2.8%
.119
10
56
2050
.316
6.6%
1.0%
.111
11
33
1236
.314
9.5%
0.0%
1.0%
.094
12
NAL
43
1609
.309
7.6%
0.8%
.094
13
EWA
2
76
.308
11.8%
11.8%
1.00
0.0%
.077
14
NAL
28
1045
.306
7.9%
0.1%
.065
15
NAL
35
1229
.291
7.6%
0.3%
.069
16
NN2
21
759
.289
6.3%
0.7%
.064
17
NSA
1
36
.201
5.6%
0.0%
.000
17
7
742
17635
.326
8.2%
9.9%
0.89
1.2%
.105



Players
# Team Pos
1
C
167
.524
15.0%
0.0%
9.0%
.433
2
1B
180
.504
15.6%
11.1%
2.00
6.7%
.338
3
MULT
1B
185
.485
10.8%
50.0%
0.00
7.0%
.348
4
LF
164
.468
11.0%
1.2%
.155
5
RF
172
.462
9.9%
0.0%
5.2%
.250
6
CBR
C
109
.449
8.3%
0.9%
.180
7
TC
2B
76
.443
9.2%
2.6%
.221
8
KCM
LF
198
.439
4.0%
2.0%
.233
9
RF
154
.436
3.2%
0.6%
.151
10
CF
121
.429
5.8%
0.0%
2.5%
.196
11
2B
157
.420
13.4%
0.0%
0.6%
.152
12
NE/PS
LF
167
.419
7.8%
2.4%
.147
13
MULT
LF
57
.413
12.3%
0.0%
.060
14
MULT
RF
172
.412
5.2%
0.0%
1.2%
.139
15
CF
238
.410
9.2%
0.0%
3.4%
.192
16
HG/TC
C
83
.398
10.8%
0.0%
.099
17
SL3
CF
129
.394
10.1%
2.3%
.165
18
SS
221
.387
11.3%
12.5%
2.00
1.4%
.122
19
NYC
LF
74
.385
8.1%
1.4%
.104
20
2B
180
.383
5.0%
22.2%
0.00
1.1%
.141
21
NE
3B
146
.380
11.6%
2.1%
.165
22
NBY
1B
125
.379
6.4%
0.8%
.095
23
MULT
LF
158
.378
8.9%
0.0%
2.5%
.156
24
MULT
2B
66
.378
6.1%
0.0%
1.5%
.131
25
1B
156
.376
9.6%
5.3%
3.00
0.0%
.085
26
PS
SS
207
.374
6.8%
0.5%
.115
27
C
85
.373
12.9%
0.0%
.058
28
2B
124
.370
12.1%
0.0%
0.0%
.057
29
IAB
2B
75
.368
12.0%
1.3%
.078
30
CAG
1B
148
.367
10.8%
1.4%
.133
31
TC
1B
65
.365
10.8%
1.5%
.103
32
RF
100
.364
4.0%
1.0%
.158
33
CAG
CF
164
.360
9.1%
1.8%
.126
34
IAB
LF
78
.360
5.1%
3.8%
.247
35
HG
3B
164
.358
6.1%
5.3%
0.00
1.8%
.151
36
LF
150
.356
8.7%
11.1%
0.00
1.3%
.126
37
CAG
RF
152
.352
14.5%
1.3%
.104
38
C
107
.351
9.3%
1.9%
.084
39
LF
176
.348
13.1%
50.0%
0.00
1.1%
.132
40
PS
CF
196
.345
7.7%
2.6%
.151
41
SL3
SS
98
.340
3.1%
1.0%
.089
42
3B
185
.338
6.5%
37.5%
0.00
0.5%
.118
43
BEG
CF
187
.335
8.0%
1.6%
.107
44
TC
SS
60
.334
10.0%
0.0%
.115
45
HG
2B
192
.331
8.9%
9.5%
1.00
1.0%
.097
46
SS
120
.326
15.8%
0.8%
.124
47
3B
114
.325
6.1%
0.0%
0.0%
.136
48
MULT
SS
109
.324
4.6%
0.0%
0.0%
.059
49
SS
197
.323
11.7%
22.2%
0.50
1.5%
.082
50
BEG
3B
175
.323
6.3%
5.3%
0.00
0.6%
.099
51
KCM
3B
199
.319
5.0%
0.5%
.093
52
MULT
RF
88
.316
8.0%
0.0%
0.0%
.089
53
SS
142
.316
8.5%
5.9%
0.00
0.0%
.055
54
SL3
1B
128
.314
10.2%
2.3%
.134
55
CBR
2B
107
.314
6.5%
0.0%
.033
56
TC
3B
49
.313
4.1%
0.0%
.091
57
RF
239
.312
7.1%
33.3%
0.00
0.8%
.107
58
TC
LF
79
.310
10.1%
0.0%
.087
59
CF
119
.309
7.6%
2.5%
.111
60
MULT
C
113
.307
8.0%
0.0%
0.0%
.031
61
MULT
1B
172
.306
9.9%
1.2%
.092
62
NE
2B
180
.303
12.8%
1.1%
.087
63
CAG
LF
160
.302
5.0%
0.0%
.048
64
MULT
RF
136
.302
7.4%
0.0%
0.0%
.063
65
1B
130
.302
9.2%
0.0%
0.0%
.044
66
CBR
1B
104
.300
7.7%
0.0%
.044
67
MULT
CF
142
.297
14.8%
0.0%
.025
68
CBR
RF
88
.293
14.8%
0.0%
.028
69
SL3
C
92
.290
5.4%
1.1%
.095
70
KCM
1B
202
.286
8.4%
0.5%
.107
71
MRS
3B
124
.284
8.1%
0.0%
.073
72
NYC
RF
66
.283
6.1%
1.5%
.113
73
RF
184
.280
4.9%
0.5%
.070
74
NBY
2B
114
.278
7.0%
0.9%
.057
75
HG
SS
165
.273
10.3%
6.7%
1.00
1.2%
.121
76
BEG
C
92
.271
4.3%
1.1%
.063
77
CBR
CF
110
.270
10.9%
0.0%
.053
78
NE
CF
173
.269
2.3%
2.9%
.150
79
MULT
2B
134
.268
9.0%
40.0%
0.00
0.0%
.026
80
NYC
SS
85
.267
5.9%
0.0%
.038
81
2B
134
.265
6.7%
0.0%
.108
82
SL3
3B
121
.264
14.9%
0.0%
.022
83
1B
172
.260
0.6%
0.0%
.012
84
MULT
C
138
.255
3.6%
0.0%
0.0%
.062
85
NYC
2B
73
.253
4.1%
0.0%
.015
86
P
33
.252
3.0%
100.0%
0.00
0.0%
.000
87
KCM
2B
213
.251
5.6%
0.0%
.047
88
SL3
RF
138
.238
10.1%
0.7%
.058
* = Left-handed hitter       ** = Switch-hitter       ^ = Unknown

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