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	David Whatley	CBR/HG	.413
2	Bill Hoskins	BEG/NOS	.401
3	Wild Bill Wright	MULT	.380
4	Fred Wilson	NE/PS	.377
5	Josh Gibson	EAS/HG	.376
6	Henry Turner	CBR	.370
7	Bill Byrd	BEG/EAS	.367
8	Bill Casey	NYC	.367
9	Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	.361
10	Bill Harvey	MULT	.358

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	106
2	Leon Day	EAS/NE	73
3	Frank Bradley	KCM	65
4	Bill Byrd	BEG/EAS	65
5	Ted Radcliffe	MRS/WES	63
6	George Walker	KCM	62
7	Preacher Henry	CBR	54
8	Roy Partlow	EAS/HG	51
9	Henry McHenry	PS	51
10	Jimmy Hill	NE	50

All-1939 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willard Brown	KCM	2.3	2.4	0.1
Bill Hoskins	BEG/NOS	2.1	1.9	0.3
Dan Wilson	SL3/WES	1.5	1.0	0.6
Fred Wilson	NE/PS	0.9	1.6	-0.6

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Leslie Green	SL3	1.6	1.4	0.3
Willie Simms	CAG	1.4	1.2	0.4
Turkey Stearnes	KCM/WES	1.4	2.4	-1.0
Ray Brown	HG	1.2	0.2	0.4

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ed Stone	EAS/NE	2.4	2.0	0.6
David Whatley	CBR/HG	1.5	1.9	-0.2
Wild Bill Wright	MULT	1.3	1.6	-0.1
Henry Milton	KCM/WES	0.9	0.8	0.3

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ted Strong	KCM/WES	2.5	2.0	0.3
Chester Williams	PS	1.5	0.9	0.3
Willie Wells	EAS/NE	0.8	0.1	0.5
Buddy Armour	SL3	0.7	0.4	0.2

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sam Bankhead	HG	1.8	0.5	1.1
Sammy Hughes	BEG/EAS	1.7	1.4	0.2
Bus Clarkson	TC	1.3	0.9	0.3
Al Frazier	CBR	1.1	0.3	0.7

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Alex Radcliff	CAG/WES	1.7	0.9	0.8
Jud Wilson	PS	1.0	0.9	0.0
Felton Snow	BEG	0.6	0.2	0.2
Ramón Heredía	NYC	0.5	0.3	0.2

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Mule Suttles	MULT	3.1	2.6	0.7
Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	2.5	2.6	0.0
Ed Young	CAG	1.5	1.2	0.4
Red Moore	BEG/IAB	0.8	1.0	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	EAS/HG	3.4	3.1	0.3
Henry Turner	CBR	1.3	1.2	0.1
Oscar Boone	BEG/IAB	0.9	0.5	0.4
Tommie Dukes	HG/TC	0.6	0.6	-0.1

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Bill Byrd	BEG/EAS	131.2	3.9	2.8	1.1
Roy Partlow	EAS/HG	92.0	3.2	3.2	0.0
Jimmy Hill	NE	73.2	2.2	2.0	0.2
Leon Day	EAS/NE	126.0	2.1	1.7	0.5
Silvino Ruíz	NYC	78.1	2.1	2.3	-0.3
Andy Cooper	KCM	36.2	1.5	1.5	0.0
Jimmy Johnson	TC/WES	62.1	1.5	1.5	0.0
Lefty Wilson	MRS	38.1	1.3	1.4	-0.1
Theolic Smith	SL3/WES	80.0	1.2	0.8	0.3
Neck Stanley	NBY	75.0	1.2	1.5	-0.3
Jonas Gaines	BEG/NOS	78.0	1.2	1.5	-0.3

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	125.0	3.2	3.5	-0.3
George Walker	KCM	89.2	2.8	3.0	-0.2
Willie Hubert	BEG/NE	63.1	2.5	2.6	-0.1
Ted Radcliffe	MRS/WES	83.2	2.2	2.0	0.1
Henry McHenry	PS	110.2	2.0	2.1	-0.1
Terris McDuffie	MULT	69.1	1.8	1.7	0.1
Frank Bradley	KCM	88.2	1.6	1.6	0.0
Lefty Calhoun	SL3	80.0	1.5	1.5	0.0
Eddie Dixon	IAB	61.1	1.3	1.3	0.1
Bill Holland	EAS/NBY	62.2	1.1	1.3	-0.2
Felix Evans	IAB/SL3	39.0	0.9	0.8	0.1

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