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

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Josh Gibson	EAS/HG	235
2	Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	207
3	Bill Byrd	BEG/EAS	192
4	Mule Suttles	MULT	187
5	Henry Turner	CBR	180
6	Willard Brown	KCM	178
7	Bus Clarkson	TC	176
8	Neil Robinson	MRS/WES	172
9	Ed Stone	EAS/NE	171
10	Bill Hoskins	BEG/NOS	170

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Roosevelt Davis	MRS/SAS	5.00
2	Andy Cooper	KCM	4.86
3	Ted Radcliffe	MRS/WES	4.85
4	Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	4.61
5	Tom Glover	BEG	3.57
6	Ted Trent	CAG	3.13
7	George Walker	KCM	3.10
8	Lefty Wilson	MRS	3.00
9	Bill Byrd	BEG/EAS	2.83
10	Luis Tiant	NYC	2.80

All-1939 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willard Brown	KCM	2.4	2.4	0.2
Bill Hoskins	BEG/NOS	2.1	1.9	0.3
Dan Wilson	SL3/WES	1.5	1.0	0.6
Bill Harvey	MULT	0.9	0.3	-0.2

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
Goose Curry	BEG/NBY	1.0	1.1	0.2

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ed Stone	EAS/NE	2.4	2.0	0.6
Wild Bill Wright	MULT	1.3	1.5	-0.1
David Whatley	CBR/HG	1.2	1.6	-0.2
Subby Byas	CAG	0.9	0.8	0.2

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ted Strong	KCM/WES	2.4	1.9	0.2
Chester Williams	PS	1.4	0.9	0.2
Willie Wells	EAS/NE	0.9	0.1	0.5
Buddy Armour	SL3	0.8	0.4	0.2

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sam Bankhead	HG	1.7	0.6	1.0
Sammy Hughes	BEG/EAS	1.7	1.4	0.2
Bus Clarkson	TC	1.2	0.9	0.2
Al Frazier	CBR	1.1	0.2	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	2.9	2.5	0.6
Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	2.6	2.7	0.1
Ed Young	CAG	1.5	1.2	0.4
Red Moore	BEG/IAB	0.8	0.9	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	EAS/HG	3.4	3.0	0.3
Henry Turner	CBR	1.3	1.2	0.0
Oscar Boone	BEG/IAB	0.9	0.5	0.4
Biz Mackey	BEG/NE	0.6	0.3	0.2

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Bill Byrd	BEG/EAS	131.2	3.9	2.8	1.1
Jimmy Hill	NE	73.2	2.2	2.0	0.2
Silvino Ruíz	NYC	78.1	2.1	2.3	-0.3
Leon Day	EAS/NE	117.0	1.8	1.3	0.5
Jimmy Johnson	TC/WES	62.1	1.5	1.5	0.0
Andy Cooper	KCM	36.2	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	1.6	-0.3
Jonas Gaines	BEG/NOS	78.0	1.2	1.5	-0.3
Luis Tiant	NYC	46.0	1.2	1.4	-0.2

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	125.0	3.2	3.5	-0.2
Roy Partlow	EAS/HG	83.0	2.9	2.8	0.1
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	0.0
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

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