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

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Goose Curry	BEG/NBY	.476
2	Bill Hoskins	BEG/NOS	.472
3	Josh Gibson	EAS/HG	.470
4	Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	.469
5	Bill Harvey	MULT	.439
6	Sammy Hughes	BEG/EAS	.435
7	Ed Stone	EAS/NE	.430
8	Jud Wilson	PS	.430
9	David Whatley	CBR/HG	.424
10	Henry Turner	CBR	.422

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Willie Hubert	BEG/NE	249
2	Andy Cooper	KCM	204
3	George Walker	KCM	178
4	Roy Partlow	EAS/HG	177
5	Smoky Owens	CBR/WES	159
6	James Brown	NE	156
7	Roosevelt Davis	MRS/SAS	154
8	Willie Jefferson	MRS	154
9	Jimmy Hill	NE	151
10	Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	148

Opponent's Batting

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Kansas City Monarchs	ALC/NAL	106	2016	1794	213	452	56	22	10	57		147	345	0	18	49	0	48	.252	.315	.324	.639
2	Philadelphia Stars	NLP/NN2	95	1922	1707	309	473	58	19	42	10		168	218	0	6	38		26	.277	.344	.407	.751
3	Chicago American Giants	NAL	83	1654	1457	216	392	76	22	13	48		141	195		6	45		21	.269	.336	.378	.714
4	Newark Eagles	NLP/NN2	70	1646	1434	207	369	50	16	19	13		175	199	1	8	26		21	.257	.341	.354	.696
5	Homestead Grays	MULT	53	1532	1376	182	344	52	16	18	17		126	177	0	3	23	1	28	.250	.314	.350	.664
6	Baltimore Elite Giants	MULT	63	1469	1330	194	375	51	17	20	20		105	168	0	8	25	1	25	.282	.338	.391	.729
7	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	48	1309	1200	171	322	49	15	14	24		66	177		12	25		17	.268	.313	.369	.682
8	New York Black Yankees	NN2	52	1224	1119	177	324	39	9	29	12		80	130		8	14		19	.290	.341	.418	.760
9	St. Louis Stars	ALC/NAL	46	1205	1061	157	265	44	14	5	35		98	146	0	15	28	1	25	.250	.322	.332	.653
10	Cleveland Bears	NAL	41	1007	877	116	219	34	11	8	37		100	103		3	22		15	.250	.329	.341	.670
11	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	34	887	770	162	228	44	14	9	21		89	92		11	16		14	.296	.377	.425	.802
12	New York Cubans	NN2	32	770	685	115	198	31	9	14	13		68	99		3	13		9	.289	.356	.422	.778
13	Toledo Crawfords	NAL/NN2	29	761	670	120	182	32	9	5	8		67	87		4	18		14	.272	.341	.369	.710
14	West All Stars	EWA	6	76	65	12	16	3	1	0	2	2	9	9	2	1	0	1	1	.246	.342	.323	.665
15	East All Stars	EWA	7	71	59	6	15	1	0	2	0	2	8	10	0	0	3	1	0	.254	.338	.373	.711
16	South All Stars	NSA	3	49	44	10	19	4	0	1	1		2	6	0	1	2		2	.432	.468	.591	1.059
17	North All Stars	NSA	2	36	33	1	6	0	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	1		0	.182	.229	.182	.410
	17	7	770	17634	15681	2368	4199	624	194	209	318	4	1451	2163	3	107	348	5	285	.268	.334	.372	.706

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Bill Byrd	BEG/EAS	SP	19	553	523	65	152	18	6	8	7	1	23	65	0	1	7	0	6	.291	.322	.394	.716
2	Leon Day	EAS/NE	SP	21	508	449	66	111	13	3	9	2	1	52	66	1	2	5	0	8	.247	.328	.350	.678
3	Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	RP	26	496	457	44	99	11	6	1	12	0	23	106	0	4	11	0	11	.217	.260	.274	.534
4	Henry McHenry	PS	RP	19	473	419	58	105	9	5	12	2		41	51	0	2	10		4	.251	.320	.382	.702
5	Preacher Henry	CBR	SP	15	459	383	46	84	16	3	1	17		59	54		2	9		7	.219	.327	.285	.611
6	Willie Cornelius	CAG	SP	16	430	383	65	99	27	7	2	16		28	47		1	16		6	.258	.311	.381	.692
7	Edsall Walker*	HG	SP	13	374	333	45	83	14	2	5	7		33	48	0	0	7		7	.249	.317	.348	.665
8	Frank Bradley	KCM	RP	16	364	324	40	80	5	7	1	10		25	65		2	8		9	.247	.305	.315	.620
9	George Walker	KCM	RP	21	358	327	28	76	10	3	4	10		20	62		6	4		11	.232	.289	.318	.607
10	Theolic Smith	SL3/WES	SP	12	350	311	44	87	12	5	1	11	0	24	41	1	4	9	0	8	.280	.339	.360	.699
11	Ted Radcliffe	MRS/WES	RP	15	344	324	39	77	15	4	2	7	1	13	63	0	2	3	0	3	.238	.271	.327	.599
12	Silvino Ruíz	NYC	SP	10	338	306	43	81	7	2	7	4		28	32		1	3		4	.265	.328	.369	.698
13	Jonas Gaines*	BEG/NOS	SP	11	335	297	36	74	7	4	2	2		28	33	0	1	7	1	7	.249	.315	.320	.635
14	Jesse Houston	CAG	SP	13	335	287	42	79	13	7	3	6		37	36		1	10		6	.275	.360	.401	.761
15	Lefty Calhoun*	SL3	RP	13	332	297	37	69	14	5	1	8		25	35	0	4	5	1	8	.232	.300	.323	.623
16	Neck Stanley*	NBY	SP	13	330	296	46	90	12	3	5	1		25	46		4	4		7	.304	.366	.416	.782
17	Roy Partlow*	EAS/HG	RP	14	327	298	27	59	9	2	3	1	0	25	44	0	1	3	0	6	.198	.262	.272	.534
18	Terris McDuffie	MULT	RP	14	312	283	37	73	7	1	6	2	0	21	38	0	2	5	1	2	.258	.313	.353	.666
19	Jimmy Hill*	NE	SP	10	310	271	29	62	8	4	3	5		36	50		1	2		3	.229	.321	.321	.642
20	Roy Welmaker*	HG/PS	RP	13	303	270	52	79	13	2	4	0		28	45	0	0	4		3	.293	.359	.400	.759
21	Jim Missouri*	PS	RP	14	299	264	47	66	10	1	8	2		28	31		1	6		3	.250	.324	.386	.711
22	Ray Brown	HG	SP	8	296	276	36	76	10	3	1	0		17	21	0	0	3		3	.275	.317	.344	.662
23	Bill Holland	EAS/NBY	RP	12	285	270	39	82	11	1	8	4	0	13	21	0	0	1	0	4	.304	.336	.441	.776
24	Frank McAllister	SL3	SP	10	284	250	43	67	10	3	3	13		24	37	0	2	8	0	8	.268	.337	.368	.705
25	Tommy Johnson	CAG	RP	17	276	246	30	69	13	2	3	3		23	23		1	5		4	.280	.344	.386	.731
26	Eddie Dixon	IAB	RP	10	270	244	36	70	9	2	3	7		21	29		1	4		9	.287	.346	.377	.723
27	Sam Thompson	PS	RP	15	269	238	47	73	10	2	7	1		25	30		0	6		3	.307	.373	.454	.826
28	Jimmy Johnson*	TC/WES	SP	9	266	234	28	53	9	1	0	3	0	24	43	1	2	5	0	6	.226	.304	.274	.577
29	Smoky Owens	CBR/WES	SP	11	266	235	23	57	8	3	2	6	1	19	20	0	2	9	1	4	.243	.304	.328	.631
30	Willie Hubert	BEG/NE	RP	11	263	227	20	46	9	0	2	5		29	28	0	2	4	0	6	.203	.298	.269	.567
31	Max Manning	NE	SP	10	253	217	29	65	8	1	1	2		25	26	0	2	8		2	.300	.377	.359	.736
32	Floyd Kranson	KCM	RP	13	246	208	31	61	6	2	2	12		23	23	0	3	12		4	.293	.372	.370	.742
33	Specs Roberts	HG	SP	8	238	208	30	56	7	6	9	0		23	28	0	1	4	1	9	.269	.343	.490	.834
34	Spoon Carter	PS/TC	SP	8	206	174	34	52	6	3	5	3		23	24		2	6		3	.299	.387	.454	.841
35	Ted Trent	CAG	RP	12	205	192	25	59	6	1	2	4		8	25		1	4		0	.307	.338	.380	.719
36	Tom Parker	HG	SP	7	204	178	30	46	7	2	2	8		21	30	0	1	4		2	.258	.340	.354	.694
37	Webster McDonald	PS	RP	11	202	184	34	51	7	3	1	0		13	17		2	3		6	.277	.332	.364	.696
38	Luis Tiant*	NYC	SP	8	201	183	25	48	10	3	2	2		15	42		1	2		2	.262	.322	.383	.704
39	Lefty Bowe*	CAG	RP	10	199	168	17	36	7	2	1	11		22	45		2	6		1	.214	.313	.298	.610
40	James Brown	NE	RP	11	199	172	22	35	3	3	2	2		23	22		2	2		3	.203	.305	.291	.595
41	Roosevelt Davis	MRS/SAS	SP	6	196	184	18	49	7	0	2	2		5	25	0	1	5		3	.266	.289	.337	.626
42	Johnny Wright	MULT	RP	8	181	166	29	48	7	5	1	2		11	16	0	0	4		3	.289	.333	.410	.743
43	Felix Evans	IAB	RP	6	180	160	23	36	5	2	1	5		17	20		2	1		1	.225	.307	.300	.607
44	Roy K. Williams	NBY	SP	7	178	163	27	41	6	3	5	1		10	20		2	3		2	.252	.303	.417	.720
45	Bill Harvey*	BEG/TC	RP	8	177	156	21	39	10	2	0	1		14	18		1	6		2	.250	.316	.340	.656
46	Lefty Wilson*	MRS	SP	5	168	155	14	41	4	3	0	2		8	24		0	5		2	.265	.301	.329	.630
47	Tee Mitchell	IAB	SP	5	164	139	31	40	10	4	2	2		16	12		1	8		2	.288	.365	.460	.826
48	Willie Hutchinson	KCM	RP	7	163	142	23	38	8	1	1	7		15	22	0	0	5		1	.268	.338	.359	.697
49	Rocky Ellis	PS	RP	10	160	147	34	48	7	2	5	1		10	14		0	3		3	.327	.369	.503	.873
50	Porter Moss	MRS	SP	6	160	140	30	46	8	4	3	2		13	23		2	5		2	.329	.394	.507	.901
51	Eugene Bremer	MRS	SP	5	158	141	19	34	7	2	1	3		12	13		4	1		3	.241	.318	.340	.659
52	Willie Jefferson	MRS	SP	5	154	147	22	36	4	0	3	3		5	14		0	0		1	.245	.270	.333	.603
53	Andy Cooper*	KCM	SP	6	145	135	8	31	7	1	0	2		7	34	0	0	3	0	5	.230	.268	.296	.564
54	Bob Evans	NE	RP	7	142	122	25	36	8	0	2	0		16	11	0	0	4		2	.295	.377	.410	.787
55	Emery Adams	BEG	RP	8	139	122	27	36	5	0	6	2		14	13	0	0	3		1	.295	.368	.484	.851
56	Armando Torres	NYC	RP	7	138	116	19	36	8	1	1	5		17	17		0	5		1	.310	.398	.422	.821
57	Tom Glover*	BEG	SP	7	136	124	23	40	6	2	0	1		7	25	0	3	2		3	.323	.373	.403	.776
58	Big Train Jackson*	KCM	RP	8	135	115	21	37	5	2	1	1		15	18		2	3		1	.322	.409	.426	.835
59	Henry Miller	PS	RP	9	128	114	18	28	2	2	2	3		10	18		0	3		2	.246	.306	.351	.657
60	Lefty Moses*	KCM	RP	8	107	86	21	28	5	1	0	3		17	14		1	3		5	.326	.442	.407	.849
61	Robert Dean	SL3	SP	4	105	88	13	17	2	0	0	1		12	18		1	4		1	.193	.297	.216	.513
62	Cliff Blackmon	IAB/MRS	SP	5	100	87	21	34	5	1	2	5		8	9		1	4		0	.391	.448	.540	.988
63	Red Howard*	CBR	RP	5	100	91	14	25	2	1	4	5		7	11		0	2		3	.275	.327	.451	.777
64	Willie Ferrell*	CBR/HG	SP	3	98	85	12	23	4	1	0	2		9	9		0	3		1	.271	.340	.341	.682
65	Clifford Brown^	SL3	RP	5	92	84	10	17	3	1	0	1		6	13	0	1	1		0	.202	.264	.262	.526
66	Harry Cozart	NE	RP	5	90	74	18	23	4	3	1	2		11	6	0	1	4		1	.311	.407	.486	.893
67	Percy Forrest	CAG/MRS	SP	4	84	71	13	16	2	2	1	2		8	9		2	2		3	.225	.321	.352	.673
68	Alonzo Mitchell	CBR	RP	4	81	73	13	21	4	2	0	1		7	8		0	1		1	.288	.350	.397	.747
69	Barney Brown*	NBY	SP	3	79	72	10	21	1	0	2	3		5	6		0	1		2	.292	.338	.389	.727
70	Harry Kincannon	TC	SP	3	78	72	24	27	4	2	2	0		5	7		1	0		2	.375	.423	.569	.993
71	Guy Smith^	IAB	SP	2	73	60	14	16	4	2	1	2		9	11		3	1		0	.267	.389	.450	.839
72	Connie Rector	NYC	RP	5	69	59	19	23	5	3	0	0		6	7		0	3		1	.390	.446	.576	1.022
73	Henry Williams	CAG	RP	4	68	58	10	12	2	1	1	0		9	6		0	1		2	.207	.313	.328	.641
74	Lefty Richburg*	IAB	SP	4	52	46	12	16	5	1	0	0		4	6		1	1		0	.348	.412	.500	.912
75	Jim Willis	BEG	RP	3	50	47	11	19	2	1	1	0		3	3		0	0		1	.404	.440	.553	.993
76	Rogers Pierre	CAG	RP	4	48	43	6	12	0	1	1	3		4	5		0	1		0	.279	.340	.395	.736
77	Claude Hayslett	IAB	SP	2	47	41	10	15	5	2	0	0		5	5		0	1		1	.366	.435	.585	1.020
78	Telosh Howard	IAB	RP	2	43	33	14	15	2	0	1	4		6	4		3	0		1	.455	.571	.606	1.177
79	Purnell Mincy*	PS	RP	3	41	35	10	9	1	1	1	1		5	3		0	1		0	.257	.350	.429	.779
80	Bernard Fernández	CBR	SP	1	40	37	8	10	1	0	0	5		3	4		0	0		0	.270	.325	.297	.622
81	Johnny Johnson	BEG	RP	3	36	28	11	10	3	2	1	1		7	4		0	1		1	.357	.486	.714	1.200
82	Robert Poinsette^	NBY/TC	RP	3	36	29	17	15	1	0	3	0		6	0		0	1		0	.517	.600	.862	1.462
83	Fred Wilson	NE	SP	1	36	33	5	15	1	0	0	0		3	5		0	0		1	.455	.500	.485	.985
84	Eggie Hensley	CAG	SP	3	35	31	11	13	4	1	0	2		3	5		0	0		0	.419	.471	.613	1.083
85	Jesse Brown*	NBY	RP	2	30	26	0	5	1	0	0	1		4	3		0	0		2	.192	.300	.231	.531
86	Donald Reeves*	IAB	RP	1	28	22	12	10	2	0	1	1		6	1		0	0		0	.455	.571	.682	1.253
87	Alonzo Boone	CBR	RP	2	26	23	5	6	1	0	0	2		3	3		0	0		0	.261	.346	.304	.651
88	Johnny Taylor	TC	RP	1	26	23	5	7	2	0	0	0		2	1		0	1		1	.304	.360	.391	.751
89	Rodolfo Fernández	NYC	RP	2	24	21	9	10	1	0	4	2		2	1		1	0		1	.476	.542	1.095	1.637
90	Walsh^	MRS	SP	1	24	22	4	8	1	0	0	0		1	7		1	0		1	.364	.417	.409	.826
91	Andy Drake	SL3	RP	1	23	19	3	4	0	0	0	1		2	1		1	1		0	.211	.318	.211	.529
92	Eugene Smith	SL3	SP	1	22	17	4	4	1	0	0	1		4	2		1	0		1	.235	.409	.294	.703
93	Blanch Moody	SAS	SP	1	19	16	9	11	3	0	1	1		1	1	0	0	2		1	.688	.706	1.063	1.768
94	Lloyd Davenport*	MRS	RP	1	18	14	1	2	0	0	0	0		2	1		0	2		2	.143	.250	.143	.393
95	Lefty Phillips*	BEG	RP	3	18	15	8	8	2	1	0	1		3	5		0	0		0	.533	.611	.800	1.411
96	Elbert Treadway^	KCM	SP	1	16	14	1	3	0	0	0	0		2	2		0	0		1	.214	.313	.214	.527
97	Vernon Harrison*	NE	RP	2	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	2		0	1		0	.000	.333	.000	.333
98	Ted Alexander	NE	RP	1	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	2		0	0		0	.200	.200	.200	.400
99	Jimmie Armstead*	SL3	RP	1	10	7	5	4	2	0	0	0		2	0		1	0		0	.571	.700	.857	1.557
100	Jabbo Andrews*	IAB	RP	1	9	6	2	1	1	0	0	0		3	1		0	0		0	.167	.444	.333	.778
101	Andrews^	CBR	SP	1	9	9	5	6	1	1	1	1		1	0		0	0		0	.667	.700	1.333	2.033
102	Satchel Davis	CBR	SP	1	9	8	5	6	0	1	0	0		1	0		0	0		0	.750	.778	1.000	1.778
103	Elbert Eatmon^	MRS	RP	1	9	6	6	3	0	0	0	0		3	1		0	0		0	.500	.667	.500	1.167
104	Goose Curry	NBY	RP	1	8	6	4	5	0	1	0	0		1	0		0	1		0	.833	.857	1.167	2.024
105	Willie Hudson*	KCM	RP	1	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	2		0	0		0	.250	.250	.250	.500
106	Andy Sarvis	CBR	RP	1	8	7	2	4	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	1		0	.571	.571	.571	1.143
107	George Scales	NBY	RP	1	8	7	2	3	1	0	0	0		1	0		0	0		0	.429	.500	.571	1.071
108	Willie Simms	CAG	RP	1	8	8	2	4	2	0	0	1		0	0		0	0		0	.500	.500	.750	1.250
109	Charlie Beverly*	KCM	RP	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0		0	0		0	.500	.667	.500	1.167
110	Woody Williams*	BEG	RP	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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