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
233
2
Buck Leonard
EAS/HG
198
3
Bill Byrd
BEG/EAS
192
4
Mule Suttles
MULT
191
5
Henry Turner
CBR
180
6
Bus Clarkson
TC
176
7
Willard Brown
KCM
175
8
Neil Robinson
MRS/WES
171
9
Bill Hoskins
BEG/NOS
171
10
Ed Stone
EAS/NE
168

ERA+

# Player Team ERA+
1
Willie Hubert
BEG/NE
247
2
Andy Cooper
KCM
204
3
Roy Partlow
EAS/HG
181
4
George Walker
KCM
178
5
Smoky Owens
CBR/WES
159
6
James Brown
NE
155
7
Roosevelt Davis
MRS/SAS
154
8
Willie Jefferson
MRS
153
9
Jimmy Hill
NE
150
10
Hilton Smith
KCM/WES
148


Standings
Glossary

Negro National League II

vs NN2 (Official) vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
31
13
0
.705
-
54
24
1
.692
7.2
4.6
Vic Harris
Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA), Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)
2
27
18
1
.600
4.5
46
29
1
.613
6.6
5.1
Dick Lundy
Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
3
22
21
0
.512
8.5
34
32
0
.515
5.6
5.0
Felton Snow
Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD)
4
30
31
1
.492
9.5
32
32
1
.500
5.4
6.2
Jake Dunn, Jud Wilson
Parkside Athletic Field (Philadelphia, PA)
5
14
18
3
.438
11.0
23
26
4
.469
4.5
5.3
George Scales
No Home Ballpark
6
3
9
1
.250
12.0
5
9
1
.357
4.1
6.2
Oscar Charleston
Swayne Field (Toledo, OH)
7
5
22
0
.185
17.5
9
27
0
.250
3.3
6.0
José María Fernández
No Home Ballpark
* = League Champion      

NNL II Playoffs

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
3
1
0
.750
-
7.3
4.0
Felton Snow
Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD)
2
3
2
0
.600
0.5
7.8
5.4
Vic Harris
Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA), Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)
3
2
3
0
.400
1.5
5.4
7.8
Jake Dunn
Parkside Athletic Field (Philadelphia, PA)
4
1
3
0
.250
2.0
4.0
7.3
Dick Lundy
Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)


NNL II Championship Series

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
3
1
1
.750
-
4.2
2.6
Felton Snow
Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD)
2
1
3
1
.250
2.0
2.6
4.2
Vic Harris
Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA), Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)


Negro American League

vs NAL (Official) vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
40
22
0
.645
-
62
35
0
.639
5.8
4.4
Andy Cooper
Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2
32
31
0
.508
8.5
45
42
0
.517
5.3
5.2
Felton Snow, Candy Jim Taylor
American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
3
24
22
2
.522
8.0
29
34
2
.460
5.1
5.9
George Mitchell
South End Grounds (St. Louis, MO)
4
20
21
0
.488
9.5
24
36
0
.400
4.5
5.6
Alonzo Mitchell
Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
5
23
31
1
.426
13.0
41
56
1
.423
4.8
5.3
Ted Radcliffe
Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
6
8
14
1
.364
12.0
10
20
1
.333
5.1
6.4
Oscar Charleston
Swayne Field (Toledo, OH)
7
1
7
0
.125
12.0
8
20
0
.286
4.9
7.3
Gabby Kemp, Nish Williams
Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, GA)
* = League Champion      1 = First Half Champion      2 = Second Half Champion      

NAL Championship Series

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
4
1
0
.800
-
5.0
2.6
Andy Cooper
Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2
1
4
0
.200
3.0
2.6
5.0
George Mitchell
South End Grounds (St. Louis, MO)


East-West All Star Games

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
1
1
0
.500
-
6.0
3.0
George Scales
Yankee Stadium (New York, NY)
1
1
1
0
.500
-
3.0
6.0
George Mitchell, Candy Jim Taylor
Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)


North-South All Star Games

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
1
0
0
1.000
-
10.0
1.0
No Home Ballpark
2
0
1
0
.000
1.0
1.0
10.0
Winfield Welch
Pelican Stadium



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