1939 Season

Negro American League

1938 / 1940

R. R. Jackson (President)
J. B. Martin (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Ted
Strong

Top Pitcher

George
Walker

Leaders

OPS

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Red Moore	IAB	1.071
2	Henry Turner	CBR	.972
3	Willard Brown	KCM	.970
4	Turkey Stearnes	KCM	.900
5	Leslie Green	SL3	.883
6	Ted Strong	KCM	.872
7	Neil Robinson	MRS	.861
8	Red Longley	MRS	.845
9	Oscar Boone	IAB	.832
10	Jabbo Andrews	IAB	.806

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Smoky Owens	CBR	1.90
2	Andy Cooper	KCM	2.08
3	George Walker	KCM	2.11
4	Lefty Bowe	CAG	2.42
5	Willie Jefferson	MRS	2.57
6	Hilton Smith	KCM	2.65
7	Jimmy Johnson	TC	2.66
8	Lefty Wilson	MRS	2.82
9	Robert Dean	SL3	2.92
10	Roosevelt Davis	MRS	2.93

Advanced Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	wOBA	BB%	HR%	ISO
1	Toledo Crawfords	NAL	13	500	.368	10.0%	0.6%	.116
2	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	22	815	.343	8.7%	1.0%	.109
3	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	51	1885	.317	6.9%	1.1%	.109
4	St. Louis Stars	NAL	28	1049	.316	9.8%	1.0%	.100
5	Chicago American Giants	NAL	43	1609	.309	7.6%	0.8%	.094
6	Cleveland Bears	NAL	28	1045	.306	7.9%	0.1%	.065
7	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	35	1229	.291	7.6%	0.3%	.069
	7	1	235	8132	.316	8.0%	0.7%	.094

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	HR%	ISO
1	Red Moore*	IAB	1B	69	.477	13.0%	0.0%	.161
2	Bus Clarkson	TC	2B	48	.473	12.5%	2.1%	.244
3	Henry Turner	CBR	C	109	.449	8.3%	0.9%	.180
4	Willard Brown	KCM	LF	188	.441	4.3%	2.1%	.229
5	Turkey Stearnes*	KCM	CF	215	.411	8.8%	3.3%	.187
6	Tommie Dukes*	TC	C	54	.406	7.4%	0.0%	.143
7	Ted Strong**	KCM	SS	194	.406	11.9%	1.5%	.135
8	Leslie Green*	SL3	CF	107	.396	8.4%	2.8%	.172
9	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	113	.395	5.3%	1.8%	.171
10	Jim Williams	TC	RF	44	.390	11.4%	0.0%	.132
11	Oscar Boone	IAB	C	74	.383	12.2%	0.0%	.066
12	Marshall Riddle*	SL3	2B	103	.374	13.6%	0.0%	.070
13	Gabby Kemp	IAB	2B	75	.368	12.0%	1.3%	.078
14	Ed Young	CAG	1B	148	.367	10.8%	1.4%	.133
15	Donald Reeves*	CAG/IAB	RF	100	.364	4.0%	1.0%	.158
16	Dan Wilson**	SL3	LF	119	.363	9.2%	0.8%	.112
17	Willie Simms*	CAG	CF	164	.360	9.1%	1.8%	.126
18	Jabbo Andrews*	IAB	LF	78	.360	5.1%	3.8%	.247
19	Subby Byas**	CAG	RF	152	.352	14.5%	1.3%	.104
20	Alex Radcliff	CAG	3B	177	.342	6.8%	0.6%	.124
21	Jimmie Crutchfield*	TC	LF	61	.330	9.8%	0.0%	.113
22	Parnell Woods	CBR	3B	113	.328	6.2%	0.0%	.136
23	Rainey Bibbs**	KCM	3B	181	.327	5.0%	0.6%	.103
24	Curtis Henderson	TC	SS	48	.320	8.3%	0.0%	.116
25	John Lyles**	CBR/SL3	SS	105	.320	3.8%	0.0%	.061
26	Henry Milton*	KCM	RF	216	.318	7.4%	0.9%	.104
27	Lloyd Davenport*	MRS	RF	131	.314	7.6%	0.0%	.066
28	Al Frazier	CBR	2B	107	.314	6.5%	0.0%	.033
29	Jelly Taylor*	MRS	1B	129	.304	9.3%	0.0%	.044
30	Ernie Smith*	CAG	LF	160	.302	5.0%	0.0%	.048
31	Mint Jones**	CBR	1B	104	.300	7.7%	0.0%	.044
32	Duke Cleveland*	CBR	RF	88	.293	14.8%	0.0%	.028
33	Ed Mayweather*	SL3	1B	109	.285	10.1%	1.8%	.125
34	Fred Bankhead	MRS	3B	124	.284	8.1%	0.0%	.073
35	Johnny Ray*	CBR	CF	110	.270	10.9%	0.0%	.053
36	Jerry Benjamin**	TC	CF	44	.267	18.2%	0.0%	.000
37	Marlin Carter*	MRS	2B	130	.266	6.9%	0.0%	.111
38	Bobby Robinson	SL3	3B	108	.263	15.7%	0.0%	.025
39	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	185	.261	8.6%	0.5%	.099
40	Bill Bradford*	SL3	RF	120	.258	11.7%	0.8%	.068
41	Tommy Butts	IAB	SS	83	.256	6.0%	0.0%	.078
42	Newt Allen	KCM	2B	194	.254	6.2%	0.0%	.046

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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