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

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Willard Brown	KCM	.587
2	Red Moore	IAB	.571
3	Henry Turner	CBR	.550
4	Turkey Stearnes	KCM	.513
5	Jabbo Andrews	IAB	.507
6	Neil Robinson	MRS	.495
7	Leslie Green	SL3	.495
8	Donald Reeves	CAG/IAB	.463
9	Ted Strong	KCM	.460
10	John Bissant	CAG	.450

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Hilton Smith	KCM	84
2	Frank Bradley	KCM	65
3	Ted Radcliffe	MRS	62
4	George Walker	KCM	62
5	Preacher Henry	CBR	54
6	Willie Cornelius	CAG	47
7	Lefty Bowe	CAG	45
8	Theolic Smith	SL3	37
9	Jesse Houston	CAG	36
10	Eddie Dixon	IAB	29

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Toledo Crawfords	NAL	13	500	438	77	132	28	7	3	64	11	50	1	10	1	.301	.373	.418	.791	128
2	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	22	815	724	109	202	31	12	8	95	18	71	4	15	1	.279	.346	.388	.734	110
3	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	51	1885	1699	264	440	72	27	20	220	59	130	10	34	12	.259	.313	.368	.682	97
4	Chicago American Giants	NAL	43	1609	1429	180	358	52	22	13	150	41	122	15	36	7	.251	.315	.345	.660	97
5	St. Louis Stars	NAL	28	1049	907	129	220	34	12	11	112	27	103	11	24	4	.243	.326	.343	.669	94
6	Cleveland Bears	NAL	28	1045	923	125	237	37	10	1	101	24	83	11	27	1	.257	.325	.322	.647	87
7	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	35	1229	1094	118	264	39	12	4	92	33	94	8	31	2	.241	.306	.310	.615	77
	7	1	235	8132	7214	1002	1853	293	102	60	834	213	653	60	177	28	.257	.323	.351	.673	96

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Red Moore*	IAB	1B	16	69	56	11	23	5	2	0	8	2	9	1	3	0	.411	.500	.571	1.071	206
2	Bus Clarkson	TC	2B	12	48	41	14	15	5	1	1	12	2	6	0	1	0	.366	.447	.610	1.057	203
3	Henry Turner	CBR	C	28	109	100	11	37	5	5	1	21	1	9	0	0	0	.370	.422	.550	.972	180
4	Willard Brown	KCM	LF	45	188	179	36	64	15	7	4	44	9	8	0	0	1	.358	.383	.587	.970	179
5	Turkey Stearnes*	KCM	CF	51	215	193	44	63	11	2	7	39	11	19	0	3	0	.326	.387	.513	.900	159
6	Leslie Green*	SL3	CF	25	107	93	19	30	5	1	3	14	7	9	1	4	0	.323	.388	.495	.883	156
7	Tommie Dukes*	TC	C	13	54	49	9	17	5	1	0	9	2	4	0	1	0	.347	.396	.490	.886	155
8	Ted Strong**	KCM	SS	47	194	163	36	53	7	3	3	32	14	23	3	2	3	.325	.411	.460	.872	152
9	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	29	113	105	22	34	6	3	2	13	6	6	1	1	0	.324	.366	.495	.861	146
10	Jim Williams	TC	RF	10	44	38	6	12	5	0	0	6	2	5	0	1		.316	.395	.447	.843	143
11	Oscar Boone	IAB	C	19	74	61	10	21	2	1	0	7	0	9	0	3	1	.344	.423	.410	.832	139
12	Willie Simms*	CAG	CF	36	164	143	20	42	5	2	3	14	6	15	1	5	0	.294	.365	.420	.784	134
13	Marshall Riddle*	SL3	2B	26	103	86	8	27	4	1	0	14	1	14	0	3	0	.314	.410	.384	.794	132
14	Ed Young	CAG	1B	36	148	128	20	35	9	1	2	19	10	16	3	0	1	.273	.365	.406	.771	130
15	Donald Reeves*	CAG/IAB	RF	25	100	95	14	29	6	3	1	10	1	4	0	0	1	.305	.330	.463	.793	128
16	Jabbo Andrews*	IAB	LF	20	78	73	11	19	3	3	3	13	0	4	0	1	0	.260	.299	.507	.806	128
17	Alex Radcliff	CAG	3B	40	177	161	24	46	9	4	1	16	1	12	0	4	0	.286	.335	.410	.745	122
18	Dan Wilson**	SL3	LF	26	119	107	24	31	5	2	1	9	9	11	1	0	0	.290	.361	.402	.763	122
19	Gabby Kemp	IAB	2B	19	75	64	9	19	2	0	1	8	4	9	1	1	0	.297	.392	.375	.767	120
20	Subby Byas**	CAG	RF	39	152	125	18	31	5	1	2	11	3	22	3	2	0	.248	.373	.352	.725	117
21	Rainey Bibbs**	KCM	3B	44	181	165	33	48	10	2	1	18	3	9	0	6	1	.291	.326	.394	.720	108
22	Jimmie Crutchfield*	TC	LF	13	61	53	11	14	2	2	0	4	1	6	0	2	0	.264	.339	.377	.716	106
23	Parnell Woods	CBR	3B	26	113	103	17	27	6	4	0	14	7	7	1	2	0	.262	.315	.398	.713	106
24	Al Frazier	CBR	2B	28	107	90	14	26	3	0	0	11	1	7	3	7	0	.289	.360	.322	.682	98
25	Henry Milton*	KCM	RF	48	216	192	34	49	6	4	2	15	11	16	3	5	0	.255	.322	.359	.682	97
26	Curtis Henderson	TC	SS	13	48	43	8	11	1	2	0	4	0	4	0	0	1	.256	.313	.372	.685	97
27	John Lyles**	CBR/SL3	SS	24	105	99	13	28	6	0	0	13	4	4	2	0	0	.283	.324	.343	.667	93
28	Ernie Smith*	CAG	LF	41	160	146	15	40	3	2	0	15	7	8	2	3	1	.274	.318	.322	.640	92
29	Lloyd Davenport*	MRS	RF	32	131	121	11	32	6	1	0	8	6	10	0	0	0	.264	.321	.331	.651	87
30	Mint Jones**	CBR	1B	26	104	91	11	24	4	0	0	8	1	8	1	3	1	.264	.327	.308	.634	84
31	Jelly Taylor*	MRS	1B	33	129	113	13	28	5	0	0	10	1	12	2	2	0	.248	.331	.292	.623	80
32	Ed Mayweather*	SL3	1B	26	109	96	11	19	4	1	2	16	0	11	0	1	1	.198	.278	.323	.601	74
33	Duke Cleveland*	CBR	RF	22	88	72	15	16	2	0	0	5	0	13	0	3	0	.222	.341	.250	.591	73
34	Fred Bankhead	MRS	3B	34	124	110	11	25	6	1	0	15	3	10	1	3	0	.227	.298	.300	.598	72
35	Marlin Carter*	MRS	2B	30	130	117	14	24	5	4	0	6	3	9	0	4	0	.205	.262	.316	.578	66
36	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	48	185	162	19	30	5	4	1	24	3	16	2	3	2	.185	.264	.284	.548	59
37	Newt Allen	KCM	2B	48	194	174	20	39	6	1	0	14	1	12	0	8	0	.224	.274	.270	.544	58
38	Bobby Robinson	SL3	3B	27	108	80	8	14	0	1	0	7	0	17	2	8	1	.175	.330	.200	.530	56
39	Johnny Ray*	CBR	CF	25	110	95	21	18	3	1	0	6	3	12	2	1	0	.189	.294	.242	.536	56
40	Tommy Butts	IAB	SS	22	83	77	7	16	2	2	0	9	2	5	0	1	0	.208	.256	.286	.542	55
41	Bill Bradford*	SL3	RF	28	120	103	13	17	2	1	1	8	3	14	2	0	1	.165	.275	.233	.508	49
42	Jerry Benjamin**	TC	CF	10	44	36	5	6	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	.167	.318	.167	.485	42

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

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