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	206
2	Henry Turner	CBR	180
3	Willard Brown	KCM	179
4	Turkey Stearnes	KCM	159
5	Leslie Green	SL3	156
6	Ted Strong	KCM	152
7	Neil Robinson	MRS	146
8	Red Longley	MRS	143
9	Oscar Boone	IAB	139
10	Willie Simms	CAG	134

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Hilton Smith	KCM	0.96
2	Andy Cooper	KCM	1.02
3	Smoky Owens	CBR	1.07
4	George Walker	KCM	1.07
5	Ted Radcliffe	MRS	1.08
6	Willie Jefferson	MRS	1.17
7	Robert Dean	SL3	1.18
8	Lefty Calhoun	SL3	1.18
9	Frank Bradley	KCM	1.18
10	Roosevelt Davis	MRS	1.20

Wins Above Replacement

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Throws:

All

Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	1885	439.1	14.1	6.0	0.0	8.1
2	Chicago American Giants	NAL	1609	376.1	6.6	5.4	0.6	0.5
3	St. Louis Stars	NAL	1049	240.0	6.3	3.2	0.3	2.8
4	Cleveland Bears	NAL	1045	240.0	6.1	2.1	2.9	1.1
5	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	1229	298.1	4.4	1.2	-1.1	4.3
6	Toledo Crawfords	NAL	500	107.1	2.7	3.1	-0.6	0.2
7	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	815	179.0	0.9	3.3	-1.5	-0.9
	7	1	8132	1880.1	41.0	24.2	0.5	16.2

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	George Walker	KCM	P	33	89.2	2.8	-0.2	0.0	3.0	0.0
2	Hilton Smith	KCM	P	54	105.1	2.5	-0.3	-0.1	2.8	0.0
3	Ted Strong	KCM	SS	194		2.5	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.2
4	Willard Brown	KCM	LF	188		2.2	2.3	0.1	0.0	-0.2
5	Ted Radcliffe	MRS	P	42	80.2	1.8	0.0	0.1	1.7	0.0
6	Alex Radcliff	CAG	3B	177		1.7	0.9	0.7	0.0	0.0
7	Lefty Calhoun	SL3	P	26	67.0	1.6	0.1	0.0	1.6	0.0
8	Frank Bradley	KCM	P	39	88.2	1.6	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.0
9	Smoky Owens	CBR	P	30	66.1	1.5	-0.1	0.0	1.6	0.0
10	Ed Young	CAG	1B	148		1.5	1.2	0.4	0.0	-0.1
11	Willie Simms	CAG	CF	164	1.1	1.4	1.2	0.4	-0.1	0.0
12	Dan Wilson	SL3	LF	119		1.3	0.8	0.6	0.0	-0.1
13	Eddie Dixon	IAB	P	31	61.1	1.3	0.1	0.0	1.3	0.0
14	Lefty Wilson	MRS	P	13	38.1	1.3	-0.1	0.0	1.4	0.0
15	Henry Turner	CBR	C	109		1.3	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
16	Theolic Smith	SL3	P	43	69.0	1.3	0.2	0.1	0.9	0.0
17	Turkey Stearnes	KCM	CF	215		1.2	2.1	-0.8	0.0	0.0
18	Leslie Green	SL3	CF	107		1.2	1.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
19	Al Frazier	CBR	2B	107		1.1	0.2	0.7	0.0	0.1
20	Marshall Riddle	SL3	2B	103		0.9	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.1
21	Red Moore	IAB	1B	69		0.9	1.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1
22	Roosevelt Davis	MRS	P	17	40.0	0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
23	Felix Evans	IAB/SL3	P	29	39.0	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.8	0.0
24	Oscar Boone	IAB	C	74		0.9	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0
25	Subby Byas	CAG	RF	152		0.9	0.8	0.2	0.0	-0.1
26	Lefty Bowe	CAG	P	16	44.2	0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
27	Andy Cooper	KCM	P	9	21.2	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.0
28	Newt Allen	KCM	2B	194		0.8	-0.4	1.0	0.0	0.2
29	Bus Clarkson	TC	2B	48		0.8	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
30	Henry Milton	KCM	RF	216		0.7	0.7	0.2	0.0	-0.2
31	Jesse Houston	CAG	P	55	77.1	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.0
32	Buddy Armour	SL3	SS	81		0.7	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.1
33	Tommy Johnson	CAG	P	20	63.0	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
34	Jabbo Andrews	IAB	LF	78	1.2	0.7	0.4	0.5	-0.1	-0.1
35	Preacher Henry	CBR	P	42	108.0	0.7	-0.2	0.0	0.9	0.0
36	Eugene Bremer	MRS	P	17	37.1	0.6	-0.1	-0.1	0.7	0.0
37	Fred Bankhead	MRS	3B	124		0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
38	Ernie Smith	CAG	LF	160		0.5	0.4	0.2	0.0	-0.1
39	Ralph Coles	CBR	LF	34		0.5	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
40	Jimmy Johnson	TC	P	16	23.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
41	Parnell Woods	CBR	3B	113		0.5	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
42	Johnny Ray	CBR	CF	110		0.5	-0.2	0.6	0.0	0.0
43	Jim Williams	TC	RF	44		0.4	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
44	Tommie Dukes	TC	C	54		0.4	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
45	Duke Cleveland	CBR	RF	88		0.4	0.0	0.5	0.0	-0.1
46	Red Longley	MRS	LF	68		0.4	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.0
47	Raymond Taylor	SL3	C	84		0.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1
48	Spoon Carter	TC	P	19	30.0	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0
49	Tommy Butts	IAB	SS	83		0.4	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.1
50	Lloyd Davenport	MRS	RF	131	4.2	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.2	-0.1
51	John Lyles	CBR/SL3	SS	105		0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
52	Larry Brown	MRS	C	106		0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
53	Floyd Kranson	KCM	P	19	48.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
54	Leroy Morney	TC	SS	32		0.3	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
55	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	113		0.3	1.0	-0.6	0.0	0.0
56	Quincy Trouppe	SL3	LF	42		0.3	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
57	Joe Greene	KCM	C	121		0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
58	Willie Jefferson	MRS	P	12	35.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
59	Willie Ferrell	CBR	P	3	5.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
60	Johnny Wright	TC	P	11	28.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
61	Frank McAllister	SL3	P	25	53.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
62	Robert Dean	SL3	P	11	24.2	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
63	Fresnell	CAG	CF	3		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
64	Ralph Jefferson	IAB	3B	7		0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
65	Jelly Taylor	MRS	1B	129		0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	-0.1
66	Babe Davis	IAB	CF	68		0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
67	Spencer Davis	IAB	3B	61		0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
68	Paul Hardy	KCM	C	47		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
69	Curtis Henderson	TC	SS	48		0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
70	Lester Lockett	CAG	2B	13		0.1	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
71	John Bissant	CAG	LF	65		0.1	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
72	Elbert Treadway	KCM	P	2	4.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
73	Dusty Decker	CBR	RF	4		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
74	Willie Hudson	KCM	P		2.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
75	Rogers Pierre	CAG	P	6	10.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Ted Trent	CAG	P	16	47.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
77	Billy Horne	CAG	2B	127		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
78	Luther Gilyard	CAG	1B	22		0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
79	Bill Cooper	IAB	1B	11		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Andy Drake	SL3	P	2	5.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
81	Jack Moore	CBR	LF	2		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Malcolm	SL3	SS	1		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Rainey Bibbs	KCM	3B	181		0.1	0.7	-0.6	0.0	0.1
84	Red Hale	CAG	SS	44		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
85	Nat Rogers	MRS	RF	76		0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.1
86	David Whatley	CBR	RF	8		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Willie Spencer	TC	3B	35		0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
88	Jimmy Ford	SL3	SS	24		0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
89	Bill Harvey	TC	1B	27	12.0	0.1	0.4	-0.2	-0.1	0.0
90	Percy Forrest	CAG/MRS	P	9	20.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Clarence Lamar	CBR	SS	36		0.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
92	Clifford Brown	SL3	P	6	15.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
93	Joe Royal	CBR	LF	19		0.0	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
94	Leroy Haynes	IAB	LF	6		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Marlin Carter	MRS	2B	130		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
96	Matt Carlisle	MRS	2B	7		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Johnny Reed	CAG	1B	2		0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
98	Charlie Beverly	KCM	P		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Oscar Charleston	TC	1B	38		0.0	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
100	George Mitchell	SL3	1B	7		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Hill	TC	3B	10		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Ziggy Marcell	KCM	C	5		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Willie Hutchinson	KCM	P	11	29.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
104	Walter Burch	CBR	C	40		0.0	-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
105	Zell Miles	CAG	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Candy Jim Taylor	CAG	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Charles Wesley	IAB	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Jimmie Crutchfield	TC	LF	61		0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
109	Henry McCall	CAG	-	2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Philly Holmes	CBR/IAB	SS	42		0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1
111	Martin	KCM	RF			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Provine Bradley	MRS	SS	2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Walsh	MRS	P	2	5.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	185		0.0	-0.2	0.4	0.0	-0.2
115	Mint Jones	CBR	1B	104		-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
116	Joe Williams	CAG	SS	7		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
117	Lacey Thomas	CBR	LF	12		-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
118	Jerry Benjamin	TC	CF	44		-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
119	Red Hadley	IAB	CF	5		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	Eugene Tyler	CBR	RF	8		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Bob Smith	SL3	C	18		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
122	Willie Davis	MRS	LF	13		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
123	Eugene Smith	SL3	P	2	4.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
124	Chapel	TC	RF	8		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Guy Smith	IAB	P	9	14.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
126	Jones	SL3	LF	4		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
127	Charley Robinson	CAG	CF	13		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
128	Red Howard	CBR/MRS	P	16	24.0	-0.1	0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
129	Andy Sarvis	CBR	P	3	1.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
130	Horatio Lamar	IAB	2B	10		-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
131	Alonzo Boone	CBR	P	3	6.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
132	Jack Bruton	CBR	LF	8		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
133	Henry Williams	CAG	P	6	14.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
134	Bobby Robinson	SL3	3B	108		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
135	Jimmy Reynolds	MRS	3B	8		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
136	Bernard Fernández	CBR	P	3	9.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
137	Claude Hayslett	IAB	P	3	8.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
138	Elbert Eatmon	MRS	P	3	1.0	-0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
139	Jimmie Armstead	SL3	P	1	1.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
140	Jesse Williams	KCM	3B	76		-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
141	Langrum	CAG/KCM	LF	27		-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
142	Andrews	CBR	P		0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
143	Satchel Davis	CBR	P		0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
144	Joe Sparks	CAG	SS	114		-0.4	0.1	-0.7	0.0	0.2
145	Gabby Kemp	IAB	2B	75		-0.4	0.4	-0.9	0.0	0.1
146	Tee Mitchell	IAB	P	12	33.0	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
147	Nish Williams	IAB	C	41		-0.4	0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
148	Lefty Richburg	IAB	P	3	9.0	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
149	Wilson Redus	CAG	LF	72		-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
150	Big Train Jackson	KCM	P	12	27.1	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
151	Alonzo Mitchell	CBR	P	23	19.0	-0.4	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
152	Pepper Bassett	CAG	C	130		-0.4	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.1
153	Willie Cornelius	CAG	P	41	100.1	-0.5	0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
154	Telosh Howard	IAB	P	4	6.1	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
155	Sylvester Owens	IAB/MRS	CF	51		-0.5	0.1	-0.6	0.0	0.0
156	Lionel Decuir	KCM	C	49		-0.5	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
157	Cliff Blackmon	IAB/MRS	P	9	18.0	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
158	Bill Bradford	SL3	RF	120		-0.6	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
159	Harry Kincannon	TC	P	5	13.1	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
160	Eggie Hensley	CAG	P		6.1	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
161	Cowan Hyde	MRS	LF	71		-0.6	0.0	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
162	Lefty Moses	KCM	P	9	22.2	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
163	Porter Moss	MRS	P	14	32.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
164	Ed Mayweather	SL3	1B	109		-0.8	0.0	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
165	T. J. Brown	MRS	SS	107		-0.8	-0.4	-0.6	0.0	0.2
166	Donald Reeves	CAG/IAB	RF	100	3.1	-1.1	0.6	-0.7	-0.8	-0.1

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1939 Season

Negro American League

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