1939 Season

Negro National League II

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

Willie
Hubert

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Josh Gibson	HG	.833
2	Buck Leonard	HG	.744
3	Mule Suttles	NE	.676
4	Ed Stone	NE	.593
5	David Whatley	HG	.586
6	Bill Hoskins	BEG	.523
7	George Scales	NBY	.516
8	Wild Bill Wright	BEG	.514
9	Goose Curry	BEG/NBY	.506
10	Henry Spearman	HG	.500

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Tom Glover	BEG	5.25
2	Bill Byrd	BEG	3.14
3	Luis Tiant	NYC	2.80
4	Roy K. Williams	NBY	2.00
5	Terris McDuffie	NBY	1.89
6	Neck Stanley	NBY	1.84
7	Henry Miller	PS	1.80
8	Bill Holland	NBY	1.75
9	Bill Harvey	BEG/TC	1.63
10	Roy Partlow	HG	1.61

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	Homestead Grays	NN2	36	1405	1232	272	370	52	25	40	243	20	132	7	27	7	.300	.369	.481	.850	124
2	Newark Eagles	NN2	41	1533	1368	241	386	50	21	35	219	21	135	9	20	1	.282	.350	.426	.776	104
3	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	33	1223	1082	187	319	50	10	14	173	13	102	7	29	3	.295	.358	.398	.757	99
4	New York Black Yankees	NN2	34	1220	1059	154	277	38	9	13	147	10	127	7	26	1	.262	.344	.351	.695	86
5	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	48	1748	1597	252	441	61	16	20	226	8	124	4	21	2	.276	.329	.372	.701	82
6	New York Cubans	NN2	21	759	698	81	176	24	3	5	72	6	48	2	11		.252	.302	.317	.619	67
7	Toledo Crawfords	NN2	7	251	225	22	52	7	0	2	19	2	18	2	5	1	.231	.293	.289	.582	55
	7	1	221	8139	7261	1209	2021	282	84	129	1099	80	686	38	139	15	.278	.343	.394	.737	94

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Josh Gibson	HG	C	29	130	108	36	43	5	3	12	42	3	15	1	3	3	.398	.465	.833	1.298	237
2	Buck Leonard*	HG	1B	33	145	121	36	44	11	1	11	48	2	20	0	3	1	.364	.451	.744	1.195	211
3	Mule Suttles	NE	1B	39	160	139	38	51	10	3	9	37	3	20	1	0	0	.367	.450	.676	1.126	194
4	David Whatley*	HG	RF	29	118	111	25	47	7	4	1	18	2	4	0	3	0	.423	.443	.586	1.029	170
5	Ed Stone*	NE	RF	36	151	135	36	48	7	2	7	31	3	13	3	0	0	.356	.424	.593	1.016	166
6	Bill Hoskins*	BEG	LF	30	124	107	23	40	6	2	2	25	1	14	1	1	1	.374	.447	.523	.971	157
7	Wild Bill Wright**	BEG	RF	29	120	111	24	41	6	2	2	27	6	4	2	3	0	.369	.402	.514	.915	141
8	Fred Wilson*	NE/PS	LF	42	152	135	27	48	5	2	3	28	1	13	1	3	0	.356	.416	.489	.905	139
9	Sammy Hughes	BEG	2B	27	117	101	20	34	10	2	0	11	0	13	1	2	0	.337	.417	.475	.893	136
10	Bus Clarkson	TC	SS	7	28	27	4	9	2	0	1	5	1	1	0	0	0	.333	.357	.519	.876	129
11	Henry Spearman	HG	3B	34	137	126	25	40	4	5	3	25	0	10	1	0	0	.317	.372	.500	.872	129
12	Pat Patterson**	PS	2B	40	171	161	36	56	12	3	2	29	2	9	0	1	0	.348	.382	.497	.879	127
13	José Vargas	NYC	LF	18	74	67	12	22	4	0	1	8	1	6	1	0		.328	.392	.433	.825	122
14	Monte Irvin	NE	3B	32	131	115	22	33	6	3	3	22	2	14	2	0	0	.287	.374	.470	.844	122
15	Johnny Washington*	NBY	1B	32	125	116	20	39	6	1	1	19	1	8	1	0		.336	.384	.431	.815	117
16	Chester Williams	PS	SS	45	198	183	33	60	11	3	1	22	1	14	0	1	0	.328	.376	.437	.813	111
17	Tommie Dukes*	HG/TC	C	8	29	22	3	7	0	0	0	2	0	5	1	1	0	.318	.464	.318	.782	108
18	Henry Kimbro*	BEG	CF	33	150	134	28	39	5	1	3	12	3	13	1	2	0	.291	.358	.410	.769	104
19	Vic Harris*	HG	LF	33	151	129	18	34	7	3	2	22	0	20	0	1	1	.264	.360	.411	.771	103
20	Sam Bankhead	HG	2B	36	163	141	32	41	4	3	2	22	5	13	1	7	1	.291	.353	.404	.757	100
21	Felton Snow	BEG	3B	33	139	127	21	37	6	2	1	21	1	10	0	2	0	.291	.343	.394	.737	95
22	Gene Benson*	PS	CF	48	188	172	25	46	6	3	5	25	1	14	1	1	0	.267	.326	.424	.751	94
23	Willie Wells	NE	SS	38	171	150	31	40	4	0	3	21	4	19	0	1	1	.267	.347	.353	.700	86
24	Flash Miller	NBY/TC	SS	31	120	97	16	21	5	2	1	13	1	19	1	2	1	.216	.347	.340	.688	85
25	Oscar Charleston*	TC	1B	7	27	25	4	7	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	.280	.333	.320	.653	73
26	Jake Dunn	PS	RF	46	171	159	21	43	7	1	1	26	0	9	0	3	0	.270	.310	.346	.655	70
27	Jim West**	BEG/PS	1B	39	159	140	20	33	6	1	2	21	0	16	0	2	1	.236	.312	.336	.648	70
28	Lennie Pearson	NE	CF	41	167	161	21	37	4	3	5	29	2	4	0	2	0	.230	.248	.385	.634	65
29	Esterio Caraballo	NYC	RF	17	66	62	6	14	4	0	1	6	0	4	0	0		.226	.273	.339	.611	64
30	Dick Seay	NE	2B	37	163	138	22	30	4	1	2	12	3	19	0	6	0	.217	.312	.304	.616	64
31	Jelly Jackson	HG	SS	36	144	122	27	23	3	4	2	16	1	16	1	5	0	.189	.288	.328	.616	62
32	Dave Campbell*	NBY	2B	29	114	105	15	25	3	0	1	7	1	8	0	1		.238	.292	.295	.587	57
33	Fermín Valdés	NYC	SS	20	85	80	7	19	3	0	0	7	1	5	0	0		.238	.282	.275	.557	51
34	Curtis Harris	PS	1B	44	160	158	19	43	2	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	.272	.277	.285	.562	46
35	Antonio Rodríguez	NYC	2B	18	73	67	9	16	1	0	0	6	1	3	1	2		.239	.282	.254	.535	45

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

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