1939 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Josh Gibson	HG	.532
2	Buck Leonard	HG	.502
3	Mule Suttles	NE	.494
4	Ed Stone	NE	.455
5	David Whatley	HG	.453
6	Goose Curry	BEG/NBY	.447
7	Bill Hoskins	BEG	.441
8	Jud Wilson	PS	.425
9	Fred Wilson	NE/PS	.409
10	Wild Bill Wright	BEG	.407

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Willie Hubert	BEG/NE	238
2	Roy Partlow	HG	179
3	Bill Harvey	BEG/TC	164
4	James Brown	NE	156
5	Jimmy Hill	NE	151
6	Jimmy Johnson	TC	143
7	Silvino Ruíz	NYC	137
8	Specs Roberts	HG	130
9	Edsall Walker	HG	128
10	Terris McDuffie	NBY	124

All-1939 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bill Hoskins	BEG	1.3	1.3	0.2
Roy Parnell	PS	0.8	0.6	0.2

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Goose Curry	BEG/NBY	1.0	1.1	0.2
Jerry Benjamin	HG/NBY	0.8	0.1	0.7

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ed Stone	NE	2.3	1.7	0.8
David Whatley	HG	1.0	1.4	-0.3

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Chester Williams	PS	1.3	0.8	0.2
Willie Wells	NE	1.0	0.3	0.5

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Sam Bankhead	HG	1.6	0.6	0.9
Sammy Hughes	BEG	1.2	0.9	0.2

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jud Wilson	PS	1.0	1.0	0.0
Felton Snow	BEG	0.7	0.3	0.3

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Mule Suttles	NE	2.7	2.3	0.6
Buck Leonard	HG	2.3	2.2	0.2

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Josh Gibson	HG	2.8	2.4	0.3
Bill Casey	NYC	0.6	0.5	0.1

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Bill Byrd	BEG	95.0	2.8	1.9	0.8
Willie Hubert	BEG/NE	56.0	2.2	2.4	-0.2
Jimmy Hill	NE	73.2	2.2	2.0	0.2
Silvino Ruíz	NYC	78.1	2.1	2.3	-0.3
Terris McDuffie	NBY	64.1	1.9	1.8	0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Roy Partlow	HG	64.2	2.3	2.2	0.1
Henry McHenry	PS	101.2	1.9	2.0	-0.1
Bill Holland	NBY	62.0	1.1	1.4	-0.2
Jesse Brown	NBY	7.1	0.7	0.6	0.0
Bill Harvey	BEG/TC	27.1	0.6	0.9	-0.2

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