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

Homeruns

# Player Team HR
1
Josh Gibson
HG
12
2
Buck Leonard
HG
11
3
Mule Suttles
NE
9
4
Ed Stone
NE
7
5
Lennie Pearson
NE
5
6
Gene Benson
PS
5
7
Monte Irvin
NE
3
8
Willie Wells
NE
3
9
Bill Byrd
BEG
3
10
Henry Spearman
HG
3

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


Players

Bats:

Throws:

#
Player
Team
Age
Pos
PA
IP
Height
Weight
Bats Throws
Birth
Death
1
BEG
27
P
21
26.1
5'11"
171
R
R
10/10/1911 (Collierville, TN)
1/22/1955 (New York, NY)
2
NE
26
P
1
2.2
5'10"
185
R
R
9/15/1912 (Spartanburg, SC)
3/6/1999 (East Orange, NJ)
3
NYC
37
1B
51
5'8"
R
R
4
HG
28
2B
163
5'9"
165
R
R
9/18/1910 (Sulligent, AL)
7/24/1976 (Pittsburgh, PA)
5
NBY
27
LF
55
5'8"
170
R
R
2/13/1912 (Joplin, MO)
7/1964 (Newark, NJ)
6
29
CF
98
5'9"
165
B
R
11/9/1909 (Montgomery, AL)
11/23/1974 (Detroit, MI)
7
PS
25
CF
188
5'9"
180
L
L
10/2/1913 (Pittsburgh, PA)
4/6/1999 (Philadelphia, PA)
8
21
CF
66
6'2"
190
R
R
10/18/1917 (Orange, NJ)
3/10/2000 (East Orange, NJ)
9
BEG
28
C
11
5'8"
170
R
R
3/28/1911 (Cameron, TX)
10/12/1958 (Eloy, AZ)
10
NBY
32
LF
91
5'8"
165
L
R
6/3/1907 (New Orleans, LA)
11/1971 (Bronx, NY)
11
NBY
31
P
9
18.1
5'11"
160
L
L
10/23/1907 (Hartsville, SC)
10/1985 (Philadelphia, PA)
12
NE
20
P
19
45.0
6'0"
180
L
R
5/14/1919 (Scotland County, NC)
13
NBY
25
P
3
7.1
6'0"
158
L
L
6/6/1914 (Cleveland, OH)
5/25/1980 (Wellesley, MA)
14
HG/NE
22
LF
20
6'1"
187
R
R
11/20/1916 (Jacksonville, FL)
9/7/1942 (Geneva, OH)
15
HG
31
CF
80
59.1
6'1"
195
B
R
2/23/1908 (McDonald Township, OH)
2/8/1965 (Dayton, OH)
16
NBY
31
LF
73
5'9"
179
R
R
9/3/1907 (Morgantown, NC)
4/29/1957 (New York, NY)
17
BEG
19
SS
29
5'8"
142
R
R
8/27/1919 (Sparta, GA)
12/30/1972 (Atlanta, GA)
18
BEG
31
P
51
95.0
6'1"
210
B
R
7/15/1907 (Canton, GA)
1/4/1991 (Philadelphia, PA)
19
BEG
17
C
58
5'9"
190
R
R
11/19/1921 (Philadelphia, PA)
6/26/1993 (Woodland Hills, CA)
20
NBY
30
2B
114
5'5"
140
L
R
7/20/1908 (Greenwood, SC)
7/6/1961 (Winston-Salem, NC)
21
NBY
37
3B
98
5'11"
172
R
R
3/6/1902 (Norfolk, VA)
12/3/1981 (Fort Myers, FL)
22
NYC
26
RF
66
6'0"
190
R
R
23
PS
36
P
6
13.2
5'11"
176
L
R
12/8/1902 (Harpersville, AL)
1/23/1974 (Birmingham, AL)
24
NYC
34
C
64
5'7"
200
R
5/5/1905 (Newport News, VA)
1/23/1968 (Philadelphia, PA)
25
TC
42
1B
27
5'8"
185
L
L
10/14/1896 (Indianapolis, IN)
10/5/1954 (Philadelphia, PA)
26
NBY
36
C
87
5'10"
175
R
R
1/8/1903 (Richmond, VA)
1/1971 (Newark, NJ)
27
TC
24
SS
28
5'11"
210
R
R
3/13/1915 (Hopkins, SC)
1/18/1989 (Jeannette, PA)
28
PS
24
C
25
5'8"
170
L
R
2/19/1915 (Sumter, SC)
3/10/1985 (Philadelphia, PA)
29
NE
22
P
8
10.1
6'4"
240
R
R
4/17/1917 (Holly Springs, NC)
5/21/1989 (Detroit, MI)
30
TC
29
CF
18
5'7"
150
L
R
3/25/1910 (Ardmore, MO)
3/31/1993 (Chicago, IL)
31
34
CF
105
0.1
6'2"
180
L
R
5/19/1905 (Mexia, TX)
3/30/1974 (Memphis, TN)
32
HG
30
CF
34
5'10"
180
R
R
9/10/1908 (Clarke County, GA)
7/18/1981 (Athens, GA)
33
NE
22
P
54
105.2
5'9"
170
R
R
10/30/1916 (Alexandria, VA)
3/13/1995 (Baltimore, MD)
34
HG/TC
32
C
29
5'9"
160
L
R
9/24/1906 (Picayune, MS)
1/5/1991 (Lumberton, MS)
35
PS
29
RF
171
5'10"
190
R
R
11/5/1909 (Luther, OK)
7/24/1984 (Los Angeles, CA)
36
NE
22
CF
13
5'10"
175
3/23/1917 (Athens, GA)
3/28/1977 (Norfolk, VA)
37
PS
28
P
27
33.0
5'8"
141
R
1/26/1911 (Darby, PA)
11/15/1989 (Richmond, VA)
38
NE
28
P
10
23.2
6'5"
178
R
R
12/27/1910 (Richmond, VA)
10/15/1947 (Richmond, VA)
39
NYC
44
LF
8
5'6"
R
R
5/15/1895 (La Habana, Cuba)
40
NYC
43
C
15
5'8"
170
R
R
6/6/1896 (Guanabacoa, Cuba)
7/20/1972 (Guanabacoa, Cuba)
41
NYC
28
P
5
4.0
6'1"
190
R
R
6/27/1911 (Guanabacoa, Cuba)
42
HG
25
P
8
17.2
5'11"
180
L
11/6/1913 (Empire, AL)
43
BEG
24
P
20
46.1
5'10"
155
R
L
1/9/1915 (New Roads, LA)
8/6/1998 (Baker, LA)
44
HG
29
C
12
6'1"
180
R
R
3/19/1910 (Chattanooga, TN)
2/11/2000 (Pittsburgh, PA)
45
HG
27
C
130
6'1"
213
R
R
12/21/1911 (Buena Vista, GA)
1/20/1947 (Pittsburgh, PA)
46
NE
16
3B
1
6'2"
200
R
R
7/5/1922 (Elizabeth, NJ)
10/22/1967 (Lyons, NJ)
47
BEG
26
P
10
25.2
6'1"
156
R
L
2/11/1913 (Montgomery County, AL)
6/7/1948 (Baltimore, MD)
48
PS
34
1B
160
5'10"
172
R
R
2/14/1905 (Washington County, TX)
8/3/1947 (Los Angeles, CA)
49
HG
34
LF
151
5'10"
168
L
R
6/10/1905 (Calhoun, AL)
2/23/1978 (Los Angeles, CA)
50
NE
19
P
1
2.2
5'11"
160
L
7/13/1919 (Portsmouth, VA)
3/18/1978 (Jersey City, NJ)
51
31
P
24
27.1
5'8"
175
L
L
3/23/1908 (Clarksdale, MS)
3/3/1989 (Baltimore, MD)
52
NE
29
C
103
5'10"
195
L
R
4/27/1910 (Independence, MO)
11/16/1988 (Auburn Park, IL)
53
TC
27
CF
12
5'11"
180
R
R
11/12/1911 (Shreveport, LA)
1/12/1982 (New York, NY)
54
NYC
26
3B
65
5'11"
190
R
R
2/18/1913 (Matanzas, Cuba)
55
NE
21
P
34
73.2
5'6"
140
L
L
6/6/1918 (Plant City, FL)
5/31/1993 (Sarasota, FL)
56
NBY
38
P
23
62.0
5'9"
180
B
R
2/28/1901 (Alexandria, IN)
12/3/1973 (New York, NY)
57
BEG
42
RF
5
6'0"
180
B
R
9/15/1896 (Hillsboro, TX)
6/24/1972 (Baltimore, MD)
58
BEG
25
LF
124
6'2"
192
L
R
2/9/1968 (Baltimore, MD)
59
26
P
25
56.0
5'11"
173
R
R
1/19/1913 (Ocala, FL)
5/19/2000 (Bronx, NY)
60
BEG
28
2B
117
6'3"
192
R
R
10/20/1910 (Louisville, KY)
8/9/1981 (Los Angeles, CA)
61
NE
20
3B
131
6'1"
195
R
R
2/25/1919 (Haleburg, AL)
1/11/2016 (Houston, TX)
62
HG
29
SS
144
5'11"
147
R
R
9/13/1909 (Washington, DC)
2/14/1980 (Washington, DC)
63
NE
2B
20
64
TC
3B
17
65
TC
20
P
15
35.0
6'2"
170
L
12/20/1918 (Morgantown, WV)
9/21/1987 (Akron, OH)
66
BEG
23
P
4
6.1
6'3"
182
L
R
9/26/1915 (Jefferson, TX)
67
BEG
27
CF
150
5'8"
175
L
R
2/10/1912 (Nashville, TN)
7/11/1999 (Nashville, TN)
68
TC
29
P
1.0
5'11"
172
R
R
7/26/1909 (North Fork, WV)
10/21/1965 (Beckley, WV)
69
HG
31
1B
145
5'10"
185
L
L
9/8/1907 (Rocky Mount, NC)
11/27/1997 (Rocky Mount, NC)
70
NYC
33
CF
59
R
R
71
41
C
95
6'1"
235
B
R
7/27/1897 (Caldwell County, TX)
9/22/1965 (Los Angeles, CA)
72
NE
20
P
17
42.0
6'4"
180
R
R
11/18/1918 (Rome, GA)
6/23/2003 (Pleasantville, NJ)
73
NBY
-
1
74
PS
39
P
22
44.0
5'11"
190
L
R
1/1/1900 (Glasgow, DE)
6/12/1982 (Philadelphia, PA)
75
NBY
30
P
27
64.1
6'1"
195
R
R
7/22/1908 (Mobile, AL)
4/29/1968 (Bonifay, FL)
76
PS
29
P
48
101.2
6'0"
180
R
R
4/3/1910 (Houston, TX)
2/9/1981 (Brooklyn, NY)
77
29
SS
120
R
R
1910 (Lockett, VA)
78
PS
21
P
9
29.0
6'0"
178
R
R
7/17/1917 (Glenolden, PA)
8/30/1972 (Philadelphia, PA)
79
PS
23
P
2
7.2
6'4"
195
L
L
2/14/1916 (Statesboro, GA)
4/20/2003 (New York, NY)
80
NYC
29
LF
57
5'7"
1910 (Bauta, Cuba)
81
PS
22
P
26
66.0
5'10"
185
L
L
5/29/1917 (Bishopville, SC)
7/4/1989 (Capitol Heights, MD)
82
BEG
22
1B
51
5'11"
190
L
L
11/18/1916 (Atlanta, GA)
2/6/2016 (Atlanta, GA)
83
PS/TC
30
2B
32
5'11"
169
B
R
5/13/1909 (Columbus, OH)
11/6/1980 (Oak Forest, IL)
84
HG
26
C
12
5'9"
190
L
R
1/3/1913 (Baldwin County, GA)
3/16/1983 (Pittsburgh, PA)
85
NYC
25
1B
65
5'9"
180
B
L
2/23/1914 (Matanzas, Cuba)
86
31
C
71
5'11"
176
R
R
10/27/1907 (Georgetown, TX)
4/21/1969 (New York, NY)
87
HG
27
LF
49
38.1
6'1"
235
R
R
2/12/1912 (Alexandria, LA)
10/14/1964 (Alexandria, LA)
88
NBY
22
C
8
5'11"
195
R
R
6/19/1917 (Chester, SC)
9/13/1987 (Salisbury, NC)
89
PS
35
LF
142
5'11"
170
R
R
11/23/1903 (Port Allen, LA)
2/22/1954 (Philadelphia, PA)
90
HG
27
P
34
64.2
5'11"
180
L
L
6/18/1912 (Washington, GA)
4/19/1987 (Cherry Hill, NJ)
91
PS
27
2B
171
5'11"
185
B
R
12/19/1911 (East Chicago, IN)
5/16/1984 (Houston, TX)
92
NE
21
CF
167
6'2"
214
R
R
5/23/1918 (La Grange, GA)
12/7/1980 (East Orange, NJ)
93
PS
33
C
86
5'10"
176
R
R
6/26/1906 (Dawson, GA)
1/24/1958 (Birmingham, AL)
94
BEG
22
P
1
2.0
5'9"
182
L
5/24/1917 (Nashville, TN)
10/11/1962 (Nashville, TN)
95
29
P
5
5.1
8/27/1909 (Cheyenne, WY)
12/2/1939 (New York, NY)
96
NYC
47
P
5
14.0
5'8"
165
R
R
6/15/1892 (Arkadelphia, AR)
5/1963 (New York, NY)
97
NE
22
3B
18
5'11"
196
R
R
1/1/1917 (Elizabeth City, NC)
3/12/1979 (Norfolk, VA)
98
BEG
26
3B
57
5'9"
155
R
R
9/6/1912 (Santurce, PR)
7/26/2003 (New York, NY)
99
HG
31
P
22
47.0
5'9"
162
R
9/7/1907 (High Point, NC)
9/10/1984 (Fort Worth, TX)
100
BEG
31
SS
1
5'4"
168
R
R
5/1967 (Jacksonville, FL)
101
NYC
24
2B
73
R
R
102
NE/PS
27
C
74
5'11"
169
R
R
2/11/1912 (Portsmouth, VA)
8/14/1970 (Portsmouth, VA)
103
NYC
38
P
31
78.1
R
R
104
NBY
38
3B
81
1.1
5'11"
195
R
R
8/16/1900 (Talladega, AL)
4/15/1976 (Compton, CA)
105
NE
34
2B
163
5'7"
162
R
R
11/30/1904 (West New York, NJ)
4/6/1981 (Jersey City, NJ)
106
BEG
33
3B
139
5'10"
155
R
R
10/23/1905 (Oxford, AL)
3/16/1974 (Louisville, KY)
107
PS
26
RF
114
5'9"
175
L
R
7/23/1912 (Arkadelphia, AR)
2/13/1955 (New York, NY)
108
HG
29
3B
137
6'0"
179
R
R
11/16/1909 (Arkadelphia, AR)
6/1980 (Philadelphia, PA)
109
TC
25
3B
14
5'6"
160
R
1/22/1914 (Water Valley, MS)
3/1968 (death place unknown)
110
NBY
34
P
34
75.0
6'0"
212
L
L
5/9/1905 (Kent County, MD)
1/1/1959 (New York, NY)
111
NE
29
RF
151
6'0"
195
L
R
8/21/1909 (Black Cat, DE)
3/20/1983 (Bronx, NY)
112
NE
38
1B
160
6'1"
200
R
R
3/31/1901 (Blocton, AL)
7/9/1966 (Newark, NJ)
113
TC
26
LF
15
5'11"
160
R
R
12/1/1912 (Moultrie, GA)
3/8/1992 (Pontiac, MI)
114
TC
23
P
4
5.2
6'0"
165
R
R
2/4/1916 (Hartford, CT)
6/15/1987 (Hartford, CT)
115
HG
RF
3
116
PS
31
P
26
59.1
6'2"
158
R
R
5/27/1908 (Sulligent, AL)
1/29/1978 (Los Angeles, CA)
117
NYC
32
P
18
46.0
5'10"
150
L
L
8/27/1906 (La Habana, Cuba)
12/10/1976 (Milton, MA)
118
NYC
23
P
18
30.0
R
11/29/1915 (La Habana, Cuba)
119
HG
30
C
2
5'7"
180
R
R
1/5/1909 (Pittsburgh, PA)
9/19/1986 (Pittsburgh, PA)
120
NYC
28
SS
85
5'7"
150
R
R
8/16/1910 (Guanabacoa, Cuba)
121
NYC
34
LF
74
5'6"
R
R
122
HG
28
P
33
72.0
5'11"
215
B
L
9/15/1910 (Catskill, NY)
2/19/1997 (Catskill, NY)
123
BEG
31
SS
71
5'11"
190
R
R
9/10/1907 (Austin, TX)
2/10/1971 (Nashville, TN)
124
NBY
24
1B
125
6'2"
190
L
R
2/9/1915 (Montgomery, AL)
1999 (death place unknown)
125
NE
34
SS
171
5'9"
170
R
R
8/10/1904 (Austin, TX)
1/22/1989 (Austin, TX)
126
HG/PS
25
P
26
55.2
6'0"
200
B
L
12/6/1913 (Atlanta, GA)
2/3/1998 (Decatur, GA)
127
34
1B
159
6'0"
218
B
R
4/23/1905 (Birmingham, AL)
9/2/1969 (Philadelphia, PA)
128
HG
24
RF
118
5'10"
165
L
R
11/10/1914 (Griffin, GA)
3/13/1961 (Oakland, CA)
129
PS
33
SS
198
5'9"
180
R
R
5/25/1906 (Beaumont, TX)
12/25/1952 (Lake Charles, LA)
130
BEG
LF
2
131
HG
34
3B
12
5'11"
180
R
R
6/5/1905 (Sparks, GA)
5/16/1964 (Queens, NY)
132
HG/TC
33
RF
41
6'1"
198
R
R
1/16/1906 (Benton, AL)
4/28/1962 (Jacksonville, FL)
133
NBY
31
P
20
41.0
5'11"
190
R
11/10/1907 (Middletown, OH)
134
BEG
20
P
0.1
5'9"
174
L
8/23/1918 (Nolensville, TN)
5/22/1990 (Chicago, IL)
135
BEG
33
P
6
10.0
5'8"
185
R
6/11/1906 (Lobdell, LA)
136
NBY
C
3
137
NE/PS
30
LF
152
9.0
6'1"
192
L
R
8/31/1908 (Palatka, FL)
9/27/1948 (Coral Gables, FL)
138
PS
2B
4
139
PS
43
3B
129
5'8"
190
L
R
2/29/1896 (Remington, VA)
6/24/1963 (Washington, DC)
140
NE/TC
22
P
5
10.1
5'11"
175
R
R
11/28/1916 (New Orleans, LA)
5/10/1990 (Jackson, MS)
141
BEG
25
RF
120
6'4"
220
B
R
6/6/1914 (Milan, TN)
142
NBY
29
RF
98
5'9"
197
R
R
9/17/1909 (Milford, TX)
4/12/1976 (Philadelphia, PA)

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