1939 Season

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

Hilton
Smith

Leaders

Runs Batted In

#	Player	Team	RBI
1	Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	52
2	Josh Gibson	EAS/HG	51
3	Willard Brown	KCM	46
4	Turkey Stearnes	KCM/WES	45
5	Mule Suttles	MULT	42
6	Wild Bill Wright	MULT	34
7	Ed Stone	EAS/NE	33
8	Ted Strong	KCM/WES	33
9	Fred Wilson	NE/PS	31
10	Bill Hoskins	BEG/NOS	30

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	106
2	Leon Day	EAS/NE	66
3	Bill Byrd	BEG/EAS	65
4	Frank Bradley	KCM	65
5	Ted Radcliffe	MRS/WES	63
6	George Walker	KCM	62
7	Preacher Henry	CBR	54
8	Henry McHenry	PS	51
9	Jimmy Hill	NE	50
10	Edsall Walker	HG	48

Standings

Glossary

Negro National League II

		vs NN2 (Official)					vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Homestead Grays¹²	32	18	1	.640	-	49	21	1	.700	7.4	4.6	Vic Harris	Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA), Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)
2	Newark Eagles	35	25	1	.583	2.0	45	27	1	.625	6.6	5.1	Dick Lundy	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
3	Philadelphia Stars	32	31	1	.508	6.5	32	31	1	.508	5.4	6.3	Jake Dunn, Jud Wilson	Parkside Athletic Field (Philadelphia, PA)
4	Baltimore Elite Giants^*	22	25	0	.468	8.5	31	32	0	.492	5.6	5.0	Felton Snow	Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD)
5	New York Black Yankees	20	23	4	.465	8.5	23	25	4	.479	4.4	5.2	George Scales	No Home Ballpark
6	Toledo Crawfords	4	6	1	.400	8.0	4	6	1	.400	3.5	5.1	Oscar Charleston	Swayne Field (Toledo, OH)
7	New York Cubans	7	24	0	.226	15.5	9	27	0	.250	3.3	6.0	José María Fernández	No Home Ballpark

* = League Champion 1 = First Half Champion 2 = Second Half Champion

NNL II Playoffs

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Baltimore Elite Giants	3	1	0	.750	-	7.3	4.0	Felton Snow	Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD)
2	Homestead Grays	3	2	0	.600	0.5	7.8	5.4	Vic Harris	Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA), Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)
3	Philadelphia Stars	2	3	0	.400	1.5	5.4	7.8	Jake Dunn	Parkside Athletic Field (Philadelphia, PA)
4	Newark Eagles	1	3	0	.250	2.0	4.0	7.3	Dick Lundy	Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)

NNL II Championship Series

		vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Baltimore Elite Giants	3	1	1	.750	-	4.2	2.6	Felton Snow	Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD)
2	Homestead Grays	1	3	1	.250	2.0	2.6	4.2	Vic Harris	Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA), Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)

Negro American League

		vs NAL (Official)					vs All Teams
#	Team	W	L	T	W%	GB	W	L	T	W%	R/G	RA/G	Managers	Ballpark
1	Kansas City Monarchs^*¹	38	22	0	.633	-	60	35	0	.632	5.8	4.4	Andy Cooper	Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2	Chicago American Giants	32	31	0	.508	7.5	45	42	0	.517	5.3	5.2	Felton Snow, Candy Jim Taylor	American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
3	Cleveland Bears	20	21	0	.488	8.5	24	36	0	.400	4.5	5.6	Alonzo Mitchell	Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
4	St. Louis Stars²	20	23	2	.465	9.5	25	35	2	.417	4.9	5.9	George Mitchell	South End Grounds (St. Louis, MO)
5	Memphis Red Sox	24	29	1	.453	10.5	42	54	1	.438	4.8	5.3	Ted Radcliffe	Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
6	Toledo Crawfords	8	10	1	.444	9.0	10	16	1	.385	4.9	6.1	Oscar Charleston	Swayne Field (Toledo, OH)
7	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	1	7	0	.125	11.0	8	20	0	.286	4.9	7.3	Gabby Kemp, Nish Williams	Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, GA)