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 Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	Turkey Stearnes	KCM/WES	47
2	Mule Suttles	MULT	43
3	Ed Stone	EAS/NE	41
4	Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	40
5	Josh Gibson	EAS/HG	40
6	Henry Milton	KCM/WES	39
7	Pat Patterson	EAS/PS	37
8	Rainey Bibbs	KCM	36
9	Ted Strong	KCM/WES	36
10	Willard Brown	KCM	36

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	106
2	Leon Day	EAS/NE	66
3	Frank Bradley	KCM	65
4	Ted Radcliffe	MRS/WES	63
5	George Walker	KCM	62
6	Bill Byrd	BEG/EAS	61
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					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 (Pittburgh, 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 (Pittburgh, 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 (Pittburgh, PA), Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)

Negro American League

		vs NAL					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)