1939 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1939 Season


1938 / 1940

Top Hitter


Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher


Hilton
Smith

Leaders

Batting Average

# Player Team BA
1
Bill Hoskins
BEG
.403
2
Henry Turner
CBR
.393
3
Buck Leonard
EAS/HG
.390
4
Fred Wilson
NE
.380
5
Josh Gibson
EAS/HG
.377
6
David Whatley
CBR/HG
.377
7
Wild Bill Wright
EAS/BEG
.377
8
Sammy Hughes
EAS/BEG
.372
9
Willard Brown
KCM
.364
10
Walter Cannady
NBY
.354

ERA+

# Player Team ERA+
1
James Brown
NE
256
2
Felix Evans
IAB
232
3
Willie Hubert
BEG/NE
213
4
Andy Cooper
KCM
205
5
Jesse Brown
NBY
192
6
Roy Partlow
EAS/HG
190
7
George Walker
KCM
184
8
Jimmy Johnson
WES/TC
162
9
Jimmy Hill
NE
162
10
Hilton Smith
KCM/WES
150


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
34
19
1
.642
-
38
21
1
.644
7.1
4.8
Vic Harris
Forbes Field (Pittburgh, PA)
2
32
21
1
.604
2.0
37
21
1
.638
6.3
4.9
Dick Lundy
Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
3
27
30
1
.474
9.0
27
30
1
.474
5.3
6.4
Jud Wilson, Jake Dunn
Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA)
4
17
20
4
.459
9.0
19
20
4
.487
4.5
5.3
George Scales
No Home Ballpark
5
19
23
0
.452
9.5
24
24
0
.500
5.6
5.2
Felton Snow
Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD)
6
4
5
1
.444
8.0
4
5
1
.444
3.2
4.6
Oscar Charleston
Swayne Field (Toledo, OH)
7
8
23
0
.258
15.0
9
23
0
.281
3.2
5.7
José María Fernández
No Home Ballpark
* = League Champion      

NNL II Playoffs

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
3
1
0
.750
-
7.3
4.0
Felton Snow
Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD)
2
3
2
0
.600
0.5
7.8
5.4
Vic Harris
Forbes Field (Pittburgh, PA)
3
2
3
0
.400
1.5
5.4
7.8
Jake Dunn
Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA)
4
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
3
1
1
.750
-
4.2
2.6
Felton Snow
Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD)
2
1
3
1
.250
2.0
2.6
4.2
Vic Harris
Forbes Field (Pittburgh, PA)


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
42
22
0
.656
-
42
25
0
.627
5.6
4.0
Andy Cooper
Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2
38
34
0
.528
8.0
39
36
0
.520
5.2
4.9
Candy Jim Taylor
American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
3
20
21
0
.488
10.5
20
21
0
.488
4.7
5.1
Alonzo Mitchell
Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
4
15
17
1
.469
11.0
15
20
1
.429
5.8
6.1
George Mitchell
South End Grounds (St. Louis, MO)
5
8
11
1
.421
11.5
8
11
1
.421
4.6
6.1
Oscar Charleston
Swayne Field (Toledo, OH)
6
6
10
0
.375
12.0
7
19
0
.269
4.8
7.5
Gabby Kemp, Nish Williams
Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, GA)
7
15
29
0
.341
17.0
16
29
0
.356
3.6
4.9
Ted Radcliffe
Martin Park (Memphis, TN)
* = League Champion      1 = First Half Champion      2 = Second Half Champion      

NAL Championship Series

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
4
1
0
.800
-
5.0
2.6
Andy Cooper
Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2
1
4
0
.200
3.0
2.6
5.0
George Mitchell
South End Grounds (St. Louis, MO)


East-West All Star Games

vs All Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
1
1
0
.500
-
6.0
3.0
George Scales
Yankee Stadium (New York, NY)
2
1
1
0
.500
-
3.0
6.0
George Mitchell, Oscar Charleston
Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)



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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James