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
HG/EAS
.390
4
Fred Wilson
NE
.380
5
Josh Gibson
HG/EAS
.377
6
David Whatley
CBR/HG
.377
7
Wild Bill Wright
BEG/EAS
.377
8
Sammy Hughes
BEG/EAS
.372
9
Willard Brown
KCM
.364
10
Walter Cannady
NBY
.354


Standings
Glossary

Negro National League II

vs NN2 vs Maj. Black Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
36
19
1
.655
-
42
21
1
.667
7.1
4.6
Vic Harris
Forbes Field (Pittburgh, PA), Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)
2
33
22
1
.600
3.0
42
22
1
.656
6.4
4.8
Dick Lundy
Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)
3
19
18
4
.514
8.0
21
18
4
.538
4.7
4.9
George Scales
No Home Ballpark
4
20
24
0
.455
10.5
28
26
0
.519
5.8
5.0
Felton Snow
Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD)
5
24
29
1
.453
11.0
24
29
1
.453
5.2
6.6
Jud Wilson, Jake Dunn
Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA)
6
4
6
1
.400
9.5
4
6
1
.400
3.5
5.1
Oscar Charleston
Swayne Field (Toledo, OH)
7
7
25
0
.219
17.5
9
25
0
.265
3.4
5.9
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), Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)
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), Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC)


Negro American League

vs NAL vs Maj. Black Teams
# Team
W
L
T
W%
GB
W
L
T
W%
R/G RA/G Managers Ballpark
1
46
25
0
.648
-
46
28
0
.622
5.8
4.2
Andy Cooper
Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
2
40
34
0
.541
7.5
41
37
0
.526
5.3
5.0
Candy Jim Taylor
American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
3
20
21
0
.488
11.0
20
29
0
.408
4.3
5.6
Alonzo Mitchell
Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
4
9
11
1
.450
11.5
9
11
1
.450
4.8
5.9
Oscar Charleston
Swayne Field (Toledo, OH)
5
15
20
1
.429
13.0
15
23
1
.395
5.6
6.2
George Mitchell
South End Grounds (St. Louis, MO)
6
6
10
0
.375
12.5
7
19
0
.269
4.8
7.5
Gabby Kemp, Nish Williams
Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, GA)
7
19
34
0
.358
18.0
21
35
0
.375
3.9
5.5
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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Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Gary Ashwill.


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