1939 Season

Negro American League

1938 / 1940

R. R. Jackson (President)
J. B. Martin (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

George
Walker

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Red Moore	IAB	221
2	Henry Turner	CBR	199
3	Willard Brown	KCM	184
4	Dan Wilson	SL3	158
5	Turkey Stearnes	KCM	156
6	Oscar Boone	IAB	148
7	Buddy Armour	SL3	147
8	Willie Simms	CAG	146
9	Leslie Green	SL3	145
10	Ted Strong	KCM	144

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Smoky Owens	CBR	8
2	George Walker	KCM	8
3	Frank Bradley	KCM	7
4	Ted Radcliffe	MRS	6
5	Hilton Smith	KCM	6
6	Preacher Henry	CBR	5
7	Willie Cornelius	CAG	4
8	Frank McAllister	SL3	4
9	Lefty Moses	KCM	3
10	Theolic Smith	SL3	3

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Toledo Crawfords	NAL	9	338	293	47	83	13	4	3	35	7	38	7	.283	.366	.386	.751	118
2	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	20	715	635	102	179	31	11	7	88	16	66	14	.282	.350	.398	.748	114
3	St. Louis Stars	NAL	23	848	722	118	176	29	10	9	103	28	102	24	.244	.337	.349	.686	100
4	Cleveland Bears	NAL	23	851	753	108	202	30	10	1	93	22	73	25	.268	.333	.339	.672	97
5	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	49	1800	1627	253	423	68	23	18	213	58	126	47	.260	.313	.363	.676	95
6	Chicago American Giants	NAL	35	1282	1147	138	275	35	15	9	117	35	106	29	.240	.304	.320	.624	87
7	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	22	756	669	61	149	26	6	2	49	20	62	25	.223	.289	.288	.577	70
	7	1	185	6590	5846	827	1487	232	79	49	698	186	573	171	.254	.321	.346	.667	95

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Red Moore*	IAB	1B	15	66	53	11	23	5	2	0	7	2	10	3	.434	.524	.604	1.128	221
2	Henry Turner	CBR	C	23	91	84	11	33	3	5	1	21	2	7	0	.393	.440	.583	1.023	199
3	Willard Brown	KCM	LF	44	183	174	37	64	15	7	3	42	8	9	0	.368	.399	.586	.985	184
4	Bus Clarkson	TC	2B	9	37	31	11	10	2	1	1	8	2	5	1	.323	.417	.548	.965	178
5	Tommie Dukes*	TC	C	9	38	33	6	12	3	1	0	4	1	4	1	.364	.432	.515	.948	174
6	Dan Wilson**	SL3	LF	22	99	86	25	30	5	2	0	12	10	13	0	.349	.434	.453	.888	158
7	Turkey Stearnes*	KCM	CF	49	205	185	42	61	9	1	7	39	12	17	3	.330	.386	.503	.889	156
8	Oscar Boone	IAB	C	16	63	53	8	19	2	1	0	6	0	7	3	.358	.433	.434	.867	148
9	Jim Williams	TC	RF	7	29	24	4	7	4	0	0	6	1	4	1	.292	.393	.458	.851	146
10	Willie Simms*	CAG	CF	29	135	115	15	34	4	2	3	12	4	16	4	.296	.382	.443	.825	146
11	Leslie Green*	SL3	CF	21	89	75	19	22	5	1	2	12	6	10	4	.293	.376	.467	.843	145
12	Ted Strong**	KCM	SS	46	186	159	33	50	8	2	3	29	14	22	5	.314	.398	.447	.844	144
13	Gabby Kemp	IAB	2B	16	63	53	7	17	2	0	1	7	4	9	1	.321	.419	.415	.834	138
14	Donald Reeves*	IAB/CAG	RF	22	86	82	12	25	6	3	1	11	1	3	1	.305	.329	.488	.817	134
15	Ed Young	CAG	1B	28	115	97	16	26	7	1	1	17	8	17	1	.268	.377	.392	.769	130
16	Marshall Riddle*	SL3	2B	21	82	68	6	20	4	1	0	15	1	12	2	.294	.400	.382	.782	128
17	Parnell Woods	CBR	3B	22	94	85	16	24	3	4	0	13	7	7	2	.282	.337	.412	.749	119
18	Marlin Carter*	MRS	2B	19	83	71	11	18	5	3	0	5	2	8	4	.254	.329	.408	.738	116
19	Curtis Henderson	TC	SS	9	29	28	3	9	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	.321	.345	.393	.738	113
20	Subby Byas**	CAG	RF	33	119	100	15	26	4	0	1	8	3	17	2	.260	.368	.330	.698	109
21	John Lyles**	CBR	SS	19	84	79	12	24	5	0	0	9	4	5	0	.304	.345	.367	.712	109
22	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	19	76	69	9	19	5	1	0	11	4	6	1	.275	.333	.377	.710	108
23	Al Frazier	CBR	2B	23	88	74	11	22	3	0	0	11	1	8	6	.297	.366	.338	.704	107
24	Jabbo Andrews*	IAB	LF	17	68	63	10	14	3	3	2	12	0	4	1	.222	.269	.460	.729	106
25	Rainey Bibbs**	KCM	3B	43	173	158	33	46	8	2	1	19	3	7	8	.291	.321	.386	.707	104
26	Alex Radcliff	CAG	3B	34	148	135	21	35	6	3	1	15	1	9	4	.259	.306	.370	.676	101
27	Ed Mayweather*	SL3	1B	21	86	74	10	16	3	1	2	15	0	10	2	.216	.310	.365	.674	96
28	Ernie Smith*	CAG	LF	35	129	120	12	34	2	1	0	11	7	6	3	.283	.317	.317	.634	90
29	Duke Cleveland*	CBR	RF	19	75	63	14	16	2	0	0	7	0	10	2	.254	.356	.286	.642	89
30	Lloyd Davenport*	MRS	RF	21	84	76	6	20	2	1	0	6	5	7	1	.263	.325	.316	.641	88
31	Jimmie Crutchfield*	TC	LF	9	41	34	4	8	0	1	0	2	1	6	1	.235	.350	.294	.644	87
32	Henry Milton*	KCM	RF	47	209	185	29	46	6	2	1	9	10	19	5	.249	.319	.319	.638	85
33	Mint Jones**	CBR	1B	21	81	71	10	19	3	0	0	7	1	5	5	.268	.316	.310	.626	84
34	Johnny Ray*	CBR	CF	21	89	78	18	18	3	1	0	4	2	10	1	.231	.318	.295	.613	80
35	Billy Horne*	CAG	2B	27	109	96	12	23	1	1	0	8	3	9	4	.240	.305	.271	.576	72
36	Bill Bradford*	SL3	RF	23	98	84	11	16	2	1	1	8	3	12	2	.190	.292	.274	.565	65
37	Larry Brown**	MRS	C	21	78	69	3	17	2	0	0	7	1	3	6	.246	.278	.275	.553	62
38	Jelly Taylor*	MRS	1B	22	85	72	7	13	3	1	0	4	1	11	2	.181	.289	.250	.539	59
39	Fred Bankhead	MRS	3B	21	73	66	2	14	4	0	0	5	1	5	2	.212	.268	.273	.540	59
40	Tommy Butts	IAB	SS	19	75	69	7	14	2	2	0	7	2	5	1	.203	.257	.290	.547	56
41	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	46	173	155	19	28	5	4	1	22	3	14	4	.181	.249	.284	.532	54
42	Newt Allen	KCM	2B	47	186	167	19	37	5	0	0	19	1	11	8	.222	.270	.251	.521	51
43	Pepper Bassett**	CAG	C	30	113	104	12	21	3	1	0	13	1	7	2	.202	.252	.250	.502	50
44	Bobby Robinson	SL3	3B	23	90	71	8	12	0	1	0	4	0	13	6	.169	.298	.197	.495	45
45	Jerry Benjamin**	TC	CF	8	34	30	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	.167	.265	.167	.431	26

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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