1939 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1939 Season

NAL Championship Series

1938 / 1943

Top Hitter

Leslie
Green

Top Pitcher

Hilton
Smith

Leaders

OPS

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1.217
2	Ed Mayweather	SL3	1.036
3	Turkey Stearnes	KCM	.950
4	Leslie Green	SL3	.888
5	Marshall Riddle	SL3	.810
6	Joe Greene	KCM	.690
7	Dan Wilson	SL3	.668
8	Buddy Armour	SL3	.588
9	Ted Strong	KCM	.579
10	Henry Milton	KCM	.516

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Hilton Smith	KCM	0.66
2	Andy Cooper	KCM	1.20
3	Clifford Brown	SL3	1.29
4	Lefty Calhoun	SL3	4.15
5	Theolic Smith	SL3	4.50
6	Floyd Kranson	KCM	4.91
7	Frank McAllister	SL3	4.91
8	Willie Hutchinson	KCM	6.43

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

L

R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Kansas City Monarchs	ALC	43.0		1.37	19.3%	7.5%	2.57	0.5%
2	St. Louis Stars	ALC	39.0		1.15	13.9%	3.6%	3.83	0.6%
	2	1	82.0		1.27	16.8%	5.7%	2.95	0.6%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Andy Cooper*	KCM	SP	15.0		1.07	19.7%	4.9%	4.00	0.0%
2	Hilton Smith	KCM	RP	13.2		1.17	33.9%	5.4%	6.33	0.0%
3	Lefty Calhoun*	SL3	SP	13.0		1.15	15.1%	1.9%	8.00	0.0%
4	Frank McAllister	SL3	RP	11.0		1.36	16.0%	6.0%	2.67	2.0%
5	Theolic Smith	SL3	SP	8.0		1.38	8.1%	2.7%	3.00	0.0%
6	Floyd Kranson	KCM	SP	7.1		1.91	5.6%	13.9%	0.40	2.8%
7	Clifford Brown^	SL3	SP	7.0		0.57	16.0%	4.0%	4.00	0.0%
8	Willie Hutchinson	KCM	SP	7.0		1.86	8.8%	8.8%	1.00	0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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