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

OPS

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Josh Gibson	EAS/HG	1.275
2	Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	1.143
3	Mule Suttles	MULT	1.132
4	Bill Byrd	BEG/EAS	1.092
5	Bill Hoskins	BEG/NOS	1.032
6	Ed Stone	EAS/NE	1.022
7	David Whatley	CBR/HG	.999
8	Bus Clarkson	TC	.988
9	Goose Curry	BEG/NBY	.982
10	Henry Turner	CBR	.972

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Roosevelt Davis	MRS/SAS	5.00
2	Andy Cooper	KCM	4.86
3	Ted Radcliffe	MRS/WES	4.85
4	Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	4.61
5	Tom Glover	BEG	3.57
6	Ted Trent	CAG	3.13
7	George Walker	KCM	3.10
8	Lefty Wilson	MRS	3.00
9	Bill Byrd	BEG/EAS	2.83
10	Luis Tiant	NYC	2.80

Advanced Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	North All Stars	NSA	1	49	.465	4.1%			2.0%	.159
2	Homestead Grays	MULT	45	1718	.367	9.5%	6.7%	0.75	2.6%	.162
3	Newark Eagles	NLP/NN2	46	1708	.353	8.8%			2.5%	.147
4	Baltimore Elite Giants	MULT	42	1541	.346	8.4%	6.5%	1.00	1.1%	.103
5	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	22	814	.344	8.7%			1.0%	.109
6	Toledo Crawfords	NAL/NN2	21	786	.335	9.2%			0.6%	.095
7	New York Black Yankees	NN2	34	1219	.325	10.4%			1.1%	.090
8	Philadelphia Stars	NLP/NN2	51	1856	.322	7.1%			1.2%	.095
9	Kansas City Monarchs	ALC/NAL	57	2075	.318	6.8%			1.0%	.109
10	West All Stars	EWA	2	71	.318	11.3%	14.1%	0.80	2.8%	.119
11	St. Louis Stars	ALC/NAL	33	1232	.315	9.5%	0.0%		1.0%	.094
12	Chicago American Giants	NAL	43	1602	.310	7.6%			0.8%	.094
13	East All Stars	EWA	2	76	.308	11.8%	11.8%	1.00	0.0%	.077
14	Cleveland Bears	NAL	28	1044	.307	8.0%			0.1%	.065
15	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	35	1227	.292	7.7%			0.3%	.069
16	New York Cubans	NN2	21	759	.289	6.3%			0.7%	.064
17	South All Stars	NSA	1	36	.201	5.6%			0.0%	.000
	17	7	753	17813	.327	8.3%	9.9%	0.89	1.2%	.104

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	Josh Gibson	EAS/HG	C	172	.528	15.1%	0.0%		8.7%	.426
2	Buck Leonard*	EAS/HG	1B	187	.491	15.0%	11.1%	2.00	6.4%	.323
3	Mule Suttles	MULT	1B	189	.490	10.6%	50.0%	0.00	7.4%	.357
4	Bill Hoskins*	BEG/NOS	LF	163	.471	11.0%			1.2%	.155
5	Ed Stone*	EAS/NE	RF	176	.457	9.7%	0.0%		5.1%	.244
6	Henry Turner	CBR	C	109	.449	8.3%			0.9%	.180
7	David Whatley*	CBR/HG	RF	163	.446	3.1%			0.6%	.155
8	Bus Clarkson	TC	2B	80	.443	8.8%			2.5%	.236
9	Willard Brown	KCM	LF	201	.437	4.0%			2.0%	.228
10	Neil Robinson	MRS/WES	CF	121	.429	5.8%	0.0%		2.5%	.196
11	Fred Wilson*	NE/PS	LF	171	.428	7.6%			2.3%	.149
12	Sammy Hughes	BEG/EAS	2B	157	.421	13.4%	0.0%		0.6%	.152
13	Bill Harvey*	MULT	LF	61	.414	13.1%			0.0%	.057
14	Wild Bill Wright**	MULT	RF	172	.412	5.2%	0.0%		1.2%	.139
15	Turkey Stearnes*	KCM/WES	CF	238	.411	9.2%	0.0%		3.4%	.192
16	Tommie Dukes*	HG/TC	C	83	.396	12.0%			0.0%	.100
17	Ted Strong**	KCM/WES	SS	222	.394	11.3%	12.5%	2.00	1.4%	.120
18	Leslie Green*	SL3	CF	129	.394	10.1%			2.3%	.165
19	José Vargas	NYC	LF	74	.386	8.1%			1.4%	.104
20	Monte Irvin	NE	3B	150	.382	12.0%			2.0%	.162
21	Johnny Washington*	NBY	1B	125	.379	6.4%			0.8%	.095
22	Oscar Boone	BEG/IAB	C	84	.378	13.1%			0.0%	.058
23	Red Moore*	BEG/IAB	1B	156	.376	9.6%	5.3%	3.00	0.0%	.085
24	Pat Patterson**	EAS/PS	2B	184	.375	4.9%	22.2%	0.00	1.1%	.138
25	Chester Williams	PS	SS	212	.374	7.1%			0.5%	.112
26	Roy Parnell	MULT	LF	163	.371	8.6%	0.0%		2.5%	.152
27	Ed Young	CAG	1B	147	.370	10.9%			1.4%	.133
28	Marshall Riddle*	SL3/WES	2B	124	.370	12.1%	0.0%		0.0%	.057
29	Leroy Morney**	MULT	SS	70	.370	5.7%	0.0%		1.4%	.123
30	Gabby Kemp	IAB	2B	75	.369	12.0%			1.3%	.078
31	Donald Reeves*	CAG/IAB	RF	99	.368	4.0%			1.0%	.158
32	Willie Simms*	CAG	CF	164	.361	9.1%			1.8%	.126
33	Jabbo Andrews*	IAB	LF	78	.360	5.1%			3.8%	.247
34	Vic Harris*	EAS/HG	LF	183	.360	13.1%	50.0%	0.00	1.1%	.127
35	Oscar Charleston*	TC	1B	69	.358	10.1%			1.4%	.097
36	Dan Wilson**	SL3/WES	LF	150	.356	8.7%	11.1%	0.00	1.3%	.126
37	Biz Mackey**	BEG/NE	C	106	.354	9.4%			1.9%	.084
38	Subby Byas**	CAG	RF	152	.352	14.5%			1.3%	.104
39	Gene Benson*	PS	CF	200	.352	8.0%			2.5%	.148
40	Curtis Henderson	TC	SS	63	.346	11.1%			0.0%	.109
41	Henry Spearman	HG	3B	172	.346	6.4%	5.3%	0.00	1.7%	.146
42	Buddy Armour*	SL3	SS	98	.341	3.1%			1.0%	.089
43	Alex Radcliff	CAG/WES	3B	185	.338	6.5%	37.5%	0.00	0.5%	.118
44	Henry Kimbro*	BEG	CF	187	.335	8.0%			1.6%	.107
45	Sam Bankhead	HG	2B	199	.329	8.5%	9.5%	1.00	1.0%	.092
46	Flash Miller	NBY/TC	SS	119	.329	16.0%			0.8%	.124
47	Parnell Woods	CBR/WES	3B	114	.326	6.1%	0.0%		0.0%	.136
48	John Lyles**	MULT	SS	109	.324	4.6%	0.0%		0.0%	.059
49	Willie Wells	EAS/NE	SS	200	.323	11.5%	22.2%	0.50	1.5%	.080
50	Felton Snow	BEG	3B	175	.323	6.3%	5.3%	0.00	0.6%	.099
51	Rainey Bibbs**	KCM	3B	198	.321	5.1%			0.5%	.093
52	Henry Milton*	KCM/WES	RF	244	.320	8.2%	33.3%	0.00	0.8%	.111
53	Ed Mayweather*	SL3	1B	127	.317	10.2%			2.4%	.134
54	Tommy Butts	BEG/IAB	SS	142	.316	8.5%	5.9%	0.00	0.0%	.055
55	Al Frazier	CBR	2B	107	.314	6.5%			0.0%	.033
56	Willie Spencer^	TC	3B	49	.314	4.1%			0.0%	.091
57	Larry Brown**	MULT	C	113	.307	8.0%	0.0%		0.0%	.031
58	Jim Williams	MULT	RF	91	.306	7.7%	0.0%		0.0%	.084
59	Babe Davis	HG/IAB	CF	123	.305	8.1%			2.4%	.108
60	Jim West**	MULT	1B	175	.305	10.3%			1.1%	.090
61	Ernie Smith*	CAG	LF	159	.304	5.0%			0.0%	.048
62	Mint Jones**	CBR	1B	103	.304	7.8%			0.0%	.044
63	Jimmie Crutchfield*	TC	LF	84	.303	9.5%			0.0%	.081
64	Lloyd Davenport*	MULT	RF	136	.303	7.4%	0.0%		0.0%	.063
65	Jelly Taylor*	MRS/WES	1B	130	.302	9.2%	0.0%		0.0%	.044
66	Jerry Benjamin**	MULT	CF	146	.301	15.1%			0.0%	.025
67	Dick Seay	NE	2B	184	.297	12.5%			1.1%	.084
68	Duke Cleveland*	CBR	RF	88	.294	14.8%			0.0%	.028
69	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	204	.291	8.8%			0.5%	.105
70	Raymond Taylor	SL3	C	92	.290	5.4%			1.1%	.095
71	Fred Bankhead	MRS	3B	124	.284	8.1%			0.0%	.073
72	Esterio Caraballo	NYC	RF	66	.283	6.1%			1.5%	.113
73	Jake Dunn	NOS/PS	RF	188	.279	4.8%			0.5%	.068
74	Dave Campbell*	NBY	2B	114	.278	7.0%			0.9%	.057
75	Roy Campanella	BEG	C	92	.271	4.3%			1.1%	.063
76	Jelly Jackson	HG	SS	173	.270	10.4%	6.7%	1.00	1.2%	.116
77	Billy Horne*	MULT	2B	133	.270	9.0%	40.0%	0.00	0.0%	.026
78	Johnny Ray*	CBR	CF	110	.270	10.9%			0.0%	.053
79	Lennie Pearson	NE	CF	177	.269	2.3%			2.8%	.146
80	Fermín Valdés	NYC	SS	85	.268	5.9%			0.0%	.038
81	Bobby Robinson	SL3	3B	120	.267	15.0%			0.0%	.022
82	Marlin Carter*	MRS/SAS	2B	134	.265	6.7%			0.0%	.108
83	Curtis Harris	PS/SAS	1B	176	.262	0.6%			0.0%	.017
84	Pepper Bassett**	MULT	C	137	.257	3.6%	0.0%		0.0%	.062
85	Antonio Rodríguez	NYC	2B	73	.253	4.1%			0.0%	.015
86	Jimmy Johnson^	TC/WES	P	33	.253	3.0%	100.0%	0.00	0.0%	.000
87	Newt Allen	KCM	2B	217	.246	5.5%			0.0%	.046
88	Bill Bradford*	SL3	RF	137	.240	10.2%			0.7%	.058

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

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