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

Runs Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	Turkey Stearnes	KCM/WES	47
2	Mule Suttles	MULT	44
3	Josh Gibson	EAS/HG	43
4	Ed Stone	EAS/NE	42
5	Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	41
6	Henry Milton	KCM/WES	40
7	Willie Wells	EAS/NE	37
8	Pat Patterson	EAS/PS	37
9	Willard Brown	KCM	37
10	Sam Bankhead	HG	36

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	106
2	Leon Day	EAS/NE	73
3	Frank Bradley	KCM	65
4	Bill Byrd	BEG/EAS	65
5	Ted Radcliffe	MRS/WES	63
6	George Walker	KCM	62
7	Preacher Henry	CBR	54
8	Roy Partlow	EAS/HG	51
9	Henry McHenry	PS	51
10	Jimmy Hill	NE	50

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	North All Stars	NSA	1	49	44	10	19	4	0	1	6	1		2			1	2			.432	.468	.591	1.059	117
2	Homestead Grays	MULT	45	1718	1512	297	438	59	27	44	264	23		163	4	0	9	33	1	1	.290	.362	.452	.814	115
3	West All Stars	EWA	2	71	59	6	15	1	0	2	6	0	2	8	10	1	0	3	1	0	.254	.338	.373	.711	115
4	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	22	814	724	109	202	31	12	8	95	18		71			4	15			.279	.347	.388	.735	110
5	Newark Eagles	NLP/NN2	46	1708	1526	264	428	56	21	42	241	23		151			10	21			.280	.349	.427	.776	104
6	Toledo Crawfords	NAL/NN2	21	786	696	102	191	35	8	5	86	15		72			3	15			.274	.345	.369	.714	102
7	Baltimore Elite Giants	MULT	42	1541	1364	237	404	67	11	17	216	16		130	4	3	8	38	1	0	.296	.361	.399	.759	101
8	Kansas City Monarchs	ALC/NAL	57	2075	1882	294	487	83	30	21	241	66		142			13	37	1		.259	.315	.368	.683	98
9	Chicago American Giants	NAL	43	1602	1429	180	358	52	22	13	150	41		122			15	36			.251	.316	.345	.661	97
10	St. Louis Stars	ALC/NAL	33	1232	1071	142	265	39	13	12	124	34	0	117	0		12	32	0		.247	.328	.342	.670	95
11	Cleveland Bears	NAL	28	1044	923	125	237	37	10	1	101	24		83			11	27			.257	.325	.322	.647	87
12	New York Black Yankees	NN2	34	1219	1059	154	277	38	9	13	147	10		127			7	26			.262	.345	.351	.696	86
13	East All Stars	EWA	2	76	65	12	16	3	1	0	11	2	2	9	9	2	1	0	1	1	.246	.342	.323	.665	83
14	Philadelphia Stars	NLP/NN2	51	1856	1697	259	464	62	17	22	233	9		132			5	22			.273	.328	.369	.697	81
15	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	35	1227	1094	118	264	39	12	4	92	33		94			8	31			.241	.306	.310	.616	77
16	New York Cubans	NN2	21	759	698	81	176	24	3	5	72	6		48			2	11			.252	.302	.317	.619	67
17	South All Stars	NSA	1	36	33	1	6	0	0	0	1	0		2			0	1			.182	.229	.182	.410	19
	17	7	753	17813	15876	2391	4247	630	196	210	2086	321	4	1473	27	6	109	350	5	2	.268	.334	.372	.705	95

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Josh Gibson	EAS/HG	C	40	172	141	43	53	5	5	15	52	3	0	26	0	2	1	3	1	0	.376	.473	.801	1.275	233
2	Buck Leonard*	EAS/HG	1B	44	187	155	41	56	12	1	12	52	3	1	28	1	0	0	4	0	0	.361	.459	.684	1.143	198
3	Mule Suttles	MULT	1B	46	189	168	44	59	12	3	14	45	3	0	20	2	0	1	0	0	1	.351	.423	.708	1.132	191
4	Henry Turner	CBR	C	28	109	100	11	37	5	5	1	21	1		9			0	0			.370	.422	.550	.972	180
5	Bus Clarkson	TC	2B	20	80	72	18	25	7	2	2	20	3		7			0	1			.347	.405	.583	.988	176
6	Willard Brown	KCM	LF	49	201	193	37	68	16	8	4	46	9		8			0	0	0		.352	.378	.580	.958	175
7	Neil Robinson	MRS/WES	CF	31	121	112	24	39	7	3	3	15	6	0	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	.348	.392	.545	.936	171
8	Bill Hoskins*	BEG/NOS	LF	40	163	142	33	57	10	3	2	30	2		18		0	2	1	0	0	.401	.475	.556	1.032	171
9	Ed Stone*	EAS/NE	RF	42	176	156	42	55	7	2	9	34	4	0	17	0	0	3	0	0	0	.353	.426	.596	1.022	168
10	David Whatley*	CBR/HG	RF	40	163	155	32	64	11	5	1	22	3		5		0	0	3	0	0	.413	.431	.568	.999	165
11	Turkey Stearnes*	KCM/WES	CF	57	238	208	47	67	12	2	8	45	11	0	22	0	0	2	5	1	0	.322	.391	.514	.905	162
12	Leslie Green*	SL3	CF	30	129	109	21	35	5	2	3	16	11		13			1	6	0		.321	.398	.486	.885	157
13	Fred Wilson*	NE/PS	LF	47	171	154	31	58	7	2	4	33	2		13			1	3			.377	.429	.526	.955	150
14	Wild Bill Wright**	MULT	RF	41	172	158	35	60	12	2	2	34	6	1	9	0	3	2	3	0	0	.380	.420	.519	.939	148
15	Sammy Hughes	BEG/EAS	2B	37	157	132	28	45	13	2	1	18	1	0	21	0	0	1	3	0	0	.341	.435	.492	.927	145
16	Ted Strong**	KCM/WES	SS	55	222	192	36	61	8	3	3	34	15	0	25	1	1	3	2	0	0	.318	.405	.438	.842	144
17	Tommie Dukes*	HG/TC	C	21	83	70	10	23	5	1	0	9	2		10			1	2			.329	.420	.429	.848	136
18	Willie Simms*	CAG	CF	36	164	143	20	42	5	2	3	14	6		15			1	5			.294	.365	.420	.784	134
19	Red Moore*	BEG/IAB	1B	37	156	130	21	44	7	2	0	18	2		15	1	0	2	9	0	0	.338	.415	.423	.838	133
20	Oscar Boone	BEG/IAB	C	23	84	69	10	23	2	1	0	8	0		11			0	4			.333	.425	.391	.816	132
21	Ed Young	CAG	1B	36	147	128	20	35	9	1	2	19	10		16			3	0			.273	.367	.406	.774	131
22	Bill Harvey*	MULT	LF	17	61	53	5	19	3	0	0	4	1		8			0	0			.358	.443	.415	.858	130
23	Donald Reeves*	CAG/IAB	RF	25	99	95	14	29	6	3	1	10	1		4			0	0			.305	.333	.463	.796	129
24	Marshall Riddle*	SL3/WES	2B	32	124	106	9	34	4	1	0	15	1	0	15	0	0	0	3	0	0	.321	.405	.377	.782	129
25	Jabbo Andrews*	IAB	LF	20	78	73	11	19	3	3	3	13	0		4			0	1			.260	.299	.507	.806	128
26	José Vargas	NYC	LF	18	74	67	12	22	4	0	1	8	1		6			1	0			.328	.392	.433	.825	123
27	Dan Wilson**	SL3/WES	LF	33	150	135	27	38	7	2	2	12	10	0	13	1	0	1	1	0	0	.281	.349	.407	.756	121
28	Gabby Kemp	IAB	2B	19	75	64	9	19	2	0	1	8	4		9			1	1			.297	.392	.375	.767	120
29	Alex Radcliff	CAG/WES	3B	42	185	169	25	48	9	4	1	16	1	0	12	3	0	0	4	0	0	.284	.331	.402	.734	119
30	Monte Irvin	NE	3B	37	150	130	24	37	6	3	3	23	2		18			2	0			.285	.380	.446	.826	117
31	Johnny Washington*	NBY	1B	32	125	116	20	39	6	1	1	19	1		8			1	0			.336	.384	.431	.815	117
32	Subby Byas**	CAG	RF	39	152	125	18	31	5	1	2	11	3		22			3	2			.248	.373	.352	.725	117
33	Leroy Morney**	MULT	SS	16	70	65	14	20	3	1	1	9	2	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.308	.357	.431	.788	117
34	Pat Patterson**	EAS/PS	2B	43	184	174	37	57	12	3	2	29	3	0	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	.328	.361	.466	.826	114
35	Buddy Armour*	SL3	SS	25	98	90	8	27	3	1	1	16	3		3			3	2	0		.300	.344	.389	.733	114
36	Roy Parnell	MULT	LF	42	163	145	31	44	6	2	4	25	2	0	14	0	0	1	3	0	0	.303	.369	.455	.824	112
37	Chester Williams	PS	SS	48	212	196	34	64	11	4	1	22	2		15			0	1			.327	.374	.439	.813	111
38	Oscar Charleston*	TC	1B	18	69	62	9	18	3	0	1	7	1		7			0	0			.290	.362	.387	.749	110
39	Curtis Henderson	TC	SS	17	63	55	10	15	2	2	0	5	0		7			0	1			.273	.355	.382	.737	109
40	Parnell Woods	CBR/WES	3B	27	114	103	17	27	6	4	0	14	7	0	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	.262	.315	.398	.713	105
41	Vic Harris*	EAS/HG	LF	42	183	158	21	43	8	3	2	25	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.272	.368	.399	.767	103
42	Rainey Bibbs**	KCM	3B	49	198	182	36	52	10	2	1	19	4		10			0	6	0		.286	.323	.379	.702	103
43	Willie Spencer^	TC	3B	15	49	44	3	13	4	0	0	8	0		2			0	3			.295	.326	.386	.712	102
44	Biz Mackey**	BEG/NE	C	32	106	95	11	29	2	0	2	14	1		10			0	1			.305	.371	.389	.761	101
45	Henry Spearman	HG	3B	43	172	158	26	44	4	5	3	27	0		11	1	0	2	1	0	0	.278	.333	.424	.757	101
46	Gene Benson*	PS	CF	51	200	182	26	51	6	3	5	25	1		16			1	1			.280	.342	.429	.770	99
47	Al Frazier	CBR	2B	28	107	90	14	26	3	0	0	11	1		7			3	7			.289	.360	.322	.682	98
48	Henry Milton*	KCM/WES	RF	55	244	216	40	54	8	5	2	18	12	1	20	1	0	3	5	0	0	.250	.322	.361	.683	98
49	John Lyles**	MULT	SS	25	109	102	14	29	6	0	0	13	4	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	.284	.330	.343	.673	95
50	Ed Mayweather*	SL3	1B	31	127	112	12	25	4	1	3	19	0		13			1	1	0		.223	.310	.357	.667	94
51	Henry Kimbro*	BEG	CF	42	187	168	33	47	7	1	3	16	4		15		0	1	3	0	0	.280	.342	.387	.729	94
52	Sam Bankhead	HG	2B	45	199	173	36	49	4	3	2	24	6		17	2	0	1	8	0	0	.283	.351	.376	.727	93
53	Ernie Smith*	CAG	LF	41	159	146	15	40	3	2	0	15	7		8			2	3			.274	.321	.322	.642	92
54	Larry Brown**	MULT	C	32	113	98	5	28	3	0	0	12	1	0	9	0	0	0	6	0	0	.286	.346	.316	.662	90
55	Felton Snow	BEG	3B	42	175	162	26	45	9	2	1	27	1		11	1	0	0	2	0	0	.278	.324	.377	.700	86
56	Flash Miller	NBY/TC	SS	31	119	97	16	21	5	2	1	13	1		19			1	2			.216	.350	.340	.691	86
57	Mint Jones**	CBR	1B	26	103	91	11	24	4	0	0	8	1		8			1	3			.264	.330	.308	.638	85
58	Tommy Butts	BEG/IAB	SS	39	142	128	13	35	3	2	0	15	3		12	1	0	0	2	0	0	.273	.336	.328	.664	84
59	Jimmie Crutchfield*	TC	LF	18	84	74	13	18	2	2	0	6	1		8			0	2			.243	.317	.324	.641	83
60	Jim Williams	MULT	RF	23	91	83	11	21	7	0	0	10	2	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.253	.311	.337	.648	82
61	Raymond Taylor	SL3	C	27	92	84	13	20	3	1	1	12	1		5			1	2			.238	.289	.333	.622	81
62	Lloyd Davenport*	MULT	RF	34	136	126	11	32	6	1	0	8	6	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.309	.317	.626	80
63	Babe Davis	HG/IAB	CF	30	123	111	19	26	3	0	3	15	2		10		0	1	1		0	.234	.303	.342	.646	80
64	Willie Wells	EAS/NE	SS	45	200	175	37	44	5	0	3	24	4	0	23	2	0	1	1	0	0	.251	.342	.331	.673	79
65	Jelly Taylor*	MRS/WES	1B	34	130	114	13	28	5	0	0	10	1	0	12	0	0	2	2	0	0	.246	.328	.289	.618	78
66	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	54	204	181	24	39	6	5	1	25	5		18			2	3	0		.215	.294	.320	.614	77
67	Duke Cleveland*	CBR	RF	22	88	72	15	16	2	0	0	5	0		13			0	3			.222	.341	.250	.591	72
68	Fred Bankhead	MRS	3B	34	124	110	11	25	6	1	0	15	3		10			1	3			.227	.298	.300	.598	72
69	Dick Seay	NE	2B	42	184	154	24	34	5	1	2	13	3		23			1	6			.221	.326	.305	.631	68
70	Jim West**	MULT	1B	43	175	155	21	37	6	1	2	24	0		18			0	2			.239	.318	.329	.647	67
71	Billy Horne*	MULT	2B	35	133	117	16	27	1	1	0	14	4	0	12	2	0	0	4	0	0	.231	.302	.256	.559	67
72	Marlin Carter*	MRS/SAS	2B	31	134	120	14	25	5	4	0	6	3		9			0	5			.208	.264	.317	.580	66
73	Esterio Caraballo	NYC	RF	17	66	62	6	14	4	0	1	6	0		4			0	0			.226	.273	.339	.611	64
74	Jerry Benjamin**	MULT	CF	32	146	121	25	27	1	1	0	10	8		22			1	2			.223	.347	.248	.595	63
75	Roy Campanella	BEG	C	29	92	80	12	20	2	0	1	13	0		4		0	1	7	0	0	.250	.294	.313	.607	61
76	Pepper Bassett**	MULT	C	38	137	129	14	29	6	1	0	15	1	0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	.225	.259	.287	.546	59
77	Bobby Robinson	SL3	3B	31	120	91	10	17	0	1	0	7	0		18			2	9	0		.187	.333	.209	.542	59
78	Lennie Pearson	NE	CF	44	177	171	21	38	4	3	5	29	2		4			0	2			.222	.240	.368	.608	59
79	Jake Dunn	NOS/PS	RF	50	188	176	21	44	7	1	1	26	0		9			0	3			.250	.286	.318	.605	58
80	Dave Campbell*	NBY	2B	29	114	105	15	25	3	0	1	7	1		8			0	1			.238	.292	.295	.587	57
81	Jelly Jackson	HG	SS	45	173	147	29	28	3	4	2	17	2		18	1	0	1	7	0	0	.190	.283	.306	.589	56
82	Johnny Ray*	CBR	CF	25	110	95	21	18	3	1	0	6	3		12			2	1			.189	.294	.242	.536	56
83	Newt Allen	KCM	2B	54	217	196	25	43	7	1	0	15	2		12			0	9	0		.219	.264	.265	.530	54
84	Fermín Valdés	NYC	SS	20	85	80	7	19	3	0	0	7	1		5			0	0			.238	.282	.275	.557	51
85	Jimmy Johnson^	TC/WES	P	13	33	31	2	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	.258	.281	.258	.539	50
86	Curtis Harris	PS/SAS	1B	48	176	174	20	47	3	0	0	29	0		1			0	1			.270	.274	.287	.562	47
87	Antonio Rodríguez	NYC	2B	18	73	67	9	16	1	0	0	6	1		3			1	2			.239	.282	.254	.535	46
88	Bill Bradford*	SL3	RF	33	137	120	13	19	2	1	1	8	3		14			2	1	0		.158	.257	.217	.474	39

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

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