1939 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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 Batted In

# Player Team RBI
1
Josh Gibson
EAS/HG
52
2
Buck Leonard
EAS/HG
52
3
Willard Brown
KCM
46
4
Turkey Stearnes
KCM/WES
45
5
Mule Suttles
MULT
45
6
Wild Bill Wright
MULT
34
7
Ed Stone
EAS/NE
34
8
Ted Strong
KCM/WES
34
9
Fred Wilson
NE/PS
33
10
Bill Hoskins
BEG/NOS
30

WHIP

# Player Team WHIP
1
Hilton Smith
KCM/WES
0.98
2
Roy Partlow
EAS/HG
1.02
3
Andy Cooper
KCM
1.04
4
Clifford Brown
SL3
1.05
5
George Walker
KCM
1.07
6
Ted Radcliffe
MRS/WES
1.08
7
Smoky Owens
CBR/WES
1.12
8
Willie Jefferson
MRS
1.17
9
Lefty Calhoun
SL3
1.18
10
Robert Dean
SL3
1.18


Pitching

Throws:

Qualified:

Teams
# Team Lg
W
L
W%
G
GS
GF
CG
SHO
SV
IP
R
ER
H
HR
BB
K
WP
BK
HBP
BF
ERA
ERA+
1
Kansas City Monarchs
37
20
.649
107
57
22
1
8
491.1
216
169
459
10
151
354
15
0
18
2053
3.10
119
2
Homestead Grays
MULT
28
15
.651
56
45
35
3
2
376.2
191
168
360
19
132
188
1
0
4
1606
4.01
117
3
Newark Eagles
26
19
.578
71
46
27
6
1
379.1
209
179
376
19
179
206
4
1
8
1682
4.25
115
4
Cleveland Bears
NAL
16
12
.571
41
28
18
2
0
240.0
116
88
219
8
100
103
3
0
3
1007
3.30
114
5
St. Louis Stars
13
20
.394
46
33
23
1
2
279.0
157
111
265
5
98
146
4
1
15
1205
3.58
108
6
East All Stars
EWA
1
1
.500
7
2
0
0
0
17.0
6
6
15
2
8
10
0
0
0
71
3.18
107
7
Baltimore Elite Giants
MULT
24
17
.585
63
42
30
2
4
338.0
194
170
375
20
105
168
2
0
8
1469
4.53
105
8
New York Black Yankees
NN2
15
15
.500
52
34
21
3
4
272.2
177
152
324
29
80
130
0
0
8
1224
5.02
103
9
New York Cubans
NN2
8
13
.381
32
21
13
1
0
172.1
115
100
198
14
68
99
0
0
3
770
5.22
102
10
Memphis Red Sox
NAL
14
21
.400
48
35
24
3
0
298.1
171
136
322
14
66
177
1
0
12
1309
4.10
96
11
Philadelphia Stars
23
27
.460
97
51
21
1
2
431.1
313
272
483
42
170
222
1
0
7
1959
5.68
90
12
Toledo Crawfords
7
13
.350
30
21
13
0
0
174.1
125
93
190
5
73
90
4
0
4
798
4.80
86
13
Chicago American Giants
NAL
17
26
.395
83
43
19
1
1
376.1
216
170
392
13
141
195
4
0
6
1654
4.07
85
14
West All Stars
EWA
1
1
.500
6
2
0
0
0
17.0
12
12
16
0
9
9
0
0
1
76
6.35
78
15
South All Stars
NSA
0
1
.000
3
1
0
0
0
9.0
10
6
19
1
2
6
0
0
1
49
6.00
67
16
Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers
NAL
6
16
.273
34
22
13
0
0
179.0
162
127
228
9
89
92
2
0
11
887
6.39
66
17
North All Stars
NSA
1
0
1.000
2
1
0
0
0
9.0
1
0
6
0
2
2
0
0
0
36
0.00
17
7
237
237
.500
778
484
279
24
24
4060.2
2391
1959
4247
210
1473
2197
41
2
109
17855
4.34
100



Players
#
Player
Team Role
W
L
W%
G
GS
GF
CG
SHO
SV
IP
R
ER
H
HR
BB
K
WP
BK
HBP
BF
ERA
ERA+
1
RP
6
2
.750
11
7
6
0
2
63.1
20
14
46
2
29
28
0
1
2
263
1.99
247
2
KCM
SP
4
0
1.000
6
4
2
0
0
36.2
8
7
31
0
7
34
1
0
0
145
1.72
204
3
SP
7
4
.636
15
10
9
2
1
92.0
29
26
66
3
28
51
0
0
2
365
2.54
181
4
KCM
RP
9
1
.900
21
8
5
0
2
89.2
28
21
76
4
20
62
1
0
6
358
2.11
178
5
SP
8
2
.800
11
9
7
1
0
67.2
23
19
57
2
19
20
0
0
2
266
2.53
159
6
NE
RP
4
2
.667
11
7
3
2
0
45.0
22
16
35
2
23
22
0
0
2
199
3.20
155
7
SP
2
3
.400
6
5
4
0
0
45.2
18
13
49
2
5
25
0
0
1
196
2.56
154
8
MRS
SP
1
2
.333
5
4
3
1
0
35.0
22
10
36
3
5
14
0
0
0
154
2.57
153
9
NE
SP
6
1
.857
10
8
6
1
1
73.2
29
27
62
3
36
50
2
0
1
310
3.30
150
10
RP
8
4
.667
26
13
7
1
5
125.0
44
36
99
1
23
106
4
0
4
496
2.59
148
11
SP
3
4
.429
9
8
6
0
0
62.1
28
21
53
0
24
43
2
0
2
266
3.03
146
12
CAG
RP
2
2
.500
10
5
2
0
0
44.2
17
12
36
1
22
45
1
0
2
199
2.42
144
13
MRS
SP
3
2
.600
5
5
3
2
0
38.1
14
12
41
0
8
24
0
0
0
168
2.82
140
14
NYC
SP
5
5
.500
10
10
7
0
0
78.1
43
34
81
7
28
32
0
0
1
338
3.91
137
15
HG
SP
7
1
.875
9
8
7
1
0
73.0
36
30
77
1
17
24
0
0
0
311
3.70
134
16
IAB
RP
2
2
.500
6
3
3
0
0
39.0
23
14
36
1
17
20
0
0
2
180
3.23
131
17
MULT
RP
4
3
.571
14
8
6
1
2
69.1
37
31
73
6
21
38
0
0
2
312
4.02
127
18
CBR
SP
6
2
.750
15
13
7
1
0
108.0
46
36
84
1
59
54
1
0
2
459
3.00
125
19
HG
SP
5
4
.556
13
11
9
0
0
85.0
45
37
83
5
33
48
0
0
0
374
3.92
123
20
SL3
RP
2
6
.250
13
8
6
0
2
80.0
37
28
69
1
25
35
0
0
4
332
3.15
122
21
SP
6
4
.600
11
10
7
1
0
78.0
36
33
74
2
28
33
1
0
1
335
3.81
121
22
NYC
RP
1
3
.250
7
4
3
0
0
30.0
19
15
36
1
17
17
0
0
0
138
4.50
119
23
SP
10
7
.588
22
15
10
2
0
126.0
68
58
118
9
56
73
1
0
2
544
4.14
118
24
PS
RP
10
5
.667
19
9
8
0
1
110.2
58
53
105
12
41
51
0
0
2
473
4.31
118
25
KCM
RP
7
4
.636
16
8
2
0
0
88.2
40
32
80
1
25
65
4
0
2
364
3.25
115
26
NBY
SP
4
3
.571
13
10
3
1
0
75.0
46
38
90
5
25
46
0
0
4
330
4.56
114
27
NYC
SP
2
4
.333
8
6
3
1
0
46.0
25
24
48
2
15
42
0
0
1
201
4.70
114
28
SP
11
5
.688
19
15
12
0
1
131.2
65
60
152
8
23
65
0
0
1
553
4.10
112
29
SP
3
8
.273
12
11
8
1
0
80.0
44
32
87
1
24
41
0
1
4
350
3.60
110
30
NE
SP
2
4
.333
10
7
4
1
0
52.2
29
26
65
1
25
26
0
0
2
253
4.44
109
31
MRS
SP
0
4
.000
5
4
4
0
0
37.1
19
15
34
1
12
13
0
0
4
158
3.62
109
32
RP
8
4
.667
15
6
6
0
0
83.2
39
34
77
2
13
63
1
0
2
344
3.66
108
33
RP
1
3
.250
9
5
3
1
1
47.1
26
21
47
0
20
21
0
0
1
214
3.99
106
34
RP
3
5
.375
12
7
6
0
2
62.2
39
34
82
8
13
21
0
0
0
285
4.88
105
35
CAG
RP
3
4
.429
17
7
2
1
1
63.0
30
24
69
3
23
23
1
0
1
276
3.43
101
36
SL3
SP
4
3
.571
10
8
6
0
0
64.1
43
27
67
3
24
37
2
0
2
284
3.78
101
37
KCM
RP
3
3
.500
14
9
3
0
0
64.2
34
27
68
2
27
32
2
0
3
283
3.76
96
38
SL3
RP
1
2
.333
5
3
2
0
0
22.0
10
10
17
0
6
13
0
0
1
92
4.09
96
39
IAB
RP
3
5
.375
10
6
5
0
0
61.1
36
30
70
3
21
29
1
0
1
270
4.40
96
40
NBY
SP
3
1
.750
7
5
3
0
0
41.0
27
25
41
5
10
20
0
0
2
178
5.49
95
41
CAG
SP
5
5
.500
13
10
7
0
0
77.1
42
32
79
3
37
36
0
0
1
335
3.72
93
42
PS
RP
1
3
.250
15
9
2
1
0
67.0
47
41
67
8
28
32
0
0
2
304
5.51
92
43
CAG
RP
2
3
.400
12
4
2
0
0
47.1
25
20
59
2
8
25
0
0
1
205
3.80
91
44
BEG
SP
2
2
.500
7
5
2
0
0
30.2
23
19
40
0
7
25
1
0
3
136
5.58
89
45
HG
SP
5
1
.833
8
7
6
0
1
56.0
30
30
56
9
23
28
0
0
1
238
4.82
86
46
MULT
RP
2
5
.286
8
5
2
0
0
39.2
29
22
48
1
11
16
1
0
0
181
4.99
84
47
HG/PS
RP
4
4
.500
13
8
4
0
0
64.2
52
44
79
4
28
45
1
0
0
303
6.12
82
48
PS
RP
3
4
.429
15
7
2
0
1
59.1
47
42
73
7
25
30
0
0
0
269
6.37
80
49
HG
SP
3
5
.375
8
7
2
0
0
49.2
37
32
54
3
24
31
1
0
1
225
5.80
80
50
PS/TC
SP
4
1
.800
8
6
3
0
0
43.2
34
28
52
5
23
24
0
0
2
206
5.77
76
51
CAG
SP
3
9
.250
16
11
4
0
0
100.1
65
52
99
2
28
47
2
0
1
430
4.66
74
52
IAB
SP
1
4
.200
5
4
3
0
0
33.0
31
22
40
2
16
12
1
0
1
164
6.00
70
53
BEG
RP
1
3
.250
8
5
3
0
0
30.2
27
25
36
6
14
13
0
0
0
139
7.34
66
54
TC
SP
0
2
.000
3
2
1
0
0
14.1
24
17
27
2
5
7
1
0
1
78
10.67
37
55
SAS
SP
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2.1
9
5
11
1
1
1
0
0
0
19
19.29
21
* = Left-handed pitcher       ^ = Unknown

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