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

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Josh Gibson	EAS/HG	.528
2	Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	.491
3	Mule Suttles	MULT	.490
4	Bill Byrd	BEG/EAS	.474
5	Bill Hoskins	BEG/NOS	.471
6	Ed Stone	EAS/NE	.457
7	Henry Turner	CBR	.449
8	Goose Curry	BEG/NBY	.448
9	David Whatley	CBR/HG	.446
10	Bus Clarkson	TC	.443

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

Opponent's Batting

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Kansas City Monarchs	ALC/NAL	107	2053	1827	216	459	56	23	10	59	2	151	354	0	18	49	8	50	.251	.313	.323	.637
2	Philadelphia Stars	NLP/NN2	97	1959	1740	313	483	61	20	42	11	1	170	222	1	7	39	3	27	.278	.344	.408	.752
3	Newark Eagles	NLP/NN2	71	1682	1465	209	376	50	16	19	13	0	179	206	1	8	27	3	21	.257	.340	.352	.692
4	Chicago American Giants	NAL	83	1654	1457	216	392	76	22	13	48	2	141	195	1	6	45	5	21	.269	.335	.378	.713
5	Homestead Grays	MULT	56	1606	1443	191	360	54	16	19	18	3	132	188	0	4	23	4	29	.249	.313	.349	.662
6	Baltimore Elite Giants	MULT	63	1469	1330	194	375	51	17	20	20		105	168	0	8	25	2	25	.282	.338	.391	.729
7	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	48	1309	1200	171	322	49	15	14	24	1	66	177	0	12	25	6	17	.268	.312	.369	.681
8	New York Black Yankees	NN2	52	1224	1119	177	324	39	9	29	12		80	130	1	8	14	3	19	.290	.340	.418	.759
9	St. Louis Stars	ALC/NAL	46	1205	1061	157	265	44	14	5	35		98	146	1	15	28	3	25	.250	.321	.332	.653
10	Cleveland Bears	NAL	41	1007	877	116	219	34	11	8	37	3	100	103	1	3	22	5	15	.250	.327	.341	.668
11	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	34	887	770	162	228	44	14	9	21	3	89	92	0	11	16	1	14	.296	.377	.425	.801
12	Toledo Crawfords	NAL/NN2	30	798	701	125	190	33	9	5	9	1	73	90	1	4	18	2	15	.271	.342	.365	.708
13	New York Cubans	NN2	32	770	685	115	198	31	9	14	13		68	99	0	3	13	1	9	.289	.355	.422	.777
14	West All Stars	EWA	6	76	65	12	16	3	1	0	2	2	9	9	2	1	0	1	1	.246	.342	.323	.665
15	East All Stars	EWA	7	71	59	6	15	1	0	2	0	2	8	10	0	0	3	1	0	.254	.338	.373	.711
16	South All Stars	NSA	3	49	44	10	19	4	0	1	1		2	6	0	1	2		2	.432	.468	.591	1.059
17	North All Stars	NSA	2	36	33	1	6	0	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	1		0	.182	.229	.182	.410
	17	7	778	17855	15876	2391	4247	630	196	210	323	20	1473	2197	9	109	350	48	290	.268	.333	.372	.705

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Bill Byrd	BEG/EAS	SP	19	553	523	65	152	18	6	8	7	1	23	65	0	1	7	0	6	.291	.322	.394	.716
2	Leon Day	EAS/NE	SP	22	544	480	68	118	13	3	9	2	1	56	73	1	2	6	0	8	.246	.327	.342	.669
3	Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	RP	26	496	457	44	99	11	6	1	12	1	23	106	0	4	11	1	11	.217	.260	.274	.533
4	Henry McHenry	PS	RP	19	473	419	58	105	9	5	12	2		41	51	0	2	10	1	4	.251	.320	.382	.702
5	Preacher Henry	CBR	SP	15	459	383	46	84	16	3	1	17	2	59	54	1	2	9	5	7	.219	.323	.285	.608
6	Willie Cornelius	CAG	SP	16	430	383	65	99	27	7	2	16	1	28	47	0	1	16	2	6	.258	.309	.381	.690
7	Edsall Walker*	HG	SP	13	374	333	45	83	14	2	5	7	3	33	48	0	0	7	1	7	.249	.316	.348	.664
8	Roy Partlow*	EAS/HG	SP	15	365	332	29	66	10	2	3	2	0	28	51	0	2	3	0	7	.199	.265	.268	.533
9	Frank Bradley	KCM	RP	16	364	324	40	80	5	7	1	10		25	65	0	2	8	5	9	.247	.301	.315	.615
10	George Walker	KCM	RP	21	358	327	28	76	10	3	4	10	1	20	62	0	6	4	1	11	.232	.288	.318	.606
11	Theolic Smith	SL3/WES	SP	12	350	311	44	87	12	5	1	11	0	24	41	2	4	9	2	8	.280	.337	.360	.697
12	Ted Radcliffe	MRS/WES	RP	15	344	324	39	77	15	4	2	7	2	13	63	0	2	3	2	3	.238	.270	.327	.597
13	Silvino Ruíz	NYC	SP	10	338	306	43	81	7	2	7	4		28	32	0	1	3	0	4	.265	.328	.369	.698
14	Jonas Gaines*	BEG/NOS	SP	11	335	297	36	74	7	4	2	2		28	33	0	1	7	2	7	.249	.314	.320	.634
15	Jesse Houston	CAG	SP	13	335	287	42	79	13	7	3	6		37	36	0	1	10	0	6	.275	.360	.401	.761
16	Lefty Calhoun*	SL3	RP	13	332	297	37	69	14	5	1	8		25	35	0	4	5	1	8	.232	.300	.323	.623
17	Neck Stanley*	NBY	SP	13	330	296	46	90	12	3	5	1		25	46	1	4	4	1	7	.304	.365	.416	.781
18	Terris McDuffie	MULT	RP	14	312	283	37	73	7	1	6	2	0	21	38	0	2	5	1	2	.258	.313	.353	.666
19	Ray Brown	HG	SP	9	311	291	36	77	10	3	1	0		17	24	0	0	3	0	3	.265	.305	.330	.635
20	Jimmy Hill*	NE	SP	10	310	271	29	62	8	4	3	5		36	50	0	1	2	0	3	.229	.321	.321	.642
21	Jim Missouri*	PS	RP	15	304	268	47	67	11	1	8	2		28	32	0	2	6	0	3	.250	.326	.388	.714
22	Roy Welmaker*	HG/PS	RP	13	303	270	52	79	13	2	4	0	1	28	45	1	0	4	1	3	.293	.358	.400	.758
23	Bill Holland	EAS/NBY	RP	12	285	270	39	82	11	1	8	4	0	13	21	0	0	1	1	4	.304	.335	.441	.775
24	Frank McAllister	SL3	SP	10	284	250	43	67	10	3	3	13		24	37	0	2	8	0	8	.268	.337	.368	.705
25	Floyd Kranson	KCM	RP	14	283	241	34	68	6	3	2	14		27	32	0	3	12	0	6	.282	.362	.357	.718
26	Tommy Johnson	CAG	RP	17	276	246	30	69	13	2	3	3	0	23	23	1	1	5	1	4	.280	.343	.386	.729
27	Eddie Dixon	IAB	RP	10	270	244	36	70	9	2	3	7	3	21	29	0	1	4	0	9	.287	.346	.377	.723
28	Sam Thompson	PS	RP	15	269	238	47	73	10	2	7	1	0	25	30	0	0	6	0	3	.307	.373	.454	.826
29	Jimmy Johnson*	TC/WES	SP	9	266	234	28	53	9	1	0	3	0	24	43	1	2	5	1	6	.226	.303	.274	.576
30	Smoky Owens	CBR/WES	SP	11	266	235	23	57	8	3	2	6	1	19	20	0	2	9	1	4	.243	.304	.328	.631
31	Willie Hubert	BEG/NE	RP	11	263	227	20	46	9	0	2	5		29	28	0	2	4	1	6	.203	.297	.269	.566
32	Max Manning	NE	SP	10	253	217	29	65	8	1	1	2		25	26	0	2	8	0	2	.300	.377	.359	.736
33	Specs Roberts	HG	SP	8	238	208	30	56	7	6	9	0	0	23	28	0	1	4	2	9	.269	.342	.490	.832
34	Tom Parker	HG	SP	8	225	196	37	54	8	2	3	8		24	31	0	1	4	0	2	.276	.357	.383	.740
35	Bill Harvey*	BEG/TC	RP	9	214	187	26	47	11	2	0	2		20	21	0	1	6	0	3	.251	.327	.332	.658
36	Spoon Carter	PS/TC	SP	8	206	174	34	52	6	3	5	3	1	23	24	1	2	6	1	3	.299	.385	.454	.839
37	Ted Trent	CAG	RP	12	205	192	25	59	6	1	2	4	1	8	25	0	1	4	0	0	.307	.338	.380	.719
38	Webster McDonald	PS	RP	11	202	184	34	51	7	3	1	0	0	13	17	0	2	3		6	.277	.332	.364	.696
39	Luis Tiant*	NYC	SP	8	201	183	25	48	10	3	2	2		15	42	0	1	2		2	.262	.322	.383	.704
40	Lefty Bowe*	CAG	RP	10	199	168	17	36	7	2	1	11	0	22	45	0	2	6	1	1	.214	.311	.298	.608
41	James Brown	NE	RP	11	199	172	22	35	3	3	2	2	0	23	22	0	2	2	1	3	.203	.303	.291	.594
42	Roosevelt Davis	MRS/SAS	SP	6	196	184	18	49	7	0	2	2		5	25	0	1	5	1	3	.266	.288	.337	.625
43	Johnny Wright	MULT	RP	8	181	166	29	48	7	5	1	2		11	16	0	0	4	0	3	.289	.333	.410	.743
44	Felix Evans	IAB	RP	6	180	160	23	36	5	2	1	5		17	20	0	2	1		1	.225	.307	.300	.607
45	Roy K. Williams	NBY	SP	7	178	163	27	41	6	3	5	1		10	20	0	2	3		2	.252	.303	.417	.720
46	Lefty Wilson*	MRS	SP	5	168	155	14	41	4	3	0	2		8	24	0	0	5		2	.265	.301	.329	.630
47	Tee Mitchell	IAB	SP	5	164	139	31	40	10	4	2	2		16	12	0	1	8	0	2	.288	.365	.460	.826
48	Willie Hutchinson	KCM	RP	7	163	142	23	38	8	1	1	7		15	22	0	0	5	1	1	.268	.335	.359	.695
49	Rocky Ellis	PS	RP	10	160	147	34	48	7	2	5	1		10	14	0	0	3		3	.327	.369	.503	.873
50	Henry Miller	PS	RP	10	160	143	22	37	4	3	2	4	0	12	21	0	0	4	1	3	.259	.314	.371	.685
51	Porter Moss	MRS	SP	6	160	140	30	46	8	4	3	2		13	23	0	2	5		2	.329	.394	.507	.901
52	Eugene Bremer	MRS	SP	5	158	141	19	34	7	2	1	3		12	13	0	4	1		3	.241	.318	.340	.659
53	Willie Jefferson	MRS	SP	5	154	147	22	36	4	0	3	3		5	14	0	0	0	2	1	.245	.266	.333	.600
54	Andy Cooper*	KCM	SP	6	145	135	8	31	7	1	0	2		7	34	0	0	3	0	5	.230	.268	.296	.564
55	Bob Evans	NE	RP	7	142	122	25	36	8	0	2	0		16	11	0	0	4		2	.295	.377	.410	.787
56	Emery Adams	BEG	RP	8	139	122	27	36	5	0	6	2		14	13	0	0	3		1	.295	.368	.484	.851
57	Armando Torres	NYC	RP	7	138	116	19	36	8	1	1	5		17	17	0	0	5		1	.310	.398	.422	.821
58	Tom Glover*	BEG	SP	7	136	124	23	40	6	2	0	1		7	25	0	3	2	0	3	.323	.373	.403	.776
59	Big Train Jackson*	KCM	RP	8	135	115	21	37	5	2	1	1		15	18	0	2	3	0	1	.322	.409	.426	.835
60	Lefty Moses*	KCM	RP	8	107	86	21	28	5	1	0	3		17	14	0	1	3	0	5	.326	.442	.407	.849
61	Robert Dean	SL3	SP	4	105	88	13	17	2	0	0	1		12	18	0	1	4	0	1	.193	.297	.216	.513
62	Cliff Blackmon	IAB/MRS	SP	5	100	87	21	34	5	1	2	5		8	9	0	1	4		0	.391	.448	.540	.988
63	Red Howard*	CBR	RP	5	100	91	14	25	2	1	4	5	1	7	11	0	0	2	0	3	.275	.327	.451	.777
64	Willie Ferrell*	CBR/HG	SP	3	98	85	12	23	4	1	0	2		9	9	0	0	3	1	1	.271	.337	.341	.678
65	Clifford Brown^	SL3	RP	5	92	84	10	17	3	1	0	1		6	13	0	1	1		0	.202	.264	.262	.526
66	Harry Cozart	NE	RP	5	90	74	18	23	4	3	1	2		11	6	0	1	4	0	1	.311	.407	.486	.893
67	Percy Forrest	CAG/MRS	SP	4	84	71	13	16	2	2	1	2		8	9	0	2	2	1	3	.225	.317	.352	.669
68	Alonzo Mitchell	CBR	RP	4	81	73	13	21	4	2	0	1		7	8	0	0	1		1	.288	.350	.397	.747
69	Barney Brown*	NBY	SP	3	79	72	10	21	1	0	2	3		5	6	0	0	1	1	2	.292	.333	.389	.722
70	Harry Kincannon	TC	SP	3	78	72	24	27	4	2	2	0		5	7	0	1	0		2	.375	.423	.569	.993
71	Guy Smith^	IAB	SP	2	73	60	14	16	4	2	1	2		9	11	0	3	1		0	.267	.389	.450	.839
72	Connie Rector	NYC	RP	5	69	59	19	23	5	3	0	0		6	7	0	0	3	1	1	.390	.439	.576	1.016
73	Henry Williams	CAG	RP	4	68	58	10	12	2	1	1	0		9	6	0	0	1		2	.207	.313	.328	.641
74	Lefty Richburg*	IAB	SP	4	52	46	12	16	5	1	0	0		4	6	0	1	1		0	.348	.412	.500	.912
75	Jim Willis	BEG	RP	3	50	47	11	19	2	1	1	0		3	3	0	0	0		1	.404	.440	.553	.993
76	Rogers Pierre	CAG	RP	4	48	43	6	12	0	1	1	3		4	5	0	0	1	0	0	.279	.340	.395	.736
77	Claude Hayslett	IAB	SP	2	47	41	10	15	5	2	0	0		5	5	0	0	1		1	.366	.435	.585	1.020
78	Telosh Howard	IAB	RP	2	43	33	14	15	2	0	1	4	0	6	4	0	3	0	1	1	.455	.558	.606	1.164
79	Purnell Mincy*	PS	RP	3	41	35	10	9	1	1	1	1		5	3	0	0	1		0	.257	.350	.429	.779
80	Bernard Fernández	CBR	SP	1	40	37	8	10	1	0	0	5		3	4	0	0	0		0	.270	.325	.297	.622
81	Johnny Johnson	BEG	RP	3	36	28	11	10	3	2	1	1		7	4	0	0	1	0	1	.357	.486	.714	1.200
82	Robert Poinsette^	NBY/TC	RP	3	36	29	17	15	1	0	3	0		6	0	0	0	1		0	.517	.600	.862	1.462
83	Fred Wilson	NE	SP	1	36	33	5	15	1	0	0	0		3	5	0	0	0		1	.455	.500	.485	.985
84	Eggie Hensley	CAG	SP	3	35	31	11	13	4	1	0	2		3	5	0	0	0	1	0	.419	.457	.613	1.070
85	Jesse Brown*	NBY	RP	2	30	26	0	5	1	0	0	1		4	3	0	0	0		2	.192	.300	.231	.531
86	Donald Reeves*	IAB	RP	1	28	22	12	10	2	0	1	1		6	1	0	0	0		0	.455	.571	.682	1.253
87	Alonzo Boone	CBR	RP	2	26	23	5	6	1	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0		0	.261	.346	.304	.651
88	Johnny Taylor	TC	RP	1	26	23	5	7	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	1		1	.304	.360	.391	.751
89	Rodolfo Fernández	NYC	RP	2	24	21	9	10	1	0	4	2		2	1	0	1	0		1	.476	.542	1.095	1.637
90	Walsh^	MRS	SP	1	24	22	4	8	1	0	0	0		1	7	0	1	0	0	1	.364	.417	.409	.826
91	Andy Drake	SL3	RP	1	23	19	3	4	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	1	1		0	.211	.318	.211	.529
92	Eugene Smith	SL3	SP	1	22	17	4	4	1	0	0	1		4	2	0	1	0		1	.235	.409	.294	.703
93	Blanch Moody	SAS	SP	1	19	16	9	11	3	0	1	1		1	1	0	0	2		1	.688	.706	1.063	1.768
94	Lloyd Davenport*	MRS	RP	1	18	14	1	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	2		2	.143	.250	.143	.393
95	Lefty Phillips*	BEG	RP	3	18	15	8	8	2	1	0	1		3	5	0	0	0		0	.533	.611	.800	1.411
96	Elbert Treadway^	KCM	SP	1	16	14	1	3	0	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0		1	.214	.313	.214	.527
97	Vernon Harrison*	NE	RP	2	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	1	1	0	.000	.300	.000	.300
98	Ted Alexander	NE	RP	1	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	0		0	.200	.200	.200	.400
99	Jimmie Armstead*	SL3	RP	1	10	7	5	4	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0		0	.571	.700	.857	1.557
100	Jabbo Andrews*	IAB	RP	1	9	6	2	1	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0		0	.167	.444	.333	.778
101	Andrews^	CBR	SP	1	9	9	5	6	1	1	1	1		1	0	0	0	0		0	.667	.700	1.333	2.033
102	Satchel Davis	CBR	SP	1	9	8	5	6	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0		0	.750	.778	1.000	1.778
103	Elbert Eatmon^	MRS	RP	1	9	6	6	3	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0		0	.500	.667	.500	1.167
104	Goose Curry	NBY	RP	1	8	6	4	5	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	1		0	.833	.857	1.167	2.024
105	Willie Hudson*	KCM	RP	1	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
106	Andy Sarvis	CBR	RP	1	8	7	2	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1		0	.571	.571	.571	1.143
107	George Scales	NBY	RP	1	8	7	2	3	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0		0	.429	.500	.571	1.071
108	Willie Simms	CAG	RP	1	8	8	2	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0		0	.500	.500	.750	1.250
109	Charlie Beverly*	KCM	RP	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0		0	.500	.667	.500	1.167
110	Woody Williams*	BEG	RP	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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