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	53
2	Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	52
3	Willard Brown	KCM	46
4	Mule Suttles	MULT	46
5	Turkey Stearnes	KCM/WES	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

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

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		151	354	0	18	49	0	50	.251	.315	.323	.638
2	Philadelphia Stars	NLP/NN2	97	1959	1740	313	483	61	20	42	11		170	222	0	7	39		27	.278	.344	.408	.752
3	Newark Eagles	NLP/NN2	71	1682	1465	209	376	50	16	19	13		179	206	1	8	27		21	.257	.341	.352	.692
4	Chicago American Giants	NAL	83	1654	1457	216	392	76	22	13	48		141	195		6	45		21	.269	.336	.378	.714
5	Homestead Grays	MULT	56	1606	1443	191	360	54	16	19	18		132	188	0	4	23	1	29	.249	.314	.349	.663
6	Baltimore Elite Giants	MULT	63	1469	1330	194	375	51	17	20	20		105	168	0	8	25	1	25	.282	.338	.391	.729
7	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	48	1309	1200	171	322	49	15	14	24		66	177		12	25		17	.268	.313	.369	.682
8	New York Black Yankees	NN2	52	1224	1119	177	324	39	9	29	12		80	130		8	14		19	.290	.341	.418	.760
9	St. Louis Stars	ALC/NAL	46	1205	1061	157	265	44	14	5	35		98	146	0	15	28	1	25	.250	.322	.332	.653
10	Cleveland Bears	NAL	41	1007	877	116	219	34	11	8	37		100	103		3	22		15	.250	.329	.341	.670
11	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	34	887	770	162	228	44	14	9	21		89	92		11	16		14	.296	.377	.425	.802
12	Toledo Crawfords	NAL/NN2	30	798	701	125	190	33	9	5	9		73	90		4	18		15	.271	.343	.365	.708
13	New York Cubans	NN2	32	770	685	115	198	31	9	14	13		68	99		3	13		9	.289	.356	.422	.778
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	4	1473	2197	3	109	350	5	290	.268	.334	.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	0	23	106	0	4	11	0	11	.217	.260	.274	.534
4	Henry McHenry	PS	RP	19	473	419	58	105	9	5	12	2		41	51	0	2	10		4	.251	.320	.382	.702
5	Preacher Henry	CBR	SP	15	459	383	46	84	16	3	1	17		59	54		2	9		7	.219	.327	.285	.611
6	Willie Cornelius	CAG	SP	16	430	383	65	99	27	7	2	16		28	47		1	16		6	.258	.311	.381	.692
7	Edsall Walker*	HG	SP	13	374	333	45	83	14	2	5	7		33	48	0	0	7		7	.249	.317	.348	.665
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		2	8		9	.247	.305	.315	.620
10	George Walker	KCM	RP	21	358	327	28	76	10	3	4	10		20	62		6	4		11	.232	.289	.318	.607
11	Theolic Smith	SL3/WES	SP	12	350	311	44	87	12	5	1	11	0	24	41	1	4	9	0	8	.280	.339	.360	.699
12	Ted Radcliffe	MRS/WES	RP	15	344	324	39	77	15	4	2	7	1	13	63	0	2	3	0	3	.238	.271	.327	.599
13	Silvino Ruíz	NYC	SP	10	338	306	43	81	7	2	7	4		28	32		1	3		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	1	7	.249	.315	.320	.635
15	Jesse Houston	CAG	SP	13	335	287	42	79	13	7	3	6		37	36		1	10		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		4	4		7	.304	.366	.416	.782
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		3	.265	.305	.330	.635
20	Jimmy Hill*	NE	SP	10	310	271	29	62	8	4	3	5		36	50		1	2		3	.229	.321	.321	.642
21	Jim Missouri*	PS	RP	15	304	268	47	67	11	1	8	2		28	32		2	6		3	.250	.326	.388	.714
22	Roy Welmaker*	HG/PS	RP	13	303	270	52	79	13	2	4	0		28	45	0	0	4		3	.293	.359	.400	.759
23	Bill Holland	EAS/NBY	RP	12	285	270	39	82	11	1	8	4	0	13	21	0	0	1	0	4	.304	.336	.441	.776
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		6	.282	.362	.357	.718
26	Tommy Johnson	CAG	RP	17	276	246	30	69	13	2	3	3		23	23		1	5		4	.280	.344	.386	.731
27	Eddie Dixon	IAB	RP	10	270	244	36	70	9	2	3	7		21	29		1	4		9	.287	.346	.377	.723
28	Sam Thompson	PS	RP	15	269	238	47	73	10	2	7	1		25	30		0	6		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	0	6	.226	.304	.274	.577
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	0	6	.203	.298	.269	.567
32	Max Manning	NE	SP	10	253	217	29	65	8	1	1	2		25	26	0	2	8		2	.300	.377	.359	.736
33	Specs Roberts	HG	SP	8	238	208	30	56	7	6	9	0		23	28	0	1	4	1	9	.269	.343	.490	.834
34	Tom Parker	HG	SP	8	225	196	37	54	8	2	3	8		24	31	0	1	4		2	.276	.357	.383	.740
35	Bill Harvey*	BEG/TC	RP	9	214	187	26	47	11	2	0	2		20	21		1	6		3	.251	.327	.332	.658
36	Spoon Carter	PS/TC	SP	8	206	174	34	52	6	3	5	3		23	24		2	6		3	.299	.387	.454	.841
37	Ted Trent	CAG	RP	12	205	192	25	59	6	1	2	4		8	25		1	4		0	.307	.338	.380	.719
38	Webster McDonald	PS	RP	11	202	184	34	51	7	3	1	0		13	17		2	3		6	.277	.332	.364	.696
39	Luis Tiant*	NYC	SP	8	201	183	25	48	10	3	2	2		15	42		1	2		2	.262	.322	.383	.704
40	Lefty Bowe*	CAG	RP	10	199	168	17	36	7	2	1	11		22	45		2	6		1	.214	.313	.298	.610
41	James Brown	NE	RP	11	199	172	22	35	3	3	2	2		23	22		2	2		3	.203	.305	.291	.595
42	Roosevelt Davis	MRS/SAS	SP	6	196	184	18	49	7	0	2	2		5	25	0	1	5		3	.266	.289	.337	.626
43	Johnny Wright	MULT	RP	8	181	166	29	48	7	5	1	2		11	16	0	0	4		3	.289	.333	.410	.743
44	Felix Evans	IAB	RP	6	180	160	23	36	5	2	1	5		17	20		2	1		1	.225	.307	.300	.607
45	Roy K. Williams	NBY	SP	7	178	163	27	41	6	3	5	1		10	20		2	3		2	.252	.303	.417	.720
46	Lefty Wilson*	MRS	SP	5	168	155	14	41	4	3	0	2		8	24		0	5		2	.265	.301	.329	.630
47	Tee Mitchell	IAB	SP	5	164	139	31	40	10	4	2	2		16	12		1	8		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	.268	.338	.359	.697
49	Rocky Ellis	PS	RP	10	160	147	34	48	7	2	5	1		10	14		0	3		3	.327	.369	.503	.873
50	Henry Miller	PS	RP	10	160	143	22	37	4	3	2	4		12	21		0	4		3	.259	.316	.371	.687
51	Porter Moss	MRS	SP	6	160	140	30	46	8	4	3	2		13	23		2	5		2	.329	.394	.507	.901
52	Eugene Bremer	MRS	SP	5	158	141	19	34	7	2	1	3		12	13		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		1	.245	.270	.333	.603
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	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		3	.323	.373	.403	.776
59	Big Train Jackson*	KCM	RP	8	135	115	21	37	5	2	1	1		15	18		2	3		1	.322	.409	.426	.835
60	Lefty Moses*	KCM	RP	8	107	86	21	28	5	1	0	3		17	14		1	3		5	.326	.442	.407	.849
61	Robert Dean	SL3	SP	4	105	88	13	17	2	0	0	1		12	18		1	4		1	.193	.297	.216	.513
62	Cliff Blackmon	IAB/MRS	SP	5	100	87	21	34	5	1	2	5		8	9		1	4		0	.391	.448	.540	.988
63	Red Howard*	CBR	RP	5	100	91	14	25	2	1	4	5		7	11		0	2		3	.275	.327	.451	.777
64	Willie Ferrell*	CBR/HG	SP	3	98	85	12	23	4	1	0	2		9	9		0	3		1	.271	.340	.341	.682
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		1	.311	.407	.486	.893
67	Percy Forrest	CAG/MRS	SP	4	84	71	13	16	2	2	1	2		8	9		2	2		3	.225	.321	.352	.673
68	Alonzo Mitchell	CBR	RP	4	81	73	13	21	4	2	0	1		7	8		0	1		1	.288	.350	.397	.747
69	Barney Brown*	NBY	SP	3	79	72	10	21	1	0	2	3		5	6		0	1		2	.292	.338	.389	.727
70	Harry Kincannon	TC	SP	3	78	72	24	27	4	2	2	0		5	7		1	0		2	.375	.423	.569	.993
71	Guy Smith^	IAB	SP	2	73	60	14	16	4	2	1	2		9	11		3	1		0	.267	.389	.450	.839
72	Connie Rector	NYC	RP	5	69	59	19	23	5	3	0	0		6	7		0	3		1	.390	.446	.576	1.022
73	Henry Williams	CAG	RP	4	68	58	10	12	2	1	1	0		9	6		0	1		2	.207	.313	.328	.641
74	Lefty Richburg*	IAB	SP	4	52	46	12	16	5	1	0	0		4	6		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		1	.404	.440	.553	.993
76	Rogers Pierre	CAG	RP	4	48	43	6	12	0	1	1	3		4	5		0	1		0	.279	.340	.395	.736
77	Claude Hayslett	IAB	SP	2	47	41	10	15	5	2	0	0		5	5		0	1		1	.366	.435	.585	1.020
78	Telosh Howard	IAB	RP	2	43	33	14	15	2	0	1	4		6	4		3	0		1	.455	.571	.606	1.177
79	Purnell Mincy*	PS	RP	3	41	35	10	9	1	1	1	1		5	3		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	.270	.325	.297	.622
81	Johnny Johnson	BEG	RP	3	36	28	11	10	3	2	1	1		7	4		0	1		1	.357	.486	.714	1.200
82	Robert Poinsette^	NBY/TC	RP	3	36	29	17	15	1	0	3	0		6	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		1	.455	.500	.485	.985
84	Eggie Hensley	CAG	SP	3	35	31	11	13	4	1	0	2		3	5		0	0		0	.419	.471	.613	1.083
85	Jesse Brown*	NBY	RP	2	30	26	0	5	1	0	0	1		4	3		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	.455	.571	.682	1.253
87	Alonzo Boone	CBR	RP	2	26	23	5	6	1	0	0	2		3	3		0	0		0	.261	.346	.304	.651
88	Johnny Taylor	TC	RP	1	26	23	5	7	2	0	0	0		2	1		0	1		1	.304	.360	.391	.751
89	Rodolfo Fernández	NYC	RP	2	24	21	9	10	1	0	4	2		2	1		1	0		1	.476	.542	1.095	1.637
90	Walsh^	MRS	SP	1	24	22	4	8	1	0	0	0		1	7		1	0		1	.364	.417	.409	.826
91	Andy Drake	SL3	RP	1	23	19	3	4	0	0	0	1		2	1		1	1		0	.211	.318	.211	.529
92	Eugene Smith	SL3	SP	1	22	17	4	4	1	0	0	1		4	2		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	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	.533	.611	.800	1.411
96	Elbert Treadway^	KCM	SP	1	16	14	1	3	0	0	0	0		2	2		0	0		1	.214	.313	.214	.527
97	Vernon Harrison*	NE	RP	2	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	2		0	1		0	.000	.333	.000	.333
98	Ted Alexander	NE	RP	1	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	2		0	0		0	.200	.200	.200	.400
99	Jimmie Armstead*	SL3	RP	1	10	7	5	4	2	0	0	0		2	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	.167	.444	.333	.778
101	Andrews^	CBR	SP	1	9	9	5	6	1	1	1	1		1	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	.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	.500	.667	.500	1.167
104	Goose Curry	NBY	RP	1	8	6	4	5	0	1	0	0		1	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	.250	.250	.250	.500
106	Andy Sarvis	CBR	RP	1	8	7	2	4	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	.429	.500	.571	1.071
108	Willie Simms	CAG	RP	1	8	8	2	4	2	0	0	1		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	.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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