1939 Season

Negro American League

1938 / 1940

R. R. Jackson (President)
J. B. Martin (Vice President)
Fay Young (Secretary)
J. L. Wilkinson (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Ted
Strong

Top Pitcher

George
Walker

Leaders

Stolen Bases

#	Player	Team	SB
1	Ted Strong	KCM	14
2	Henry Milton	KCM	11
3	Turkey Stearnes	KCM	11
4	Ed Young	CAG	10
5	Willard Brown	KCM	9
6	Dan Wilson	SL3	9
7	Ernie Smith	CAG	7
8	Parnell Woods	CBR	7
9	Leslie Green	SL3	7
10	Cowan Hyde	MRS	6

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Hilton Smith	KCM	0.96
2	Andy Cooper	KCM	1.02
3	Smoky Owens	CBR	1.07
4	George Walker	KCM	1.07
5	Ted Radcliffe	MRS	1.08
6	Willie Jefferson	MRS	1.17
7	Robert Dean	SL3	1.18
8	Lefty Calhoun	SL3	1.18
9	Frank Bradley	KCM	1.18
10	Roosevelt Davis	MRS	1.20

Wins Above Replacement

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Throws:

All

Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	1910	448.1	14.4	6.0	-0.1	8.4
2	Chicago American Giants	NAL	1602	376.1	6.5	5.4	0.6	0.5
3	St. Louis Stars	NAL	1045	240.0	6.2	3.2	0.3	2.8
4	Cleveland Bears	NAL	1044	240.0	6.1	2.1	2.9	1.1
5	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	1227	298.1	4.4	1.2	-1.1	4.3
6	Toledo Crawfords	NAL	536	115.1	2.7	3.1	-0.5	0.1
7	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	814	179.0	0.9	3.4	-1.5	-0.9
	7	1	8178	1897.1	41.3	24.4	0.6	16.4

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	George Walker	KCM	P	33	89.2	2.8	-0.2	0.0	3.0	0.0
2	Ted Strong	KCM	SS	195		2.5	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.2
3	Hilton Smith	KCM	P	53	105.1	2.5	-0.3	-0.1	2.8	0.0
4	Willard Brown	KCM	LF	191		2.2	2.3	0.1	0.0	-0.2
5	Ted Radcliffe	MRS	P	42	80.2	1.8	0.0	0.1	1.7	0.0
6	Alex Radcliff	CAG	3B	177		1.7	0.9	0.7	0.0	0.0
7	Lefty Calhoun	SL3	P	26	67.0	1.6	0.1	0.0	1.5	0.0
8	Frank Bradley	KCM	P	39	88.2	1.6	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.0
9	Smoky Owens	CBR	P	30	66.1	1.5	-0.1	0.0	1.6	0.0
10	Ed Young	CAG	1B	147		1.5	1.2	0.4	0.0	-0.1
11	Willie Simms	CAG	CF	164	1.1	1.4	1.2	0.4	-0.1	0.0
12	Dan Wilson	SL3	LF	119		1.4	0.8	0.6	0.0	-0.1
13	Eddie Dixon	IAB	P	31	61.1	1.3	0.1	0.0	1.3	0.0
14	Henry Turner	CBR	C	109		1.3	1.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
15	Lefty Wilson	MRS	P	13	38.1	1.3	-0.1	0.0	1.4	0.0
16	Theolic Smith	SL3	P	43	69.0	1.3	0.2	0.1	0.9	0.0
17	Turkey Stearnes	KCM	CF	215		1.3	2.1	-0.8	0.0	0.0
18	Leslie Green	SL3	CF	107		1.2	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
19	Al Frazier	CBR	2B	107		1.1	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.1
20	Red Moore	IAB	1B	69		0.9	1.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1
21	Marshall Riddle	SL3	2B	103		0.9	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.1
22	Roosevelt Davis	MRS	P	17	40.0	0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
23	Henry Milton	KCM	RF	221		0.9	0.9	0.2	0.0	-0.2
24	Felix Evans	IAB/SL3	P	29	39.0	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.8	0.0
25	Oscar Boone	IAB	C	73		0.9	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0
26	Subby Byas	CAG	RF	152		0.9	0.8	0.2	0.0	-0.1
27	Bus Clarkson	TC	2B	52		0.9	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
28	Lefty Bowe	CAG	P	16	44.2	0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
29	Andy Cooper	KCM	P	9	21.2	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.0
30	Jabbo Andrews	IAB	LF	78	1.2	0.7	0.4	0.5	-0.1	-0.1
31	Jesse Houston	CAG	P	55	77.1	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.0
32	Tommy Johnson	CAG	P	20	63.0	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
33	Preacher Henry	CBR	P	42	108.0	0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
34	Buddy Armour	SL3	SS	81		0.7	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.1
35	Newt Allen	KCM	2B	198		0.7	-0.5	1.0	0.0	0.2
36	Eugene Bremer	MRS	P	17	37.1	0.6	0.0	-0.1	0.7	0.0
37	Floyd Kranson	KCM	P	23	57.1	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
38	Ernie Smith	CAG	LF	159		0.5	0.4	0.2	0.0	-0.1
39	Fred Bankhead	MRS	3B	124		0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
40	Ralph Coles	CBR	LF	34		0.5	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
41	Parnell Woods	CBR	3B	113		0.5	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.0
42	Jimmy Johnson	TC	P	16	23.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
43	Tommie Dukes	TC	C	54		0.5	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
44	Johnny Ray	CBR	CF	110		0.5	-0.2	0.6	0.0	0.0
45	Leroy Morney	TC	SS	36		0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
46	Duke Cleveland	CBR	RF	88		0.4	0.0	0.5	0.0	-0.1
47	Red Longley	MRS	LF	67		0.4	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
48	Raymond Taylor	SL3	C	84		0.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1
49	Lloyd Davenport	MRS	RF	131	4.2	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.2	-0.1
50	Larry Brown	MRS	C	106		0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
51	John Lyles	CBR/SL3	SS	105		0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
52	Tommy Butts	IAB	SS	83		0.4	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.1
53	Jim Williams	TC	RF	48		0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
54	Spoon Carter	TC	P	19	30.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0
55	Neil Robinson	MRS	CF	113		0.3	1.0	-0.6	0.0	0.0
56	Quincy Trouppe	SL3	LF	41		0.3	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
57	Willie Jefferson	MRS	P	12	35.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
58	Willie Ferrell	CBR	P	3	5.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
59	Frank McAllister	SL3	P	25	53.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
60	Robert Dean	SL3	P	11	24.2	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
61	Johnny Wright	TC	P	11	28.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
62	Fresnell	CAG	CF	3		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
63	Joe Greene	KCM	C	120		0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
64	Jelly Taylor	MRS	1B	129		0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	-0.1
65	Ralph Jefferson	IAB	3B	7		0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
66	Curtis Henderson	TC	SS	51		0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
67	Babe Davis	IAB	CF	68		0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
68	Spencer Davis	IAB	3B	61		0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
69	John Bissant	CAG	LF	65		0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
70	Lester Lockett	CAG	2B	13		0.1	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
71	Elbert Treadway	KCM	P	2	4.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
72	Dusty Decker	CBR	RF	4		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
73	Willie Hudson	KCM	P		2.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
74	Rogers Pierre	CAG	P	6	10.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
75	Ted Trent	CAG	P	16	47.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
76	Bill Harvey	TC	1B	31	20.0	0.1	0.4	-0.2	-0.1	0.0
77	Paul Hardy	KCM	C	49		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Jerry Benjamin	TC	CF	48		0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
79	Luther Gilyard	CAG	1B	22		0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
80	Bill Cooper	IAB	1B	11		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Andy Drake	SL3	P	2	5.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
82	Jack Moore	CBR	LF	2		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Billy Horne	CAG	2B	126		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
84	Malcolm	SL3	SS	1		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Nat Rogers	MRS	RF	76		0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.1
86	Red Hale	CAG	SS	44		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
87	Rainey Bibbs	KCM	3B	180		0.1	0.7	-0.6	0.0	0.1
88	David Whatley	CBR	RF	8		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Jimmy Ford	SL3	SS	24		0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
90	Percy Forrest	CAG/MRS	P	9	20.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Joe Royal	CBR	LF	19		0.0	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
92	Clifford Brown	SL3	P	6	15.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
93	Marlin Carter	MRS	2B	130		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
94	Leroy Haynes	IAB	LF	6		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Clarence Lamar	CBR	SS	36		0.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
96	Matt Carlisle	MRS	2B	7		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Johnny Reed	CAG	1B	2		0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
98	Charlie Beverly	KCM	P		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	George Mitchell	SL3	1B	7		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Willie Spencer	TC	3B	35		0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
101	Ziggy Marcell	KCM	C	5		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Willie Hutchinson	KCM	P	11	29.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
103	Walter Burch	CBR	C	40		0.0	-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
104	Zell Miles	CAG	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Candy Jim Taylor	CAG	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Charles Wesley	IAB	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Hill	TC	3B	10		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Henry McCall	CAG	-	2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Martin	KCM	RF			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Philly Holmes	CBR/IAB	SS	42		0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1
111	Oscar Charleston	TC	1B	42		0.0	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
112	Provine Bradley	MRS	SS	2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Jim Davis	TC	C	4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Walsh	MRS	P	2	5.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Buck O'Neil	KCM	1B	187		0.0	-0.2	0.3	0.0	-0.2
116	Lacey Thomas	CBR	LF	12		-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
117	Mint Jones	CBR	1B	103		-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
118	Red Hadley	IAB	CF	5		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Eugene Tyler	CBR	RF	8		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	Bob Smith	SL3	C	18		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Willie Davis	MRS	LF	13		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
122	Joe Williams	CAG	SS	6		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
123	Eugene Smith	SL3	P	2	4.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
124	Jimmie Crutchfield	TC	LF	66		-0.1	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
125	Chapel	TC	RF	8		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
126	Guy Smith	IAB	P	9	14.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
127	Jones	SL3	LF	4		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
128	Charley Robinson	CAG	CF	13		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
129	Red Howard	CBR/MRS	P	16	24.0	-0.1	0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
130	Jesse Williams	KCM	3B	79		-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
131	Andy Sarvis	CBR	P	3	1.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
132	Horatio Lamar	IAB	2B	10		-0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
133	Alonzo Boone	CBR	P	3	6.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
134	Jack Bruton	CBR	LF	8		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
135	Henry Williams	CAG	P	6	14.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
136	Jimmy Reynolds	MRS	3B	8		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
137	Bobby Robinson	SL3	3B	107		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
138	Bernard Fernández	CBR	P	3	9.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
139	Claude Hayslett	IAB	P	3	8.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
140	Elbert Eatmon	MRS	P	3	1.0	-0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
141	Jimmie Armstead	SL3	P	1	1.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
142	Andrews	CBR	P		0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
143	Satchel Davis	CBR	P		0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
144	Gabby Kemp	IAB	2B	75		-0.4	0.4	-0.9	0.0	0.1
145	Tee Mitchell	IAB	P	12	33.0	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
146	Nish Williams	IAB	C	41		-0.4	0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
147	Langrum	CAG/KCM	LF	31		-0.4	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
148	Lefty Richburg	IAB	P	3	9.0	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
149	Joe Sparks	CAG	SS	114		-0.4	0.1	-0.7	0.0	0.2
150	Wilson Redus	CAG	LF	71		-0.4	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
151	Big Train Jackson	KCM	P	12	27.1	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
152	Alonzo Mitchell	CBR	P	23	19.0	-0.4	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
153	Pepper Bassett	CAG	C	129		-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.1
154	Willie Cornelius	CAG	P	41	100.1	-0.5	0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
155	Telosh Howard	IAB	P	4	6.1	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
156	Sylvester Owens	IAB/MRS	CF	51		-0.5	0.1	-0.6	0.0	0.0
157	Lionel Decuir	KCM	C	49		-0.5	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
158	Cliff Blackmon	IAB/MRS	P	9	18.0	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
159	Bill Bradford	SL3	RF	119		-0.6	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
160	Harry Kincannon	TC	P	5	13.1	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
161	Eggie Hensley	CAG	P		6.1	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
162	Cowan Hyde	MRS	LF	70		-0.6	-0.1	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
163	Lefty Moses	KCM	P	9	22.2	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
164	Porter Moss	MRS	P	14	32.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
165	Ed Mayweather	SL3	1B	108		-0.8	0.0	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
166	T. J. Brown	MRS	SS	107		-0.8	-0.4	-0.6	0.0	0.2
167	Donald Reeves	CAG/IAB	RF	99	3.1	-1.1	0.6	-0.7	-0.8	-0.1

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1939 Season

Negro American League

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