1939 Season

30 teams competing in 2 leagues

🏆 Postseason

1939 Bracket
World Series NYA def. CIN (4-0)
ALC KCM def. SL3 (4-1)
NLC BEG def. HG (3-1)
NLP1 BEG def. NE (3-1)
NLP2 HG def. PS (3-2)

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⚾ Batting Leaders

1939 Home Run Leaders

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Batting Average

1 David Whatley 0.441 2 Josh Gibson 0.404 3 Don Padgett 0.399 4 Bill Hoskins 0.390 5 Curt Davis 0.381

Home Runs

1 Jimmie Foxx 35 2 Hank Greenberg 33 3 Ted Williams 31 4 Joe DiMaggio 30 5 Joe Gordon 28

RBI

1 Ted Williams 145 2 Frank McCormick 128 3 Joe DiMaggio 126 4 Joe Medwick 117 5 Bob Johnson 114

Stolen Bases

1 George Case 51 2 Pete Fox 23 3 Mike Kreevich 23 4 Barney McCosky 20 5 Ben Chapman 18

Hits

1 Red Rolfe 213 2 Frank McCormick 209 3 Joe Medwick 201 4 Johnny Mize 197 5 George McQuinn 195

Runs

1 Red Rolfe 139 2 Ted Williams 131 3 Jimmie Foxx 130 4 Barney McCosky 120 5 Bob Johnson 115
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🎯 Pitching Leaders

1939 Strikeout Leaders

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ERA

1 Willie Hubert 1.34 2 Smoky Owens 1.90 3 Hank Johnson 2.01 4 George Walker 2.11 5 Bucky Walters 2.29

Wins

1 Bucky Walters 27 2 Paul Derringer 25 3 Bob Feller 24 4 Curt Davis 22 5 Red Ruffing 21

Strikeouts

1 Bob Feller 246 2 Bobo Newsom 164 3 Bucky Walters 137 4 Mort Cooper 130 5 Tommy Bridges 129

Saves

1 Johnny Murphy 19 2 Clint Brown 18 3 Bob Bowman 9 4 Clyde Shoun 9 5 Jumbo Brown 7

WHIP

1 Hilton Smith 0.96 2 Smoky Owens 1.07 3 George Walker 1.07 4 Ted Radcliffe 1.08 5 Ted Lyons 1.09
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📋 Standings

NN2

Homestead Grays ★ 32-18 Newark Eagles 35-25 Philadelphia Stars 32-31 Baltimore Elite Giants 22-25 New York Black Yankees 20-23 Toledo Crawfords 4-6 New York Cubans 7-24

American League

New York Yankees ★ 106-45 Boston Red Sox 89-62 Cleveland Indians 87-67 Chicago White Sox 85-69 Detroit Tigers 81-73 Washington Senators 65-87 Philadelphia Athletics 55-97 St. Louis Browns 43-111

National League

Cincinnati Reds ★ 97-57 St. Louis Cardinals 92-61 Brooklyn Dodgers 84-69 Chicago Cubs 84-70 New York Giants 77-74 Pittsburgh Pirates 68-85 Boston Bees 63-88 Philadelphia Phillies 45-106

NAL

Kansas City Monarchs ★ 38-22 Chicago American Giants 32-31 Cleveland Bears 20-21 St. Louis Stars 20-23 Memphis Red Sox 24-29 Toledo Crawfords 8-10 Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers 1-7
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