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1939 National League

1939 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 616 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1938 / 1940
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1938 / 1940

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1938 / 1940

League Standings

Regular Season

154 games
Tm W L W-L% GB
Cincinnati Reds 97 57 .630 --
St. Louis Cardinals 92 61 .601 4.5
Brooklyn Dodgers 84 69 .549 12.5
Chicago Cubs 84 70 .545 13
New York Giants 77 74 .510 18.5
Pittsburgh Pirates 68 85 .444 28.5
Boston Bees 63 88 .417 32.5
Philadelphia Phillies 45 106 .298 50.5

League Batting

Tm Aff BatAge R/G G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
St. Louis Cardinals STL 27.1 5.03 155 6116 5447 779 1601 332 62 98 732 44 475 566 .294 .354 .432 .785 2351 116 27 167
Cincinnati Reds CIN 28.7 4.92 156 6106 5378 767 1493 269 60 98 714 46 500 538 .278 .343 .405 .748 2176 110 35 193
New York Giants NYG 28.9 4.66 151 5767 5129 703 1395 211 38 116 651 26 498 499 .272 .340 .396 .736 2030 153 32 108
Chicago Cubs CHC 29.0 4.64 156 5990 5293 724 1407 263 62 91 671 61 523 553 .266 .336 .391 .726 2067 124 34 140
Brooklyn Dodgers BRO 29.3 4.51 157 6047 5350 708 1420 265 57 78 653 59 564 639 .265 .338 .380 .718 2033 130 26 107
Pittsburgh Pirates PIT 28.7 4.35 153 5923 5269 666 1453 261 60 63 617 44 477 420 .276 .338 .384 .722 2023 128 21 156
Boston Bees BSN 28.4 3.76 152 5795 5286 572 1395 199 39 56 534 41 366 494 .264 .314 .348 .662 1840 119 21 122
Philadelphia Phillies PHI 27.9 3.64 152 5707 5133 553 1341 232 40 49 510 47 421 486 .261 .318 .351 .669 1800 133 9 144
League Totals 28.5 4.44 1232 47451 42285 5472 11505 2032 418 649 5082 368 3824 4195 .272 .335 .386 .721 16320 1013 205 1137

League Pitching

Tm Aff PitchAge R/G W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
Cincinnati Reds CIN 28.9 3.81 97 57 .630 3.27 156 156 70 86 13 9 1403.2 1340 595 510 81 499 637 28 6 26 5931 1.310 8.6 0.5 3.2 4.1 1.28
St. Louis Cardinals STL 29.4 4.08 92 61 .601 3.59 155 155 110 45 18 32 1384.2 1377 633 552 76 498 603 19 4 27 5927 1.354 9.0 0.5 3.2 3.9 1.21
Brooklyn Dodgers BRO 30.6 4.11 84 69 .549 3.64 157 157 88 69 9 13 1410.1 1431 645 571 93 399 528 30 3 21 6000 1.298 9.1 0.6 2.5 3.4 1.32
Boston Bees BSN 31.1 4.34 63 88 .417 3.71 152 152 84 68 11 15 1358.1 1400 659 560 63 513 430 19 5 20 5863 1.408 9.3 0.4 3.4 2.8 0.84
Chicago Cubs CHC 31.7 4.35 84 70 .545 3.80 156 156 84 72 8 13 1392.1 1504 678 588 74 430 584 19 3 20 6031 1.389 9.7 0.5 2.8 3.8 1.36
New York Giants NYG 28.6 4.54 77 74 .510 4.07 151 151 96 55 6 20 1319.0 1412 685 596 86 477 505 25 1 30 5756 1.432 9.6 0.6 3.3 3.4 1.06
Pittsburgh Pirates PIT 28.9 4.71 68 85 .444 4.15 153 153 100 53 10 15 1354.0 1537 721 625 70 423 464 22 1 18 5948 1.448 10.2 0.5 2.8 3.1 1.10
Philadelphia Phillies PHI 27.7 5.63 45 106 .298 5.17 152 152 85 67 3 12 1326.2 1502 856 762 106 579 447 44 1 38 6003 1.569 10.2 0.7 3.9 3.0 0.77
League Totals 29.6 4.44 610 610 .500 3.92 1232 1232 717 515 78 129 10949.0 11503 5472 4764 649 3818 4198 206 24 200 47459 1.399 9.5 0.5 3.1 3.5 1.10

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
New York Giants NYG 151 3964 1893 153 151 .975 10 57 36 39% Bill Terry
Cincinnati Reds CIN 156 4211 1837 162 170 .974 19 42 43 51% Bill McKechnie
Pittsburgh Pirates PIT 153 4049 1852 168 153 .972 8 41 35 46% Pie Traynor
Brooklyn Dodgers BRO 157 4231 1812 176 157 .972 9 42 39 48% Leo Durocher
St. Louis Cardinals STL 155 4150 1693 177 140 .971 16 39 31 44% Ray Blades
Boston Bees BSN 152 4074 1912 181 178 .971 10 32 41 56% Casey Stengel
Chicago Cubs CHC 156 4175 1802 186 126 .970 13 34 44 56% Gabby Hartnett
Philadelphia Phillies PHI 152 3984 1629 171 136 .970 9 81 38 32% Doc Prothro
League Totals 1232 32838 14430 1374 1211 .972 94 368 307 45%