1939 Negro American League Advanced Pitching

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Pennant Winner: Kansas City Monarchs

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Negro League teams are presented with both league-only and overall records against top Black clubs. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black clubs. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. Negro Leagues Data: Frequently Asked Questions

Team Advanced Pitching

Team Advanced Pitching Table
	Batting Against					Pitching Ratios			Win Probability
Tm	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	HR%	SO%	BB%	WPA	cWPA	RE24
Chicago American Giants						0.8%	11.8%	8.5%
Cleveland Bears						0.8%	10.2%	9.9%
Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers						1.0%	10.4%	10.0%
Kansas City Monarchs						0.5%	16.9%	7.3%
Memphis Red Sox						1.1%	13.5%	5.0%
St. Louis Stars						0.4%	11.8%	8.9%
Toledo Crawfords						1.0%	12.9%	8.0%
League Average						0.8%	12.9%	8.0%
						0.8%	12.9%	8.0%

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Player Advanced Pitching Table
					Pitching Ratios
Rk	Player	Age	Team	IP	HR%	K%	BB%	Awards
1	Preacher Henry	28	CBR	108.0	0.2	11.8	12.9
2	Hilton Smith	32	KCM	105.1	0.2	20.2	4.6	AS,AS
3	Willie Cornelius	32	CAG	100.1	0.5	10.9	6.5
4	George Walker	24	KCM	89.2	1.1	17.3	5.6
5	Frank Bradley	21	KCM	88.2	0.3	17.9	6.9
6	Ted Radcliffe	36	MRS	80.2	0.6	18.6	3.3	AS
7	Jesse Houston	29	CAG	77.1	0.9	10.7	11.0
8	Theolic Smith	26	SL3	69.0	0.3	12.3	7.3	AS
9	Lefty Calhoun*	27	SL3	67.0	0.4	9.7	8.6
10	Smoky Owens	27	CBR	66.1	0.8	7.8	6.6	AS
11	Tommy Johnson	24	CAG	63.0	1.1	8.3	8.3
12	Eddie Dixon	23	IAB	61.1	1.1	10.7	7.8
13	Frank McAllister	21	SL3	53.1	0.9	12.4	9.0
14	Floyd Kranson	25	KCM	48.1	0.5	10.0	8.6
15	Ted Trent	35	CAG	47.1	1.0	12.2	3.9
16	Lefty Bowe*	20	CAG	44.2	0.5	22.6	11.1
17	Roosevelt Davis	34	MRS	40.0	1.2	11.6	2.3
18	Felix Evans	28	IAB	39.0	0.6	11.1	9.4
19	Lefty Wilson*	22	MRS	38.1	0.0	14.3	4.8
20	Eugene Bremer	22	MRS	37.1	0.6	8.2	7.6
21	Willie Jefferson	35	MRS	35.0	1.9	9.1	3.2
22	Tee Mitchell	23	IAB	33.0	1.2	7.3	9.8
23	Porter Moss	29	MRS	32.0	1.9	14.4	8.1
24	Spoon Carter	36	TC	30.0	2.2	10.9	10.9
25	Willie Hutchinson	24	KCM	29.1	0.8	14.7	9.3
26	Johnny Wright	22	TC	28.1	0.0	10.6	5.7
27	Big Train Jackson*	22	KCM	27.1	0.7	13.3	11.1
28	Robert Dean	23	SL3	24.2	0.0	17.1	11.4
29	Red Howard*	29	CBR	24.0	4.0	11.0	7.0
30	Jimmy Johnson*	20	TC	23.2	0.0	21.9	7.6	AS
31	Lefty Moses*	25	KCM	22.2	0.0	13.1	15.9
32	Andy Cooper*	42	KCM	21.2	0.0	26.2	4.8
33	Percy Forrest	22	2TM	20.0	1.2	10.7	9.5
33	Percy Forrest	22	CAG	11.0	0.0	6.0	14.0
33	Percy Forrest	22	MRS	9.0	2.9	17.6	2.9
34	Alonzo Mitchell	34	CBR	19.0	0.0	9.9	8.6
35	Cliff Blackmon	25	2TM	18.0	2.0	9.0	8.0
35	Cliff Blackmon	25	IAB	3.0	0.0	14.3	9.5
35	Cliff Blackmon	25	MRS	15.0	2.5	7.6	7.6
36	Clifford Brown		SL3	15.0	0.0	13.4	7.5
37	Henry Williams		CAG	14.1	1.5	8.8	13.2
38	Guy Smith		IAB	14.0	1.4	15.1	12.3
39	Harry Kincannon	29	TC	13.1	3.0	10.6	4.5
40	Bill Harvey*	31	TC	12.0	0.0	8.5	10.2
41	Rogers Pierre	25	CAG	10.2	2.1	10.4	8.3
42	Bernard Fernández	21	CBR	9.0	0.0	10.0	7.5
43	Lefty Richbourg*	17	IAB	9.0	0.0	11.5	7.7
44	Claude Hayslett	26	IAB	8.1	0.0	10.6	10.6
45	Logan Hensley	39	CAG	6.1	0.0	14.3	8.6
46	Telosh Howard	35	IAB	6.1	2.3	9.3	14.0
47	Alonzo Boone	31	CBR	6.0	0.0	11.5	11.5
48	Andy Drake	32	SL3	5.2	0.0	4.3	8.7
49	Walsh		MRS	5.1	0.0	29.2	4.2
50	Willie Ferrell*	25	CBR	5.0	0.0	15.8	10.5
51	Lloyd Davenport*	27	MRS	4.2	0.0	5.6	11.1	AS
52	Eugene Smith	23	SL3	4.1	0.0	9.1	18.2
53	Elbert Treadway	23	KCM	4.0	0.0	12.5	12.5
54	Donald Reeves*	27	IAB	3.1	3.6	3.6	21.4
55	Willie Hudson*	21	KCM	2.0	0.0	25.0	0.0
56	Jabbo Andrews*	31	IAB	1.2	0.0	11.1	33.3
57	Andy Sarvis	31	CBR	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
58	Willie Simms	30	CAG	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
59	Jimmie Armstead*	19	SL3	1.0	0.0	0.0	20.0
60	Elbert Eatmon	24	MRS	1.0	0.0	11.1	33.3
61	Andrews		CBR	0.2	11.1	0.0	11.1
62	Satchel Davis	20	CBR	0.2	0.0	0.0	11.1
63	Charlie Beverly*	39	KCM	0.1	0.0	0.0	33.3
	League Average				0.8	12.9	8.0

Player Advanced Pitching Table
Rk	Player	Age	Team	IP	OBP
1	Andy Cooper*	42	KCM	15.0	14.000
2	Hilton Smith	32	KCM	14.1	5.667
3	Lefty Calhoun*	27	SL3	13.0	8.500
4	Frank McAllister	21	SL3	11.0	5.000
5	Ossie Brown		SL3	9.0	4.000
6	Willie Hutchinson	24	KCM	9.0	4.333
7	Theolic Smith	26	SL3	8.0	11.000
8	Floyd Kranson	25	KCM	6.2	2.600
	League Average				5.474