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1939 Major League Team Statistics

Other Leagues: AL, NAL, NL, NN2

World Series Champion: New York Yankees

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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

Major League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Major League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	Ties	W-L%	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	New York Yankees	106	45	1	.702	6.4	3.7	2.7	-0.3	2.4	111-40	-5	52-25	54-20	3-4	22-15	70-30	36-15	54-31	52-14
2	Homestead Grays	32	18	1	.640	7.6	4.3	3.2					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
3	Kansas City Monarchs	38	22	0	.633	5.2	3.9	1.3					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
4	Cincinnati Reds	97	57	2	.630	4.9	3.8	1.1	-0.1	1.0	95-59	2	55-25	42-32	14-4	21-25	81-54	16-3	46-42	51-15
5	St. Louis Cardinals	92	61	2	.601	5.0	4.1	0.9	-0.1	0.8	91-62	1	51-27	41-34	6-4	27-15	73-48	19-13	48-39	44-22
6	Boston Red Sox	89	62	1	.589	5.9	5.2	0.6	-0.1	0.5	83-68	6	42-32	47-30	6-3	24-16	78-58	11-4	40-45	49-17
7	Newark Eagles	35	25	1	.583	5.9	4.3	1.5					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
8	Chicago American Giants	32	31	0	.508	4.2	5.0	-0.8					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
9	Cleveland Indians	87	67	0	.565	5.2	4.5	0.6	-0.1	0.6	86-68	1	44-33	43-34	8-7	26-23	60-43	27-24	39-49	48-18
10	Brooklyn Dodgers	84	69	4	.549	4.5	4.1	0.4	-0.1	0.3	83-70	1	51-27	33-42	4-5	23-18	69-53	15-16	42-46	42-23
11	Cleveland Bears	20	21	0	.488	4.5	4.1	0.3					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
12	New York Black Yankees	20	23	4	.465	4.5	5.2	-0.7					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
13	Chicago White Sox	85	69	1	.552	4.9	4.8	0.1	0.0	0.1	79-75	6	50-27	35-42	8-6	26-20	71-57	14-12	42-46	43-23
14	Chicago Cubs	84	70	2	.545	4.6	4.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	82-72	2	44-34	40-36	4-8	24-19	70-58	14-12	42-46	42-24
15	Toledo Crawfords	8	10	1	.444	5.9	6.0	-0.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
16	Toledo Crawfords	4	6	1	.400	3.1	6.0	-2.9					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
17	Detroit Tigers	81	73	1	.526	5.5	4.9	0.6	-0.1	0.5	85-69	-4	42-35	39-38	3-5	19-24	66-62	15-11	42-46	39-27
18	New York Giants	77	74	0	.510	4.7	4.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	77-74	0	41-33	36-41	5-1	20-23	67-65	10-9	41-46	36-28
19	Baltimore Elite Giants	22	25	0	.468	5.7	5.0	0.7					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
20	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	1	7	0	.125	5.0	7.4	-2.4					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
21	Philadelphia Stars	32	31	1	.508	5.3	6.3	-1.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
22	St. Louis Stars	20	23	2	.465	4.6	4.7	-0.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
23	Pittsburgh Pirates	68	85	0	.444	4.4	4.7	-0.4	0.0	-0.3	71-82	-3	35-42	33-43	5-7	19-24	47-67	21-18	42-68	26-17
24	Washington Nationals	65	87	1	.428	4.6	5.2	-0.6	0.1	-0.5	67-85	-2	37-39	28-48	5-10	20-28	47-63	18-24	38-72	27-15
25	Memphis Red Sox	24	29	1	.453	3.4	4.9	-1.5					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
26	Boston Bees	63	88	1	.417	3.8	4.3	-0.6	0.1	-0.5	66-85	-3	37-35	26-53	5-8	21-31	52-72	11-16	41-68	22-20
27	Philadelphia Athletics	55	97	1	.362	4.6	6.7	-2.0	0.3	-1.8	52-100	3	28-48	27-49	5-1	18-16	47-74	8-23	34-76	21-21
28	New York Cubans	7	24	0	.226	3.9	5.5	-1.6					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
29	Philadelphia Phillies	45	106	1	.298	3.6	5.6	-2.0	0.2	-1.7	47-104	-2	29-44	16-62	2-8	25-25	36-90	9-16	29-79	16-27
30	St. Louis Browns	43	111	2	.279	4.7	6.6	-1.9	0.2	-1.7	53-101	-10	18-59	25-52	4-6	13-26	31-93	12-18	27-83	16-28
	Average	50	50	1	.500	4.9	5.0				50-50		21-18	18-21	2-2	11-11	32-32	8-7	21-29	19-11

In this table, Negro League team records are for league games only. Runs scored and allowed are for all games against top Black clubs for which a box score has been discovered.

Postseason

Team Standard Batting

Team Standard Batting Table
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
Baltimore Elite Giants	27	28.0	5.67	33	1191	1082	187	319	50	10	14	173	13		102		.295	.359	.398	.758	101	431		7
Boston Red Sox	29	27.7	5.86	152	6056	5308	890	1543	287	57	124	832	42	44	591	502	.291	.363	.436	.800	100	2316	146	15	140		35	1146
Brooklyn Dodgers	37	29.3	4.51	157	6052	5350	708	1420	265	57	78	653	59	46	564	639	.265	.338	.380	.718	89	2033	130	26	107		43	1131
Boston Bees	39	28.4	3.76	152	5799	5286	572	1395	199	39	56	534	41	41	366	494	.264	.314	.348	.662	84	1840	119	21	122		45	1108
Chicago American Giants	31	28.3	4.19	43	1566	1429	180	358	52	22	13	150	41		122		.251	.316	.345	.661	91	493		15
Cleveland Bears	28	26.3	4.46	28	1017	923	125	237	37	10	1	101	24		83		.257	.325	.322	.647	87	297		11
Chicago Cubs	29	29.0	4.64	156	5994	5293	724	1407	263	62	91	671	61	48	523	553	.266	.336	.391	.726	93	2067	124	34	140		55	1114
Chicago White Sox	33	30.5	4.87	155	6039	5279	755	1451	220	56	64	679	113	61	579	502	.275	.349	.374	.723	83	1975	108	21	154		24	1173
Cincinnati Reds	38	28.7	4.92	156	6106	5378	767	1493	269	60	98	714	46	27	500	538	.278	.343	.405	.748	99	2176	110	35	193		55	1197
Cleveland Indians	32	26.8	5.18	154	6011	5316	797	1490	291	79	85	730	72	46	556	571	.280	.350	.413	.763	97	2194	110	14	120		39	1146
Detroit Tigers	39	28.4	5.48	155	6113	5326	849	1487	277	67	124	804	88	37	619	593	.279	.356	.426	.782	94	2270	125	16	145		21	1170
Homestead Grays	24	29.0	7.56	36	1371	1232	272	370	52	25	40	243	20		132		.300	.371	.481	.852	125	592		7
Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	25	24.4	4.95	22	799	724	109	202	31	12	8	95	18		71		.279	.347	.388	.735	112	281		4
Kansas City Monarchs	25	28.1	5.18	51	1839	1699	264	440	72	27	20	220	59		130		.259	.315	.368	.684	97	626		10
Memphis Red Sox	26	29.5	3.37	35	1196	1094	118	264	39	12	4	92	33		94		.241	.306	.310	.616	78	339		8
New York Black Yankees	24	31.1	4.53	34	1193	1059	154	277	38	9	13	147	10		127		.262	.345	.351	.696	85	372		7
Newark Eagles	26	28.0	5.88	41	1512	1368	241	386	50	21	35	219	21		135		.282	.351	.426	.777	106	583		9
New York Cubans	17	30.3	3.86	21	748	698	81	176	24	3	5	72	6		48		.252	.302	.317	.619	65	221		2
New York Giants	34	28.9	4.66	151	5767	5129	703	1395	211	38	116	651	26	37	498	499	.272	.340	.396	.736	96	2030	153	32	108		33	1102
New York Yankees	27	27.6	6.36	152	6129	5300	967	1521	259	55	166	904	72	37	701	543	.287	.374	.451	.825	111	2388	99	36	92		43	1214
Philadelphia Athletics	39	26.4	4.65	153	5968	5309	711	1438	282	55	98	667	60	34	503	531	.271	.336	.400	.736	90	2124	121	15	138		18	1158
Philadelphia Phillies	46	27.9	3.64	152	5716	5133	553	1341	232	40	49	510	47	60	421	486	.261	.318	.351	.669	84	1800	133	9	144		24	1078
Pittsburgh Pirates	36	28.7	4.35	153	5926	5269	666	1453	261	60	63	617	44	35	477	420	.276	.338	.384	.722	95	2023	128	21	156		50	1177
Philadelphia Stars	25	30.9	5.25	48	1725	1597	252	441	61	16	20	226	8		124		.276	.330	.372	.702	86	594		4
St. Louis Stars	24	25.8	4.61	28	1021	907	129	220	34	12	11	112	27		103		.243	.327	.343	.670	93	311		11
St. Louis Browns	45	27.4	4.70	156	6134	5422	733	1453	242	50	91	696	48	38	558	606	.268	.339	.381	.720	82	2068	121	20	132		36	1188
St. Louis Cardinals	36	27.1	5.03	155	6119	5447	779	1601	332	62	98	732	44	24	475	566	.294	.354	.432	.785	105	2351	116	27	167		59	1240
Toledo Crawfords	16	28.6	5.92	13	489	438	77	132	28	7	3	64	11		50		.301	.374	.418	.792	128	183		1
Toledo Crawfords	17	27.7	3.14	7	245	225	22	52	7	0	2	19	2		18		.231	.294	.289	.583	55	65		2
Washington Nationals	40	26.5	4.59	153	6030	5334	702	1483	249	79	44	647	94	47	547	458	.278	.346	.379	.725	92	2022	103	11	135		23	1230
League Average	18	28.1	4.09	97	3199	2829	396	779	138	31	48	368	32	22	283	283	.275	.344	.397	.740	93	1123	65	12	73		20	619
	533	28.1	4.09	2902	95959	84879	11876	23371	4139	916	1445	11041	957	662	8478	8501	.275	.344	.397	.740	93	33677	1946	353	2193		603	18572
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB