1939 Western Association Batting Leaders

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Classification: C

Overall: 8 teams

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BA	SLG	TB
1	Liz Funk*	34	SLI	C		20	68	27	7	0	0	.397	.500	34
2	Johnny Wyrostek	19	SPG	C	STL	31	114	44	10	1	6	.386	.649	74
3	Jimmy Jordan	31	HUT	C	PIT	129	523	182	37	4	2	.348	.446	233
4	Peanuts Lowrey	21	STJ	C	CHC	137	517	178	39	7	15	.344	.534	276
5	Butch Moran	22	MSK	C	CIN	129	492	168	28	2	26	.342	.565	278
6	Charles Smith?	22	SLI	C		59	223	76	16	2	1	.341	.444	99
7	Mel Wasley	22	SPG	C	STL	139	495	166	30	14	11	.335	.519	257
8	Eddie Weigandt?	26	STJ	C	CHC	138	556	184	40	8	12	.331	.496	276
9	Ferrell Anderson	21	JOP	C	NYY	109	406	133	38	5	12	.328	.535	217
10	Clarence Springer?	24	TPK	C	SLB	138	574	187	33	8	22	.326	.526	302
11	Edward Tighe?	20	JOP	C	NYY	130	500	163	24	8	20	.326	.526	263
12	Fuzz White	23	TPK	C	SLB	138	541	175	34	9	10	.324	.475	257
13	Dick Lang?	21	SPG	C	STL	139	551	178	36	4	21	.323	.517	285
14	Charles Mason	23	JOP	C	NYY	44	93	30	4	0	2	.323	.430	40
15	Jim Sheehan	26	FSM	C	NYG	125	447	144	27	5	7	.322	.452	202
16	Lloyd Rigby?	24	SLI	C		106	436	140	27	3	2	.321	.411	179
17	Red Tramback*	23	FSM	C	NYG	93	277	89	13	5	2	.321	.426	118
18	Eugene Colletti?	24	HUT	C	PIT	62	253	80	15	6	0	.316	.423	107
19	Harry Goorabian	21	TPK	C	SLB	123	430	136	23	4	38	.316	.654	281
20	Toni Gridaitis?	25	MSK	C	CIN	106	377	118	20	9	16	.313	.541	204
21	Walt Shinn?	23	FSM	C	NYG	134	495	155	29	8	33	.313	.604	299
22	Edward Yarmul?	22	HUT	C	PIT	117	398	124	27	7	5	.312	.452	180
23	Ernie DeVaurs	21	HUT	C	PIT	101	399	124	27	6	2	.311	.424	169
24	Harold Reitz?	25	HUT	C	PIT	34	135	42	11	2	0	.311	.422	57
25	Fred Lanifero?	20	SPG	C	STL	137	572	173	17	11	2	.302	.381	218
26	Riley Parker	33	SLI	C		91	301	91	18	0	2	.302	.382	115
27	Wilbur McGill	21	FSM	C	NYG	120	428	129	21	3	5	.301	.400	171
28	Raymond Smith?	19	SPG	C	STL	69	231	69	12	4	7	.299	.476	110
29	John Kreevich?	23	JOP	C	NYY	118	448	133	26	10	7	.297	.446	200
30	Estle Deaton?	20	SLI	C		20	75	22	1	2	0	.293	.360	27
31	Jack Lange?	19	HUT	C	PIT	30	106	31	7	2	1	.293	.425	45
32	Tommy Neill	19	FSM	C	NYG	131	523	153	26	12	16	.293	.480	251
33	Goldie Holt?	37	STJ	C	CHC	127	453	132	25	2	11	.291	.428	194
34	George Valine?	21	SPG	C	STL	136	486	141	35	12	4	.290	.436	212
35	William Wilson?	33	TPK	C	SLB	116	386	112	24	5	9	.290	.448	173
36	George Oldenburg?	23	JOP	C	NYY	137	484	139	27	10	17	.287	.490	237
37	Dick Warfield?	20	STJ	C	CHC	137	530	152	27	5	5	.287	.385	204
38	Charles Murphy	21	FSM	C	NYG	98	371	106	18	11	0	.286	.394	146
39	Joe Maresca	21	FSM	C	NYG	131	477	136	25	8	3	.285	.390	186
40	Tommy Nelson	22	SLI	C		135	522	149	25	8	4	.285	.387	202
41	Howard Swanson?	--	MSK	C	CIN	138	477	136	23	6	4	.285	.384	183
42	Steven Luby?	20	JOP	C	NYY	136	482	137	21	12	6	.284	.415	200
43	William Reese?	24	STJ	C	CHC	118	417	118	15	5	4	.283	.372	155
44	Arnold Traxler?	21	JOP	C	NYY	137	501	142	38	9	8	.283	.443	222
45	Ken Burkhart	22	SPG	C	STL	39	86	24	2	1	0	.279	.326	28
46	John Hansen?	23	TPK	C	SLB	113	402	112	18	5	8	.279	.408	164
47	Ed Grayston*	28	JOP	C	NYY	132	497	138	26	8	6	.278	.398	198
48	Florian Zielinski?	21	JOP	C	NYY	137	536	149	28	26	1	.278	.433	232
49	Carmel Castle?	21	MSK	C	CIN	126	447	124	22	4	15	.277	.445	199
50	Babe Paul	21	MSK	C	CIN	129	476	132	14	2	13	.277	.397	189
51	LaVern Goyings?	--	HUT	C	PIT	19	58	16	1	3	1	.276	.448	26
52	Floyd Peters?	20	HUT	C	PIT	135	550	152	22	15	3	.276	.387	213
53	Ted Javor?	22	SLI	C		44	153	42	6	2	3	.275	.399	61
54	Ray Lamanno	19	MSK	C	CIN	99	342	94	20	4	20	.275	.532	182
55	George Silvey*	27	SPG	C	STL	136	495	136	22	8	8	.275	.400	198
56	Hal Dobson	19	SPG	C	STL	35	59	16	1	0	0	.271	.288	17
57	Barney Beluscak?	21	MSK	C	CIN	138	540	146	28	2	13	.270	.402	217
58	Dominic Castro	24	STJ	C	CHC	55	175	47	11	2	4	.269	.423	74
59	Ray Olsen	22	STJ	C	CHC	136	483	130	27	6	9	.269	.406	196
60	Pete Pavich?	22	FSM	C	NYG	133	457	123	30	3	3	.269	.368	168
61	Herbert Wilson?	23	SLI	C		112	402	108	28	2	5	.269	.386	155
62	Bill Brandt	24	HUT	C	PIT	37	90	24	4	1	0	.267	.333	30
63	Ray Baker	25	FSM	C	NYG	124	474	126	26	10	3	.266	.382	181
64	Leonard Hill?	22	SPG	C	STL	55	207	55	11	2	5	.266	.411	85
65	Theodore Frank	26	FSM	C	NYG	40	83	22	3	0	0	.265	.301	25
66	Irvin Knoblauch?	24	HUT	C	PIT	91	336	89	17	4	0	.265	.339	114
67	Wil Morrison?	20	TPK	C	SLB	40	117	31	5	1	4	.265	.427	50
68	Lynn Johnson?	20	MSK	C	CIN	59	216	57	5	2	5	.264	.375	81
69	Claude Wright?	23	SPG	C	STL	138	474	125	19	7	3	.264	.352	167
70	Manny Salvatierra	22	STJ	C	CHC	128	422	111	24	5	11	.263	.422	178
71	Wesley Cox?	20	HUT	C	PIT	132	470	123	36	4	6	.262	.394	185
72	Howard Eaton?	23	TPK	C	SLB	48	157	41	7	0	0	.261	.306	48
73	Mark Carrola?	19	TPK	C	SLB	96	277	72	11	7	3	.260	.383	106
74	Francis Kappelman?	25	SLI	C		110	361	93	19	1	4	.258	.349	126
75	Fay Starr?	19	STJ	C	CHC	24	66	17	4	0	2	.258	.409	27
76	Roy Pinkston	25	MSK	C	CIN	18	70	18	5	3	0	.257	.414	29
77	Perry Bush?	24	HUT	C	PIT	71	211	54	6	2	1	.256	.318	67
78	Pat Patterson?	42	MSK	C	CIN	26	51	13	1	0	0	.255	.275	14
79	Carl Cox	18	SLI	C		26	83	21	4	0	0	.253	.301	25
80	Eugene Gibson?	22	SLI	C		81	306	77	12	7	4	.252	.376	115
81	Harry Sweeney*	23	HUT	C	PIT	66	242	61	4	4	1	.252	.314	76
82	Paul Erickson	23	STJ	C	CHC	42	88	22	3	0	2	.250	.352	31
83	Ralph Locke?	22	SLI	C		20	69	17	2	0	0	.246	.275	19
84	Lou Burtner?	21	TPK	C	SLB	135	548	134	21	8	6	.245	.345	189
85	Roy Partee	21	STJ	C	CHC	114	367	90	11	3	5	.245	.332	122
86	George Verbeck	24	JOP	C	NYY	58	161	39	7	3	0	.242	.323	52
87	Melvin Autry?	22	SPG	C	STL	25	79	19	5	0	0	.241	.304	24
88	Kenneth Jacobsen	23	JOP	C	NYY	36	87	21	2	1	1	.241	.322	28
89	Bernard Broeckelman*	23	HUT	C	PIT	65	217	52	7	2	0	.240	.290	63
90	Elmer Rummans	24	HUT	C	PIT	41	67	16	2	1	2	.239	.388	26
91	Stanley Cazen?	--	TPK	C	SLB	108	370	88	12	0	5	.238	.311	115
92	Ervin Baker	24	HUT	C	PIT	43	55	13	4	2	0	.236	.382	21
93	Frank Crouch?	20	SPG	C	STL	45	141	33	2	2	1	.234	.298	42
94	James Burris?	19	TPK	C	SLB	43	159	37	7	1	0	.233	.289	46
95	Samuel Kuipers*	21	SPG	C	STL	39	96	22	4	1	3	.229	.385	37
96	Harry Feldman	19	FSM	C	NYG	43	110	25	8	1	1	.227	.346	38
97	Charles Wensloff	23	JOP	C	NYY	30	94	21	4	0	0	.223	.266	25
98	Maury Newlin	25	TPK	C	SLB	46	91	20	2	0	1	.220	.275	25
99	Paul Schiffner?	22	SLI	C		78	265	58	6	8	0	.219	.302	80
100	Roy Mikus?	21	TPK	C	SLB	25	107	23	5	1	1	.215	.308	33