1939 National League

The 1939 season of the National League was the sixty-fourth season of the league.

Season summary[edit]

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Cincinnati Reds	156	97	57	2	.622	-.-	767 (4.92)	595 (3.81)	0.278	0.339	0.405	3.27	0.974
2	St. Louis Cardinals	155	92	61	2	.594	4.5	779 (5.03)	633 (4.08)	0.294	0.351	0.432	3.59	0.971
3	Brooklyn Dodgers	157	84	69	4	.535	12.5	708 (4.51)	645 (4.11)	0.265	0.335	0.380	3.64	0.972
4	Chicago Cubs	156	84	70	2	.538	13.0	724 (4.64)	678 (4.35)	0.266	0.332	0.391	3.80	0.970
5	New York Giants	151	77	74	0	.510	18.5	703 (4.66)	685 (4.54)	0.272	0.336	0.396	4.07	0.975
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	153	68	85	0	.444	28.5	666 (4.35)	721 (4.71)	0.276	0.336	0.384	4.15	0.972
7	Boston Bees	152	63	88	1	.414	32.5	572 (3.76)	659 (4.34)	0.264	0.312	0.348	3.71	0.971
8	Philadelphia Phillies	152	45	106	1	.296	50.5	553 (3.64)	856 (5.63)	0.261	0.317	0.351	5.17	0.970

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Dolph Camilli	Brooklyn Dodgers	157
At Bats	Jimmy Brown	St. Louis Cardinals	645
Runs Scored	Billy Werber	Cincinnati Reds	115
Hits	Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	209
Doubles	Enos Slaughter	St. Louis Cardinals	52
Triples	Billy Herman	Chicago Cubs	18
Home Runs	Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	28
Total Bases	Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	353
Runs Batted In	Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	128
Stolen Bases	Stan Hack Lee Handley	Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh Pirates	17
Walks	Dolph Camilli	Brooklyn Dodgers	110
Hit by Pitch	Dick Bartell Ival Goodman	Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Reds	7
Strikeouts	Dolph Camilli	Brooklyn Dodgers	107
Sacrifice Hits	Lonny Frey Pinky May	Cincinnati Reds Philadelphia Phillies	25
Grounded into Double Plays	Billy Jurges	New York Giants	26
Batting Average	Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	0.349
On-Base Percentage	Mel Ott	New York Giants	0.449
Slugging Percentage	Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	0.626
On-Base plus Slugging	Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	1.070
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	178

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	27
Losses	Max Butcher Bob Klinger	Philadelphia Phillies/Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Pirates	17
Win-Loss Percentage	Paul Derringer	Cincinnati Reds	0.781
Appearances	Clyde Shoun	St. Louis Cardinals	53
Games Started	Luke Hamlin Bill Lee Bucky Walters	Brooklyn Dodgers Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Reds	36
Complete Games	Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	31
Shutouts	Lou Fette	Boston Bees	6
Games Finished	Clyde Shoun	St. Louis Cardinals	25
Saves	Bob Bowman Clyde Shoun	St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals	9
Innings Pitched	Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	319.0
Batters Faced	Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	1283
Hits Allowed	Paul Derringer	Cincinnati Reds	321
Home Runs Allowed	Luke Hamlin	Brooklyn Dodgers	27
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Kirby Higbe	Chicago Cubs/Philadelphia Phillies	123
Hit Batsmen	Hugh Casey Hugh Mulcahy	Brooklyn Dodgers Philadelphia Phillies	11
Strikeouts	Claude Passeau Bucky Walters	Philadelphia Phillies/Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Reds	137
Wild Pitches	Hugh Mulcahy	Philadelphia Phillies	11
Balks	Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	3
Runs Allowed	Hugh Mulcahy	Philadelphia Phillies	144
Earned Runs Allowed	Hugh Mulcahy	Philadelphia Phillies	125
Earned Run Average	Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	2.29
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	1.125

The National League lost the seventh midsummer classic at Yankee Stadium in New York, NY on Tuesday, July 11, 1939 by a score of 3 to 1. The league's manager was Gabby Hartnett.

In the World Series, the National League champion Cincinnati Reds were defeated by the American League's New York Yankees, 4 games to 0.

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Bucky Walters, a pitcher with the Cincinnati Reds. In the award's voting, he had 303 out of a possible 336 points and 18 first place votes.