1939 Negro American League Fielding Leaders

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Pennant Winner: Kansas City Monarchs

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Negro American League Fielding Leaders

Def. Games as C
1.	Greene • KCM	32
2.	Bassett • CAG	30
3.	Brown • MRS	20
4.	Turner • CBR	16
	Decuir • KCM	16

Def. Games as 1B
1.	O'Neil • KCM	44
2.	Young • CAG	26
3.	Taylor • MRS	22
4.	Jones • CBR	21
	Mayweather • SL3	21

Def. Games as 2B
1.	Allen • KCM	42
2.	Horne • CAG	26
3.	Frazier • CBR	23
4.	Riddle • SL3	20
5.	Kemp • IAB	14

Def. Games as 3B
1.	Bibbs • KCM	37
2.	Radcliff • CAG	33
3.	Robinson • SL3	23
4.	Woods • CBR	21
5.	Davis • IAB	14
	Bankhead • MRS	14

Def. Games as SS
1.	Strong • KCM	40
2.	Sparks • CAG	25
3.	Brown • MRS	20
4.	Butts • IAB	18
5.	Armour • SL3	16

Def. Games as LF (s.1901)
1.	Brown • KCM	43
2.	Smith • CAG	20
3.	Wilson • SL3	16
4.	Andrews • IAB	13
	Redus • CAG	13

Def. Games as CF (s.1901)
1.	Stearnes • KCM	49
2.	Simms • CAG	29
3.	Green • SL3	21
4.	Ray • CBR	19
5.	Robinson • MRS	14

Def. Games as RF (s.1901)
1.	Milton • KCM	45
2.	Bradford • SL3	22
3.	Reeves • 2TM	20
	Byas • CAG	20
5.	Davenport • MRS	14

Def. Games as P
1.	Smith • KCM	20
2.	Walker • KCM	19
3.	Bradley • KCM	15
4.	Cornelius • CAG	14
5.	Johnson • CAG	13
	Henry • CBR	13

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements