1939 Negro American League Standard Pitching

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Pennant Winner: Kansas City Monarchs

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Team Standard Pitching

Team Standard Pitching Table
Tm	#P	PAge	RA/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	tSho	cSho	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HBP	ERA+	WHIP	H9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Chicago American Giants	10	26.6	4.71	13	22	.371	3.62	35	35	14	1	1	2	308.2	294	165	124	113	168	4	109	1.319	8.6	3.3	4.9	1.49
Cleveland Bears	9	25.5	4.00	15	8	.652	3.47	23	23	12	2	2	0	197.0	174	92	76	84	81	2	114	1.310	7.9	3.8	3.7	0.96
Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	10	19.5	7.45	5	15	.250	6.24	20	20	12	0	0	0	163.0	203	149	113	86	84	11	64	1.773	11.2	4.7	4.6	0.98
Kansas City Monarchs	11	26.1	3.71	30	19	.612	2.90	49	49	19	1	1	4	425.2	376	182	137	118	295	15	136	1.161	7.9	2.5	6.2	2.50
Memphis Red Sox	9	29.6	5.23	8	14	.364	4.42	22	22	15	1	1	0	183.1	195	115	90	41	95	4	90	1.287	9.6	2.0	4.7	2.32
St. Louis Stars	7	22.1	4.96	10	13	.435	4.12	23	23	16	1	1	0	190.0	183	114	87	75	95	9	96	1.358	8.7	3.6	4.5	1.27
Toledo Crawfords	5	26.1	6.44	4	5	.444	4.88	9	9	4	0	0	0	75.2	95	58	41	29	44	1	82	1.639	11.3	3.4	5.2	1.52
League Average	8	25.3	4.83	12	14	.470	3.90	26	26	13	1	1	1	220	217	125	95	78	123	7	102	1.339	8.9	3.2	5.0	1.58
	58	25.3	4.83	85	96	.470	3.90	181	181	92	6	6	6	1543.1	1520	875	668	546	862	46	102	1.339	8.9	3.2	5.0	1.58

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Player Standard Pitching Table
Rk	Player	Age	Team	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HBP	ERA+	WHIP	H9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB	Awards
1	Hilton Smith	32	KCM	2.5	6	5	.545	2.43	20	13	7	1	2	111.1	87	44	30	21	85	5	161	*0.970*	7.0	1.7	6.9	4.05	AS,AS
2	Preacher Henry	28	CBR	1.7	5	2	.714	3.33	13	11	6	1	0	92.0	74	41	34	49	42	1	118	1.337	7.2	4.8	4.1	0.86
3	George Walker	24	KCM	2.9	8	1	.889	1.99	19	8	5	0	1	90.2	72	28	20	19	63	3	197	1.004	7.1	1.9	6.3	3.32
4	Willie Cornelius	32	CAG	0.6	4	8	.333	4.15	14	9	3	0	0	89.0	86	52	41	25	45	0	94	1.247	8.7	2.5	4.6	1.80
5	Frank Bradley	21	KCM	2.1	7	4	.636	2.75	15	8	2	0	0	85.0	72	32	26	22	59	1	142	1.106	7.6	2.3	6.2	2.68
6	Smoky Owens	27	CBR	2.5	8	1	.889	2.04	10	8	5	1	0	66.1	54	18	15	17	20	1	193	1.070	7.3	2.3	2.7	1.18	AS
7	Theolic Smith	26	SL3	0.4	3	6	.333	4.02	9	9	7	1	0	62.2	66	35	28	19	34	5	97	1.356	9.5	2.7	4.9	1.79	AS
8	Ted Radcliffe	36	MRS	1.5	6	1	.857	3.13	10	5	5	0	0	60.1	52	25	21	9	42	1	125	1.011	7.8	1.3	6.3	*4.67*	AS
9	Jesse Houston	29	CAG	0.1	2	5	.286	4.53	9	7	4	0	0	51.2	52	33	26	22	25	1	87	1.432	9.1	3.8	4.4	1.14
10	Frank McAllister	21	SL3	0.6	4	1	.800	2.94	7	6	4	0	0	49.0	42	25	16	17	25	0	134	1.204	7.7	3.1	4.6	1.47
11	Tommy Johnson	24	CAG	0.5	1	3	.250	3.35	13	6	1	1	2	48.1	51	27	18	20	20	1	117	1.469	9.5	3.7	3.7	1.00
12	Eddie Dixon	23	IAB	-0.2	2	4	.333	4.88	8	4	4	0	0	48.0	58	32	26	15	16	0	81	1.521	10.9	2.8	3.0	1.07
13	Lefty Bowe*	20	CAG	1.0	2	2	.500	2.81	9	5	2	0	0	41.2	33	17	13	21	44	2	140	1.296	7.1	4.5	*9.5*	2.10
14	Floyd Kranson	25	KCM	0.5	2	3	.400	3.89	10	6	2	0	0	41.2	42	21	18	17	21	3	101	1.416	9.1	3.7	4.5	1.24
15	Ted Trent	35	CAG	1.1	2	3	.400	2.56	9	4	2	0	0	38.2	40	14	11	6	22	0	154	1.190	9.3	1.4	5.1	3.67
16	Lefty Calhoun*	27	SL3	-0.2	1	3	.250	4.50	6	4	3	0	0	38.0	42	26	19	18	14	1	87	1.579	9.9	4.3	3.3	0.78
17	Roosevelt Davis	34	MRS	0.1	1	3	.250	3.82	4	4	3	0	0	33.0	31	21	14	4	16	0	103	1.061	8.5	1.1	4.4	4.00
18	Tee Mitchell	23	IAB	-0.8	1	4	.200	6.00	5	4	3	0	0	33.0	40	31	22	16	12	1	66	1.697	10.9	4.4	3.3	0.75
19	Felix Evans	28	IAB	0.6	2	1	.667	1.86	4	3	3	0	0	29.0	21	12	6	15	20	2	212	1.241	6.5	4.7	6.2	1.33
20	Eugene Bremer	22	MRS	0.5	0	3	.000	3.81	4	3	3	0	0	28.1	26	14	12	9	11	1	104	1.235	8.3	2.9	3.5	1.22
21	Big Train Jackson*	22	KCM	-0.1	1	2	.333	4.26	7	4	1	0	0	25.1	33	17	12	12	17	2	93	1.776	11.7	4.3	6.0	1.42
22	Willie Hutchinson	24	KCM	0.2	1	2	.333	3.60	5	3	1	0	1	25.0	23	13	10	11	18	0	110	1.360	8.3	4.0	6.5	1.64
23	Willie Jefferson	35	MRS	-0.2	1	2	.333	4.70	3	3	2	1	0	23.0	25	18	12	3	6	0	84	1.217	9.8	1.2	2.3	2.00
24	Lefty Moses*	25	KCM	-0.5	3	2	.600	6.75	8	5	0	0	0	22.2	28	20	17	11	12	1	59	1.721	11.1	4.4	4.8	1.09
25	Guy Smith		IAB	-0.4	0	3	.000	4.09	3	3	2	0	0	22.0	21	19	10	16	17	4	97	1.682	8.6	6.5	7.0	1.06
26	Jimmy Johnson*	20	TC	0.4	2	0	1.000	2.49	3	3	2	0	0	21.2	20	10	6	5	20	0	159	1.154	8.3	2.1	8.3	4.00	AS
27	Robert Dean	23	SL3	0.1	2	1	.667	3.38	3	2	1	0	0	18.2	11	11	7	12	12	1	118	1.232	5.3	5.8	5.8	1.00
28	Porter Moss	29	MRS	-0.4	0	3	.000	7.36	3	3	1	0	0	18.1	27	17	15	7	9	1	54	1.855	13.3	3.4	4.4	1.29
29	Andy Cooper*	42	KCM	0.6	2	0	1.000	2.04	3	1	1	0	0	17.2	13	5	4	2	16	0	195	0.849	6.6	1.0	8.2	8.00
30	Ossie Brown		SL3	-0.1	0	2	.000	6.00	4	2	1	0	0	15.0	14	10	10	5	9	0	67	1.267	8.4	3.0	5.4	1.80
31	Lemuel Williams		CAG	-0.1	2	0	1.000	4.30	4	1	1	0	0	14.2	14	11	7	9	6	0	93	1.568	8.6	5.5	3.7	0.67
32	Spoon Carter	36	TC	-0.5	1	1	.500	5.65	3	1	1	0	0	14.1	21	15	9	9	5	0	71	2.093	13.2	5.7	3.1	0.56
33	Johnny Wright	22	TC	0.3	1	2	.333	2.51	3	2	0	0	0	14.1	16	6	4	5	6	0	159	1.465	10.0	3.1	3.8	1.20
34	Percy Forrest	22	CAG	0.0	0	1	.000	3.86	3	3	1	0	0	14.0	10	9	6	8	3	0	104	1.286	6.4	5.1	1.9	0.38
35	Cliff Blackmon	25	2TM	-0.2	0	2	.000	7.07	3	3	1	0	0	14.0	22	14	11	7	7	1	58	2.071	14.1	4.5	4.5	1.00
35	Cliff Blackmon	25	IAB	-0.3	0	1	.000	21.00	1	1	0	0	0	3.0	9	8	7	2	3	0	21	3.667	27.0	6.0	9.0	1.50
35	Cliff Blackmon	25	MRS	0.1	0	1	.000	3.27	2	2	1	0	0	11.0	13	6	4	5	4	1	123	1.636	10.6	4.1	3.3	0.80
36	Harry Kincannon	29	TC	-0.5	0	2	.000	8.10	2	2	1	0	0	13.1	20	17	12	4	8	1	50	1.800	13.5	2.7	5.4	2.00
37	Bill Harvey*	31	TC	-0.2	0	0		7.50	3	1	0	0	0	12.0	18	10	10	6	5	0	54	2.000	13.5	4.5	3.8	0.83
38	Alonzo Mitchell	34	CBR	0.3	0	1	.000	2.45	3	0	0	0	0	11.0	7	4	3	4	5	0	164	1.000	5.7	3.3	4.1	1.25
39	Bernard Fernández	21	CBR	-0.2	0	1	.000	8.00	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	10	8	8	3	4	0	51	1.444	10.0	3.0	4.0	1.33
40	Claude Hayslett	26	IAB	-0.4	0	1	.000	9.72	2	2	0	0	0	8.1	15	10	9	5	5	0	42	2.400	16.2	5.4	5.4	1.00
41	Lefty Richbourg*		IAB	-0.3	0	1	.000	8.64	3	2	0	0	0	8.1	13	9	8	2	5	1	47	1.800	14.0	2.2	5.4	2.50
42	Rogers Pierre	25	CAG	0.4	0	0		1.23	3	0	0	0	0	7.1	6	1	1	1	3	0	334	0.955	7.4	1.2	3.7	3.00
43	Telosh Howard	35	IAB	-0.6	0	0		17.05	2	1	0	0	0	6.1	15	14	12	6	4	3	24	3.316	21.3	8.5	5.7	0.67
44	Lefty Wilson*	22	MRS	-0.2	0	1	.000	9.95	1	1	0	0	0	6.1	14	8	7	1	3	0	42	2.368	19.9	1.4	4.3	3.00
45	Alonzo Boone	31	CBR	-0.1	0	0		4.50	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	6	5	3	3	3	0	92	1.500	9.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
46	Willie Ferrell*	25	CBR	0.4	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	0	0	1	3	0		0.667	4.5	1.5	4.5	3.00
47	Andy Drake	32	SL3	0.1	0	0		4.76	1	0	0	0	0	5.2	4	3	3	2	1	1	87	1.059	6.4	3.2	1.6	0.50
48	Red Howard*	29	CBR	-0.2	1	1	.500	6.75	2	1	0	0	0	5.1	8	6	4	5	4	0	62	2.438	13.5	8.4	6.8	0.80
49	Elbert Treadway	23	KCM	0.2	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	0	2	2	0		1.250	6.8	4.5	4.5	1.00
50	Logan Hensley	39	CAG	0.1	0	0		2.70	2	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	161	0.900	5.4	2.7	0.0	0.00
51	Donald Reeves*	27	IAB	-0.4	0	0		29.70	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	10	12	11	6	1	0	15	4.800	27.0	16.2	2.7	0.17
52	Ralph Ross		MRS	-0.3	0	0		15.00	1	1	0	0	0	3.0	7	6	5	3	4	0	29	3.333	21.0	9.0	12.0	1.33
53	Willie Hudson*	21	KCM	0.1	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0		1.000	9.0	0.0	9.0
54	Jabbo Andrews*	31	IAB	-0.1	0	0		10.80	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	2	2	3	1	0	45	2.400	5.4	16.2	5.4	0.33
55	Jimmie Armstead*	19	SL3	-0.2	0	0		36.00	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	4	4	2	0	1	15	6.000	36.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
56	Andrews		CBR	-0.3	0	1	.000	67.50	1	1	0	0	0	0.2	6	5	5	1	0	0	9	10.500	81.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
57	Davis		CBR	-0.3	0	1	.000	54.00	1	1	0	0	0	0.2	6	5	4	1	0	0	11	10.500	81.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
58	Charlie Beverly*	39	KCM	-0.1	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	1	0	1	0	0		6.000	27.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
	League Average						.500	3.90													100	1.339	8.9	3.2	5.0	1.58

Player Standard Pitching Table
Rk	Player	Age	Team	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	WHIP	H9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB
1	Andy Cooper*	42	KCM	2	0	1.000	1.20	2	2	0	1	0	0	15.0	13	2	2	1	0	12	0	0	0.933	7.8	0.6	7.2	12.00
2	Hilton Smith	32	KCM	2	0	1.000	1.26	3	1	0	1	0	0	14.1	14	2	2	3	0	19	0	0	1.186	8.8	1.9	11.9	6.33
3	Lefty Calhoun*	27	SL3	0	2	.000	4.85	2	2	0	1	0	0	13.0	15	8	7	2	0	8	0	0	1.308	10.4	1.4	5.5	4.00
4	Frank McAllister	21	SL3	0	1	.000	6.55	2	1	0	1	0	0	11.0	12	10	8	3	0	8	0	0	1.364	9.8	2.5	6.5	2.67
5	Ossie Brown		SL3	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	3	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	0.444	3.0	1.0	4.0	4.00
6	Willie Hutchinson	24	KCM	0	1	.000	4.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	10	5	4	3	0	3	0	0	1.444	10.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
7	Theolic Smith	26	SL3	0	1	.000	2.25	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	10	6	2	1	0	3	0	0	1.375	11.3	1.1	3.4	3.00
8	Floyd Kranson	25	KCM	0	0		5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	8	4	4	5	0	2	0	0	1.950	10.8	6.8	2.7	0.40
	League Average					.500	3.14																1.209	8.9	2.0	6.2	3.11