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1939 National League Relief Pitching

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, AL, NAL, NN2

Pennant Winner: Cincinnati Reds

NL Most Valuable Player: Bucky Walters

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Team Relief Pitching*

Team Relief Pitching* Table
Tm	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
Brooklyn Dodgers	157	138	88	19	9	22	13	9	59%	23	0	113	46	41%	1.029	38	34	51	30	14	81	67	58	88	21	80	19	7.2
Boston Bees	152	144	84	11	15	16	15	4	94%	20	2	126	49	39%	1.039	40	19	61	24	17	81	67	55	94	24	79	6	7.5
Chicago Cubs	156	136	84	14	10	19	13	9	68%	22	2	135	60	44%	1.092	38	19	64	27	14	90	73	58	68	42	67	23	5.7
Cincinnati Reds	156	143	70	17	11	18	9	9	50%	22	2	101	43	43%	1.056	43	24	73	29	22	92	54	89	71	28	72	16	5.9
New York Giants	151	163	96	16	8	30	19	12	63%	33	2	117	48	41%	.975	41	25	91	37	12	111	61	99	96	21	95	16	6.2
Philadelphia Phillies	152	134	85	10	12	18	12	7	67%	20	1	108	50	46%	1.000	29	16	71	23	9	90	61	61	82	17	76	26	7.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	153	157	100	13	13	16	15	2	94%	17	1	130	53	41%	.963	30	29	84	22	10	112	75	69	100	16	96	20	7.6
St. Louis Cardinals	155	210	110	23	13	39	32	7	82%	49	7	170	51	30%	1.043	72	32	86	55	22	113	96	94	117	43	112	38	5.8
League Average	154	153	90	15	11	22	16	7	72%	26	2	125	50	40%	1.025	41	25	73	31	15	96	69	73	90	27	85	21	6.6
	1232	1225	717	123	91	178	128	59	72%	206	17	1000	400	40%	1.025	331	198	581	247	120	770	554	583	716	212	677	164	6.6

* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

* Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1972 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1973 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.