1939 Cleveland Bears Statistics

1938 Season 1940 Season

Record: 20-21-0, Finished 3rd in Negro American League

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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Negro League team records include only league games. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black Baseball teams. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. More about data coverage

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Henry Turner	25	23	91	84	11	33	3	5	1	21	2		7		.393	.440	.583	1.023	196	49
2	1B	Mint Jones#	28	21	76	71	10	19	3	0	0	7	1		5		.268	.316	.310	.626	82	22
3	2B	Albert Frazier	24	23	82	74	11	22	3	0	0	11	1		8		.297	.366	.338	.704	105	25
4	SS	John Lyles#	27	19	84	79	12	24	5	0	0	9	4		5		.304	.345	.367	.712	107	29
5	3B	Parnell Woods	27	22	92	85	16	24	3	4	0	13	7		7		.282	.337	.412	.749	117	35
6	LF	Ralph Coles#	26	8	22	19	0	7	1	0	0	3	0		3		.368	.455	.421	.876	155	8
7	CF	Johnny Ray*	27	21	88	78	18	18	3	1	0	4	2		10		.231	.318	.295	.613	79	23
8	RF	Duke Cleveland*	22	19	73	63	14	16	2	0	0	7	0		10		.254	.356	.286	.642	88	18
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Clarence Lamar	24	11	31	28	4	5	0	0	0	2	1		3		.179	.258	.179	.437	28	5
10	C	Walter Burch	31	8	29	26	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		3		.115	.207	.115	.322	-5	3
11	SS	Philly Holmes*	26	6	20	17	4	4	1	0	0	2	2		3		.235	.350	.294	.644	88	5
12		Joe Royal	27	6	18	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	1		2		.125	.222	.125	.347	2	2
13	1B	Alonzo Mitchell	34	8	17	17	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		0		.235	.235	.294	.529	53	5
14		Eugene Tyler	19	2	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
15		David Whatley*	24	2	8	8	1	3	1	0	0	2	1		0		.375	.375	.500	.875	153	4
16		Dan Thomas?		2	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		.400	.500	.400	.900	163	2
17		Jack Bruton?	27	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
18		Jack Moore?		1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	482	1
19		Andy Sarvis?	31	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
20	P	Preacher Henry	28	14	33	30	1	6	2	0	0	2	0		3		.200	.273	.267	.539	57	8
21	P	Smoky Owens?	27	10	27	27	1	6	1	0	0	4	0		0		.222	.222	.259	.481	40	7
22	P	Red Howard*	29	2	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	0		1		.667	.750	1.000	1.750	407	3
23	P	Bernard Fernández	21	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
24	P	Alonzo Boone	31	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.333	.000	.333	1	0
25	P	Willie Ferrell?	25	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	94	1
26	P	Andrews?		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0
27	P	Davis?		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0
		Team Totals	26.2	41	826	753	108	202	30	10	1	93	22		73		.268	.333	.339	.672	95	255
		Rank in 7 NAL teams				3	4	3	4	4	7		4		4		3	4	5	4		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.1	41	753	685	104	187	26	10	1	85	22		68		.273	.339	.345	.683	99	236
		Pitcher Totals	27.2	41	73	68	4	15	4	0	0	8	0		5		.221	.274	.279	.553	61	19
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Preacher Henry	28	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
2	SP	Smoky Owens	27	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
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
3	RP	Alonzo Mitchell	34	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
4	RP	Alonzo Boone	31	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
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5		Bernard Fernández	21	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
6		Willie Ferrell*	25	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
7		Red Howard*	29	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
8		Andrews?		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
9		Davis?		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
		Team Totals	27.7	15	8	.652	3.47	41	23		12	2	0	197.0	174	92	76		84		81	2				114		1.310	7.9		3.8	3.7	0.96
		Rank in 7 NAL teams		3	4		2				5	1	3	3	2	2	2		4		6
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W