1939 Philadelphia Stars Statistics

1938 Season 1940 Season

Record: 24-29-1, Finished 6th in Negro National League II

Postseason: Lost NN2 Playoffs (3-2) to Homestead Grays

Managers: Jud Wilson (11-17-1) and Jake Dunn (14-13)

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

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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	Bill Perkins	33	20	79	76	14	19	2	0	3	15	0		3		.250	.278	.395	.673	81	30
2	1B	Curtis Harris	34	46	174	173	23	50	3	0	0	22	0		1		.289	.293	.306	.599	62	53
3	2B	Pat Patterson#	27	45	191	184	43	64	9	4	4	36	2		7		.348	.372	.505	.877	136	93
4	SS	Chester Williams	33	48	211	201	37	68	6	3	1	26	1		10		.338	.370	.413	.783	112	83
5	3B	Jud Wilson*	43	42	136	113	18	33	4	1	2	24	0		23		.292	.412	.398	.810	120	45
6	LF	Roy Parnell	35	38	146	134	27	42	5	2	2	16	2		12		.313	.370	.425	.795	115	57
7	CF	Gene Benson*	25	50	194	180	29	51	8	2	6	30	1		14		.283	.335	.450	.785	111	81
8	RF	Clyde Spearman*	26	28	110	95	13	20	0	1	1	5	1		15		.211	.318	.263	.581	59	25
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	IF	Jake Dunn	29	48	179	172	24	44	4	1	3	27	0		7		.256	.285	.343	.628	69	59
10	1B	Jim West#	34	20	82	74	16	27	6	0	2	15	0		8		.365	.427	.527	.954	157	39
11	C	Leon Ruffin	27	14	45	42	5	5	0	0	1	2	0		3		.119	.178	.190	.368	0	8
12	C	Clarence Palm	31	13	42	40	4	9	0	0	0	4	0		2		.225	.262	.225	.487	33	9
13	C	Bill Cooper*	24	10	26	23	8	10	2	0	2	6	0		3		.435	.500	.783	1.283	243	18
14	2B	Leroy Morney#	30	2	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.222	.222	.222	.444	21	2
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
15	P	Henry McHenry	29	25	53	53	1	10	1	0	0	3	0		0		.189	.189	.208	.396	7	11
16	P	Jim Missouri*	22	16	31	30	2	6	0	0	0	2	0		1		.200	.226	.200	.426	16	6
17	P	Rocky Ellis?	28	18	26	24	4	3	0	0	0	1	0		2		.125	.192	.125	.317	-13	3
18	P	Roy Welmaker#	25	13	25	24	4	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		.083	.120	.083	.203	-44	2
19	P	Samuel Thompson	31	13	22	22	2	7	0	0	0	1	0		0		.318	.318	.318	.636	73	7
20	P	Webster McDonald*	39	14	22	22	2	4	0	0	1	2	0		0		.182	.182	.318	.500	33	7
21	P	Henry Miller	21	9	9	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	1		1		.125	.222	.125	.347	-4	1
22	P	Spoon Carter*	36	3	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.200	.000	.200	-42	0
23	P	Purnell Mincy*	23	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
		Team Totals	31.0	54	1819	1705	283	477	50	14	28	237	8		114		.280	.325	.375	.700	89	639
		Rank in 7 NN2 teams				1	1	1	1	2	3		4		3		3	5	4	4		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	31.3	54	1624	1516	264	444	49	14	27	228	7		108		.293	.340	.397	.737	99	602
		Pitcher Totals	28.3	54	195	189	19	33	1	0	1	9	1		6		.175	.200	.196	.396	8	37
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	Jim Missouri*	22	3	4	.429	5.66	16	11		3	2	1	84.1	87	65	53		40		43	1		0		84		1.506	9.3		4.3	4.6	1.08
2	SP	Roy Welmaker*	25	3	4	.429	6.19	9	7		3	0	0	52.1	62	43	36		17		36	0		0		77		1.510	10.7		2.9	6.2	2.12
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	Henry McHenry	29	11	4	.733	4.06	20	9		8	0	1	106.1	107	54	48		32		40	2		0		116		1.307	9.1		2.7	3.4	1.25
4	RP	Samuel Thompson	31	3	4	.429	6.16	13	6		1	0	0	49.2	66	43	34		14		26	1		0		77		1.611	12.0		2.5	4.7	1.86
5	RP	Webster McDonald	39	2	3	.400	5.72	12	5		2	0	0	45.2	50	31	29		13		15	1		0		83		1.380	9.9		2.6	3.0	1.15
6	RP	Rocky Ellis	28	1	2	.333	7.52	11	3		0	0	0	32.1	45	35	27		11		15	0		0		63		1.732	12.5		3.1	4.2	1.36
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
7		Henry Miller	21	2	2	.500	5.97	9	4		1	0	0	31.2	37	25	21		10		15	0		0		80		1.484	10.5		2.8	4.3	1.50
8		Spoon Carter	36	0	1	.000	6.19	3	3		0	0	0	16.0	21	14	11		9		9	1		0		78		1.875	11.8		5.1	5.1	1.00
9		Purnell Mincy*	23	0	0		2.25	4	2		0	0	0	8.0	6	3	2		5		6	0		0		218		1.375	6.8		5.6	6.8	1.20
		Team Totals	27.9	25	24	.510	5.51	54	50		18	2	2	426.1	481	313	261		151		205	6		0		86		1.482	10.2		3.2	4.3	1.36
		Rank in 7 NN2 teams		3	1		5				3	3	1	1	7	7	7		7		1
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