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Team                W   L    %   GB  OFF  PIT  DEF   HOME   ROAD  1-RUN    L26   MANAGER(S)
New York AL   NYA 100  54 .649 ----    2    1    1  49-28  51-26  23-17  19-7    Billy Vanson
Chicago AL    CHA  87  67 .565 13.0    6    8    2  43-34  44-33  27-17  12-14   Robert Rescigno
Philadelphia  PHA  84  70 .545 16.0    3    4    9  40-37  44-33  17-22  14-12   David Dick
Detroit       DEA  81  73 .526 19.0    4    9    6  46-31  35-42  22-19  12-14   Thomas Treece
Boston AL     BOA  75  79 .487 25.0    1   12    8  41-36  34-43  22-21  12-14   Steve Bivens
St. Louis AL  SLA  55  99 .357 45.0   11   11   12  30-47  25-52  15-28   9-17   Pat Carr

OFF, PIT, DEF - rankings among the 12 teams in Offense, Pitching and Defense.
HOME, ROAD, 1-RUN, L26 - W-L records at Home & on the Road, in one-run games, and over the final 26 games of the season.

Postseason
World Series (0-0):   New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers

1939 NL | AL League Yearly Summary | Transactions
  Players: Batting - Pitching

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS   IBB  HP   SH   SF  GIDP
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 BOA  5.84   900  5532  1609  258  66  149  588   778  .291  .359  .442   36   14   19   27   50   42  151
 NYA  5.81   895  5382  1539  267  40  186  614   639  .286  .359  .454  112   55   31   30   85   54  128
 PHA  5.77   888  5495  1530  273  76  151  605   767  .278  .350  .438   88   22   27   34   49   66  135
 DEA  5.65   870  5465  1533  252  61  187  521   709  .281  .343  .452   45   16   31   24   48   54  126
 CHA  5.37   827  5450  1572  242  65  106  603   599  .288  .358  .415  125   45   19   23   92   56  131
 SLA  4.15   639  5374  1405  209  55   87  531   638  .261  .328  .369   53   16   16   23   40   45  158
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 Tot  5.43  5019 32698  9188 1501 363  866 3462  4130  .281  .350  .429  459  168  143  161  364  317  829

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA   ERA    IP    H    HR    BB    SO   CG SHO  SV  IRSC XTOT XOUT  XPCT
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+-----+----+----+-----+
 NYA  3.93   605  3.43  1392  1234  121   595   697  31  10  39  .317  808  603  .746
 PHA  4.90   755  4.15  1392  1473  129   493   582  50   6  20  .451  786  514  .654
 CHA  5.20   801  4.33  1385  1531  139   502   673  22   6  36  .414  779  561  .720
 DEA  5.23   806  4.60  1378  1560  124   552   828  45   8  22  .474  780  537  .688
 SLA  5.89   907  4.78  1376  1728  143   488   725  55   7   9  .483  862  536  .622
 BOA  5.95   917  5.05  1377  1626  157   595   706  32   3  29  .449  826  545  .660
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+-----+----+----+-----+
 Tot  5.19  4791  4.39  8303  9152  813  3225  4211 235  40 155       4841 3296  .681

League Awards
Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.
Pitchers are not eligible for the MVP Award.
All voting is done by HAL. Totals may not match the Recap report, but the order of the players is generally the same.

MVP Award Voting

  1. Bob Johnson  (534)
  2. Johnny Mize  (494)
  3. Jimmie Foxx  (485)
  4. Ted Williams  (481)
  5. George McQuinn  (479)
  6. Joe Cronin  (471)
  7. Joe Gordon  (458)
  8. Hank Greenberg  (450)
  9. Bill Dickey  (433)
  10. Joe Dimaggio  (422)

  11. Max West  (400)
  12. Bobby Doerr  (385)
  13. Red Rolfe  (380)
  14. Charlie Gehringer  (374)
  15. Frank McCormick  (369)
  16. Barney McCosky  (364)
  17. Buddy Lewis  (364)
  18. George Selkirk  (361)
  19. Harry Craft  (357)
  20. Zeke Bonura  (354)

Cy Young Award Voting

  1. Red Ruffing  (194)
  2. Marius Russo  (175)
  3. Oral Hildebrand  (174)
  4. Bobo Newsom  (172)
  5. Dutch Leonard  (159)
  6. Lefty Gomez  (156)
  7. Paul Derringer  (153)
  8. Steve Sundra  (137)
  9. Lefty Grove  (136)
  10. Boom-Boom Beck  (133)

  11. Eddie Smith  (124)
  12. Lee Grissom  (120)
  13. Tommy Bridges  (114)
  14. Thornton Lee  (113)
  15. Bill Lee  (111)
  16. Ted Lyons  (110)
  17. Atley Donald  (108)
  18. Bob Bowman  (103)
  19. Dizzy Trout  (96)
  20. Bump Hadley  (92)

Gold Gloves
P: Paul Derringer
C: Bill Dickey
1B: George McQuinn
2B: Charlie Gehringer
3B: Red Rolfe
SS: Frank Crosetti
OF: Harry Craft
OF: Sam West
OF: Barney McCosky

Major League Leaderboard
Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

Batting Average
Mel Ott.370
Jimmie Foxx.369
Bob Johnson.367
Morrie Arnovich.364
Zeke Bonura.362
Charlie Gehringer.348
George McQuinn.347
Joe Medwick.344
Frank McCormick.336
Joe Cronin.335
Charlie Keller.333
George Case.329
On Base Percentage
Mel Ott.477
Bob Johnson.462
Jimmie Foxx.456
Charlie Gehringer.445
Charlie Keller.436
Joe Cronin.429
Zeke Bonura.423
Hank Greenberg.421
George Selkirk.417
Morrie Arnovich.415
Johnny Mize.413
Joe Medwick.405
Slugging Percentage
Mel Ott.732
Jimmie Foxx.675
Bob Johnson.639
Hank Greenberg.636
Bill Dickey.622
Max West.605
Johnny Mize.599
Charlie Gehringer.582
George McQuinn.571
Zeke Bonura.559
Joe Cronin.554
Ted Williams.553
On Base + Slugging
Mel Ott1.209
Jimmie Foxx1.131
Bob Johnson1.101
Hank Greenberg1.057
Charlie Gehringer1.027
Johnny Mize1.013
Max West1.010
Bill Dickey0.993
Joe Cronin0.983
Zeke Bonura0.982
George McQuinn0.971
Charlie Keller0.954
At Bats
Barney McCosky668
Ken Keltner649
Doc Cramer639
Enos Slaughter638
Arky Vaughan636
Frankie Crosetti623
George McQuinn623
Joe Gordon622
Billy Herman615
Frank Demaree613
Ted Williams613
Dolph Camilli612
Runs Scored
Bob Johnson148
Ted Williams141
Jimmie Foxx129
Joe Cronin125
Dolph Camilli123
George McQuinn123
Buddy Lewis121
Hank Greenberg116
Arky Vaughan116
Charlie Gehringer114
Mel Ott114
Barney McCosky113
Hits
George McQuinn216
Bob Johnson213
Ken Keltner209
Joe Medwick206
Frank McCormick204
Enos Slaughter201
Barney McCosky199
Morrie Arnovich195
George Case191
Stan Hack191
Doc Cramer188
Jimmie Foxx188
Total Bases
Bob Johnson371
George McQuinn356
Johnny Mize353
Jimmie Foxx344
Ted Williams339
Enos Slaughter336
Ken Keltner324
Joe Medwick316
Joe Cronin309
Mel Ott309
Hank Greenberg306
Joe Gordon303
Doubles
Joe Medwick52
Enos Slaughter51
Ken Keltner45
Red Rolfe44
Joe Cronin43
Mike Kreevich40
Zeke Bonura39
Johnny Mize38
Joe Gordon37
Ival Goodman36
Triples
Ken Keltner20
George McQuinn20
Billy Herman19
Ival Goodman15
Buddy Lewis15
Barney McCosky15
Billy Jurges14
Arky Vaughan14
Johnny Mize11
Heinie Mueller11
Home Runs
Bill Dickey41
Mel Ott40
Hank Greenberg38
Joe Dimaggio37
Johnny Mize36
Jimmie Foxx35
Bob Johnson35
Rudy York35
Ted Williams34
Max West30
Chuck Klein29
RBI
Joe Gordon143
Bob Johnson139
Jimmie Foxx135
Joe Cronin129
George McQuinn123
Joe Dimaggio116
Bill Dickey114
Ted Williams113
Hank Greenberg110
Bobby Doerr108
Johnny Mize108
Harry Danning107
Walks
Dolph Camilli110
Bob Johnson105
Harlond Clift104
Ted Williams101
Johnny Mize100
George Selkirk97
Luke Appling94
Hank Greenberg94
Joe Cronin93
Mel Ott88
Cookie Lavagetto86
Jimmie Foxx85
Batters Strikeouts
Dolph Camilli145
Billy Myers128
Frankie Crosetti105
Hank Greenberg105
Ted Williams104
Jimmie Foxx98
Jeff Heath87
Frankie Hayes84
Chet Laabs82
Barney McCosky82
Joe Kuhel76
Stolen Bases
George Case87
Eric McNair39
Mike Kreevich32
Cookie Lavagetto29
Luke Appling27
Buddy Myer21
Frankie Crosetti20
Stan Hack20
Buddy Lewis19
Bob Johnson18
Arky Vaughan18
Caught Stealing
George Case26
Billy Myers12
Frank Demaree11
Myril Hoag11
Ken Keltner11
Rip Russell11
Jimmy Brown10
George Selkirk10
Joe Vosmik10
Hit by Pitch
Lonny Frey8
Buddy Lewis7
Barney McCosky7
Red Rolfe7
Cookie Lavagetto6
Joe Medwick6
Arky Vaughan6
Billy Werber6
GIDP
Lonny Frey26
Ival Goodman26
Frank Demaree25
Mike Kreevich24
Red Rolfe24
Harlond Clift21
Johnny Mize21
Bobby Doerr20
Cookie Lavagetto20
Jim Tabor20
Errors
Johnny Berardino65
Jim Tabor44
Mel Ott40
Billy Myers37
Luke Appling34
Bill Brubaker33
Harlond Clift32
Bob Johnson31
Billy Werber31
Bobby Doerr28
Joe Gordon28
Don Heffner27
Earned Run Average
Boom-Boom Beck2.80
Red Ruffing2.99
Paul Derringer3.03
Larry French3.10
Ted Lyons3.12
Lefty Grove3.23
Bucky Walters3.27
Ken Chase3.41
Dutch Leonard3.54
Mel Harder3.56
Bob Feller3.58
Hugh Casey3.59
Wins
Paul Derringer20
Dutch Leonard20
Red Ruffing18
Thornton Lee17
Bobo Newsom17
Al Milnar16
Claude Passeau16
Bucky Walters16
Lefty Grove15
Bill Lee15
Losses
Bob Feller25
Curt Davis22
Bob Klinger21
Luke Hamlin16
Bucky Walters16
Danny Macfayden15
Johnny Rigney15
Max Butcher14
Bill Lee14
Winning Percentage
Larry French.813
Boom-Boom Beck.706
Syl Johnson.706
Al Milnar.696
Lefty Grove.682
Paul Derringer.667
Dutch Leonard.667
Hugh Casey.650
Oral Hildebrand.650
Red Ruffing.643
Lefty Gomez.636
Ted Lyons.636
Games Pitched
Emerson Dickman66
Syl Johnson62
Clint Brown61
Manny Salvo61
Bill Swift60
Earl Whitehill60
Johnny Marcum59
Dizzy Dean57
Oral Hildebrand57
Vito Tamulis57
Vance Page56
Marius Russo56
Games Started
Bobo Newsom39
Luke Hamlin37
Dutch Leonard36
Paul Derringer35
Bob Feller35
Curt Davis34
Bill Lee34
Thornton Lee34
Bucky Walters34
Claude Passeau33
Complete Games
Paul Derringer19
Bobo Newsom18
Bob Feller17
Bucky Walters16
Dutch Leonard14
Lefty Grove11
Carl Hubbell11
Bill Lee11
Tommy Bridges10
Max Butcher10
Red Ruffing10
Games Finished
Vance Page45
Emerson Dickman44
Marius Russo43
Clint Brown42
Clyde Shoun37
Red Lynn36
Johnny Murphy36
Bob Weiland36
Earl Whitehill33
Johnny Lanning32
Syl Johnson31
Ira Hutchinson30
Saves
Marius Russo28
Clyde Shoun22
Clint Brown20
Emerson Dickman19
Johnny Murphy18
Vance Page18
Johnny Lanning14
Whit Wyatt13
Bob Weiland12
Fred Frankhouse7
Shutouts
Carl Hubbell4
Hugh Casey3
Paul Derringer3
Lefty Gomez3
Mel Harder3
Ted Lyons3
Innings Pitched
Bobo Newsom303.0
Dutch Leonard292.3
Bob Feller291.3
Paul Derringer288.3
Bill Lee263.3
Bucky Walters261.3
Luke Hamlin247.7
Red Ruffing240.7
Curt Davis239.7
Thornton Lee234.7
Claude Passeau232.0
Al Milnar220.3
Hits Allowed
Paul Derringer319
Curt Davis315
Dutch Leonard310
Bobo Newsom299
Bob Feller286
Luke Hamlin276
Thornton Lee266
Bill Lee260
Bob Klinger254
Joe Bowman253
Claude Passeau242
Mort Cooper238
Home Runs Allowed
Luke Hamlin40
Bobo Newsom36
Johnny Marcum33
George Caster27
Bob Feller26
Harry Gumbert25
Joe Bowman23
Lefty Grove23
Dutch Leonard23
Whitey Moore23
Walks Allowed
Bob Feller164
Bobo Newsom138
Johnny Vander Meer123
Kirby Higbe117
Whitey Moore117
Eddie Smith105
Mort Cooper104
Bucky Walters104
Joe Krakauskas97
Al Milnar96
Pitchers Strikeouts
Bob Feller282
Bobo Newsom252
Mort Cooper172
Tommy Bridges168
Joe Krakauskas146
Johnny Rigney143
Paul Derringer136
Claude Passeau134
Bucky Walters133
Johnny Vander Meer131
Ken Chase128
Lefty Gomez120
  
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