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1939 American League  Previous Year / Next Year 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
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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 Bob Johnson  (534) Johnny Mize  (494) Jimmie Foxx  (485) Ted Williams  (481) George McQuinn  (479) Joe Cronin  (471) Joe Gordon  (458) Hank Greenberg  (450) Bill Dickey  (433) Joe Dimaggio  (422) Max West  (400) Bobby Doerr  (385) Red Rolfe  (380) Charlie Gehringer  (374) Frank McCormick  (369) Barney McCosky  (364) Buddy Lewis  (364) George Selkirk  (361) Harry Craft  (357) Zeke Bonura  (354)

Cy Young Award Voting Red Ruffing  (194) Marius Russo  (175) Oral Hildebrand  (174) Bobo Newsom  (172) Dutch Leonard  (159) Lefty Gomez  (156) Paul Derringer  (153) Steve Sundra  (137) Lefty Grove  (136) Boom-Boom Beck  (133) Eddie Smith  (124) Lee Grissom  (120) Tommy Bridges  (114) Thornton Lee  (113) Bill Lee  (111) Ted Lyons  (110) Atley Donald  (108) Bob Bowman  (103) Dizzy Trout  (96) 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
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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 Ott 1.209 Jimmie Foxx 1.131 Bob Johnson 1.101 Hank Greenberg 1.057 Charlie Gehringer 1.027 Johnny Mize 1.013 Max West 1.010 Bill Dickey 0.993 Joe Cronin 0.983 Zeke Bonura 0.982 George McQuinn 0.971 Charlie Keller 0.954
At Bats Barney McCosky 668 Ken Keltner 649 Doc Cramer 639 Enos Slaughter 638 Arky Vaughan 636 Frankie Crosetti 623 George McQuinn 623 Joe Gordon 622 Billy Herman 615 Frank Demaree 613 Ted Williams 613 Dolph Camilli 612	Runs Scored Bob Johnson 148 Ted Williams 141 Jimmie Foxx 129 Joe Cronin 125 Dolph Camilli 123 George McQuinn 123 Buddy Lewis 121 Hank Greenberg 116 Arky Vaughan 116 Charlie Gehringer 114 Mel Ott 114 Barney McCosky 113	Hits George McQuinn 216 Bob Johnson 213 Ken Keltner 209 Joe Medwick 206 Frank McCormick 204 Enos Slaughter 201 Barney McCosky 199 Morrie Arnovich 195 George Case 191 Stan Hack 191 Doc Cramer 188 Jimmie Foxx 188	Total Bases Bob Johnson 371 George McQuinn 356 Johnny Mize 353 Jimmie Foxx 344 Ted Williams 339 Enos Slaughter 336 Ken Keltner 324 Joe Medwick 316 Joe Cronin 309 Mel Ott 309 Hank Greenberg 306 Joe Gordon 303
Doubles Joe Medwick 52 Enos Slaughter 51 Ken Keltner 45 Red Rolfe 44 Joe Cronin 43 Mike Kreevich 40 Zeke Bonura 39 Johnny Mize 38 Joe Gordon 37 Ival Goodman 36	Triples Ken Keltner 20 George McQuinn 20 Billy Herman 19 Ival Goodman 15 Buddy Lewis 15 Barney McCosky 15 Billy Jurges 14 Arky Vaughan 14 Johnny Mize 11 Heinie Mueller 11	Home Runs Bill Dickey 41 Mel Ott 40 Hank Greenberg 38 Joe Dimaggio 37 Johnny Mize 36 Jimmie Foxx 35 Bob Johnson 35 Rudy York 35 Ted Williams 34 Max West 30 Chuck Klein 29	RBI Joe Gordon 143 Bob Johnson 139 Jimmie Foxx 135 Joe Cronin 129 George McQuinn 123 Joe Dimaggio 116 Bill Dickey 114 Ted Williams 113 Hank Greenberg 110 Bobby Doerr 108 Johnny Mize 108 Harry Danning 107
Walks Dolph Camilli 110 Bob Johnson 105 Harlond Clift 104 Ted Williams 101 Johnny Mize 100 George Selkirk 97 Luke Appling 94 Hank Greenberg 94 Joe Cronin 93 Mel Ott 88 Cookie Lavagetto 86 Jimmie Foxx 85	Batters Strikeouts Dolph Camilli 145 Billy Myers 128 Frankie Crosetti 105 Hank Greenberg 105 Ted Williams 104 Jimmie Foxx 98 Jeff Heath 87 Frankie Hayes 84 Chet Laabs 82 Barney McCosky 82 Joe Kuhel 76	Stolen Bases George Case 87 Eric McNair 39 Mike Kreevich 32 Cookie Lavagetto 29 Luke Appling 27 Buddy Myer 21 Frankie Crosetti 20 Stan Hack 20 Buddy Lewis 19 Bob Johnson 18 Arky Vaughan 18	Caught Stealing George Case 26 Billy Myers 12 Frank Demaree 11 Myril Hoag 11 Ken Keltner 11 Rip Russell 11 Jimmy Brown 10 George Selkirk 10 Joe Vosmik 10
Hit by Pitch Lonny Frey 8 Buddy Lewis 7 Barney McCosky 7 Red Rolfe 7 Cookie Lavagetto 6 Joe Medwick 6 Arky Vaughan 6 Billy Werber 6	GIDP Lonny Frey 26 Ival Goodman 26 Frank Demaree 25 Mike Kreevich 24 Red Rolfe 24 Harlond Clift 21 Johnny Mize 21 Bobby Doerr 20 Cookie Lavagetto 20 Jim Tabor 20	Errors Johnny Berardino 65 Jim Tabor 44 Mel Ott 40 Billy Myers 37 Luke Appling 34 Bill Brubaker 33 Harlond Clift 32 Bob Johnson 31 Billy Werber 31 Bobby Doerr 28 Joe Gordon 28 Don Heffner 27	Earned Run Average Boom-Boom Beck 2.80 Red Ruffing 2.99 Paul Derringer 3.03 Larry French 3.10 Ted Lyons 3.12 Lefty Grove 3.23 Bucky Walters 3.27 Ken Chase 3.41 Dutch Leonard 3.54 Mel Harder 3.56 Bob Feller 3.58 Hugh Casey 3.59
Wins Paul Derringer 20 Dutch Leonard 20 Red Ruffing 18 Thornton Lee 17 Bobo Newsom 17 Al Milnar 16 Claude Passeau 16 Bucky Walters 16 Lefty Grove 15 Bill Lee 15	Losses Bob Feller 25 Curt Davis 22 Bob Klinger 21 Luke Hamlin 16 Bucky Walters 16 Danny Macfayden 15 Johnny Rigney 15 Max Butcher 14 Bill Lee 14	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 Dickman 66 Syl Johnson 62 Clint Brown 61 Manny Salvo 61 Bill Swift 60 Earl Whitehill 60 Johnny Marcum 59 Dizzy Dean 57 Oral Hildebrand 57 Vito Tamulis 57 Vance Page 56 Marius Russo 56
Games Started Bobo Newsom 39 Luke Hamlin 37 Dutch Leonard 36 Paul Derringer 35 Bob Feller 35 Curt Davis 34 Bill Lee 34 Thornton Lee 34 Bucky Walters 34 Claude Passeau 33	Complete Games Paul Derringer 19 Bobo Newsom 18 Bob Feller 17 Bucky Walters 16 Dutch Leonard 14 Lefty Grove 11 Carl Hubbell 11 Bill Lee 11 Tommy Bridges 10 Max Butcher 10 Red Ruffing 10	Games Finished Vance Page 45 Emerson Dickman 44 Marius Russo 43 Clint Brown 42 Clyde Shoun 37 Red Lynn 36 Johnny Murphy 36 Bob Weiland 36 Earl Whitehill 33 Johnny Lanning 32 Syl Johnson 31 Ira Hutchinson 30	Saves Marius Russo 28 Clyde Shoun 22 Clint Brown 20 Emerson Dickman 19 Johnny Murphy 18 Vance Page 18 Johnny Lanning 14 Whit Wyatt 13 Bob Weiland 12 Fred Frankhouse 7
Shutouts Carl Hubbell 4 Hugh Casey 3 Paul Derringer 3 Lefty Gomez 3 Mel Harder 3 Ted Lyons 3	Innings Pitched Bobo Newsom 303.0 Dutch Leonard 292.3 Bob Feller 291.3 Paul Derringer 288.3 Bill Lee 263.3 Bucky Walters 261.3 Luke Hamlin 247.7 Red Ruffing 240.7 Curt Davis 239.7 Thornton Lee 234.7 Claude Passeau 232.0 Al Milnar 220.3	Hits Allowed Paul Derringer 319 Curt Davis 315 Dutch Leonard 310 Bobo Newsom 299 Bob Feller 286 Luke Hamlin 276 Thornton Lee 266 Bill Lee 260 Bob Klinger 254 Joe Bowman 253 Claude Passeau 242 Mort Cooper 238	Home Runs Allowed Luke Hamlin 40 Bobo Newsom 36 Johnny Marcum 33 George Caster 27 Bob Feller 26 Harry Gumbert 25 Joe Bowman 23 Lefty Grove 23 Dutch Leonard 23 Whitey Moore 23
Walks Allowed Bob Feller 164 Bobo Newsom 138 Johnny Vander Meer 123 Kirby Higbe 117 Whitey Moore 117 Eddie Smith 105 Mort Cooper 104 Bucky Walters 104 Joe Krakauskas 97 Al Milnar 96	Pitchers Strikeouts Bob Feller 282 Bobo Newsom 252 Mort Cooper 172 Tommy Bridges 168 Joe Krakauskas 146 Johnny Rigney 143 Paul Derringer 136 Claude Passeau 134 Bucky Walters 133 Johnny Vander Meer 131 Ken Chase 128 Lefty Gomez 120

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