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1939 AL Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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American Team W L WPct GB New York (A) 95 67 .586 -- Seattle (M) 94 68 .580 1 Oakland 90 72 .556 5 Tampa Bay 88 74 .543 7 Boston (A) 82 80 .506 13 Detroit 78 84 .481 17 Cleveland 73 89 .451 22 Minnesota 67 95 .414 28

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-1)	Seattle (M) Mariners over New York (G) Giants
AL League Series (4-2)	Seattle (M) Mariners over New York (A) Yankees

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
NYA	5.6	911	162	5723	1640	287	58	104	658	832	.287	.360	.411	.772
BOS	5.2	839	162	5619	1570	315	56	120	564	453	.279	.345	.419	.765
SEM	5.1	823	162	5593	1567	328	47	101	615	704	.280	.351	.410	.761
TAM	5.0	804	162	5680	1628	292	54	91	450	644	.287	.339	.405	.744
OAK	4.7	757	162	5593	1488	306	53	122	502	613	.266	.326	.405	.732
DET	4.4	715	162	5675	1492	329	50	75	512	606	.263	.324	.378	.702
MIN	4.4	705	162	5626	1476	312	43	97	435	605	.262	.315	.385	.700
CLE	4.0	652	162	5603	1422	293	44	109	381	540	.254	.301	.380	.681
Totals	4.8	6206	1296	45112	12283	2462	405	819	4117	4997	.272	.333	.399	.732
Average		776	162	5639	1535	308	51	102	515	625

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
OAK	4.2	681	162	3.96	1454.0	1523	9.4	487	3.0	627	3.9	35
DET	4.3	702	162	3.88	1460.7	1503	9.3	416	2.6	488	3.0	27
SEM	4.5	722	162	4.15	1435.0	1531	9.5	453	2.8	682	4.2	27
NYA	4.6	746	162	4.06	1459.3	1548	9.6	457	2.8	620	3.8	25
TAM	4.7	768	162	4.24	1447.3	1448	8.9	530	3.3	878	5.4	23
BOS	4.9	794	162	4.36	1444.0	1660	10.2	460	2.8	614	3.8	12
MIN	4.9	801	162	4.33	1443.0	1496	9.2	569	3.5	602	3.7	15
CLE	4.9	801	162	4.51	1439.3	1543	9.5	611	3.8	542	3.3	21
Totals	4.6	6015	1296	4.18	11582.6	12252	9.5	3983	3.1	5053	3.9	185
Average		752	162		1448	1532		498		632		23

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
NYA	96	66	-1	7	18	1	3	1	17	1.01	0.91	2,427,931		Jason Spiegel
SEM	91	71	3	6	14	2	1	1	8	1.02	1.21	2,418,038		Peter Fletcher
OAK	89	73	1	4	17	1	1	0	15	0.95	0.87	2,428,068		Pat Flaherty
TAM	84	78	4	3	16	0	6	1	4	0.91	1.01	2,088,641		Ricky Sanford
BOS	85	77	-3	2	9	1	2	2	19	1.02	1.03	2,115,518		Brian Rodgers
CLE	66	96	7	1	7	3	0	1	21	1.11	1.06	1,637,854		Josh Pingel
DET	82	80	-4	1	20	10	3	0	22	1.04	0.94	1,655,698		Ted Lyons
MIN	72	90	-5	1	9	1	0	2	11	1.01	0.90	1,062,225		Walter Johnson

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
NYA	285	158.90	87.00	39.07	9.00	3.14	4.97	5.26	4.64	12.07
SEM	282	144.06	92.73	45.17	4.87	3.17	9.07	5.59	10.97	11.51
OAK	270	123.90	98.18	47.89	10.81	3.19	7.01	7.53	9.15	10.22
TAM	264	149.01	76.32	38.65	5.98	3.57	4.11	4.25	7.13	13.62
BOS	246	137.36	75.02	33.59	4.71	3.39	5.71	5.50	7.05	7.24
DET	234	93.56	97.19	43.21	9.14	2.13	3.73	8.24	8.69	11.29
CLE	219	84.50	86.46	48.01	8.72	2.78	6.88	4.91	5.86	18.88
MIN	201	95.39	69.00	36.58	7.60	3.42	4.39	3.06	5.08	13.04

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Arky Vaughan	BOS	.353, 27 HR, 118 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Schoolboy Rowe	BOS	24-7, 3.70, 304.0 IP, 115 K
Bronze Rookie:	George Myatt	SEM	.319, 4 HR, 55 RBI
Gold Glove Winners
P	Tex Carleton	MIN	1.000, 25 PO, 60 A, 0 E
C	Willard Hershberger	TAM	.992, 694 PO, 30 A, 6 E 31.0% (13-42) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Hal Trosky	BOS	.996, 1831 PO, 122 A, 8 E
2B	Alex Kampouris	CLE	.980, 319 PO, 643 A, 20 E
3B	Randy Moore	DET	.975, 90 PO, 340 A, 11 E
SS	John Mihalic	DET	.977, 218 PO, 629 A, 20 E
LF	Bob Johnson	NYA	.949, 312 PO, 7 A, 17 E
CF	Vince Dimaggio	NYA	.994, 329 PO, 7 A, 2 E
RF	Joe Medwick	CLE	.996, 258 PO, 16 A, 1 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Vaughan BOS .353 Walker BOS .340 Lewis NYA .337 Mize CLE .336 Collins TAM .335	On-Base Pct Vaughan BOS .430 Camilli SEM .426 Mize CLE .405 Walker BOS .403 Myatt SEM .401	Slugging Pct Mize CLE .602 Vaughan BOS .601 Johnson NYA .536 York CLE .533 Klein TAM .531	OPS Vaughan BOS 1.032 Mize CLE 1.007 Johnson NYA .929 Camilli SEM .926 Klein TAM .907
XR Vaughan BOS 131.5 Mize CLE 115.4 Johnson NYA 113.2 Camilli SEM 110.1 Greenberg SEM 105.8	Games Moses MIN 159 Myers MIN 159 Walker BOS 158 Dimaggio NYA 157 Rizzo MIN 157	At-Bats Chapman TAM 654 Cavarretta SEM 637 Hack OAK 611 Cronin TAM 606 Rolfe SEM 602	Runs Vaughan BOS 125 Johnson NYA 121 Cavarretta SEM 110 Trosky BOS 109 Camilli SEM 108
Hits Vaughan BOS 211 Cavarretta SEM 198 Walker BOS 191 Chapman TAM 189 Rolfe SEM 185	Total Bases Vaughan BOS 359 Mize CLE 328 Trosky BOS 316 Chapman TAM 311 Johnson NYA 310	Singles Lewis NYA 151 Rolfe SEM 146 Walker BOS 145 Dickshot NYA 136 Cavarretta SEM 134	Doubles Chapman TAM 56 Hasson OAK 51 Mize CLE 51 Cavarretta SEM 50 Trosky BOS 50
Triples Chapman TAM 12 Cronin TAM 11 Heath OAK 11 Klein TAM 9 Sington NYA 9	Homeruns Johnson NYA 31 York CLE 31 Mize CLE 28 Vaughan BOS 27 Bonura MIN 25	RBIs Trosky BOS 126 Vaughan BOS 118 Johnson NYA 117 Greenberg SEM 114 Klein TAM 112	Stolen Bases Myatt SEM 69 Gleeson   20 Cavarretta SEM 18 Chapman TAM 17 Hill DET 14
Caught Stealing Myatt SEM 17 Chapman TAM 12 Vaughan BOS 11 Hill DET 9 Dickshot NYA 7	Walks Camilli SEM 116 Johnson NYA 95 Lavagetto TAM 82 Vaughan BOS 81 Sington NYA 80	Strikeouts Clift SEM 128 Greenberg SEM 119 Camilli SEM 103 Hasson OAK 103 Lazzeri   94

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Wyatt OAK 3.28 French BOS 3.34 Lee NYA 3.37 Brown DET 3.41 Zuber OAK 3.52	Wins Rowe BOS 24 Birkofer SEM 22 Bauers NYA 21 Dean TAM 21 Wyatt OAK 21	Losses Milnar MIN 24 Warneke BOS 22 Ferrell BOS 21 Carleton MIN 20 McGee CLE 20	Winning Pct Rowe BOS .774 Lee NYA .714 Winegarner SEM .679 Bauers NYA .656 Birkofer SEM .647
Saves Benge OAK 22 Matuzak SEM 20 Kelleher CLE 17 Jacobs TAM 11 Hearn   9	Games Pitched Jacobs TAM 87 Higbe OAK 81 Matuzak SEM 80 Jakucki CLE 60 Stratton OAK 52	Games Started McGee CLE 44 Milnar MIN 44 Pearson SEM 44 Wyatt OAK 44 Blanton MIN 43	Complete Games Blanton MIN 24 Dean TAM 23 Gumbert CLE 20 Milnar MIN 19 French BOS 18
Shutouts French BOS 3 Gumbert CLE 3 Lee NYA 3 Winegarner SEM 3 Blanton MIN 2	Innings Pitched Milnar MIN 343.0 Cooper OAK 335.7 Dean TAM 330.7 Wyatt OAK 329.3 Blanton MIN 328.3	Hits Allowed Warneke BOS 390 Blanton MIN 379 Macfayden   378 Ferrell BOS 354 Milnar MIN 353	Homeruns Allowed Gomez TAM 28 Warneke BOS 28 McGee CLE 27 Birkofer SEM 24 Pearson SEM 24
Strikeouts Malone TAM 250 Gomez TAM 203 Pearson SEM 195 Dean TAM 189 Cooper OAK 175	Walks Allowed Moore CLE 159 Milnar MIN 138 Malone TAM 137 Wyatt OAK 136 McGee CLE 135	Walks per 9IP Leonard   1.3 Macfayden   1.5 Eisenstat OAK 1.6 Dean TAM 1.9 French BOS 2.0	Hits per 9IP Malone TAM 7.7 Moore CLE 8.2 Wyatt OAK 8.3 Brown DET 8.6 Baecht   8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Malone TAM 7.3 Gomez TAM 6.1 Pearson SEM 5.3 Dean TAM 5.1 Buxton TAM 5.1	WHiP Leonard   1.18 Dean TAM 1.18 Lee NYA 1.23 Eisenstat OAK 1.26 Brown DET 1.28	OAVG Malone TAM .228 Moore CLE .245 Wyatt OAK .247 Dean TAM .251 Brown DET .253	OOBP Dean TAM .289 Leonard   .292 Lee NYA .303 Eisenstat OAK .307 Malone TAM .310
OSLG Brown DET .336 Wyatt OAK .344 Lanier DET .352 Baecht   .352 Lee NYA .353	OOPS Brown DET .647 Leonard   .653 Lee NYA .656 Dean TAM .662 Lanier DET .667

League All-Stars
Russ Bauers	Ralph Birkofer	Dolph Camilli
Phil Cavarretta	Dusty Cooke	Mort Cooper
Joe Cronin	Dizzy Dean	Hank Greenberg
Kirby Higbe	Bob Johnson	Chuck Klein
Tony Lazzeri	Thornton Lee	Hank Leiber
Bill Lewis	Buddy Lewis	Harry Matuzak
Johnny Mize	Hub Pruett	Johnny Rizzo
Red Rolfe	Schoolboy Rowe	Arky Vaughan
Whit Wyatt

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Jimmie Foxx	SEM	$ 30,000,000
2.	Chuck Klein	TAM	$ 13,000,000
3.	Danny Macfayden	DET	$ 11,000,000
4.	Wes Ferrell	BOS	$ 10,000,000
5.	Lefty Gomez	TAM	$ 10,000,000
6.	Larry French	BOS	$ 8,800,000
7.	Tony Lazzeri	NYA	$ 8,750,000
8.	Ed Baecht	NYA	$ 8,600,000
9.	Bill Hallahan	MIN	$ 8,500,000
10.	Lon Warneke	BOS	$ 7,750,000
11.	Bruce Campbell	BOS	$ 7,600,000
12.	Roy Mahaffey	DET	$ 7,500,000
13.	Arky Vaughan	BOS	$ 7,100,000
14.	Whit Wyatt	OAK	$ 7,000,001
15.	Carl Hubbell	NYA	$ 7,000,000
	Hal Trosky	BOS	$ 7,000,000
17.	Hank Leiber	OAK	$ 6,500,000
	Bob Johnson	NYA	$ 6,500,000
19.	Ripper Collins	TAM	$ 6,250,000
20.	Dixie Walker	BOS	$ 6,210,000
21.	Monte Pearson	SEM	$ 6,107,143
22.	Pat Malone	TAM	$ 6,000,000
	Joe Cronin	TAM	$ 6,000,000
	Paul Waner	DET	$ 6,000,000
	Hank Greenberg	SEM	$ 6,000,000
	Zeke Bonura	MIN	$ 6,000,000
	Billy Herman	TAM	$ 6,000,000

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