1939 NL
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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National
Team W L WPct GB
San Diego 104 58 .642 --
New York (G) 93 69 .574 11
Montreal 91 71 .562 13
Brooklyn 86 76 .531 18
Boston (N) 71 91 .438 33
Pittsburgh 67 95 .414 37
Cincinnati 60 102 .370 44
St. Louis (C) 57 105 .352 47
   
Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-1) Seattle (M) Mariners over New York (G) Giants
NL League Series (4-1) New York (G) Giants over San Diego Padres
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
NYG 5.2 844 162 5685 1618 320 49 122 496 572 .285 .342 .423 .765
SDP 5.0 810 162 5672 1595 282 50 110 547 582 .281 .344 .407 .751
BSN 4.6 747 162 5722 1642 249 56 64 393 662 .287 .333 .384 .716
MON 4.5 733 162 5605 1515 276 54 100 521 684 .270 .332 .392 .725
BRK 4.2 677 162 5700 1567 262 36 53 439 528 .275 .327 .361 .688
PIT 3.8 614 162 5681 1560 254 47 69 320 565 .275 .313 .372 .686
SLC 3.7 600 162 5564 1436 261 33 64 369 669 .258 .304 .351 .656
CIN 3.4 557 162 5513 1361 226 35 66 456 702 .247 .304 .336 .641
Totals 4.3 5582 1296 45142 12294 2130 360 648 3541 4964 .272 .325 .379 .704
Average   698 162 5643 1537 266 45 81 443 620  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
SDP 3.8 621 162 3.36 1466.0 1470 9.1 330 2.0 581 3.6 26
BRK 4.1 661 162 3.57 1462.7 1446 8.9 436 2.7 726 4.5 27
MON 4.1 664 162 3.72 1453.7 1484 9.2 524 3.2 652 4.0 41
CIN 4.4 713 162 4.11 1442.3 1537 9.5 475 2.9 561 3.5 21
NYG 4.5 737 162 4.21 1450.0 1563 9.6 441 2.7 710 4.4 28
PIT 4.7 759 162 4.21 1448.3 1616 10.0 424 2.6 546 3.4 16
SLC 4.9 801 162 4.40 1437.7 1623 10.0 478 3.0 472 2.9 19
BSN 5.0 817 162 4.25 1435.3 1586 9.8 567 3.5 660 4.1 23
Totals 4.5 5773 1296 3.98 11596.0 12325 9.5 3675 2.8 4908 3.8 201
Average   722 162   1449 1541   459   614   25
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
NYG 91 71 2 7 14 5 4 3 9 0.97 0.98 2,256,455   Matt Ida
SDP 100 62 4 7 17 6 2 2 21 0.98 1.04 2,223,494   Jamie D'Agostini
BRK 83 79 3 4 11 0 2 1 6 1.07 0.97 2,160,835   Ty Kubick
BSN 74 88 -3 3 17 0 1 0 11 0.96 0.87 1,707,286   Ben Thompson
PIT 65 97 2 2 11 0 1 1 20 1.02 0.94 1,340,204   Jay Zorn
MON 88 74 3 1 16 1 1 0 13 0.92 0.94 2,251,090   Hyram the Camel Jockey
SLC 60 102 -3 1 11 0 1 1 8 1.01 0.93 593,636   Gabby Street
CIN 63 99 -3 0 12 2 0 0 10 1.03 1.40 1,597,628   Shashank Misra
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
SDP 312 149.46 112.57 49.94 9.72 3.10 9.60 6.25 6.57 14.70
NYG 279 161.24 79.93 37.80 9.01 2.28 5.60 4.16 9.05 7.70
MON 273 132.07 94.30 46.59 8.27 2.80 5.22 5.47 9.92 14.91
BRK 258 97.50 108.32 52.16 12.57 4.26 5.91 7.30 7.49 14.64
BSN 213 128.01 58.28 26.67 7.55 3.74 1.85 5.80 1.82 5.93
PIT 201 80.94 79.79 40.24 6.42 2.14 4.49 6.26 10.12 10.83
CIN 180 55.71 80.25 44.00 3.59 3.29 7.09 8.03 8.32 13.69
SLC 171 73.26 64.28 33.44 5.15 3.08 4.97 3.86 5.07 11.31
League Award Winners
Silver Slugger: Wally Berger NYG .320, 30 HR, 114 RBI
Platinum Arm: Paul Dean NYG 29-10, 3.06, 350.0 IP, 234 K
Bronze Rookie: Hal Newhouser SDP 19-9, 3.53, 272.7 IP, 122 K
 
Gold Glove Winners
 
P Johnny Vander Meer BSN .963, 20 PO, 58 A, 3 E
C Billy Sullivan BRK .993, 513 PO, 47 A, 4 E
44.4% (20-45) Runners Thrown Out
1B Ed Morgan SLC .992, 1634 PO, 123 A, 15 E
2B Greg Mulleavy SDP .985, 287 PO, 641 A, 14 E
3B Dee Moore BSN .942, 91 PO, 347 A, 27 E
SS Odell Hale MON .970, 222 PO, 554 A, 24 E
LF Les Scarsella PIT .996, 240 PO, 4 A, 1 E
CF Wally Berger NYG .981, 394 PO, 10 A, 8 E
RF Earl Clark PIT 1.000, 248 PO, 7 A, 0 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
PhelpsSDP.349
HassettPIT.346
JohnsonBSN.337*
FletcherSDP.335
BoyleBSN.327
On-Base Pct
FletcherSDP.435
CullenbineSDP.432
GalanNYG.419
JohnsonBSN.398*
OttSDP.388
Slugging Pct
OttSDP.566
BergerNYG.547
PhelpsSDP.528
FletcherSDP.489
DelanceyCIN.481
OPS
OttSDP.954
BergerNYG.927
FletcherSDP.923
PhelpsSDP.910
GalanNYG.887
XR
BergerNYG114.6
GalanNYG111.2
HassettPIT97.7
CuccinelloSDP94.9
OttSDP91.2
Games
HassettPIT157
McCormickPIT157
NewsomeCIN157
LodigianiSLC156
OutlawSLC156
At-Bats
NewsomeCIN613
BergerNYG612
CuccinelloSDP601
GalanNYG601
McCormickPIT601
Runs
GalanNYG129
BergerNYG107
CuccinelloSDP95
FletcherSDP91
HassettPIT88
Hits
HassettPIT202
BergerNYG196
GalanNYG195
CuccinelloSDP194
PhelpsSDP184
Total Bases
BergerNYG335
GalanNYG281
CuccinelloSDP279
PhelpsSDP278
HassettPIT271
Singles
HassettPIT160
NewsomeCIN146
CuccinelloSDP143
BoyleBSN140
GalanNYG132
Doubles
GalanNYG47
BergerNYG43
HaleMON40
ClarkPIT38
MulleavySDP38
Triples
HandleyBRK10
GalanNYG9
HoppPIT8
JacksonBSN8
MulleavySDP8
Homeruns
OttSDP33
BergerNYG30
ConnorsMON22
DelanceyCIN22
McCormickPIT20
RBIs
BergerNYG114
PhelpsSDP109
McCormickPIT99
OttSDP98
BoyleBSN94
Stolen Bases
HaasBSN29
HassettPIT23
WhiteMON14
HandleyBRK13
HoppPIT13
Caught Stealing
HandleyBRK13
HoppPIT11
WhiteMON10
HaasBSN9
JohnsonBSN7
Walks
CullenbineSDP99
GalanNYG97
DelanceyCIN81
FletcherSDP79
MooreBSN77
Strikeouts
MorganSLC130
ConnorsMON126
CummingsPIT103
BergerNYG87
NicholsonCIN87
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
KimballMON2.68
MungoBRK2.96
DeanNYG3.06
BlaeholderSDP3.09
Vander MeerBSN3.21
Wins
DeanNYG 29
BlaeholderSDP 26
PasseauNYG 21
NewsomNYG 20
NewhouserSDP 19
Losses
LoganSLC 24
LohrmanPIT 24
DobsonCIN 22
OlsonSLC 22
TroutBSN 21
Winning Pct
BlaeholderSDP.867
BryantMON.750
DeanNYG.744
MungoBRK.720
NewhouserSDP.679
Saves
BentonNYG 20
CrouchBRK 16
HollingsworthMON 14
McKainMON 14
HeintzelmanSLC 13
Games Pitched
RhodesCIN 71
McKainMON 66
ArcherCIN 64
CaseyBRK 64
HollingsworthMON 64
Games Started
DeanNYG 44
LoganSLC 44
PasseauNYG 44
RoeCIN 43
MeltonBRK 41
Complete Games
RigneyPIT 24
SwiftSDP 24
TamulisBRK 23
LoganSLC 22
LohrmanPIT 21
Shutouts
BlaeholderSDP 8
RigneyPIT 6
MeltonBRK 4
SwiftSDP 4
Wilshere  4
Innings Pitched
LoganSLC353.0
DeanNYG350.0
PasseauNYG337.0
BlaeholderSDP328.7
MeltonBRK327.7
Hits Allowed
LoganSLC 371
RoeCIN 361
PasseauNYG 360
NewsomNYG 348
BowmanMON 343
Homeruns Allowed
RoeCIN 25
LohrmanPIT 24
NewsomNYG 23
RigneyPIT 23
TamulisBRK 23
Strikeouts
DeanNYG 234
Vander MeerBSN 192
Wilshere  182
MeltonBRK 180
RigneyPIT 179
Walks Allowed
FellerBRK 130
KrakauskasCIN 118
Vander MeerBSN 117
PasseauNYG 116
Wilshere  107
Walks per 9IP
BlaeholderSDP1.1
DeanNYG1.4
PrimNYG1.5
DuganSDP1.7
SwiftSDP1.9
Hits per 9IP
Wilshere 7.5
Vander MeerBSN7.7
FellerBRK7.9
NewhouserSDP8.1
MungoBRK8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP
Vander MeerBSN7.1
Wilshere 6.2
DeanNYG6.0
MungoBRK5.3
FellerBRK5.1
WHiP
DeanNYG1.07
BlaeholderSDP1.14
SwiftSDP1.18
TamulisBRK1.21
NewhouserSDP1.22
OAVG
Wilshere .229
Vander MeerBSN.230
NewhouserSDP.239
FellerBRK.241
MungoBRK.241
OOBP
DeanNYG.270
BlaeholderSDP.282
SwiftSDP.291
TamulisBRK.296
NewhouserSDP.298
OSLG
MungoBRK.322
Vander MeerBSN.328
NewhouserSDP.339
WillisBSN.346
FellerBRK.352
OOPS
DeanNYG.629
MungoBRK.632
NewhouserSDP.637
BlaeholderSDP.645
SwiftSDP.645
   
League All-Stars
Wally Berger George Blaeholder Buzz Boyle
Hugh Casey Frankie Crosetti Bill Crouch
Tony Cuccinello Paul Dean Woody English
Elbie Fletcher Augie Galan Ken Heintzelman
Travis Jackson Roy Johnson Ernie Lombardi
Frank McCormick Van Mungo Hal Newhouser
Bobo Newsom Mel Ott Claude Passeau
Babe Phelps Rip Radcliff Goody Rosen
Bill Swift  
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Van Mungo BRK $ 18,700,000  
2.    Wally Berger NYG $ 12,100,000  
3.    Mel Ott SDP $ 11,000,000  
  George Blaeholder SDP $ 11,000,000  
5.    Paul Dean NYG $ 10,210,000  
6.    Johnny Hodapp BSN $ 9,000,000  
7.    Billy Sullivan BRK $ 8,400,000  
8.    Bobo Newsom NYG $ 7,500,000  
9.    Harlin Pool BSN $ 7,130,971  
10.    Woody English PIT $ 6,500,000  
  Earl Clark PIT $ 6,500,000  
12.    Bill Swift SDP $ 6,100,000  
13.    Chick Hafey SLC $ 6,000,000  
14.    Johnny Watwood BSN $ 5,650,000  
15.    Clay Bryant MON $ 5,571,429  
16.    Joe Bowman MON $ 5,087,000  
17.    Al Simmons PIT $ 5,005,005  
18.    Travis Jackson BSN $ 5,000,000  
  Shanty Hogan MON $ 5,000,000  
20.    Johnny Allen SDP $ 4,899,999  
21.    Freddie Lindstrom SDP $ 4,870,000  
22.    Bill Dickey BSN $ 4,790,000  
23.    Vito Tamulis BRK $ 4,507,143  
24.    Pinky Whitney PIT $ 4,500,000  
25.    Red Worthington SDP $ 4,300,000