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1939 AMERICAN LEAGUE Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Team W L WPct GB Washington 86 68 .558 -- Detroit 83 71 .539 3 Philadelphia (A) 82 72 .532 4 Cleveland 80 74 .519 6 Chicago (A) 80 74 .519 6 St. Louis (A) 78 76 .506 8 New York (A) 73 81 .474 13 Boston (A) 54 100 .351 32

Post-Season Results
WORLD SERIES (4-2)	Cincinnati Reds over Washington Senators

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
CHA	5.4	838	154	5410	1560	239	69	116	496	654	.288	.348	.422	.770
WSH	5.4	828	154	5339	1512	270	71	93	568	595	.283	.352	.413	.765
SLA	5.4	824	154	5380	1515	302	58	90	600	485	.282	.354	.409	.763
DET	5.3	822	154	5257	1423	318	45	99	599	558	.271	.345	.405	.750
CLE	5.3	822	154	5241	1457	242	55	74	645	519	.278	.357	.388	.745
NYA	5.2	799	154	5438	1455	234	45	127	542	520	.268	.334	.397	.731
PHA	5.1	783	154	5387	1495	251	59	89	497	520	.278	.339	.396	.734
BOS	4.7	718	154	5375	1429	294	56	67	426	588	.266	.320	.379	.699
Totals	5.2	6434	1232	42827	11846	2150	458	755	4373	4439	.277	.344	.401	.745
Average		804	154	5353	1481	269	57	94	547	555

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
CHA	4.7	730	154	4.28	1370.0	1426	9.3	603	3.9	476	3.1	5
WSH	4.8	737	154	4.34	1367.3	1411	9.2	574	3.7	671	4.4	21
PHA	4.8	738	154	4.37	1380.7	1416	9.2	521	3.4	619	4.0	17
CLE	5.0	770	154	4.23	1373.3	1456	9.5	471	3.1	604	3.9	12
DET	5.0	777	154	4.35	1380.3	1575	10.2	354	2.3	473	3.1	8
SLA	5.4	829	154	4.95	1369.0	1454	9.4	503	3.3	560	3.6	4
NYA	5.6	869	154	5.03	1389.3	1598	10.4	655	4.3	480	3.1	8
BOS	6.4	984	154	5.66	1361.3	1510	9.8	692	4.5	556	3.6	6
Totals	5.2	6434	1232	4.65	10991.3	11846	9.6	4373	3.5	4439	3.6	81
Average		804	154		1374	1481		547		555		10

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
CLE	82	72	-2	6	10	0	1	4	12	0.93	0.66	1,646,715		John Kull
CHA	87	67	-7	5	8	0	0	1	11	1.02	1.05	1,667,586		Jesse Summers
NYA	71	83	2	4	7	2	0	1	6	0.94	1.04	1,867,762		Isaac Flick
WSH	85	69	1	4	13	4	3	4	23	1.07	0.58	2,461,092		Tom Stahl
SLA	77	77	1	3	11	0	0	2	12	1.04	1.64	1,916,089		Blake Broxon
PHA	81	73	1	2	7	2	1	0	6	0.93	0.79	2,394,397		Gus Kovacs
DET	81	73	2	1	8	0	1	1	10	0.99	1.63	2,862,827		Alfred Reed
BOS	55	99	-1	0	15	1	4	1	9	1.09	1.04	1,763,853		Roy Harrison

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
WSH	258	113.99	91.80	52.18	13.69	2.51	3.63	6.33	8.64	17.38
DET	249	119.85	95.15	33.97	4.61	2.87	6.84	6.20	7.36	6.10
PHA	246	112.24	91.98	41.75	9.29	3.60	6.47	4.24	5.36	12.81
CLE	240	120.99	80.45	38.53	4.38	2.58	6.15	6.62	8.46	10.35
CHA	240	110.11	86.08	43.77	5.76	2.35	7.36	6.54	9.26	12.52
SLA	234	116.44	79.14	38.39	9.22	2.63	4.35	5.45	6.36	10.38
NYA	219	118.53	67.83	32.60	7.68	2.85	5.27	3.10	5.43	8.28
BOS	162	82.52	48.10	31.35	5.95	1.57	3.98	4.62	4.78	10.47

League Award Winners
BATTER OF THE YEAR:	Al Grimaldi	NYA	.334, 47 HR, 141 RBI
PITCHER OF THE YEAR:	Clay Reddish	CLE	27-10, 2.57, 340.3 IP, 151 K
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:	Hieronymous Styles	CHA	.292, 5 HR, 59 RBI
GOLD GLOVE AWARD Winners
P	Harry Kidd	NYA	.981, 21 PO, 81 A, 2 E
C	Dub Breslin	WSH	.984, 597 PO, 92 A, 11 E 45.0% (76-169) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Julian Carax	CHA	.986, 1535 PO, 124 A, 24 E
2B	Hieronymous Styles	CHA	.980, 272 PO, 493 A, 16 E
3B	Chester Symes	CLE	.952, 79 PO, 277 A, 18 E
SS	Jesse Summers	CHA	.978, 205 PO, 557 A, 17 E
LF	Richard Concannon	WSH	.984, 362 PO, 11 A, 6 E
CF	Napper Tandy	NYA	.971, 429 PO, 11 A, 13 E
RF	Woodrow Bozwell	NYA	.960, 322 PO, 16 A, 14 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

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

Batting Average Carax CHA .384 Gelfen DET .347 Gaius SLA .344 Summers CHA .337 Grimaldi NYA .334	On-Base Pct Gaius SLA .432 Carax CHA .427 Hollister SLA .418 Grimaldi NYA .415 Valliere CLE .411	Slugging Pct Grimaldi NYA .673 Graziano SLA .548 Hallaway CHA .546 Fontana PHA .535 Bolan WSH .532	OPS Grimaldi NYA 1.089 Graziano SLA .960 Carax CHA .946 Colfax WSH .909 Hallaway CHA .906
OPS+ Grimaldi NYA 188 Graziano SLA 156 Carax CHA 153 Colfax WSH 142 Bolan WSH 141	Secondary Average Grimaldi NYA 0.485 Symes CLE 0.424 Graziano SLA 0.416 Fontana PHA 0.406 Faraday CHA 0.376	XR Grimaldi NYA 136.2 Graziano SLA 114.1 Bolan WSH 112.0 Colfax WSH 110.4 Hallaway CHA 105.9	Games Bozwell NYA 149 Geist DET 149 Archibald WSH 148 Gelfen DET 148 Graziano SLA 148
At-Bats Concannon WSH 620 Bolan WSH 611 Bozic BOS 597 Boru SLA 587 Gaius SLA 582	Runs Grimaldi NYA 135 Concannon WSH 117 Bolan WSH 113 Colfax WSH 108 Gaius SLA 108	Hits Carax CHA 209 Gaius SLA 200 Bolan WSH 192 Concannon WSH 188 Grimaldi NYA 188	Walks Symes CLE 111 Klompus WSH 102 Bellaterra DET 99 Valliere CLE 99 Graziano SLA 96
Hit By Pitch Carax CHA 16 Bolan WSH 14 Colfax WSH 13 Grandi PHA 11 Hazmaty NYA 9	Times on Base Gaius SLA 294 Grimaldi NYA 270 Graziano SLA 264 Valliere CLE 262 Fontana PHA 259	Total Bases Grimaldi NYA 379 Bolan WSH 325 Hallaway CHA 309 Colfax WSH 302 Graziano SLA 295	Singles Gaius SLA 163 Carax CHA 161 Heathcote PHA 145 Summers CHA 142 Concannon WSH 140
Doubles Boru SLA 57 Bolan WSH 45 Brubaker BOS 44 Gelfen DET 44 Hollister SLA 40	Triples Bolan WSH 23 Bozic BOS 14 Tandy NYA 14 Breslin WSH 13 Faraday CHA 13	Homeruns Grimaldi NYA 47 Fontana PHA 29 Hallaway CHA 29 Colfax WSH 27 Graziano SLA 26	Extra Base Hits Grimaldi NYA 91 Bolan WSH 82 Boru SLA 77 Hallaway CHA 72 Colfax WSH 69
RBIs Grimaldi NYA 141 Colfax WSH 113 Graziano SLA 111 Hallaway CHA 108 Geist DET 105	Stolen Bases Valliere CLE 78 Concannon WSH 56 Bozic BOS 55 Faraday CHA 53 Archibald WSH 47	Caught Stealing Valliere CLE 41 Concannon WSH 38 Bozic BOS 25 Gaius SLA 24 Archibald WSH 23	Stolen Base Percentage Kinsolving CLE 85 Colfax WSH 83 Pellegrino CLE 83 Faraday CHA 75 Oxley BOS 73
Strikeouts Colfax WSH 87 Faraday CHA 86 Bolan WSH 79 Gaius SLA 76 Grimaldi NYA 75	Base on Ball per Strikeout Boru SLA 4.7 Valliere CLE 2.7 Hazmaty NYA 2.6 Bellaterra DET 2.4 Graziano SLA 2.1	At Bats per Strikeout Boru SLA 48.9 Fears NYA 24.7 Bean CLE 22.7 Marquardt PHA 19.5 Bryant BOS 18.1	At Bats per Home Run Grimaldi NYA 12 Fontana PHA 15 Hallaway CHA 19.5 McGuire DET 19.7 Graziano SLA 20.7
Offensive Win Shares Grimaldi NYA 32.1 Graziano SLA 22.9 Bolan WSH 20.8 Carax CHA 20.6 Gaius SLA 20.2	Home Run Value Fontana PHA 2.5 Hallaway CHA 1.7 Grimaldi NYA 1.5 Colfax WSH 1.4 Geist DET 1.3

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Reddish CLE 2.57 Starffin WSH 2.62 Faultless CLE 2.68 Monk CHA 3.27 Wright CHA 3.42	ERA+ Reddish CLE 181 Starffin WSH 177 Faultless CLE 174 Monk CHA 142 Wright CHA 136	Wins Reddish CLE 27 Monk CHA 25 Starffin WSH 23 Wright CHA 23 Limerick SLA 22	Losses Coll NYA 21 Kreitzer CLE 21 Martel SLA 21 Elicier SLA 20 Zahl CHA 19
Winning Pct Starffin WSH .742 Reddish CLE .730 Monk CHA .694 Huxley WSH .690 Bouchard PHA .688	Saves Battle PHA 12 Solomon WSH 11 Monahan CLE 10 Hayford NYA 6 Zane DET 6	Games Pitched Battle PHA 46 Gregory WSH 46 Firestone PHA 42 Limerick SLA 41 Monk CHA 41	Games Started Limerick SLA 41 Monk CHA 41 Lawrence DET 40 Spiropoulos PHA 40 Winesap PHA 40
Complete Games Reddish CLE 33 Monk CHA 31 Elicier SLA 30 Limerick SLA 30 Spiropoulos PHA 30	Shutouts Starffin WSH 5 Brown BOS 4 Reddish CLE 4 Faultless CLE 3 Huxley WSH 3	Innings Pitched Monk CHA 352.7 Wright CHA 341.7 Reddish CLE 340.3 Winesap PHA 338.0 Limerick SLA 337.3	Hits Allowed Siffredi DET 425 Headley NYA 385 Kidd NYA 380 Kreitzer CLE 361 Elicier SLA 357
Homeruns Allowed Coll NYA 34 Martel SLA 31 Kreitzer CLE 30 Jennings WSH 28 Limerick SLA 28	Strikeouts Spiropoulos PHA 218 Faultless CLE 205 Brown BOS 198 Starffin WSH 176 Lawrence DET 163	Walks Allowed Kidd NYA 187 Coll NYA 174 Spiropoulos PHA 174 Kreitzer CLE 155 Limerick SLA 150	Walks per 9IP Faultless CLE 1.0 Reddish CLE 1.3 Garton DET 1.3 Huxley WSH 1.6 Siffredi DET 1.6
Hits per 9IP Starffin WSH 7.8 Brown BOS 7.9 Bouchard PHA 8.0 Faultless CLE 8.3 Reddish CLE 8.3	Strikeouts per 9IP Jennings WSH 6.2 Spiropoulos PHA 6.0 Starffin WSH 5.8 Faultless CLE 5.6 Brown BOS 5.5	Strikeout to Walk Ratio Faultless CLE 5.7 Reddish CLE 3 Deck DET 2.3 Starffin WSH 2.2 Huxley WSH 2	WHiP Faultless CLE 1.03 Reddish CLE 1.07 Starffin WSH 1.15 Deck DET 1.21 Wright CHA 1.27
OAVG Starffin WSH .236 Brown BOS .237 Bouchard PHA .238 Faultless CLE .241 Reddish CLE .243	OOBP Faultless CLE .263 Reddish CLE .276 Deck DET .295 Starffin WSH .302 Winesap PHA .309	OSLG Reddish CLE .308 Starffin WSH .312 Brown BOS .324 Spiropoulos PHA .341 Monk CHA .346	OOPS Reddish CLE .583 Starffin WSH .614 Faultless CLE .617 Brown BOS .644 Monk CHA .672
DICE Faultless CLE 2.38 Reddish CLE 2.9 Deck DET 3.26 Starffin WSH 3.27 Siffredi DET 3.44	BABIP Bouchard PHA 0.267 Saracen PHA 0.267 Calhoon BOS 0.271 Reddish CLE 0.271 Wright CHA 0.274	Win Shares Reddish CLE 34.8 Starffin WSH 33 Monk CHA 31.1 Faultless CLE 29.7 Deck DET 27.2

League All-Stars
Mack Bolan	Sylvain Bouchard	Woodrow Bozwell
Dub Breslin	Julian Carax	Arnold Colfax
John Faultless	Jack Gaius	Joseph Grandi
Jack Graziano	Al Grimaldi	Ziggy Grimes
Glenn Hallaway	Harmon Hollister	Harry Kidd
Edward Monahan	Coltrane Monk	Clay Reddish
Victor Starffin	Jesse Summers	Chester Symes
Millard Upchurch	Emmanuel Valliere	Lefty Wright
Joe Zane

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Guy Fontana	PHA	$ 11,140,000
2.	Mack Bolan	WSH	$ 9,640,000
3.	Arnold Colfax	WSH	$ 8,450,000
4.	Glenn Hallaway	CHA	$ 8,280,000
5.	Al Grimaldi	NYA	$ 7,950,000
6.	Chester Symes	CLE	$ 7,610,000
7.	Joe Diesel	CHA	$ 7,500,000
8.	Emmanuel Valliere	CLE	$ 7,420,000
9.	Sonny Hillcrest	PHA	$ 7,340,000
10.	Brian Boru	SLA	$ 7,260,000
11.	Buzz Fontana	PHA	$ 6,820,000
12.	Arthur Deck	DET	$ 6,720,000
13.	Rhic Rhett	DET	$ 6,680,000
14.	John Fosdick	WSH	$ 6,620,000
15.	Revelation Brown	BOS	$ 6,560,000
	Dub Breslin	WSH	$ 6,560,000
17.	Jack Graziano	SLA	$ 6,460,000
18.	Richard Concannon	WSH	$ 6,290,000
19.	Joseph Grandi	PHA	$ 5,870,000
20.	Johnny Turkish	BOS	$ 5,510,000
21.	Woodrow Bozwell	NYA	$ 5,460,000
22.	Jack Klompus	WSH	$ 5,380,000
23.	John Faultless	CLE	$ 5,378,571
24.	Hi Spiropoulos	PHA	$ 5,164,286
25.	Josiah Wintry	BOS	$ 4,980,000

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