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1939 NATIONAL LEAGUE Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Team W L WPct GB Cincinnati 89 65 .578 -- St. Louis (N) 87 67 .565 2 Pittsburgh 83 71 .539 6 Brooklyn 83 71 .539 6 Chicago (N) 82 72 .532 7 Boston (N) 73 81 .474 16 Philadelphia (N) 67 87 .435 22 New York (N) 52 102 .338 37

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
CIN	5.6	870	154	5317	1478	254	56	71	675	447	.278	.359	.387	.746
CHN	5.5	852	154	5537	1647	250	42	89	613	609	.297	.367	.406	.773
PHI	5.3	818	154	5368	1475	259	93	77	545	576	.275	.342	.401	.742
BRO	5.3	818	154	5404	1533	236	49	104	524	582	.284	.347	.403	.750
PIT	5.2	794	154	5388	1499	297	110	63	546	543	.278	.345	.409	.754
SLN	5.0	763	154	5322	1437	282	30	124	492	484	.270	.332	.404	.736
BSN	4.5	691	154	5297	1342	214	31	74	488	584	.253	.316	.347	.664
NY1	4.4	685	154	5382	1418	187	36	99	488	535	.263	.325	.367	.691
Totals	5.1	6291	1232	43015	11829	1979	447	701	4371	4360	.275	.342	.391	.733
Average		786	154	5377	1479	247	56	88	546	545

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
SLN	4.1	639	154	3.66	1383.0	1424	9.2	459	3.0	508	3.3	8
BSN	4.7	717	154	4.08	1370.7	1486	9.6	507	3.3	542	3.5	11
CIN	4.9	747	154	4.42	1369.7	1513	9.8	552	3.6	567	3.7	10
CHN	4.9	756	154	4.27	1385.7	1419	9.2	468	3.0	471	3.1	5
PIT	5.1	791	154	4.58	1369.0	1506	9.8	483	3.1	642	4.2	14
BRO	5.2	800	154	4.66	1372.3	1371	8.9	568	3.7	711	4.6	7
PHI	5.6	866	154	5.07	1369.3	1496	9.7	725	4.7	475	3.1	10
NY1	6.3	975	154	5.77	1365.3	1614	10.5	609	4.0	444	2.9	11
Totals	5.1	6291	1232	4.56	10985.0	11829	9.6	4371	3.5	4360	3.5	76
Average		786	154		1373	1479		546		545		10

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
BRO	79	75	4	7	13	2	0	3	21	0.97	0.90	2,082,205		Rod Luedke
CHN	85	69	-3	7	14	5	5	5	12	0.95	0.85	2,403,303		D.J. Hoegersteyer
NY1	53	101	-1	3	7	5	0	0	15	1.09	2.69	1,898,693		Darby Hoffman
PHI	73	81	-6	3	5	0	0	2	3	1.02	0.90	2,257,453		Mordecai McClintlock
PIT	77	77	6	3	11	2	7	3	13	1.02	0.63	2,642,520		Bill Horton
CIN	88	66	1	1	10	1	1	3	8	1.04	0.65	1,538,112		Mick Rooker
SLN	89	65	-2	1	2	0	1	0	11	0.98	1.46	1,639,413		Joe Smucker
BSN	74	80	-1	0	7	2	1	0	13	0.92	0.35	2,076,340		Ryan Cawdor

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
CIN	267	132.71	92.27	42.00	6.68	3.60	5.05	5.34	10.61	10.73
SLN	261	102.39	111.54	47.04	8.40	3.08	9.08	5.54	7.22	13.73
PIT	249	120.77	89.57	38.63	10.77	1.98	4.84	3.93	6.39	10.75
BRO	249	130.56	80.42	37.99	0.00	4.59	8.65	4.77	6.97	13.02
CHN	246	126.69	79.59	39.69	7.93	1.22	3.63	6.45	5.85	14.62
BSN	219	88.32	88.13	42.51	10.02	1.76	5.47	7.00	7.21	11.06
PHI	201	110.19	53.60	37.17	5.46	2.45	5.18	6.62	6.49	10.98
NY1	156	77.56	51.94	26.45	9.20	2.29	2.49	3.43	5.24	3.82

League Award Winners
BATTER OF THE YEAR:	Daniel Houlihan	CHN	.381, 13 HR, 107 RBI
PITCHER OF THE YEAR:	Jesse Gunning	SLN	23-9, 2.53, 324.3 IP, 137 K
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:	Toby Shaftoe	PHI	.348, 2 HR, 69 RBI
World Series MVP Award:	Dirk Pitt	CIN	.500, 3 HR, 10 RBI
GOLD GLOVE AWARD Winners
P	Bill Blake	PIT	1.000, 10 PO, 42 A, 0 E
C	Mort Yankovich	NY1	.983, 349 PO, 61 A, 7 E 47.2% (42-89) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Jake Santamaria	SLN	.993, 1295 PO, 94 A, 10 E
2B	Toby Shaftoe	PHI	.971, 321 PO, 555 A, 26 E
3B	Joe Strickland	PHI	.970, 95 PO, 320 A, 13 E
SS	Jack Stack	SLN	.957, 160 PO, 491 A, 29 E
LF	Hal Stagg	CHN	.997, 337 PO, 11 A, 1 E
CF	Daniel Houlihan	CHN	.966, 475 PO, 15 A, 17 E
RF	Gil Fry	PIT	.983, 335 PO, 17 A, 6 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

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

Batting Average Houlihan CHN .381 Manning BRO .373 Guthrie CHN .365 Shaftoe PHI .348 Love PHI .345	On-Base Pct Guthrie CHN .467 Wozniak CIN .437 Roepe CIN .426 Shaftoe PHI .426 Houlihan CHN .424	Slugging Pct Gaylord CHN .544 Elsbury   .525 Manning BRO .511 Blazejowski PHI .504 Houlihan CHN .488	OPS Manning BRO .932 Gaylord CHN .920 Houlihan CHN .913 Elsbury   .885 Blazejowski PHI .883
OPS+ Manning BRO 153 Gaylord CHN 149 Houlihan CHN 149 Guthrie CHN 141 Brunckhorst PIT 140	Secondary Average Morrison BRO 0.414 Rayburn NY1 0.4 Roepe CIN 0.398 Blazejowski PHI 0.377 Hookes SLN 0.373	XR Houlihan CHN 112.1 Guthrie CHN 112.0 Manning BRO 110.9 Gaylord CHN 101.7 Brunckhorst PIT 100.3	Games Shaver CHN 151 Hookes SLN 150 Houlihan CHN 150 Shaftoe PHI 150 Wozniak CIN 150
At-Bats Bones CIN 639 Houlihan CHN 606 Manning BRO 603 Belcham BRO 596 Frobisher BRO 568	Runs Bones CIN 114 Guthrie CHN 114 Houlihan CHN 113 Roepe CIN 113 Cavanaugh CHN 109	Hits Houlihan CHN 231 Manning BRO 225 Guthrie CHN 202 Belcham BRO 197 Shaftoe PHI 197	Walks Roepe CIN 161 Wozniak CIN 114 Hookes SLN 111 Guthrie CHN 108 Brunckhorst PIT 97
Hit By Pitch Shears PHI 14 Rayburn NY1 12 Woolf BSN 12 Von Heidelberg SLN 11 Wheeler BSN 10	Times on Base Guthrie CHN 310 Roepe CIN 295 Wozniak CIN 284 Houlihan CHN 281 Shaftoe PHI 279	Total Bases Manning BRO 308 Houlihan CHN 296 Gaylord CHN 284 Blazejowski PHI 262 Brunckhorst PIT 254	Singles Houlihan CHN 197 Shaftoe PHI 190 Guthrie CHN 180 Manning BRO 168 Belcham BRO 166
Doubles Roberts BSN 44 Stagg CHN 44 Manning BRO 43 Dupree PIT 40 Lawless CHN 40	Triples Blazejowski PHI 21 Brown PIT 20 Shears PHI 19 Buttermaker PIT 16 Fry PIT 16	Homeruns Gaylord CHN 31 Morrison BRO 28 Von Heidelberg SLN 27 Rayburn NY1 24 Comstock SLN 19	Extra Base Hits Blazejowski PHI 72 Elsbury   62 Gaylord CHN 60 Roberts BSN 60 Manning BRO 57
RBIs Gaylord CHN 135 Houlihan CHN 107 Pitt CIN 107 Elsbury   104 Greatrex CIN 99	Stolen Bases Shears PHI 75 Shaftoe PHI 43 Slaybuck SLN 43 Guthrie CHN 39 Shaver CHN 36	Caught Stealing Slaybuck SLN 27 Shaftoe PHI 25 Shears PHI 19 Brown PIT 18 Shaver CHN 17	Stolen Base Percentage Orangethorpe BSN 82 Shears PHI 80 Guthrie CHN 78 Shaver CHN 68 Brown PIT 63
Strikeouts Cavanaugh CHN 86 Blazejowski PHI 85 McGarrity PHI 74 Bosco PIT 66 Boozer NY1 64	Base on Ball per Strikeout Potts NY1 10 Hookes SLN 4.8 Serling CIN 4.8 Roepe CIN 4.5 Greatrex CIN 4	At Bats per Strikeout Potts NY1 139.2 Serling CIN 79 Elliot BSN 34.1 Von Heidelberg SLN 31.6 Tramp PIT 26.2	At Bats per Home Run Beach SLN 13.1 Gaylord CHN 16.8 Morrison BRO 17.4 Von Heidelberg SLN 18.7 Shields SLN 19.1
Offensive Win Shares Manning BRO 26.4 Guthrie CHN 21.8 Houlihan CHN 21.7 Wozniak CIN 20 Roepe CIN 18.6	Home Run Value Von Heidelberg SLN 2.1 Rayburn NY1 1.9 Gaylord CHN 1.8 Boozer NY1 1.5 Comstock SLN 1.5

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Gunning SLN 2.53 Blackmore SLN 2.85 Simpson BSN 3.08 Braunbeck BSN 3.19 Saint CHN 3.53	ERA+ Gunning SLN 181 Blackmore SLN 160 Simpson BSN 148 Braunbeck BSN 143 Maloney CHN 129	Wins Hazel BRO 24 Gunning SLN 23 Saint CHN 23 Broccoli SLN 22 Kull, Jr. BRO 22	Losses Sunday NY1 22 Braunbeck BSN 21 Trentino NY1 21 Black NY1 18 Mancuso BRO 18
Winning Pct Gunning SLN .719 Saint CHN .719 Hazel BRO .706 Onions CIN .667 Kull, Jr. BRO .647	Saves Koenig PIT 12 Loblaw BSN 8 Mangrim PHI 7 Boss NY1 6 Starbuck SLN 6	Games Pitched Wallerstein NY1 46 Koenig PIT 45 Van Slaigh NY1 44 Mancuso BRO 43 Blackmore SLN 41	Games Started Blackmore SLN 41 Braunbeck BSN 41 Drumheller PIT 41 Broccoli SLN 40 Gygax BRO 40
Complete Games Blackmore SLN 34 Simpson BSN 33 Falco CHN 31 Braunbeck BSN 30 Gunning SLN 30	Shutouts Braunbeck BSN 4 Gunning SLN 4 Blackmore SLN 3 Broccoli SLN 3 Donovan CIN 3	Innings Pitched Blackmore SLN 350.0 Simpson BSN 345.0 Braunbeck BSN 344.7 Drumheller PIT 342.3 Broccoli SLN 334.3	Hits Allowed Trentino NY1 403 Blackmore SLN 382 Wolff PHI 375 Oglethorpe PIT 366 Drumheller PIT 364
Homeruns Allowed Black NY1 45 Wolff PHI 40 Trentino NY1 31 Falco CHN 26 Kull, Jr. BRO 24	Strikeouts Gygax BRO 277 Hazel BRO 183 Drumheller PIT 165 Black NY1 163 Simpson BSN 155	Walks Allowed Finn PHI 207 Gygax BRO 146 Black NY1 143 Hazel BRO 132 Ochs CIN 129	Walks per 9IP Saint CHN 1.4 Wolff PHI 1.5 Drumheller PIT 1.6 Blackmore SLN 1.7 Maloney CHN 1.7
Hits per 9IP Schultz CHN 7.0 Gygax BRO 7.4 Hazel BRO 7.4 Finn PHI 7.8 Simpson BSN 8.3	Strikeouts per 9IP Gygax BRO 7.8 Schultz CHN 6.5 Hazel BRO 5.1 Finn PHI 4.9 Black NY1 4.6	Strikeout to Walk Ratio Drumheller PIT 2.8 Gunning SLN 2.1 Oglethorpe PIT 2 Gygax BRO 1.9 Saint CHN 1.8	WHiP Saint CHN 1.16 Maloney CHN 1.18 Gunning SLN 1.19 Simpson BSN 1.23 Drumheller PIT 1.24
OAVG Schultz CHN .219 Hazel BRO .222 Gygax BRO .222 Finn PHI .235 Simpson BSN .246	OOBP Saint CHN .286 Maloney CHN .290 Gunning SLN .293 Hazel BRO .303 Simpson BSN .304	OSLG Finn PHI .314 Blake PIT .323 Simpson BSN .326 Gunning SLN .332 Broccoli SLN .335	OOPS Gunning SLN .625 Simpson BSN .630 Hazel BRO .638 Saint CHN .654 Blackmore SLN .655
DICE Drumheller PIT 2.92 Gunning SLN 3.23 Saint CHN 3.28 Oglethorpe PIT 3.35 Gygax BRO 3.4	BABIP Maloney CHN 0.245 Hazel BRO 0.252 Schultz CHN 0.254 Conroy PHI 0.258 Finn PHI 0.27	Win Shares Gunning SLN 38.3 Blackmore SLN 33.3 Simpson BSN 32.3 Pippy CIN 28.9 Braunbeck BSN 28.3

League All-Stars
Webster Belcham	Pete Boozer	Bobby Broccoli
Dave Brunckhorst	Tippy Cavanaugh	Cal Dupree
Marshall Frobisher	Luther Gault	Urban Gaylord
Douglas Guthrie	Gary Gygax	Hurley Hazel
Albert Hickey	Daniel Houlihan	John Kull, Jr.
Mo Love	Alvin Mangrim	Clark Manning
Wilson Pippy	Howard Pulaski	Joe Saint
Toby Shaftoe	Hal Stagg	Eugene Van Slaigh
Mort Yankovich

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Daniel Houlihan	CHN	$ 10,600,000
2.	Paul Drumheller	PIT	$ 9,440,000
3.	Marion Morrison	BRO	$ 9,380,000
4.	Ed Schultz	CHN	$ 8,860,000
5.	Baron Von Heidelberg	SLN	$ 7,980,000
6.	Dave Brunckhorst	PIT	$ 7,570,000
7.	Hurley Hazel	BRO	$ 7,050,000
8.	Abe Vargo	BRO	$ 6,880,000
9.	Gary Gygax	BRO	$ 6,635,714
10.	Gil Greatrex	CIN	$ 6,370,000
11.	Bill Blake	PIT	$ 5,800,000
12.	Urban Gaylord	CHN	$ 5,760,000
13.	Clark Manning	BRO	$ 5,530,000
14.	Alan Oglethorpe	PIT	$ 5,320,000
15.	Stephen Elsbury	CIN	$ 5,310,000
16.	Rollie Hookes	SLN	$ 5,180,000
17.	Grover Orangethorpe	BSN	$ 5,120,000
18.	Roddy McCorkle	CIN	$ 4,960,000
19.	Mike Tramp	PIT	$ 4,880,000
20.	Ethan Tate	BRO	$ 4,720,000
21.	Bob Petrillose	CHN	$ 4,680,000
22.	Gary Braunbeck	BSN	$ 4,670,000
23.	Sid Pilgrim	SLN	$ 4,650,000
24.	Gil Fry	PIT	$ 4,600,000
25.	Marshall Frobisher	BRO	$ 4,520,000

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