1939 AMERICAN LEAGUE REVIEW

Level: MLB

An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.

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Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Ted Williams	OF	Deceased	Boston	149	565	131	185	44	11	31	145	2	1	107	64	2	3		10	.327	.436	.609	1045
2	Jimmie Foxx	1B	Deceased	Boston	124	467	130	168	31	10	35	105	4	3	89	72	2	5		17	.360	.464	.694	1158
3	Hank Greenberg	1B-OF	Deceased	Detroit	138	500	112	156	42	7	33	112	8	3	91	95	2	11		8	.312	.420	.622	1042
4	George McQuinn	1B	Deceased	St. Louis	154	617	101	195	37	13	20	94	6	5	65	42	2	18		0	.316	.383	.515	898
5	Bob Johnson	OF	Deceased	Philadelphia	150	544	115	184	30	9	23	114	15	5	99	59	0	10		12	.338	.440	.553	993
6	Red Rolfe	3B	Deceased	NY Yankees	152	648	139	213	46	10	14	80	7	6	81	41	1	1		6	.329	.404	.495	899
7	Joe DiMaggio	OF	Deceased	NY Yankees	120	462	108	176	32	6	30	126	3	0	52	20	4	6		11	.381	.448	.671	1119
8	Joe Gordon	2B	Deceased	NY Yankees	151	567	92	161	32	5	28	111	11	10	75	57	2	4		15	.284	.370	.506	876
9	Barney McCosky	OF	Deceased	Detroit	147	611	120	190	33	14	4	58	20	4	70	45	2	9		7	.311	.384	.430	814
10	Frankie Crosetti	SS	Deceased	NY Yankees	152	656	109	153	25	5	10	56	11	7	65	81	13	9		11	.233	.315	.332	647
11	Gee Walker	OF	Deceased	Chi White Sox	149	598	95	174	30	11	13	111	17	6	28	43	7	12		16	.291	.330	.443	773
12	Ken Keltner	3B	Deceased	Cleveland	154	587	84	191	35	11	13	97	6	6	51	41	0	10		15	.325	.379	.489	868
13	George Selkirk	OF	Deceased	NY Yankees	128	418	103	128	17	4	21	101	12	5	103	49	8	8		3	.306	.452	.517	969
14	Ben Chapman	P-OF	Deceased	Cleveland	149	545	101	158	31	9	6	82	18	6	87	30	2	20		19	.290	.390	.413	803
15	Buddy Lewis	3B-OF	Deceased	Washington	140	536	87	171	23	16	10	75	10	9	72	27	2	19		7	.319	.402	.478	880
16	Joe Cronin	SS	Deceased	Boston	143	520	97	160	33	3	19	107	6	6	87	48	0	20		18	.308	.407	.492	899
17	Harlond Clift	3B	Deceased	St. Louis	151	526	90	142	25	2	15	84	4	3	111	55	5	11		6	.270	.402	.411	813
18	Doc Cramer	OF	Deceased	Boston	137	589	110	183	30	6	0	56	3	3	36	17	2	15		16	.311	.352	.382	734
19	Charlie Gehringer	2B	Deceased	Detroit	118	406	86	132	29	6	16	86	4	3	68	16	1	11		7	.325	.423	.544	967
20	Luke Appling	SS	Deceased	Chi White Sox	148	516	82	162	16	6	0	56	16	9	105	37	0	9		11	.314	.430	.368	798
21	Hal Trosky	1B	Deceased	Cleveland	122	448	89	150	31	4	25	104	2	3	52	28	1	10		6	.335	.405	.589	994
22	Jim Tabor	3B	Deceased	Boston	149	577	76	167	33	8	14	95	16	10	40	54	1	8		15	.289	.337	.447	784
23	Bill Dickey	C	Deceased	NY Yankees	128	480	98	145	23	3	24	105	5	0	77	37	4	4		9	.302	.403	.512	915
24	Mike Kreevich	OF	Deceased	Chi White Sox	145	541	85	175	30	8	5	77	23	10	59	40	0	22		14	.323	.390	.436	826
25	Joe Kuhel	1B	Deceased	Chi White Sox	139	546	107	164	24	9	15	56	18	5	64	51	2	11		7	.300	.376	.460	836
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
26	Pete Fox	OF	Deceased	Detroit	141	519	69	153	24	6	7	66	23	12	35	41	2	5		13	.295	.342	.405	747
27	Babe Dahlgren	1B	Deceased	NY Yankees	144	531	71	125	18	6	15	89	2	3	57	54	2	13		15	.235	.312	.377	689
28	Joe Vosmik	OF	Deceased	Boston	145	554	89	153	29	6	7	84	4	3	66	33	3	17		27	.276	.356	.388	744
29	George Case	OF	Deceased	Washington	128	530	103	160	20	7	2	35	51	17	56	36	0	7		6	.302	.369	.377	746
30	Charlie Keller	OF	Deceased	NY Yankees	111	398	87	133	21	6	11	83	6	3	81	49	0	11		4	.334	.447	.500	947
31	Bobby Doerr	2B	Retired	Boston	127	525	75	167	28	2	12	73	1	10	38	32	1	10		17	.318	.365	.448	813
32	Bruce Campbell	OF	Deceased	Cleveland	130	450	84	129	23	13	8	72	7	6	67	48	3	7		6	.287	.383	.449	832
33	Frankie Hayes	C	Deceased	Philadelphia	124	431	66	122	28	5	20	83	4	1	40	55	3	12		10	.283	.348	.510	858
34	Taffy Wright	OF	Deceased	Washington	129	499	77	154	29	11	4	93	1	2	38	19	1	9		7	.309	.359	.435	794
35	Sam Chapman	OF	Retired	Philadelphia	140	498	74	134	24	6	15	64	11	4	51	62	1	4		11	.269	.338	.432	770
36	Jeff Heath	OF	Deceased	Cleveland	121	431	64	126	31	7	14	69	8	4	41	64	0	0		7	.292	.354	.494	848
37	Wally Moses	OF	Deceased	Philadelphia	115	437	68	134	28	7	3	33	7	4	44	23	0	5		4	.307	.370	.423	793
38	Eric McNair	SS-2B	Deceased	Chi White Sox	129	479	62	155	18	5	7	82	17	9	38	41	1	10		13	.324	.375	.426	801
39	Myril Hoag	OF	Deceased	St. Louis	129	482	58	142	23	4	10	75	9	5	24	35	1	8		16	.295	.329	.421	750
40	Johnny Berardino	2B-SS	Deceased	St. Louis	126	468	42	120	24	5	5	58	6	2	37	36	2	8		0	.256	.314	.361	675
41	Bill Nagel	2B-1B	Deceased	Philadelphia	105	341	39	86	19	4	12	39	2	1	25	86	2	6		15	.252	.307	.437	744
42	Sam West	OF	Deceased	Washington	115	390	52	110	20	8	3	52	1	1	67	29	0	14		5	.282	.387	.397	784
43	Dario Lodigiani	3B-2B	Deceased	Philadelphia	121	393	46	102	22	4	6	44	2	0	42	18	4	7		9	.260	.337	.382	719
44	Skeeter Newsome	SS	Deceased	Philadelphia	99	248	22	55	9	1	0	17	5	7	19	12	0	15		8	.222	.277	.266	543
45	Rudy York	1B	Deceased	Detroit	102	329	66	101	16	1	20	68	5	0	41	50	2	4		8	.307	.387	.544	931
46	Chet Laabs	OF	Deceased	St. Louis	95	317	52	95	20	5	10	62	4	1	33	62	1	5		0	.300	.368	.489	857
		OF	Deceased	Detroit	5	16	1	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		1	.312	.389	.500	889
47	Pinky Higgins	3B	Deceased	Detroit	132	489	57	135	23	2	8	76	7	4	56	41	2	14		14	.276	.353	.380	733
48	Oscar Grimes	3B-2B	Deceased	Cleveland	119	364	51	98	20	5	4	56	8	3	56	61	1	11		7	.269	.368	.385	753
49	Billy Sullivan	C-1B	Deceased	St. Louis	118	332	53	96	17	5	5	50	3	3	34	18	4	4		0	.289	.362	.416	778
50	Wayne Ambler	SS-2B	Deceased	Philadelphia	95	227	15	48	13	0	0	24	1	0	22	25	0	14		10	.211	.281	.269	550
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
51	Mike Tresh	C	Deceased	Chi White Sox	119	352	49	91	5	2	0	38	3	2	64	30	3	11		8	.259	.377	.284	661
52	Johnny Welaj	OF	Deceased	Washington	63	201	23	55	11	2	1	33	13	2	13	20	0	5		2	.274	.318	.363	681
53	Cecil Travis	SS-3B	Retired	Washington	130	476	55	139	20	9	5	63	0	3	34	25	2	10		9	.292	.342	.403	745
54	Dutch Leonard	P	Deceased	Washington	34	95	2	21	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	12	0	13		2	.221	.229	.253	482
55	Joe Gantenbein	2B-3B	Deceased	Philadelphia	111	348	47	101	14	4	4	36	1	5	32	22	2	5		4	.290	.353	.388	741
56	Joe Gallagher	OF	Deceased	St. Louis	71	266	41	75	17	2	9	40	0	1	17	42	1	6		7	.282	.327	.462	789
		OF	Deceased	NY Yankees	14	41	8	10	0	1	2	9	1	0	3	8	1	2		0	.244	.311	.439	750
57	Rollie Hemsley	C	Deceased	Cleveland	107	395	58	104	17	4	2	36	2	4	26	26	0	11		7	.263	.309	.342	651
58	Don Heffner	2B	Deceased	St. Louis	110	375	45	100	10	2	1	35	1	7	48	39	0	11		11	.267	.350	.312	662
59	Frank Croucher	SS	Deceased	Detroit	97	324	38	87	15	0	5	40	2	2	16	42	0	11		10	.269	.303	.361	664

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