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1939 Newark Eagles Roster (40-man)

1938 Season 1940 Season

Record: 32-23-1, Finished 2nd in Negro National League II

Postseason: Lost NN2 Playoffs (3-1) to Baltimore Elite Giants

Manager: Dick Lundy (37-21-1)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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Negro League team records include only league games. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black Baseball teams. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. More about data coverage

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR
Charlie Biot	21	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Oct 18, 1917	1st	8		8		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	8			0.0
James Brown	20	us US	L	R	6' 0"	180	May 14, 1919	1st	9		9		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1.1
Joe Brown	22	us US	R	R	6' 1"	187	Nov 20, 1916	3	2		2		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2			-0.2
Harry Cozart	22	us US	R	R	6' 4"	240	Apr 17, 1917	1st	5		5		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.0
Leon Day HOF	22	us US	R	R	5' 9"	170	Oct 30, 1916	6	17		17		12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2			1.9	All-Star
Joe Echols	22	us US			5' 10"	175	Mar 23, 1917	1st	3		3		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3			-0.1
Bob Evans	28	us US	R	R	6' 5"	178	Dec 27, 1910	7	5		5		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1			-0.3
Oscar Givens	16	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Jul 5, 1922	1st	1		1		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0.0
Vernon Harrison	19	us US		L	5' 11"	160	Jul 13, 1919	1st	2		2		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.2
Johnny Hayes	29	us US	L	R	5' 10"	195	Apr 27, 1910	6	24		24		0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1			0.1
Jimmy Hill	21	us US	L	L	5' 6"	140	Jun 6, 1918	2	9		9		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2.1
Willie Hubert	26	us US	R	R	5' 11"	173	Jan 19, 1913	1st	3		3		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.2
Monte Irvin HOF	20	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Feb 25, 1919	2	27		27		0	0	2	1	17	0	0	7	0	7			0.2
Bucky Johnson							Unknown	1st	2		2		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.0
Biz Mackey HOF	41	us US	B	R	6' 1"	235	Jul 27, 1897	17	11		11		0	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0.2
Max Manning	20	us US	R	R	6' 4"	180	Nov 18, 1918	1st	6		6		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.0
Lennie Pearson	21	us US	R	R	6' 2"	214	May 23, 1918	3	33		33		0	0	2	1	5	1	10	16	0	26			-0.1
Vernon Riddick	22	us US	R	R	5' 11"	196	Jan 1, 1917	1st	7		7		0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0			-0.3
Leon Ruffin	27	us US	R	R	5' 11"	169	Feb 11, 1912	5	8		8		0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.3
Dick Seay	34	us US	R	R	5' 7"	162	Nov 30, 1904	10	31		31		0	0	0	28	0	2	0	0	0	0			-0.2
Ed Stone	29	us US	L	R	6' 0"	195	Aug 21, 1909	6	30		30		0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	24	24			1.2	All-Star
Mule Suttles HOF	38	us US	R	R	6' 3"	215	Mar 31, 1901	16	31		31		0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	2			1.2	All-Star
Willie Wells HOF	34	us US	R	R	5' 9"	170	Aug 10, 1904	16	31		31		0	0	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0			0.5	All-Star
Fred Wilson	30	us US	L	R	6' 1"	192	Aug 31, 1908	1st	33		33		1	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	5	27			1.0
Johnny Wright	22	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Nov 28, 1916	3	1		1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.2
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR