1939 Newark Eagles Statistics

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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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Johnny Hayes*	29	24	82	76	8	19	0	0	3	7	0		6		.250	.305	.368	.673	82	28
2	1B	Mule Suttles	38	31	127	114	31	40	6	0	7	25	3		13		.351	.417	.588	1.005	170	67
3	2B	Dick Seay	34	31	134	123	19	28	3	0	1	10	3		11		.228	.291	.276	.567	54	34
4	SS	Willie Wells	34	31	139	126	27	34	2	0	3	19	3		13		.270	.338	.357	.695	88	45
5	3B	Monte Irvin	20	27	105	97	15	25	3	1	3	18	1		8		.258	.314	.402	.716	93	39
6	LF	Fred Wilson*	30	33	115	106	18	39	3	0	3	24	1		9		.368	.417	.481	.899	143	51
7	CF	Lennie Pearson	21	33	135	132	18	32	3	2	5	23	2		3		.242	.259	.409	.668	79	54
8	RF	Ed Stone*	29	30	128	114	34	39	2	1	7	31	2		14		.342	.414	.561	.975	162	64
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Biz Mackey#	41	11	30	29	3	11	0	0	0	2	1		1		.379	.400	.379	.779	112	11
10	C	Leon Ruffin	27	8	27	26	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		1		.154	.185	.154	.339	-7	4
11		Charlie Biot	21	8	26	23	3	6	1	0	0	4	1		3		.261	.346	.304	.651	77	7
12	IF	Vernon Riddick	22	7	19	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.105	.105	.105	.211	-43	2
13		Joe Echols?	22	3	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.167	.167	.167	.333	-10	2
14	2B	Bucky Johnson?		2	11	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		3		.125	.364	.250	.614	69	2
15		Joe Brown	22	2	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.111	.000	.111	-68	0
16	3B	Oscar Givens	16	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
17	P	Leon Day	22	17	40	39	5	13	1	2	0	3	0		1		.333	.350	.462	.812	118	18
18	P	Jimmy Hill*	21	9	28	27	3	8	1	0	0	0	1		1		.296	.321	.333	.655	78	9
19	P	James Brown*	20	9	17	16	0	3	0	1	0	3	0		1		.188	.235	.313	.548	47	5
20	P	Max Manning	20	6	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1		.182	.250	.182	.432	19	2
21	P	Bob Evans	28	5	9	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		.111	.111	.222	.333	-12	2
22	P	Harry Cozart	22	5	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		.286	.286	.286	.571	55	2
23	P	Willie Hubert	26	3	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.167	.167	.167	.333	-10	1
24	P	Johnny Wright	22	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	36	1
25	P	Vernon Harrison?	19	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			1.000				0
		Team Totals	28.6	56	1224	1133	195	313	27	7	32	172	18		91		.276	.330	.397	.727	96	450
		Rank in 7 NN2 teams				3	3	3	4	5	2		2		4		4	4	2	3		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.4	56	1100	1014	183	282	24	4	32	164	17		86		.278	.335	.404	.739	99	410
		Pitcher Totals	21.9	56	124	119	12	31	3	3	0	8	1		5		.261	.290	.336	.626	69	40
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Leon Day	22	7	3	.700	3.41	13	11		7	1	0	87.0	79	46	33		25		30	0		0		138		1.195	8.2		2.6	3.1	1.20
2	SP	Jimmy Hill*	21	5	1	.833	3.00	7	6		5	1	0	57.0	42	21	19		32		25	0		0		158		1.298	6.6		5.1	3.9	0.78
3	SP	James Brown	20	3	2	.600	1.89	8	5		3	2	0	38.0	28	16	8		12		17	1		0		251		1.053	6.6		2.8	4.0	1.42
4	SP	Max Manning	20	0	3	.000	6.31	5	4		2	0	0	25.2	35	19	18		8		11	2		0		76		1.675	12.3		2.8	3.9	1.38
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	RP	Bob Evans	28	0	1	.000	7.32	4	2		0	0	0	19.2	26	18	16		9		4	0		0		65		1.780	11.9		4.1	1.8	0.44
6	RP	Harry Cozart	22	0	2	.000	5.65	4	1		0	0	0	14.1	12	11	9		10		5	1		0		85		1.535	7.5		6.3	3.1	0.50
7	RP	Vernon Harrison*	19	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0	0	2.1	0	0	0		3		2	0		0				1.286	0.0		11.6	7.7	0.67
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
8		Willie Hubert	26	2	1	.667	4.96	3	2		1	0	0	16.1	12	10	9		10		10	0		0		97		1.347	6.6		5.5	5.5	1.00
9		Johnny Wright	22	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1		1	0	0	9.0	8	4	3		2		3	0		0		163		1.111	8.0		2.0	3.0	1.50
10		Fred Wilson	30	1	0	1.000	4.00	1	1		1	0	0	9.0	15	5	4		3		6	0		0		122		2.000	15.0		3.0	6.0	2.00
		Team Totals	22.2	19	13	.594	3.85	56	33		20	4	0	278.1	257	150	119		114		113	4		0		124		1.333	8.3		3.7	3.7	0.99
		Rank in 7 NN2 teams		2	3		2				2	1	5	3	4	5	5		6		3
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W