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1939 Negro National League Strikeouts Leaders

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Leon Day led the Negro National League in strikeouts in 1939 with 61, 11 ahead of Jimmy Hill (50). It was one of 3 times Leon Day led in strikeouts.

ERAWSOSVWHIPIPK/9BB/9K/BBSHOCGGSGLBBW-L%
Leon Day Led the NN2 in 1939 Leon Day Newark Eagles
61 Strikeouts 11 clear of Jimmy Hill
Showing Strikeouts and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team SO W L ERA IP
1 Leon Day Leon Day NE 61 9 6 4.26 105.2
2 Jimmy Hill Jimmy Hill NE 50 6 1 3.30 73.2
3 Neck Stanley Neck Stanley NBY 46 4 3 4.56 75.0
4 Luis Tiant Luis Tiant NYC 42 2 4 4.70 46.0
5 Bill Byrd Bill Byrd BEG 40 8 3 3.86 88.2
6 Edsall Walker Edsall Walker HG 40 5 3 3.88 72.0
7 Henry McHenry Henry McHenry PS 39 10 4 4.43 101.2
8 Jimmy Johnson TC2 +1 39 3 4 3.07 58.2
9 Terris McDuffie Terris McDuffie NBY 34 4 3 4.22 64.0
10 Roy Partlow Roy Partlow HG 34 4 2 2.91 55.2
11 Roy Welmaker PS +1 33 3 4 6.63 55.2
12 Silvino Ruíz Silvino Ruíz NYC 32 5 5 3.91 78.1
13 Jim Missouri PS 31 1 3 5.59 66.0
14 Sam Thompson Sam Thompson PS 28 3 3 5.61 51.1
15 Specs Roberts HG 26 5 0 3.83 47.0
16 Tom Parker Tom Parker HG 26 3 3 4.93 38.1
17 Willie Hubert Willie Hubert BEG +1 25 5 2 2.09 56.0
18 James Brown NE 22 4 2 3.20 45.0
19 Tom Glover BEG 21 2 2 6.66 25.2
20 Jonas Gaines Jonas Gaines BEG 20 2 4 5.05 46.1
21 Bill Holland Bill Holland NBY 19 2 5 5.21 57.0
22 Henry Miller Henry Miller PS 18 2 2 4.34 29.0
23 Bill Harvey Bill Harvey BEG +2 18 1 2 4.12 39.1
24 Webster McDonald Webster McDonald PS 17 1 4 5.65 43.0
25 Armando Torres NYC 17 1 3 4.50 30.0
26 Max Manning Max Manning NE 15 1 3 4.29 42.0
27 Rocky Ellis Rocky Ellis PS 14 1 3 8.73 33.0
28 Ray Brown Ray Brown HG 14 6 1 4.55 59.1
29 Roy K. Williams NBY 14 2 1 5.01 32.1
30 Bob Evans Bob Evans NE 11 0 1 5.70 23.2
31 Emery Adams BEG 9 1 1 7.17 21.1
32 Willie Ferrell HG +1 9 2 1 4.37 22.2
33 Connie Rector Connie Rector NYC 7 0 1 11.57 14.0
34 Barney Brown Barney Brown NBY 6 0 2 3.93 18.1
35 Lefty Phillips BEG 5 0 1 31.50 2.0
36 Fred Wilson NE 5 1 0 5.00 9.0
37 Johnny Johnson BEG 4 0 1 11.37 6.1
38 Purnell Mincy PS 3 0 0 10.57 7.2
39 Jesse Brown NBY 3 1 0 0.00 7.1
40 Harry Cozart NE 2 0 2 8.71 10.1
41 Vernon Harrison NE 2 0 0 0.00 2.2
42 Ted Alexander Ted Alexander NE 2 0 0 0.00 2.2
43 Rodolfo Fernández NYC 1 0 0 20.25 4.0
44 Johnny Taylor Johnny Taylor TC2 1 0 0 6.35 5.2
45 Robert Poinsette NBY +1 0 0 1 25.31 5.1
46 Jim Willis BEG 0 1 0 9.39 7.2
47 Goose Curry Goose Curry NBY 0 0 0 81.00 0.1
48 George Scales NBY 0 0 0 13.50 1.1