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1939 Negro National League II Fielding Leaders

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Rankings of Negro League players should consider that 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

Negro National League II Fielding Leaders

Def. Games as C
1.	Gibson • HG	27
2.	Clarke • NBY	22
3.	Hayes • NE	21
4.	Perkins • PS	20
5.	Ruffin • 2TM	19

Def. Games as 1B
1.	West • 2TM	37
2.	Leonard • HG	30
3.	Suttles • NE	28
4.	Harris • PS	24
5.	Washington • NBY	23

Def. Games as 2B
1.	Bankhead • HG	32
	Patterson • PS	32
3.	Seay • NE	28
4.	Campbell • NBY	23
	Hughes • BEG	23

Def. Games as 3B
1.	Spearman • HG	31
2.	Wilson • PS	28
3.	Irvin • NE	17
4.	Scales • NBY	15
5.	Snow • BEG	13
	Patterson • PS	13

Def. Games as SS
1.	Williams • PS	47
2.	Jackson • HG	33
3.	Wells • NE	30
4.	Miller • NBY	27
5.	Walker • BEG	11
	Snow • BEG	11

Def. Games as LF (s.1901)
1.	Parnell • PS	30
	Harris • HG	30
3.	Wilson • NE	22
4.	Brooks • NBY	18
5.	Dunn • PS	16

Def. Games as CF (s.1901)
1.	Benson • PS	50
2.	Kimbro • BEG	20
3.	Benjamin • HG	17
	Curry • NBY	17
5.	Biot • 2TM	16
	Pearson • NE	16

Def. Games as RF (s.1901)
1.	Spearman • PS	28
2.	Wright • NBY	24
	Stone • NE	24
4.	Whatley • HG	23
5.	Dunn • PS	18

Def. Games as P
1.	McHenry • PS	20
2.	Missouri • PS	16
3.	Thompson • PS	13
4.	McDonald • PS	12
	Stanley • NBY	12
	Day • NE	12

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements