1939 Baltimore Elite Giants season

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1939 Baltimore Elite Giants

League

Negro National League

Ballpark

Oriole Park

City

Baltimore

Record

24–24 (.500)

League place

1st

Managers

Felton Snow

Seasons

The 1939 Baltimore Elite Giants baseball team represented the Baltimore Elite Giants in the Negro National League during the 1939 baseball season. The Elite Giants compiled a 24–24 (.500) record and won the Negro National League championship.^[1] The team played its home games at Oriole Park in Baltimore.

Two players from the 1939 team were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, including catcher Roy Campanella.

The team's leading batters were:

Left fielder Bill Hoskins - .382 batting average, .528 slugging percentage
Second baseman Sammy T. Hughes - .378 batting average, .500 slugging percentage
Right fielder Wild Bill Wright - .365 batting average, .458 slugging percentage
Center fielder Henry Kimbro - .313 batting average, .446 slugging percentage

^[2]

The team's leading pitchers were Bill Byrd (7-2 record, 3.32 ERA) and Willie Hubert (3-1, 1.11 ERA).^[3]

References

^ "1939 Baltimore Elite Giants". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
^ "1938 Baltimore Elite Giants Batting". Seamheads. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
^ "1938 Baltimore Elite Giants Pitching". Seamheads. Retrieved September 7, 2020.

Nashville / Baltimore Elite Giants

Operated: 1919–1951
Also known as: Nashville Standard Giants
Columbus Elite Giants
Washington Elite Giants
Based in: Nashville, Tennessee
Columbus, Ohio
Washington, D.C.
Baltimore, Maryland

Franchise

Ballparks

Nashville: Sulphur Dell
Greenwood Park
Tom Wilson Park
Columbus: Red Bird Stadium
Baltimore: Bugle Field
Oriole Park
Memorial Stadium
Westport Park

Hall of Famers

League pennants (6)

Negro Southern League: 1921
1922
1929
1931
Negro National League: 1939
Negro American League: 1949

Other play-off
appearances

1932
1948

Seasons (33)
1910s	1919
1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951

Category

v t e Negro league baseball champions
1920s	1919: Bacharach Giants (East), Detroit Stars (West) 1920: Brooklyn Royal Giants (East [tie]), Hilldale Club (East [tie]), Chicago American Giants (West) 1921: Bacharach Giants (East [tie]), Hilldale Club (East [tie]), Chicago American Giants (West) 1922: Chicago American Giants 1923: Hilldale Club (NNL1), Kansas City Monarchs (ECL) 1924: Kansas City Monarchs 1925: Hilldale Club 1926: Chicago American Giants 1927: Chicago American Giants 1928: St. Louis Stars (NNL1), Bacharach Giants (East) 1929: Kansas City Monarchs (NNL1), Baltimore Black Sox (ANL)
1930s	1930: St. Louis Stars (NNL1), Homestead Grays (East) 1931: Homestead Grays 1932: Cole's American Giants (NSL), Detroit Wolves (EWL) 1933: Pittsburgh Crawfords 1934: Philadelphia Stars 1935: Pittsburgh Crawfords 1936: Pittsburgh Crawfords (East) 1937: Homestead Grays (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West) 1938: Homestead Grays (East), Memphis Red Sox (West) 1939: Baltimore Elite Giants (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West)
1940s	1940: Homestead Grays (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West) 1941: Washington Homestead Grays (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West) 1942: Kansas City Monarchs 1943: Washington Homestead Grays 1944: Washington Homestead Grays 1945: Cleveland Buckeyes 1946: Newark Eagles 1947: New York Cubans 1948: Washington Homestead Grays 1949: Baltimore Elite Giants
Negro League World Series	1924 1925 1926 1927 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
Postseason games	1913 1921 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1930 1932 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948

1939 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

Negro American League

Negro National League

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