1939 Newark Bears Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 82-73
Finished 4th in the IL
Manager: Johnny Neun (82-73)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Newark, New Jersey
Ballpark: Ruppert Stadium
Attendance: 176,665, Avg. 2,280

1939 Newark Bears Roster

Playoffs - Newark Bears 1 game, Syracuse Chiefs 0 - One-game playoff for fourth place.
Playoffs - Newark Bears 4 games, Jersey City Giants 2
Finals - Rochester Red Wings 4 games, Newark Bears 3

The Newark Bears of the International League ended the 1939 season with a record of 82 wins and 73 losses, finishing fourth in the IL.

Johnny Neun served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
George Washburn	13	14	.481	3.95	32	30					196.0	203	111	86		135
Joe Beggs	12	10	.545	3.80	33	25					199.0	228	95	84		42
George Barley	10	10	.500	4.09	40	20					174.0	189	89	79		76
Hank Borowy	9	7	.562	4.82	18	18					112.0	113	64	60		64
Norm Branch	8	7	.533	3.86	41	8					119.0	113	59	51		57
John Haley	8	7	.533	5.38	32	16					102.0	128	76	61		44
Ivy Andrews	7	5	.583	3.13	35	8					95.0	96	39	33		24
Marius Russo	5	4	.556	1.97	10	8					64.0	38	15	14		17
Max Macon	3	1	.750	3.73	10	3					41.0	46	19	17		18
Marcus Beddingfield	3	1	.750	4.71	33	3					84.0	91	49	44		58
Jimmie DeShong	1	1	.500	0.00	6						16.0	26				13
Al Hollingsworth	1	2	.333	6.88	8						34.0	43	29	26		18
Nick Strincevich	1	2	.333	7.20	20	2					40.0	62	35	32		28
Steve Peek	0	0		0.00	1						2.0	5				0
Charley Stanceu	0	2	.000	0.00	5						22.0	23				14
Totals	81	73	.526	4.06	324	141	0	0	0	0	1300.0	1404	680	587	0	608	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Mickey Witek	156	621	621		204	39	7	5						.329	.329	.438	.767	272
Buster Mills	149	541	541		165	34	9	7						.305	.305	.440	.745	238
Wally Judnich	149	538	538		153	23	13	21						.284	.284	.493	.777	265
Tommy Holmes	107	386	386		131	23	10	4						.339	.339	.482	.821	186
Ham Schulte	139	480	480		126	30	0	6						.262	.262	.362	.625	174
Ed Levy	95	348	348		91	22	3	11						.261	.261	.437	.698	152
Joe Mack	58	242	242		71	13	3	9						.293	.293	.483	.777	117
Frankie Kelleher	79	223	223		62	9	3	12						.278	.278	.507	.785	113
Buddy Blair	51	191	191		60	12	2	1						.314	.314	.414	.728	79
Billy Holm	84	221	221		59	10	0	7						.267	.267	.407	.674	90
Hal Wagner	62	201	201		55	8	5	2						.274	.274	.393	.667	79
Mike Chartak	53	146	146		50	7	2	2						.342	.342	.459	.801	67
Roy Hughes	29	107	107		40	7	1	0						.374	.374	.458	.832	49
Pete Suder	42	148	148		35	5	3	2						.236	.236	.351	.588	52
George Washburn	69	107	107		34	1	2	1						.318	.318	.393	.710	42
Bob Kahle	24	84	84		21	1	2	0						.250	.250	.310	.560	26
Charles George	31	85	85		20	1	1	1						.235	.235	.306	.541	26
Tommy Thompson	19	65	65		15	2	1	2						.231	.231	.385	.615	25
George Barley	47	58	58		13	2	0	0						.224	.224	.259	.483	15
Norm Branch	41	42	42		9	1	0	2						.214	.214	.381	.595	16
Joe Gallagher	11	42	42		8	2	0	0						.190	.190	.238	.429	10
Max Macon	10	17	17		7	1	0	0						.412	.412	.471	.882	8
John Haley	32	30	30		7	1	0	0						.233	.233	.267	.500	8
Joe Beggs	33	62	62		7	0	0	0						.113	.113	.113	.226	7
Marius Russo	10	23	23		6	1	0	0						.261	.261	.304	.565	7
Ivy Andrews	35	27	27		4	1	0	0						.148	.148	.185	.333	5
Hank Borowy	18	37	37		4	0	0	0						.108	.108	.108	.216	4
Bud Metheny	1	2	2		2	0	0	0						1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2
Russ Bergmann	3	5	5		2	0	0	0						.400	.400	.400	.800	2
Nick Strincevich	20	10	10		2	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Tony DePhillips	4	11	11		2	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Claude Corbitt	5	19	19		2	0	0	0						.105	.105	.105	.211	2
Marcus Beddingfield	33	23	23		2	1	0	0						.087	.087	.130	.217	3
Jack Graham	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1700	5143	5143	0	1469	257	67	95	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.417	.703	2145	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ed Levy	1B	94	860	54	9		.990	9.723
Joe Mack	1B	58	537	40	3		.995	9.948
Ham Schulte	2B	138	373	519	29		.969	6.464
Buddy Blair	3B	46	22	66	3		.967	1.913
Pete Suder	3B	41	40	86	6		.955	3.073
Frankie Kelleher	3B	32	32	51	6		.933	2.594
Bob Kahle	3B	24	26	42	5		.932	2.833
Roy Hughes	3B	23	15	29	2		.957	1.913
Billy Holm	C	78	330	47	10		.974	4.833
Hal Wagner	C	60	274	34	1		.997	5.133
Charles George	C	25	105	21	3		.977	5.040
Buster Mills	OF	147	241	5	7		.972	1.673
Wally Judnich	OF	144	302	12	5		.984	2.181
Tommy Holmes	OF	93	131	8	2		.986	1.495
Mike Chartak	OF	39	44	2	2		.958	1.179
Tommy Thompson	OF	17	29	0	1		.967	1.706
Joe Gallagher	OF	11	20	4	0		1.000	2.182
Norm Branch	P	41						.000
George Barley	P	40						.000
Ivy Andrews	P	35						.000
Joe Beggs	P	33						.000
Marcus Beddingfield	P	33						.000
George Washburn	P	32						.000
John Haley	P	32						.000
Nick Strincevich	P	20						.000
Hank Borowy	P	18						.000
Marius Russo	P	10						.000
Max Macon	P	10						.000
Al Hollingsworth	P	8						.000
Jimmie DeShong	P	6						.000
Charley Stanceu	P	5						.000
Steve Peek	P	1						.000
Mickey Witek	SS	138	279	393	44		.939	4.870
Totals		1532	3660	1413	138	0	.974	3.311

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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