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1939 Negro National League Strikeouts / 9 Leaders

Strikeouts per nine innings

Luis Tiant led the Negro National League in strikeouts / 9 in 1939 with 8.22, 2.11 ahead of Jimmy Hill (6.11). It was one of 4 times Luis Tiant led in strikeouts / 9.

Showing pitchers with at least 31.0 innings — the standard 1.0 inning per team game. Show all players

Luis Tiant Led the NN2 in 1939 Luis Tiant New York Cubans
8.22 Strikeouts / 9 2.11 clear of Jimmy Hill
Showing Strikeouts / 9 and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team K/9 W L ERA IP
1 Luis Tiant Luis Tiant NYC 8.22 2 4 4.70 46.0
2 Jimmy Hill Jimmy Hill NE 6.11 6 1 3.30 73.2
3 Jimmy Johnson TC2 +1 5.98 3 4 3.07 58.2
4 Neck Stanley Neck Stanley NBY 5.52 4 3 4.56 75.0
5 Roy Partlow Roy Partlow HG 5.50 4 2 2.91 55.2
6 Leon Day Leon Day NE 5.20 9 6 4.26 105.2
7 Edsall Walker Edsall Walker HG 5.00 5 3 3.88 72.0
8 Terris McDuffie Terris McDuffie NBY 4.78 4 3 4.22 64.0
9 Jim Missouri PS 4.23 1 3 5.59 66.0
10 Bill Byrd Bill Byrd BEG 4.06 8 3 3.86 88.2
11 Silvino Ruíz Silvino Ruíz NYC 3.68 5 5 3.91 78.1
12 Henry McHenry Henry McHenry PS 3.45 10 4 4.43 101.2
13 Bill Holland Bill Holland NBY 3.00 2 5 5.21 57.0
14 Ray Brown Ray Brown HG 2.12 6 1 4.55 59.1