Record: 39-17 / 1st place / Upper Mississippi Valley Association
Rock Island Steamboats (R)

Historical Team WAR (1939)

Batters
Pos Player Batting WAR
P Tack Robinson -0.63
SS Bob Rupp -0.50
CF Bill Rickard -0.38
P Irv King -0.24
P Alex Laramie -0.23
CF Gus Byrd -0.23
P Jim Banks -0.22
2B Spud Nichols -0.17
P Carl Varn -0.15
P Connie Reeves -0.13
P Herm Axline -0.13
C Tom Stevens -0.11
P Denny Graham -0.11
C Walt Evans -0.10
2B Jack Spruill -0.08
3B Jerry Byrd -0.06
P Jack Edwards -0.05
3B Lou Michael -0.04
P Frank Page -0.04
2B Pat King -0.04
P Joe Mengel -0.03
P Tom Webster -0.02
P Bucky Palmer -0.02
P Bill Thornton -0.01
CF Joe Buescher -0.01
P William Duggin Jr. -0.01
1B Phil Bowen -0.01
C Gaston Bruyere -0.01
3B Bill Newcomb -0.01
P Mike Pettit 0.00
P Carl Davis 0.00
P Bob Butts 0.02
LF Happy Ellison 0.03
SS Gil Russel 0.04
P Art Stockwell 0.04
1B Walt Cook 0.10
1B Frank Bunch Jr. 0.11
2B Billy Clark 0.13
P Al Metzger 0.14
P Bob Sutton 0.14
2B Mike Bryant 0.17
RF Johnnie Tilton 0.18
3B Tony Onofre 0.19
2B Joe Bailey 0.31
C Wally Henderson 0.36
RF Gerry Jones 0.39
2B Mike Ward 0.40
P Melvin Nicolas 0.48
C Cal Phipps 0.53
SS Al Terry 0.56
CF Bobby Boone 0.74
1B Jerry Wilson 0.76
LF Johnny Guthrie 0.86
1B Ernie Hoffman 0.94
3B Joe Pelletier 0.95
LF Del West 1.11
1B John Smith 1.16
2B Rocky Smith 1.16
Pitchers
Pos Player Pitching WAR
SP Joe Mengel -0.45
RP Bill Thornton -0.22
RP Denny Graham -0.21
SP Tom Webster -0.14
SP Carl Varn -0.02
RP Carl Davis 0.01
RP Mike Pettit 0.02
RP Connie Reeves 0.06
SP Jack Edwards 0.08
RP Bucky Palmer 0.13
SP Herm Axline 0.15
RP Jim Banks 0.16
SP Frank Page 0.24
SP Art Stockwell 0.27
SP Bob Butts 0.37
RP William Duggin Jr. 0.41
P Bill Rickard 0.45
RP Bob Sutton 0.70
SP Al Metzger 1.17
CL Tack Robinson 1.38
RP Melvin Nicolas 2.21
SP Alex Laramie 2.44
SP Irv King 2.72