Record: 22-20 / 3rd place / Western Baseball League
Des Moines Bears (A)

Historical Team WAR (1939)

Batters
Pos Player Batting WAR
CF George Cox -1.33
P Jose Padilla -0.61
P Frank Hudson -0.46
P Blackie Vickers -0.45
P Bill Kutz -0.32
P Henry Boon -0.23
LF Ernie Frost -0.20
P Mike Reilly -0.18
RF Art Waugh -0.17
2B Ace Anderson -0.14
P Robert Campbell -0.13
1B Len Woody -0.12
LF Willie Revilla -0.09
3B Johnny Ervin -0.09
P Pete Carey -0.08
C Ray Bailey -0.07
P Jake Palmer -0.06
CF Birdie Jackson -0.05
LF Andy Molnar -0.05
P Taylor Collins -0.04
P Otis Campbell -0.04
P Howard Drake -0.03
P Otis Smith -0.02
P Jesse Patterson -0.01
2B Fred Banbury 0.00
P Pup White 0.01
SS Charlie Smith 0.03
P Lee Ralph 0.03
1B Harry Bull 0.04
C Dick Levin 0.05
P Art Reed 0.07
C Don Avery 0.10
C Frenchy Levesque 0.11
RF Ray Viscuso 0.12
P Gus Place 0.12
RF Willard Benson 0.19
1B Tommy McKinney 0.23
1B Paul Davis 0.38
3B Garland Bleakney 0.45
1B John Skinner 0.60
1B Russ Hughes 0.64
LF Henry Muller 0.69
CF Jack Timmons 0.70
3B Steve Bender 0.78
1B Nat Doane 0.91
SS Rip Agee 0.91
C Dave Armstrong 1.80
LF Bert Harrison 2.39
2B Jake Allen 2.55
RF Jerry Pierce 3.22
Pitchers
Pos Player Pitching WAR
SP Lee Ralph -0.53
RP Frank Hudson -0.49
SP Mike Reilly -0.16
SP Howard Drake -0.08
SP Otis Campbell 0.02
RP Otis Smith 0.06
RP Bill Kutz 0.09
SP Robert Campbell 0.13
SP Art Reed 0.13
RP Pup White 0.15
SP Jake Palmer 0.19
SP Henry Boon 0.89
CL Gus Place 1.27
RP Jose Padilla 1.86
SP Pete Carey 1.91
SP Jesse Patterson 2.38
SP Blackie Vickers 2.94
SP Taylor Collins 3.49