| 1939 International League season | |
|---|---|
| League | International League |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | April 20 – September 10 |
| Number of games | 154 |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP | Mickey Witek, Newark Bears |
| Governors' Cup Playoffs | |
| League champions | Rochester Red Wings |
| Runners-up | Newark Bears |
The 1939 International League was a Class AA baseball season played between April 20 and September 10. Eight teams played a 154-game schedule, with the top four teams qualifying for the post-season.
The Rochester Red Wings won the Governors' Cup, defeating the Newark Bears in the final round of the playoffs.
| International League | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Win | Loss | % | GB |
| Jersey City Giants | 89 | 64 | .582 | – |
| Rochester Red Wings | 84 | 67 | .556 | 4 |
| Buffalo Bisons | 82 | 72 | .532 | 7.5 |
| Newark Bears | 82 | 73 | .529 | 8 |
| Syracuse Chiefs | 81 | 74 | .523 | 9 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 68 | 85 | .444 | 21 |
| Montreal Royals | 64 | 88 | .421 | 24.5 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 63 | 90 | .412 | 26 |
| Stat | Player | Total |
|---|---|---|
| AVG | Johnny Dickshot, Jersey City Giants | .356 |
| H | Mickey Witek, Newark Bears | 204 |
| R | Johnnie Tyler, Buffalo Bisons | 124 |
| 2B | Dusty Cooke, Rochester Red Wings | 42 |
| 3B | Johnny Dickshot, Jersey City Giants | 16 |
| HR | Ollie Carnegie, Buffalo Bisons | 29 |
| RBI | Ollie Carnegie, Buffalo Bisons | 112 |
| SB | Ed Levy, Newark Bears | 22 |
| Stat | Player | Total |
|---|---|---|
| W | Si Johnson, Rochester Red Wings | 22 |
| L | Earl Caldwell, Toronto Maple Leafs Kemp Wicker, Montreal Royals | 18 |
| ERA | Roy Joiner, Jersey City Giants | 2.53 |
| CG | Mike Ryba, Rochester Red Wings | 25 |
| SO | Ted Kleinhans, Syracuse Chiefs | 138 |
| IP | Ted Kleinhans, Syracuse Chiefs | 253.0 |
| Semi-finals | Governors' Cup | ||||||||
| 1 | Jersey City | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | Newark | 4 | |||||||
| 4 | Newark | 3 | |||||||
| 2 | Rochester | 4 | |||||||
| 2 | Rochester | 4 | |||||||
| 3 | Buffalo | 1 | |||||||
The Newark Bears were an American Minor League Baseball team that played in the top-level International League from 1917 through the 1949 season, with the exception of the 1920 campaign and part of 1925. The Bears succeeded the Newark Indians, originally the Sailors, who played in the same circuit from 1902. During the Bears' lifetime, the International League was graded one step below the Major League Baseball level, Class AA through 1945 and Triple-A starting in 1946. The franchise played its home games at Ruppert Stadium in what is now known as the Ironbound section of Newark, New Jersey; the stadium was demolished in 1967. The 1932, 1937, 1938, and 1941 Bears were recognized as being among the 100 greatest minor league teams of all time.
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