1938 Negro American League Batting Leaders

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Negro American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Smith • KCM	4.6
2.	Cornelius • CAG	3.7
3.	Brown • KCM	2.3
4.	Howard • BCA	2.2
5.	Evans • 2TM	1.8
6.	Milton • KCM	1.8
7.	Dixon • BCA	1.8
8.	Johnson • CAG	1.7
9.	Reeves • BCA	1.6
10.	Strong • 2TM	1.6

WAR Position Players
1.	Brown • KCM	2.3
2.	Milton • KCM	1.8
3.	Reeves • BCA	1.6
4.	Strong • 2TM	1.6
5.	Robinson • MRS	1.5
6.	Bibbs • 2TM	1.4
7.	Whatley • 2TM	1.4
8.	Moore • BCA	1.2
9.	Hyde • MRS	1.1
10.	Smith • KCM	1.1

Offensive WAR
1.	Brown • KCM	2.1
2.	Milton • KCM	1.7
3.	Reeves • BCA	1.6
4.	Strong • 2TM	1.4
5.	Robinson • MRS	1.3
6.	Smith • KCM	1.1
7.	Whatley • 2TM	1.1
8.	Moore • BCA	1.0
9.	Davenport • MRS	1.0
10.	Trouppe • AB3	0.9

Defensive WAR
1.	Bibbs • 2TM	0.7
2.	Hyde • MRS	0.6
3.	Pelham • BCA	0.5
	Butts • BCA	0.5
5.	Radcliff • CAG	0.4
6.	Allen • KCM	0.4
7.	Robinson • MRS	0.4
8.	Lockett • BBB	0.3
9.	Duncan • 2TM	0.3
10.	Else • KCM	0.3

Batting Average
1.	Whatley • 2TM	.396
2.	Reeves • BCA	.384
3.	Rogers • MRS	.353
4.	Brown • KCM	.344
5.	Moore • BCA	.344
6.	Milton • KCM	.335
7.	Cooper • BCA	.325
8.	Davenport • MRS	.325
9.	Robinson • MRS	.314
10.	McCall • BBB	.304

On-Base%
1.	Whatley • 2TM	.439
2.	Reeves • BCA	.434
3.	Cooper • BCA	.429
4.	Moore • BCA	.414
5.	Robinson • MRS	.403
6.	Davenport • MRS	.392
7.	Greene • BCA	.392
8.	Milton • KCM	.391
9.	Else • KCM	.382
10.	Brown • KCM	.382

Slugging %
1.	Brown • KCM	.594
2.	Reeves • BCA	.592
3.	Rogers • MRS	.520
4.	Milton • KCM	.503
5.	Whatley • 2TM	.491
6.	Robinson • MRS	.446
7.	Moore • BCA	.440
8.	McCall • BBB	.435
9.	Mayweather • KCM	.434
10.	Greene • BCA	.432

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Reeves • BCA	1.026
2.	Brown • KCM	.977
3.	Whatley • 2TM	.929
4.	Milton • KCM	.894
5.	Rogers • MRS	.891
6.	Moore • BCA	.854
7.	Robinson • MRS	.849
8.	Greene • BCA	.824
9.	Davenport • MRS	.811
10.	Cooper • BCA	.802

Games Played
1.	Brown • KCM	47
2.	Milton • KCM	46
3.	O'Neil • KCM	45
	Bibbs • 2TM	45
5.	Pelham • BCA	42
6.	Davis • BCA	40
	Reeves • BCA	40
	Johnson • KCM	40
9.	Moore • BCA	39
	Allen • KCM	39

At Bats
1.	Milton • KCM	185
2.	Brown • KCM	180
3.	Bibbs • 2TM	174
4.	Pelham • BCA	157
5.	O'Neil • KCM	152
6.	Davis • BCA	149
7.	Allen • KCM	147
8.	Radcliff • CAG	139
9.	Redus • CAG	137
10.	Hyde • MRS	132

Plate Appearances
1.	Milton • KCM	205
2.	Bibbs • 2TM	193
3.	Brown • KCM	191
4.	O'Neil • KCM	172
5.	Pelham • BCA	168
6.	Allen • KCM	162
7.	Davis • BCA	161
8.	Redus • CAG	157
9.	Radcliff • CAG	148
10.	Moore • BCA	147

Runs Scored
1.	Milton • KCM	51
2.	Brown • KCM	34
3.	O'Neil • KCM	29
4.	Allen • KCM	27
	Bibbs • 2TM	27
6.	Reeves • BCA	26
	Kemp • 2TM	26
8.	Davis • BCA	25
9.	Radcliff • CAG	24
	Johnson • KCM	24
	Stearnes • 2TM	24

Hits
1.	Brown • KCM	62
	Milton • KCM	62
3.	Bibbs • 2TM	52
4.	Reeves • BCA	48
5.	Davis • BCA	44
6.	Moore • BCA	43
7.	Whatley • 2TM	42
8.	Redus • CAG	41
9.	Allen • KCM	40
10.	Hyde • MRS	39

Total Bases
1.	Brown • KCM	107
2.	Milton • KCM	93
3.	Reeves • BCA	74
4.	Davis • BCA	64
5.	O'Neil • KCM	62
6.	Bibbs • 2TM	59
7.	Redus • CAG	58
8.	Pelham • BCA	56
9.	Moore • BCA	55
	Radcliff • CAG	55
	Strong • 2TM	55

Doubles
1.	Brown • KCM	16
2.	Davis • BCA	10
	Milton • KCM	10
4.	O'Neil • KCM	9
5.	Allen • KCM	8
6.	Davenport • MRS	7
	Robinson • MRS	7
	Pelham • BCA	7
	Radcliff • CAG	7
	Mayweather • KCM	7

Triples
1.	Milton • KCM	6
2.	Radcliff • CAG	5
	Cox • KCM	5
	Davis • BCA	5
5.	Greene • BCA	4
	Brown • KCM	4
	Johnson • KCM	4
	Reeves • BCA	4
	Pelham • BCA	4
	Hyde • MRS	4
	Strong • 2TM	4
	Stearnes • 2TM	4

Home Runs
1.	Brown • KCM	7
2.	Reeves • BCA	5
3.	Strong • 2TM	4
4.	Smith • KCM	3
	O'Neil • KCM	3
	Milton • KCM	3
	Redus • CAG	3
8.	Moore • BCA	2
	Jefferson • MRS	2
	Trouppe • AB3	2
	Rogers • MRS	2
	Sparks • CAG	2
	Duncan • 2TM	2
	Stearnes • 2TM	2

Runs Batted In
1.	Brown • KCM	48
2.	Reeves • BCA	34
3.	Milton • KCM	27
	Stearnes • 2TM	27
5.	Davis • BCA	25
	Moore • BCA	25
	Pelham • BCA	25
8.	Bibbs • 2TM	24
9.	O'Neil • KCM	23
	Strong • 2TM	23

Bases on Balls
1.	Milton • KCM	17
	O'Neil • KCM	17
3.	Duncan • 2TM	16
4.	Moore • BCA	15
	Redus • CAG	15
	Cox • KCM	15
	Robinson • MRS	15
	Bibbs • 2TM	15
9.	Cooper • BCA	14
10.	Allen • KCM	13
	Davenport • MRS	13

Stolen Bases
1.	Milton • KCM	25
2.	Brown • KCM	20
3.	O'Neil • KCM	11
4.	Bibbs • 2TM	10
5.	Hyde • MRS	9
6.	Reeves • BCA	7
	Strong • 2TM	7
	Stearnes • 2TM	7
	Kemp • 2TM	7
	Davenport • MRS	7

Singles
1.	Bibbs • 2TM	46
2.	Milton • KCM	43
3.	Moore • BCA	36
	Reeves • BCA	36
	Taylor • MRS	36
6.	Brown • KCM	35
7.	Whatley • 2TM	34
8.	Redus • CAG	32
	Hyde • MRS	32
10.	Allen • KCM	30

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Reeves • BCA	193
2.	Brown • KCM	178
3.	Whatley • 2TM	167
4.	Milton • KCM	156
5.	Rogers • MRS	154
6.	Moore • BCA	146
7.	Robinson • MRS	144
8.	Greene • BCA	137
9.	Davenport • MRS	133
10.	Cooper • BCA	132

Runs Created
1.	Brown • KCM	41
2.	Milton • KCM	36
3.	Reeves • BCA	32
4.	Strong • 2TM	25
5.	Moore • BCA	23
	Whatley • 2TM	23
7.	Davis • BCA	22
	Robinson • MRS	22
9.	Redus • CAG	21
	Davenport • MRS	21
	Bibbs • 2TM	21

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Brown • KCM	17
2.	Reeves • BCA	14
3.	Strong • 2TM	13
4.	Milton • KCM	13
5.	Whatley • 2TM	9
6.	Trouppe • AB3	9
7.	Moore • BCA	8
8.	Robinson • MRS	8
9.	Smith • KCM	6
10.	Rogers • MRS	6

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Brown • KCM	1.7
2.	Reeves • BCA	1.4
3.	Milton • KCM	1.3
4.	Strong • 2TM	1.3
5.	Whatley • 2TM	0.9
6.	Trouppe • AB3	0.9
7.	Moore • BCA	0.8
8.	Robinson • MRS	0.8
9.	Smith • KCM	0.7
10.	Rogers • MRS	0.6

Extra Base Hits
1.	Brown • KCM	27
2.	Milton • KCM	19
3.	Davis • BCA	15
	O'Neil • KCM	15
5.	Radcliff • CAG	13
	Strong • 2TM	13
7.	Pelham • BCA	12
	Reeves • BCA	12
9.	Mayweather • KCM	11
	Robinson • MRS	11
	Stearnes • 2TM	11

Times On Base
1.	Milton • KCM	79
2.	Brown • KCM	73
3.	Bibbs • 2TM	69
4.	Reeves • BCA	59
5.	Moore • BCA	58
6.	Redus • CAG	57
7.	Robinson • MRS	56
8.	Davis • BCA	55
	O'Neil • KCM	55
10.	Allen • KCM	53

Offensive Win %
1.	Reeves • BCA	.850
2.	Whatley • 2TM	.812
3.	Brown • KCM	.807
4.	Rogers • MRS	.756
5.	Milton • KCM	.746
6.	Robinson • MRS	.714
7.	Davenport • MRS	.710
8.	Moore • BCA	.709
9.	Cooper • BCA	.645
10.	Greene • BCA	.643

Hit By Pitch
1.	Brown • MRS	3
	Robinson • MRS	3
	Trouppe • AB3	3
4.	Bankhead • 2TM	2
	Greene • BCA	2
	Bibbs • 2TM	2
	Duncan • 2TM	2
	Johnson • BBB	2
	Else • KCM	2
10.	Blackmon • BBB	1
	Armour • AB3	1
	Carter • BBB	1
	Sephus • BBB	1
	Tyson • BBB	1
	Woods • BBB	1
	Cooper • BCA	1
	Davis • BCA	1
	Brown • JRC	1
	Pelham • BCA	1
	Reeves • BCA	1
	Williams • BCA	1
	Cornelius • CAG	1
	Radcliff • CAG	1
	Redus • CAG	1
	Andrews • BBB	1
	Bradford • AB3	1
	Hadley • BCA	1
	Whatley • 2TM	1
	Strong • 2TM	1
	Stearnes • 2TM	1
	Smith • 2TM	1
	Smith • 2TM	1
	Kemp • 2TM	1
	Davis • 2TM	1
	Radcliffe • MRS	1
	Hyde • MRS	1
	Cox • KCM	1
	Betts • KCM	1
	Sparks • CAG	1
	Frazier • JRC	1

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Moore • BCA	7
2.	Maxwell • MRS	5
	Duncan • 2TM	5
	Barnes • BBB	5
	Dunlap • CAG	5
	Johnson • KCM	5
7.	Jackson • BCA	4
	Redus • CAG	4
	Taylor • MRS	4
	Cox • KCM	4

Caught Stealing
1.	Robinson • MRS	1

Power-Speed #
1.	Brown • KCM	10.4
2.	Reeves • BCA	5.8
3.	Milton • KCM	5.4
4.	Strong • 2TM	5.1
5.	O'Neil • KCM	4.7
6.	Redus • CAG	4.0
7.	Stearnes • 2TM	3.1
8.	Duncan • 2TM	2.4
9.	Rogers • MRS	2.0
10.	Kemp • 2TM	1.8

AB per HR
1.	Reeves • BCA	25.0
2.	Brown • KCM	25.7
3.	Redus • CAG	45.7
4.	O'Neil • KCM	50.7
5.	Rogers • MRS	51.0
6.	Duncan • 2TM	53.0
7.	Milton • KCM	61.7
8.	Moore • BCA	62.5
9.	Stearnes • 2TM	64.5
10.	Else • KCM	90.0
	Young • CAG	90.0
	Byas • CAG	90.0

Outs Made
1.	Milton • KCM	126
2.	Bibbs • 2TM	124
3.	Pelham • BCA	122
4.	Brown • KCM	118
5.	O'Neil • KCM	117
6.	Allen • KCM	109
7.	Davis • BCA	106
8.	Radcliff • CAG	104
9.	Johnson • KCM	103
10.	Redus • CAG	100

rOBA
1.	Reeves • BCA	.466
2.	Brown • KCM	.446
3.	Whatley • 2TM	.431
4.	Milton • KCM	.420
5.	Rogers • MRS	.408
6.	Robinson • MRS	.404
7.	Moore • BCA	.400
8.	Davenport • MRS	.394
9.	Cooper • BCA	.388
10.	Greene • BCA	.386

Rbat+
1.	Reeves • BCA	178
2.	Brown • KCM	162
3.	Whatley • 2TM	159
4.	Milton • KCM	147
5.	Rogers • MRS	144
6.	Moore • BCA	144
7.	Robinson • MRS	140
8.	Cooper • BCA	136
9.	Greene • BCA	133
10.	Davenport • MRS	131

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements