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Negro American League Fielding Leaders

Putouts
1. Ware • CBE 395
2. O'Neil • KCM 388
3. Lindsay • 2TM 281
4. Young • CAG 227
5. Charter • 3TM 166
Assists
1. Serrell • KCM 151
2. Williams • KCM 114
3. Sampson • BBB 113
4. Horne • CBE 103
5. Riddle • CBE 99
Errors Committed
1. Davis • BBB 20
Sampson • BBB 20
3. Serrell • KCM 18
4. Walker • BBB 12
5. Robinson • MRS 11
Def. Games as C
1. Hardy • BBB 30
2. Radcliffe • 2TM 27
3. Haywood • CC 25
4. Barnhill • KCM 21
5. Duncan • KCM 19
Putouts as C
1. Hardy • BBB 149
2. Barnhill • KCM 128
3. Haywood • CC 113
4. Radcliffe • 2TM 110
5. Duncan • KCM 108
Assists as C
1. Hardy • BBB 36
2. Radcliffe • 2TM 23
Haywood • CC 23
4. Barnhill • KCM 19
5. Brown • MRS 13
Taylor • CBE 13
Errors Committed as C
1. Hardy • BBB 6
Haynes • KCM 6
3. Radcliffe • 2TM 5
4. Duncan • KCM 4
Taylor • CBE 4
Double Plays Turned as C
1. Brown • MRS 2
Duncan • KCM 2
Radcliffe • 2TM 2
4. Barnhill • KCM 1
Bell • BBB 1
Hardy • BBB 1
Haywood • CC 1
Christopher • 2TM 1
Passed Balls
1. Haynes • KCM 2
Haywood • CC 2
Jeffries • CC 2
Taylor • CBE 2
Young • CAG 2
Stolen Bases Allowed as C
1. Haywood • CC 18
2. Hardy • BBB 16
3. Radcliffe • 2TM 14
4. Taylor • CBE 10
5. Barnhill • KCM 9
Brown • MRS 9
Def. Games as 1B
1. O'Neil • KCM 41
2. Ware • CBE 36
3. Lindsay • 2TM 31
4. Young • CAG 20
5. Dunn • BBB 17
Canada • MRS 17
Putouts as 1B
1. Ware • CBE 395
2. O'Neil • KCM 388
3. Lindsay • 2TM 281
4. Young • CAG 199
5. Canada • MRS 159
Assists as 1B
1. O'Neil • KCM 21
2. Ware • CBE 20
3. Lindsay • 2TM 16
4. Canada • MRS 9
5. Young • CAG 8
Errors Committed as 1B
1. Ware • CBE 9
2. Lindsay • 2TM 6
3. Dunn • BBB 5
4. O'Neil • KCM 4
Tatum • CC 4
Double Plays Turned as 1B
1. O'Neil • KCM 25
2. Lindsay • 2TM 21
3. Young • CAG 12
4. Canada • MRS 8
5. Ware • CBE 7
Def. Games as 2B
1. Serrell • KCM 53
2. Sampson • BBB 39
3. Riddle • CBE 28
4. Bankhead • MRS 24
5. Smith • 2TM 15
Pennington • CAG 15
Putouts as 2B
1. Serrell • KCM 122
2. Sampson • BBB 88
3. Bankhead • MRS 56
4. Riddle • CBE 50
5. Snead • CC 30
Pennington • CAG 30
Assists as 2B
1. Serrell • KCM 151
2. Sampson • BBB 109
3. Riddle • CBE 94
4. Bankhead • MRS 64
5. Pennington • CAG 45
Errors Committed as 2B
1. Sampson • BBB 20
2. Serrell • KCM 18
3. Riddle • CBE 6
4. Bankhead • MRS 4
Lamar • CC 4
Smith • 2TM 4
Double Plays Turned as 2B
1. Serrell • KCM 19
2. Sampson • BBB 12
3. Bankhead • MRS 8
4. Pennington • CAG 6
Snead • CC 6
Def. Games as 3B
1. Souell • KCM 53
2. Walker • BBB 28
Radcliff • CAG 28
4. Britton • CC 27
5. Woods • CBE 22
Putouts as 3B
1. Souell • KCM 48
2. Britton • CC 41
3. Radcliff • CAG 34
4. Walker • BBB 33
5. Woods • CBE 27
Assists as 3B
1. Souell • KCM 72
2. Radcliff • CAG 54
3. Britton • CC 45
4. Walker • BBB 37
5. Woods • CBE 34
Errors Committed as 3B
1. Souell • KCM 10
2. Britton • CC 8
3. Radcliff • CAG 7
4. Walker • BBB 5
5. Lockett • BBB 4
Double Plays Turned as 3B
1. Souell • KCM 6
2. Britton • CC 3
Radcliff • CAG 3
4. McDaniel • MRS 2
5. Hyde • MRS 1
Jethroe • CBE 1
Walker • BBB 1
Def. Games as SS
1. Williams • KCM 41
2. Davis • BBB 34
3. Horne • CBE 33
4. Wyatt • CAG 27
5. Smith • CC 16
Putouts as SS
1. Williams • KCM 79
2. Horne • CBE 72
3. Davis • BBB 63
4. Wyatt • CAG 59
5. Smith • CC 34
Assists as SS
1. Williams • KCM 114
2. Horne • CBE 102
3. Davis • BBB 93
4. Wyatt • CAG 87
5. Smith • CC 41
Errors Committed as SS
1. Davis • BBB 18
2. Wyatt • CAG 10
3. Horne • CBE 8
4. Williams • KCM 7
Walker • BBB 7
Double Plays Turned as SS
1. Williams • KCM 15
2. Wyatt • CAG 11
3. Davis • BBB 10
4. Horne • CBE 5
5. Robinson • MRS 3
Smith • CC 3
Def. Games as LF (s.1901)
1. Lockett • BBB 26
2. Bissant • CAG 25
3. Simms • KCM 23
4. Allen • KCM 22
5. Christopher • 2TM 18
Putouts as LF (s.1901)
1. Lockett • BBB 46
2. Bissant • CAG 42
3. Allen • KCM 23
4. Morney • 2TM 19
Simms • KCM 19
Assists as LF (s.1901)
1. Lockett • BBB 4
2. Cleveland • CBE 2
Smith • CBE 2
Morney • 2TM 2
5. Bissant • CAG 1
Britton • CC 1
Hyde • MRS 1
Segraves • CC 1
Tatum • CC 1
Turner • CBE 1
Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)
1. Allen • KCM 4
Simms • KCM 4
3. Morney • 2TM 3
4. Tatum • CC 2
5. Mathis • MRS 1
McDaniel • MRS 1
Nelson • CC 1
Segraves • CC 1
Smith • KCM 1
Smith • CAG 1
Smith • CBE 1
Wilson • MRS 1
Christopher • 2TM 1
Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)
1. Allen • KCM 1
Def. Games as CF (s.1901)
1. Brown • KCM 50
2. Davenport • CAG 34
3. McLaurin • BBB 32
Ray • CC 32
5. Robinson • MRS 18
Putouts as CF (s.1901)
1. Brown • KCM 115
2. Davenport • CAG 82
3. McLaurin • BBB 66
4. Ray • CC 63
5. Jethroe • CBE 39
Assists as CF (s.1901)
1. Brown • KCM 4
2. Davenport • CAG 3
McLaurin • BBB 3
4. Jethroe • CBE 2
Ray • CC 2
Errors Committed as CF (s.1901)
1. McLaurin • BBB 7
2. Brown • KCM 5
3. Robinson • MRS 4
4. Ray • CC 2
Tatum • CC 2
Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)
1. Brown • KCM 1
Davenport • CAG 1
McLaurin • BBB 1
Def. Games as RF (s.1901)
1. Spearman • BBB 39
2. Thompson • KCM 38
3. Hundley • CBE 22
4. Wilson • CC 18
Smith • CAG 18
Putouts as RF (s.1901)
1. Spearman • BBB 59
2. Thompson • KCM 50
3. Wilson • CC 36
4. Smith • CAG 31
5. Hundley • CBE 26
Assists as RF (s.1901)
1. Thompson • KCM 5
2. Hundley • CBE 4
3. Rogers • MRS 3
Spearman • BBB 3
5. Smith • CAG 2
Errors Committed as RF (s.1901)
1. Smith • CAG 3
Thompson • KCM 3
3. Ferrell • CAG 2
Hundley • CBE 2
5. Allen • KCM 1
Grace • CBE 1
Haywood • CC 1
Hyde • MRS 1
Johnson • CBE 1
Mathis • MRS 1
Smith • CBE 1
Spearman • BBB 1
Turner • CBE 1
Wilson • MRS 1
Locke • 3TM 1
Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1901)
1. Smith • CAG 1
Locke • 3TM 1
Putouts as OF
1. Brown • KCM 115
2. Davenport • 2TM 83
3. McLaurin • BBB 68
4. Ray • CC 66
5. Spearman • BBB 65
Assists as OF
1. Thompson • KCM 5
2. Brown • KCM 4
Hundley • CBE 4
Davenport • 2TM 4
Lockett • BBB 4
Errors Committed as OF
1. McLaurin • BBB 7
2. Brown • KCM 5
Allen • KCM 5
4. Tatum • CC 4
Smith • CAG 4
Simms • KCM 4
Robinson • MRS 4
Double Plays Turned as OF
1. Allen • KCM 1
Brown • KCM 1
McLaurin • BBB 1
Smith • CAG 1
Davenport • 2TM 1
Locke • 3TM 1
Def. Games as P
1. Paige • 2TM 28
2. Matchett • KCM 17
3. McDaniel • KCM 14
Jessup • CAG 14
McKinnis • 2TM 14
Putouts as P
1. Mathis • MRS 10
2. Matchett • KCM 9
3. Paige • 2TM 7
4. Cornelius • CAG 6
5. Walker • 2TM 3
McKinnis • 2TM 3
Smith • CBE 3
Smith • KCM 3
Phillips • KCM 3
Jefferson • CBE 3
Bremer • CBE 3
Davis • CC 3
Assists as P
1. Paige • 2TM 41
2. Jessup • CAG 35
Matchett • KCM 35
Smith • CBE 35
5. Mathis • MRS 20
Errors Committed as P
1. Sutton • CAG 4
Matchett • KCM 4
3. Cornelius • CAG 3
Newberry • 2TM 3
5. Boone • CBE 2
Alexander • KCM 2
McKinnis • 2TM 2
Davis • CC 2
Henry • CC 2
Keyes • MRS 2
Double Plays Turned as P
1. Jessup • CAG 3
Matchett • KCM 3
3. Keyes • MRS 2
Phillips • KCM 2
Saylor • BBB 2
Wilson • CC 2
McKinnis • 2TM 2
Range Factor/9Inn as C
1. Barnhill • KCM 7.63
2. Duncan • KCM 7.50
3. Hardy • BBB 6.92
4. Haywood • CC 6.45
5. Brown • MRS 5.57
Range Factor/Game as C
1. Barnhill • KCM 7.00
2. Duncan • KCM 6.32
3. Hardy • BBB 6.17
4. Haywood • CC 5.44
5. Brown • MRS 5.19
Fielding % as C
1. Haywood • CC 1.000
2. Barnhill • KCM .980
3. Hardy • BBB .969
4. Duncan • KCM .968
5. Radcliffe • 2TM .964
Range Factor/9Inn as 1B
1. Ware • CBE 12.45
2. Young • CAG 11.64
3. O'Neil • KCM 10.75
4. Lindsay • 2TM 10.13
Range Factor/Game as 1B
1. Ware • CBE 11.53
2. Young • CAG 10.35
3. O'Neil • KCM 9.98
4. Lindsay • 2TM 9.58
Fielding % as 1B
1. O'Neil • KCM .990
2. Lindsay • 2TM .980
3. Ware • CBE .979
Range Factor/9Inn as 2B
1. Riddle • CBE 5.72
2. Serrell • KCM 5.55
3. Sampson • BBB 5.45
4. Bankhead • MRS 5.43
Range Factor/Game as 2B
1. Serrell • KCM 5.15
2. Riddle • CBE 5.14
3. Sampson • BBB 5.05
4. Bankhead • MRS 5.00
Fielding % as 2B
1. Riddle • CBE .960
2. Serrell • KCM .938
3. Sampson • BBB .908
Range Factor/9Inn as 3B
1. Britton • CC 3.63
2. Radcliff • CAG 3.23
3. Woods • CBE 2.95
4. Walker • BBB 2.72
5. Souell • KCM 2.44
Range Factor/Game as 3B
1. Britton • CC 3.19
2. Radcliff • CAG 3.14
3. Woods • CBE 2.77
4. Walker • BBB 2.50
5. Souell • KCM 2.26
Fielding % as 3B
1. Walker • BBB .933
2. Radcliff • CAG .926
3. Souell • KCM .923
4. Britton • CC .915
Range Factor/9Inn as SS
1. Horne • CBE 5.69
2. Wyatt • CAG 5.62
3. Williams • KCM 5.07
4. Davis • BBB 4.85
Range Factor/Game as SS
1. Wyatt • CAG 5.41
2. Horne • CBE 5.27
3. Williams • KCM 4.71
4. Davis • BBB 4.59
Fielding % as SS
1. Williams • KCM .965
2. Horne • CBE .956
3. Wyatt • CAG .936
4. Davis • BBB .897
Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1948)
1. Lockett • BBB 2.08
2. Bissant • CAG 1.88
3. Allen • KCM 1.22
4. Simms • KCM 0.97
Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)
1. Lockett • BBB 1.92
2. Bissant • CAG 1.72
3. Allen • KCM 1.05
4. Simms • KCM 0.83
Fielding % as LF (s.1901)
1. Lockett • BBB 1.000
Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1948)
1. Davenport • CAG 2.60
2. Brown • KCM 2.56
3. McLaurin • BBB 2.31
4. Ray • CC 2.25
Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1901)
1. Davenport • CAG 2.50
2. Brown • KCM 2.38
3. McLaurin • BBB 2.16
4. Ray • CC 2.03
Fielding % as CF (s.1901)
1. Davenport • CAG 1.000
2. Ray • CC .970
3. Brown • KCM .960
4. McLaurin • BBB .908
Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1948)
1. Spearman • BBB 1.69
2. Hundley • CBE 1.63
3. Thompson • KCM 1.58
Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1901)
1. Spearman • BBB 1.59
2. Thompson • KCM 1.45
3. Hundley • CBE 1.36
Fielding % as RF (s.1901)
1. Spearman • BBB .984
2. Thompson • KCM .948
Range Factor/9Inn as P
1. Mathis • MRS 4.31
2. Matchett • KCM 4.30
3. Smith • CBE 3.84
4. Paige • 2TM 3.49
5. Cornelius • CAG 3.48
Range Factor/Game as P
1. Smith • CBE 3.45
2. Mathis • MRS 3.00
3. Matchett • KCM 2.59
4. Jessup • CAG 2.57
5. Jefferson • CBE 2.44
Fielding % as P
1. Wilson • CC 1.000
Gipson • BBB 1.000
Smith • CBE 1.000
Hutchinson • MRS 1.000
Markham • BBB 1.000
McDaniel • KCM 1.000
Moss • MRS 1.000
Saylor • BBB 1.000

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

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