1936 Negro National League II Batting Leaders

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Negro National League II Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Gibson • PC	3.4
2.	Dihigo • NYC	3.1
3.	Byrd • WEG	2.7
4.	Matlock • PC	2.7
5.	Holland • NBY	2.6
6.	Willis • WEG	2.5
7.	Salazar • NYC	2.4
8.	Stearnes • PS	2.2
9.	Brown • HG	2.1
10.	Day • NE	2.1

WAR Position Players
1.	Gibson • PC	3.4
2.	Stearnes • PS	2.2
3.	Benjamin • HG	1.8
4.	Suttles • NE	1.8
5.	Leonard • HG	1.6
6.	Bankhead • PC	1.6
7.	Dihigo • NYC	1.6
8.	Wilson • 2TM	1.4
9.	Salazar • NYC	1.3
10.	Crutchfield • PC	1.2

Offensive WAR
1.	Gibson • PC	3.3
2.	Stearnes • PS	1.9
3.	Benjamin • HG	1.8
4.	Suttles • NE	1.7
5.	Leonard • HG	1.5
6.	Wilson • 2TM	1.4
7.	Scales • NBY	1.3
8.	Salazar • NYC	1.3
9.	Dihigo • NYC	1.2
10.	Parnell • PS	1.2

Defensive WAR
1.	Crutchfield • PC	0.6
2.	Correa • NYC	0.5
3.	Binder • 2TM	0.4
4.	Stephens • NBY	0.4
5.	Creacy • PS	0.4
	Seay • 2TM	0.4
7.	Walker • WEG	0.4
8.	Bankhead • PC	0.4
9.	Dihigo • NYC	0.3
	Duncan • NYC	0.3

Batting Average
1.	Gibson • PC	.389
2.	Parnell • PS	.367
3.	Benjamin • HG	.360
4.	Scales • NBY	.358
5.	Harris • HG	.355
6.	Stearnes • PS	.352
7.	Wright • WEG	.348
8.	Leonard • HG	.347
9.	Washington • PC	.344
	West • WEG	.344

On-Base%
1.	Gibson • PC	.478
2.	Leonard • HG	.471
3.	Benjamin • HG	.442
4.	Salazar • NYC	.438
5.	Scales • NBY	.434
6.	Wright • WEG	.414
7.	Harris • HG	.414
8.	West • WEG	.413
	Washington • PC	.413
10.	Wilson • 2TM	.412

Slugging %
1.	Gibson • PC	.783
2.	Benjamin • HG	.593
3.	Dihigo • NYC	.591
4.	Stearnes • PS	.581
5.	Leonard • HG	.581
6.	Scales • NBY	.558
7.	Stone • 2TM	.545
8.	Spearman • HG	.533
9.	Wilson • 2TM	.528
10.	West • WEG	.526

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Gibson • PC	1.261
2.	Leonard • HG	1.051
3.	Benjamin • HG	1.035
4.	Dihigo • NYC	.997
5.	Stearnes • PS	.992
6.	Scales • NBY	.992
7.	Salazar • NYC	.953
8.	Stone • 2TM	.941
9.	Wilson • 2TM	.940
10.	West • WEG	.939

Games Played
1.	Bankhead • PC	63
2.	Crutchfield • PC	61
3.	Seay • 2TM	56
4.	Johnson • 2TM	54
5.	Washington • PC	52
	Creacy • PS	52
	Stearnes • PS	52
8.	Gibson • PC	50
	Dunn • PS	50
10.	Wilson • 2TM	49

At Bats
1.	Bankhead • PC	231
	Crutchfield • PC	231
3.	Stearnes • PS	210
4.	Johnson • 2TM	193
5.	Seay • 2TM	185
6.	Dunn • PS	181
7.	Wilson • 2TM	180
8.	Parnell • PS	177
9.	Gibson • PC	175
10.	Creacy • PS	173

Plate Appearances
1.	Bankhead • PC	263
	Crutchfield • PC	263
3.	Stearnes • PS	234
4.	Johnson • 2TM	222
5.	Seay • 2TM	213
6.	Gibson • PC	208
7.	Curry • WEG	207
8.	Dunn • PS	206
9.	Wilson • 2TM	205
10.	Creacy • PS	203

Runs Scored
1.	Gibson • PC	51
2.	Crutchfield • PC	49
3.	Stearnes • PS	45
4.	Benjamin • HG	43
5.	Curry • WEG	40
6.	Bell • PC	39
7.	Salazar • NYC	38
8.	Bankhead • PC	37
	Washington • PC	37
	Dunn • PS	37
	Wright • WEG	37

Hits
1.	Bankhead • PC	77
2.	Stearnes • PS	74
3.	Crutchfield • PC	71
4.	Gibson • PC	68
5.	Parnell • PS	65
6.	Wilson • 2TM	60
7.	Benjamin • HG	54
	Spearman • NYC	54
9.	Washington • PC	53
	West • WEG	53

Total Bases
1.	Gibson • PC	137
2.	Stearnes • PS	122
3.	Bankhead • PC	104
4.	Wilson • 2TM	95
5.	Parnell • PS	90
6.	Benjamin • HG	89
7.	Crutchfield • PC	85
8.	Suttles • NE	83
9.	Spearman • NYC	81
	West • WEG	81

Doubles
1.	Bankhead • PC	16
2.	Thomas • NYC	12
3.	Spearman • NYC	11
4.	Benjamin • HG	10
	Salazar • NYC	10
	Williams • 3TM	10
	Williams • PC	10
	Johnson • 2TM	10
9.	Radcliff • NYC	9
	Williams • NBY	9
	Spearman • HG	9
	Parnell • PS	9

Triples
1.	Benjamin • HG	5
	Wright • WEG	5
	Hughes • WEG	5
	Stone • 2TM	5
	Stearnes • PS	5
	Washington • PC	5
	Spearman • NYC	5
8.	Wilson • 2TM	4
	Leonard • HG	4
	Gibson • PC	4
	Bankhead • PC	4
	Jenkins • NBY	4

Home Runs
1.	Gibson • PC	18
2.	Suttles • NE	12
3.	Stearnes • PS	10
4.	Dihigo • NYC	9
5.	Wilson • 2TM	8
6.	Leonard • HG	6
7.	Benjamin • HG	5
	Andrews • NYC	5
	Scales • NBY	5
	Cannady • NBY	5
	Yancey • 2TM	5
	West • WEG	5

Runs Batted In
1.	Gibson • PC	66
2.	Stearnes • PS	43
3.	Wilson • 2TM	40
	West • WEG	40
5.	Bankhead • PC	39
6.	Suttles • NE	36
7.	Leonard • HG	34
	Spearman • NYC	34
	Washington • PC	34
10.	Dihigo • NYC	33

Bases on Balls
1.	Curry • WEG	32
2.	Gibson • PC	30
3.	Leonard • HG	29
4.	Crutchfield • PC	24
5.	Dihigo • NYC	22
	Salazar • NYC	22
	Wilson • 2TM	22
8.	Benjamin • HG	21
9.	Bankhead • PC	20
	Johnson • 2TM	20
	Wright • WEG	20

Stolen Bases
1.	Benjamin • HG	10
2.	Crutchfield • PC	9
3.	Dihigo • NYC	7
	Salazar • NYC	7
	Jenkins • NBY	7
6.	Gibson • PC	6
	Bell • PC	6
	Cannady • NBY	6
	Giles • NBY	6
	Palm • NBY	6
	Bankhead • PC	6
	Stephens • NBY	6
	Dandridge • NE	6

Singles
1.	Crutchfield • PC	61
2.	Bankhead • PC	56
3.	Stearnes • PS	51
4.	Parnell • PS	50
5.	Wilson • 2TM	45
6.	Creacy • PS	44
7.	Dunn • PS	43
8.	Curry • WEG	42
9.	Bell • PC	41
10.	Washington • PC	40

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Gibson • PC	217
2.	Leonard • HG	167
3.	Benjamin • HG	162
4.	Dihigo • NYC	152
5.	Scales • NBY	151
6.	Stearnes • PS	151
7.	Salazar • NYC	142
8.	Wilson • 2TM	138
9.	West • WEG	138
10.	Stone • 2TM	138

Runs Created
1.	Gibson • PC	65
2.	Stearnes • PS	50
3.	Bankhead • PC	40
4.	Benjamin • HG	39
	Wilson • 2TM	39
6.	Suttles • NE	38
7.	Parnell • PS	37
8.	Leonard • HG	34
9.	West • WEG	33
10.	Crutchfield • PC	32

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Gibson • PC	31
2.	Suttles • NE	18
3.	Stearnes • PS	15
4.	Benjamin • HG	14
5.	Leonard • HG	14
6.	Salazar • NYC	10
7.	Dihigo • NYC	10
8.	Wilson • 2TM	10
9.	Scales • NBY	10
10.	West • WEG	9

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Gibson • PC	2.7
2.	Suttles • NE	1.6
3.	Stearnes • PS	1.4
4.	Benjamin • HG	1.3
5.	Leonard • HG	1.2
6.	Salazar • NYC	0.9
7.	Dihigo • NYC	0.9
	Wilson • 2TM	0.9
9.	Scales • NBY	0.9
10.	West • WEG	0.8

Extra Base Hits
1.	Gibson • PC	29
2.	Stearnes • PS	23
3.	Bankhead • PC	21
4.	Benjamin • HG	20
5.	Suttles • NE	19
6.	Dihigo • NYC	18
	Spearman • NYC	18
8.	Stone • 2TM	16
9.	Dixon • HG	15
	Spearman • HG	15
	Salazar • NYC	15
	Parnell • PS	15
	Wilson • 2TM	15
	West • WEG	15
	Wright • WEG	15

Times On Base
1.	Gibson • PC	98
2.	Bankhead • PC	97
3.	Crutchfield • PC	95
	Stearnes • PS	95
5.	Wilson • 2TM	84
6.	Curry • WEG	83
7.	Parnell • PS	78
8.	Benjamin • HG	76
9.	Leonard • HG	72
10.	Salazar • NYC	71
	Spearman • NYC	71
	Washington • PC	71
	Creacy • PS	71
	Dunn • PS	71
	West • WEG	71
	Wright • WEG	71

Offensive Win %
1.	Gibson • PC	.878
2.	Leonard • HG	.783
3.	Benjamin • HG	.755
4.	Stearnes • PS	.744
5.	Scales • NBY	.743
6.	Dihigo • NYC	.717
7.	Salazar • NYC	.705
8.	Wilson • 2TM	.705
9.	Wright • WEG	.701
10.	Parnell • PS	.700

Hit By Pitch
1.	Stephens • NBY	5
2.	Williams • WEG	4
3.	Wright • WEG	3
	Spearman • NYC	3
5.	Marshall • PS	2
	Cannady • NBY	2
	Giles • NBY	2
	Stearnes • PS	2
	Binder • 2TM	2
	Wilson • 2TM	2
	Salazar • NYC	2

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Snow • WEG	14
2.	Bankhead • PC	12
3.	Creacy • PS	11
4.	Benjamin • HG	9
	Seay • 2TM	9
6.	Duncan • NYC	8
	Crutchfield • PC	8
	Johnson • 2TM	8
9.	Thomas • NYC	7
	Brown • PS	7

Power-Speed #
1.	Gibson • PC	9.0
2.	Dihigo • NYC	7.9
3.	Benjamin • HG	6.7
4.	Cannady • NBY	5.5
5.	Salazar • NYC	5.1
6.	Suttles • NE	4.8
7.	Dixon • HG	4.0
8.	García • NYC	3.8
9.	Thomas • 2TM	3.4
	Christopher • 2TM	3.4
	Parnell • PS	3.4

AB per HR
1.	Gibson • PC	9.7
2.	Dihigo • NYC	14.1
3.	Leonard • HG	20.7
4.	Stearnes • PS	21.0
5.	Wilson • 2TM	22.5
6.	Yancey • 2TM	23.6
7.	Scales • NBY	24.0
8.	Cannady • NBY	25.2
9.	Benjamin • HG	30.0
10.	Stone • 2TM	30.3

Outs Made
1.	Crutchfield • PC	168
2.	Bankhead • PC	166
3.	Johnson • 2TM	157
4.	Seay • 2TM	150
5.	Stearnes • PS	139
6.	Dunn • PS	135
7.	Creacy • PS	132
8.	Curry • WEG	124
	Mackey • WEG	124
10.	Bell • PC	121
	Wilson • 2TM	121

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