1937 Negro National League II Batting Leaders

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Negro National League II Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Gibson • HG	3.8
2.	Brown • HG	3.4
3.	Leonard • HG	2.9
4.	McDuffie • 3TM	2.6
5.	Brown • NBY	2.0
6.	Harris • HG	1.9
7.	Morris • PC	1.8
8.	Wright • WEG	1.7
9.	Thompson • PS	1.7
10.	Williams • HG	1.5

WAR Position Players
1.	Gibson • HG	3.8
2.	Leonard • HG	2.9
3.	Harris • HG	1.9
4.	Wright • WEG	1.7
5.	Williams • HG	1.5
6.	West • WEG	1.4
	Benjamin • HG	1.4
8.	Dandridge • 2TM	1.3
9.	Wells • 2TM	1.2
10.	Brown • HG	1.1

Offensive WAR
1.	Gibson • HG	3.7
2.	Leonard • HG	2.6
3.	Wright • WEG	1.8
4.	Harris • HG	1.5
5.	West • WEG	1.2
	Dandridge • 2TM	1.2
7.	Wells • 2TM	1.1
8.	Benjamin • HG	1.1
9.	Brown • HG	1.0
10.	Suttles • NE	1.0

Defensive WAR
1.	Carlisle • HG	0.6
2.	Jackson • HG	0.6
3.	Crutchfield • NE	0.4
4.	Walker • WEG	0.3
5.	Williams • HG	0.3
6.	Williams • PC	0.3
7.	Burgin • NBY	0.2
8.	Mackey • WEG	0.2
9.	Creacy • PS	0.2
10.	Wells • 2TM	0.2

Batting Average
1.	Gibson • HG	.417
2.	West • WEG	.394
3.	Wright • WEG	.381
4.	Leonard • HG	.376
5.	Dandridge • 2TM	.375
6.	Williams • HG	.358
7.	Spearman • PC	.336
8.	Cannady • NBY	.333
9.	Harris • HG	.327
10.	Wells • 2TM	.325

On-Base%
1.	Gibson • HG	.500
2.	Leonard • HG	.462
3.	West • WEG	.447
4.	Dandridge • 2TM	.422
5.	Wright • WEG	.405
6.	Giles • NBY	.400
7.	Harris • HG	.398
8.	Suttles • NE	.397
9.	Williams • HG	.394
10.	Benjamin • HG	.386

Slugging %
1.	Gibson • HG	.974
2.	Leonard • HG	.729
3.	Wright • WEG	.728
4.	Suttles • NE	.607
5.	Wells • 2TM	.558
6.	Harris • HG	.545
7.	Dukes • HG	.540
8.	West • WEG	.518
9.	Dandridge • 2TM	.515
10.	Spearman • PC	.504

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Gibson • HG	1.474
2.	Leonard • HG	1.191
3.	Wright • WEG	1.133
4.	Suttles • NE	1.004
5.	West • WEG	.965
6.	Wells • 2TM	.945
7.	Harris • HG	.943
8.	Dandridge • 2TM	.936
9.	Dukes • HG	.910
10.	Spearman • PC	.890

Games Played
1.	Benjamin • HG	52
	Carlisle • HG	52
3.	Pérez • HG	49
4.	Harris • HG	48
5.	Jackson • HG	47
6.	Williams • HG	46
7.	Leonard • HG	42
8.	Gibson • HG	39
9.	Wilson • PC	38
10.	Walker • WEG	37
	West • WEG	37
	Wright • WEG	37

At Bats
1.	Benjamin • HG	219
2.	Pérez • HG	203
3.	Harris • HG	202
4.	Carlisle • HG	201
5.	Williams • HG	187
6.	Leonard • HG	170
7.	Jackson • HG	162
8.	Gibson • HG	156
9.	Wright • WEG	147
10.	Williams • PC	140

Plate Appearances
1.	Benjamin • HG	259
2.	Pérez • HG	233
3.	Carlisle • HG	231
4.	Harris • HG	229
5.	Williams • HG	208
6.	Leonard • HG	199
7.	Gibson • HG	183
	Jackson • HG	183
9.	Giles • NBY	154
	Wright • WEG	154

Runs Scored
1.	Gibson • HG	60
2.	Benjamin • HG	59
	Harris • HG	59
4.	Leonard • HG	54
5.	Carlisle • HG	37
	Pérez • HG	37
7.	Wells • 2TM	32
8.	Williams • HG	30
	Giles • NBY	30
10.	Stone • NE	29

Hits
1.	Williams • HG	67
2.	Harris • HG	66
3.	Benjamin • HG	65
	Gibson • HG	65
5.	Leonard • HG	64
6.	Pérez • HG	58
7.	Carlisle • HG	56
	Wright • WEG	56
9.	West • WEG	54
10.	Dandridge • 2TM	51

Total Bases
1.	Gibson • HG	152
2.	Leonard • HG	124
3.	Harris • HG	110
4.	Wright • WEG	107
5.	Benjamin • HG	94
6.	Williams • HG	84
7.	Carlisle • HG	77
8.	Pérez • HG	75
9.	West • WEG	71
10.	Dandridge • 2TM	70

Doubles
1.	Harris • HG	17
2.	Benjamin • HG	15
	Leonard • HG	15
4.	Gibson • HG	13
5.	Williams • HG	12
6.	Giles • NBY	11
7.	Dandridge • 2TM	10
8.	Cannady • NBY	9
	Crutchfield • NE	9
	Wells • 2TM	9

Triples
1.	Wright • WEG	11
2.	Gibson • HG	7
3.	Harris • HG	6
4.	Wells • 2TM	5
	Carlisle • HG	5
6.	Dukes • HG	4
7.	Leonard • HG	3
	Pérez • HG	3
	Wilson • PC	3
	Dandridge • 2TM	3
	Harris • PS	3
	Suttles • NE	3
	Thomas • NBY	3
	Hughes • WEG	3

Home Runs
1.	Gibson • HG	20
2.	Leonard • HG	13
3.	Wright • WEG	7
	Suttles • NE	7
5.	Wright • WEG	5
	Harris • HG	5
7.	Benjamin • HG	4
	Kimbro • WEG	4
	Spearman • PC	4
	Thomas • NBY	4

Runs Batted In
1.	Gibson • HG	73
2.	Leonard • HG	55
3.	Harris • HG	48
4.	Williams • HG	41
5.	Wright • WEG	38
6.	Benjamin • HG	35
7.	Suttles • NE	32
8.	Dandridge • 2TM	31
9.	Carlisle • HG	30
	Pérez • HG	30
	Cannady • NBY	30

Bases on Balls
1.	Benjamin • HG	30
2.	Gibson • HG	25
	Leonard • HG	25
4.	Harris • HG	24
5.	Pérez • HG	22
6.	Carlisle • HG	18
	Dunn • PS	18
8.	Giles • NBY	16
	Benson • PS	16
10.	Thomas • NBY	15
	Kimbro • WEG	15

Stolen Bases
1.	Benjamin • HG	13
2.	Williams • HG	6
3.	Williams • PC	5
	Dandridge • 2TM	5
5.	Crutchfield • NE	4
	Cannady • NBY	4
7.	Giles • NBY	3
	Burbage • PC	3
	Wilson • PC	3
10.	Wells • 2TM	2
	Benson • PS	2
	Jenkins • NBY	2
	Wilson • PC	2
	Thomas • NBY	2
	Leonard • HG	2
	Gibson • HG	2
	Stone • NE	2
	Carlisle • HG	2

Singles
1.	Williams • HG	53
2.	Pérez • HG	48
3.	Benjamin • HG	45
4.	West • WEG	43
5.	Carlisle • HG	42
6.	Harris • HG	38
7.	Jackson • HG	37
	Dandridge • 2TM	37
9.	Leonard • HG	33
10.	Cannady • NBY	32

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Gibson • HG	273
2.	Leonard • HG	204
3.	Wright • WEG	188
4.	Suttles • NE	157
5.	West • WEG	150
6.	Harris • HG	142
7.	Wells • 2TM	142
8.	Dandridge • 2TM	142
9.	Dukes • HG	133
10.	Spearman • PC	129

Runs Created
1.	Gibson • HG	76
2.	Leonard • HG	57
3.	Harris • HG	44
4.	Wright • WEG	43
5.	Benjamin • HG	36
6.	Williams • HG	33
7.	West • WEG	31
8.	Dandridge • 2TM	29
9.	Wells • 2TM	28
10.	Pérez • HG	27

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Gibson • HG	39
2.	Leonard • HG	27
3.	Wright • WEG	17
4.	Harris • HG	13
5.	West • WEG	11
6.	Dandridge • 2TM	9
7.	Suttles • NE	9
8.	Barbee • NBY	8
9.	Wells • 2TM	7
10.	Starks • PC	7

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Gibson • HG	3.4
2.	Leonard • HG	2.4
3.	Wright • WEG	1.5
4.	Harris • HG	1.2
5.	West • WEG	0.9
6.	Dandridge • 2TM	0.8
7.	Suttles • NE	0.8
8.	Barbee • NBY	0.7
9.	Wells • 2TM	0.6
10.	Starks • PC	0.6

Extra Base Hits
1.	Gibson • HG	40
2.	Leonard • HG	31
3.	Harris • HG	28
4.	Wright • WEG	26
5.	Benjamin • HG	20
6.	Wells • 2TM	17
7.	Williams • HG	14
	Suttles • NE	14
	Giles • NBY	14
	Dandridge • 2TM	14
	Carlisle • HG	14

Times On Base
1.	Benjamin • HG	97
2.	Gibson • HG	91
	Leonard • HG	91
4.	Harris • HG	90
5.	Pérez • HG	80
6.	Williams • HG	78
7.	Carlisle • HG	74
8.	West • WEG	67
9.	Dandridge • 2TM	62
	Wright • WEG	62

Offensive Win %
1.	Gibson • HG	.927
2.	Leonard • HG	.848
3.	Wright • WEG	.817
4.	West • WEG	.748
5.	Suttles • NE	.731
6.	Dandridge • 2TM	.706
7.	Wells • 2TM	.702
8.	Harris • HG	.687
9.	Spearman • PC	.650
10.	Dukes • HG	.645

Hit By Pitch
1.	Page • PS	3
2.	Seay • NE	2
	West • WEG	2
	Benjamin • HG	2
	Moore • NE	2
	Leonard • HG	2
7.	Dukes • HG	1
	Walker • WEG	1
	Hughes • WEG	1
	Gibson • HG	1
	Creacy • PS	1
	Harvey • PC	1
	Decuir • PC	1
	Charleston • PC	1
	Andrews • PC	1
	Jackson • HG	1
	Stephens • NBY	1
	Giles • NBY	1
	Clarke • NBY	1
	Williams • HG	1

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Carlisle • HG	12
	Jackson • HG	12
3.	Williams • HG	10
4.	Walker • WEG	9
5.	Benjamin • HG	8
	Pérez • HG	8
7.	Brown • PS	6
	Burbage • PC	6
	Dunn • PS	6
10.	Snow • WEG	5
	Wilson • PC	5

Intentional Bases on Balls
1.	Gibson • HG	2

Power-Speed #
1.	Benjamin • HG	6.1
2.	Gibson • HG	3.6
3.	Leonard • HG	3.5
4.	Thomas • NBY	2.7
5.	Giles • NBY	2.4
	Wells • 2TM	2.4
	Burbage • PC	2.4
	Stone • NE	2.4
9.	Jenkins • NBY	2.0
10.	Williams • HG	1.7

AB per HR
1.	Gibson • HG	7.8
2.	Leonard • HG	13.1
3.	Suttles • NE	15.3
4.	Wright • WEG	21.0
5.	Wright • WEG	25.6
6.	Spearman • PC	28.3
7.	Kimbro • WEG	32.0
8.	Thomas • NBY	32.3
9.	Dukes • HG	33.3
10.	Stone • NE	39.0

Outs Made
1.	Benjamin • HG	162
2.	Carlisle • HG	157
3.	Pérez • HG	153
4.	Harris • HG	139
5.	Jackson • HG	134
6.	Williams • HG	130
7.	Leonard • HG	108
8.	Williams • PC	105
9.	Crutchfield • NE	104
10.	Walker • WEG	102

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