1942 Negro National League II Batting Leaders

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Negro National League II Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Day • 2TM	4.5
2.	Partlow • HG	3.7
3.	Clarkson • 3TM	2.9
4.	Byrd • BEG	2.7
5.	Gibson • HG	2.7
6.	Gaines • BEG	2.6
7.	Pearson • 2TM	2.5
8.	Brown • HG	2.5
9.	Manning • NE	2.2
10.	Wells • NE	1.8

WAR Position Players
1.	Clarkson • 3TM	2.9
2.	Gibson • HG	2.7
3.	Pearson • 2TM	2.5
4.	Wells • NE	1.8
5.	Stone • 2TM	1.4
6.	Wright • BEG	1.2
7.	Spearman • 2TM	1.2
8.	Kimbro • BEG	1.2
9.	Hoskins • BEG	1.1
10.	Day • 2TM	1.0

Offensive WAR
1.	Clarkson • 3TM	2.9
2.	Gibson • HG	2.7
3.	Pearson • 2TM	2.5
4.	Wells • NE	1.8
5.	Stone • 2TM	1.4
6.	Wright • BEG	1.2
7.	Spearman • 2TM	1.2
8.	Kimbro • BEG	1.2
9.	Hoskins • BEG	1.1
10.	Day • 2TM	1.0

Defensive WAR
1.	Butts • BEG	0.3
2.	Clarkson • 3TM	0.3
3.	Wells • NE	0.3
4.	Williams • HG	0.2
5.	Hughes • BEG	0.2
6.	Carlisle • HG	0.2
7.	Bankhead • HG	0.1
	Duckett • PS	0.1
9.	Gibson • HG	0.1
	Dandridge • NE	0.1

Batting Average
1.	Pearson • 2TM	.347
2.	Wells • NE	.343
3.	Day • 2TM	.341
4.	Clarkson • 3TM	.339
5.	Gibson • HG	.327
6.	Wright • BEG	.317
7.	Hoskins • BEG	.314
8.	Whatley • HG	.308
9.	Spearman • 2TM	.305
10.	Campanella • BEG	.295

On-Base%
1.	Gibson • HG	.447
2.	Clarkson • 3TM	.419
3.	Pearson • 2TM	.414
4.	Wells • NE	.405
5.	Day • 2TM	.396
6.	Curry • PS	.386
7.	Wright • BEG	.380
8.	Whatley • HG	.378
9.	Stone • 2TM	.373
10.	Kimbro • BEG	.372

Slugging %
1.	Pearson • 2TM	.601
2.	Clarkson • 3TM	.593
3.	Gibson • HG	.580
4.	Hoskins • BEG	.472
5.	Stone • 2TM	.453
6.	Wright • BEG	.441
7.	Day • 2TM	.439
8.	Wells • NE	.436
9.	Spearman • 2TM	.429
10.	Parks • NE	.413

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Gibson • HG	1.027
2.	Pearson • 2TM	1.015
3.	Clarkson • 3TM	1.011
4.	Hoskins • BEG	.842
5.	Wells • NE	.841
6.	Day • 2TM	.835
7.	Stone • 2TM	.826
8.	Wright • BEG	.821
9.	Spearman • 2TM	.792
10.	Kimbro • BEG	.770

Games Played
1.	Butts • BEG	53
2.	Clarkson • 3TM	52
	Pearson • 2TM	52
	Stone • 2TM	52
5.	Hughes • BEG	50
	Wright • BEG	50
	Benjamin • HG	50
	Easterling • HG	50
	Spearman • 2TM	50
10.	Kimbro • BEG	49
	West • PS	49

At Bats
1.	Hughes • BEG	199
	Benjamin • HG	199
3.	Butts • BEG	196
	Kimbro • BEG	196
5.	Pearson • 2TM	193
6.	Stone • 2TM	190
7.	Clarkson • 3TM	189
8.	Wright • BEG	186
	Easterling • HG	186
10.	Wells • NE	181

Plate Appearances
1.	Kimbro • BEG	228
2.	Butts • BEG	226
3.	Hughes • BEG	224
4.	Benjamin • HG	223
5.	Stone • 2TM	220
6.	Pearson • 2TM	217
7.	Clarkson • 3TM	216
8.	Wright • BEG	208
	Easterling • HG	208
10.	West • PS	203

Runs Scored
1.	Wells • NE	48
	Clarkson • 3TM	48
3.	Gibson • HG	44
	Pearson • 2TM	44
5.	Hughes • BEG	39
	Curry • PS	39
7.	Kimbro • BEG	37
8.	Parnell • PS	36
	Stone • 2TM	36
10.	Benjamin • HG	31
	Easterling • HG	31

Hits
1.	Pearson • 2TM	67
2.	Clarkson • 3TM	64
3.	Wells • NE	62
4.	Wright • BEG	59
5.	Hughes • BEG	55
6.	Kimbro • BEG	54
	Spearman • 2TM	54
	Stone • 2TM	54
9.	Gibson • HG	53
10.	Hoskins • BEG	50
	Benjamin • HG	50

Total Bases
1.	Pearson • 2TM	116
2.	Clarkson • 3TM	112
3.	Gibson • HG	94
4.	Stone • 2TM	86
5.	Wright • BEG	82
6.	Wells • NE	79
7.	Kimbro • BEG	78
8.	Spearman • 2TM	76
9.	Hoskins • BEG	75
	Hughes • BEG	75

Doubles
1.	Clarkson • 3TM	18
2.	Pearson • 2TM	16
3.	Wright • BEG	12
	Hughes • BEG	12
5.	Stone • 2TM	10
6.	Kimbro • BEG	8
	Wells • NE	8
	West • PS	8
	Scales • BEG	8
	Day • 2TM	8
	Curry • PS	8

Triples
1.	Snow • BEG	7
2.	Hoskins • BEG	6
3.	Kimbro • BEG	5
4.	Wright • BEG	4
5.	Campanella • BEG	3
	Clarkson • 3TM	3
	West • PS	3
	Bankhead • HG	3
	Benjamin • HG	3
	Thomas • NYC	3
	Carlisle • HG	3
	Harris • HG	3

Home Runs
1.	Pearson • 2TM	11
2.	Gibson • HG	10
3.	Clarkson • 3TM	8
4.	Stone • 2TM	6
5.	Spearman • 2TM	5
6.	Bennett • NBY	4
	Easterling • HG	4
8.	Wells • NE	3
	Parks • NE	3
	West • PS	3

Runs Batted In
1.	Pearson • 2TM	56
2.	Gibson • HG	52
3.	Clarkson • 3TM	43
4.	West • PS	38
5.	Stone • 2TM	35
	Spearman • 2TM	35
7.	Wells • NE	34
	Campanella • BEG	34
	Wright • BEG	34
10.	Hughes • BEG	30

Bases on Balls
1.	Gibson • HG	35
2.	Kimbro • BEG	30
3.	Wilson • HG	28
4.	Stone • 2TM	27
5.	Clarkson • 3TM	26
	Curry • PS	26
7.	Butts • BEG	24
8.	West • PS	23
9.	Pearson • 2TM	22
	Scales • BEG	22
	Parnell • PS	22

Stolen Bases
1.	Carlisle • HG	11
2.	Benjamin • HG	10
3.	Williams • NBY	6
4.	Hoskins • BEG	5
	Clarkson • 3TM	5
6.	Bankhead • HG	4
	Green • NBY	4
	Butts • BEG	4
9.	Wright • BEG	3
	Doby • NE	3
	Wells • NE	3
	Wilson • NBY	3
	Kimbro • BEG	3
	Leonard • HG	3
	Whatley • HG	3
	Pearson • 2TM	3

Singles
1.	Wells • NE	51
2.	Wright • BEG	42
	Spearman • 2TM	42
4.	Hughes • BEG	40
	Benjamin • HG	40
	Pearson • 2TM	40
7.	Butts • BEG	39
	Kimbro • BEG	39
9.	Parnell • PS	38
10.	Curry • PS	37

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Gibson • HG	200
2.	Pearson • 2TM	196
3.	Clarkson • 3TM	195
4.	Wells • NE	146
5.	Hoskins • BEG	146
6.	Day • 2TM	144
7.	Stone • 2TM	141
8.	Wright • BEG	140
9.	Spearman • 2TM	132
10.	Kimbro • BEG	125

Runs Created
1.	Clarkson • 3TM	48
	Pearson • 2TM	48
3.	Gibson • HG	42
4.	Wells • NE	32
	Stone • 2TM	32
6.	Wright • BEG	31
7.	Kimbro • BEG	29
8.	Hoskins • BEG	28
	Spearman • 2TM	28
10.	West • PS	26

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Pearson • 2TM	23
2.	Clarkson • 3TM	23
3.	Gibson • HG	22
4.	Wells • NE	11
5.	Stone • 2TM	10
6.	Wright • BEG	9
7.	Hoskins • BEG	8
8.	Day • 2TM	8
9.	Kimbro • BEG	7
10.	Spearman • 2TM	7

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Pearson • 2TM	2.4
2.	Clarkson • 3TM	2.3
3.	Gibson • HG	2.2
4.	Wells • NE	1.1
5.	Stone • 2TM	1.1
6.	Wright • BEG	1.0
7.	Hoskins • BEG	0.9
8.	Day • 2TM	0.8
9.	Kimbro • BEG	0.7
10.	Spearman • 2TM	0.7

Extra Base Hits
1.	Clarkson • 3TM	29
2.	Pearson • 2TM	27
3.	Gibson • HG	19
4.	Stone • 2TM	18
5.	Wright • BEG	17
6.	Hoskins • BEG	15
	Kimbro • BEG	15
	Hughes • BEG	15
9.	West • PS	14
10.	Easterling • HG	13

Times On Base
1.	Clarkson • 3TM	90
2.	Pearson • 2TM	89
3.	Gibson • HG	88
4.	Kimbro • BEG	84
5.	Wells • NE	81
	Stone • 2TM	81
7.	Wright • BEG	78
8.	Hughes • BEG	72
	West • PS	72
10.	Curry • PS	71

Offensive Win %
1.	Gibson • HG	.844
2.	Clarkson • 3TM	.844
3.	Pearson • 2TM	.840
4.	Wells • NE	.741
5.	Day • 2TM	.735
6.	Hoskins • BEG	.714
7.	Wright • BEG	.697
8.	Stone • 2TM	.682
9.	Spearman • 2TM	.668
10.	Kimbro • BEG	.627

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Scales • BEG	10
2.	Snow • BEG	9
3.	Hughes • BEG	8
4.	Carlisle • HG	7
5.	Butts • BEG	6
	Duckett • PS	6
7.	Easterling • HG	5
8.	Isreal • NE	4
	Gaines • BEG	4
	Hobgood • NE	4
	Parks • NE	4
	Campanella • BEG	4
	Brown • PS	4
	Benjamin • HG	4

Power-Speed #
1.	Clarkson • 3TM	6.2
2.	Pearson • 2TM	4.7
3.	Benjamin • HG	3.3
4.	Wells • NE	3.0
5.	Hoskins • BEG	2.9
6.	Kimbro • BEG	2.4
7.	Davis • NE	2.0
8.	Gibson • HG	1.8
9.	Stone • 2TM	1.7
10.	Bankhead • HG	1.6
	Easterling • HG	1.6
	Bennett • NBY	1.6

AB per HR
1.	Gibson • HG	16.2
2.	Pearson • 2TM	17.5
3.	Clarkson • 3TM	23.6
4.	Stone • 2TM	31.7
5.	Spearman • 2TM	35.4
6.	Parks • NE	42.0
7.	Easterling • HG	46.5
8.	Patterson • PS	57.0
9.	West • PS	59.7
10.	Wells • NE	60.3

Outs Made
1.	Butts • BEG	161
2.	Benjamin • HG	153
3.	Hughes • BEG	152
4.	Easterling • HG	146
5.	Kimbro • BEG	144
6.	Stone • 2TM	139
7.	Benson • PS	131
	West • PS	131
9.	Wright • BEG	130
10.	Snow • BEG	128
	Pearson • 2TM	128

rOBA
1.	Gibson • HG	.475
2.	Pearson • 2TM	.467
3.	Clarkson • 3TM	.466
4.	Wells • NE	.402
5.	Day • 2TM	.398
6.	Hoskins • BEG	.395
7.	Stone • 2TM	.391
8.	Wright • BEG	.389
9.	Spearman • 2TM	.378
10.	Kimbro • BEG	.370

Rbat+
1.	Gibson • HG	185
2.	Pearson • 2TM	181
3.	Clarkson • 3TM	179
4.	Wells • NE	142
5.	Day • 2TM	140
6.	Hoskins • BEG	138
7.	Stone • 2TM	136
8.	Wright • BEG	135
9.	Spearman • 2TM	128
10.	Kimbro • BEG	124

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