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1943 Negro National League II Batting Leaders

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Negro National League II Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Gibson • HG	6.3
2.	Wright • HG	5.5
3.	Byrd • 2TM	4.9
4.	Barnhill • NYC	4.7
5.	Benjamin • HG	2.6
6.	Walker • HG	2.4
7.	Leonard • HG	2.3
8.	Easterling • HG	2.2
9.	Brown • PS	2.1
10.	Carter • HG	2.0

WAR Position Players
1.	Gibson • HG	6.3
2.	Benjamin • HG	2.6
3.	Leonard • HG	2.3
4.	Easterling • HG	2.2
5.	Vargas • NYC	1.8
6.	Bell • HG	1.6
7.	Bankhead • HG	1.5
8.	Doby • NE	1.4
9.	Wilson • HG	1.3
10.	Benson • PS	1.2

Offensive WAR
1.	Gibson • HG	6.2
2.	Leonard • HG	2.3
3.	Benjamin • HG	2.2
4.	Easterling • HG	1.9
5.	Vargas • NYC	1.8
6.	Bell • HG	1.7
7.	Doby • NE	1.2
8.	Brown • PS	1.1
9.	Wilson • HG	1.1
10.	West • PS	0.9
	Curry • PS	0.9

Defensive WAR
1.	Bankhead • HG	1.4
2.	Rivera • NYC	0.6
3.	Martínez • NYC	0.5
4.	Easterling • HG	0.5
5.	Benson • PS	0.4
6.	Morton • PS	0.4
7.	Ford • 3TM	0.4
8.	Doby • NE	0.3
9.	Sunkett • PS	0.3
10.	Cash • PS	0.3
	Ruffin • NE	0.3

Batting Average
1.	Vargas • NYC	.471
2.	Gibson • HG	.466
3.	Benjamin • HG	.372
4.	Coimbre • NYC	.360
5.	Harris • HG	.358
6.	Bell • HG	.355
7.	Easterling • HG	.352
8.	Benson • PS	.337
9.	Leonard • HG	.331
10.	Davis • NE	.326

On-Base%
1.	Gibson • HG	.560
2.	Vargas • NYC	.529
3.	Brown • PS	.440
4.	Leonard • HG	.439
5.	Bell • HG	.432
6.	Coimbre • NYC	.429
7.	Benjamin • HG	.423
8.	Harris • HG	.421
9.	Curry • PS	.420
10.	West • PS	.397

Slugging %
1.	Gibson • HG	.867
2.	Vargas • NYC	.587
3.	Leonard • HG	.504
4.	Easterling • HG	.502
5.	Davis • NE	.500
6.	Barker • NBY	.488
7.	Pearson • TOT	.486
8.	Benjamin • HG	.478
9.	Scales • BEG	.452
10.	Brooks • NYC	.451

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Gibson • HG	1.427
2.	Vargas • NYC	1.116
3.	Leonard • HG	.943
4.	Benjamin • HG	.901
5.	Easterling • HG	.896
6.	Davis • NE	.890
7.	Bell • HG	.868
8.	Curry • PS	.847
9.	West • PS	.846
10.	Pearson • TOT	.840

Games Played
1.	Bankhead • HG	71
2.	Benjamin • HG	70
3.	Gibson • HG	69
4.	Leonard • HG	67
5.	Bell • HG	64
6.	Easterling • HG	63
	Wilson • HG	63
8.	Russell • BEG	50
9.	West • PS	49
10.	Spearman • PS	48
	Snow • TOT	48

At Bats
1.	Benjamin • HG	293
2.	Bankhead • HG	262
3.	Bell • HG	259
4.	Leonard • HG	254
5.	Gibson • HG	249
6.	Easterling • HG	247
7.	Wilson • HG	213
8.	Spearman • PS	191
9.	Benson • PS	190
10.	West • PS	187

Plate Appearances
1.	Benjamin • HG	328
2.	Leonard • HG	306
3.	Gibson • HG	302
4.	Bankhead • HG	301
5.	Bell • HG	298
6.	Easterling • HG	268
7.	Wilson • HG	246
8.	West • PS	214
9.	Spearman • PS	210
10.	Kimbro • BEG	207

Runs Scored
1.	Gibson • HG	93
2.	Benjamin • HG	83
3.	Leonard • HG	71
4.	Bell • HG	63
5.	Bankhead • HG	53
6.	Easterling • HG	47
7.	Curry • PS	46
8.	West • PS	38
9.	Spearman • PS	35
10.	Vargas • NYC	34

Hits
1.	Gibson • HG	116
2.	Benjamin • HG	109
3.	Bell • HG	92
4.	Easterling • HG	87
5.	Leonard • HG	84
6.	Bankhead • HG	68
7.	Wilson • HG	65
8.	Benson • PS	64
9.	West • PS	58
10.	Vargas • NYC	57

Total Bases
1.	Gibson • HG	216
2.	Benjamin • HG	140
3.	Leonard • HG	128
4.	Easterling • HG	124
5.	Bell • HG	113
6.	Wilson • HG	88
7.	West • PS	84
8.	Benson • PS	82
9.	Spearman • PS	80
10.	Bankhead • HG	79

Doubles
1.	Gibson • HG	22
2.	Benjamin • HG	17
3.	Leonard • HG	16
4.	Spearman • PS	14
5.	Barker • NBY	13
6.	Easterling • HG	11
	Bell • HG	11
	Thomas • NYC	11
	Wilson • HG	11
10.	Scales • BEG	10

Triples
1.	Easterling • HG	10
2.	Gibson • HG	9
3.	West • PS	8
	Leonard • HG	8
5.	Spearman • PS	6
	Wilson • HG	6
7.	Pearson • TOT	5
	Curry • PS	5
	Bell • HG	5
	Kimbro • BEG	5
	Benson • PS	5

Home Runs
1.	Gibson • HG	20
2.	Doby • NE	4
	Brooks • NYC	4
	Davis • NE	4
	Pearson • TOT	4
	Leonard • HG	4
7.	Scales • BEG	3
8.	Byrd • TOT	2
	West • PS	2
	Barker • NBY	2
	Armour • TOT	2
	Easterling • HG	2
	Benjamin • HG	2
	Curry • PS	2

Runs Batted In
1.	Gibson • HG	109
2.	Leonard • HG	63
3.	Wilson • HG	56
4.	Easterling • HG	53
5.	West • PS	43
6.	Bankhead • HG	40
	Benjamin • HG	40
8.	Benson • PS	37
9.	Bell • HG	30
10.	Spearman • PS	29

Bases on Balls
1.	Gibson • HG	52
2.	Leonard • HG	47
3.	Curry • PS	36
4.	Bell • HG	35
5.	Bankhead • HG	32
6.	Wilson • HG	31
7.	Brown • PS	29
8.	West • PS	26
9.	Benjamin • HG	25
10.	Scales • BEG	24

Stolen Bases
1.	Bankhead • HG	17
2.	Benjamin • HG	12
	Bell • HG	12
4.	Easterling • HG	8
5.	Kimbro • BEG	7
6.	Watkins • NE	6
	Russell • BEG	6
8.	Pearson • TOT	5
	Doby • NE	5
	Williams • TOT	5

Singles
1.	Benjamin • HG	86
2.	Bell • HG	76
3.	Gibson • HG	65
4.	Easterling • HG	64
5.	Bankhead • HG	61
6.	Leonard • HG	56
7.	Benson • PS	51
8.	Wilson • HG	48
9.	Vargas • NYC	47
10.	Harris • HG	44
	Coimbre • NYC	44
	West • PS	44

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Gibson • HG	281
2.	Vargas • NYC	200
3.	Leonard • HG	153
4.	Benjamin • HG	142
5.	Easterling • HG	140
6.	Davis • NE	139
7.	Bell • HG	134
8.	Curry • PS	128
9.	West • PS	127
10.	Coimbre • NYC	126

Runs Created
1.	Gibson • HG	121
2.	Benjamin • HG	59
3.	Leonard • HG	56
4.	Bell • HG	49
	Easterling • HG	49
6.	Vargas • NYC	38
7.	Wilson • HG	35
8.	West • PS	33
9.	Benson • PS	31
10.	Curry • PS	29

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Gibson • HG	66
2.	Leonard • HG	21
3.	Vargas • NYC	18
4.	Benjamin • HG	18
5.	Bell • HG	14
6.	Easterling • HG	12
7.	Doby • NE	9
8.	Curry • PS	8
9.	West • PS	7
10.	Davis • NE	7

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Gibson • HG	5.9
2.	Leonard • HG	2.0
3.	Benjamin • HG	1.7
4.	Vargas • NYC	1.6
5.	Bell • HG	1.3
6.	Easterling • HG	1.2
7.	Doby • NE	0.9
8.	Curry • PS	0.8
9.	Davis • NE	0.7
	West • PS	0.7

Extra Base Hits
1.	Gibson • HG	51
2.	Leonard • HG	28
3.	Benjamin • HG	23
	Easterling • HG	23
5.	Spearman • PS	20
6.	Wilson • HG	17
	Pearson • TOT	17
8.	Scales • BEG	16
	Bell • HG	16
	Barker • NBY	16

Times On Base
1.	Gibson • HG	169
2.	Benjamin • HG	135
3.	Leonard • HG	133
4.	Bell • HG	127
5.	Easterling • HG	104
6.	Bankhead • HG	103
7.	Wilson • HG	96
8.	West • PS	85
9.	Curry • PS	84
10.	Benson • PS	76

Offensive Win %
1.	Gibson • HG	.947
2.	Vargas • NYC	.891
3.	Leonard • HG	.729
4.	Benjamin • HG	.708
5.	Easterling • HG	.699
6.	Bell • HG	.683
7.	Davis • NE	.669
8.	Coimbre • NYC	.649
9.	Harris • HG	.641
10.	West • PS	.637

Hit By Pitch
1.	Linares • NYC	7
2.	Robinson • NBY	4
	Parnell • PS	4
4.	Thomas • NYC	3
	Bankhead • HG	3
6.	Miller • NBY	2
	Ruffin • NE	2
	Leonard • HG	2
	Hoskins • BEG	2
10.	Stevenson • HG	1
	Burns • BEG	1
	Harris • HG	1
	Gibson • HG	1
	Brown • HG	1
	Benjamin • HG	1
	Williams • HAR	1
	Carter • HAR	1
	Scales • BEG	1
	Russell • BEG	1
	Harvey • BEG	1
	Baker • NBY	1
	Barbee • BEG	1
	Bradford • NBY	1
	Barker • NBY	1
	Williams • TOT	1
	Doby • NE	1
	Stone • TOT	1
	Coimbre • NYC	1
	Snow • TOT	1
	Martínez • NYC	1
	West • PS	1
	Johnson • PS	1

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Benjamin • HG	9
2.	Davis • NE	5
3.	Byrd • TOT	4
	Watkins • NE	4
	Bankhead • HG	4
	Bell • HG	4
	Easterling • HG	4
8.	Carter • HG	3
	Davis • NE	3
	Doby • NE	3
	Kemp • NBY	3
	Barnhill • NYC	3
	Linares • NYC	3
	Leonard • HG	3
	Pérez • NYC	3
	Benson • PS	3
	Adams • TOT	3
	Day • TOT	3
	Snow • TOT	3

Power-Speed #
1.	Gibson • HG	6.7
2.	Pearson • TOT	4.4
	Doby • NE	4.4
4.	Benjamin • HG	3.4
	Davis • NE	3.4
6.	Easterling • HG	3.2
7.	Leonard • HG	2.7
8.	Curry • PS	2.4
9.	Armour • TOT	2.0
	West • PS	2.0
	Byrd • TOT	2.0
	Barker • NBY	2.0

AB per HR
1.	Gibson • HG	12.5
2.	Brooks • NYC	28.3
3.	Davis • NE	33.0
4.	Pearson • TOT	35.0
5.	Scales • BEG	42.0
6.	Byrd • TOT	54.5
7.	Barker • NBY	60.5
8.	Leonard • HG	63.5
9.	Curry • PS	82.0
10.	West • PS	93.5

Outs Made
1.	Bankhead • HG	198
2.	Benjamin • HG	193
3.	Leonard • HG	173
4.	Bell • HG	171
5.	Easterling • HG	164
6.	Wilson • HG	150
7.	Snow • TOT	144
8.	Russell • BEG	139
	Spearman • PS	139
10.	Kimbro • BEG	135

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