1948 Negro National League II Batting Leaders

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Negro National League II Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Manning • NE	3.3
2.	Black • BEG	3.2
3.	Byrd • BEG	3.2
4.	Gilliam • BEG	3.1
	Austin • PS	3.1
6.	Lockett • BEG	3.0
7.	Scantlebury • NYC	2.8
8.	Kimbro • BEG	2.8
9.	Ricks • PS	2.4
10.	Easter • HG	2.3

WAR Position Players
1.	Austin • PS	3.1
	Gilliam • BEG	3.1
3.	Lockett • BEG	3.0
4.	Kimbro • BEG	2.8
5.	Easter • HG	2.3
6.	Márquez • HG	2.1
7.	Harvey • NE	1.9
8.	Butts • BEG	1.7
9.	Pearson • NE	1.6
10.	Miñoso • NYC	1.5

Offensive WAR
1.	Lockett • BEG	2.5
2.	Kimbro • BEG	2.4
3.	Austin • PS	2.2
4.	Easter • HG	2.0
5.	Gilliam • BEG	1.8
6.	Miñoso • NYC	1.7
7.	Harvey • NE	1.7
8.	Butts • BEG	1.6
9.	Noble • NYC	1.6
10.	Márquez • HG	1.4

Defensive WAR
1.	Gilliam • BEG	1.5
2.	Austin • PS	1.1
3.	Márquez • HG	0.7
4.	Bankhead • HG	0.6
5.	Pearson • NE	0.4
6.	Watkins • PS	0.4
7.	Williams • NE	0.4
	McLaurin • NE	0.4
	Butts • BEG	0.4
10.	Williams • NE	0.3
	Brewer • NYC	0.3

Batting Average
1.	Lockett • BEG	.362
2.	Austin • PS	.356
3.	Harvey • NE	.345
4.	Miñoso • NYC	.344
5.	Cabrera • NYC	.321
6.	Noble • NYC	.321
7.	Easter • HG	.319
8.	Thurman • HG	.317
9.	Russell • BEG	.313
10.	Butts • BEG	.304

On-Base%
1.	Kimbro • BEG	.457
2.	Easter • HG	.434
3.	Harvey • NE	.430
4.	Leonard • HG	.413
5.	Lockett • BEG	.402
6.	Austin • PS	.397
7.	Butts • BEG	.390
8.	Gilliam • BEG	.390
9.	Noble • NYC	.381
10.	Miñoso • NYC	.380

Slugging %
1.	Easter • HG	.549
2.	Miñoso • NYC	.548
3.	Lockett • BEG	.536
4.	Noble • NYC	.522
5.	Austin • PS	.487
6.	Cabrera • NYC	.479
7.	Clark • NYC	.446
8.	Leonard • HG	.443
9.	Thurman • HG	.439
10.	Harvey • NE	.437

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Easter • HG	.982
2.	Lockett • BEG	.939
3.	Miñoso • NYC	.927
4.	Noble • NYC	.903
5.	Austin • PS	.884
6.	Harvey • NE	.867
7.	Leonard • HG	.856
8.	Cabrera • NYC	.845
9.	Kimbro • BEG	.830
10.	Clark • NYC	.823

Games Played
1.	Kimbro • BEG	59
	Robinson • BEG	59
3.	Gilliam • BEG	58
	Lockett • BEG	58
5.	Russell • BEG	57
6.	Washington • BEG	56
7.	Wilkes • NE	54
	Williams • NE	54
	Williams • NE	54
10.	Pearson • NE	53

At Bats
1.	Lockett • BEG	235
2.	Gilliam • BEG	218
3.	Washington • BEG	215
4.	Russell • BEG	211
5.	Wilkes • NE	204
6.	Kimbro • BEG	201
	Pearson • NE	201
8.	Watkins • PS	196
9.	Williams • NE	195
10.	Robinson • BEG	193

Plate Appearances
1.	Kimbro • BEG	270
2.	Gilliam • BEG	261
3.	Lockett • BEG	255
4.	Washington • BEG	235
5.	Wilkes • NE	233
6.	Williams • NE	230
7.	Butts • BEG	226
8.	Russell • BEG	225
9.	Pearson • NE	222
10.	Austin • PS	210

Runs Scored
1.	Kimbro • BEG	54
2.	Gilliam • BEG	48
3.	Butts • BEG	44
4.	Lockett • BEG	41
5.	Wilkes • NE	35
6.	Easter • HG	34
	Pearson • NE	34
8.	Russell • BEG	33
9.	Bankhead • HG	32
	Márquez • HG	32
	Austin • PS	32

Hits
1.	Lockett • BEG	85
2.	Austin • PS	68
3.	Russell • BEG	66
4.	Washington • BEG	64
5.	Gilliam • BEG	63
6.	Harvey • NE	60
	Pearson • NE	60
8.	Butts • BEG	58
9.	Kimbro • BEG	56
10.	Wilson • NE	54
	Miñoso • NYC	54

Total Bases
1.	Lockett • BEG	126
2.	Austin • PS	93
3.	Russell • BEG	89
4.	Miñoso • NYC	86
5.	Gilliam • BEG	80
	Washington • BEG	80
7.	Easter • HG	79
	Pearson • NE	79
9.	Harvey • NE	76
10.	Kimbro • BEG	75

Doubles
1.	Austin • PS	16
2.	Lockett • BEG	15
3.	Russell • BEG	13
4.	Miñoso • NYC	11
	Kimbro • BEG	11
	Dennis • PS	11
7.	Cabrera • NYC	10
	Noble • NYC	10
	Simpson • PS	10
10.	Easter • HG	9
	Ballester • NYC	9
	Márquez • HG	9
	Butts • BEG	9
	Clark • NYC	9
	Gilliam • BEG	9

Triples
1.	Miñoso • NYC	6
	Cash • PS	6
3.	Wilkes • NE	5
	Clark • NYC	5
	Russell • BEG	5
6.	Duckett • PS	4
	Williams • NE	4
	Noble • NYC	4
	Washington • BEG	4
	Gilliam • BEG	4
	Kimbro • BEG	4
	Lockett • BEG	4

Home Runs
1.	Easter • HG	6
	Lockett • BEG	6
3.	Irvin • NE	5
4.	Leonard • HG	4
5.	Pearson • NE	3
	Crowe • 2TM	3
	Noble • NYC	3
	Miñoso • NYC	3
	Wilson • NE	3
	Márquez • HG	3

Runs Batted In
1.	Lockett • BEG	53
2.	Easter • HG	37
	Russell • BEG	37
4.	Gilliam • BEG	33
	Washington • BEG	33
6.	Pearson • NE	29
7.	Cabrera • NYC	28
	Wilson • NE	28
9.	Irvin • NE	27
	Miñoso • NYC	27

Bases on Balls
1.	Kimbro • BEG	59
2.	Gilliam • BEG	35
3.	Easter • HG	27
	Wilkes • NE	27
5.	Leonard • HG	26
6.	Harvey • NE	25
7.	Butts • BEG	24
	Williams • NE	24
9.	Bankhead • HG	21
10.	Irvin • NE	20
	Williams • NE	20

Stolen Bases
1.	Márquez • HG	15
2.	Finney • BEG	10
3.	Gilliam • BEG	8
4.	Kimbro • BEG	7
	Wilson • NE	7
	Bankhead • HG	7
7.	Butts • BEG	6
	Watkins • PS	6
9.	Miñoso • NYC	5
	Irvin • NE	5
	Hefner • NBY	5

Singles
1.	Lockett • BEG	60
2.	Washington • BEG	52
3.	Harvey • NE	51
4.	Gilliam • BEG	50
5.	Pearson • NE	49
6.	Butts • BEG	48
	Russell • BEG	48
	Austin • PS	48
9.	Wilson • NE	42
10.	Kimbro • BEG	41
	Watkins • PS	41

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Easter • HG	183
2.	Lockett • BEG	170
3.	Miñoso • NYC	166
4.	Noble • NYC	160
5.	Austin • PS	155
6.	Harvey • NE	151
7.	Leonard • HG	147
8.	Cabrera • NYC	143
9.	Kimbro • BEG	141
10.	Clark • NYC	137

Runs Created
1.	Lockett • BEG	51
2.	Austin • PS	36
3.	Easter • HG	34
4.	Kimbro • BEG	33
5.	Harvey • NE	32
	Miñoso • NYC	32
7.	Gilliam • BEG	31
8.	Russell • BEG	29
9.	Pearson • NE	28
	Washington • BEG	28

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Lockett • BEG	20
2.	Kimbro • BEG	17
3.	Easter • HG	17
4.	Austin • PS	13
5.	Harvey • NE	12
6.	Miñoso • NYC	12
7.	Noble • NYC	10
8.	Leonard • HG	9
9.	Crowe • 2TM	8
10.	Márquez • HG	7

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Lockett • BEG	2.1
2.	Kimbro • BEG	1.8
3.	Easter • HG	1.7
4.	Austin • PS	1.4
5.	Harvey • NE	1.3
6.	Miñoso • NYC	1.2
7.	Noble • NYC	1.0
8.	Leonard • HG	1.0
9.	Crowe • 2TM	0.8
10.	Márquez • HG	0.8

Extra Base Hits
1.	Lockett • BEG	25
2.	Miñoso • NYC	20
	Austin • PS	20
4.	Easter • HG	18
	Russell • BEG	18
6.	Noble • NYC	17
7.	Kimbro • BEG	15
	Cabrera • NYC	15
9.	Márquez • HG	14
	Wilkes • NE	14
	Clark • NYC	14

Times On Base
1.	Kimbro • BEG	122
2.	Lockett • BEG	101
3.	Gilliam • BEG	99
4.	Harvey • NE	86
5.	Butts • BEG	85
6.	Austin • PS	81
7.	Washington • BEG	80
8.	Wilkes • NE	79
9.	Pearson • NE	78
10.	Easter • HG	75

Offensive Win %
1.	Easter • HG	.817
2.	Lockett • BEG	.806
3.	Miñoso • NYC	.784
4.	Noble • NYC	.757
5.	Austin • PS	.753
6.	Harvey • NE	.752
7.	Cabrera • NYC	.728
8.	Leonard • HG	.713
9.	Clark • NYC	.688
10.	Thurman • HG	.684

Hit By Pitch
1.	Kimbro • BEG	7
2.	Márquez • HG	5
3.	Burke • BEG	3
	Butts • BEG	3
	McCord • BEG	3
6.	Williams • NE	2
	Austin • PS	2
	Brathwaite • PS	2
	Leonard • HG	2
	Easter • HG	2
	Bankhead • HG	2
	Russell • BEG	2

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Williams • NE	9
	Russell • BEG	9
3.	Butts • BEG	8
	Bankhead • HG	8
5.	Williams • NE	7
	Gilliam • BEG	7
7.	Austin • PS	6
	Robinson • BEG	6
9.	Finney • BEG	5
	Cash • PS	5
	Duckett • PS	5

Power-Speed #
1.	Márquez • HG	5.0
	Irvin • NE	5.0
3.	Lockett • BEG	4.8
4.	Wilson • NE	4.2
5.	Miñoso • NYC	3.8
6.	Bankhead • HG	3.1
7.	Easter • HG	3.0
	Noble • NYC	3.0
9.	Brathwaite • PS	2.7
	Wilkes • NE	2.7

AB per HR
1.	Easter • HG	24.0
2.	Irvin • NE	30.2
3.	Leonard • HG	30.5
4.	Lockett • BEG	39.2
5.	Noble • NYC	44.7
6.	Miñoso • NYC	52.3
7.	Márquez • HG	54.0
8.	Wilson • NE	60.7
9.	Ballester • NYC	64.0
10.	Pearson • NE	67.0

Outs Made
1.	Robinson • BEG	163
2.	Gilliam • BEG	162
3.	Williams • NE	159
4.	Washington • BEG	155
5.	Lockett • BEG	154
	Russell • BEG	154
	Wilkes • NE	154
8.	Watkins • PS	153
9.	Kimbro • BEG	148
10.	Williams • NE	147

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