1921 Negro National League Batting Leaders

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Negro National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Rogan • KCM	8.1
2.	Leblanc • CS	7.0
3.	Jeffries • ABC	6.2
4.	Taylor • ABC	6.0
5.	Charleston • SLG	5.9
6.	Blackwell • SLG	5.9
7.	Brown • CAG	5.3
8.	Drake • SLG	5.1
9.	Torriente • CAG	4.9
10.	Roberts • COB	4.1

WAR Position Players
1.	Charleston • SLG	6.1
2.	Blackwell • SLG	5.9
3.	Taylor • ABC	5.5
4.	Torriente • CAG	4.6
5.	Moore • KCM	4.0
6.	Lloyd • COB	3.8
7.	McNair • KCM	3.6
8.	Carr • KCM	3.5
9.	Baró • CS	3.3
10.	Mackey • ABC	3.1

Offensive WAR
1.	Charleston • SLG	6.4
2.	Blackwell • SLG	5.4
3.	Taylor • ABC	4.7
4.	Torriente • CAG	4.2
5.	Carr • KCM	4.2
6.	Lloyd • COB	3.7
7.	McNair • KCM	3.6
8.	Mackey • ABC	3.4
9.	Baró • CS	3.1
10.	Moore • KCM	2.8

Defensive WAR
1.	Moore • KCM	1.6
2.	Herrera • CS	1.6
3.	DeMoss • CAG	1.5
4.	Day • ABC	1.4
5.	Warfield • DS	1.2
6.	Duncan • 2TM	0.8
7.	Williams • CAG	0.7
8.	Méndez • KCM	0.7
9.	Lloyd • COB	0.6
10.	Rogan • KCM	0.5

Batting Average
1.	Charleston • SLG	.433
2.	Blackwell • SLG	.405
3.	Taylor • ABC	.392
4.	Torriente • CAG	.352
5.	Lloyd • COB	.348
6.	McNair • KCM	.344
7.	Baró • CS	.343
8.	Mackey • ABC	.330
9.	Moore • KCM	.324
10.	Carr • KCM	.323

On-Base%
1.	Charleston • SLG	.512
2.	Blackwell • SLG	.478
3.	Taylor • ABC	.448
4.	Torriente • CAG	.430
5.	Baró • CS	.392
6.	Lloyd • COB	.392
7.	Carr • KCM	.389
8.	McNair • KCM	.388
9.	Rogan • KCM	.384
10.	Mackey • ABC	.377

Slugging %
1.	Charleston • SLG	.736
2.	Blackwell • SLG	.670
3.	Torriente • CAG	.593
4.	Moore • KCM	.566
5.	McNair • KCM	.533
6.	Baró • CS	.520
7.	Taylor • ABC	.520
8.	Carr • KCM	.518
9.	Mackey • ABC	.499
10.	Rogan • KCM	.483

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Charleston • SLG	1.248
2.	Blackwell • SLG	1.148
3.	Torriente • CAG	1.023
4.	Taylor • ABC	.967
5.	McNair • KCM	.921
6.	Moore • KCM	.921
7.	Baró • CS	.912
8.	Carr • KCM	.907
9.	Mackey • ABC	.876
10.	Rogan • KCM	.866

Games Played
1.	Taylor • ABC	106
2.	Woods • 3TM	103
3.	Holloway • ABC	102
4.	Carr • KCM	101
	Donaldson • KCM	101
	McNair • KCM	101
7.	Washington • ABC	97
8.	Mackey • ABC	94
9.	Day • ABC	92
10.	Lloyd • COB	90
	Thomas • COB	90
	Hudspeth • 2TM	90

At Bats
1.	Taylor • ABC	408
2.	McNair • KCM	392
3.	Carr • KCM	390
4.	Donaldson • KCM	388
5.	Holloway • ABC	381
6.	Woods • 3TM	379
7.	Lloyd • COB	362
8.	Mackey • ABC	355
9.	Thomas • COB	353
10.	Hudspeth • 2TM	347

Plate Appearances
1.	Taylor • ABC	460
2.	Carr • KCM	445
3.	Donaldson • KCM	433
4.	McNair • KCM	429
5.	Holloway • ABC	423
	Woods • 3TM	423
7.	Washington • ABC	404
8.	Lloyd • COB	403
9.	Mackey • ABC	393
10.	Thomas • COB	391

Runs Scored
1.	Charleston • SLG	104
2.	Blackwell • SLG	88
3.	Carr • KCM	87
4.	Taylor • ABC	84
5.	McNair • KCM	81
6.	Torriente • CAG	74
7.	Donaldson • KCM	67
8.	DeMoss • CAG	66
9.	Lloyd • COB	65
	Warfield • DS	65

Hits
1.	Taylor • ABC	160
2.	McNair • KCM	135
3.	Lloyd • COB	126
	Carr • KCM	126
5.	Holloway • ABC	123
	Charleston • SLG	123
7.	Blackwell • SLG	119
8.	Mackey • ABC	117
9.	Donaldson • KCM	110
10.	Thomas • COB	104

Total Bases
1.	Taylor • ABC	212
2.	McNair • KCM	209
	Charleston • SLG	209
4.	Carr • KCM	202
5.	Blackwell • SLG	197
6.	Mackey • ABC	177
7.	Torriente • CAG	172
8.	Thomas • COB	168
9.	Lloyd • COB	162
10.	Holloway • ABC	158

Doubles
1.	Taylor • ABC	25
2.	McNair • KCM	22
3.	Riggins • DS	21
	Moore • KCM	21
	Hudspeth • 2TM	21
6.	Lloyd • COB	20
	Baró • CS	20
	Carr • KCM	20
	Blackwell • SLG	20
10.	Charleston • SLG	17

Triples
1.	Thomas • COB	18
2.	Torriente • CAG	13
3.	Charleston • SLG	12
4.	Blackwell • SLG	11
	McNair • KCM	11
	Mackey • ABC	11
7.	Taylor • ABC	9
8.	Kenyon • ABC	8
	Rogan • KCM	8
	Guerra • CS	8
	Lloyd • COB	8

Home Runs
1.	Charleston • SLG	15
2.	Carr • KCM	14
3.	Blackwell • SLG	12
	Torriente • CAG	12
5.	McNair • KCM	10
6.	Wesley • DS	9
7.	Moore • KCM	8
	Mackey • ABC	8
9.	Baró • CS	7
10.	Hudspeth • 2TM	6
	Rogan • KCM	6
	Thomas • COB	6
	Lyons • CAG	6

Runs Batted In
1.	Charleston • SLG	91
2.	Taylor • ABC	89
	Blackwell • SLG	89
4.	McNair • KCM	78
5.	Torriente • CAG	74
6.	Carr • KCM	73
7.	Mackey • ABC	70
8.	Baró • CS	64
9.	Holloway • ABC	63
10.	Thomas • COB	58

Bases on Balls
1.	Hewitt • SLG	46
2.	Charleston • SLG	41
3.	Warfield • DS	38
4.	Taylor • ABC	36
	Torriente • CAG	36
6.	DeMoss • CAG	35
	Malarcher • CAG	35
8.	Clark • ABC	34
	Carr • KCM	34
10.	Blackwell • SLG	33

Stolen Bases
1.	Hewitt • SLG	33
2.	Charleston • SLG	32
3.	Baró • CS	30
	Lyons • CAG	30
5.	Blackwell • SLG	25
6.	Lloyd • COB	24
7.	Carr • KCM	22
8.	Dudley • SLG	20
9.	Rogan • KCM	19
	Torriente • CAG	19

Singles
1.	Taylor • ABC	123
2.	Holloway • ABC	101
3.	Lloyd • COB	98
4.	Donaldson • KCM	93
5.	McNair • KCM	92
	Woods • 3TM	92
7.	Carr • KCM	85
8.	Mackey • ABC	84
9.	Charleston • SLG	79
10.	Washington • ABC	76
	Blackwell • SLG	76

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Charleston • SLG	250
2.	Blackwell • SLG	222
3.	Torriente • CAG	187
4.	Taylor • ABC	172
5.	McNair • KCM	158
6.	Moore • KCM	158
7.	Baró • CS	156
8.	Carr • KCM	155
9.	Mackey • ABC	146
10.	Rogan • KCM	144

Runs Created
1.	Charleston • SLG	105
2.	Taylor • ABC	94
3.	Blackwell • SLG	92
4.	McNair • KCM	79
5.	Carr • KCM	76
6.	Torriente • CAG	73
7.	Mackey • ABC	65
8.	Lloyd • COB	63
9.	Baró • CS	61
10.	Holloway • ABC	59

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Charleston • SLG	57
2.	Blackwell • SLG	48
3.	Taylor • ABC	40
4.	Torriente • CAG	33
5.	McNair • KCM	28
6.	Carr • KCM	28
7.	Baró • CS	22
8.	Mackey • ABC	20
9.	Beckwith • COG	17
10.	Hill • DS	17

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Charleston • SLG	5.7
2.	Blackwell • SLG	4.8
3.	Taylor • ABC	4.1
4.	Torriente • CAG	3.3
5.	McNair • KCM	2.9
6.	Carr • KCM	2.8
7.	Baró • CS	2.2
8.	Mackey • ABC	2.0
9.	Hill • DS	1.8
10.	Lloyd • COB	1.8
	Beckwith • COG	1.8

Extra Base Hits
1.	Charleston • SLG	44
2.	McNair • KCM	43
	Blackwell • SLG	43
4.	Carr • KCM	41
5.	Taylor • ABC	37
6.	Moore • KCM	36
7.	Thomas • COB	34
8.	Mackey • ABC	33
	Torriente • CAG	33
	Baró • CS	33

Times On Base
1.	Taylor • ABC	201
2.	Charleston • SLG	169
3.	Carr • KCM	168
4.	McNair • KCM	163
5.	Blackwell • SLG	160
6.	Holloway • ABC	154
7.	Lloyd • COB	152
8.	Mackey • ABC	144
9.	Torriente • CAG	142
10.	Donaldson • KCM	135

Offensive Win %
1.	Charleston • SLG	.926
2.	Blackwell • SLG	.896
3.	Torriente • CAG	.829
4.	Taylor • ABC	.825
5.	Baró • CS	.769
6.	McNair • KCM	.766
7.	Moore • KCM	.754
8.	Carr • KCM	.739
9.	Mackey • ABC	.721
10.	Lloyd • COB	.706

Hit By Pitch
1.	Mongin • SLG	12
	McAdoo • SLG	12
3.	Hewitt • SLG	11
4.	Jiménez • CS	8
	Carr • KCM	8
	Kenyon • ABC	8
	Blackwell • SLG	8
	Dudley • SLG	8
9.	Woods • 3TM	6
	Hill • DS	6
	McNair • KCM	6

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Washington • ABC	24
2.	Donaldson • KCM	20
	Mongin • SLG	20
	Woods • 3TM	20
5.	Williams • CAG	17
	Thomas • COB	17
	Ríos • CS	17
	Warfield • DS	17
9.	Lloyd • COB	15
10.	Lyons • CAG	14
	Duncan • 2TM	14

Power-Speed #
1.	Charleston • SLG	20.4
2.	Carr • KCM	17.1
3.	Blackwell • SLG	16.2
4.	Torriente • CAG	14.7
5.	Baró • CS	11.4
6.	McNair • KCM	10.5
7.	Lyons • CAG	10.0
8.	Rogan • KCM	9.1
9.	Thomas • COB	8.7
10.	Moore • KCM	8.0

AB per HR
1.	Charleston • SLG	18.9
2.	Torriente • CAG	24.2
3.	Blackwell • SLG	24.5
4.	Carr • KCM	27.9
5.	Moore • KCM	30.5
6.	McNair • KCM	39.2
7.	Baró • CS	42.9
8.	Rogan • KCM	43.2
9.	Mackey • ABC	44.4
10.	Lyons • CAG	47.7

Outs Made
1.	Woods • 3TM	301
2.	Donaldson • KCM	298
3.	Washington • ABC	286
4.	Carr • KCM	277
5.	Holloway • ABC	269
6.	Thomas • COB	266
	McNair • KCM	266
8.	Taylor • ABC	259
9.	Hudspeth • 2TM	252
10.	Lloyd • COB	251
	Herrera • CS	251
	Warfield • DS	251

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