1922 Negro National League Batting Leaders

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Negro National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Rogan • KCM	9.0
2.	Charleston • ABC	6.4
3.	Hampton • ABC	6.2
4.	Moore • KCM	5.0
5.	McNair • KCM	4.9
6.	Mackey • ABC	4.4
7.	Jeffries • ABC	4.3
8.	Johnson • KCM	4.2
9.	Force • DS	4.2
10.	Brown • CAG	4.1

WAR Position Players
1.	Charleston • ABC	6.4
2.	Moore • KCM	5.0
3.	McNair • KCM	4.7
4.	Rogan • KCM	4.5
5.	Mackey • ABC	4.4
6.	Johnson • KCM	4.2
7.	Taylor • ABC	3.7
8.	Beckwith • CAG	3.7
9.	Blackwell • SLS	3.5
10.	Wesley • DS	3.4

Offensive WAR
1.	Charleston • ABC	5.7
2.	Rogan • KCM	4.3
3.	Mackey • ABC	4.1
4.	McNair • KCM	3.9
5.	Johnson • KCM	3.8
6.	Moore • KCM	3.7
7.	Taylor • ABC	3.2
8.	Blackwell • SLS	2.9
9.	Beckwith • CAG	2.9
10.	Wesley • DS	2.8

Defensive WAR
1.	Moore • KCM	1.5
2.	Riggins • DS	1.4
3.	Blackmon • ABC	1.3
4.	Lyons • CAG	1.1
5.	Beckwith • CAG	0.9
	Warfield • DS	0.9
7.	Russell • 2TM	0.8
8.	DeMoss • CAG	0.7
9.	Day • ABC	0.7
10.	Duncan • KCM	0.4

Batting Average
1.	Johnson • KCM	.406
2.	Moore • KCM	.386
3.	McNair • KCM	.374
4.	Charleston • ABC	.374
5.	Taylor • ABC	.373
6.	Rogan • KCM	.369
7.	Mackey • ABC	.369
8.	Blackwell • SLS	.361
9.	Beckwith • CAG	.358
10.	Wesley • DS	.349

On-Base%
1.	McNair • KCM	.466
2.	Rogan • KCM	.453
3.	Blackwell • SLS	.451
4.	Johnson • KCM	.450
5.	Charleston • ABC	.433
6.	Mackey • ABC	.423
7.	Taylor • ABC	.420
8.	Beckwith • CAG	.415
9.	Moore • KCM	.414
10.	Wesley • DS	.412

Slugging %
1.	Johnson • KCM	.715
2.	Charleston • ABC	.668
3.	Rogan • KCM	.660
4.	Mackey • ABC	.595
5.	Beckwith • CAG	.588
6.	McNair • KCM	.553
7.	Blackwell • SLS	.550
8.	Moore • KCM	.541
9.	Wesley • DS	.541
10.	Smith • DS	.529

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Johnson • KCM	1.165
2.	Rogan • KCM	1.113
3.	Charleston • ABC	1.102
4.	McNair • KCM	1.020
5.	Mackey • ABC	1.018
6.	Beckwith • CAG	1.004
7.	Blackwell • SLS	1.002
8.	Moore • KCM	.956
9.	Wesley • DS	.952
10.	Taylor • ABC	.935

Games Played
1.	Charleston • ABC	101
2.	Blackmon • ABC	100
3.	Day • ABC	99
	Washington • ABC	99
5.	Taylor • ABC	92
6.	Mackey • ABC	90
7.	Holloway • ABC	87
8.	McNair • KCM	84
9.	Riggins • DS	81
	Smith • DS	81

At Bats
1.	Charleston • ABC	401
2.	Washington • ABC	392
3.	Blackmon • ABC	368
4.	Day • ABC	366
5.	Taylor • ABC	365
6.	Moore • KCM	329
7.	Mackey • ABC	328
8.	Warfield • DS	324
9.	McNair • KCM	318
10.	Thomas • DS	312

Plate Appearances
1.	Washington • ABC	455
2.	Charleston • ABC	454
3.	Blackmon • ABC	425
4.	Day • ABC	410
5.	Taylor • ABC	407
6.	McNair • KCM	382
7.	Mackey • ABC	366
8.	Warfield • DS	364
9.	Clark • ABC	362
10.	Moore • KCM	353

Runs Scored
1.	Charleston • ABC	105
2.	McNair • KCM	79
3.	Taylor • ABC	75
4.	Washington • ABC	74
5.	Warfield • DS	70
6.	Moore • KCM	69
7.	Wesley • DS	65
8.	Mackey • ABC	59
9.	Rogan • KCM	58
10.	Smith • DS	56
	Thomas • DS	56

Hits
1.	Charleston • ABC	150
2.	Taylor • ABC	136
3.	Moore • KCM	127
4.	Mackey • ABC	121
5.	McNair • KCM	119
6.	Smith • DS	107
	Wesley • DS	107
8.	Warfield • DS	103
9.	Washington • ABC	100
	Thomas • DS	100

Total Bases
1.	Charleston • ABC	268
2.	Mackey • ABC	195
3.	Taylor • ABC	188
4.	Moore • KCM	178
5.	McNair • KCM	176
6.	Johnson • KCM	171
7.	Wesley • DS	166
8.	Smith • DS	164
9.	Thomas • DS	160
10.	Rogan • KCM	159

Doubles
1.	Taylor • ABC	34
2.	Charleston • ABC	25
3.	Moore • KCM	24
4.	Smith • DS	23
5.	Beckwith • CAG	21
6.	Thomas • DS	19
	Johnson • KCM	19
	McNair • KCM	19
9.	Wesley • DS	18
10.	Joseph • KCM	17

Triples
1.	Charleston • ABC	18
2.	Mackey • ABC	17
3.	Johnson • KCM	11
4.	Thomas • DS	10
5.	Smith • DS	8
	Blackwell • SLS	8
7.	Wesley • DS	7
	Kennard • SLS	7
	McNair • KCM	7
	Rogan • KCM	7

Home Runs
1.	Charleston • ABC	19
2.	Rogan • KCM	15
3.	Johnson • KCM	11
4.	Wesley • DS	9
5.	Mackey • ABC	8
	Torriente • CAG	8
	McNair • KCM	8
8.	Thomas • DS	7
	Hampton • ABC	7
	Beckwith • CAG	7
	Moore • KCM	7

Runs Batted In
1.	Charleston • ABC	102
2.	Mackey • ABC	83
3.	Smith • DS	73
4.	Taylor • ABC	70
5.	McNair • KCM	69
6.	Wesley • DS	68
7.	Thomas • DS	67
8.	Johnson • KCM	64
9.	Moore • KCM	63
10.	Rogan • KCM	55
	Blackwell • SLS	55

Bases on Balls
1.	McNair • KCM	50
2.	Charleston • ABC	41
	Washington • ABC	41
4.	Blackwell • SLS	38
5.	DeMoss • CAG	35
	Rogan • KCM	35
7.	Gardner • CAG	33
8.	Blackmon • ABC	32
	Clark • ABC	32
10.	Wesley • DS	31

Stolen Bases
1.	Gardner • CAG	26
2.	Lyons • CAG	25
3.	Charleston • ABC	21
4.	DeMoss • CAG	18
5.	Moore • KCM	16
	Rogan • KCM	16
7.	Smith • DS	15
8.	Dreke • CSW	14
	Hawkins • KCM	14
	Blackwell • SLS	14

Singles
1.	Taylor • ABC	94
2.	Moore • KCM	93
3.	Charleston • ABC	88
4.	Washington • ABC	87
5.	Warfield • DS	86
6.	McNair • KCM	85
7.	Mackey • ABC	80
8.	Hawkins • KCM	76
9.	Blackmon • ABC	75
10.	Day • ABC	73
	Wesley • DS	73

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Johnson • KCM	212
2.	Rogan • KCM	199
3.	Charleston • ABC	195
4.	McNair • KCM	176
5.	Mackey • ABC	174
6.	Blackwell • SLS	171
7.	Beckwith • CAG	170
8.	Moore • KCM	158
9.	Wesley • DS	157
10.	Taylor • ABC	153

Runs Created
1.	Charleston • ABC	116
2.	Mackey • ABC	82
3.	McNair • KCM	81
4.	Taylor • ABC	79
5.	Johnson • KCM	75
6.	Moore • KCM	74
7.	Rogan • KCM	71
8.	Wesley • DS	68
9.	Smith • DS	63
10.	Blackwell • SLS	59

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Charleston • ABC	51
2.	McNair • KCM	37
3.	Johnson • KCM	36
4.	Rogan • KCM	33
5.	Mackey • ABC	32
6.	Taylor • ABC	28
7.	Moore • KCM	26
8.	Blackwell • SLS	25
9.	Wesley • DS	24
10.	Beckwith • CAG	22

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Charleston • ABC	4.8
2.	McNair • KCM	3.5
3.	Johnson • KCM	3.4
4.	Rogan • KCM	3.2
5.	Mackey • ABC	3.0
6.	Taylor • ABC	2.6
7.	Moore • KCM	2.4
8.	Blackwell • SLS	2.4
9.	Wesley • DS	2.3
10.	Beckwith • CAG	2.1

Extra Base Hits
1.	Charleston • ABC	62
2.	Taylor • ABC	42
3.	Mackey • ABC	41
	Johnson • KCM	41
5.	Smith • DS	37
6.	Thomas • DS	36
7.	Wesley • DS	34
	McNair • KCM	34
	Moore • KCM	34
10.	Beckwith • CAG	33
	Rogan • KCM	33

Times On Base
1.	Charleston • ABC	192
2.	McNair • KCM	174
3.	Taylor • ABC	166
4.	Mackey • ABC	152
5.	Moore • KCM	143
6.	Washington • ABC	142
7.	Wesley • DS	140
8.	Smith • DS	129
	Warfield • DS	129
10.	Blackmon • ABC	128

Offensive Win %
1.	Johnson • KCM	.873
2.	Rogan • KCM	.847
3.	Charleston • ABC	.842
4.	McNair • KCM	.808
5.	Mackey • ABC	.803
6.	Blackwell • SLS	.798
7.	Beckwith • CAG	.786
8.	Moore • KCM	.778
9.	Wesley • DS	.757
10.	Taylor • ABC	.754

Hit By Pitch
1.	Dreke • CSW	7
	Hewitt • SLS	7
3.	Pedroso • CSW	6
	DeMoss • CAG	6
5.	McNair • KCM	5
	Jones • DS	5
7.	Riggins • DS	4
	Kennard • SLS	4
	Williams • CAG	4
	Sierra • CSW	4
	Carr • KCM	4
	Johnson • KCM	4

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Blackmon • ABC	22
	Duncan • KCM	22
3.	Washington • ABC	21
4.	Day • ABC	20
	Holloway • ABC	20
6.	Clark • ABC	19
	DeMoss • CAG	19
	McAdoo • SLS	19
9.	Gardner • CAG	16
10.	Williams • CAG	15

Power-Speed #
1.	Charleston • ABC	20.0
2.	Rogan • KCM	15.5
3.	Wesley • DS	9.9
	Johnson • KCM	9.9
5.	Moore • KCM	9.7
6.	Torriente • CAG	9.6
7.	Thomas • DS	8.8
8.	Smith • DS	8.6
9.	Beckwith • CAG	8.6
10.	McNair • KCM	8.5

AB per HR
1.	Rogan • KCM	16.1
2.	Charleston • ABC	21.1
3.	Johnson • KCM	21.7
4.	Torriente • CAG	23.8
5.	Beckwith • CAG	32.3
6.	Wesley • DS	34.1
7.	Dudley • SLS	34.8
8.	Carr • KCM	38.3
9.	McNair • KCM	39.8
10.	Mackey • ABC	41.0

Outs Made
1.	Washington • ABC	313
2.	Day • ABC	298
3.	Blackmon • ABC	297
4.	Charleston • ABC	262
5.	Clark • ABC	255
6.	Taylor • ABC	241
7.	Holloway • ABC	237
8.	Riggins • DS	236
9.	Warfield • DS	235
10.	Duncan • KCM	227

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