1923 Negro National League Batting Leaders

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Negro National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Rogan • KCM	8.7
2.	Johnson • KCM	5.8
3.	Rile • CAG	5.7
4.	Moore • KCM	5.5
5.	Torriente • CAG	4.6
6.	Charleston • ABC	4.5
7.	Riggins • DS	3.9
8.	Curry • KCM	3.7
9.	Stearnes • DS	3.7
10.	McNair • KCM	3.4

WAR Position Players
1.	Johnson • KCM	5.8
2.	Moore • KCM	5.5
3.	Charleston • ABC	4.3
4.	Torriente • CAG	4.1
5.	Stearnes • DS	4.1
6.	Riggins • DS	3.9
7.	McNair • KCM	3.5
8.	Scales • SLS	3.3
9.	Taylor • 2TM	3.2
10.	Rogan • KCM	2.6

Offensive WAR
1.	Johnson • KCM	6.1
2.	Charleston • ABC	4.0
3.	Moore • KCM	3.9
4.	Torriente • CAG	3.5
5.	Scales • SLS	3.4
6.	Stearnes • DS	3.4
7.	Taylor • 2TM	3.4
8.	McNair • KCM	2.8
9.	Rogan • KCM	2.5
10.	Murray • 2TM	1.9

Defensive WAR
1.	Riggins • DS	2.5
2.	Moore • KCM	2.1
3.	DeMoss • CAG	1.8
4.	Blackmon • ABC	1.1
5.	Duncan • KCM	0.9
6.	Campos • CSW	0.7
7.	Malarcher • CAG	0.7
8.	Stearnes • DS	0.5
9.	Torriente • CAG	0.4
10.	Hill • MB	0.4

Batting Average
1.	Johnson • KCM	.406
2.	Torriente • CAG	.387
3.	Taylor • 2TM	.372
4.	Moore • KCM	.365
5.	Charleston • ABC	.364
6.	Rogan • KCM	.362
7.	Stearnes • DS	.362
8.	Murray • 2TM	.346
9.	Dreke • CSW	.345
10.	Johnston • KCM	.333

On-Base%
1.	Torriente • CAG	.481
2.	Johnson • KCM	.471
3.	Charleston • ABC	.453
4.	Taylor • 2TM	.438
5.	Rogan • KCM	.416
6.	Hewitt • 2TM	.412
7.	McNair • KCM	.410
8.	Moore • KCM	.407
9.	Murray • 2TM	.407
10.	Johnston • KCM	.403

Slugging %
1.	Johnson • KCM	.722
2.	Taylor • 2TM	.712
3.	Stearnes • DS	.710
4.	Charleston • ABC	.591
5.	Torriente • CAG	.556
6.	Rogan • KCM	.551
7.	Beckwith • CAG	.537
8.	Murray • 2TM	.535
9.	Moore • KCM	.534
10.	Wesley • DS	.532

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Johnson • KCM	1.193
2.	Taylor • 2TM	1.149
3.	Stearnes • DS	1.110
4.	Charleston • ABC	1.043
5.	Torriente • CAG	1.036
6.	Rogan • KCM	.967
7.	Murray • 2TM	.942
8.	Moore • KCM	.942
9.	Wesley • DS	.901
10.	McNair • KCM	.892

Games Played
1.	Johnson • KCM	98
	McNair • KCM	98
3.	Moore • KCM	94
4.	Duncan • KCM	91
5.	Charleston • ABC	84
	Day • ABC	84
7.	Hawkins • KCM	82
8.	Washington • ABC	81
	Russell • SLS	81
10.	Holloway • ABC	79

At Bats
1.	Moore • KCM	378
2.	McNair • KCM	376
3.	Johnson • KCM	374
4.	Duncan • KCM	346
5.	Hawkins • KCM	338
6.	Day • ABC	320
7.	Russell • SLS	315
8.	Holloway • ABC	314
9.	Charleston • ABC	308
10.	Shively • ABC	297

Plate Appearances
1.	McNair • KCM	439
2.	Johnson • KCM	429
3.	Moore • KCM	423
4.	Duncan • KCM	409
5.	Charleston • ABC	373
6.	Hawkins • KCM	369
7.	Day • ABC	355
8.	Russell • SLS	354
9.	Washington • ABC	350
10.	Williams • ABC	338

Runs Scored
1.	Johnson • KCM	91
2.	McNair • KCM	82
3.	Gardner • CAG	70
	Stearnes • DS	70
	Moore • KCM	70
6.	Torriente • CAG	69
7.	Charleston • ABC	68
8.	Russell • SLS	64
9.	Johnston • KCM	61
10.	Shively • ABC	60
	Duncan • KCM	60

Hits
1.	Johnson • KCM	152
2.	Moore • KCM	138
3.	McNair • KCM	123
4.	Charleston • ABC	112
5.	Torriente • CAG	101
	Stearnes • DS	101
7.	Hawkins • KCM	98
8.	Day • ABC	94
9.	Holloway • ABC	93
10.	Shively • ABC	89
	Dreke • CSW	89
	Duncan • KCM	89
	Johnston • KCM	89
	Russell • SLS	89

Total Bases
1.	Johnson • KCM	270
2.	Moore • KCM	202
3.	Stearnes • DS	198
4.	Charleston • ABC	182
5.	McNair • KCM	181
6.	Taylor • 2TM	153
7.	Beckwith • CAG	145
	Torriente • CAG	145
9.	Wesley • DS	141
10.	Russell • SLS	131

Doubles
1.	Johnson • KCM	32
2.	Charleston • ABC	25
3.	Torriente • CAG	22
	Moore • KCM	22
5.	Beckwith • CAG	21
6.	Day • ABC	18
	Stearnes • DS	18
	Duncan • KCM	18
9.	Wilson • MB	16
	Blackwell • SLS	16

Triples
1.	Stearnes • DS	14
2.	Johnson • KCM	13
3.	Joseph • KCM	10
	McNair • KCM	10
	Shively • ABC	10
6.	Johnston • KCM	9
	Moore • KCM	9
	Russell • SLS	9
	Beckwith • CAG	9
10.	Washington • ABC	8

Home Runs
1.	Johnson • KCM	20
	Taylor • 2TM	20
3.	Stearnes • DS	17
4.	Wesley • DS	16
5.	Charleston • ABC	11
	Scales • SLS	11
7.	Montalvo • CSW	8
	Beckwith • CAG	8
	McNair • KCM	8
	Moore • KCM	8

Runs Batted In
1.	Johnson • KCM	120
2.	Charleston • ABC	94
3.	Stearnes • DS	85
4.	Moore • KCM	79
5.	Beckwith • CAG	77
6.	Taylor • 2TM	76
7.	McNair • KCM	65
8.	Torriente • CAG	63
9.	Montalvo • CSW	57
10.	Day • ABC	56
	Wesley • DS	56

Bases on Balls
1.	McNair • KCM	49
2.	Charleston • ABC	48
3.	Torriente • CAG	44
4.	Gardner • CAG	43
5.	Duncan • KCM	38
	Johnson • KCM	38
	Scales • SLS	38
	Hewitt • 2TM	38
9.	Sierra • CSW	34
	Blackwell • SLS	34

Stolen Bases
1.	Charleston • ABC	25
2.	McNair • KCM	23
3.	Gardner • CAG	21
4.	Hewitt • 2TM	20
5.	Johnson • KCM	17
6.	Malarcher • CAG	14
7.	Duncan • KCM	13
	Holloway • ABC	13
9.	Torriente • CAG	12
	Lyons • CAG	12
	DeMoss • CAG	12

Singles
1.	Moore • KCM	99
2.	McNair • KCM	91
3.	Johnson • KCM	87
4.	Hawkins • KCM	82
5.	Holloway • ABC	76
6.	Shively • ABC	72
7.	Dreke • CSW	71
8.	Charleston • ABC	70
	Gardner • CAG	70
	Torriente • CAG	70

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Johnson • KCM	207
2.	Taylor • 2TM	195
3.	Stearnes • DS	184
4.	Charleston • ABC	170
5.	Torriente • CAG	169
6.	Rogan • KCM	150
7.	Murray • 2TM	144
8.	Moore • KCM	144
9.	Wesley • DS	132
10.	McNair • KCM	132

Runs Created
1.	Johnson • KCM	125
2.	Charleston • ABC	82
3.	Moore • KCM	80
4.	Stearnes • DS	79
5.	McNair • KCM	73
6.	Torriente • CAG	69
7.	Taylor • 2TM	67
8.	Scales • SLS	61
9.	Wesley • DS	52
10.	Beckwith • CAG	51

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Johnson • KCM	59
2.	Charleston • ABC	34
3.	Stearnes • DS	31
4.	Scales • SLS	31
5.	Torriente • CAG	30
6.	Taylor • 2TM	29
7.	Moore • KCM	23
8.	McNair • KCM	18
9.	Rogan • KCM	15
10.	Murray • 2TM	12

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Johnson • KCM	5.4
2.	Charleston • ABC	3.2
3.	Stearnes • DS	2.9
4.	Scales • SLS	2.8
5.	Torriente • CAG	2.8
6.	Taylor • 2TM	2.6
7.	Moore • KCM	2.2
8.	McNair • KCM	1.7
9.	Rogan • KCM	1.4
10.	Murray • 2TM	1.1
	Wesley • DS	1.1

Extra Base Hits
1.	Johnson • KCM	65
2.	Stearnes • DS	49
3.	Charleston • ABC	42
4.	Moore • KCM	39
5.	Beckwith • CAG	38
6.	McNair • KCM	32
7.	Torriente • CAG	31
	Wesley • DS	31
9.	Taylor • 2TM	30
10.	Scales • SLS	28

Times On Base
1.	Johnson • KCM	198
2.	McNair • KCM	176
3.	Moore • KCM	165
4.	Charleston • ABC	162
5.	Torriente • CAG	148
6.	Duncan • KCM	128
7.	Gardner • CAG	124
8.	Hawkins • KCM	121
9.	Johnston • KCM	120
10.	Stearnes • DS	119
	Russell • SLS	119

Offensive Win %
1.	Johnson • KCM	.874
2.	Taylor • 2TM	.849
3.	Stearnes • DS	.826
4.	Torriente • CAG	.805
5.	Charleston • ABC	.792
6.	Rogan • KCM	.754
7.	Moore • KCM	.716
8.	Murray • 2TM	.691
9.	McNair • KCM	.672
10.	Wesley • DS	.654

Hit By Pitch
1.	McAdoo • SLS	8
	Johnson • KCM	8
3.	Anderson • KCM	7
4.	Campos • CSW	6
	Moore • KCM	6
6.	Duncan • 2TM	5
	Russell • SLS	5
	Malarcher • CAG	5
9.	Dudley • SLS	4
	Blackwell • SLS	4
	McNair • KCM	4
	Murray • 2TM	4
	Miller • SLS	4
	Joseph • KCM	4

Sacrifice Hits
1.	DeMoss • CAG	25
2.	Washington • ABC	24
	Duncan • KCM	24
4.	Riggins • DS	20
5.	Moore • KCM	18
6.	Charleston • ABC	15
	Rigal • CSW	15
8.	Williams • ABC	14
	Hewitt • 2TM	14
10.	Day • ABC	13
	Wilson • MB	13
	Murray • 2TM	13

Power-Speed #
1.	Johnson • KCM	18.4
2.	Charleston • ABC	15.3
3.	McNair • KCM	11.9
4.	Moore • KCM	8.9
5.	Scales • SLS	8.6
6.	Guerra • CSW	7.9
7.	Taylor • 2TM	6.7
8.	Blackwell • SLS	6.4
9.	Beckwith • CAG	6.2
10.	Torriente • CAG	6.0

AB per HR
1.	Taylor • 2TM	10.8
2.	Stearnes • DS	16.4
3.	Wesley • DS	16.6
4.	Johnson • KCM	18.7
5.	Charleston • ABC	28.0
6.	Montalvo • CSW	29.5
7.	Rogan • KCM	29.6
8.	Guerra • CSW	30.4
9.	Murray • 2TM	30.8
10.	Smith • DS	32.3

Outs Made
1.	Duncan • KCM	281
2.	McNair • KCM	263
3.	Moore • KCM	258
4.	Hawkins • KCM	248
5.	Day • ABC	239
6.	Washington • ABC	236
7.	Russell • SLS	235
8.	DeMoss • CAG	232
9.	Williams • ABC	231
	Johnson • KCM	231

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