1924 Negro National League Batting Leaders

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Negro National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Streeter • BBB	5.8
2.	Rogan • KCM	4.8
3.	Moore • KCM	4.3
4.	Padrón • CAG	4.1
5.	Torriente • CAG	4.0
6.	Joseph • KCM	3.8
7.	Gardner • CAG	3.6
8.	Poindexter • BBB	3.4
9.	Glass • MRS	3.4
10.	Miller • CAG	2.9

WAR Position Players
1.	Moore • KCM	4.3
2.	Torriente • CAG	4.0
3.	Joseph • KCM	3.8
4.	Gardner • CAG	3.6
5.	Pierce • DS	2.9
6.	Stearnes • DS	2.4
7.	McNair • KCM	2.3
8.	Rogan • KCM	2.2
9.	Johnson • KCM	2.2
10.	Wells • SLS	2.2

Offensive WAR
1.	Torriente • CAG	3.8
2.	Moore • KCM	3.6
3.	Joseph • KCM	3.2
4.	Johnson • KCM	2.7
5.	Pierce • DS	2.6
6.	Stearnes • DS	2.4
7.	Rogan • KCM	2.3
8.	Gardner • CAG	2.2
9.	McNair • KCM	2.1
10.	Russell • SLS	2.1

Defensive WAR
1.	Wells • SLS	1.3
2.	Gardner • CAG	1.2
3.	Moore • KCM	1.1
4.	Wesley • BBB	1.0
5.	Malarcher • CAG	0.9
6.	Brown • MRS	0.8
7.	Joseph • KCM	0.8
8.	Lowe • DS	0.7
	Duncan • KCM	0.7
10.	Russell • MRS	0.6

Batting Average
1.	Dreke • CSW	.389
2.	Joseph • KCM	.375
3.	Johnson • KCM	.366
4.	Torriente • CAG	.365
5.	Moore • KCM	.355
6.	McNair • KCM	.339
7.	Stearnes • DS	.339
8.	Pierce • DS	.337
9.	Gardner • CAG	.325
10.	Montalvo • CSW	.324

On-Base%
1.	Torriente • CAG	.467
2.	Dreke • CSW	.448
3.	Gardner • CAG	.432
4.	Joseph • KCM	.428
5.	Johnson • KCM	.427
6.	Moore • KCM	.415
7.	McNair • KCM	.410
8.	Pierce • DS	.410
9.	Montalvo • CSW	.408
10.	Hewitt • 2TM	.403

Slugging %
1.	Torriente • CAG	.612
2.	Pierce • DS	.588
3.	Stearnes • DS	.581
4.	Montalvo • CSW	.557
5.	Moore • KCM	.545
6.	Johnson • KCM	.543
7.	Joseph • KCM	.543
8.	Russell • SLS	.485
9.	Dreke • CSW	.484
10.	McNair • KCM	.467

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Torriente • CAG	1.079
2.	Pierce • DS	.999
3.	Joseph • KCM	.971
4.	Johnson • KCM	.970
5.	Stearnes • DS	.966
6.	Montalvo • CSW	.965
7.	Moore • KCM	.960
8.	Dreke • CSW	.932
9.	McNair • KCM	.878
10.	Russell • SLS	.862

Games Played
1.	Suttles • BBB	79
2.	Thompson • BBB	77
	Gardner • CAG	77
	Malarcher • CAG	77
5.	McAllister • BBB	75
	Williams • CAG	75
	Moore • KCM	75
8.	Meredith • BBB	74
	Torriente • CAG	74
10.	Allen • KCM	73

At Bats
1.	Moore • KCM	299
2.	McAllister • BBB	298
	Allen • KCM	298
4.	Thompson • BBB	291
5.	Gardner • CAG	286
	Malarcher • CAG	286
7.	Meredith • BBB	278
8.	Wesley • BBB	277
9.	Williams • CAG	275
10.	Suttles • BBB	274
	McNair • KCM	274

Plate Appearances
1.	Gardner • CAG	340
2.	Moore • KCM	330
3.	Allen • KCM	329
4.	Malarcher • CAG	323
5.	McAllister • BBB	319
6.	Thompson • BBB	318
7.	McNair • KCM	307
8.	Torriente • CAG	304
9.	Russell • SLS	303
10.	Meredith • BBB	300
	Williams • CAG	300

Runs Scored
1.	Malarcher • CAG	69
2.	Gardner • CAG	66
3.	Moore • KCM	64
4.	McNair • KCM	61
5.	Torriente • CAG	59
6.	Joseph • KCM	58
7.	Williams • CAG	57
	Stearnes • DS	57
	Johnson • KCM	57
10.	Bobo • SLS	56
	Russell • SLS	56

Hits
1.	Moore • KCM	106
2.	Joseph • KCM	100
3.	Johnson • KCM	97
4.	Gardner • CAG	93
	Torriente • CAG	93
	McNair • KCM	93
7.	Suttles • BBB	87
	Thompson • BBB	87
9.	Bobo • SLS	85
10.	Stearnes • DS	84

Total Bases
1.	Moore • KCM	163
2.	Torriente • CAG	156
3.	Joseph • KCM	145
4.	Stearnes • DS	144
	Johnson • KCM	144
6.	Pierce • DS	143
7.	Russell • SLS	132
8.	McNair • KCM	128
9.	Bobo • SLS	125
10.	Suttles • BBB	123

Doubles
1.	Torriente • CAG	27
2.	Suttles • BBB	21
	Joseph • KCM	21
4.	Moore • KCM	20
	Russell • SLS	20
6.	Johnson • KCM	18
7.	Bobo • SLS	16
8.	Thompson • BBB	14
9.	Brown • CAG	12
	Dreke • CSW	12
	Jones • DS	12
	Kemp • MRS	12
	Bell • SLS	12
	Wells • SLS	12

Triples
1.	Stearnes • DS	12
	Pierce • DS	12
3.	Moore • KCM	11
4.	Johnson • KCM	7
	Creacy • SLS	7
	Williams • CAG	7
7.	Smith • DS	6
	Riggins • DS	6
	McAllister • BBB	6
	Torriente • CAG	6
	Joseph • KCM	6
	Alfonso • CSW	6
	McNair • KCM	6
	Hawkins • KCM	6

Home Runs
1.	Pierce • DS	9
	Stearnes • DS	9
3.	Torriente • CAG	8
4.	Russell • SLS	7
	Montalvo • CSW	7
6.	Murray • SLS	6
	Bobo • SLS	6
8.	McNair • KCM	5
	Johnson • KCM	5
	Moore • KCM	5
	Rogan • KCM	5

Runs Batted In
1.	Torriente • CAG	81
2.	Joseph • KCM	68
3.	Moore • KCM	62
4.	McNair • KCM	59
5.	Bobo • SLS	57
6.	Johnson • KCM	55
7.	Pierce • DS	52
8.	Williams • CAG	50
9.	Suttles • BBB	49
10.	Mothell • KCM	46

Bases on Balls
1.	Gardner • CAG	54
2.	Torriente • CAG	46
3.	Sierra • CSW	38
	Hewitt • 2TM	38
5.	Mothell • KCM	35
6.	Malarcher • CAG	33
7.	McNair • KCM	32
8.	Alfonso • CSW	29
9.	Allen • KCM	28
10.	Duncan • KCM	27
	Russell • SLS	27
	Dixon • 3TM	27

Stolen Bases
1.	Malarcher • CAG	22
2.	Williams • CAG	15
3.	Gardner • CAG	13
4.	Russell • SLS	12
	Torriente • CAG	12
	McNair • KCM	12
	Bell • SLS	12
	DeMoss • CAG	12
9.	Allen • KCM	11
10.	Hewitt • 2TM	10

Singles
1.	Gardner • CAG	79
2.	McNair • KCM	74
3.	Wesley • BBB	70
	Moore • KCM	70
5.	Joseph • KCM	69
6.	Malarcher • CAG	68
7.	Thompson • BBB	67
	Johnson • KCM	67
9.	Riggins • DS	65
10.	McAllister • BBB	64
	Allen • KCM	64

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Torriente • CAG	194
2.	Pierce • DS	171
3.	Joseph • KCM	165
4.	Johnson • KCM	164
5.	Montalvo • CSW	162
6.	Stearnes • DS	162
7.	Moore • KCM	161
8.	Dreke • CSW	155
9.	McNair • KCM	140
10.	Russell • SLS	135

Runs Created
1.	Torriente • CAG	72
2.	Moore • KCM	66
3.	Joseph • KCM	62
4.	Johnson • KCM	60
5.	Pierce • DS	57
6.	Stearnes • DS	55
7.	McNair • KCM	52
8.	Russell • SLS	49
9.	Gardner • CAG	48
10.	Bobo • SLS	47

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Torriente • CAG	36
2.	Moore • KCM	25
3.	Joseph • KCM	24
4.	Johnson • KCM	24
5.	Pierce • DS	23
6.	Stearnes • DS	19
7.	Rogan • KCM	17
8.	Dreke • CSW	16
9.	McNair • KCM	15
10.	Montalvo • CSW	15

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Torriente • CAG	3.5
2.	Moore • KCM	2.4
3.	Joseph • KCM	2.3
4.	Johnson • KCM	2.3
5.	Pierce • DS	2.2
6.	Stearnes • DS	1.8
7.	Rogan • KCM	1.7
8.	Dreke • CSW	1.5
9.	McNair • KCM	1.5
10.	Montalvo • CSW	1.5

Extra Base Hits
1.	Torriente • CAG	41
2.	Moore • KCM	36
3.	Pierce • DS	31
	Joseph • KCM	31
	Russell • SLS	31
6.	Stearnes • DS	30
	Johnson • KCM	30
8.	Suttles • BBB	27
9.	Bobo • SLS	25
10.	Montalvo • CSW	22

Times On Base
1.	Gardner • CAG	147
2.	Torriente • CAG	142
3.	Moore • KCM	137
4.	McNair • KCM	126
5.	Johnson • KCM	125
	Joseph • KCM	125
7.	Malarcher • CAG	117
8.	Bobo • SLS	115
9.	Thompson • BBB	114
	Russell • SLS	114

Offensive Win %
1.	Torriente • CAG	.856
2.	Joseph • KCM	.811
3.	Johnson • KCM	.800
4.	Pierce • DS	.797
5.	Dreke • CSW	.789
6.	Moore • KCM	.787
7.	Stearnes • DS	.781
8.	Montalvo • CSW	.774
9.	McNair • KCM	.729
10.	Russell • SLS	.690

Hit By Pitch
1.	Blackwell • SLS	9
2.	Hawkins • KCM	6
	Hewitt • 2TM	6
	Pérez • CSW	6
5.	Grant • 2TM	5
	Moore • KCM	5
	Meredith • BBB	5
	Bobo • SLS	5
	Montalvo • CSW	5
10.	Brown • MRS	4
	Dixon • 3TM	4
	Sierra • CSW	4
	Watts • SLS	4
	Jones • DS	4
	Pierce • DS	4
	Dreke • CSW	4
	Russell • SLS	4
	Sweatt • KCM	4
	Duncan • KCM	4
	Johnson • KCM	4
	Mothell • KCM	4
	Suttles • BBB	4
	DeMoss • CAG	4
	Miller • MRS	4
	Williams • CAG	4
	Malarcher • CAG	4

Power-Speed #
1.	Torriente • CAG	9.6
2.	Russell • SLS	8.8
3.	McNair • KCM	7.1
4.	Moore • KCM	6.4
5.	Bobo • SLS	6.0
6.	Meredith • BBB	5.3
7.	Joseph • KCM	5.1
8.	Rogan • KCM	5.0
	Johnson • KCM	5.0
10.	Murray • SLS	4.8

AB per HR
1.	Montalvo • CSW	25.1
2.	Pierce • DS	27.0
3.	Stearnes • DS	27.6
4.	Torriente • CAG	31.9
5.	Russell • SLS	38.9
6.	Blackwell • SLS	39.8
7.	Bobo • SLS	44.7
8.	Pryor • DS	50.0
9.	Johnson • KCM	53.0
10.	McNair • KCM	54.8

Outs Made
1.	McAllister • BBB	221
	Allen • KCM	221
3.	Meredith • BBB	208
4.	Stratton • BBB	206
	Malarcher • CAG	206
6.	Thompson • BBB	204
7.	Williams • CAG	200
8.	Wesley • BBB	199
9.	Gardner • CAG	193
	Moore • KCM	193

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