1925 Negro National League Batting Leaders

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Negro National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Rogan • KCM	9.3
2.	Stearnes • DS	5.3
3.	Dean • KCM	5.2
4.	Cooper • DS	4.7
5.	Bobo • SLS	4.5
6.	Padrón • CAG	4.5
7.	McCall • CAG	4.1
8.	Wesley • DS	3.8
9.	Drake • KCM	3.7
	Foster • 3TM	3.7

WAR Position Players
1.	Stearnes • DS	5.3
2.	Bobo • SLS	4.5
3.	Wesley • DS	3.8
4.	Bell • SLS	3.6
5.	Redus • SLS	3.6
6.	Creacy • SLS	3.4
7.	Wells • SLS	3.2
8.	Russell • SLS	2.7
9.	Pryor • DS	2.6
10.	Smith • DS	2.6

Offensive WAR
1.	Stearnes • DS	5.3
2.	Bobo • SLS	4.5
3.	Wesley • DS	3.8
4.	Bell • SLS	3.6
5.	Redus • SLS	3.5
6.	Creacy • SLS	3.4
7.	Wells • SLS	3.2
8.	Russell • SLS	2.7
9.	Pryor • DS	2.6
10.	Smith • DS	2.6

Defensive WAR
1.	Riggins • DS	0.6
2.	Wells • SLS	0.5
3.	Williams • CAG	0.5
4.	Moore • KCM	0.5
	Williams • MRS	0.5
6.	Orange • BBB	0.3
7.	Malarcher • CAG	0.3
	Owens • 2TM	0.3
9.	Pryor • DS	0.3
10.	Alfonso • CSW	0.3

Batting Average
1.	Wesley • DS	.404
2.	Redus • SLS	.372
3.	Stearnes • DS	.371
4.	Bobo • SLS	.359
5.	Bell • SLS	.347
6.	Smith • DS	.344
7.	Thompson • BBB	.338
8.	Williams • BBB	.335
9.	McNair • KCM	.332
10.	Suttles • BBB	.331

On-Base%
1.	Wesley • DS	.469
2.	Redus • SLS	.453
3.	Bobo • SLS	.452
4.	Stearnes • DS	.439
5.	Russell • SLS	.413
6.	Malarcher • CAG	.410
7.	Suttles • BBB	.404
8.	Bell • SLS	.395
9.	McNair • KCM	.389
10.	Wells • SLS	.386

Slugging %
1.	Wesley • DS	.715
2.	Stearnes • DS	.668
3.	Redus • SLS	.624
4.	Bobo • SLS	.616
5.	Creacy • SLS	.550
6.	Bell • SLS	.545
7.	Williams • BBB	.525
8.	Suttles • BBB	.521
9.	Russell • SLS	.518
10.	Smith • DS	.501

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Wesley • DS	1.184
2.	Stearnes • DS	1.107
3.	Redus • SLS	1.077
4.	Bobo • SLS	1.068
5.	Bell • SLS	.940
6.	Russell • SLS	.931
7.	Creacy • SLS	.928
8.	Suttles • BBB	.925
9.	Williams • BBB	.898
10.	Smith • DS	.875

Games Played
1.	Riggins • DS	94
	Stearnes • DS	94
3.	Smith • DS	92
4.	Pryor • DS	90
5.	Torriente • CAG	89
6.	Malarcher • CAG	87
	Bell • SLS	87
	Bobo • SLS	87
	Wells • SLS	87
10.	Gardner • CAG	85
	Williams • CAG	85

At Bats
1.	Smith • DS	381
2.	Bell • SLS	380
3.	Stearnes • DS	367
4.	Riggins • DS	363
5.	Wells • SLS	338
6.	Creacy • SLS	331
7.	Pryor • DS	326
8.	Gardner • CAG	324
9.	Bobo • SLS	323
	Stratton • 3TM	323

Plate Appearances
1.	Stearnes • DS	412
2.	Bell • SLS	410
3.	Smith • DS	399
4.	Riggins • DS	395
5.	Wells • SLS	391
6.	Bobo • SLS	378
7.	Pryor • DS	375
8.	Malarcher • CAG	361
9.	Creacy • SLS	360
10.	Gardner • CAG	357

Runs Scored
1.	Bell • SLS	94
2.	Stearnes • DS	93
3.	Smith • DS	84
4.	Wells • SLS	83
5.	Bobo • SLS	74
6.	Moore • KCM	71
	Creacy • SLS	71
8.	Jones • DS	68
9.	Pryor • DS	67
	Allen • KCM	67

Hits
1.	Stearnes • DS	136
2.	Bell • SLS	132
3.	Smith • DS	131
4.	Bobo • SLS	116
5.	Creacy • SLS	107
6.	Malarcher • CAG	102
7.	Moore • KCM	100
8.	Wells • SLS	98
9.	Riggins • DS	97
10.	Redus • SLS	96

Total Bases
1.	Stearnes • DS	245
2.	Bell • SLS	207
3.	Bobo • SLS	199
4.	Smith • DS	191
5.	Creacy • SLS	182
6.	Wesley • DS	163
7.	Redus • SLS	161
8.	Riggins • DS	155
	Wells • SLS	155
10.	Moore • KCM	153

Doubles
1.	Bell • SLS	33
2.	Smith • DS	25
3.	Stearnes • DS	24
4.	Bobo • SLS	23
5.	Pryor • DS	22
6.	Creacy • SLS	21
7.	Wells • SLS	19
8.	Johnston • KCM	17
	Moore • KCM	17
	Redus • SLS	17

Triples
1.	Stearnes • DS	14
2.	McNair • KCM	13
3.	Moore • KCM	12
4.	Allen • KCM	11
	Russell • SLS	11
6.	Cunningham • MRS	10
	Smith • DS	10
8.	Riggins • DS	9
	Bobo • SLS	9
10.	Rogan • KCM	8
	Jones • BBB	8

Home Runs
1.	Stearnes • DS	19
2.	Wesley • DS	17
3.	Creacy • SLS	14
	Bobo • SLS	14
5.	Redus • SLS	12
6.	Montalvo • CSW	11
7.	Bell • SLS	10
	Suttles • BBB	10
9.	Torriente • CAG	9
10.	Blackwell • 2TM	8
	Riggins • DS	8
	Russell • SLS	8
	Wells • SLS	8

Runs Batted In
1.	Stearnes • DS	126
2.	Bobo • SLS	84
3.	Smith • DS	82
4.	Moore • KCM	77
5.	Wesley • DS	73
6.	Creacy • SLS	72
7.	Riggins • DS	69
8.	Torriente • CAG	66
9.	McNair • KCM	64
10.	Russell • SLS	63

Bases on Balls
1.	Torriente • CAG	55
	Bobo • SLS	55
3.	Wells • SLS	53
4.	Russell • SLS	51
5.	Pryor • DS	49
6.	Malarcher • CAG	46
7.	Stearnes • DS	45
8.	Redus • SLS	38
9.	Mothell • KCM	37
10.	Gardner • CAG	33
	Allen • KCM	33
	Johnston • KCM	33

Stolen Bases
1.	Bell • SLS	30
2.	Riggins • DS	26
3.	Malarcher • CAG	20
	Pryor • DS	20
5.	Smith • DS	19
6.	Wells • SLS	18
7.	Creacy • SLS	17
8.	Jackson • MRS	14
	Bobo • SLS	14
10.	McNair • KCM	13
	Williams • MRS	13

Singles
1.	Smith • DS	91
2.	Malarcher • CAG	88
3.	Bell • SLS	83
4.	Stearnes • DS	79
5.	Gardner • CAG	77
6.	Allen • KCM	71
7.	Bobo • SLS	70
8.	McNair • KCM	69
9.	Thompson • BBB	67
	Moore • KCM	67
	Russell • MRS	67

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Wesley • DS	213
2.	Stearnes • DS	193
3.	Redus • SLS	186
4.	Bobo • SLS	184
5.	Bell • SLS	150
6.	Russell • SLS	149
7.	Suttles • BBB	147
8.	Creacy • SLS	146
9.	Williams • BBB	139
10.	Smith • DS	133

Runs Created
1.	Stearnes • DS	108
2.	Bobo • SLS	90
3.	Bell • SLS	82
4.	Wesley • DS	76
5.	Redus • SLS	73
6.	Smith • DS	71
7.	Creacy • SLS	69
8.	Russell • SLS	60
	Wells • SLS	60
10.	Pryor • DS	54

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Stearnes • DS	48
2.	Bobo • SLS	41
3.	Wesley • DS	37
4.	Redus • SLS	33
5.	Bell • SLS	27
6.	Creacy • SLS	21
7.	Russell • SLS	21
8.	Smith • DS	17
9.	Montalvo • CSW	16
10.	Suttles • BBB	16

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Stearnes • DS	4.5
2.	Bobo • SLS	3.9
3.	Wesley • DS	3.4
4.	Redus • SLS	3.1
5.	Bell • SLS	2.6
6.	Creacy • SLS	2.0
7.	Russell • SLS	2.0
8.	Smith • DS	1.6
9.	Montalvo • CSW	1.6
10.	Suttles • BBB	1.5

Extra Base Hits
1.	Stearnes • DS	57
2.	Bell • SLS	49
3.	Bobo • SLS	46
4.	Creacy • SLS	41
5.	Smith • DS	40
6.	Redus • SLS	35
7.	Wells • SLS	34
8.	Pryor • DS	33
	Riggins • DS	33
	Wesley • DS	33
	Moore • KCM	33

Times On Base
1.	Stearnes • DS	181
2.	Bobo • SLS	171
3.	Bell • SLS	162
4.	Wells • SLS	151
5.	Smith • DS	149
6.	Malarcher • CAG	148
7.	Pryor • DS	142
8.	Creacy • SLS	136
	Russell • SLS	136
10.	Redus • SLS	134

Offensive Win %
1.	Wesley • DS	.891
2.	Stearnes • DS	.855
3.	Redus • SLS	.846
4.	Bobo • SLS	.837
5.	Bell • SLS	.757
6.	Suttles • BBB	.741
7.	Russell • SLS	.736
8.	Creacy • SLS	.732
9.	Williams • BBB	.713
10.	Smith • DS	.703

Power-Speed #
1.	Creacy • SLS	15.4
2.	Bell • SLS	15.0
3.	Bobo • SLS	14.0
4.	Stearnes • DS	13.9
5.	Wesley • DS	12.6
6.	Riggins • DS	12.2
7.	Wells • SLS	11.1
8.	Pryor • DS	9.2
9.	Blackwell • 2TM	8.9
10.	Russell • SLS	8.0

AB per HR
1.	Wesley • DS	13.4
2.	Stearnes • DS	19.3
3.	Redus • SLS	21.5
4.	Bobo • SLS	23.1
5.	Creacy • SLS	23.6
6.	Suttles • BBB	24.2
7.	Blackwell • 2TM	32.6
8.	Torriente • CAG	32.9
9.	Russell • SLS	34.8
10.	Bell • SLS	38.0

Outs Made
1.	Riggins • DS	266
2.	Smith • DS	250
3.	Bell • SLS	248
4.	Stratton • 3TM	244
5.	Williams • CAG	243
6.	Wells • SLS	240
7.	Pryor • DS	233
8.	Gardner • CAG	232
9.	Stearnes • DS	231
10.	Allen • KCM	229

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