1926 Negro National League Batting Leaders

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Negro National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Foster • CAG	8.5
2.	Suttles • SLS	6.3
3.	Stearnes • DS	5.9
4.	Bell • KCM	5.8
5.	Harney • CAG	5.6
6.	Wells • SLS	4.7
7.	Curry • CAG	4.3
8.	Brewer • KCM	3.8
9.	Rogan • KCM	3.8
10.	Hensley • SLS	3.7

WAR Position Players
1.	Suttles • SLS	6.3
2.	Stearnes • DS	5.9
3.	Wells • SLS	4.7
4.	Creacy • SLS	3.3
5.	Riggins • DS	3.2
6.	Murray • SLS	3.0
	Torriente • KCM	3.0
8.	Bell • SLS	2.9
9.	Harding • ABC	2.7
10.	Wesley • DS	2.5

Offensive WAR
1.	Suttles • SLS	6.7
2.	Stearnes • DS	5.3
3.	Wells • SLS	4.3
4.	Creacy • SLS	4.0
5.	Bell • SLS	3.4
6.	Harding • ABC	3.0
7.	Torriente • KCM	2.8
8.	Russell • SLS	2.6
9.	Murray • SLS	2.6
10.	Riggins • DS	2.4

Defensive WAR
1.	DeMoss • ABC	2.0
2.	Allen • KCM	1.8
3.	Riggins • DS	1.3
4.	Malarcher • CAG	1.3
5.	López • CSW	0.9
6.	Wells • SLS	0.9
	Mothell • KCM	0.9
8.	Correa • CSW	0.7
9.	Murray • SLS	0.6
10.	Jones • ABC	0.6

Batting Average
1.	Suttles • SLS	.425
2.	Stearnes • DS	.383
3.	Harding • ABC	.378
4.	Wells • SLS	.373
5.	Martin • ABC	.354
6.	Torriente • KCM	.351
7.	López • CSW	.349
8.	Dreke • CSW	.341
9.	Creacy • SLS	.340
10.	Bell • SLS	.334

On-Base%
1.	Suttles • SLS	.472
2.	Wells • SLS	.470
3.	Stearnes • DS	.458
4.	Harding • ABC	.449
5.	Torriente • KCM	.446
6.	Russell • SLS	.420
7.	Gardner • CAG	.419
8.	Blackwell • DS	.414
9.	Bell • SLS	.413
10.	Murray • SLS	.403

Slugging %
1.	Suttles • SLS	.877
2.	Stearnes • DS	.716
3.	Creacy • SLS	.632
4.	Wells • SLS	.584
5.	Bell • SLS	.534
6.	Martin • ABC	.517
7.	Murray • SLS	.516
8.	Russell • SLS	.513
9.	Wesley • DS	.513
10.	Torriente • KCM	.511

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Suttles • SLS	1.349
2.	Stearnes • DS	1.174
3.	Wells • SLS	1.054
4.	Creacy • SLS	1.020
5.	Torriente • KCM	.957
6.	Bell • SLS	.947
7.	Russell • SLS	.934
8.	Harding • ABC	.923
9.	Murray • SLS	.919
10.	Wesley • DS	.908

Games Played
1.	Stearnes • DS	93
2.	Creacy • SLS	92
3.	Riggins • DS	91
	Bell • SLS	91
5.	Suttles • SLS	89
6.	Russell • SLS	87
7.	Russell • SLS	86
8.	Blackwell • DS	85
	Wesley • DS	85
	Redus • SLS	85

At Bats
1.	Creacy • SLS	391
2.	Bell • SLS	386
3.	Suttles • SLS	358
4.	Stearnes • DS	342
5.	Russell • SLS	338
6.	Riggins • DS	330
7.	DeMoss • ABC	314
8.	Allen • KCM	306
9.	Wesley • DS	300
10.	Russell • SLS	298

Plate Appearances
1.	Bell • SLS	438
2.	Creacy • SLS	422
3.	Suttles • SLS	390
4.	Stearnes • DS	389
5.	Russell • SLS	376
6.	Riggins • DS	370
7.	Russell • SLS	357
8.	Blackwell • DS	345
9.	Wesley • DS	342
10.	DeMoss • ABC	341

Runs Scored
1.	Bell • SLS	107
2.	Creacy • SLS	95
3.	Stearnes • DS	94
4.	Suttles • SLS	90
5.	Riggins • DS	80
6.	Russell • SLS	76
7.	Russell • SLS	73
8.	Wells • SLS	66
9.	Murray • SLS	63
10.	Jeffries • DS	61
	Jones • 2TM	61

Hits
1.	Suttles • SLS	152
2.	Creacy • SLS	133
3.	Stearnes • DS	131
4.	Bell • SLS	129
5.	Martin • ABC	104
	Russell • SLS	104
	Wells • SLS	104
8.	Harding • ABC	102
9.	Riggins • DS	99
10.	Torriente • KCM	97

Total Bases
1.	Suttles • SLS	314
2.	Creacy • SLS	247
3.	Stearnes • DS	245
4.	Bell • SLS	206
5.	Wells • SLS	163
6.	Wesley • DS	154
7.	Russell • SLS	153
8.	Martin • ABC	152
9.	Riggins • DS	150
10.	Russell • SLS	149

Doubles
1.	Stearnes • DS	33
2.	Suttles • SLS	28
3.	Bell • SLS	27
	Creacy • SLS	27
5.	Martin • ABC	22
6.	Riggins • DS	18
	Russell • SLS	18
8.	Harding • ABC	17
	Jones • ABC	17
	Torriente • KCM	17
	Bobo • SLS	17

Triples
1.	Suttles • SLS	19
2.	Russell • SLS	10
3.	Jones • 2TM	9
	Creacy • SLS	9
	Stearnes • DS	9
6.	Russell • SLS	8
7.	Bell • SLS	7
	Russ • CAG	7
	Martin • ABC	7
10.	Allen • KCM	6
	Riggins • DS	6
	Redus • SLS	6
	Mothell • KCM	6
	Torriente • KCM	6

Home Runs
1.	Suttles • SLS	32
2.	Creacy • SLS	23
3.	Stearnes • DS	21
4.	Wesley • DS	16
5.	Wells • SLS	13
6.	Bell • SLS	12
7.	Murray • SLS	11
8.	Bell • DS	8
	Russell • SLS	8
10.	Redus • SLS	7
	Riggins • DS	7

Runs Batted In
1.	Suttles • SLS	130
2.	Creacy • SLS	107
3.	Stearnes • DS	103
4.	Martin • ABC	65
	Torriente • KCM	65
6.	Wesley • DS	64
	Wells • SLS	64
8.	Russell • SLS	59
9.	Bell • SLS	58
10.	Murray • SLS	56

Bases on Balls
1.	Russell • SLS	53
2.	Wells • SLS	50
3.	Bell • SLS	48
4.	Blackwell • DS	47
5.	Stearnes • DS	41
6.	Malarcher • CAG	40
7.	Wesley • DS	39
8.	McNair • KCM	38
9.	Gardner • CAG	37
	Torriente • KCM	37

Stolen Bases
1.	Bell • SLS	36
2.	Russell • SLS	25
	Riggins • DS	25
4.	DeMoss • ABC	24
5.	Stearnes • DS	21
6.	Allen • KCM	20
7.	McNair • KCM	18
	Torriente • KCM	18
9.	Wells • SLS	16
	Johnston • KCM	16

Singles
1.	Bell • SLS	83
2.	Harding • ABC	81
3.	Russell • SLS	77
4.	Wells • SLS	75
5.	Thompson • CAG	74
	Creacy • SLS	74
7.	Taylor • ABC	73
	Suttles • SLS	73
9.	Martin • ABC	71
	López • CSW	71

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Suttles • SLS	241
2.	Stearnes • DS	199
3.	Wells • SLS	171
4.	Creacy • SLS	159
5.	Torriente • KCM	146
6.	Bell • SLS	143
7.	Russell • SLS	140
8.	Harding • ABC	138
9.	Murray • SLS	136
10.	Wesley • DS	133

Runs Created
1.	Suttles • SLS	148
2.	Stearnes • DS	110
3.	Creacy • SLS	95
4.	Bell • SLS	84
5.	Wells • SLS	76
6.	Russell • SLS	63
7.	Wesley • DS	60
	Torriente • KCM	60
9.	Martin • ABC	57
10.	Harding • ABC	56

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Suttles • SLS	71
2.	Stearnes • DS	51
3.	Wells • SLS	32
4.	Creacy • SLS	32
5.	Bell • SLS	26
6.	Torriente • KCM	22
7.	Russell • SLS	20
8.	Harding • ABC	18
9.	Murray • SLS	15
10.	Wesley • DS	15

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Suttles • SLS	6.4
2.	Stearnes • DS	4.6
3.	Wells • SLS	2.9
4.	Creacy • SLS	2.9
5.	Bell • SLS	2.4
6.	Torriente • KCM	2.0
7.	Russell • SLS	1.8
8.	Harding • ABC	1.7
9.	Murray • SLS	1.4
10.	Wesley • DS	1.4

Extra Base Hits
1.	Suttles • SLS	79
2.	Stearnes • DS	63
3.	Creacy • SLS	59
4.	Bell • SLS	46
5.	Russell • SLS	36
6.	Martin • ABC	33
7.	Riggins • DS	31
8.	Murray • SLS	30
9.	Wells • SLS	29
10.	Jones • ABC	28
	Torriente • KCM	28

Times On Base
1.	Suttles • SLS	184
2.	Bell • SLS	181
3.	Stearnes • DS	178
4.	Creacy • SLS	164
5.	Wells • SLS	155
6.	Russell • SLS	150
7.	Torriente • KCM	144
8.	Blackwell • DS	143
9.	Russell • SLS	142
10.	Riggins • DS	139

Offensive Win %
1.	Suttles • SLS	.919
2.	Stearnes • DS	.864
3.	Wells • SLS	.819
4.	Creacy • SLS	.770
5.	Torriente • KCM	.738
6.	Harding • ABC	.736
7.	Bell • SLS	.729
8.	Russell • SLS	.703
9.	Martin • ABC	.697
10.	Wesley • DS	.684

Hit By Pitch
1.	Murray • SLS	15
2.	Torriente • KCM	10
3.	Mothell • KCM	8
	Blackwell • DS	8
5.	Sierra • CSW	6
	Stearnes • DS	6
	Russell • SLS	6
	Jones • 2TM	6
9.	DeMoss • ABC	5
	Dreke • CSW	5
	Brown • CAG	5
	Hewitt • 2TM	5
	Malarcher • CAG	5
	Arango • CSW	5
	Harding • ABC	5

Power-Speed #
1.	Stearnes • DS	21.0
2.	Suttles • SLS	20.4
3.	Bell • SLS	18.0
4.	Wells • SLS	14.3
5.	Wesley • DS	11.5
6.	Murray • SLS	11.0
7.	Riggins • DS	10.9
8.	Creacy • SLS	10.7
9.	Russell • SLS	8.9
10.	Russell • SLS	8.3

AB per HR
1.	Suttles • SLS	11.2
2.	Stearnes • DS	16.3
3.	Creacy • SLS	17.0
4.	Wesley • DS	18.8
5.	Wells • SLS	21.5
6.	Murray • SLS	25.2
7.	Bell • SLS	32.2
8.	Russell • SLS	37.3
9.	Redus • SLS	41.9
10.	Arango • CSW	44.2

Outs Made
1.	Creacy • SLS	258
2.	Bell • SLS	257
3.	Jackson • CAG	235
4.	Russell • SLS	234
5.	DeMoss • ABC	233
6.	Riggins • DS	231
7.	Allen • KCM	230
8.	Stearnes • DS	211
9.	Jeffries • DS	210
10.	Malarcher • CAG	209

rOBA
1.	Suttles • SLS	.570
2.	Stearnes • DS	.512
3.	Wells • SLS	.475
4.	Torriente • KCM	.443
5.	Creacy • SLS	.442
6.	Bell • SLS	.433
7.	Harding • ABC	.431
8.	Russell • SLS	.422
9.	Murray • SLS	.416
10.	Wesley • DS	.408

Rbat+
1.	Suttles • SLS	228
2.	Stearnes • DS	191
3.	Wells • SLS	170
4.	Creacy • SLS	152
5.	Torriente • KCM	149
6.	Harding • ABC	144
7.	Bell • SLS	141
8.	Russell • SLS	140
9.	Murray • SLS	135
10.	Wesley • DS	131

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