1929 Negro National League Batting Leaders

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Negro National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Brewer • KCM	6.7
2.	Wells • 2TM	6.5
3.	Williams • SLS	5.1
4.	Morris • CAG	5.0
5.	Bell • KCM	4.4
6.	Stearnes • DS	4.2
7.	Suttles • 2TM	3.8
8.	Rogan • KCM	3.7
9.	Foster • CAG	3.3
10.	Johnston • DS	3.1

WAR Position Players
1.	Wells • 2TM	6.5
2.	Stearnes • DS	4.2
3.	Suttles • 2TM	3.8
4.	Rogan • KCM	3.5
5.	Johnston • DS	3.1
6.	Russ • CAG	2.8
7.	Bell • 2TM	2.7
8.	Allen • KCM	2.5
9.	Russell • SLS	2.5
10.	Palm • SLS	2.4

Offensive WAR
1.	Wells • 2TM	6.5
2.	Stearnes • DS	4.1
3.	Suttles • 2TM	3.8
4.	Rogan • KCM	3.4
5.	Johnston • DS	3.1
6.	Russ • CAG	2.8
7.	Bell • 2TM	2.6
8.	Allen • KCM	2.5
9.	Russell • SLS	2.5
10.	Palm • SLS	2.4

Defensive WAR
1.	Wells • 2TM	0.6
2.	Harding • KCM	0.5
3.	Robinson • DS	0.4
4.	Owens • MRS	0.3
	Russ • CAG	0.3
6.	Williams • CAG	0.3
7.	Creacy • SLS	0.3
8.	Brown • 2TM	0.2
	Meredith • BBB	0.2
	Russell • SLS	0.2

Batting Average
1.	Stearnes • DS	.390
2.	Russ • CAG	.369
3.	Smith • BBB	.364
4.	Wells • 2TM	.363
5.	Rogan • KCM	.359
6.	Taylor • KCM	.358
7.	Johnston • DS	.357
8.	Suttles • 2TM	.341
9.	Palm • SLS	.333
10.	Allen • KCM	.332

On-Base%
1.	Stearnes • DS	.468
2.	Rogan • KCM	.449
3.	Wells • 2TM	.444
4.	Johnston • DS	.429
5.	Russell • SLS	.428
6.	Gardner • CAG	.417
7.	Russ • CAG	.414
8.	Suttles • 2TM	.401
9.	Taylor • KCM	.399
10.	Bell • 2TM	.397

Slugging %
1.	Stearnes • DS	.672
2.	Palm • SLS	.667
3.	Wells • 2TM	.666
4.	Johnston • DS	.635
5.	Suttles • 2TM	.608
6.	Rogan • KCM	.571
7.	Russ • CAG	.545
8.	Smith • BBB	.523
9.	Williams • SLS	.520
10.	Jones • DS	.517

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Stearnes • DS	1.140
2.	Wells • 2TM	1.110
3.	Johnston • DS	1.063
4.	Palm • SLS	1.038
5.	Rogan • KCM	1.020
6.	Suttles • 2TM	1.009
7.	Russ • CAG	.959
8.	Smith • BBB	.907
9.	Jones • DS	.896
10.	Williams • SLS	.889

Games Played
1.	Suttles • 2TM	99
	Wells • 2TM	99
3.	Bell • 2TM	97
4.	Creacy • SLS	95
	Redus • SLS	95
6.	Russell • SLS	91
7.	Russell • SLS	84
8.	McAllister • BBB	80
	Meredith • BBB	80
	Thomas • BBB	80

At Bats
1.	Bell • 2TM	391
2.	Wells • 2TM	377
3.	Suttles • 2TM	372
4.	Redus • SLS	357
5.	Creacy • SLS	353
6.	Russell • SLS	324
7.	Meredith • BBB	306
8.	Harding • KCM	305
9.	Allen • KCM	295
10.	Jones • DS	292

Plate Appearances
1.	Bell • 2TM	441
2.	Wells • 2TM	432
3.	Suttles • 2TM	409
4.	Redus • SLS	394
5.	Creacy • SLS	389
6.	Russell • SLS	388
7.	Meredith • BBB	343
8.	Harding • KCM	339
9.	McAllister • BBB	320
10.	Jones • DS	319
	Allen • KCM	319

Runs Scored
1.	Wells • 2TM	109
2.	Bell • 2TM	98
3.	Russell • SLS	83
4.	Suttles • 2TM	82
5.	Allen • KCM	65
	Rogan • KCM	65
	Redus • SLS	65
8.	Stearnes • DS	64
	Harding • KCM	64
10.	Meredith • BBB	63
	Robinson • DS	63

Hits
1.	Wells • 2TM	137
2.	Suttles • 2TM	127
3.	Bell • 2TM	125
4.	Redus • SLS	107
5.	Russell • SLS	102
6.	Stearnes • DS	101
7.	Allen • KCM	98
	Taylor • KCM	98
9.	Smith • BBB	96
	Harding • KCM	96

Total Bases
1.	Wells • 2TM	251
2.	Suttles • 2TM	226
3.	Stearnes • DS	174
4.	Bell • 2TM	170
5.	Redus • SLS	161
6.	Johnston • DS	158
7.	Jones • DS	151
8.	Rogan • KCM	148
9.	Allen • KCM	146
10.	Russell • SLS	144

Doubles
1.	Suttles • 2TM	31
2.	Allen • KCM	27
3.	Bell • 2TM	26
4.	Wells • 2TM	24
5.	Harding • KCM	23
6.	Williams • SLS	22
7.	Redus • SLS	21
8.	Stearnes • DS	17
9.	Russell • SLS	16
	Rogan • KCM	16

Triples
1.	Livingston • KCM	12
2.	Russ • CAG	11
3.	Taylor • KCM	10
	Russell • SLS	10
5.	Harding • KCM	9
	Rogan • KCM	9
7.	Suttles • 2TM	7
	Smith • BBB	7
9.	Wells • 2TM	6
	Allen • KCM	6
	Davis • CAG	6
	Robinson • DS	6

Home Runs
1.	Wells • 2TM	26
2.	Suttles • 2TM	18
3.	Palm • SLS	16
	Johnston • DS	16
	Stearnes • DS	16
6.	Jones • DS	11
7.	Redus • SLS	9
	Rile • 2TM	9
9.	Creacy • SLS	7
	Rogan • KCM	7

Runs Batted In
1.	Wells • 2TM	128
2.	Suttles • 2TM	110
3.	Stearnes • DS	91
4.	Rogan • KCM	69
	Redus • SLS	69
6.	Johnston • DS	64
7.	Palm • SLS	62
8.	Creacy • SLS	60
9.	Smith • BBB	54
	Allen • KCM	54

Bases on Balls
1.	Russell • SLS	63
2.	Wells • 2TM	53
3.	Bell • 2TM	49
4.	Brown • 2TM	48
5.	Ward • MRS	46
6.	Gardner • CAG	43
7.	Rogan • KCM	41
8.	Stearnes • DS	38
9.	Meredith • BBB	37
	Rile • 2TM	37
	Suttles • 2TM	37

Stolen Bases
1.	Bell • 2TM	49
2.	Taylor • KCM	34
3.	Wells • 2TM	31
4.	Rogan • KCM	26
5.	Allen • KCM	23
6.	Mothell • KCM	16
	Smith • BBB	16
8.	Russ • CAG	15
9.	Harding • KCM	13
10.	Stearnes • DS	12

Singles
1.	Bell • 2TM	91
2.	Wells • 2TM	81
3.	Taylor • KCM	79
4.	Creacy • SLS	74
	Redus • SLS	74
	Russell • SLS	74
7.	Smith • BBB	73
8.	Russell • SLS	71
	Suttles • 2TM	71
10.	McAllister • BBB	70

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Stearnes • DS	194
2.	Wells • 2TM	185
3.	Johnston • DS	173
4.	Palm • SLS	165
5.	Rogan • KCM	164
6.	Suttles • 2TM	159
7.	Russ • CAG	148
8.	Smith • BBB	134
9.	Jones • DS	131
10.	Williams • SLS	129

Runs Created
1.	Wells • 2TM	111
2.	Suttles • 2TM	91
3.	Stearnes • DS	81
4.	Johnston • DS	68
	Bell • 2TM	68
6.	Rogan • KCM	66
7.	Russell • SLS	61
8.	Redus • SLS	59
9.	Jones • DS	57
10.	Allen • KCM	56

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Wells • 2TM	48
2.	Stearnes • DS	37
3.	Suttles • 2TM	32
4.	Johnston • DS	27
5.	Rogan • KCM	26
6.	Palm • SLS	17
7.	Russell • SLS	17
8.	Russ • CAG	16
9.	Jones • DS	13
10.	Young • KCM	12

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Wells • 2TM	4.5
2.	Stearnes • DS	3.4
3.	Suttles • 2TM	3.0
4.	Johnston • DS	2.5
5.	Rogan • KCM	2.4
6.	Palm • SLS	1.6
7.	Russell • SLS	1.6
8.	Russ • CAG	1.5
9.	Jones • DS	1.2
10.	Young • KCM	1.2

Extra Base Hits
1.	Suttles • 2TM	56
	Wells • 2TM	56
3.	Stearnes • DS	37
4.	Allen • KCM	36
5.	Bell • 2TM	34
6.	Johnston • DS	33
	Redus • SLS	33
8.	Harding • KCM	32
	Rogan • KCM	32
	Palm • SLS	32

Times On Base
1.	Wells • 2TM	192
2.	Bell • 2TM	175
3.	Russell • SLS	166
4.	Suttles • 2TM	164
5.	Redus • SLS	144
6.	Stearnes • DS	139
7.	Rogan • KCM	135
8.	Harding • KCM	130
9.	Creacy • SLS	127
10.	Meredith • BBB	123
	Brown • 2TM	123

Offensive Win %
1.	Stearnes • DS	.866
2.	Wells • 2TM	.842
3.	Johnston • DS	.820
4.	Rogan • KCM	.802
5.	Palm • SLS	.783
6.	Suttles • 2TM	.781
7.	Russ • CAG	.772
8.	Smith • BBB	.726
9.	Taylor • KCM	.694
10.	Jones • DS	.691

Hit By Pitch
1.	Rile • 2TM	2
	Creacy • SLS	2
	Lowe • MRS	2
	Wells • 2TM	2
5.	McAllister • BBB	1
	Thomas • BBB	1
	Morris • CAG	1
	Hernández • CSW	1
	Duncan • KCM	1
	Joseph • KCM	1
	Mothell • KCM	1
	Rogan • KCM	1
	Taylor • KCM	1
	Birdine • BBB	1
	Rogers • MRS	1
	Redus • SLS	1
	Russell • SLS	1
	Williams • SLS	1
	Bell • 2TM	1
	Green • MRS	1

Power-Speed #
1.	Wells • 2TM	28.3
2.	Stearnes • DS	13.7
3.	Suttles • 2TM	12.9
4.	Rogan • KCM	11.0
5.	Smith • BBB	8.7
6.	Jones • DS	7.8
7.	Redus • SLS	6.4
	Davis • CAG	6.4
9.	Mothell • KCM	6.4
10.	Young • KCM	6.2

AB per HR
1.	Palm • SLS	12.6
2.	Wells • 2TM	14.5
3.	Johnston • DS	15.6
4.	Stearnes • DS	16.2
5.	Suttles • 2TM	20.7
6.	Jones • DS	26.5
7.	Rile • 2TM	29.0
8.	Williams • BBB	36.0
9.	Rogan • KCM	37.0
10.	Redus • SLS	39.7

Outs Made
1.	Bell • 2TM	266
2.	Creacy • SLS	262
3.	Redus • SLS	250
4.	Suttles • 2TM	245
5.	Wells • 2TM	240
6.	Russell • SLS	222
7.	Meredith • BBB	220
8.	Harding • KCM	209
9.	Russell • SLS	208
10.	Thomas • BBB	207

rOBA
1.	Stearnes • DS	.500
2.	Wells • 2TM	.491
3.	Johnston • DS	.464
4.	Rogan • KCM	.464
5.	Palm • SLS	.446
6.	Suttles • 2TM	.442
7.	Russ • CAG	.434
8.	Smith • BBB	.411
9.	Taylor • KCM	.407
10.	Russell • SLS	.403

Rbat+
1.	Stearnes • DS	192
2.	Wells • 2TM	183
3.	Johnston • DS	171
4.	Rogan • KCM	165
5.	Palm • SLS	160
6.	Suttles • 2TM	157
7.	Russ • CAG	148
8.	Smith • BBB	133
9.	Russell • SLS	133
10.	Jones • DS	130

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