1930 Negro National League Batting Leaders

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Negro National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Wells • SLS	6.7
2.	Foster • CAG	4.3
3.	Streeter • BBB	4.3
4.	Radcliffe • SLS	4.1
5.	Bell • KCM	4.1
6.	Dean • DS	4.0
7.	Suttles • SLS	3.7
8.	Brewer • KCM	3.1
9.	Bell • SLS	3.0
10.	Hensley • SLS	3.0

WAR Position Players
1.	Wells • SLS	6.7
2.	Suttles • SLS	3.7
3.	Bell • SLS	3.0
4.	Giles • SLS	3.0
5.	Allen • KCM	2.6
6.	Russell • SLS	2.4
7.	Creacy • SLS	2.3
8.	Davis • CAG	2.1
9.	Rogers • 2TM	2.1
10.	Andrews • 3TM	2.0

Offensive WAR
1.	Wells • SLS	6.7
2.	Suttles • SLS	3.7
3.	Bell • SLS	3.0
4.	Giles • SLS	2.9
5.	Allen • KCM	2.6
6.	Russell • SLS	2.3
7.	Creacy • SLS	2.3
8.	Davis • CAG	2.0
	Rogers • 2TM	2.0
10.	Andrews • 3TM	2.0

Defensive WAR
1.	Wells • SLS	0.5
2.	Dunn • DS	0.4
3.	Williams • 2TM	0.4
4.	Miller • CAG	0.4
5.	Russell • SLS	0.3
6.	Bauza • CSW	0.3
7.	Allen • KCM	0.3
8.	Stratton • NEG	0.2
	Williams • CAG	0.2
	Creacy • SLS	0.2

Batting Average
1.	Wells • SLS	.411
2.	Suttles • SLS	.409
3.	Allen • KCM	.363
4.	Giles • SLS	.361
5.	Duncan • KCM	.360
6.	Andrews • 3TM	.357
7.	Bell • SLS	.354
8.	Rogers • 2TM	.352
9.	Davis • CAG	.335
10.	Russell • SLS	.334

On-Base%
1.	Suttles • SLS	.508
2.	Wells • SLS	.492
3.	Duncan • KCM	.435
4.	Giles • SLS	.429
5.	Bell • SLS	.417
6.	Davis • CAG	.410
7.	Allen • KCM	.408
8.	Russell • SLS	.399
9.	Johnston • DS	.399
10.	Andrews • 3TM	.396

Slugging %
1.	Suttles • SLS	.817
2.	Wells • SLS	.682
3.	Andrews • 3TM	.529
4.	Rogers • 2TM	.523
5.	Davis • CAG	.508
6.	Rile • DS	.506
7.	Livingston • KCM	.498
8.	Bell • SLS	.491
9.	Allen • KCM	.482
10.	Duncan • KCM	.482

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Suttles • SLS	1.325
2.	Wells • SLS	1.174
3.	Andrews • 3TM	.925
4.	Davis • CAG	.919
5.	Rogers • 2TM	.918
6.	Duncan • KCM	.917
7.	Bell • SLS	.908
8.	Giles • SLS	.897
9.	Allen • KCM	.890
10.	Rile • DS	.874

Games Played
1.	Creacy • SLS	91
2.	Wells • SLS	90
3.	Russell • SLS	89
4.	Russell • SLS	88
5.	Giles • SLS	83
6.	Bell • SLS	79
7.	Jackson • CAG	78
8.	Williams • CAG	77
9.	Davis • CAG	75
10.	Thompson • CAG	73
	Radcliffe • SLS	73

At Bats
1.	Russell • SLS	350
2.	Giles • SLS	346
3.	Bell • SLS	342
4.	Wells • SLS	336
5.	Creacy • SLS	335
6.	Russell • SLS	329
7.	Jackson • CAG	298
8.	Holloway • DS	292
9.	Allen • KCM	278
10.	Johnston • DS	270

Plate Appearances
1.	Wells • SLS	390
2.	Russell • SLS	388
3.	Giles • SLS	387
4.	Bell • SLS	379
	Creacy • SLS	379
6.	Russell • SLS	355
7.	Jackson • CAG	323
8.	Holloway • DS	308
	Johnston • DS	308
10.	Allen • KCM	299

Runs Scored
1.	Wells • SLS	112
2.	Bell • SLS	104
3.	Russell • SLS	90
4.	Giles • SLS	86
5.	Mothell • KCM	64
6.	Johnston • DS	59
7.	Suttles • SLS	58
8.	Russell • SLS	56
9.	Holloway • DS	50
10.	Creacy • SLS	48

Hits
1.	Wells • SLS	138
2.	Giles • SLS	125
3.	Bell • SLS	121
4.	Russell • SLS	117
5.	Allen • KCM	101
	Creacy • SLS	101
7.	Russell • SLS	90
	Rogers • 2TM	90
9.	Andrews • 3TM	87
10.	Johnston • DS	85

Total Bases
1.	Wells • SLS	229
2.	Bell • SLS	168
3.	Giles • SLS	162
4.	Russell • SLS	158
5.	Creacy • SLS	140
	Russell • SLS	140
7.	Allen • KCM	134
	Suttles • SLS	134
	Rogers • 2TM	134
10.	Andrews • 3TM	129

Doubles
1.	Wells • SLS	34
2.	Giles • SLS	20
3.	Bell • SLS	19
4.	Rogers • 2TM	18
5.	Rile • DS	17
6.	Taylor • KCM	16
7.	Allen • KCM	15
8.	Davis • CAG	14
	Joseph • KCM	14
	Russell • SLS	14
	Suttles • SLS	14

Triples
1.	Johnston • DS	10
2.	Crutchfield • BBB	9
	Holloway • DS	9
	Rile • DS	9
	Williams • 2TM	9
6.	Stearnes • DS	8
	Mothell • KCM	8
8.	Cooper • BBB	7
	Smith • BBB	7
	Dunn • DS	7
	Suttles • SLS	7
	Andrews • 3TM	7
	Rogers • 2TM	7

Home Runs
1.	Wells • SLS	17
2.	Suttles • SLS	13
3.	Livingston • KCM	9
	Russell • SLS	9
5.	Russell • SLS	8
6.	Creacy • SLS	7
7.	Bell • SLS	6
	Davis • CAG	6
9.	Palm • DS	5
	Alfonso • CSW	5
	Andrews • 3TM	5
	Rile • DS	5
	Perkins • BBB	5
	Redus • 2TM	5

Runs Batted In
1.	Wells • SLS	114
2.	Creacy • SLS	73
3.	Russell • SLS	69
4.	Giles • SLS	67
5.	Suttles • SLS	64
6.	Livingston • KCM	60
7.	Bell • SLS	56
8.	Davis • CAG	53
9.	Redus • 2TM	50
10.	Radcliffe • SLS	49

Bases on Balls
1.	Wells • SLS	52
2.	Creacy • SLS	43
3.	Giles • SLS	41
4.	Johnston • DS	38
5.	Russell • SLS	37
6.	Mothell • KCM	35
	Bell • SLS	35
8.	Harding • KCM	31
	Joseph • KCM	31
	Suttles • SLS	31

Stolen Bases
1.	Wells • SLS	18
	McDuffie • BBB	18
3.	Young • KCM	13
	Giles • SLS	13
5.	Suttles • SLS	12
	Joseph • KCM	12
	Holloway • DS	12
8.	Bell • SLS	11
9.	Mothell • KCM	10
	Alfonso • CSW	10
	Harding • KCM	10
	Smith • BBB	10
	Allen • KCM	10

Singles
1.	Giles • SLS	98
2.	Russell • SLS	95
3.	Bell • SLS	91
4.	Wells • SLS	84
5.	Creacy • SLS	82
6.	Allen • KCM	78
7.	Jackson • CAG	63
8.	Williams • CAG	62
	Johnston • DS	62
	Russell • SLS	62
	Andrews • 3TM	62

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Suttles • SLS	253
2.	Wells • SLS	214
3.	Andrews • 3TM	148
4.	Duncan • KCM	148
5.	Davis • CAG	147
6.	Rogers • 2TM	146
7.	Bell • SLS	145
8.	Giles • SLS	142
9.	Allen • KCM	140
10.	Rile • DS	134

Runs Created
1.	Wells • SLS	112
2.	Bell • SLS	70
3.	Giles • SLS	69
4.	Suttles • SLS	67
5.	Russell • SLS	63
6.	Allen • KCM	54
7.	Creacy • SLS	53
	Andrews • 3TM	53
	Rogers • 2TM	53
10.	Davis • CAG	50
	Johnston • DS	50

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Wells • SLS	58
2.	Suttles • SLS	36
3.	Giles • SLS	23
4.	Bell • SLS	23
5.	Davis • CAG	17
6.	Rogers • 2TM	16
7.	Russell • SLS	16
8.	Allen • KCM	16
9.	Andrews • 3TM	16
10.	Johnston • DS	13

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Wells • SLS	5.5
2.	Suttles • SLS	3.4
3.	Giles • SLS	2.2
4.	Bell • SLS	2.2
5.	Davis • CAG	1.6
6.	Rogers • 2TM	1.6
7.	Russell • SLS	1.5
8.	Allen • KCM	1.5
9.	Andrews • 3TM	1.5
10.	Johnston • DS	1.2

Extra Base Hits
1.	Wells • SLS	54
2.	Suttles • SLS	34
3.	Rile • DS	31
4.	Bell • SLS	30
5.	Rogers • 2TM	29
6.	Russell • SLS	28
7.	Giles • SLS	27
8.	Livingston • KCM	26
9.	Davis • CAG	25
	Andrews • 3TM	25

Times On Base
1.	Wells • SLS	192
2.	Giles • SLS	166
3.	Bell • SLS	158
4.	Russell • SLS	155
5.	Creacy • SLS	145
6.	Johnston • DS	123
7.	Allen • KCM	122
8.	Russell • SLS	116
9.	Davis • CAG	112
10.	Rogers • 2TM	108

Offensive Win %
1.	Suttles • SLS	.926
2.	Wells • SLS	.896
3.	Andrews • 3TM	.771
4.	Duncan • KCM	.757
5.	Rogers • 2TM	.752
6.	Bell • SLS	.749
7.	Giles • SLS	.744
8.	Davis • CAG	.742
9.	Allen • KCM	.736
10.	Russell • SLS	.691
	Johnston • DS	.691

Hit By Pitch
1.	Alonso • CSW	2
	Wells • SLS	2
	Suttles • SLS	2
	Bell • SLS	2
	Williams • 2TM	2
6.	Jackson • CAG	1
	Alfonso • CSW	1
	Sierra • CSW	1
	Allen • KCM	1
	Harding • KCM	1
	McHenry • KCM	1
	Young • KCM	1
	Davis • CAG	1
	Creacy • SLS	1
	Russell • SLS	1
	Williams • SLS	1
	McAllister • 2TM	1
	Redus • 2TM	1
	Zomphier • MRS	1

Power-Speed #
1.	Wells • SLS	17.5
2.	Suttles • SLS	12.5
3.	Russell • SLS	8.0
4.	Bell • SLS	7.8
5.	Russell • SLS	7.2
6.	Davis • CAG	6.9
7.	Alfonso • CSW	6.7
8.	Rile • DS	6.2
9.	Joseph • KCM	6.0
10.	Perkins • BBB	5.8
	Creacy • SLS	5.8

AB per HR
1.	Suttles • SLS	12.6
2.	Wells • SLS	19.8
3.	Livingston • KCM	26.6
4.	Alfonso • CSW	33.6
5.	Russell • SLS	38.9
6.	Davis • CAG	40.3
7.	Redus • 2TM	40.6
8.	Russell • SLS	41.1
9.	Perkins • BBB	42.6
10.	Creacy • SLS	47.9

Outs Made
1.	Russell • SLS	239
2.	Creacy • SLS	234
3.	Russell • SLS	233
4.	Jackson • CAG	221
	Bell • SLS	221
	Giles • SLS	221
7.	Holloway • DS	219
8.	Wells • SLS	198
9.	Williams • CAG	195
10.	Robinson • DS	186

rOBA
1.	Suttles • SLS	.572
2.	Wells • SLS	.522
3.	Duncan • KCM	.422
4.	Davis • CAG	.417
5.	Bell • SLS	.416
6.	Giles • SLS	.415
7.	Andrews • 3TM	.415
8.	Rogers • 2TM	.413
9.	Allen • KCM	.408
10.	Young • KCM	.401

Rbat+
1.	Suttles • SLS	232
2.	Wells • SLS	205
3.	Duncan • KCM	148
4.	Davis • CAG	145
5.	Andrews • 3TM	144
6.	Bell • SLS	144
7.	Giles • SLS	144
8.	Rogers • 2TM	142
9.	Allen • KCM	139
10.	Johnston • 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