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1921 Negro National League Batting Leaders

1920 Season 1922 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 337 games, 8 teams, approx. 84 games in season

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League Player Batting

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1	Oscar Charleston*	24	SLG	Maj	SLG	77	339	284	104	123	17	12	15	91	32	41	.433	.512	.736	1.248	209	5	9
2	Charlie Blackwell*	26	SLG	Maj	SLG	79	342	294	88	119	20	11	12	89	25	33	.405	.478	.670	1.148	197	8	7
3	Ben Taylor*	32	ABC	Maj	ABC	106	460	408	84	160	25	9	3	89	9	36	.392	.448	.520	.967	212	5	11
4	John Beckwith	21	COG	Maj	COG	47	203	186	34	69	13	5	4	35	4	14	.371	.415	.559	.974	104	0	3
5	Cristóbal Torriente*	27	CAG	Maj	CAG	84	340	290	74	102	8	13	12	74	19	36	.352	.430	.593	1.023	172	4	10
6	John Henry Lloyd	37	COB	Maj	COB	90	403	362	65	126	20	8	0	54	24	25	.348	.392	.448	.839	162	1	15
7	Hurley McNair*	32	KCM	Maj	KCM	101	429	392	81	135	22	11	10	78	11	22	.344	.388	.533	.921	209	6	9
8	Bernardo Baró*	25	CS	Maj	CS	77	330	300	55	103	20	6	7	64	30	22	.343	.392	.520	.912	156	2	6
9	Pete Hill	38	DS	Maj	DS	61	244	205	33	69	9	6	3	44	4	29	.337	.433	.483	.916	99	6	4
10	Biz Mackey	23	ABC	Maj	ABC	94	393	355	58	117	14	11	8	70	5	22	.330	.377	.499	.876	177	5	11
11	Dan Kennard	37	SLG	Maj	SLG	48	187	169	20	55	14	2	2	38	1	8	.325	.370	.468	.838	79	4	6
12	Dobie Moore	25	KCM	Maj	KCM	64	262	244	46	79	21	7	8	56	8	11	.324	.356	.566	.921	138	1	6
13	George Carr	26	KCM	Maj	KCM	101	445	390	87	126	20	7	14	73	22	34	.323	.389	.518	.907	202	8	13
14	Crush Holloway	24	ABC	Maj	ABC	102	423	381	53	123	12	7	3	63	4	29	.323	.374	.415	.789	158	2	11
15	Luther Farrell*	24	COG	Maj	COG	36	125	112	12	36	1	2	2	18	2	7	.321	.372	.420	.792	47	2	4
16	Edgar Wesley*	30	DS	Maj	DS	57	244	214	28	68	13	1	9	39	3	22	.318	.384	.514	.898	110	1	7
17	José Suárez	30	CS	Maj	CS	34	96	87	6	27	4	0	1	12	1	3	.310	.333	.391	.724	34	0	6
18	Sidney Brooks	28	SLG	Maj	SLG	42	124	110	13	34	5	0	0	17	9	12	.309	.377	.355	.732	39	0	2
19	George Bennette?	20	COB,ABC	Maj	COB-ABC	43	158	127	29	39	3	1	0	13	15	24	.307	.425	.347	.771	44	2	5
20	Doc Dudley?	27	SLG	Maj	SLG	70	296	255	58	78	13	5	4	47	20	21	.306	.377	.443	.820	113	8	12
21	Bill Riggins	21	DS	Maj	DS	80	360	325	46	99	21	3	1	44	5	20	.305	.351	.397	.748	129	3	12
22	Bullet Rogan	27	KCM	Maj	KCM	83	300	259	48	79	12	8	6	47	19	30	.305	.384	.483	.866	125	3	8
23	Jimmie Lyons*	31	CAG	Maj	CAG	81	333	286	60	86	6	5	6	43	30	32	.301	.373	.420	.793	120	1	14
24	Bruce Petway	35	DS	Maj	DS	63	249	226	31	68	9	4	2	22	9	12	.301	.342	.403	.744	91	2	9
25	Valentín Dreke	23	CS	Maj	CS	79	346	324	53	96	15	5	2	40	13	14	.296	.329	.392	.721	127	2	6
26	Clint Thomas	24	COB	Maj	COB	90	391	353	55	104	10	18	6	58	16	18	.295	.334	.476	.810	168	3	17
27	Robert Hudspeth*	27	COB,ABC	Maj	COB-ABC	90	384	347	42	102	21	4	6	54	5	27	.294	.350	.429	.780	149	3	7
28	Bienvenido Jiménez	31	CS	Maj	CS	49	220	185	44	54	9	2	1	12	5	23	.292	.394	.378	.772	70	8	4
29	José Méndez	36	KCM	Maj	KCM	57	220	182	23	53	9	0	1	17	17	25	.291	.377	.357	.734	65	0	13
30	Charley Williams	24	ABC	Maj	ABC	31	132	110	23	32	7	2	0	15	11	15	.291	.381	.391	.772	43	1	6
31	Jim Brown	29	CAG	Maj	CAG	53	186	166	33	48	8	3	2	30	7	13	.289	.344	.410	.754	68	1	6
32	Harry Kenyon	27	ABC	Maj	ABC	84	342	297	49	85	13	8	1	44	7	27	.286	.361	.394	.755	117	8	10
33	Sam Bennett	37	SLG	Maj	SLG	45	153	137	20	39	5	0	1	27	4	9	.285	.347	.343	.690	47	4	3
34	John Donaldson*	30	KCM	Maj	KCM	101	433	388	67	110	12	5	0	51	14	24	.284	.327	.340	.667	132	1	20
35	Clarence Smith	--	COB	Maj	COB	42	187	174	21	49	6	5	0	25	11	7	.282	.309	.374	.683	65	0	6
36	Thurman Jennings	30	COG	Maj	COG	45	199	182	27	51	6	2	0	18	5	10	.280	.318	.335	.653	61	0	7
37	Russell Powell	31	ABC	Maj	ABC	64	244	213	16	58	5	3	0	23	0	16	.272	.329	.324	.653	69	2	13
38	Johnson Hill	30	DS	Maj	DS	68	279	256	33	69	9	5	4	34	0	12	.270	.302	.391	.693	100	0	11
39	Otto Ray	28	COG,KCM	Maj	COG-KCM	49	182	156	26	42	5	6	0	19	7	18	.269	.352	.378	.731	59	2	6
40	Bob Fagan	27	KCM	Maj	KCM	78	315	284	35	76	12	1	1	35	10	18	.268	.320	.328	.648	93	4	9
41	Harry Jeffries	--	COG	Maj	COG	52	219	191	31	51	2	2	0	17	2	15	.267	.324	.298	.622	57	1	12
42	Bingo DeMoss	31	CAG	Maj	CAG	84	356	312	66	83	13	1	1	24	16	35	.266	.342	.324	.666	101	1	8
43	Frank Warfield	22	DS	Maj	DS	80	375	318	65	84	13	6	2	34	13	38	.264	.346	.362	.708	115	2	17
44	José Leblanc	27	CS	Maj	CS	51	147	133	18	35	7	1	0	18	5	8	.263	.319	.331	.650	44	3	3
45	Charles O'Neil	--	COB	Maj	COB	27	99	92	13	24	3	1	0	9	3	4	.261	.292	.315	.607	29	0	3
46	Marcelino Guerra	31	CS	Maj	CS	64	240	208	30	54	5	8	0	22	16	24	.260	.339	.361	.700	75	1	7
47	Bartolo Portuondo	27	KCM	Maj	KCM	75	333	296	53	77	10	5	0	23	14	24	.260	.318	.328	.646	97	1	12
48	Willie Woods*	23	ABC,COB,CAG	Maj	ABC-COB-CAG	103	423	379	45	98	5	1	0	29	18	18	.259	.303	.277	.580	105	6	20
49	Lemuel Hawkins	25	COG,KCM	Maj	COG-KCM	48	210	190	31	49	6	1	0	18	5	10	.258	.309	.300	.609	57	4	6
50	Isaac Lane	32	COB	Maj	COB	63	232	208	36	53	2	2	1	17	13	17	.255	.317	.298	.615	62	2	5
51	Joe Hewitt	35	SLG	Maj	SLG	78	364	300	58	76	8	2	1	24	33	46	.253	.373	.303	.676	91	11	7
52	Ralph Jefferson?	25	ABC	Maj	ABC	38	168	150	24	38	4	2	0	15	2	12	.253	.317	.307	.624	46	2	4
53	Jim Jeffries*	28	ABC	Maj	ABC	65	193	163	11	41	2	2	0	14	2	15	.252	.322	.288	.611	47	2	13
54	Leroy Grant	32	CAG	Maj	CAG	79	284	259	30	65	9	2	2	31	2	12	.251	.297	.324	.621	84	5	8
55	Willie Green	27	COG	Maj	COG	53	232	199	24	50	4	2	0	24	6	26	.251	.344	.292	.635	58	2	5
56	Frank Duncan	20	KCM,COG	Maj	KCM-COG	86	295	264	28	66	7	0	0	24	5	13	.250	.295	.277	.572	73	4	14
57	Harry Bauchman	31	COG	Maj	COG	46	193	174	24	43	5	5	0	23	12	9	.247	.292	.333	.625	58	2	8
58	Mike Herrera	28	CS	Maj	CS	80	359	317	51	78	9	4	1	16	6	27	.246	.311	.309	.620	98	3	12
59	David Wingfield	27	DS	Maj	DS	31	141	122	17	30	2	1	0	15	0	10	.246	.303	.279	.582	34	0	9
60	George Britt	25	COB,ABC	Maj	COB-ABC	33	110	94	11	23	3	1	1	11	2	10	.245	.330	.330	.660	31	2	4
61	Ollie Byrd?	25	COG	Maj	COG	29	95	86	4	21	1	0	1	9	2	5	.244	.294	.291	.584	25	1	3
62	Namon Washington	27	ABC	Maj	ABC	97	404	346	63	84	5	2	1	28	15	30	.243	.311	.278	.588	96	4	24
63	Koke Alexander	33	COB,COG	Maj	COB-COG	62	252	227	30	54	7	4	1	21	2	19	.238	.302	.317	.620	72	2	4
64	Jelly Gardner	25	CAG	Maj	CAG	70	265	228	22	54	2	0	0	26	16	27	.237	.326	.246	.571	56	3	7
65	Morten Clark	31	ABC	Maj	ABC	72	330	281	59	66	11	5	2	24	12	34	.235	.322	.331	.653	93	2	13
66	Matías Ríos	26	CS	Maj	CS	80	331	292	31	68	7	6	1	26	11	20	.233	.287	.308	.595	90	2	17
67	Connie Day	23	ABC	Maj	ABC	92	343	303	37	70	9	7	1	29	6	23	.231	.294	.317	.611	96	4	13
68	Sam Crawford	29	KCM	Maj	KCM	35	93	84	8	19	1	0	0	4	3	6	.226	.278	.238	.516	20	0	3
69	George Dixon	25	CAG	Maj	CAG	53	186	156	21	35	3	1	3	33	6	17	.224	.316	.314	.631	49	4	9
70	George Brown	35	COB,DS	Maj	COB-DS	65	291	251	39	56	6	2	0	18	15	28	.223	.309	.263	.571	66	3	9
71	Carlisle Perry	28	DS,ABC	Maj	DS-ABC	31	123	112	17	25	2	1	2	16	0	8	.223	.275	.313	.588	35	0	3
72	Sam Mongin	37	SLG	Maj	SLG	55	234	176	40	39	6	1	0	17	5	26	.222	.360	.267	.627	47	12	20
73	Eufemio Abreu	20	CS	Maj	CS	75	274	249	19	54	5	2	1	22	3	12	.217	.264	.265	.529	66	4	9
74	Sylvester Foreman	25	KCM	Maj	KCM	43	122	107	11	23	3	2	0	12	2	9	.215	.282	.280	.563	30	1	5
75	Tullie McAdoo	36	SLG	Maj	SLG	72	309	256	35	55	13	6	0	26	9	28	.215	.321	.313	.633	80	12	13
76	Charles Wesley	24	COB	Maj	COB	39	167	156	13	33	4	1	1	17	5	8	.212	.250	.269	.519	42	0	3
77	Dave Malarcher	26	CAG	Maj	CAG	81	344	296	47	62	6	2	1	30	15	35	.210	.299	.253	.553	75	3	10
78	Mack Eggleston	24	COB	Maj	COB	59	217	190	20	39	9	3	1	22	4	17	.205	.278	.300	.578	57	2	8
79	Roy Roberts	27	COB	Maj	COB	37	107	98	9	20	1	2	0	5	1	5	.204	.243	.255	.498	25	0	4
80	Frank Blattner	31	KCM	Maj	KCM	66	226	198	17	39	6	1	1	15	6	15	.197	.264	.253	.516	50	3	10
81	Charley Hill*	--	DS	Maj	DS	45	165	142	17	28	3	1	0	8	7	11	.197	.279	.232	.511	33	5	7
82	Bobby Williams	25	CAG	Maj	CAG	84	327	280	38	55	6	6	0	23	14	27	.196	.274	.261	.535	73	3	17
83	Bill Force	25	DS	Maj	DS	40	114	98	7	19	2	2	0	5	0	8	.194	.255	.255	.510	25	0	8
84	Manuel Parrado	27	CS	Maj	CS	77	285	263	18	51	12	1	2	18	4	15	.194	.248	.270	.518	71	4	3
85	Rube Curry	22	KCM	Maj	KCM	39	100	94	11	18	4	3	0	4	1	3	.192	.225	.298	.522	28	1	2
86	John Reese	26	CAG,DS	Maj	CAG-DS	37	120	104	13	20	3	1	0	7	1	11	.192	.282	.240	.523	25	2	3
87	Eddie Holtz	21	SLG	Maj	SLG	76	288	255	23	45	2	2	0	17	0	18	.177	.242	.200	.442	51	4	11
88	Bill Drake	26	SLG	Maj	SLG	32	100	92	13	16	2	1	0	4	1	4	.174	.232	.217	.450	20	3	1
89	Ambrose Reid	22	DS	Maj	DS	41	178	168	16	29	4	2	0	14	2	8	.173	.210	.220	.430	37	0	2
90	Eusebio Jiménez	24	CS	Maj	CS	37	131	117	9	20	3	1	0	9	3	10	.171	.242	.214	.456	25	1	3
91	Samuel Dewitt	27	COB	Maj	COB	36	129	109	11	16	2	1	0	5	5	12	.147	.238	.184	.421	20	1	7