1948 Negro American League Batting Leaders

1947 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 78 games, 6 teams, approx. 26 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	Bob Boyd*	28	MRS	Maj	MRS	13	59	54	9	30	7	1	1	16	5	4	.556	.593	.778	1.371	42	1	0
2	Artie Wilson	27	BBB	Maj	BBB	29	136	120	31	52	7	6	0	17	6	15	.433	.500	.592	1.092	71	1	0
3	Hank Baylis	25	CAG	Maj	CAG	9	38	35	3	15	1	0	0	3	0	2	.429	.474	.457	.931	16	1	0
4	José Colás	24	MRS	Maj	MRS	9	37	34	9	14	4	2	1	6	0	2	.412	.444	.735	1.180	25	0	1
5	Willard Brown	33	KCM	Maj	KCM	46	197	174	43	71	23	2	7	54	8	22	.408	.477	.684	1.161	119	1	0
6	Quincy Trouppe	35	CAG	Maj	CAG	8	35	30	5	12	4	0	0	6	0	5	.400	.486	.533	1.019	16	0	0
7	Piper Davis	30	BBB	Maj	BBB	28	117	107	25	42	8	2	1	17	6	7	.393	.444	.533	.977	57	3	0
8	Ted Strong	31	IC	Maj	IC	13	46	37	5	14	1	0	0	10	0	7	.378	.489	.405	.894	15	1	1
9	Sam Hill	22	CAG	Maj	CAG	12	55	50	13	18	4	0	0	7	0	4	.360	.418	.440	.858	22	1	0
10	Sam Hairston	28	IC	Maj	IC	31	131	115	25	41	4	1	1	15	4	15	.357	.431	.435	.866	50	0	1
11	Ed Steele	32	BBB	Maj	BBB	29	123	98	27	35	6	2	3	18	7	20	.357	.488	.551	1.039	54	5	0
12	Hank Thompson	22	KCM	Maj	KCM	47	206	175	50	59	13	5	5	29	12	27	.337	.431	.554	.986	97	2	2
13	Jim LaMarque*	27	KCM	Maj	KCM	18	55	45	9	15	3	0	1	11	0	7	.333	.434	.467	.901	21	1	2
14	Neil Robinson	40	MRS	Maj	MRS	13	46	42	7	14	3	0	1	8	2	3	.333	.378	.476	.854	20	0	1
15	Ray Neil	27	IC	Maj	IC	25	107	98	13	32	6	1	2	15	0	7	.327	.371	.469	.841	46	0	2
16	Archie Ware*	30	CBE	Maj	CBE	22	95	87	12	28	5	2	0	8	3	6	.322	.372	.425	.798	37	1	1
17	Jim Pendleton	24	CAG	Maj	CAG	13	58	53	9	17	2	1	1	8	1	3	.321	.368	.453	.821	24	1	1
18	Hilton Smith	41	KCM	Maj	KCM	13	30	28	6	9	2	1	0	5	0	1	.321	.345	.464	.809	13	0	1
19	Alphonso Gerard*	31	CAG	Maj	CAG	7	26	25	3	8	0	0	0	2	1	0	.320	.320	.320	.640	8	0	1
20	Willie Grace	31	CBE	Maj	CBE	20	85	80	13	25	3	2	0	10	2	3	.313	.337	.400	.737	32	0	2
21	George Minor?	29	CBE	Maj	CBE	11	43	42	7	13	2	2	0	6	2	1	.310	.326	.452	.778	19	0	0
22	Chico Renfroe	25	CBE	Maj	CBE	22	83	72	11	22	3	2	0	12	4	6	.306	.367	.403	.770	29	1	4
23	Johnie Scott*	34	KCM	Maj	KCM	33	129	110	24	33	6	1	1	23	7	16	.300	.398	.400	.798	44	2	1
24	Earl Taborn	25	KCM	Maj	KCM	44	170	147	15	44	10	0	0	23	2	21	.299	.387	.367	.754	54	0	2
25	Alonzo Perry	26	BBB	Maj	BBB	17	39	34	4	10	0	0	2	8	0	4	.294	.368	.471	.839	16	0	1
26	Tom Cooper	--	KCM	Maj	KCM	31	128	107	17	31	2	3	1	13	2	16	.290	.387	.393	.780	42	1	4
27	Herb Souell	35	KCM	Maj	KCM	46	211	196	41	56	8	6	2	22	6	14	.286	.337	.418	.755	82	1	0
28	Clyde McNeal	19	CAG	Maj	CAG	13	54	46	11	13	2	2	1	6	0	6	.283	.377	.478	.856	22	1	1
29	Sam Jethroe	31	CBE	Maj	CBE	10	46	39	12	11	4	2	1	8	5	4	.282	.391	.564	.955	22	3	0
30	Herman Bell	33	BBB	Maj	BBB	20	66	57	13	16	2	0	0	6	1	5	.281	.349	.316	.665	18	1	3
31	Jim Zapp	24	BBB	Maj	BBB	18	63	57	13	16	5	0	2	11	0	5	.281	.349	.474	.823	27	1	0
32	Pepper Bassett	37	BBB	Maj	BBB	15	57	50	5	14	4	0	1	6	1	5	.280	.357	.420	.777	21	1	1
33	Leon Kellman	29	CBE	Maj	CBE	17	76	61	10	17	1	1	0	7	3	11	.279	.413	.328	.741	20	3	1
34	Andrés Mesa*	29	IC	Maj	IC	25	106	98	11	26	1	2	0	4	0	7	.265	.314	.316	.631	31	0	1
35	Joe Scott*	30	BBB	Maj	BBB	25	104	87	14	23	4	2	3	16	1	13	.264	.379	.460	.838	40	3	1
36	Al Smith	20	CBE	Maj	CBE	16	69	61	12	16	2	1	1	12	1	6	.262	.338	.377	.715	23	1	1
37	Bobby Robinson	35	BBB	Maj	BBB	29	123	111	15	29	2	3	0	21	5	9	.261	.322	.333	.656	37	1	2
38	Webbo Clarke*	20	CBE	Maj	CBE	9	28	27	4	7	2	0	0	0	1	0	.259	.259	.333	.593	9	0	1
39	Elston Howard	19	KCM	Maj	KCM	20	84	80	16	20	5	3	1	13	1	3	.250	.286	.425	.711	34	1	0
40	John Miles	25	CAG	Maj	CAG	9	38	32	6	8	2	2	2	9	0	5	.250	.368	.625	.993	20	1	0
41	Goose Tatum	30	IC	Maj	IC	20	81	68	6	17	2	0	0	15	2	9	.250	.338	.279	.617	19	0	4
42	Gene Baker	23	KCM	Maj	KCM	46	200	181	39	45	9	7	3	28	5	15	.249	.306	.425	.732	77	0	4
43	Curt Roberts	18	KCM	Maj	KCM	46	196	180	25	44	10	1	0	20	5	14	.244	.299	.311	.610	56	0	2
44	John Britton	29	BBB	Maj	BBB	29	134	128	18	31	6	1	0	20	1	3	.242	.265	.305	.570	39	1	2
45	Bienvenido Rodríguez	21	CAG	Maj	CAG	12	39	33	4	8	2	0	1	6	0	4	.242	.359	.394	.753	13	2	0
46	Buster Haywood	38	IC	Maj	IC	14	30	29	4	7	0	0	0	2	1	1	.241	.267	.241	.508	7	0	0
47	Reinaldo Drake*	25	IC	Maj	IC	25	102	92	12	22	3	0	0	8	2	9	.239	.307	.272	.579	25	0	1
48	Joe Greene	36	CBE	Maj	CBE	14	48	38	8	9	1	0	2	5	0	9	.237	.383	.421	.804	16	0	1
49	Willie Mays	17	BBB	Maj	BBB	13	48	43	6	10	2	1	0	6	1	4	.233	.313	.326	.638	14	1	0
50	Luis Pérez?	--	IC	Maj	IC	11	31	30	3	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	.233	.233	.233	.467	7	0	1
51	Marlin Carter	35	CAG	Maj	CAG	10	39	35	4	8	0	0	0	3	0	4	.229	.308	.229	.536	8	0	0
52	Clyde Nelson	26	CBE	Maj	CBE	15	52	45	11	10	3	0	1	7	0	6	.222	.327	.356	.683	16	1	0
53	Buck O'Neil	36	KCM	Maj	KCM	25	96	89	8	19	1	0	0	11	2	7	.214	.271	.225	.496	20	0	0
54	Rafael Cabrera	23	IC	Maj	IC	13	52	47	7	10	1	1	1	4	2	4	.213	.275	.340	.615	16	0	1
55	Tommy Harris	24	CBE	Maj	CBE	17	64	59	7	12	3	0	2	10	0	3	.203	.266	.356	.622	21	2	0
56	Leonard Pigg	28	IC	Maj	IC	25	69	57	5	11	1	1	0	7	0	10	.193	.333	.246	.579	14	2	0
57	Ford Smith	29	KCM	Maj	KCM	13	27	26	4	5	3	0	0	3	0	0	.192	.222	.308	.530	8	1	0
58	Bill Reynolds	19	CBE	Maj	CBE	14	50	48	3	9	1	0	0	7	1	2	.188	.220	.208	.428	10	0	0
59	Orlando Varona	22	MRS	Maj	MRS	9	29	27	1	5	0	0	1	3	1	2	.185	.241	.296	.538	8	0	0
60	Coco Ferrer	33	IC	Maj	IC	22	97	90	12	16	2	1	0	3	1	5	.178	.221	.222	.443	20	0	2
61	Johnnie Cowan	35	MRS	Maj	MRS	11	45	40	3	7	1	1	0	2	0	3	.175	.250	.250	.500	10	1	1
62	Henry Merchant*	30	IC	Maj	IC	26	80	69	10	12	4	0	0	4	1	8	.174	.260	.232	.492	16	0	3
63	Cowan Hyde	41	MRS	Maj	MRS	12	56	51	11	8	0	3	0	3	0	3	.157	.218	.275	.493	14	1	1
64	Willie Wells	25	MRS	Maj	MRS	12	38	34	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	2	.147	.216	.177	.393	6	1	1
65	John Williams	26	CAG	Maj	CAG	11	39	37	2	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	.135	.158	.216	.374	8	0	1
66	Joe Burt Scott*	27	MRS	Maj	MRS	11	49	39	7	5	0	1	0	2	0	9	.128	.306	.180	.486	7	1	0
67	Casey Jones	29	MRS	Maj	MRS	13	46	43	2	5	2	0	0	2	0	2	.116	.156	.163	.318	7	0	1
68	Benny Felder	21	IC	Maj	IC	10	31	25	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	.080	.233	.080	.313	2	0	1