1939 Negro National League Batting Leaders

1938 Season 1940 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 99 games, 7 teams, approx. 28 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
1	Josh Gibson	27	HG	Maj	HG	27	123	102	34	41	4	3	11	46	4	18	.402	.492	.824	1.315	84
2	Buck Leonard*	31	HG	Maj	HG	30	135	109	35	42	10	0	11	48	2	21	.385	.485	.780	1.264	85
3	Bill Hoskins	25	BEG	Maj	BEG	24	99	89	20	34	5	1	2	22	1	8	.382	.433	.528	.961	47
4	David Whatley	24	HG	Maj	HG	26	108	103	23	39	5	3	1	14	2	3	.379	.396	.515	.911	53
5	Bill Byrd	31	BEG	Maj	BEG	15	39	37	7	14	2	0	3	12	0	2	.378	.410	.676	1.086	25
6	Sammy Hughes	28	BEG	Maj	BEG	22	102	90	20	34	7	2	0	12	0	10	.378	.440	.500	.940	45
7	Fred Wilson	30	NE	Maj	NE	33	116	106	18	39	3	0	3	24	1	9	.368	.417	.481	.899	51
8	Wild Bill Wright	25	BEG	Maj	BEG	25	104	96	23	35	4	1	1	24	4	7	.365	.408	.458	.866	44
9	Tom Parker	27	HG	Maj	HG	16	49	44	10	16	1	1	2	11	0	5	.364	.429	.568	.997	25
10	Walter Cannady	37	NBY	Maj	NBY	26	101	96	17	34	1	1	3	18	0	5	.354	.386	.479	.865	46
11	Ramón Heredía	26	NYC	Maj	NYC	14	54	48	10	17	1	0	2	6	0	6	.354	.426	.500	.926	24
12	Red Moore*	22	BEG	Maj	BEG	10	43	37	4	13	1	0	0	5	0	4	.351	.415	.378	.793	14
13	Mule Suttles	38	NE	Maj	NE	31	127	114	31	40	6	0	7	25	3	13	.351	.417	.588	1.005	67
14	Pat Patterson	27	PS	Maj	PS	45	192	184	43	64	9	4	4	36	2	7	.348	.372	.505	.877	93
15	Homer Curry	34	NBY,BEG	Maj	NBY-BEG	27	91	70	17	24	2	1	1	12	0	18	.343	.477	.443	.920	31
16	Ed Stone	29	NE	Maj	NE	30	128	114	34	39	2	1	7	31	2	14	.342	.414	.561	.976	64
17	Chester Williams	33	PS	Maj	PS	48	211	201	37	68	6	3	1	26	1	10	.338	.370	.413	.783	83
18	Leon Day	22	NE	Maj	NE	17	41	39	5	13	1	2	0	3	0	1	.333	.350	.462	.812	18
19	José Vargas	34	NYC	Maj	NYC	15	61	57	10	19	3	0	1	4	1	4	.333	.377	.439	.816	25
20	Mickey Casey	34	NYC	Maj	NYC	14	52	50	6	16	3	0	0	6	0	1	.320	.333	.380	.713	19
21	Sam Bankhead	28	HG	Maj	HG	33	153	133	28	42	5	2	2	20	8	15	.316	.385	.429	.814	57
22	Henry Kimbro	27	BEG	Maj	BEG	27	122	112	22	35	4	1	3	13	2	10	.313	.369	.446	.815	50
23	Roy Parnell	35	PS	Maj	PS	38	147	134	27	42	5	2	2	16	2	12	.313	.370	.425	.795	57
24	George Scales	38	NBY	Maj	NBY	21	75	58	8	18	4	0	2	12	0	14	.310	.444	.483	.927	28
25	Biz Mackey	41	BEG,NE	Maj	BEG-NE	24	75	68	7	21	1	0	1	11	1	5	.309	.356	.368	.724	25
26	Babe Davis	30	HG	Maj	HG	8	34	33	6	10	1	0	1	5	0	1	.303	.324	.424	.748	14
27	Henry Spearman	29	HG	Maj	HG	31	125	116	22	35	4	4	3	16	0	8	.302	.347	.483	.830	56
28	Jud Wilson	45	PS	Maj	PS	42	138	113	18	33	4	1	2	24	0	23	.292	.412	.398	.810	45
29	Felton Snow	33	BEG	Maj	BEG	27	113	103	19	30	6	2	1	15	1	9	.291	.348	.418	.766	43
30	Curtis Harris	34	PS	Maj	PS	46	174	173	23	50	3	0	0	22	0	1	.289	.293	.306	.600	53
31	Johnny Washington	23	NBY	Maj	NBY	32	125	118	17	34	4	1	2	15	0	6	.288	.323	.390	.712	46
32	Zollie Wright	29	NBY	Maj	NBY	26	102	87	8	25	0	1	0	13	0	13	.287	.380	.310	.690	27
33	Gene Benson*	25	PS	Maj	PS	50	194	180	29	51	8	2	6	30	1	14	.283	.335	.450	.785	81
34	Ameal Brooks	32	NBY	Maj	NBY	26	86	75	11	21	1	0	0	8	1	10	.280	.365	.293	.658	22
35	Willie Wells	34	NE	Maj	NE	31	141	126	27	34	2	0	3	19	3	13	.270	.338	.357	.695	45
36	Cando López	33	NYC	Maj	NYC	13	49	45	1	12	0	0	0	3	0	4	.267	.327	.267	.593	12
37	Vic Harris	34	HG	Maj	HG	31	138	121	19	32	7	3	2	19	0	15	.265	.346	.422	.767	51
38	Jim West	34	PS,BEG	Maj	PS-BEG	37	156	140	24	37	7	1	3	27	0	14	.264	.331	.393	.724	55
39	Monte Irvin	20	NE	Maj	NE	27	106	97	15	25	3	1	3	18	1	8	.258	.314	.402	.716	39
40	Fermín Valdés	28	NYC	Maj	NYC	16	67	62	5	16	2	0	0	5	1	4	.258	.303	.290	.593	18
41	Jake Dunn	29	PS	Maj	PS	48	180	172	24	44	4	1	3	27	0	7	.256	.285	.343	.628	59
42	Charlie Rivera	26	BEG	Maj	BEG	11	46	39	9	10	0	0	0	3	0	6	.256	.356	.256	.612	10
43	Marvin Barker	27	NBY	Maj	NBY	18	65	60	9	15	4	0	2	13	1	5	.250	.308	.417	.724	25
44	Johnny Hayes	29	NE	Maj	NE	24	82	76	8	19	0	0	3	7	0	6	.250	.305	.368	.673	28
45	Clarence Palm	31	PS,NBY	Maj	PS-NBY	21	67	64	6	16	0	1	0	7	0	3	.250	.284	.281	.565	18
46	Bill Perkins	33	PS	Maj	PS	20	79	76	14	19	2	0	3	15	0	3	.250	.279	.395	.673	30
47	Edsall Walker*	28	HG	Maj	HG	12	30	28	1	7	1	0	1	3	0	2	.250	.300	.393	.693	11
48	Ray Brown	31	HG	Maj	HG	20	82	78	13	19	4	0	1	9	1	4	.244	.281	.333	.614	26
49	Jerry Benjamin	29	HG	Maj	HG	17	78	66	15	16	2	1	0	8	5	10	.242	.342	.303	.645	20
50	Lennie Pearson	21	NE	Maj	NE	33	135	132	18	32	3	2	5	23	2	3	.242	.259	.409	.668	54
51	Esterio Caraballo?	26	NYC	Maj	NYC	16	63	58	6	14	3	0	1	8	0	5	.241	.302	.345	.646	20
52	Hoss Walker	34	BEG	Maj	BEG	15	54	51	6	12	6	0	0	5	0	2	.235	.264	.353	.617	18
53	Jim Williams	33	TOL,HG	Maj	TC-HG	10	40	39	4	9	2	0	0	4	0	1	.231	.250	.282	.532	11
54	Dick Seay	34	NE	Maj	NE	31	137	123	19	28	3	0	1	10	3	11	.228	.291	.276	.567	34
55	David Campbell	--	NBY	Maj	NBY	27	105	94	12	21	2	0	1	5	0	10	.223	.298	.277	.575	26
56	Charlie Biot	21	NE,NBY	Maj	NE-NBY	19	52	46	4	10	2	0	0	5	1	6	.217	.308	.261	.569	12
57	Ralph Burgin	31	NBY	Maj	NBY	24	74	70	8	15	1	0	0	4	0	3	.214	.247	.229	.475	16
58	Antonio Rodríguez	24	NYC	Maj	NYC	16	64	56	7	12	0	0	0	5	1	5	.214	.279	.214	.493	12
59	Clyde Spearman	26	PS	Maj	PS	28	111	95	13	20	0	1	1	5	1	15	.211	.318	.263	.581	25
60	Bob Clarke	36	NBY	Maj	NBY	26	91	82	5	17	1	0	1	7	0	8	.207	.278	.256	.534	21
61	Jim Missouri*	22	PS	Maj	PS	16	34	30	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	.200	.226	.200	.426	6
62	Roy Campanella	17	BEG	Maj	BEG	16	50	42	6	8	1	0	0	4	0	3	.191	.244	.214	.459	9
63	Henry McHenry	29	PS	Maj	PS	25	53	53	1	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	.189	.189	.208	.396	11
64	Flash Miller	29	NBY	Maj	NBY	30	118	96	15	18	3	2	1	11	1	21	.188	.333	.292	.625	28
65	Pedro Pagés*	25	NYC	Maj	NYC	15	60	56	6	10	0	0	0	2	0	4	.179	.233	.179	.412	10
66	Jelly Jackson	29	HG	Maj	HG	33	134	113	25	20	1	4	1	10	1	17	.177	.285	.283	.568	32
67	Pedro Arango	37	NYC	Maj	NYC	14	51	44	3	7	1	1	0	5	0	7	.159	.275	.227	.502	10
68	Antonio Mirabal?	29	NYC	Maj	NYC	12	44	42	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	.143	.182	.143	.325	6
69	Silvino Ruiz	38	NYC	Maj	NYC	10	31	30	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	.133	.161	.133	.295	4
70	Leon Ruffin	27	PS,NE	Maj	PS-NE	22	73	68	7	9	0	0	1	3	0	4	.132	.181	.177	.357	12
71	Neck Stanley*	34	NBY	Maj	NBY	13	33	29	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.069	.129	.069	.198	2