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1927 Negro National League Batting Leaders

1926 Season 1928 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 326 games, 8 teams, approx. 81 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
1	Mule Suttles	26	SLS	Maj	SLS	36	116	98	31	44	9	4	9	37	1	18	.449	.535	.898	1.433	88	0
2	Roy Parnell	23	BBB	Maj	BBB	87	366	334	86	141	24	10	11	75	19	25	.422	.464	.653	1.117	218	1
3	Steel Arm Davis*	31	CAG	Maj	CAG	84	361	323	60	128	21	9	3	68	14	24	.396	.443	.545	.988	176	3
4	Ed Rile	27	DS	Maj	DS	75	297	265	53	103	23	8	11	58	3	24	.389	.439	.660	1.100	175	0
5	Edgar Wesley*	36	CH,DS	Maj	CHT-DS	31	124	113	13	42	8	1	1	23	3	10	.372	.427	.487	.914	55	1
6	Wilson Redus	22	SLS	Maj	SLS	96	404	373	66	137	19	10	18	77	2	17	.367	.395	.617	1.012	230	0
7	Willie Wells	22	SLS	Maj	SLS	96	426	361	90	131	21	5	29	108	9	56	.363	.450	.690	1.140	249	1
8	Poindexter Williams	29	BBB	Maj	BBB	76	241	226	27	82	12	8	2	47	3	8	.363	.385	.513	.898	116	0
9	Tack Summers	27	CH	Maj	CHT	33	122	110	9	39	3	1	0	14	1	10	.355	.408	.400	.808	44	0
10	Turkey Stearnes*	26	DS	Maj	DS	91	392	340	79	119	25	12	19	114	13	46	.350	.429	.662	1.091	225	1
11	Cocaína García*	21	CSW	Maj	CSW	46	152	149	16	51	6	2	5	30	3	3	.342	.355	.510	.865	76	0
12	Bill Riggins	27	CH	Maj	CHT	37	158	138	30	47	7	7	3	30	4	15	.341	.405	.558	.963	77	0
13	Valentín Dreke	29	CSW	Maj	CSW	61	260	226	38	76	9	3	2	32	7	28	.336	.414	.429	.843	97	2
14	Johnny Jones	27	DS	Maj	DS	32	152	131	32	44	7	1	1	18	2	18	.336	.416	.428	.844	56	0
15	Bullet Rogan	33	KCM	Maj	KCM	59	150	124	21	41	4	3	2	22	1	23	.331	.435	.460	.895	57	0
16	Wade Johnston*	29	KCM	Maj	KCM	87	378	334	58	110	12	7	5	57	8	36	.329	.395	.452	.847	151	0
17	James Bray?	28	CAG	Maj	CAG	56	167	135	18	44	6	4	2	28	2	25	.326	.431	.474	.905	64	0
18	Newt Allen	26	KCM	Maj	KCM	87	375	329	52	107	18	3	2	35	11	29	.325	.380	.416	.796	137	0
19	Pythias Russ	23	CAG	Maj	CAG	86	355	323	52	105	30	3	4	58	16	24	.325	.372	.474	.846	153	0
20	Branch Russell	31	SLS	Maj	SLS	96	436	391	77	125	17	9	11	57	5	38	.320	.380	.494	.874	193	0
21	Ernest Duff?	27	CH	Maj	CHT	37	160	151	25	48	9	3	1	18	5	6	.318	.348	.437	.785	66	1
22	Frank Stevens*	--	CH,SLS	Maj	CHT-SLS	51	130	123	15	39	5	1	1	6	1	5	.317	.344	.398	.742	49	0
23	Dewey Creacy	27	SLS	Maj	SLS	92	380	348	63	110	12	12	13	84	4	20	.316	.353	.532	.885	185	0
24	Cool Papa Bell*	24	SLS	Maj	SLS	97	460	419	90	131	23	5	5	39	21	31	.313	.360	.427	.787	179	0
25	Cristóbal Torriente*	33	DS	Maj	DS	88	373	323	45	101	17	2	6	62	5	41	.313	.390	.433	.824	140	0
26	Ruben Jones	33	BBB	Maj	BBB	75	288	266	51	81	14	3	5	54	8	9	.305	.327	.436	.763	116	0
27	Jim Brown	35	CAG	Maj	CAG	76	318	281	50	84	16	5	0	35	12	27	.299	.360	.392	.752	110	0
28	John Henry Russell	29	SLS	Maj	SLS	86	323	292	48	87	10	5	11	45	7	20	.298	.343	.480	.822	140	0
29	William Bell	29	KCM	Maj	KCM	32	96	88	9	26	2	2	0	11	0	5	.296	.333	.364	.697	32	0
30	Sam Streeter*	26	BBB	Maj	BBB	41	105	98	5	29	3	3	1	9	0	3	.296	.317	.418	.735	41	0
31	Nat Rogers	33	MRS,CAG	Maj	MRS-CAG	67	269	244	35	72	10	6	3	35	3	17	.295	.341	.422	.763	103	0
32	George McAllister	28	BBB	Maj	BBB	91	392	345	56	100	17	6	1	39	8	34	.290	.355	.383	.738	132	1
33	Willie Bobo*	29	SLS	Maj	SLS	93	376	308	63	89	16	6	4	45	8	49	.289	.388	.419	.807	129	1
34	Claude Johnson	33	DS	Maj	DS	87	385	309	64	87	8	0	5	29	9	45	.282	.373	.356	.729	110	0
35	Clarence Palm	19	BBB	Maj	BBB	54	168	156	22	44	5	3	8	27	2	8	.282	.317	.506	.824	79	0
36	Sandy Thompson	32	BBB	Maj	BBB	94	394	346	49	97	15	1	1	36	13	33	.280	.345	.338	.683	117	1
37	Hurley McNair*	38	KCM	Maj	KCM	87	356	316	55	88	17	6	5	58	12	29	.279	.339	.418	.757	132	0
38	J.H. Hamilton	--	BBB	Maj	BBB	56	220	209	23	58	11	2	2	22	3	7	.278	.301	.378	.679	79	0
39	Tom Young	24	KCM	Maj	KCM	75	281	260	37	72	14	6	3	51	0	15	.277	.316	.412	.728	107	0
40	Kid Lowe	26	MRS	Maj	MRS	42	135	120	12	33	2	2	1	10	2	7	.275	.315	.350	.665	42	0
41	Bob Miller	--	MRS,BBB	Maj	MRS-BBB	84	335	281	40	77	15	6	0	38	6	34	.274	.352	.370	.723	104	0
42	Pinky Ward?	--	MRS,BBB	Maj	MRS-BBB	88	359	307	37	84	14	5	2	34	11	42	.274	.363	.371	.734	114	1
43	Newt Joseph	30	KCM	Maj	KCM	79	326	264	46	72	15	5	5	43	9	48	.273	.385	.424	.809	112	0
44	Dewitt Owens	26	BBB	Maj	BBB	67	261	238	25	65	7	0	1	20	3	9	.273	.300	.315	.615	75	0
45	George Giles	18	KCM	Maj	KCM	59	220	197	34	53	8	5	0	20	1	15	.269	.321	.360	.681	71	0
46	Chuffie Alexander?	25	BBB	Maj	BBB	45	139	127	14	34	3	1	0	13	2	5	.268	.296	.307	.603	39	0
47	Halley Harding	22	DS	Maj	DS	87	383	341	57	91	12	3	1	23	10	29	.267	.324	.328	.653	112	0
48	Dink Mothell	29	KCM	Maj	KCM	86	354	304	55	81	14	6	4	48	3	36	.266	.344	.391	.736	119	0
49	Pepper Daniels	24	DS	Maj	DS	80	318	284	36	75	12	1	4	30	3	27	.264	.328	.356	.684	101	0
50	George Sweatt	33	CAG	Maj	CAG	88	354	300	45	79	20	5	2	44	9	40	.263	.350	.383	.733	115	0
51	Sanford Jackson	27	CAG	Maj	CAG	79	326	299	39	78	6	1	0	16	6	15	.261	.296	.288	.584	86	0
52	Mitchell Murray	31	SLS	Maj	SLS	65	220	189	22	49	10	1	3	29	3	24	.259	.343	.370	.713	70	0
53	Larry Brown	25	MRS,CAG	Maj	MRS-CAG	79	235	202	22	52	7	2	0	17	3	23	.257	.333	.312	.645	63	0
54	John Hines	26	CAG	Maj	CAG	55	223	199	26	51	10	1	1	29	12	17	.256	.315	.332	.647	66	0
55	Harry Jeffries	--	DS	Maj	DS	71	272	250	34	64	11	3	1	31	2	16	.256	.301	.336	.637	84	0
56	Stack Martin	28	DS	Maj	DS	56	213	199	30	51	9	4	8	37	6	10	.256	.292	.462	.754	92	0
57	Benito Calderón?	25	CSW	Maj	CSW	56	225	201	19	51	9	2	0	25	1	17	.254	.312	.318	.630	64	0
58	Francisco Correa	22	CSW	Maj	CSW	56	241	223	23	56	8	4	2	25	1	10	.251	.283	.350	.633	78	0
59	Dave Malarcher	32	CAG	Maj	CAG	88	383	307	55	77	7	2	1	21	17	53	.251	.361	.296	.658	91	0
60	Cando López	21	CSW	Maj	CSW	40	171	160	19	40	3	1	2	14	0	7	.250	.281	.319	.600	51	0
61	Bobby Robinson	23	MRS,BBB	Maj	MRS-BBB	83	327	294	28	73	5	2	0	19	5	26	.248	.309	.279	.588	82	0
62	Lemuel Hawkins	31	KCM	Maj	KCM	79	322	293	47	71	6	6	2	26	8	24	.242	.300	.324	.624	95	0
63	Carl Glass*	29	MRS,KCM	Maj	MRS-KCM	50	89	83	8	20	3	1	0	6	1	4	.241	.276	.301	.577	25	0
64	Geechie Meredith	27	BBB,MRS	Maj	BBB-MRS	74	273	246	33	59	4	8	4	32	5	15	.240	.284	.370	.653	91	0
65	Luis Entenza	23	CSW	Maj	CSW	49	199	180	21	43	7	0	0	17	4	14	.239	.294	.278	.572	50	0
66	Charley Williams	30	CAG	Maj	CAG	89	345	310	21	73	10	0	2	39	7	24	.236	.290	.287	.578	89	0
67	Henry Williams	32	SLS	Maj	SLS	69	225	212	27	50	8	5	5	26	4	9	.236	.267	.392	.659	83	0
68	Bill Foster*	23	CAG	Maj	CAG	39	92	86	11	20	1	1	0	7	0	4	.233	.267	.267	.534	23	0
69	Bingo DeMoss	37	DS	Maj	DS	40	157	144	23	33	5	3	0	14	0	6	.229	.260	.306	.566	44	0
70	Charles Zomphier	21	CH,SLS,CSW,BBB	Maj	CHT-SLS-CSW-BBB	49	173	147	18	33	5	0	0	10	4	19	.225	.313	.259	.572	38	0
71	Grady Orange	27	KCM	Maj	KCM	36	120	103	9	23	1	2	0	11	1	8	.223	.279	.272	.551	28	0
72	Eppie Hamilton	27	MRS	Maj	MRS	58	128	123	9	27	9	2	0	7	2	5	.220	.250	.325	.575	40	0
73	Manuel Rigal	26	CSW	Maj	CSW	41	157	140	18	30	4	0	0	9	5	13	.214	.286	.243	.529	34	1
74	Saul Davis	26	MRS	Maj	MRS	87	336	319	31	68	10	3	4	26	8	4	.213	.223	.301	.524	96	0
75	Felipe Sierra	25	CSW	Maj	CSW	55	234	199	26	42	6	1	0	10	2	29	.211	.311	.251	.563	50	0
76	J.C. McHaskell*	24	MRS	Maj	MRS	83	339	310	26	62	9	3	1	19	4	19	.200	.246	.258	.504	80	0
77	Rogelio Alonso	21	CSW	Maj	CSW	53	185	167	16	33	8	2	0	12	2	16	.198	.268	.270	.537	45	0
78	Rafael Pedroso?	22	CSW	Maj	CSW	61	243	219	13	42	2	0	2	26	2	12	.192	.234	.228	.462	50	0
79	Willie Miles?	--	CH	Maj	CHT	22	95	86	12	16	3	0	0	4	1	9	.186	.263	.221	.484	19	0
80	Charles Wesley	30	MRS	Maj	MRS	59	183	172	14	31	3	1	0	4	1	5	.180	.203	.209	.413	36	0
81	Johnnie Oden	24	BBB,MRS	Maj	BBB-MRS	63	209	197	14	33	3	0	0	11	0	8	.168	.200	.183	.383	36	0
82	Cliff Bell	30	MRS	Maj	MRS	37	93	87	4	14	3	1	0	13	2	3	.161	.189	.218	.407	19	0
83	Clarence Everett?	--	DS,KCM	Maj	DS-KCM	35	124	107	5	17	1	2	0	5	0	9	.159	.231	.206	.436	22	1
84	Bill Pryor?	--	MRS	Maj	MRS	42	98	89	7	14	1	0	2	5	1	7	.157	.219	.236	.455	21	0
85	Bill Evans	28	CH	Maj	CHT	29	101	95	9	14	1	1	0	1	4	4	.147	.182	.179	.361	17	0
86	Charlie Watts	--	CH	Maj	CHT	35	109	102	12	15	2	1	0	5	1	2	.147	.164	.186	.350	19	0