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1940 Negro National League Batting Leaders

1939 Season 1941 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 141 games, 6 teams, approx. 47 games in season

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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	GDP	HBP	SH	IBB
1	Monte Irvin	21	NE	Maj	NE	39	161	142	32	54	11	4	4	36	3	15	.380	.447	.599	1.045	85	0	2	2	0
2	Buck Leonard*	32	HG	Maj	HG	54	228	185	49	70	14	5	8	41	1	39	.378	.491	.638	1.129	118	2	2	2	1
3	Johnny Washington	24	NBY	Maj	NBY	32	135	128	31	47	11	1	2	21	3	4	.367	.391	.516	.907	66	0	1	2	0
4	Buster Clarkson	25	NE	Maj	NE	22	98	87	21	31	3	1	8	27	2	11	.356	.429	.690	1.118	60	0	0	0	1
5	George Scales	39	BEG	Maj	BEG	49	179	142	37	50	15	1	4	39	1	32	.352	.483	.556	1.039	79	1	4	1	0
6	Lennie Pearson	22	NE	Maj	NE	40	167	152	45	53	9	2	8	32	2	15	.349	.407	.592	.999	90	0	0	0	0
7	Bill Hoskins	26	BEG	Maj	BEG	49	198	175	36	60	10	4	8	40	8	21	.343	.413	.583	.996	102	1	0	2	1
8	Howard Easterling	28	HG	Maj	HG	54	228	203	42	68	10	9	3	45	3	21	.335	.400	.517	.917	105	0	1	3	0
9	Flash Miller	30	NBY	Maj	NBY	20	86	78	12	26	2	1	0	8	3	6	.333	.395	.385	.780	30	0	2	0	0
10	Darius Bea*	26	PS	Maj	PS	39	131	121	14	40	11	2	3	30	0	10	.331	.382	.529	.911	64	0	0	0	1
11	Pancho Coimbre	31	NYC	Maj	NYC	27	124	113	17	37	6	1	1	18	1	11	.327	.387	.425	.812	48	0	0	0	0
12	Jim West	35	PS,BEG	Maj	PS-BEG	63	248	223	29	73	15	4	0	31	1	21	.327	.388	.431	.818	96	0	1	3	0
13	Ray Brown	32	HG	Maj	HG	32	92	80	12	26	3	2	2	10	0	10	.325	.400	.488	.888	39	0	0	2	1
14	Henry Spearman	30	NBY	Maj	NBY	33	135	115	19	37	8	1	4	28	0	18	.322	.414	.513	.927	59	0	0	2	0
15	Clarence Palm	32	PS	Maj	PS	22	68	56	6	18	1	0	1	10	0	10	.321	.424	.393	.817	22	1	0	2	0
16	Fran Matthews*	23	NE	Maj	NE	35	147	125	32	40	8	3	2	20	2	19	.320	.414	.480	.894	60	1	1	2	0
17	Homer Curry	35	BEG,NBY	Maj	BEG-NBY	45	158	119	35	38	12	2	2	26	5	34	.319	.484	.504	.988	60	0	4	1	0
18	Felton Snow	34	BEG	Maj	BEG	52	211	191	25	61	9	3	1	35	3	14	.319	.366	.414	.780	79	0	0	6	0
19	Jerry Benjamin	30	HG	Maj	HG	44	194	170	38	54	3	2	1	27	16	17	.318	.390	.377	.766	64	0	3	4	1
20	Larnie Jordan	26	PS	Maj	PS	42	178	168	33	53	11	6	2	29	4	8	.316	.347	.488	.835	82	0	0	2	0
21	Clarence Isreal	22	NE	Maj	NE	33	124	109	30	34	1	0	4	25	4	12	.312	.385	.431	.816	47	0	1	2	0
22	Gene Benson*	26	PS	Maj	PS	61	242	212	45	66	7	4	5	30	5	28	.311	.394	.453	.847	96	0	1	1	0
23	Biz Mackey	42	NE,NYC	Maj	NE-NYC	39	145	129	17	40	6	0	1	26	0	13	.310	.378	.380	.757	49	0	1	2	0
24	Roy Parnell	36	PS	Maj	PS	54	223	191	44	59	11	5	4	27	2	25	.309	.392	.482	.873	92	0	1	6	0
25	Henry McHenry	30	PS	Maj	PS	44	101	82	13	25	4	0	8	23	0	17	.305	.430	.646	1.076	53	0	1	1	0
26	David Whatley	25	HG	Maj	HG	53	241	217	42	64	7	4	2	21	9	22	.295	.360	.392	.752	85	0	0	2	1
27	Matt Carlisle	30	HG	Maj	HG	56	225	200	28	58	11	6	3	39	10	20	.290	.360	.450	.810	90	0	2	3	0
28	Bill Perkins	34	BEG	Maj	BEG	46	174	159	31	46	5	4	1	28	3	13	.289	.343	.390	.733	62	0	0	2	0
29	Charlie Biot	22	NBY,BEG	Maj	NBY-BEG	32	122	112	15	32	8	5	2	22	1	8	.286	.333	.500	.833	56	0	0	2	0
30	Tommy Butts	20	BEG	Maj	BEG	55	254	218	44	62	9	1	1	34	3	28	.284	.371	.349	.720	76	0	2	6	0
31	Clemente Carreras	26	NYC	Maj	NYC	23	94	81	12	23	1	0	2	11	1	11	.284	.370	.370	.740	30	0	0	2	0
32	Sammy Hughes	29	BEG	Maj	BEG	58	260	229	53	65	15	4	6	37	4	27	.284	.362	.463	.825	106	0	1	3	1
33	Emery Adams	28	BEG	Maj	BEG	29	61	60	8	17	4	2	0	9	0	0	.283	.283	.417	.700	25	0	0	1	0
34	Mule Suttles	39	NE	Maj	NE	38	155	130	29	36	8	1	5	31	3	23	.277	.390	.469	.859	61	1	1	1	0
35	Vic Harris	35	HG	Maj	HG	47	208	183	37	50	8	6	1	18	1	19	.273	.345	.399	.744	73	2	1	5	0
36	Rogelio Linares*	30	NYC	Maj	NYC	27	116	103	17	28	4	1	2	14	2	9	.272	.336	.388	.725	40	0	1	3	0
37	Alejandro Crespo	25	NYC	Maj	NYC	29	129	115	16	31	5	3	2	18	2	13	.270	.344	.417	.761	48	0	0	1	0
38	Ed Stone	30	NE	Maj	NE	38	157	131	22	35	5	4	2	22	2	22	.267	.373	.412	.785	54	0	0	4	0
39	Bill Cooper	25	PS	Maj	PS	53	185	166	32	44	6	2	3	24	1	17	.265	.333	.380	.713	63	0	0	2	0
40	Henry Kimbro	28	BEG	Maj	BEG	59	282	228	54	60	8	2	2	24	8	48	.263	.400	.342	.742	78	0	4	2	0
41	Dick Seay	35	NE,NBY	Maj	NE-NBY	33	141	126	20	33	4	1	3	18	2	8	.262	.306	.381	.687	48	0	0	7	0
42	Roy Campanella	18	BEG	Maj	BEG	35	126	119	18	31	5	1	6	25	1	6	.261	.302	.471	.772	56	0	1	0	0
43	Mahlon Duckett	17	PS	Maj	PS	32	112	104	13	27	0	3	0	15	1	7	.260	.306	.317	.624	33	0	0	1	0
44	Jud Wilson	44	HG	Maj	HG	41	136	114	20	29	5	0	0	21	0	19	.254	.375	.298	.673	34	0	3	0	0
45	Russell Awkard	22	NYC,NE	Maj	NYC-NE	24	113	100	18	25	3	2	2	11	0	12	.250	.336	.380	.716	38	0	1	0	1
46	Jake Dunn	30	PS	Maj	PS	56	201	178	28	44	8	3	0	28	1	18	.247	.320	.326	.646	58	0	1	4	0
47	Johnny Hayes	30	NBY	Maj	NBY	22	67	53	6	13	2	0	0	3	1	11	.245	.394	.283	.677	15	0	2	1	0
48	Ramón Heredía	27	NYC	Maj	NYC	29	124	119	13	29	6	1	1	13	0	3	.244	.262	.336	.598	40	0	0	2	0
49	Red Moore*	23	BEG	Maj	BEG	59	241	216	29	52	11	4	1	37	2	17	.241	.299	.343	.642	74	0	1	7	0
50	David Campbell	--	PS	Maj	PS	38	163	143	21	34	5	2	0	6	0	14	.238	.310	.301	.611	43	0	1	5	0
51	Jim Williams	34	NBY	Maj	NBY	21	82	76	9	18	3	0	1	11	2	5	.237	.284	.316	.600	24	0	0	1	0
52	José María Fernández	44	NYC	Maj	NYC	17	57	52	9	12	2	0	0	7	0	5	.231	.298	.269	.567	14	0	0	0	0
53	Edsall Walker*	29	HG	Maj	HG	21	59	52	8	12	1	0	0	8	1	3	.231	.273	.250	.523	13	0	0	4	0
54	Horacio Martínez	27	NYC	Maj	NYC	23	101	89	14	20	2	1	2	14	0	9	.225	.296	.337	.633	30	0	0	3	0
55	Marvin Barker	28	NBY	Maj	NBY	23	92	81	13	18	2	1	0	6	1	8	.222	.300	.272	.572	22	0	1	2	0
56	Robert Gaston	30	HG	Maj	HG	36	128	110	10	24	7	0	0	17	0	14	.218	.307	.282	.588	31	0	0	4	0
57	Bud Barbee	26	BEG,NBY	Maj	BEG-NBY	25	55	49	4	10	0	1	2	7	0	6	.204	.291	.367	.658	18	0	0	0	0
58	Bob Clarke	37	NBY	Maj	NBY	17	56	54	2	11	0	0	0	2	0	1	.204	.218	.204	.422	11	0	0	1	0
59	Charley Hayes?	--	PS	Maj	PS	36	108	96	14	19	4	1	0	6	1	9	.198	.274	.260	.534	25	1	1	2	0
60	Jelly Jackson	30	HG	Maj	HG	54	178	166	21	32	3	2	0	15	5	8	.193	.234	.235	.469	39	0	1	3	0
61	Antonio Mirabal?	30	NYC	Maj	NYC	18	65	57	6	11	0	0	0	2	1	7	.193	.281	.193	.474	11	0	0	1	0
62	Mickey Casey	35	NYC	Maj	NYC	19	57	52	3	10	0	0	0	3	0	4	.192	.250	.192	.442	10	0	0	1	0
63	Hoss Walker	35	NBY,BEG	Maj	NBY-BEG	28	104	97	7	15	4	1	0	7	0	4	.155	.188	.217	.405	21	0	0	3	0
64	Willie Hubert	27	BEG	Maj	BEG	23	55	48	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	6	.125	.222	.125	.347	6	1	0	1	0