1947 Negro American League Batting Leaders

1946 Season 1948 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 91 games, 6 teams, approx. 30 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	HBP	SH	IBB
1	John Bissant	33	CAG	Maj	CAG	16	39	33	6	14	1	0	0	5	2	5	.424	.500	.455	.955	15	0	1
2	Joe Burt Scott*	26	MRS	Maj	MRS	12	50	35	11	14	1	0	0	4	1	12	.400	.580	.429	1.009	15	3	0
3	Willard Brown	32	KCM	Maj	KCM	48	217	199	42	75	22	7	6	64	12	16	.377	.426	.648	1.074	129	1	1
4	Archie Ware*	29	CBE	Maj	CBE	21	95	81	17	30	8	0	2	17	2	7	.370	.452	.543	.995	44	5	2
5	Ed Steele	31	BBB	Maj	BBB	14	60	49	12	18	4	0	0	12	0	10	.367	.483	.449	.932	22	1	0
6	Piper Davis	29	BBB	Maj	BBB	14	63	58	15	21	3	3	1	11	1	5	.362	.413	.569	.982	33	0	0
7	Curt Roberts	17	KCM	Maj	KCM	19	78	71	12	25	2	3	2	13	0	4	.352	.387	.549	.936	39	0	3
8	Willie Grace	30	CBE	Maj	CBE	21	82	67	12	23	5	1	0	9	0	13	.343	.450	.448	.898	30	0	2
9	Artie Wilson	26	BBB	Maj	BBB	15	73	59	11	20	1	1	0	4	2	11	.339	.443	.390	.833	23	0	3
10	Sam Jethroe	30	CBE	Maj	CBE	21	96	83	26	28	9	3	2	7	10	10	.337	.409	.590	.999	49	0	3	1
11	Hank Thompson	21	KCM	Maj	KCM	43	197	173	51	58	8	5	8	36	7	21	.335	.413	.578	.991	100	2	1
12	Lyman Bostock	29	CAG	Maj	CAG	22	90	81	10	27	4	1	0	14	0	8	.333	.393	.407	.801	33	0	1
13	Herb Souell	34	KCM	Maj	KCM	61	278	255	52	85	5	7	1	32	16	16	.333	.382	.420	.801	107	4	3
14	Joe Greene	35	KCM	Maj	KCM	42	151	115	30	38	6	1	4	24	5	30	.330	.476	.504	.981	58	2	4
15	John Ritchey	24	CAG	Maj	CAG	21	87	71	18	23	4	1	0	12	3	14	.324	.442	.409	.850	29	1	1
16	Casey Jones	28	MRS	Maj	MRS	11	33	31	3	10	3	0	0	7	1	2	.323	.364	.419	.783	13	0	0
17	Bernell Longest	28	CAG	Maj	CAG	29	134	125	18	40	5	2	0	19	3	6	.320	.366	.392	.758	49	3	0
18	Al Smith	19	CBE	Maj	CBE	19	76	69	10	22	3	4	3	13	1	6	.319	.382	.609	.990	42	1	0
19	Bobby Robinson	34	BBB	Maj	BBB	15	69	66	12	21	4	0	0	2	2	2	.318	.348	.379	.727	25	1	0
20	Sam Hairston	27	IC	Maj	IC	29	122	112	20	34	9	1	1	17	1	8	.304	.350	.429	.779	48	0	2
21	Buddy Armour	32	CAG	Maj	CAG	24	107	100	16	30	5	1	0	6	0	7	.300	.346	.370	.716	37	0	0
22	Joe Atkins	25	CBE	Maj	CBE	16	55	47	10	14	2	2	1	9	0	6	.298	.400	.489	.889	23	2	0
23	Eli Chism	30	BBB	Maj	BBB	16	64	57	11	17	3	3	0	5	1	1	.298	.344	.456	.800	26	3	3
24	Johnnie Cowan	34	CBE	Maj	CBE	19	74	71	11	21	3	0	1	13	1	1	.296	.315	.380	.695	27	1	1
25	Mickey Taborn	24	KCM	Maj	KCM	40	143	123	22	36	10	0	0	20	1	14	.293	.383	.374	.757	46	4	2
26	José Colás	23	MRS	Maj	MRS	18	80	73	15	21	5	2	0	14	2	5	.288	.342	.411	.753	30	1	1
27	Sam Hill	21	CAG	Maj	CAG	29	130	115	25	33	6	0	2	12	3	9	.287	.354	.391	.746	45	3	3
28	Jim LaMarque*	26	KCM	Maj	KCM	25	69	63	13	18	3	2	0	13	0	2	.286	.318	.397	.715	25	1	3
29	Buck O'Neil	35	KCM	Maj	KCM	60	246	217	54	62	14	3	5	37	15	24	.286	.362	.447	.809	97	2	3
30	Goose Tatum	29	IC	Maj	IC	29	118	112	14	32	4	3	0	15	2	3	.286	.310	.375	.685	42	1	2
31	Chico Renfroe	24	KCM	Maj	KCM	53	221	174	33	49	10	2	0	20	3	33	.282	.405	.362	.767	63	3	11
32	Tom Cooper	--	KCM	Maj	KCM	54	198	164	38	46	6	0	1	25	6	24	.281	.376	.335	.711	55	1	9
33	Pedro Formental*	32	MRS	Maj	MRS	15	67	50	8	14	2	0	2	12	0	15	.280	.446	.440	.886	22	0	2
34	Hilton Smith	40	KCM	Maj	KCM	23	45	43	4	12	1	0	1	10	0	1	.279	.296	.372	.668	16	0	1
35	Ray Neil	26	IC	Maj	IC	29	124	115	14	32	7	1	0	9	0	9	.278	.331	.357	.687	41	0	0
36	Newt Allen	46	IC	Maj	IC	15	42	40	3	11	0	1	0	5	0	1	.275	.293	.325	.618	13	0	1
37	Leon Kellman	28	CBE	Maj	CBE	14	49	40	8	11	1	1	1	9	0	7	.275	.396	.425	.821	17	1	1
38	Vicente Villafañe?	--	IC	Maj	IC	9	33	33	5	9	2	0	0	2	1	0	.273	.273	.333	.606	11	0	0
39	George Handy	27	MRS	Maj	MRS	16	67	60	7	16	0	2	0	10	0	3	.267	.302	.333	.635	20	0	4
40	Cowan Hyde	40	MRS	Maj	MRS	10	46	45	2	12	1	0	0	4	2	1	.267	.283	.289	.572	13	0	0
41	Red Longley	37	MRS	Maj	MRS	15	56	45	2	12	2	0	1	7	1	10	.267	.400	.378	.778	17	0	1
42	Ford Smith	28	KCM	Maj	KCM	15	44	38	8	10	0	0	1	9	0	4	.263	.333	.342	.675	13	0	2
43	Bob Boyd*	27	MRS	Maj	MRS	21	96	88	14	23	3	0	1	10	4	6	.261	.323	.330	.652	29	2	0
44	Reinaldo Drake*	24	IC	Maj	IC	26	100	85	12	22	3	1	1	9	2	13	.259	.364	.353	.717	30	1	1
45	Johnie Scott*	33	KCM	Maj	KCM	65	260	241	42	62	10	6	2	27	12	19	.257	.312	.373	.685	90	0	0
46	Fred Bankhead	34	MRS	Maj	MRS	14	67	51	9	13	1	0	0	7	1	12	.255	.424	.275	.699	14	3	1
47	Buster Haywood	37	IC	Maj	IC	23	75	60	6	15	2	1	0	8	0	11	.250	.375	.317	.692	19	1	3
48	Henry Merchant*	29	IC	Maj	IC	27	109	94	18	23	1	0	1	8	0	11	.245	.330	.287	.617	27	1	3
49	Clyde McNeal	18	CAG	Maj	CAG	24	101	95	13	23	2	2	0	8	1	6	.242	.287	.305	.592	29	0	0
50	Clyde Nelson	25	CBE	Maj	CBE	20	79	73	7	17	3	1	0	10	2	2	.233	.273	.301	.574	22	2	2
51	John Miles	24	CAG	Maj	CAG	23	92	82	13	19	4	0	2	9	0	9	.232	.308	.354	.661	29	0	1
52	Lee Moody	30	BBB,KCM	Maj	BBB-KCM	16	67	61	5	14	0	1	0	8	2	3	.230	.266	.262	.528	16	0	3
53	Ted Strong	30	KCM	Maj	KCM	41	138	116	12	26	4	0	2	15	0	20	.224	.348	.310	.658	36	2	0
54	James Abernathy	28	IC	Maj	IC	27	112	99	13	22	3	0	0	12	0	10	.222	.306	.253	.559	25	2	1
55	Marlin Carter	34	MRS	Maj	MRS	15	67	55	11	12	4	0	1	7	1	11	.218	.349	.346	.694	19	0	1
56	Neil Robinson	39	MRS	Maj	MRS	14	51	42	7	9	3	0	0	4	2	7	.214	.340	.286	.626	12	1	1
57	Earl Bumpus*	33	CAG	Maj	CAG	24	78	66	8	14	2	0	1	15	0	10	.212	.325	.288	.613	19	1	1
58	Pepper Bassett	36	BBB	Maj	BBB	16	51	48	4	10	1	0	1	6	0	3	.208	.255	.292	.547	14	0	0
59	John Britton	28	BBB	Maj	BBB	14	66	61	6	12	0	0	0	4	0	1	.197	.210	.197	.406	12	0	4
60	Tommy Harris	23	CBE	Maj	CBE	14	50	46	6	9	2	0	0	8	0	3	.196	.245	.239	.484	11	0	1
61	Jim McCurine	26	CAG	Maj	CAG	21	82	74	3	13	3	1	0	6	0	7	.176	.247	.243	.490	18	0	1
62	Willie Wells	24	MRS	Maj	MRS	19	69	63	12	11	3	0	0	8	2	6	.175	.246	.222	.469	14	0	0