Indianapolis Clowns Top 10 Single-Season Batting Leaders

WAR Position Players †
1.	John Britton • 1943	1.0
	Sam Hairston • 1946	1.0
3.	Sam Hairston • 1948	0.9
4.	Clarence Lamar • 1943	0.8
	Alex Radcliff • 1944	0.8
6.	Reinaldo Drake • 1945	0.7
	Sam Hairston • 1947	0.7
	Ted Strong • 1948	0.7
	Hoss Walker • 1944	0.7
10.	Reinaldo Drake • 1946	0.6
	Ray Neil • 1948	0.6
	Fred Wilson • 1943	0.6

Offensive WAR †
1.	Sam Hairston • 1946	1.0
2.	Sam Hairston • 1948	0.9
3.	Alex Radcliff • 1944	0.8
4.	Sylvester Snead • 1943	0.7
5.	John Britton • 1943	0.6
	Ray Neil • 1948	0.6
7.	Reinaldo Drake • 1946	0.5
	Jack Marshall • 1944	0.5
	Ray Neil • 1946	0.5
10.	Reinaldo Drake • 1945	0.4
	Sam Hairston • 1947	0.4
	Buster Haywood • 1943	0.4
	Clarence Lamar • 1943	0.4
	Antonio Ruiz • 1944	0.4
	Ted Strong • 1948	0.4
	Goose Tatum • 1943	0.4
	Armando Vázquez • 1944	0.4
	Fred Wilson • 1943	0.4
	Leovigildo Xiqués • 1944	0.4

Defensive WAR †
1.	Hoss Walker • 1944	0.9
2.	Clarence Lamar • 1943	0.5
3.	John Britton • 1943	0.3
	Reinaldo Drake • 1945	0.3
	Sam Hairston • 1947	0.3
	Henry Merchant • 1947	0.3
	Henry Merchant • 1948	0.3
	Ted Strong • 1948	0.3
9.	Coco Ferrer • 1947	0.2
	Buster Haywood • 1943	0.2
	Buster Haywood • 1945	0.2
	Ray Neil • 1946	0.2
	Luis Pérez • 1948	0.2
	Alex Radcliff • 1945	0.2
	Gene Smith • 1946	0.2
	Hoss Walker • 1947	0.2
	Fred Wilson • 1943	0.2

Batting Average
1.	Sam Hairston • 1948	.357
2.	Ray Neil • 1948	.327
3.	Sam Hairston • 1946	.324
4.	John Britton • 1943	.317
5.	Leovigildo Xiqués • 1944	.305
6.	Sam Hairston • 1947	.304
7.	Reinaldo Drake • 1945	.299
	Reinaldo Drake • 1946	.299
9.	Armando Vázquez • 1944	.292
10.	Goose Tatum • 1947	.286

On-Base%
1.	Sam Hairston • 1948	.431
2.	Sam Hairston • 1946	.395
3.	Ray Neil • 1948	.371
4.	Reinaldo Drake • 1946	.370
5.	Reinaldo Drake • 1947	.364
	Armando Vázquez • 1944	.364
7.	Reinaldo Drake • 1945	.357
8.	Leovigildo Xiqués • 1944	.353
9.	Sam Hairston • 1945	.352
10.	Sam Hairston • 1947	.350

Slugging %
1.	Sam Hairston • 1946	.471
2.	Ray Neil • 1948	.469
3.	Sam Hairston • 1948	.435
4.	Sam Hairston • 1947	.429
5.	Goose Tatum • 1943	.414
6.	Sylvester Snead • 1943	.398
7.	Reinaldo Drake • 1945	.390
8.	Goose Tatum • 1947	.375
9.	John Britton • 1943	.374
10.	Reinaldo Drake • 1946	.361

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Sam Hairston • 1948	.866
2.	Sam Hairston • 1946	.865
3.	Ray Neil • 1948	.841
4.	Sam Hairston • 1947	.779
5.	Reinaldo Drake • 1945	.747
6.	Reinaldo Drake • 1946	.731
7.	John Britton • 1943	.723
8.	Reinaldo Drake • 1947	.717
9.	Goose Tatum • 1943	.714
10.	Armando Vázquez • 1944	.712

Games Played
1.	Sylvester Snead • 1943	36
2.	Johnny Ray • 1943	35
3.	John Britton • 1943	32
4.	Sam Hairston • 1948	31
5.	Sam Hairston • 1947	29
	Buster Haywood • 1943	29
	Ray Neil • 1947	29
	Goose Tatum • 1943	29
	Goose Tatum • 1947	29
10.	James Abernathy • 1947	27
	Henry Merchant • 1947	27
	Johnny Ray • 1944	27
	Armando Vázquez • 1944	27

At Bats
1.	Sylvester Snead • 1943	128
2.	John Britton • 1943	123
3.	Sam Hairston • 1948	115
	Ray Neil • 1947	115
5.	Sam Hairston • 1947	112
	Johnny Ray • 1943	112
	Goose Tatum • 1947	112
8.	Goose Tatum • 1943	111
9.	Ray Neil • 1946	106
10.	Sam Hairston • 1946	102

Plate Appearances
1.	Sylvester Snead • 1943	140
2.	Sam Hairston • 1948	131
3.	John Britton • 1943	130
4.	Johnny Ray • 1943	129
5.	Ray Neil • 1947	124
6.	Sam Hairston • 1947	122
7.	Ray Neil • 1946	121
8.	Goose Tatum • 1947	118
9.	Goose Tatum • 1943	117
10.	Sam Hairston • 1946	115
	Johnny Ray • 1944	115

Runs Scored
1.	Sam Hairston • 1948	25
2.	Sylvester Snead • 1943	22
3.	Sam Hairston • 1947	20
	Ray Neil • 1946	20
5.	Henry Merchant • 1947	18
6.	John Britton • 1943	17
7.	Reinaldo Drake • 1946	16
	Sam Hairston • 1946	16
9.	Reinaldo Drake • 1945	15
	Johnny Ray • 1943	15
	Goose Tatum • 1943	15

Hits
1.	Sam Hairston • 1948	41
2.	John Britton • 1943	39
3.	Sam Hairston • 1947	34
4.	Sam Hairston • 1946	33
5.	Ray Neil • 1947	32
	Ray Neil • 1948	32
	Sylvester Snead • 1943	32
	Goose Tatum • 1947	32
9.	Reinaldo Drake • 1946	29
	Goose Tatum • 1943	29
	Leovigildo Xiqués • 1944	29

Total Bases
1.	Sylvester Snead • 1943	51
2.	Sam Hairston • 1948	50
3.	Sam Hairston • 1946	48
	Sam Hairston • 1947	48
5.	John Britton • 1943	46
	Ray Neil • 1948	46
	Goose Tatum • 1943	46
8.	Goose Tatum • 1947	42
9.	Ray Neil • 1947	41
10.	Ray Neil • 1946	36

Doubles
1.	Sylvester Snead • 1943	12
2.	Sam Hairston • 1947	9
3.	Sam Hairston • 1946	7
	Ray Neil • 1947	7
5.	Ray Neil • 1946	6
	Ray Neil • 1948	6
7.	Henry Smith • 1944	5
	Goose Tatum • 1943	5
9.	Duke Cleveland • 1946	4
	Reinaldo Drake • 1946	4
	Sam Hairston • 1948	4
	Henry Merchant • 1948	4
	Alex Radcliff • 1944	4
	Goose Tatum • 1946	4
	Goose Tatum • 1947	4

Triples
1.	Goose Tatum • 1943	3
	Goose Tatum • 1947	3
	Armando Vázquez • 1945	3
4.	John Britton • 1943	2
	Duke Cleveland • 1946	2
	Andrés Mesa • 1948	2
	Johnny Ray • 1943	2
	Sylvester Snead • 1943	2
9.	Newt Allen • 1947	1
	Rafael Cabrera • 1944	1
	Rafael Cabrera • 1948	1
	Reinaldo Drake • 1945	1
	Reinaldo Drake • 1946	1
	Reinaldo Drake • 1947	1
	Coco Ferrer • 1948	1
	Juan Guilbe • 1947	1
	Sam Hairston • 1945	1
	Sam Hairston • 1946	1
	Sam Hairston • 1947	1
	Sam Hairston • 1948	1
	Buster Haywood • 1943	1
	Buster Haywood • 1944	1
	Buster Haywood • 1946	1
	Buster Haywood • 1947	1
	Philly Holmes • 1945	1
	Clarence Lamar • 1943	1
	Leonard Lindsay • 1943	1
	Henry Merchant • 1943	1
	Henry Merchant • 1944	1
	Leroy Morney • 1943	1
	Raúl Navarro • 1945	1
	Ray Neil • 1946	1
	Ray Neil • 1947	1
	Ray Neil • 1948	1
	Leonard Pigg • 1948	1
	Alex Radcliff • 1944	1
	Pedro Regalado • 1945	1
	Antonio Ruiz • 1944	1
	Henry Smith • 1943	1
	Henry Smith • 1945	1
	Goose Tatum • 1946	1
	Armando Vázquez • 1944	1
	Willie Wells • 1947	1
	Fred Wilson • 1943	1
	Leovigildo Xiqués • 1944	1
	Leovigildo Xiqués • 1946	1

Home Runs
1.	Sam Hairston • 1946	2
	Ray Neil • 1948	2
	Goose Tatum • 1943	2
4.	Rafael Cabrera • 1948	1
	Reinaldo Drake • 1945	1
	Reinaldo Drake • 1947	1
	Sam Hairston • 1944	1
	Sam Hairston • 1947	1
	Sam Hairston • 1948	1
	Henry Merchant • 1947	1
	Raúl Navarro • 1945	1
	Alex Radcliff • 1944	1
	Alex Radcliff • 1945	1
	Sylvester Snead • 1943	1
	Goose Tatum • 1946	1
	Armando Vázquez • 1944	1
	Armando Vázquez • 1945	1

Runs Batted In
1.	Sylvester Snead • 1943	18
2.	Sam Hairston • 1947	17
3.	Sam Hairston • 1946	16
4.	Duke Cleveland • 1946	15
	Sam Hairston • 1948	15
	Ray Neil • 1948	15
	Goose Tatum • 1943	15
	Goose Tatum • 1947	15
	Goose Tatum • 1948	15
10.	Buster Haywood • 1943	14

Bases on Balls
1.	Sam Hairston • 1948	15
2.	Reinaldo Drake • 1947	13
3.	Ray Neil • 1946	12
	Johnny Ray • 1943	12
	Johnny Ray • 1944	12
	Fred Wilson • 1943	12
7.	Buster Haywood • 1947	11
	Henry Merchant • 1947	11
9.	James Abernathy • 1947	10
	Leonard Pigg • 1948	10
	Armando Vázquez • 1944	10

Stolen Bases
1.	Leovigildo Xiqués • 1944	7
2.	John Britton • 1943	4
	Coco Ferrer • 1946	4
	Sam Hairston • 1948	4
	Ray Neil • 1946	4
6.	Duke Cleveland • 1946	3
	Reinaldo Drake • 1946	3
	Clarence Lamar • 1943	3
9.	Rafael Cabrera • 1948	2
	Reinaldo Drake • 1945	2
	Reinaldo Drake • 1947	2
	Reinaldo Drake • 1948	2
	Buster Haywood • 1946	2
	Henry Merchant • 1943	2
	Henry Merchant • 1945	2
	Johnny Ray • 1943	2
	Henry Smith • 1943	2
	Sylvester Snead • 1943	2
	Goose Tatum • 1943	2
	Goose Tatum • 1947	2
	Goose Tatum • 1948	2
	Fermín Valdés • 1944	2
	Armando Vázquez • 1944	2
	Hoss Walker • 1944	2
	Fred Wilson • 1943	2

Singles
1.	Sam Hairston • 1948	35
2.	John Britton • 1943	34
3.	Goose Tatum • 1947	25
	Leovigildo Xiqués • 1944	25
5.	Reinaldo Drake • 1946	24
	Ray Neil • 1947	24
	Armando Vázquez • 1944	24
8.	Sam Hairston • 1946	23
	Sam Hairston • 1947	23
	Andrés Mesa • 1948	23
	Ray Neil • 1948	23

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Sam Hairston • 1946	154
2.	Sam Hairston • 1948	132
3.	Ray Neil • 1948	124
4.	John Britton • 1943	123
5.	Goose Tatum • 1943	120
6.	Armando Vázquez • 1944	119
	Leovigildo Xiqués • 1944	119
8.	Reinaldo Drake • 1945	118
9.	Sylvester Snead • 1943	117
10.	Reinaldo Drake • 1946	115

Runs Created
1.	Sam Hairston • 1948	22
2.	Sam Hairston • 1946	18
3.	Sam Hairston • 1947	17
	Ray Neil • 1948	17
5.	John Britton • 1943	16
6.	Sylvester Snead • 1943	15
7.	Ray Neil • 1947	14
	Goose Tatum • 1943	14
9.	Alex Radcliff • 1944	13
	Goose Tatum • 1947	13

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Sam Hairston • 1946	7
2.	Sam Hairston • 1948	6
	Alex Radcliff • 1944	6
4.	John Britton • 1943	3
	Thad Christopher • 1943	3
	Jack Marshall • 1944	3
	Ray Neil • 1948	3
	Sylvester Snead • 1943	3
	Ted Strong • 1948	3
	Fred Wilson • 1943	3

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Sam Hairston • 1946	0.7
2.	Sam Hairston • 1948	0.6
	Alex Radcliff • 1944	0.6
4.	John Britton • 1943	0.3
	Thad Christopher • 1943	0.3
	Jack Marshall • 1944	0.3
	Ray Neil • 1948	0.3
	Sylvester Snead • 1943	0.3
	Ted Strong • 1948	0.3
	Fred Wilson • 1943	0.3

Extra Base Hits
1.	Sylvester Snead • 1943	15
2.	Sam Hairston • 1947	11
3.	Sam Hairston • 1946	10
	Goose Tatum • 1943	10
5.	Ray Neil • 1948	9
6.	Ray Neil • 1947	8
7.	Ray Neil • 1946	7
	Goose Tatum • 1947	7
9.	Duke Cleveland • 1946	6
	Sam Hairston • 1948	6
	Alex Radcliff • 1944	6
	Goose Tatum • 1946	6

Times On Base
1.	Sam Hairston • 1948	56
2.	John Britton • 1943	45
	Sam Hairston • 1946	45
4.	Sam Hairston • 1947	42
	Sylvester Snead • 1943	42
6.	Ray Neil • 1946	41
	Ray Neil • 1947	41
8.	Reinaldo Drake • 1946	40
9.	Ray Neil • 1948	39
10.	Reinaldo Drake • 1947	36
	Goose Tatum • 1947	36
	Armando Vázquez • 1944	36
	Fred Wilson • 1943	36
	Leovigildo Xiqués • 1944	36

Offensive Win %
1.	Sam Hairston • 1946	.725
2.	Sam Hairston • 1948	.685
3.	John Britton • 1943	.647
4.	Ray Neil • 1948	.620
5.	Reinaldo Drake • 1945	.618
6.	Leovigildo Xiqués • 1944	.611
7.	Goose Tatum • 1943	.605
8.	Armando Vázquez • 1944	.600
9.	Sam Hairston • 1947	.567
10.	Reinaldo Drake • 1946	.557

Hit By Pitch
1.	Reinaldo Drake • 1946	4
	Fred Wilson • 1943	4
3.	Sam Hairston • 1946	3
4.	James Abernathy • 1947	2
	Leonard Pigg • 1948	2
	Johnny Ray • 1943	2
	Johnny Ray • 1944	2
8.	Duke Cleveland • 1946	1
	Roosevelt Davis • 1943	1
	Reinaldo Drake • 1947	1
	Coco Ferrer • 1946	1
	Glover • 1943	1
	Charlie Harris • 1943	1
	Buster Haywood • 1946	1
	Buster Haywood • 1947	1
	Clarence Lamar • 1943	1
	Henry Merchant • 1944	1
	Henry Merchant • 1947	1
	Ray Neil • 1946	1
	Alex Radcliff • 1945	1
	Gene Smith • 1946	1
	Sylvester Snead • 1943	1
	Ted Strong • 1948	1
	Goose Tatum • 1947	1
	Hoss Walker • 1944	1

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Henry Smith • 1944	6
2.	Goose Tatum • 1948	4
3.	Buster Haywood • 1943	3
	Buster Haywood • 1946	3
	Buster Haywood • 1947	3
	Henry Merchant • 1945	3
	Henry Merchant • 1946	3
	Henry Merchant • 1947	3
	Henry Merchant • 1948	3
	Johnny Ray • 1943	3

Intentional Bases on Balls
1.	Henry Merchant • 1945	1
	Alex Radcliff • 1945	1

Power-Speed #
1.	Goose Tatum • 1943	2.0
2.	Sam Hairston • 1948	1.6
3.	Rafael Cabrera • 1948	1.3
	Reinaldo Drake • 1945	1.3
	Reinaldo Drake • 1947	1.3
	Sam Hairston • 1946	1.3
	Sylvester Snead • 1943	1.3
	Armando Vázquez • 1944	1.3
9.	Sam Hairston • 1947	1.0
	Alex Radcliff • 1944	1.0
	Alex Radcliff • 1945	1.0

AB per HR
1.	Ray Neil • 1948	49.0
2.	Sam Hairston • 1946	51.0
3.	Goose Tatum • 1943	55.5
4.	Reinaldo Drake • 1945	77.0
5.	Reinaldo Drake • 1947	85.0
6.	Armando Vázquez • 1944	89.0
7.	Henry Merchant • 1947	94.0
8.	Sam Hairston • 1947	112.0
9.	Sam Hairston • 1948	115.0
10.	Sylvester Snead • 1943	128.0

Outs Made
1.	Sylvester Snead • 1943	98
2.	Johnny Ray • 1943	95
3.	John Britton • 1943	85
4.	Ray Neil • 1947	83
5.	Johnny Ray • 1944	82
	Goose Tatum • 1943	82
	Goose Tatum • 1947	82
8.	Sam Hairston • 1947	80
	Ray Neil • 1946	80
10.	James Abernathy • 1947	78

rOBA †
1.	Sam Hairston • 1946	.413
2.	Sam Hairston • 1948	.411
3.	Ray Neil • 1948	.388
4.	Sam Hairston • 1947	.364
5.	Reinaldo Drake • 1946	.361
6.	Reinaldo Drake • 1945	.359
7.	Leovigildo Xiqués • 1944	.354
8.	Reinaldo Drake • 1947	.350
9.	John Britton • 1943	.347
	Armando Vázquez • 1944	.347

Rbat+ †
1.	Sam Hairston • 1946	146
2.	Sam Hairston • 1948	135
3.	John Britton • 1943	120
	Ray Neil • 1948	120
	Armando Vázquez • 1944	120
6.	Reinaldo Drake • 1945	118
	Leovigildo Xiqués • 1944	118
8.	Reinaldo Drake • 1946	116
9.	Goose Tatum • 1943	113
10.	Sylvester Snead • 1943	112

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