New York Black Yankees Top 10 Single-Season Batting Leaders

WAR Position Players †
1.	Walter Cannady • 1936	1.1
	Henry Spearman • 1940	1.1
3.	Bud Barbee • 1937	1.0
	Barney Brown • 1937	1.0
	George Giles • 1937	1.0
	Johnny Hayes • 1947	1.0
	George Scales • 1936	1.0
8.	Homer Curry • 1939	0.9
	Jim Williams • 1936	0.9
10.	Walter Cannady • 1939	0.8
	Johnny Hayes • 1941	0.8
	Johnny Hayes • 1942	0.8
	Jim Starks • 1941	0.8

Offensive WAR †
1.	George Scales • 1936	1.3
2.	Walter Cannady • 1936	1.0
	Johnny Hayes • 1947	1.0
	Henry Spearman • 1940	1.0
5.	Bud Barbee • 1937	0.9
	Barney Brown • 1937	0.9
	Homer Curry • 1939	0.9
	Johnny Smith • 1947	0.9
	Jim Starks • 1941	0.9
10.	Walter Cannady • 1939	0.8
	George Giles • 1937	0.8
	Johnny Hayes • 1942	0.8

Defensive WAR †
1.	Dick Seay • 1941	0.4
	Jake Stephens • 1936	0.4
3.	Hoss Walker • 1940	0.3
4.	Marvin Barker • 1936	0.2
	Marvin Barker • 1941	0.2
	Ralph Burgin • 1937	0.2
	Zack Clayton • 1943	0.2
	Spencer Davis • 1941	0.2
	Douglass • 1938	0.2
	Henry Kimbro • 1941	0.2
	Flash Miller • 1939	0.2
	Glen Richardson • 1946	0.2
	Sylvester Snead • 1946	0.2
	Willie Wells • 1945	0.2
	Jim Williams • 1941	0.2

Batting Average
1.	Jim Williams • 1936	.382
2.	Johnny Washington • 1940	.367
3.	George Scales • 1936	.358
4.	Walter Cannady • 1939	.354
5.	Walter Cannady • 1937	.333
6.	David Campbell • 1938	.324
7.	George Giles • 1937	.323
	Fats Jenkins • 1936	.323
9.	Felix McLaurin • 1945	.322
	Henry Spearman • 1940	.322

On-Base%
1.	Johnny Hayes • 1947	.454
2.	George Scales • 1936	.434
3.	Henry Spearman • 1940	.414
4.	Jim Williams • 1936	.411
5.	George Giles • 1937	.400
6.	Johnny Hayes • 1942	.393
7.	Walter Cannady • 1936	.392
8.	Johnny Washington • 1940	.391
9.	Walter Cannady • 1939	.386
10.	Fats Jenkins • 1936	.382
	Clint Thomas • 1937	.382

Slugging %
1.	George Scales • 1936	.558
2.	Charlie Biot • 1940	.531
3.	Jim Williams • 1936	.529
4.	Walter Cannady • 1936	.524
5.	Johnny Washington • 1940	.516
6.	Henry Spearman • 1940	.513
7.	Marvin Barker • 1943	.488
8.	Walter Cannady • 1939	.479
9.	George Giles • 1937	.466
10.	Clint Thomas • 1937	.465

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	George Scales • 1936	.992
2.	Jim Williams • 1936	.941
3.	Henry Spearman • 1940	.927
4.	Walter Cannady • 1936	.915
5.	Johnny Washington • 1940	.907
6.	Charlie Biot • 1940	.883
7.	George Giles • 1937	.866
8.	Walter Cannady • 1939	.865
9.	Clint Thomas • 1937	.847
10.	Marvin Barker • 1943	.839

Games Played
1.	Marvin Barker • 1946	42
2.	Anthony Cooper • 1941	39
3.	Walter Hardy • 1946	38
4.	Henry Kimbro • 1941	37
5.	Marvin Barker • 1941	35
	George Giles • 1937	35
	Fats Jenkins • 1937	35
	Clint Thomas • 1937	35
9.	Marvin Barker • 1937	34
	Walter Cannady • 1937	34
	Felix McLaurin • 1946	34
	Clyde Parris • 1947	34

At Bats
1.	Walter Hardy • 1946	141
2.	Henry Kimbro • 1941	138
3.	George Giles • 1937	133
	Clyde Parris • 1947	133
5.	Felix McLaurin • 1946	131
6.	Walter Cannady • 1937	129
	Clint Thomas • 1937	129
8.	Marvin Barker • 1945	128
	Marvin Barker • 1946	128
	Johnny Washington • 1940	128

Plate Appearances
1.	Henry Kimbro • 1941	158
2.	George Giles • 1937	154
3.	Walter Hardy • 1946	149
4.	Clint Thomas • 1937	147
5.	Felix McLaurin • 1946	146
6.	Clyde Parris • 1947	145
7.	Walter Cannady • 1936	143
	Fats Jenkins • 1937	143
9.	George Giles • 1936	142
10.	Walter Cannady • 1937	141

Runs Scored
1.	Walter Cannady • 1936	35
2.	Johnny Washington • 1940	31
3.	George Giles • 1937	30
4.	Clint Thomas • 1937	27
5.	Henry Kimbro • 1941	26
	Clyde Parris • 1947	26
7.	George Scales • 1936	24
8.	Jim Starks • 1941	23
9.	Leslie Green • 1942	22
	Fats Jenkins • 1936	22
	Jake Stephens • 1936	22

Hits
1.	Johnny Washington • 1940	47
2.	Walter Cannady • 1937	43
	George Giles • 1937	43
	George Scales • 1936	43
5.	Fats Jenkins • 1936	40
	Clint Thomas • 1937	40
7.	Marvin Barker • 1937	39
	Walter Cannady • 1936	39
	Johnny Smith • 1947	39
	Jim Williams • 1936	39

Total Bases
1.	George Scales • 1936	67
2.	Walter Cannady • 1936	66
	Johnny Washington • 1940	66
4.	George Giles • 1937	62
5.	Clint Thomas • 1937	60
6.	Marvin Barker • 1943	59
	Henry Spearman • 1940	59
8.	Walter Cannady • 1937	57
	Felix McLaurin • 1946	57
10.	Fats Jenkins • 1936	56

Doubles
1.	Marvin Barker • 1943	13
2.	Marvin Barker • 1945	11
	George Giles • 1937	11
	Johnny Washington • 1940	11
5.	Walter Cannady • 1937	9
	Jim Williams • 1936	9
7.	Charlie Biot • 1940	8
	Fats Jenkins • 1936	8
	Henry Spearman • 1940	8
10.	George Giles • 1936	7
	Felix McLaurin • 1946	7
	Jim Starks • 1941	7

Triples
1.	Felix McLaurin • 1945	5
2.	Charlie Biot • 1940	4
	George Crowe • 1947	4
	Fats Jenkins • 1936	4
5.	David Campbell • 1938	3
	Walter Cannady • 1936	3
	Felix McLaurin • 1946	3
	Johnny Smith • 1947	3
	Clint Thomas • 1937	3
10.	Rufus Baker • 1943	2
	Rufus Baker • 1947	2
	Marvin Barker • 1937	2
	Marvin Barker • 1938	2
	Barney Brown • 1937	2
	George Crowe • 1948	2
	George Giles • 1936	2
	Philly Holmes • 1945	2
	Flash Miller • 1939	2
	Flash Miller • 1943	2
	Gabe Patterson • 1947	2
	George Scales • 1936	2
	Jake Stephens • 1936	2
	Mule Suttles • 1941	2
	Harry Williams • 1943	2
	Jim Williams • 1941	2
	Dan Wilson • 1942	2

Home Runs
1.	Walter Cannady • 1936	5
	George Scales • 1936	5
3.	Bradford Bennett • 1942	4
	Henry Spearman • 1940	4
	Jim Starks • 1941	4
	Clint Thomas • 1937	4
7.	Marvin Barker • 1936	3
	Marvin Barker • 1941	3
	Walter Cannady • 1939	3
10.	Bud Barbee • 1937	2
	Marvin Barker • 1939	2
	Marvin Barker • 1943	2
	Charlie Biot • 1940	2
	Ameal Brooks • 1936	2
	Thad Christopher • 1938	2
	Thad Christopher • 1944	2
	Thad Christopher • 1945	2
	George Crowe • 1947	2
	George Crowe • 1948	2
	George Giles • 1937	2
	Fats Jenkins • 1937	2
	Henry McHenry • 1936	2
	Felix McLaurin • 1946	2
	Leroy Morney • 1938	2
	Clarence Palm • 1938	2
	Gabe Patterson • 1947	2
	George Scales • 1939	2
	Mule Suttles • 1941	2
	Johnny Washington • 1939	2
	Johnny Washington • 1940	2
	Jim Williams • 1936	2

Runs Batted In
1.	Walter Cannady • 1937	30
	George Scales • 1936	30
3.	Henry Spearman • 1940	28
4.	Jim Starks • 1941	24
	Jim Williams • 1936	24
6.	Marvin Barker • 1943	21
	Charlie Biot • 1940	21
	George Crowe • 1947	21
	Johnny Washington • 1940	21
10.	Fats Jenkins • 1936	20

Bases on Balls
1.	Johnny Hayes • 1947	28
2.	Flash Miller • 1939	21
3.	Thad Christopher • 1945	18
	Leslie Green • 1942	18
	Johnny Hayes • 1942	18
	Henry Spearman • 1940	18
7.	Homer Curry • 1939	17
8.	Rufus Baker • 1943	16
	George Giles • 1937	16
	Henry Kimbro • 1941	16

Stolen Bases
1.	Henry Kimbro • 1941	15
2.	Fats Jenkins • 1936	7
3.	Walter Cannady • 1936	6
	George Giles • 1936	6
	Clarence Palm • 1936	6
	Clyde Parris • 1947	6
	Jake Stephens • 1936	6
	Harry Williams • 1942	6
9.	Art Hefner • 1948	5
10.	Rufus Baker • 1943	4
	Marvin Barker • 1945	4
	Walter Cannady • 1937	4
	Leslie Green • 1942	4
	Gabe Patterson • 1947	4

Singles
1.	Johnny Washington • 1940	33
2.	Walter Cannady • 1937	32
	Walter Hardy • 1946	32
	Johnny Smith • 1947	32
5.	Henry Kimbro • 1941	31
	Clyde Parris • 1947	31
	George Scales • 1936	31
	Clint Thomas • 1937	31
9.	Marvin Barker • 1937	30
	Dan Wilson • 1942	30

Adjusted OPS+
1.	George Scales • 1936	151
2.	Henry Spearman • 1940	140
3.	Jim Williams • 1936	138
4.	Johnny Washington • 1940	135
5.	Walter Cannady • 1939	133
6.	Walter Cannady • 1936	132
7.	Charlie Biot • 1940	128
8.	Marvin Barker • 1943	125
9.	George Giles • 1937	124
	Felix McLaurin • 1945	124

Runs Created
1.	George Scales • 1936	29
2.	Johnny Washington • 1940	26
3.	Walter Cannady • 1936	25
	George Giles • 1937	25
5.	Henry Spearman • 1940	24
6.	Clint Thomas • 1937	23
7.	Walter Cannady • 1937	22
	Jim Williams • 1936	22
9.	Fats Jenkins • 1936	21
	Johnny Smith • 1947	21
	Jim Starks • 1941	21

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	George Scales • 1936	10
2.	Bud Barbee • 1937	8
	Homer Curry • 1939	8
	Jim Starks • 1941	8
5.	Johnny Smith • 1947	7
	Henry Spearman • 1940	7
7.	Barney Brown • 1937	6
	Walter Cannady • 1936	6
	George Crowe • 1948	6
	George Giles • 1937	6
	Johnny Washington • 1940	6
	Jim Williams • 1936	6

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	George Scales • 1936	0.9
2.	Jim Starks • 1941	0.8
3.	Bud Barbee • 1937	0.7
	Homer Curry • 1939	0.7
	Henry Spearman • 1940	0.7
6.	Barney Brown • 1937	0.6
	George Crowe • 1948	0.6
	Johnny Smith • 1947	0.6
	Johnny Washington • 1940	0.6
10.	Walter Cannady • 1936	0.5
	George Giles • 1937	0.5
	Johnny Hayes • 1947	0.5
	George Scales • 1939	0.5
	Jim Williams • 1936	0.5

Extra Base Hits
1.	Marvin Barker • 1943	16
2.	Charlie Biot • 1940	14
	Walter Cannady • 1936	14
	George Giles • 1937	14
	Johnny Washington • 1940	14
6.	Marvin Barker • 1945	13
	Henry Spearman • 1940	13
8.	Fats Jenkins • 1936	12
	Felix McLaurin • 1946	12
	George Scales • 1936	12
	Jim Starks • 1941	12

Times On Base
1.	George Giles • 1937	60
2.	George Scales • 1936	59
3.	Walter Cannady • 1936	56
4.	Henry Kimbro • 1941	55
	Henry Spearman • 1940	55
	Clint Thomas • 1937	55
7.	Johnny Hayes • 1947	54
8.	Walter Cannady • 1937	53
	Felix McLaurin • 1946	53
10.	Fats Jenkins • 1936	52
	Johnny Washington • 1940	52

Offensive Win %
1.	George Scales • 1936	.743
2.	Jim Williams • 1936	.728
3.	Johnny Washington • 1940	.702
4.	Walter Cannady • 1939	.692
5.	Henry Spearman • 1940	.684
6.	Walter Cannady • 1936	.659
7.	Felix McLaurin • 1945	.639
8.	Charlie Biot • 1940	.621
9.	Felix McLaurin • 1946	.616
10.	George Giles • 1937	.614

Hit By Pitch
1.	Jake Stephens • 1936	5
2.	Skin Down Robinson • 1943	4
	Dick Seay • 1941	4
4.	Greene Farmer • 1947	3
	Henry Kimbro • 1941	3
	Felix McLaurin • 1946	3
7.	Marvin Barker • 1945	2
	Walter Cannady • 1936	2
	George Giles • 1936	2
	John Hawkins • 1940	2
	Johnny Hayes • 1940	2
	Johnny Hayes • 1941	2
	Flash Miller • 1940	2
	Flash Miller • 1943	2
	Clyde Parris • 1947	2
	Sylvester Snead • 1946	2
	Jim Starks • 1941	2
	Jim Williams • 1941	2
	Adam Young • 1941	2

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Leroy Morney • 1938	7
2.	Jake Stephens • 1936	6
3.	Anthony Cooper • 1941	5
4.	Zack Clayton • 1944	4
	George Giles • 1936	4
	George Giles • 1937	4
	Walter Hardy • 1947	4
	Johnny Hayes • 1946	4
	Curtis Henderson • 1937	4
	Bill Holland • 1936	4
	Fats Jenkins • 1936	4
	George Scales • 1936	4

Intentional Bases on Balls
1.	Bud Barbee • 1946	1
	Jim Starks • 1941	1
	Mule Suttles • 1941	1

Double Plays Grounded Into
1.	Anthony Cooper • 1941	2
2.	Connie Rector • 1941	1
	Jim Williams • 1941	1

Power-Speed #
1.	Walter Cannady • 1936	5.5
2.	George Scales • 1936	2.9
3.	Gabe Patterson • 1947	2.7
	Jim Starks • 1941	2.7
	Clint Thomas • 1937	2.7
6.	Marvin Barker • 1936	2.4
	George Giles • 1937	2.4
	Leroy Morney • 1938	2.4
	Johnny Washington • 1940	2.4
10.	Marvin Barker • 1943	2.0
	Fats Jenkins • 1937	2.0
	Mule Suttles • 1941	2.0

AB per HR
1.	George Scales • 1936	24.0
2.	Walter Cannady • 1936	25.2
3.	Henry Spearman • 1940	28.8
4.	Walter Cannady • 1939	32.0
5.	Clint Thomas • 1937	32.3
6.	Marvin Barker • 1936	40.3
7.	Marvin Barker • 1941	40.7
8.	Leroy Morney • 1938	46.5
9.	Charlie Biot • 1940	49.0
10.	Jim Williams • 1936	51.0

Outs Made
1.	Walter Hardy • 1946	107
2.	Anthony Cooper • 1941	105
3.	Marvin Barker • 1941	103
	Henry Kimbro • 1941	103
5.	Marvin Barker • 1946	102
6.	Fats Jenkins • 1937	99
7.	Dick Seay • 1941	98
8.	Walter Hardy • 1947	97
9.	Marvin Barker • 1936	96
	Clyde Parris • 1947	96

rOBA †
1.	George Scales • 1936	.445
2.	Henry Spearman • 1940	.425
	Jim Williams • 1936	.425
4.	Walter Cannady • 1936	.414
5.	Johnny Washington • 1940	.411
6.	Johnny Hayes • 1947	.405
7.	Walter Cannady • 1939	.398
8.	Charlie Biot • 1940	.392
	George Giles • 1937	.392
10.	Fats Jenkins • 1936	.388

Rbat+ †
1.	George Scales • 1936	152
2.	Henry Spearman • 1940	138
	Jim Williams • 1936	138
4.	Johnny Hayes • 1947	136
5.	Johnny Washington • 1940	131
6.	Walter Cannady • 1939	130
7.	Walter Cannady • 1936	129
8.	George Giles • 1937	126
9.	Johnny Hayes • 1942	123
10.	Felix McLaurin • 1946	120

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