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1941 Negro National League Batting Leaders

1940 Season 1942 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 155 games, 6 teams, approx. 51 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	Jud Wilson	45	HG	Maj	HG	35	132	110	26	43	10	2	1	29	0	15	.391	.472	.546	1.018	60	0	2	5	1
2	Monte Irvin	22	NE	Maj	NE	49	209	181	41	70	14	1	10	48	7	20	.387	.451	.641	1.091	116	0	1	7	0
3	Tetelo Vargas	35	NYC	Maj	NYC	44	188	169	34	59	12	6	1	34	1	16	.349	.405	.509	.914	86	0	0	3	0
4	Buck Leonard*	33	HG	Maj	HG	54	229	184	59	64	12	7	13	47	5	39	.348	.467	.701	1.168	129	0	2	4	1
5	Bill Hoskins	27	BEG,NBY	Maj	BEG-NBY	52	222	199	53	68	8	7	12	50	6	18	.342	.407	.633	1.040	126	0	4	1	1
6	Jim Starks	35	NBY	Maj	NBY	31	116	104	23	34	7	1	4	24	2	10	.327	.397	.529	.925	55	0	2	0	1
7	Roy Campanella	19	BEG	Maj	BEG	37	143	128	26	41	11	3	4	22	3	12	.320	.392	.547	.939	70	3	3	0	1
8	David Whatley	26	HG	Maj	HG	45	197	176	37	56	14	3	4	15	5	16	.318	.378	.500	.878	88	0	1	4	0
9	Howard Easterling	29	HG	Maj	HG	52	219	197	48	62	11	4	6	39	8	16	.315	.372	.503	.875	99	0	2	4	1
10	Pat Patterson	29	PS	Maj	PS	24	96	89	8	28	2	2	0	6	0	6	.315	.358	.382	.740	34	0	0	1	0
11	Leon Day	24	NE	Maj	NE	48	185	170	22	53	12	4	3	22	4	12	.312	.357	.482	.840	82	0	0	3	0
12	James Brown	22	NE	Maj	NE	22	63	58	7	18	3	0	0	7	2	3	.310	.344	.362	.706	21	0	0	2	0
13	Pancho Coimbre	32	NYC	Maj	NYC	44	182	165	28	51	7	5	3	28	2	13	.309	.363	.467	.830	77	0	1	3	0
14	Johnny Washington	25	BEG	Maj	BEG	58	239	223	32	69	10	7	1	33	13	11	.309	.342	.431	.772	96	0	0	5	0
15	Homer Curry	36	BEG	Maj	BEG	57	255	212	46	65	10	3	3	26	7	36	.307	.410	.425	.834	90	0	1	6	0
16	George Scales	40	BEG	Maj	BEG	36	107	89	20	27	7	1	2	24	0	17	.303	.415	.472	.887	42	1	0	1	1
17	Clarence Palm	33	PS,HG	Maj	PS-HG	19	65	53	7	16	2	0	1	4	1	11	.302	.422	.396	.818	21	0	0	1	0
18	Charlie Parks	24	NE	Maj	NE	31	100	92	14	27	9	2	0	12	0	6	.294	.337	.435	.772	40	1	0	2	0
19	Charlie Biot	23	BEG	Maj	BEG	59	218	191	32	56	9	4	2	26	8	18	.293	.360	.414	.774	79	1	2	7	0
20	Roy Parnell	37	PS	Maj	PS	56	230	203	26	59	11	1	1	18	5	23	.291	.363	.370	.732	75	0	0	4	0
21	Johnny Hayes	31	NBY	Maj	NBY	30	114	95	12	27	5	1	1	10	0	14	.284	.387	.390	.777	37	0	2	3	0
22	Ramón Heredía	28	NYC	Maj	NYC	37	154	142	29	40	9	3	1	16	2	9	.282	.325	.409	.733	58	0	0	3	1
23	Mule Suttles	40	NBY	Maj	NBY	22	75	71	11	20	2	2	2	14	2	4	.282	.320	.451	.771	32	0	0	0	1
24	Jerry Benjamin	31	HG	Maj	HG	54	238	209	31	58	5	3	2	23	8	23	.278	.349	.359	.708	75	1	0	6	0
25	Gene Benson*	27	PS	Maj	PS	25	106	95	9	26	6	0	0	6	1	8	.274	.330	.337	.667	32	0	0	3	0
26	Lennie Pearson	23	NE	Maj	NE	39	144	135	16	37	7	1	4	20	5	6	.274	.310	.430	.740	58	1	1	2	0
27	Henry Spearman	31	BEG	Maj	BEG	55	230	212	31	58	13	2	2	37	4	12	.274	.319	.382	.701	81	2	2	4	0
28	Clemente Carreras	27	NYC	Maj	NYC	42	186	165	25	45	7	2	4	21	4	16	.273	.344	.412	.756	68	0	2	3	0
29	Jim Williams	35	NBY	Maj	NBY	24	87	81	9	22	3	2	1	6	2	4	.272	.322	.395	.717	32	1	2	0	0
30	Bill Cooper	26	PS,NBY	Maj	PS-NBY	48	176	160	18	43	8	1	0	17	4	12	.269	.324	.331	.655	53	0	1	3	0
31	Larnie Jordan	27	PS	Maj	PS	35	127	121	20	32	7	2	0	8	2	4	.265	.288	.355	.643	43	0	0	2	0
32	Henry Kimbro	29	NBY	Maj	NBY	37	158	138	26	36	4	1	0	9	15	16	.261	.350	.304	.655	42	0	3	1	0
33	Clarence Isreal	23	NE	Maj	NE	49	209	185	32	48	8	2	2	18	4	19	.260	.332	.357	.689	66	1	1	4	0
34	David Campbell	--	PS	Maj	PS	39	152	135	14	35	4	1	1	12	3	14	.259	.333	.326	.659	44	0	1	2	0
35	Leamon Johnson	24	NE	Maj	NE	27	102	89	12	23	0	0	0	10	1	8	.258	.327	.258	.585	23	0	1	4	0
36	Carlos Blanco	27	NYC	Maj	NYC	32	131	109	14	28	4	2	0	11	0	18	.257	.367	.330	.698	36	0	1	3	0
37	Alberto Hernández	24	NYC	Maj	NYC	27	113	102	11	26	7	0	0	9	1	5	.255	.309	.324	.633	33	0	3	3	0
38	Horacio Martínez	28	NYC	Maj	NYC	38	165	155	24	39	6	0	0	11	2	8	.252	.288	.290	.579	45	0	0	2	0
39	Biz Mackey	43	NE	Maj	NE	30	85	72	7	18	3	1	0	9	0	12	.250	.357	.319	.677	23	0	0	1	0
40	Jim West	36	PS,NBY	Maj	PS-NBY	56	209	177	19	44	1	2	3	22	1	25	.249	.348	.328	.676	58	1	2	5	1
41	Matt Carlisle	31	HG	Maj	HG	53	189	166	23	41	6	3	2	28	10	16	.247	.317	.355	.672	59	1	1	6	1
42	Chester Williams	35	HG	Maj	HG	53	230	196	33	48	3	1	0	26	5	25	.245	.333	.270	.604	53	0	1	8	0
43	Johnny Davis	24	NE	Maj	NE	31	129	115	10	28	6	2	2	17	0	11	.244	.310	.383	.692	44	1	0	3	0
44	Heberto Blanco	20	NYC	Maj	NYC	41	163	144	12	35	3	1	2	19	0	17	.243	.323	.319	.642	46	1	0	2	0
45	Robert Gaston	31	HG	Maj	HG	44	157	146	15	35	4	2	2	17	0	7	.240	.275	.336	.610	49	0	0	4	0
46	Felton Snow	35	BEG	Maj	BEG	53	230	209	41	49	9	2	1	33	4	14	.234	.286	.311	.597	65	1	1	6	0
47	Vic Harris	36	HG	Maj	HG	45	189	176	22	41	10	1	1	28	1	13	.233	.286	.318	.604	56	1	0	0	0
48	Bob Clarke	38	BEG	Maj	BEG	29	98	84	11	19	3	0	0	7	0	11	.226	.316	.262	.578	22	0	0	3	0
49	Jimmy Hill*	23	NE	Maj	NE	33	75	72	6	16	0	1	0	4	0	3	.222	.253	.250	.503	18	0	0	0	0
50	José María Fernández	45	NYC	Maj	NYC	23	61	59	1	13	1	0	0	3	0	2	.220	.246	.237	.483	14	0	0	0	1
51	Carlos Colás	23	NYC	Maj	NYC	34	113	105	14	23	0	0	2	11	0	5	.219	.255	.276	.531	29	0	0	3	0
52	Terris McDuffie	32	HG	Maj	HG	24	57	52	6	11	3	1	2	9	0	4	.212	.268	.423	.691	22	1	0	1	0
53	Fran Matthews*	24	NE	Maj	NE	52	230	200	36	42	5	1	5	22	3	25	.210	.301	.320	.621	64	0	1	4	1
54	Ray Brown	33	HG	Maj	HG	32	83	77	9	16	3	1	3	8	2	6	.208	.265	.390	.655	30	0	0	0	0
55	Anthony Cooper	36	NBY	Maj	NBY	39	139	123	11	25	5	1	0	16	0	10	.203	.269	.260	.529	32	2	1	5	0
56	Thad Christopher	28	NE	Maj	NE	36	140	120	13	24	3	0	1	12	1	16	.200	.294	.250	.544	30	0	0	4	0
57	Henry McHenry	31	PS	Maj	PS	31	78	71	7	14	2	1	2	10	0	3	.197	.230	.338	.568	24	0	0	4	0
58	Tommy Butts	21	BEG	Maj	BEG	59	256	227	38	42	8	0	1	24	1	18	.185	.254	.234	.488	53	1	3	8	0
59	Mahlon Duckett	18	PS,NBY	Maj	PS-NBY	49	176	165	16	30	4	3	0	12	6	8	.182	.224	.242	.467	40	0	1	2	0
60	Felle Delgado?	32	NYC	Maj	NYC	23	67	57	9	10	1	0	0	6	1	8	.175	.277	.193	.470	11	0	0	2	0
61	Marvin Barker	29	NBY,NE	Maj	NBY-NE	39	146	136	9	23	3	1	3	10	1	6	.169	.204	.272	.476	37	1	0	4	0
62	Dick Seay	36	NBY	Maj	NBY	31	129	114	12	19	3	0	1	13	0	8	.167	.246	.219	.465	25	0	4	3	0
63	Sylvester Owens?	--	PS	Maj	PS	30	109	103	2	12	1	0	0	4	2	6	.117	.165	.126	.291	13	1	0	0	0