1942 Negro American League Batting Leaders

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Negro American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Jefferson • CCB	2.0
2.	Paige • KCM	2.0
3.	Matchett • KCM	1.9
4.	McDaniel • KCM	1.9
5.	Strong • KCM	1.8
6.	Serrell • KCM	1.6
7.	Bremer • CCB	1.5
8.	Brown • KCM	1.3
9.	Pipkins • BBB	1.3
10.	Davenport • 4TM	1.3

WAR Position Players
1.	Strong • KCM	1.8
2.	Serrell • KCM	1.6
3.	Brown • KCM	1.3
4.	Davenport • 3TM	1.3
5.	Robinson • MRS	1.2
6.	Woods • 2TM	1.0
7.	Sampson • BBB	0.9
8.	Horne • CCB	0.9
9.	Jethroe • CCB	0.8
10.	Greene • KCM	0.7

Offensive WAR
1.	Strong • KCM	1.7
2.	Serrell • KCM	1.5
3.	Brown • KCM	1.3
4.	Davenport • 3TM	1.3
5.	Robinson • MRS	1.2
6.	Woods • 2TM	1.0
7.	Sampson • BBB	0.9
8.	Horne • CCB	0.8
9.	Jethroe • CCB	0.7
10.	Greene • KCM	0.6

Defensive WAR
1.	Williams • KCM	0.2
2.	Wyatt • CAG	0.2
3.	James • CCB	0.2
4.	Walker • BBB	0.1
	Brown • MRS	0.1
6.	Horne • CCB	0.1
7.	Serrell • KCM	0.1
	Sampson • BBB	0.1
9.	Bankhead • MRS	0.1
	Greene • KCM	0.1

Batting Average
1.	Strong • KCM	.364
2.	Serrell • KCM	.360
3.	Robinson • MRS	.353
4.	McLaurin • 2TM	.351
5.	Brown • KCM	.338
6.	Woods • 2TM	.337
7.	Sampson • BBB	.333
	Davenport • 3TM	.333
9.	Hyde • MRS	.308
10.	Jethroe • CCB	.305

On-Base%
1.	Davenport • 3TM	.431
2.	Strong • KCM	.425
3.	Serrell • KCM	.402
4.	Cleveland • 2TM	.389
	Robinson • MRS	.389
6.	McLaurin • 2TM	.385
7.	Woods • 2TM	.375
8.	Brown • KCM	.373
9.	Bell • CAG	.373
10.	Horne • CCB	.359

Slugging %
1.	Robinson • MRS	.612
2.	Serrell • KCM	.561
3.	Strong • KCM	.561
4.	Brown • KCM	.493
5.	Woods • 2TM	.490
6.	Davenport • 3TM	.465
7.	Greene • KCM	.452
8.	Sampson • BBB	.439
9.	Jethroe • CCB	.432
10.	McLaurin • 2TM	.405

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Robinson • MRS	1.001
2.	Strong • KCM	.985
3.	Serrell • KCM	.963
4.	Davenport • 3TM	.896
5.	Brown • KCM	.866
6.	Woods • 2TM	.865
7.	Sampson • BBB	.795
8.	McLaurin • 2TM	.790
9.	Greene • KCM	.775
10.	Jethroe • CCB	.771

Games Played
1.	O'Neil • KCM	36
	Simms • KCM	36
	Williams • KCM	36
4.	Brown • KCM	35
5.	Strong • KCM	34
6.	Serrell • KCM	33
7.	Horne • CCB	32
	Ware • CCB	32
9.	Jethroe • CCB	31
	Cleveland • 2TM	31

At Bats
1.	Simms • KCM	152
2.	O'Neil • KCM	143
3.	Brown • KCM	142
4.	Strong • KCM	132
5.	Williams • KCM	125
6.	Horne • CCB	120
7.	Jethroe • CCB	118
8.	Radcliff • 2TM	115
9.	Sampson • BBB	114
	Serrell • KCM	114

Plate Appearances
1.	Simms • KCM	166
2.	Brown • KCM	150
3.	O'Neil • KCM	148
	Strong • KCM	148
5.	Williams • KCM	140
6.	Horne • CCB	134
7.	Cleveland • 2TM	128
8.	Jethroe • CCB	126
9.	Serrell • KCM	124
10.	Radcliff • 2TM	121

Runs Scored
1.	Strong • KCM	31
2.	Brown • KCM	25
3.	Sampson • BBB	22
	Serrell • KCM	22
	Simms • KCM	22
6.	O'Neil • KCM	20
	Hyde • MRS	20
	Robinson • MRS	20
	Davenport • 3TM	20
10.	Horne • CCB	19
	Jethroe • CCB	19
	Cleveland • 2TM	19

Hits
1.	Brown • KCM	48
	Strong • KCM	48
3.	Serrell • KCM	41
4.	O'Neil • KCM	40
5.	Sampson • BBB	38
6.	Horne • CCB	36
	Jethroe • CCB	36
8.	Cleveland • 2TM	33
	Davenport • 3TM	33
	Woods • 2TM	33

Total Bases
1.	Strong • KCM	74
2.	Brown • KCM	70
3.	Serrell • KCM	64
4.	O'Neil • KCM	52
	Robinson • MRS	52
6.	Jethroe • CCB	51
7.	Sampson • BBB	50
8.	Woods • 2TM	48
9.	Davenport • 3TM	46
10.	Horne • CCB	45

Doubles
1.	Jethroe • CCB	10
2.	Woods • 2TM	8
	Strong • KCM	8
	Robinson • MRS	8
5.	O'Neil • KCM	7
	Davenport • 3TM	7
7.	Brown • KCM	6
8.	Williams • KCM	5
	Greene • KCM	5
10.	Bremer • CCB	4
	Hyde • MRS	4
	Andrews • 2TM	4
	Morney • BBB	4
	Serrell • KCM	4
	Simms • KCM	4
	Radcliff • 2TM	4
	Hardy • BBB	4
	Bell • CAG	4

Triples
1.	Serrell • KCM	5
2.	Carter • MRS	3
	Brown • MRS	3
	Horne • CCB	3
5.	Woods • 2TM	2
	Radcliff • 2TM	2
	McDaniel • MRS	2
	Williams • KCM	2
	Simms • KCM	2
	Brown • KCM	2
	Sampson • BBB	2
	Wyatt • CAG	2
	Shields • CAG	2
	Bell • CAG	2
	Warren • BBB	2

Home Runs
1.	Strong • KCM	6
2.	Robinson • MRS	4
	Brown • KCM	4
	Greene • KCM	4
5.	Serrell • KCM	3
6.	Sampson • BBB	2
	Morney • BBB	2
	Davenport • 3TM	2
	Williams • KCM	2
10.	Walker • BBB	1
	Pennington • CAG	1
	Jethroe • CCB	1
	Ware • CCB	1
	Wilson • CCB	1
	LaMarque • KCM	1
	O'Neil • KCM	1
	Evans • MRS	1
	Cleveland • 2TM	1
	Radcliff • 2TM	1
	Woods • 2TM	1

Runs Batted In
1.	Strong • KCM	32
2.	Brown • KCM	26
3.	O'Neil • KCM	23
4.	Serrell • KCM	22
5.	Robinson • MRS	20
6.	Ware • CCB	19
7.	Morney • BBB	18
	Jethroe • CCB	18
	Greene • KCM	18
	Woods • 2TM	18

Bases on Balls
1.	Davenport • 3TM	17
2.	Cleveland • 2TM	16
3.	Pennington • CAG	15
4.	Strong • KCM	14
	Williams • KCM	14
6.	Morney • BBB	12
	Greene • KCM	12
	Bell • CAG	12
9.	Simms • KCM	11
	Horne • CCB	11
	Crutchfield • CAG	11

Stolen Bases
1.	Hyde • MRS	8
2.	Jethroe • CCB	7
	Morney • BBB	7
	Davenport • 3TM	7
5.	Bankhead • MRS	6
6.	Horne • CCB	5
	Woods • 2TM	5
8.	Warren • BBB	4
9.	Walker • BBB	3
	Brown • MRS	3
	Cleveland • 2TM	3
	Ware • CCB	3
	Simms • KCM	3
	James • CCB	3

Singles
1.	Brown • KCM	36
2.	Strong • KCM	34
3.	Sampson • BBB	32
4.	O'Neil • KCM	31
5.	Horne • CCB	30
	Cleveland • 2TM	30
7.	Serrell • KCM	29
8.	Hyde • MRS	27
9.	Allen • KCM	26
10.	Jethroe • CCB	24
	Davenport • 3TM	24

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Robinson • MRS	206
2.	Strong • KCM	202
3.	Serrell • KCM	195
4.	Davenport • 3TM	175
5.	Brown • KCM	165
6.	Woods • 2TM	165
7.	Sampson • BBB	144
8.	McLaurin • 2TM	143
9.	Greene • KCM	137
10.	Jethroe • CCB	136

Runs Created
1.	Strong • KCM	31
2.	Brown • KCM	26
	Serrell • KCM	26
4.	Robinson • MRS	20
	Davenport • 3TM	20
6.	Sampson • BBB	18
	Woods • 2TM	18
8.	Jethroe • CCB	17
9.	Horne • CCB	16
	O'Neil • KCM	16

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Strong • KCM	16
2.	Serrell • KCM	12
3.	Brown • KCM	10
4.	Davenport • 3TM	10
	Robinson • MRS	10
6.	Woods • 2TM	7
7.	Sampson • BBB	5
8.	Jethroe • CCB	5
9.	Cleveland • 2TM	5
10.	Harris • CCB	4

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Strong • KCM	1.7
2.	Serrell • KCM	1.2
3.	Brown • KCM	1.1
4.	Davenport • 3TM	1.1
	Robinson • MRS	1.1
6.	Woods • 2TM	0.8
7.	Sampson • BBB	0.5
8.	Jethroe • CCB	0.5
9.	Cleveland • 2TM	0.5
10.	Harris • CCB	0.4

Extra Base Hits
1.	Strong • KCM	14
2.	Robinson • MRS	13
3.	Serrell • KCM	12
	Brown • KCM	12
	Jethroe • CCB	12
6.	Woods • 2TM	11
7.	Greene • KCM	10
8.	Davenport • 3TM	9
	Williams • KCM	9
	O'Neil • KCM	9

Times On Base
1.	Strong • KCM	62
2.	Brown • KCM	56
3.	Davenport • 3TM	50
4.	Serrell • KCM	49
	Cleveland • 2TM	49
6.	Horne • CCB	47
7.	O'Neil • KCM	45
8.	Williams • KCM	43
9.	Sampson • BBB	42
	Jethroe • CCB	42

Offensive Win %
1.	Strong • KCM	.840
2.	Robinson • MRS	.833
3.	Serrell • KCM	.830
4.	Davenport • 3TM	.788
5.	Brown • KCM	.764
6.	Woods • 2TM	.749
7.	Sampson • BBB	.704
8.	McLaurin • 2TM	.688
9.	Jethroe • CCB	.646
10.	Bell • CAG	.635

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Brown • MRS	4
	Walker • BBB	4
3.	Allen • KCM	3
	Woods • 2TM	3
	Brown • MRS	3
	Simms • KCM	3
	Horne • CCB	3
	Hardy • BBB	3
9.	Serrell • KCM	2
	Gilyard • BBB	2
	Lamar • 2TM	2
	Cleveland • 2TM	2
	Bradford • 2TM	2
	Taylor • MRS	2
	Robinson • MRS	2
	Hyde • MRS	2
	Harris • BBB	2
	Strong • KCM	2
	Markham • BBB	2
	Duncan • KCM	2
	Dunn • BBB	2
	Pipkins • BBB	2
	Jethroe • CCB	2
	Spearman • CAG	2
	Bell • CAG	2
	Warren • BBB	2

Power-Speed #
1.	Morney • BBB	3.1
	Davenport • 3TM	3.1
3.	Brown • KCM	2.7
	Robinson • MRS	2.7
5.	Serrell • KCM	2.4
6.	Sampson • BBB	2.0
	Williams • KCM	2.0
8.	Jethroe • CCB	1.8
9.	Strong • KCM	1.7
10.	Woods • 2TM	1.7

AB per HR
1.	Greene • KCM	21.0
2.	Robinson • MRS	21.3
3.	Strong • KCM	22.0
4.	Brown • KCM	35.5
5.	Serrell • KCM	38.0
6.	Morney • BBB	48.0
7.	Davenport • 3TM	49.5
8.	Sampson • BBB	57.0
9.	Williams • KCM	62.5
10.	Walker • BBB	77.0

Outs Made
1.	Simms • KCM	126
2.	O'Neil • KCM	103
3.	Williams • KCM	97
4.	Radcliff • 2TM	95
5.	Brown • KCM	94
6.	Horne • CCB	87
7.	Strong • KCM	86
8.	Jethroe • CCB	84
	Ware • CCB	84
10.	Cleveland • 2TM	79

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements