1942 Negro American League Fielding Leaders

Other Leagues: Major Leagues, AL, NL, NN2

Pennant Winner: Kansas City Monarchs

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Rankings of Negro League players should consider that Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. More about data coverage

Negro American League Fielding Leaders

Def. Games as C
1.	Greene • KCM	24
2.	Hardy • BBB	20
3.	Brown • MRS	19
4.	Brown • CCB	16
5.	Taylor • CCB	15

Def. Games as 1B
1.	O'Neil • KCM	36
2.	Ware • CCB	32
3.	Taylor • MRS	24
4.	Gilyard • BBB	12
5.	Canada • JRC	10

Def. Games as 2B
1.	Horne • CCB	31
2.	Serrell • KCM	29
3.	Sampson • BBB	28
4.	Bankhead • MRS	19
5.	Cannady • CAG	12

Def. Games as 3B
1.	Radcliff • 2TM	29
2.	Woods • 2TM	26
3.	Souell • KCM	23
4.	Carter • MRS	22
5.	Allen • KCM	14

Def. Games as SS
1.	Williams • KCM	36
2.	James • CCB	28
3.	Wyatt • CAG	24
4.	Walker • BBB	22
5.	Brown • MRS	21

Def. Games as LF (s.1901)
1.	Simms • KCM	36
2.	McDaniel • MRS	18
3.	McLaurin • 2TM	16
4.	Cleveland • CCB	15
5.	Bissant • CAG	11

Def. Games as CF (s.1901)
1.	Brown • KCM	34
2.	Davenport • 3TM	27
3.	Robinson • MRS	20
4.	Jethroe • CCB	18
5.	Bell • CAG	16

Def. Games as RF (s.1901)
1.	Strong • KCM	33
2.	Hyde • MRS	24
3.	Christopher • CCB	17
4.	Crutchfield • CAG	16
5.	Bradford • BBB	15

Def. Games as P
1.	Gipson • BBB	12
	Markham • BBB	12
3.	Pipkins • BBB	11
	Smith • KCM	11
	McKinnis • 2TM	11
	Paige • KCM	11

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