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1945 Negro National League Batting Leaders

1944 Season 1946 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 120 games, 6 teams, approx. 40 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	HBP	SH	IBB
1	Marvin Williams	25	PS	Maj	PS	15	67	61	19	28	2	2	5	16	1	3	.459	.500	.803	1.303	49	2	1	0
2	Frankie Austin	28	PS	Maj	PS	50	232	216	41	81	16	3	2	34	10	12	.375	.411	.505	.915	109	1	3	0
3	Roy Campanella	23	BEG	Maj	BEG	56	235	203	51	75	18	4	5	47	3	31	.370	.455	.571	1.027	116	1	0	0
4	Wild Bill Wright	31	BEG	Maj	BEG	54	230	213	45	77	17	4	5	39	6	14	.362	.404	.549	.953	117	1	2	1
5	Josh Gibson	33	HG	Maj	HG	46	190	157	37	56	6	5	8	40	0	32	.357	.466	.612	1.077	96	0	1	3
6	Gene Benson*	31	PS	Maj	PS	47	215	198	30	67	10	3	1	33	0	13	.338	.379	.434	.813	86	0	4	0
7	Johnny Davis	28	NE	Maj	NE	21	87	74	14	25	9	0	4	20	0	11	.338	.430	.622	1.052	46	1	1	1
8	Buck Leonard*	37	HG	Maj	HG	39	174	151	31	51	6	3	5	33	0	21	.338	.425	.517	.942	78	2	0	0
9	Sam Bankhead	34	HG	Maj	HG	35	142	129	15	43	7	1	0	21	2	12	.333	.390	.403	.793	52	0	1	0
10	Ed Stone	35	PS	Maj	PS	44	191	174	23	58	7	5	0	24	3	14	.333	.386	.431	.817	75	1	2	0
11	Jerry Benjamin	35	HG	Maj	HG	49	222	203	41	67	8	2	0	16	4	14	.330	.373	.389	.763	79	0	5	0
12	Lennie Pearson	27	NE	Maj	NE	19	75	71	15	23	2	3	2	13	0	4	.324	.360	.521	.881	37	0	0	0
13	Bobby Robinson	32	BEG	Maj	BEG	39	141	136	23	44	6	1	0	13	2	5	.324	.348	.382	.730	52	0	0	0
14	Felix McLaurin	23	NBY	Maj	NBY	27	119	115	19	37	3	5	1	15	2	4	.322	.345	.461	.805	53	0	0	0
15	Bill Hoskins	31	BEG	Maj	BEG	49	201	181	32	57	7	7	5	42	3	16	.315	.377	.514	.891	93	2	2	0
16	Jud Wilson	49	HG	Maj	HG	26	73	62	7	19	4	0	1	11	0	6	.307	.403	.419	.822	26	4	1	0
17	Martín Dihigo	40	NYC	Maj	NYC	17	56	49	9	15	1	0	2	7	1	7	.306	.393	.449	.842	22	0	0	0
18	Philly Holmes	32	NBY	Maj	NBY	11	49	47	3	14	1	2	0	8	0	2	.298	.327	.404	.731	19	0	0	0
19	Marvin Barker	33	NBY	Maj	NBY	31	134	128	18	37	11	1	1	17	4	3	.289	.316	.414	.730	53	2	1	0
20	Emery Adams	33	NBY	Maj	NBY	19	56	49	6	14	2	1	0	5	0	5	.286	.352	.367	.719	18	0	2	0
21	Cool Papa Bell*	42	HG	Maj	HG	47	212	175	37	50	6	1	1	20	10	35	.286	.405	.349	.753	61	0	2	0
22	Tom Parker	33	NYC	Maj	NYC	23	87	84	7	24	4	1	1	10	0	3	.286	.310	.393	.703	33	0	0	0
23	Cotton Williams	28	NE	Maj	NE	13	54	49	9	14	0	1	1	6	0	5	.286	.352	.388	.740	19	0	0	0
24	Homer Curry	40	PS	Maj	PS	46	171	141	33	40	5	2	4	22	7	25	.284	.395	.433	.828	61	1	4	0
25	Lou Louden	25	NYC	Maj	NYC	24	88	81	7	23	7	0	1	9	1	4	.284	.333	.407	.741	33	2	1	0
26	Dave Hoskins	27	HG	Maj	HG	45	198	179	31	50	7	4	0	25	0	15	.279	.335	.363	.698	65	0	4	0
27	Roy Partlow*	33	PS	Maj	PS	33	93	86	8	24	1	0	0	5	0	5	.279	.319	.291	.609	25	0	2	0
28	Felton Snow	39	BEG	Maj	BEG	42	143	122	14	34	5	3	0	20	1	14	.279	.353	.369	.722	45	0	7	0
29	Biz Mackey	47	NE	Maj	NE	18	64	55	5	15	1	1	1	8	0	8	.273	.365	.382	.747	21	0	1	0
30	Mahlon Duckett	22	PS	Maj	PS	41	171	151	23	41	2	3	0	11	0	15	.272	.337	.325	.662	49	0	5	0
31	Jim West	40	PS	Maj	PS	51	225	208	26	56	5	3	2	36	0	13	.269	.312	.351	.663	73	0	4	0
32	Rogelio Linares*	35	NYC	Maj	NYC	25	93	82	8	22	4	3	0	9	0	7	.268	.333	.390	.724	32	1	3	0
33	Bob Harvey	27	NE	Maj	NE	21	86	79	13	21	3	0	1	13	0	6	.266	.318	.342	.659	27	0	1	0
34	Roy Welmaker*	31	HG	Maj	HG	15	53	49	6	13	2	0	0	5	0	4	.265	.321	.306	.627	15	0	0	0
35	Tommy Butts	25	BEG	Maj	BEG	47	204	181	31	47	6	3	0	18	3	10	.260	.306	.326	.632	59	2	11	0
36	George Scales	44	NBY	Maj	NBY	17	60	50	4	13	1	1	0	3	0	8	.260	.362	.320	.682	16	0	2	0
37	Henry Kimbro	33	BEG	Maj	BEG	53	249	224	41	58	11	9	2	17	5	24	.259	.331	.415	.746	93	0	1	0
38	Doc Dennis	27	BEG	Maj	BEG	49	190	172	21	44	3	4	1	25	2	13	.256	.319	.337	.656	58	3	2	1
39	Fernando Díaz	21	NYC	Maj	NYC	30	127	115	13	29	3	4	0	13	2	9	.252	.312	.348	.660	40	1	2	0
40	Charley House	32	HG	Maj	HG	11	48	44	5	11	0	0	0	7	0	4	.250	.313	.250	.563	11	0	0	0
41	Alphonso Gerard*	28	NBY	Maj	NBY	26	105	90	12	22	5	1	0	6	0	12	.244	.333	.322	.656	29	0	3	0
42	Willie Wells	40	NBY,NE	Maj	NBY-NE	26	109	95	12	23	6	0	0	9	1	9	.242	.327	.305	.632	29	3	2	0
43	Charlie Humber	31	NE	Maj	NE	17	67	58	4	14	1	0	0	4	1	5	.241	.313	.259	.571	15	1	3	0
44	Fran Matthews*	28	NE	Maj	NE	12	52	46	8	11	0	1	1	4	1	4	.239	.314	.348	.662	16	1	1	0
45	Harry Williams	40	BEG	Maj	BEG	56	239	215	29	51	5	2	2	25	2	21	.237	.308	.307	.615	66	1	2	0
46	Thad Christopher	32	NBY,NE	Maj	NBY-NE	24	92	72	10	17	2	1	2	7	0	19	.236	.396	.375	.771	27	0	1	0
47	Bill Cash	26	PS	Maj	PS	44	174	150	19	34	6	2	0	16	1	20	.227	.322	.293	.615	44	1	3	1
48	Horacio Martínez	32	NYC	Maj	NYC	23	87	76	10	17	2	0	1	4	0	10	.224	.314	.290	.604	22	0	1	0
49	Dave Thomas*	40	NYC	Maj	NYC	20	81	73	10	16	4	2	0	12	1	6	.219	.288	.329	.616	24	1	1	0
50	Jelly Jackson	35	HG	Maj	HG	47	162	142	18	31	3	2	0	9	2	12	.218	.279	.268	.547	38	0	8	0
51	Gil Garrido	25	NYC	Maj	NYC	21	81	75	8	16	0	0	0	2	2	4	.213	.263	.213	.476	16	1	1	0
52	Henry Spearman	35	PS	Maj	PS	22	87	76	10	16	2	0	0	8	0	10	.211	.302	.237	.539	18	0	1	0
53	Ray Brown	37	HG	Maj	HG	26	89	73	4	15	5	1	0	12	0	16	.206	.348	.301	.650	22	0	0	1
54	Bill Perkins	39	NBY	Maj	NBY	18	67	63	4	13	2	0	0	6	2	2	.206	.231	.238	.469	15	0	2	0
55	Rufus Baker	26	NBY	Maj	NBY	25	94	83	17	17	5	0	0	7	0	9	.205	.283	.265	.548	22	0	2	0
56	Murray Watkins	29	NE	Maj	NE	22	104	91	10	18	1	0	0	5	4	10	.198	.284	.209	.493	19	1	2	0
57	Bill Byrd	37	BEG	Maj	BEG	27	68	60	8	11	0	2	1	10	0	6	.183	.258	.300	.558	18	0	2	0
58	Tommy Woods	--	PS	Maj	PS	27	80	69	14	12	1	1	0	5	1	9	.174	.269	.217	.487	15	0	2	0
59	Ray Noble	26	NYC	Maj	NYC	17	46	43	7	7	0	2	1	4	0	3	.163	.217	.326	.543	14	0	0	0
60	Bob Clarke	42	BEG	Maj	BEG	19	65	56	1	9	0	0	0	3	1	6	.161	.242	.161	.403	9	0	3	0
61	Ray Battle	27	HG	Maj	HG	46	147	129	15	20	1	1	0	16	1	13	.155	.232	.178	.411	23	0	5	0
62	Walter Cannady	43	NYC	Maj	NYC	14	50	46	3	7	2	0	0	2	0	4	.152	.220	.196	.416	9	0	0	0
63	Javier Pérez	43	NYC	Maj	NYC	21	65	57	2	8	1	0	0	1	1	5	.140	.210	.158	.368	9	0	3	0
64	Walter Hardy	19	NBY	Maj	NBY	20	65	58	7	8	2	1	0	6	0	6	.138	.219	.207	.426	12	0	1	0