1926 Eastern Colored League Batting Leaders

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Eastern Colored League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Winters • HIL	5.1
2.	Henderson • AC	4.9
3.	Dihigo • CSE	4.2
4.	Grier • AC	3.7
5.	Mackey • HIL	3.3
6.	Gisentaner • 3TM	3.2
7.	Johnson • HIL	3.2
8.	Wilson • BBS	3.1
9.	Thomas • HIL	2.8
10.	Ryan • HIL	2.7

WAR Position Players
1.	Dihigo • CSE	3.6
2.	Mackey • HIL	3.3
3.	Johnson • HIL	3.1
4.	Wilson • BBS	3.1
5.	Thomas • HIL	2.8
6.	Lundy • AC	2.4
7.	Hudspeth • NLG	2.0
8.	Carr • HIL	1.8
9.	Charleston • HBG	1.8
10.	Beckwith • 2TM	1.8

Offensive WAR
1.	Mackey • HIL	3.3
2.	Dihigo • CSE	2.9
3.	Wilson • BBS	2.6
4.	Thomas • HIL	2.5
5.	Beckwith • 2TM	2.3
	Charleston • HBG	2.3
7.	Lundy • AC	2.3
8.	Johnson • HIL	2.3
9.	Carr • HIL	2.1
10.	Hudspeth • NLG	1.9

Defensive WAR
1.	Johnson • HIL	1.1
2.	Stephens • HIL	0.7
3.	Rojo • BBS	0.7
4.	Dihigo • CSE	0.7
5.	Warfield • HIL	0.6
6.	White • AC	0.6
7.	Hill • BRG	0.4
8.	Chacón • CSE	0.4
9.	Wilson • BBS	0.4
	Lundy • AC	0.4

Batting Average
1.	Dihigo • CSE	.375
2.	Wilson • BBS	.373
3.	Hudspeth • NLG	.372
4.	Lundy • AC	.354
5.	Johnson • BBS	.350
6.	Chacón • CSE	.344
7.	Beckwith • 2TM	.332
8.	Mackey • HIL	.327
9.	Lloyd • NLG	.326
10.	Johnson • HIL	.325

On-Base%
1.	Wilson • BBS	.487
2.	Dihigo • CSE	.475
3.	Charleston • HBG	.438
4.	Lundy • AC	.421
5.	Chacón • CSE	.418
6.	Jenkins • HBG	.418
7.	Johnson • BBS	.418
8.	Hudspeth • NLG	.416
9.	Carr • HIL	.412
10.	Taylor • BBS	.403

Slugging %
1.	Dihigo • CSE	.737
2.	Beckwith • 2TM	.593
3.	Hudspeth • NLG	.574
4.	Charleston • HBG	.568
5.	Wilson • BBS	.559
6.	Johnson • BBS	.540
7.	Dixon • HBG	.538
8.	Mackey • HIL	.522
9.	Thomas • HIL	.513
10.	Lundy • AC	.510

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Dihigo • CSE	1.212
2.	Wilson • BBS	1.046
3.	Charleston • HBG	1.006
4.	Hudspeth • NLG	.990
5.	Beckwith • 2TM	.986
6.	Johnson • BBS	.957
7.	Lundy • AC	.931
8.	Mackey • HIL	.922
9.	Dixon • HBG	.911
10.	Thomas • HIL	.892

Games Played
1.	Briggs • HIL	88
	Thomas • HIL	88
	Warfield • HIL	88
4.	Johnson • HIL	87
5.	Mackey • HIL	85
6.	Washington • HIL	84
7.	Carr • HIL	80
8.	Stephens • HIL	66
9.	Holloway • BBS	59
10.	White • AC	56
	Day • 2TM	56

At Bats
1.	Briggs • HIL	346
2.	Warfield • HIL	337
3.	Johnson • HIL	335
4.	Thomas • HIL	318
5.	Mackey • HIL	312
6.	Carr • HIL	279
7.	Washington • HIL	273
8.	Holloway • BBS	232
9.	White • AC	212
10.	Stephens • HIL	207

Plate Appearances
1.	Briggs • HIL	401
2.	Warfield • HIL	376
3.	Johnson • HIL	361
4.	Mackey • HIL	350
5.	Thomas • HIL	348
6.	Carr • HIL	325
7.	Washington • HIL	311
8.	Holloway • BBS	256
9.	White • AC	235
10.	Stephens • HIL	232

Runs Scored
1.	Warfield • HIL	75
2.	Briggs • HIL	67
3.	Johnson • HIL	63
4.	Mackey • HIL	59
5.	Thomas • HIL	55
6.	Carr • HIL	53
7.	Wilson • BBS	46
8.	Holloway • BBS	44
	Dixon • HBG	44
	Jenkins • HBG	44

Hits
1.	Johnson • HIL	109
2.	Mackey • HIL	102
	Thomas • HIL	102
4.	Briggs • HIL	98
5.	Carr • HIL	88
6.	Warfield • HIL	86
7.	Lundy • AC	70
8.	Washington • HIL	69
9.	Hudspeth • NLG	68
10.	Beckwith • 2TM	66

Total Bases
1.	Mackey • HIL	163
	Thomas • HIL	163
3.	Johnson • HIL	146
4.	Carr • HIL	123
5.	Beckwith • 2TM	118
6.	Briggs • HIL	113
7.	Dihigo • CSE	112
8.	Warfield • HIL	108
9.	Hudspeth • NLG	105
10.	Lundy • AC	101

Doubles
1.	Mackey • HIL	25
2.	Carr • HIL	19
	Johnson • HIL	19
4.	Thomas • HIL	18
5.	Beckwith • 2TM	17
	Wilson • BBS	17
	Lundy • AC	17
8.	Charleston • HBG	12
	Johnson • NLG	12
	Dixon • HBG	12

Triples
1.	Thomas • HIL	8
2.	Johnson • HIL	6
3.	Hudspeth • NLG	5
	Dixon • HBG	5
	Carr • HIL	5
6.	Cummings • AC	4
	Day • 2TM	4
	Beckwith • 2TM	4
	Young • NLG	4
	White • AC	4
	Lundy • AC	4
	Warfield • HIL	4

Home Runs
1.	Dihigo • CSE	14
2.	Mackey • HIL	10
	Charleston • HBG	10
4.	Thomas • HIL	9
	Beckwith • 2TM	9
6.	Hudspeth • NLG	7
7.	Dixon • HBG	6
	Johnson • BBS	6
9.	Farrell • AC	5
10.	Oms • CSE	4
	Eggleston • 3TM	4

Runs Batted In
1.	Thomas • HIL	78
2.	Mackey • HIL	76
3.	Johnson • HIL	63
4.	Beckwith • 2TM	54
5.	Carr • HIL	45
6.	Dihigo • CSE	44
7.	Lundy • AC	43
	Charleston • HBG	43
9.	Washington • HIL	41
10.	Johnson • BBS	40
	Dixon • HBG	40

Bases on Balls
1.	Briggs • HIL	47
2.	Carr • HIL	43
3.	Warfield • HIL	38
4.	Washington • HIL	35
5.	Charleston • HBG	34
	Mackey • HIL	34
7.	Jenkins • HBG	31
8.	Marcell • AC	29
	Wilson • BBS	29
	Dihigo • CSE	29

Strikeouts
1.	Winters • HIL	19
2.	Warfield • HIL	18
3.	Carr • HIL	17
4.	Stephens • HIL	15
5.	Briggs • HIL	14
	Washington • HIL	14
	Robinson • HIL	14
	Johnson • HIL	14
9.	Campbell • HIL	11
10.	Mackey • HIL	9

Stolen Bases
1.	Thomas • HIL	24
	Charleston • HBG	24
	Wilson • BBS	24
4.	Carr • HIL	20
	Briggs • HIL	20
6.	Day • 2TM	19
7.	Holloway • BBS	18
8.	Washington • HIL	16
	Johnson • HIL	16
10.	Warfield • HIL	13
	Jenkins • HBG	13
	Mackey • HIL	13

Singles
1.	Briggs • HIL	86
2.	Johnson • HIL	82
3.	Warfield • HIL	70
4.	Thomas • HIL	67
5.	Mackey • HIL	64
6.	Carr • HIL	62
7.	Washington • HIL	57
8.	Hudspeth • NLG	50
	Lloyd • NLG	50
10.	Stephens • HIL	49

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Dihigo • CSE	229
2.	Wilson • BBS	186
3.	Charleston • HBG	174
4.	Hudspeth • NLG	169
5.	Beckwith • 2TM	167
6.	Johnson • BBS	161
7.	Lundy • AC	154
8.	Mackey • HIL	151
9.	Dixon • HBG	147
10.	Thomas • HIL	143

Runs Created
1.	Mackey • HIL	64
2.	Thomas • HIL	60
3.	Johnson • HIL	55
4.	Dihigo • CSE	53
5.	Carr • HIL	52
6.	Beckwith • 2TM	46
7.	Briggs • HIL	44
8.	Hudspeth • NLG	43
9.	Lundy • AC	42
	Wilson • BBS	42

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Dihigo • CSE	27
2.	Wilson • BBS	22
3.	Mackey • HIL	22
4.	Charleston • HBG	19
5.	Beckwith • 2TM	17
6.	Thomas • HIL	17
7.	Hudspeth • NLG	16
8.	Lundy • AC	15
9.	Carr • HIL	15
10.	Johnson • BBS	13

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Dihigo • CSE	2.6
2.	Mackey • HIL	2.2
3.	Wilson • BBS	2.2
4.	Charleston • HBG	1.8
5.	Beckwith • 2TM	1.7
6.	Thomas • HIL	1.7
7.	Hudspeth • NLG	1.6
8.	Lundy • AC	1.5
9.	Carr • HIL	1.5
10.	Johnson • BBS	1.3

Extra Base Hits
1.	Mackey • HIL	38
2.	Thomas • HIL	35
3.	Beckwith • 2TM	30
4.	Johnson • HIL	27
5.	Carr • HIL	26
6.	Dihigo • CSE	25
7.	Lundy • AC	23
	Charleston • HBG	23
	Dixon • HBG	23
10.	Wilson • BBS	22

Times On Base
1.	Briggs • HIL	153
2.	Mackey • HIL	140
3.	Johnson • HIL	135
4.	Carr • HIL	134
5.	Thomas • HIL	132
6.	Warfield • HIL	125
7.	Washington • HIL	107
8.	Wilson • BBS	96
9.	Lundy • AC	93
10.	Jenkins • HBG	92

Offensive Win %
1.	Dihigo • CSE	.899
2.	Wilson • BBS	.839
3.	Hudspeth • NLG	.811
4.	Charleston • HBG	.792
5.	Beckwith • 2TM	.788
6.	Johnson • BBS	.783
7.	Lundy • AC	.772
8.	Mackey • HIL	.739
9.	Dixon • HBG	.734
10.	Farrell • AC	.709

Hit By Pitch
1.	Pérez • HBG	9
2.	Briggs • HIL	8
3.	Thomas • HIL	7
	Wilson • BBS	7
5.	García • AC	6
	Crespo • CSE	6
7.	Charleston • HBG	5
8.	Johnson • BBS	4
	Jenkins • HBG	4
	Fiall • BBS	4
	Mackey • HIL	4
	Mason • 2TM	4
	Scales • 2TM	4
	Stephens • HIL	4

Caught Stealing
1.	Thomas • HIL	9
2.	Carr • HIL	6
	Washington • HIL	6
4.	Johnson • HIL	5
	Mackey • HIL	5
6.	Briggs • HIL	4
	Warfield • HIL	4
8.	Winters • HIL	2
9.	Campbell • HIL	1
	Robinson • HIL	1

Power-Speed #
1.	Charleston • HBG	14.1
2.	Thomas • HIL	13.1
3.	Mackey • HIL	11.3
4.	Dihigo • CSE	10.2
5.	Dixon • HBG	8.0
6.	Johnson • BBS	6.9
7.	Beckwith • 2TM	5.5
8.	Wilson • BBS	5.3
9.	Eggleston • 3TM	4.0
	Dallard • 2TM	4.0

AB per SO
1.	Thomas • HIL	39.8
2.	Mackey • HIL	34.7
3.	Briggs • HIL	24.7
4.	Johnson • HIL	23.9
5.	Washington • HIL	19.5
6.	Warfield • HIL	18.7
7.	Carr • HIL	16.4
8.	Stephens • HIL	13.8

AB per HR
1.	Dihigo • CSE	10.9
2.	Charleston • HBG	16.9
3.	Beckwith • 2TM	22.1
4.	Farrell • AC	25.8
5.	Hudspeth • NLG	26.1
6.	Johnson • BBS	27.2
7.	Dixon • HBG	31.0
8.	Mackey • HIL	31.2
9.	Thomas • HIL	35.3
10.	Oms • CSE	37.3

Outs Made
1.	Warfield • HIL	255
2.	Briggs • HIL	252
3.	Johnson • HIL	231
4.	Thomas • HIL	225
5.	Mackey • HIL	215
6.	Washington • HIL	210
7.	Carr • HIL	197
8.	Holloway • BBS	177
9.	Reid • AC	159
10.	Day • 2TM	157

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