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1943 Negro American League Batting Leaders

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Negro American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Smith • CBE	3.1
2.	Brown • KCM	2.8
3.	Paige • 3TM	2.4
4.	Mathis • MRS	2.0
5.	McDaniel • KCM	1.8
6.	Davis • CC	1.7
7.	Serrell • KCM	1.7
8.	Davis • BBB	1.7
9.	Saylor • BBB	1.6
10.	Wilson • CC	1.4

WAR Position Players
1.	Brown • KCM	2.8
2.	Serrell • KCM	1.7
3.	Davis • BBB	1.7
4.	Radcliff • CAG	1.4
5.	Davenport • 2TM	1.4
6.	Sampson • BBB	1.3
7.	McLaurin • BBB	1.2
8.	Spearman • BBB	1.1
9.	Williams • KCM	1.0
10.	Jethroe • CBE	1.0

Offensive WAR
1.	Brown • KCM	2.3
2.	Davis • BBB	1.4
3.	Serrell • KCM	1.4
4.	Radcliff • CAG	1.1
5.	Jethroe • CBE	1.1
6.	McLaurin • BBB	1.0
7.	Davenport • 2TM	1.0
8.	Spearman • BBB	0.9
9.	Thompson • KCM	0.8
10.	Sampson • BBB	0.8

Defensive WAR
1.	Williams • KCM	0.6
	Sampson • BBB	0.6
3.	Riddle • CBE	0.6
4.	Serrell • KCM	0.6
5.	Wyatt • CAG	0.5
	Lockett • BBB	0.5
7.	Brown • KCM	0.5
8.	Lamar • CC	0.5
9.	Davis • BBB	0.4
10.	Horne • CBE	0.4

Batting Average
1.	Radcliff • CAG	.369
2.	Brown • KCM	.340
3.	Davenport • 2TM	.325
4.	Britton • CC	.317
5.	Thompson • KCM	.315
6.	Jethroe • CBE	.310
7.	McLaurin • BBB	.304
8.	Spearman • BBB	.301
9.	Young • CAG	.298
10.	Sampson • BBB	.292

On-Base%
1.	McLaurin • BBB	.400
2.	Brown • KCM	.390
3.	Radcliff • CAG	.389
4.	Spearman • BBB	.384
5.	Thompson • KCM	.373
6.	Davis • BBB	.365
7.	Davenport • 2TM	.362
8.	Britton • CC	.349
9.	Bissant • CAG	.339
10.	Sampson • BBB	.337

Slugging %
1.	Brown • KCM	.533
2.	Jethroe • CBE	.472
3.	Radcliff • CAG	.467
4.	Davis • BBB	.444
5.	Serrell • KCM	.426
6.	Young • CAG	.423
7.	Davenport • 2TM	.422
8.	Thompson • KCM	.415
9.	Tatum • CC	.414
10.	Snead • CC	.398

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Brown • KCM	.923
2.	Radcliff • CAG	.856
3.	Davis • BBB	.808
4.	Jethroe • CBE	.805
5.	Thompson • KCM	.789
6.	Davenport • 2TM	.784
7.	McLaurin • BBB	.776
8.	Young • CAG	.759
9.	Serrell • KCM	.751
10.	Spearman • BBB	.743

Games Played
1.	Brown • KCM	53
	Serrell • KCM	53
	Souell • KCM	53
4.	Spearman • BBB	42
5.	O'Neil • KCM	41
	Williams • KCM	41
7.	Sampson • BBB	40
	Thompson • KCM	40
9.	Davis • BBB	39
10.	Lockett • BBB	38

At Bats
1.	Souell • KCM	203
2.	Brown • KCM	197
3.	Serrell • KCM	195
4.	Sampson • BBB	161
5.	Spearman • BBB	156
6.	Davenport • 2TM	154
7.	Williams • KCM	152
8.	O'Neil • KCM	151
9.	Lockett • BBB	150
10.	Davis • BBB	142
	Jethroe • CBE	142
	Allen • KCM	142

Plate Appearances
1.	Souell • KCM	221
2.	Brown • KCM	214
3.	Serrell • KCM	208
4.	Spearman • BBB	181
5.	Sampson • BBB	175
6.	Williams • KCM	171
7.	Davenport • 2TM	163
8.	O'Neil • KCM	162
9.	Davis • BBB	161
10.	Lockett • BBB	160

Runs Scored
1.	Brown • KCM	33
2.	Davis • BBB	28
	Jethroe • CBE	28
	Serrell • KCM	28
	Souell • KCM	28
6.	McLaurin • BBB	27
7.	Spearman • BBB	26
8.	Sampson • BBB	24
9.	Williams • KCM	23
	Davenport • 2TM	23

Hits
1.	Brown • KCM	67
2.	Serrell • KCM	56
3.	Souell • KCM	52
4.	Davenport • 2TM	50
5.	Sampson • BBB	47
	Spearman • BBB	47
7.	Radcliff • CAG	45
8.	Jethroe • CBE	44
9.	O'Neil • KCM	43
10.	Davis • BBB	41
	Thompson • KCM	41

Total Bases
1.	Brown • KCM	105
2.	Serrell • KCM	83
3.	Jethroe • CBE	67
4.	Davenport • 2TM	65
5.	Souell • KCM	64
6.	Davis • BBB	63
7.	Radcliff • CAG	57
8.	Spearman • BBB	56
9.	Sampson • BBB	55
10.	Thompson • KCM	54

Doubles
1.	Serrell • KCM	14
2.	Brown • KCM	13
3.	Davis • BBB	12
	Jethroe • CBE	12
	Snead • CC	12
6.	Davenport • 2TM	8
7.	Radcliff • CAG	7
8.	Ware • CBE	6
	Young • CAG	6
	Souell • KCM	6
	Thompson • KCM	6

Triples
1.	Serrell • KCM	5
2.	Spearman • BBB	4
	Jethroe • CBE	4
	Pennington • CAG	4
5.	Sampson • BBB	3
	Tatum • CC	3
	Bissant • CAG	3
	Williams • KCM	3
	Souell • KCM	3
10.	Britton • CC	2
	Dunn • BBB	2
	Ray • CC	2
	Snead • CC	2
	Brown • KCM	2
	Smith • KCM	2
	Thompson • KCM	2
	Hyde • MRS	2
	McDaniel • MRS	2
	Robinson • MRS	2
	Christopher • 2TM	2
	Davenport • 2TM	2
	Ware • CBE	2
	Riddle • CBE	2
	Davis • BBB	2
	Lockett • BBB	2
	Young • CAG	2

Home Runs
1.	Brown • KCM	7
2.	Charter • 3TM	2
	Robinson • MRS	2
	Pennington • CAG	2
	Tatum • CC	2
	Davis • BBB	2
7.	Dunn • BBB	1
	Lockett • BBB	1
	McLaurin • BBB	1
	Steele • BBB	1
	Bissant • CAG	1
	Buster • CAG	1
	Cornelius • CAG	1
	Radcliff • CAG	1
	West • CAG	1
	Wyatt • CAG	1
	Young • CAG	1
	Jethroe • CBE	1
	Snead • CC	1
	McDaniel • KCM	1
	O'Neil • KCM	1
	Serrell • KCM	1
	Thompson • KCM	1
	Hyde • MRS	1
	Christopher • 2TM	1
	Davenport • 2TM	1
	Cleveland • CBE	1

Runs Batted In
1.	Brown • KCM	31
2.	Lockett • BBB	25
	Serrell • KCM	25
4.	Davis • BBB	24
5.	Davenport • 2TM	20
6.	Radcliff • CAG	19
7.	Ware • CBE	18
	Snead • CC	18
9.	Spearman • BBB	17
	O'Neil • KCM	17

Bases on Balls
1.	McLaurin • BBB	20
2.	Spearman • BBB	19
3.	Williams • KCM	17
4.	Davis • BBB	16
	Brown • KCM	16
6.	Souell • KCM	13
7.	Ray • CC	12
	Wilson • CC	12
	Simms • KCM	12
	Mathis • MRS	12

Stolen Bases
1.	Spearman • BBB	7
2.	Souell • KCM	6
	Bankhead • MRS	6
	Sampson • BBB	6
5.	Wyatt • CAG	5
	Woods • CBE	5
	Jethroe • CBE	5
	McLaurin • BBB	5
	Hyde • MRS	5
10.	Bissant • CAG	4
	Williams • KCM	4
	Cleveland • CBE	4
	O'Neil • KCM	4
	Brown • KCM	4
	Riddle • CBE	4
	Britton • CC	4

Singles
1.	Brown • KCM	45
2.	Souell • KCM	43
3.	Sampson • BBB	42
	Spearman • BBB	42
5.	Davenport • 2TM	39
6.	O'Neil • KCM	38
7.	Radcliff • CAG	36
	Serrell • KCM	36
9.	Britton • CC	34
10.	McLaurin • BBB	32
	Thompson • KCM	32
	Williams • KCM	32

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Brown • KCM	184
2.	Radcliff • CAG	164
3.	Davis • BBB	149
4.	Jethroe • CBE	148
5.	Thompson • KCM	144
6.	Davenport • 2TM	142
7.	McLaurin • BBB	140
8.	Young • CAG	134
9.	Serrell • KCM	131
10.	Spearman • BBB	130

Runs Created
1.	Brown • KCM	41
2.	Serrell • KCM	27
3.	Davenport • 2TM	25
4.	Davis • BBB	23
5.	Radcliff • CAG	22
	Jethroe • CBE	22
7.	Spearman • BBB	21
8.	Thompson • KCM	20
9.	McLaurin • BBB	19
	Sampson • BBB	19
	Souell • KCM	19

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Brown • KCM	19
2.	Davis • BBB	9
3.	Radcliff • CAG	9
4.	Davenport • 2TM	7
5.	McLaurin • BBB	7
	Jethroe • CBE	7
7.	Thompson • KCM	7
8.	Serrell • KCM	7
9.	Spearman • BBB	6
10.	Robinson • MRS	4

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Brown • KCM	2.1
2.	Davis • BBB	1.0
3.	Radcliff • CAG	1.0
4.	Davenport • 2TM	0.8
	McLaurin • BBB	0.8
	Jethroe • CBE	0.8
7.	Thompson • KCM	0.8
8.	Serrell • KCM	0.7
9.	Spearman • BBB	0.7
10.	Robinson • MRS	0.4

Extra Base Hits
1.	Brown • KCM	22
2.	Serrell • KCM	20
3.	Jethroe • CBE	17
4.	Davis • BBB	16
5.	Snead • CC	15
6.	Davenport • 2TM	11
7.	Tatum • CC	10
8.	Young • CAG	9
	Souell • KCM	9
	Thompson • KCM	9
	Radcliff • CAG	9

Times On Base
1.	Brown • KCM	83
2.	Spearman • BBB	68
3.	Serrell • KCM	67
4.	Souell • KCM	66
5.	Davenport • 2TM	59
6.	Davis • BBB	58
	McLaurin • BBB	58
	Sampson • BBB	58
9.	Williams • KCM	56
10.	O'Neil • KCM	53
	Thompson • KCM	53

Offensive Win %
1.	Brown • KCM	.822
2.	Radcliff • CAG	.796
3.	Davenport • 2TM	.741
4.	Davis • BBB	.714
5.	Jethroe • CBE	.713
6.	Thompson • KCM	.704
7.	McLaurin • BBB	.702
8.	Young • CAG	.676
9.	Serrell • KCM	.654
10.	Britton • CC	.647

Hit By Pitch
1.	Wilson • CC	4
2.	Walker • BBB	3
3.	Spearman • BBB	2
	Williams • KCM	2
	Thompson • KCM	2
	Ray • CC	2
7.	Dunn • BBB	1
	Young • CAG	1
	Boone • CBE	1
	Hundley • CBE	1
	Jefferson • CBE	1
	Davis • CC	1
	Glover • CC	1
	Lamar • CC	1
	Snead • CC	1
	Haynes • KCM	1
	O'Neil • KCM	1
	Serrell • KCM	1
	Simms • KCM	1
	Souell • KCM	1
	Bankhead • MRS	1
	Robinson • MRS	1
	Harris • 2TM	1
	Morney • 2TM	1
	Davis • BBB	1
	Newberry • 2TM	1

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Horne • CBE	10
2.	Spearman • BBB	4
	Walker • BBB	4
	Souell • KCM	4
5.	Simms • KCM	3
	Smith • 2TM	3
	Hundley • CBE	3
	Jefferson • CBE	3
	Riddle • CBE	3
	Haywood • CC	3
	Ray • CC	3
	Lindsay • 2TM	3
	Sampson • BBB	3
	Thompson • KCM	3

Power-Speed #
1.	Brown • KCM	5.1
2.	Davis • BBB	2.4
3.	Tatum • CC	2.0
4.	McLaurin • BBB	1.7
	Hyde • MRS	1.7
	Wyatt • CAG	1.7
	Jethroe • CBE	1.7
8.	Bissant • CAG	1.6
	Cleveland • CBE	1.6
	O'Neil • KCM	1.6

AB per HR
1.	Brown • KCM	28.1
2.	Charter • 3TM	52.0
3.	Tatum • CC	55.5
4.	Pennington • CAG	59.0
5.	Davis • BBB	71.0
6.	Bissant • CAG	103.0
7.	Young • CAG	104.0
8.	Wyatt • CAG	110.0
9.	Radcliff • CAG	122.0
10.	McLaurin • BBB	125.0

Outs Made
1.	Souell • KCM	155
2.	Serrell • KCM	141
3.	Brown • KCM	131
4.	Sampson • BBB	117
5.	Williams • KCM	115
6.	Lockett • BBB	114
7.	Spearman • BBB	113
8.	Walker • BBB	110
9.	O'Neil • KCM	109
10.	Allen • KCM	108

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