1938 Negro National League Batting Leaders

1937 Season 1939 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 130 games, 7 teams, approx. 37 games in season

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League Player Batting

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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
1	Buck Leonard*	30	HG	Maj	HG	42	178	150	41	63	11	5	9	53	1	24	.420	.500	.740	1.240	111	0	4
2	Harry Williams	33	PC	Maj	PC	37	157	140	35	55	12	4	4	32	3	14	.393	.448	.621	1.070	87	0	3
3	Josh Gibson	26	HG	Maj	HG	46	199	165	53	61	11	4	13	54	2	29	.370	.467	.721	1.188	119	1	4
4	Ray Dandridge	24	NE	Maj	NE	27	113	103	24	38	9	2	1	19	0	8	.369	.414	.524	.939	54	0	2
5	Sammy Hughes	27	BEG	Maj	BEG	26	117	105	24	38	7	4	2	22	3	10	.362	.422	.562	.984	59	1	1
6	Ed Stone	28	NE	Maj	NE	28	114	97	21	34	6	3	4	19	2	13	.351	.427	.598	1.025	58	0	4
7	Henry Spearman	28	HG,WBS,NBY	Maj	HG-SEN-NBY	31	138	123	18	43	10	1	0	21	0	13	.350	.412	.447	.859	55	0	2
8	Jim Williams	32	HG	Maj	HG	36	152	139	28	46	11	1	1	30	0	7	.331	.367	.446	.813	62	1	5
9	Fats Jenkins	40	NBY,PC	Maj	NBY-PC	30	133	117	16	38	3	1	0	7	2	11	.325	.383	.368	.750	43	0	5
10	David Campbell	--	NBY	Maj	NBY	29	117	105	16	34	5	3	0	13	3	9	.324	.377	.429	.806	45	0	3
11	Willie Wells	33	NE	Maj	NE	27	109	90	22	29	7	2	2	15	3	13	.322	.419	.511	.930	46	2	4
12	Jim West	33	BEG	Maj	BEG	35	150	132	24	42	12	1	5	30	0	15	.318	.396	.538	.934	71	2	1
13	Jerry Benjamin	28	HG	Maj	HG	41	189	163	42	51	3	5	6	26	4	22	.313	.395	.503	.898	82	0	4
14	Bill Perkins	32	PS	Maj	PS	60	228	196	36	61	9	1	7	45	3	29	.311	.400	.475	.875	93	0	3
15	Marvin Barker	26	NBY	Maj	NBY	30	132	120	18	37	6	2	0	5	1	9	.308	.357	.392	.748	47	0	3
16	Biz Mackey	40	BEG	Maj	BEG	32	125	104	17	32	5	0	1	16	1	18	.308	.410	.385	.794	40	0	3
17	Chester Williams	32	PC	Maj	PC	39	163	146	23	45	7	5	0	17	2	11	.308	.357	.425	.781	62	0	6
18	Zollie Wright	28	WBS,NBY	Maj	SEN-NBY	23	87	75	13	23	3	1	0	10	0	11	.307	.395	.373	.769	28	0	1
19	Pat Patterson	26	PS	Maj	PS	44	183	157	33	48	13	2	7	36	3	20	.306	.384	.548	.932	86	0	6
20	Curtis Harris	33	PS	Maj	PS	58	209	177	32	54	5	2	5	38	0	18	.305	.369	.441	.810	78	0	14
21	Clyde Spearman	25	PS	Maj	PS	65	281	243	41	74	10	5	1	28	2	29	.305	.381	.399	.780	97	1	8
22	Bill Hoskins	24	BEG,WBS	Maj	BEG-SEN	14	54	50	14	15	4	2	1	9	2	4	.300	.352	.520	.872	26	0	0
23	Wild Bill Wright	24	BEG	Maj	BEG	33	145	130	22	39	8	2	4	31	5	10	.300	.359	.485	.844	63	2	3
24	Jud Wilson	42	PS	Maj	PS	36	119	94	18	28	4	1	3	24	0	18	.298	.431	.457	.888	43	4	3
25	Tommie Dukes	31	HG	Maj	HG	14	42	37	6	11	2	0	0	8	0	3	.297	.366	.351	.717	13	1	1
26	Vic Harris	33	HG	Maj	HG	43	192	172	40	51	7	5	1	24	0	16	.297	.360	.413	.773	71	1	3
27	Lennie Pearson	20	NE	Maj	NE	28	106	95	16	28	5	2	1	17	2	8	.295	.350	.421	.771	40	0	3
28	George Giles	29	PS,PC	Maj	PS-PC	50	196	167	31	49	10	2	0	21	3	23	.293	.379	.377	.756	63	0	6
29	Mule Suttles	37	NE	Maj	NE	27	98	86	18	25	3	0	6	22	0	10	.291	.365	.535	.900	46	0	2
30	Ray Brown	30	HG	Maj	HG	32	103	91	20	26	9	0	5	20	0	10	.286	.356	.550	.906	50	0	2
31	Roy Parnell	34	PS	Maj	PS	63	264	227	50	65	10	4	6	29	4	26	.286	.365	.445	.810	101	2	9
32	Jim Starks	32	NBY	Maj	NBY	14	52	47	6	13	4	1	1	9	0	4	.277	.333	.468	.801	22	0	1
33	Jack Johnson	--	HG	Maj	HG	18	69	62	12	17	1	1	3	15	0	4	.274	.318	.468	.786	29	0	3
34	George Scales	37	BEG	Maj	BEG	28	105	82	19	22	2	1	1	11	3	20	.268	.412	.354	.766	29	0	3
35	Henry Kimbro	26	BEG	Maj	BEG	36	169	148	32	39	5	3	0	20	1	16	.264	.339	.338	.677	50	1	4
36	Matt Carlisle	28	HG	Maj	HG	46	201	181	35	47	3	1	4	18	1	17	.260	.323	.354	.677	64	0	3
37	Hoss Walker	33	BEG	Maj	BEG	25	99	86	12	22	3	1	0	13	1	8	.256	.319	.314	.633	27	0	5
38	Felton Snow	32	BEG	Maj	BEG	36	157	138	29	35	5	2	1	22	2	13	.254	.322	.341	.663	47	1	5
39	Dan Wilson	22	PC	Maj	PC	34	142	118	22	30	7	3	1	14	2	16	.254	.367	.390	.757	46	5	3
40	Jake Dunn	28	PS	Maj	PS	63	257	223	37	56	12	2	5	34	0	28	.251	.337	.390	.727	87	1	5
41	Buddy Burbage	31	WBS,BEG	Maj	SEN-BEG	15	65	53	8	13	1	0	2	8	0	8	.245	.344	.377	.722	20	0	4
42	Thad Christopher	25	NBY	Maj	NBY	15	58	53	6	13	5	0	2	9	0	5	.245	.310	.453	.763	24	0	0
43	Walter Cannady	36	NBY	Maj	NBY	28	112	103	13	25	3	1	1	15	1	8	.243	.297	.320	.618	33	0	1
44	Roy Partlow*	26	HG	Maj	HG	14	42	37	4	9	3	0	0	4	0	1	.243	.263	.324	.588	12	0	4
45	Johnny Washington	22	PC,NBY	Maj	PC-NBY	36	143	128	12	31	7	2	2	25	2	11	.242	.307	.375	.682	48	1	3
46	Buster Clarkson	23	PC	Maj	PC	22	83	71	8	17	4	0	4	14	0	11	.239	.342	.465	.806	33	0	1
47	Leroy Morney	29	NBY	Maj	NBY	28	108	93	12	22	2	1	2	18	3	8	.237	.297	.344	.641	32	0	7
48	Bill Byrd	30	BEG	Maj	BEG	21	62	55	8	13	3	0	1	9	0	4	.236	.288	.346	.634	19	0	3
49	Dave Thomas*	33	WBS,BEG	Maj	SEN-BEG	14	59	51	8	12	5	1	0	6	0	8	.235	.339	.373	.712	19	0	0
50	Jimmie Crutchfield	28	NE	Maj	NE	28	115	107	11	25	1	1	0	5	2	5	.234	.268	.262	.530	28	0	3
51	Pepper Bassett	27	PC	Maj	PC	20	62	56	8	13	3	0	2	11	0	3	.232	.271	.393	.664	22	0	3
52	Johnny Hayes	28	NE	Maj	NE	21	64	56	4	13	2	0	2	11	0	3	.232	.271	.375	.646	21	0	5
53	Lonnie Summers	22	BEG	Maj	BEG	20	77	69	15	16	2	1	0	7	0	5	.232	.293	.290	.583	20	1	2
54	Barney Brown*	30	NBY	Maj	NBY	23	73	65	5	15	2	0	0	9	0	6	.231	.306	.262	.567	17	1	1
55	Gene Benson*	24	PC,PS	Maj	PC-PS	52	228	205	32	47	3	4	2	26	1	17	.229	.292	.312	.604	64	1	5
56	Sam Bankhead	27	PC	Maj	PC	32	144	128	23	29	5	0	2	16	6	13	.227	.298	.313	.610	40	0	3
57	Mickey Casey	33	WBS,PC,NE,PS	Maj	SEN-PC-NE-PS	24	82	71	6	16	0	0	0	6	0	9	.225	.313	.225	.538	16	0	2
58	Napoleon Hairston	25	PC	Maj	PC	37	153	130	28	29	6	2	2	18	2	16	.223	.313	.346	.659	45	1	6
59	Clarence Palm	30	NBY	Maj	NBY	16	60	54	8	12	5	0	2	11	0	4	.222	.276	.426	.702	23	0	2
60	Dewey Creacy	38	PS	Maj	PS	46	161	136	20	29	1	2	1	15	0	15	.213	.301	.272	.573	37	2	8
61	Slim Jones*	25	PS	Maj	PS	28	58	52	7	11	0	0	1	6	0	3	.212	.268	.269	.537	14	1	2
62	Jelly Jackson	28	HG	Maj	HG	46	177	160	21	33	5	3	0	19	0	13	.206	.266	.275	.541	44	0	4
63	Henry McHenry	28	PS	Maj	PS	23	55	49	4	10	1	0	1	7	0	2	.204	.235	.286	.521	14	0	4
64	Dick Seay	33	NE	Maj	NE	28	115	104	13	20	0	1	0	4	0	8	.192	.257	.212	.468	22	1	2
65	Leon Ruffin	26	PC	Maj	PC	22	85	71	5	13	1	0	0	10	0	8	.183	.266	.197	.463	14	0	6
66	Paul Dixon	30	PS	Maj	PS	29	98	89	10	15	4	0	0	10	1	7	.169	.229	.214	.443	19	0	2
67	Spoon Carter	35	PS	Maj	PS	20	44	38	5	5	1	0	0	4	0	2	.132	.175	.158	.333	6	0	4