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Eastern Colored League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

<strong>Wins Above Replacement</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br>Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Winters • HIL 6.7
2. Brown • NLG 6.7
3. Charleston • HBG 4.9
4. Ryan • HIL 4.4
5. Johnson • HIL 3.7
6. Flournoy • BRG 3.4
7. Scales • NLG 3.2
8. Levis • CSE 3.1
9. Lundy • AC 3.0
10. Lloyd • AC 2.8

WAR Position Players

<strong>Wins Above Replacement for position players</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br> Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Charleston • HBG 4.9
2. Johnson • HIL 3.7
3. Scales • NLG 3.2
4. Lundy • AC 3.0
5. Lloyd • AC 2.8
6. Warfield • HIL 2.5
7. Holloway • BBS 2.5
8. Marcell • NLG 2.4
9. Williams • NLG 2.4
10. Jenkins • HBG 2.2

Offensive WAR

<strong>Offensive Wins Above Replacement (everything but Fielding)</strong><br>The same statistic as Wins Above Replacement for Position<br>Players (WAR), but with the fielding value excluded.<br>oWAR + dWAR does not equal WAR.<br>Adding would count positions twice.<br>Contains the factor for batting stats, baserunning, a positional adjustment, and the replacement player adjustment.<br> Factors developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Charleston • HBG 4.4
2. Lundy • AC 2.9
3. Johnson • HIL 2.5
4. Scales • NLG 2.5
5. Marcell • NLG 2.1
6. Lloyd • AC 2.1
7. Wilson • BBS 2.0
8. Williams • NLG 2.0
9. Hudspeth • NLG 2.0
10. Mason • 2TM 2.0

Defensive WAR

<strong>Defensive Wins Above Replacement for position players</strong><br>A defensive measure of wins above replacement, but given<br>only the defensive stats of the player and his position adjustment. For this calculation, we use a<br>replacement level on defense is the league average.<br>Based on Baseball Info Solutions defensive runs saved from 2003 on<br>and total zone rating developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com previously

1. Johnson • HIL 1.4
2. Warfield • HIL 1.0
3. Lloyd • AC 0.9
4. Holloway • BBS 0.9
5. Scales • NLG 0.8
6. Fiall • 2TM 0.8
7. Williams • NLG 0.7
8. Jenkins • HBG 0.5
9. Stephens • HIL 0.5
10. Marcell • NLG 0.5

Batting Average

<strong>Hits/At Bats</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played<br>Bold indicates either highest BA using current stats<br>or awarded title at end of year.

1. Charleston • HBG .410
2. Wilson • BBS .399
3. Lloyd • AC .364
4. Hudspeth • NLG .350
5. Lundy • AC .345
6. Santop • HIL .344
7. Johnson • HIL .342
8. Mason • 2TM .341
9. Jenkins • HBG .339
10. Scales • NLG .338

On-Base%

<strong>(H + BB + HBP)/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF)</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played

1. Charleston • HBG .480
2. Wilson • BBS .444
3. Jenkins • HBG .427
4. Scales • NLG .423
5. Marcell • NLG .417
6. Lloyd • AC .414
7. Lundy • AC .408
8. Hudspeth • NLG .401
9. Johnson • HIL .389
10. Eggleston • WP .388

Slugging %

Total Bases/At Bats or
(1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR)/AB
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA
per team game played

1. Charleston • HBG .779
2. Mason • 2TM .595
3. Wilson • BBS .525
4. Scales • NLG .525
5. Hudspeth • NLG .520
6. Santop • HIL .517
7. Johnson • HIL .513
8. Lundy • AC .500
9. Thomas • HIL .489
10. Holloway • BBS .472

On-Base Plus Slugging

<strong>On-Base + Slugging Percentages </strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played

1. Charleston • HBG 1.259
2. Mason • 2TM .976
3. Wilson • BBS .969
4. Scales • NLG .948
5. Hudspeth • NLG .921
6. Lundy • AC .908
7. Johnson • HIL .902
8. Santop • HIL .896
9. Lloyd • AC .873
10. Marcell • NLG .860

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Reid • AC 69
Johnson • HIL 69
Mackey • HIL 69
Thomas • HIL 69
Warfield • HIL 69
6. Lundy • AC 68
7. Cummings • AC 67
Hudspeth • NLG 67
Williams • NLG 67
10. Kenyon • NLG 64

At Bats

At Bats

1. Mackey • HIL 275
2. Warfield • HIL 267
3. Thomas • HIL 266
4. Lundy • AC 264
5. Johnson • HIL 263
6. Williams • NLG 258
7. Reid • AC 251
8. Shively • 2TM 249
9. Cummings • AC 248
10. Hudspeth • NLG 246

Plate Appearances

<strong>Plate Appearances</strong><br>When available, we use actual plate appearances from play-by-play game accounts<br>Otherwise estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH,<br>which excludes catcher interferences.<br>When <span class=tooltip>this color</span> click for a summary of each PA.

1. Mackey • HIL 299
2. Warfield • HIL 295
3. Lundy • AC 292
4. Thomas • HIL 291
5. Williams • NLG 285
6. Johnson • HIL 283
7. Shively • 2TM 277
8. Cummings • AC 273
9. Reid • AC 267
Hudspeth • NLG 267

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Charleston • HBG 67
2. Jenkins • HBG 61
3. Lundy • AC 58
4. Marcell • NLG 57
5. Mason • 2TM 53
6. Holloway • BBS 51
Johnson • HIL 51
8. Mackey • HIL 50
9. Warfield • HIL 49
Williams • NLG 49

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Lundy • AC 91
Charleston • HBG 91
3. Johnson • HIL 90
4. Mackey • HIL 89
5. Hudspeth • NLG 86
6. Lloyd • AC 84
7. Warfield • HIL 83
8. Williams • NLG 82
9. Brown • WP 80
10. Wilson • BBS 79

Total Bases

<strong>Total Bases</strong><br>Singles + 2 x Doubles + 3 x Triples + 4 x Home Runs.

1. Charleston • HBG 173
2. Johnson • HIL 135
3. Lundy • AC 132
4. Mason • 2TM 131
5. Thomas • HIL 130
6. Hudspeth • NLG 128
7. Mackey • HIL 126
8. Holloway • BBS 108
Williams • NLG 108
10. Scales • NLG 107

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Charleston • HBG 27
2. Johnson • HIL 23
3. Mackey • HIL 19
Hudspeth • NLG 19
5. Williams • NLG 18
6. Lloyd • AC 15
Kenyon • NLG 15
8. Carr • HIL 14
Warfield • HIL 14
10. Thomas • HIL 13
Scales • NLG 13

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Thomas • HIL 8
Jackson • HBG 8
Johnston • BBS 8
4. Mason • 2TM 7
5. Carr • HIL 5
Thomas • BRG 5
Johnson • HIL 5
Charleston • HBG 5
9. Mesa • CSE 4
Dihigo • CSE 4
Fabré • CSE 4
Wesley • HBG 4
Lundy • AC 4
Brown • WP 4
Holloway • BBS 4
White • 2TM 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Charleston • HBG 15
2. Mason • 2TM 11
3. Lundy • AC 8
Thomas • HIL 8
5. Hudspeth • NLG 7
Beckwith • BBS 7
Scales • NLG 7
8. Wesley • HBG 5
Holloway • BBS 5
Santop • HIL 5

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Charleston • HBG 65
2. Johnson • HIL 55
3. Lundy • AC 53
4. Thomas • HIL 52
Mason • 2TM 52
6. Lloyd • AC 51
7. Wilson • BBS 50
Taylor • WP 50
9. Hudspeth • NLG 45
Williams • NLG 45

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Jenkins • HBG 33
2. Marcell • NLG 31
3. Scales • NLG 29
Taylor • WP 29
5. Lundy • AC 28
Charleston • HBG 28
Briggs • HIL 28
Shively • 2TM 28
9. Warfield • HIL 26
10. Goodrich • WP 25

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Charleston • HBG 22
2. Warfield • HIL 21
3. Williams • NLG 20
4. Cummings • AC 19
Lundy • AC 19
Holloway • BBS 19
7. Brown • WP 15
Thomas • HIL 15
9. Wilson • NLG 14
Kenyon • NLG 14

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Lundy • AC 70
2. Jenkins • HBG 68
Brown • WP 68
4. Lloyd • AC 66
Warfield • HIL 66
Shively • 2TM 66
7. Wilson • BBS 63
Mackey • HIL 63
9. Williams • NLG 61
10. Reid • AC 60

Adjusted OPS+

<strong>OPS+</strong><br>100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s)

1. Charleston • HBG 238
2. Wilson • BBS 162
3. Mason • 2TM 162
4. Scales • NLG 156
5. Hudspeth • NLG 149
6. Lundy • AC 145
7. Johnson • HIL 143
8. Santop • HIL 141
9. Lloyd • AC 137
10. Marcell • NLG 133

Runs Created

<strong>Runs Created</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Bill James and others<br>that estimates a player&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total.<br>This is computed with the "technical" formula when possible.<br>If SB or CS data is missing, the "basic" formula is used.<br>If HBP, IBB, SH, SF, or GIDP data is missing, the "stolen base" version of the formula is used. <br>Team Runs Created is the sum of player Runs Created.

1. Charleston • HBG 82
2. Lundy • AC 54
3. Johnson • HIL 51
Hudspeth • NLG 51
5. Mason • 2TM 49
6. Mackey • HIL 47
7. Wilson • BBS 45
Scales • NLG 45
9. Lloyd • AC 44
Thomas • HIL 44

Adj. Batting Runs

<strong>Adjusted Batting Runs</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a player&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total via linear weights.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Charleston • HBG 43
2. Wilson • BBS 18
3. Scales • NLG 17
4. Hudspeth • NLG 17
5. Mason • 2TM 17
6. Lundy • AC 17
7. Johnson • HIL 16
8. Beckwith • BBS 15
9. Oms • CSE 14
10. Lloyd • AC 13

Adj. Batting Wins

<strong>Adjusted Batting Wins</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a player&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s wins with his bat.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Charleston • HBG 4.1
2. Wilson • BBS 1.7
3. Scales • NLG 1.7
4. Hudspeth • NLG 1.6
5. Mason • 2TM 1.6
6. Lundy • AC 1.6
7. Johnson • HIL 1.5
8. Beckwith • BBS 1.4
9. Oms • CSE 1.3
10. Lloyd • AC 1.2

Extra Base Hits

<strong>Extra Base Hits</strong><br>Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Charleston • HBG 47
2. Johnson • HIL 32
3. Thomas • HIL 29
4. Hudspeth • NLG 27
Mason • 2TM 27
6. Mackey • HIL 26
7. Scales • NLG 22
8. Lundy • AC 21
Wesley • HBG 21
Williams • NLG 21

Times On Base

<strong>Times on Base</strong><br>Hits + Bases on Balls + Hit By Pitch<br>Does not include Reached on Error or Catcher Interference.

1. Charleston • HBG 121
2. Lundy • AC 119
3. Mackey • HIL 113
4. Jenkins • HBG 112
5. Warfield • HIL 111
6. Johnson • HIL 110
7. Williams • NLG 109
8. Hudspeth • NLG 107
9. Marcell • NLG 105
10. Lloyd • AC 104

Offensive Win %

<strong>Offensive Winning Percentage</strong><br>The percentage of games a team with nine of this player<br>batting would win. Assumes average pitching and defense.<br>This uses the Pythagorean win pct formula with the player's RC/G for runs scored and the league's R/9 as runs allowed.

1. Charleston • HBG .912
2. Wilson • BBS .805
3. Mason • 2TM .771
4. Scales • NLG .766
5. Hudspeth • NLG .751
6. Lundy • AC .744
7. Lloyd • AC .729
8. Santop • HIL .726
9. Johnson • HIL .724
10. Marcell • NLG .693

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Goodrich • WP 7
Briggs • HIL 7
3. Thomas • HIL 5
Brown • WP 5
Jiménez • CSE 5
6. Ramírez • AC 4
Johnson • HIL 4
Oms • CSE 4
Mesa • CSE 4
10. Williams • NLG 3
Fiall • 2TM 3
Dixon • HBG 3
Cárdenas • CSE 3
White • 2TM 3
Wilson • BBS 3
Eggleston • WP 3

Power-Speed #

<strong>Power/Speed Number</strong><br>2 x (Home Runs x Stolen Bases)/(Stolen Bases + Home Runs)<br>The harmonic mean of HR and SB.<br>To do well you need a lot of both.<br>Developed by Bill James.

1. Charleston • HBG 17.8
2. Lundy • AC 11.3
3. Thomas • HIL 10.4
4. Scales • NLG 8.8
5. Beckwith • BBS 8.2
6. Holloway • BBS 7.9
7. Mason • 2TM 7.8
8. Wesley • HBG 6.2
9. Johnson • HIL 6.0
10. Mackey • HIL 5.5

AB per HR

<strong>At Bats Per Home Run</strong>

1. Charleston • HBG 14.8
2. Mason • 2TM 20.0
3. Scales • NLG 29.1
4. Lundy • AC 33.0
5. Thomas • HIL 33.3
6. Hudspeth • NLG 35.1
7. Santop • HIL 36.0
8. Dixon • HBG 42.5
9. Wesley • HBG 43.6
10. Holloway • BBS 45.8

Outs Made

<strong>Outs Made</strong><br>(At Bats - Hits) + Double Plays Grounded Into <br>+ Sac. Flies + Sac. Hits + Caught Stealing.

1. Thomas • HIL 189
2. Mackey • HIL 186
3. Cummings • AC 185
4. Warfield • HIL 184
5. Reid • AC 179
6. Wilson • NLG 177
7. Williams • NLG 176
Shively • 2TM 176
9. Lundy • AC 173
Johnson • HIL 173

rOBA

rOBA
A measure of a player's offensive contributions, weighted in proportion to each event's actual run value

1. Charleston • HBG .558
2. Wilson • BBS .445
3. Scales • NLG .438
4. Mason • 2TM .434
5. Lundy • AC .424
6. Hudspeth • NLG .419
7. Johnson • HIL .414
8. Marcell • NLG .408
9. Lloyd • AC .407
10. Santop • HIL .405

Rbat+

Rbat+
Batting runs as computed for WAR, but indexed to the environment the player played in, where 100 is league average.

1. Charleston • HBG 227
2. Wilson • BBS 166
3. Scales • NLG 158
4. Mason • 2TM 158
5. Hudspeth • NLG 149
6. Lundy • AC 147
7. Johnson • HIL 144
8. Lloyd • AC 142
9. Santop • HIL 141
10. Marcell • NLG 140

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 rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/Team Game (batting), 1.0 IP/Team Game (pitching), 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/Team Game (W-L%) is needed for single-season leaderboards. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements

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