1939 Negro National League II Batting Leaders

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Negro National League II Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Byrd • BEG	2.5
2.	Gibson • HG	2.2
3.	Leonard • HG	2.1
	Hill • NE	2.1
5.	Partlow • HG	2.0
6.	McHenry • PS	2.0
7.	Day • NE	1.9
8.	McDuffie • NBY	1.8
9.	Hubert • 3TM	1.5
10.	Patterson • PS	1.4

WAR Position Players
1.	Gibson • HG	2.2
2.	Leonard • HG	2.1
3.	Patterson • PS	1.4
4.	Williams • PS	1.2
5.	Suttles • NE	1.2
6.	Stone • NE	1.2
7.	Hughes • BEG	1.0
8.	Bankhead • HG	1.0
9.	Wilson • PS	0.9
10.	Hoskins • BEG	0.9

Offensive WAR
1.	Gibson • HG	2.2
2.	Leonard • HG	2.1
3.	Patterson • PS	1.4
4.	Williams • PS	1.2
5.	Suttles • NE	1.2
6.	Stone • NE	1.2
7.	Hughes • BEG	1.0
8.	Bankhead • HG	1.0
9.	Hoskins • BEG	0.9
	Wilson • PS	0.9

Defensive WAR
1.	Williams • PS	0.3
2.	Jackson • HG	0.2
3.	Wells • NE	0.2
4.	Miller • NBY	0.2
5.	Patterson • PS	0.1
6.	Bankhead • HG	0.1
	Seay • NE	0.1
8.	Snow • BEG	0.1
9.	Campbell • NBY	0.1
	Valdés • NYC	0.1
	Hughes • BEG	0.1

Batting Average
1.	Gibson • HG	.402
2.	Leonard • HG	.385
3.	Hoskins • BEG	.382
4.	Whatley • HG	.379
5.	Hughes • BEG	.378
6.	Wilson • NE	.368
7.	Wright • BEG	.365
8.	Cannady • NBY	.354
9.	Suttles • NE	.351
10.	Patterson • PS	.348

On-Base%
1.	Gibson • HG	.492
2.	Leonard • HG	.485
3.	Hughes • BEG	.440
4.	Hoskins • BEG	.433
5.	Wilson • NE	.417
6.	Suttles • NE	.417
7.	Stone • NE	.414
8.	Wilson • PS	.412
9.	Wright • BEG	.408
10.	Whatley • HG	.396

Slugging %
1.	Gibson • HG	.824
2.	Leonard • HG	.780
3.	Suttles • NE	.588
4.	Stone • NE	.561
5.	Hoskins • BEG	.528
6.	Whatley • HG	.515
7.	Patterson • PS	.505
8.	Hughes • BEG	.500
9.	Spearman • HG	.483
10.	Wilson • NE	.481

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Gibson • HG	1.315
2.	Leonard • HG	1.264
3.	Suttles • NE	1.005
4.	Stone • NE	.975
5.	Hoskins • BEG	.961
6.	Hughes • BEG	.940
7.	Whatley • HG	.911
8.	Wilson • NE	.899
9.	Patterson • PS	.877
10.	Wright • BEG	.866

Games Played
1.	Benson • PS	50
2.	Dunn • PS	48
	Williams • PS	48
4.	Harris • PS	46
5.	Patterson • PS	45
6.	Wilson • PS	42
7.	Parnell • PS	38
8.	West • 2TM	37
9.	Bankhead • HG	33
	Jackson • HG	33
	Pearson • NE	33
	Wilson • NE	33

At Bats
1.	Williams • PS	201
2.	Patterson • PS	184
3.	Benson • PS	180
4.	Harris • PS	173
5.	Dunn • PS	172
6.	West • 2TM	140
7.	Parnell • PS	134
8.	Bankhead • HG	133
9.	Pearson • NE	132
10.	Wells • NE	126

Plate Appearances
1.	Williams • PS	211
2.	Benson • PS	194
3.	Patterson • PS	191
4.	Dunn • PS	179
5.	Harris • PS	174
6.	West • 2TM	154
7.	Bankhead • HG	148
8.	Parnell • PS	146
9.	Wells • NE	139
10.	Harris • HG	136
	Wilson • PS	136

Runs Scored
1.	Patterson • PS	43
2.	Williams • PS	37
3.	Leonard • HG	35
4.	Gibson • HG	34
	Stone • NE	34
6.	Suttles • NE	31
7.	Benson • PS	29
8.	Bankhead • HG	28
9.	Wells • NE	27
	Parnell • PS	27

Hits
1.	Williams • PS	68
2.	Patterson • PS	64
3.	Benson • PS	51
4.	Harris • PS	50
5.	Dunn • PS	44
6.	Bankhead • HG	42
	Leonard • HG	42
	Parnell • PS	42
9.	Gibson • HG	41
10.	Suttles • NE	40

Total Bases
1.	Patterson • PS	93
2.	Leonard • HG	85
3.	Gibson • HG	84
4.	Williams • PS	83
5.	Benson • PS	81
6.	Suttles • NE	67
7.	Stone • NE	64
8.	Dunn • PS	59
9.	Bankhead • HG	57
	Parnell • PS	57

Doubles
1.	Leonard • HG	10
2.	Patterson • PS	9
3.	Benson • PS	8
4.	West • 2TM	7
	Hughes • BEG	7
	Harris • HG	7
7.	Suttles • NE	6
	Williams • PS	6
	Walker • BEG	6
	Snow • BEG	6

Triples
1.	Patterson • PS	4
	Jackson • HG	4
	Spearman • HG	4
4.	Gibson • HG	3
	Harris • HG	3
	Williams • PS	3
	Whatley • HG	3
8.	Hughes • BEG	2
	Pearson • NE	2
	Day • NE	2
	Benson • PS	2
	Parnell • PS	2
	Miller • NBY	2
	Bankhead • HG	2
	Snow • BEG	2

Home Runs
1.	Gibson • HG	11
	Leonard • HG	11
3.	Suttles • NE	7
	Stone • NE	7
5.	Benson • PS	6
6.	Pearson • NE	5
7.	Patterson • PS	4
8.	West • 2TM	3
	Byrd • BEG	3
	Perkins • PS	3
	Dunn • PS	3
	Wilson • NE	3
	Wells • NE	3
	Irvin • NE	3
	Hayes • NE	3
	Cannady • NBY	3
	Kimbro • BEG	3
	Spearman • HG	3

Runs Batted In
1.	Leonard • HG	48
2.	Gibson • HG	46
3.	Patterson • PS	36
4.	Stone • NE	31
5.	Benson • PS	30
6.	West • 2TM	27
	Dunn • PS	27
8.	Williams • PS	26
9.	Suttles • NE	25
10.	Wilson • NE	24
	Wilson • PS	24
	Wright • BEG	24

Bases on Balls
1.	Wilson • PS	23
2.	Leonard • HG	21
	Miller • NBY	21
4.	Gibson • HG	18
	Curry • 2TM	18
6.	Jackson • HG	17
7.	Bankhead • HG	15
	Harris • HG	15
	Spearman • PS	15
10.	Scales • NBY	14
	Stone • NE	14
	Benson • PS	14
	West • 2TM	14

Stolen Bases
1.	Bankhead • HG	8
2.	Benjamin • HG	5
3.	Wright • BEG	4
	Gibson • HG	4
5.	Wells • NE	3
	Suttles • NE	3
	Seay • NE	3
8.	Kimbro • BEG	2
	Stone • NE	2
	Leonard • HG	2
	Whatley • HG	2
	Patterson • PS	2
	Parnell • PS	2
	Pearson • NE	2

Singles
1.	Williams • PS	58
2.	Harris • PS	47
	Patterson • PS	47
4.	Dunn • PS	36
5.	Benson • PS	35
6.	Bankhead • HG	33
	Wilson • NE	33
	Parnell • PS	33
9.	Whatley • HG	30
10.	Wright • BEG	29
	Cannady • NBY	29
	Stone • NE	29
	Wells • NE	29

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Gibson • HG	251
2.	Leonard • HG	238
3.	Suttles • NE	170
4.	Stone • NE	162
5.	Hoskins • BEG	159
6.	Hughes • BEG	154
7.	Whatley • HG	145
8.	Wilson • NE	143
9.	Patterson • PS	136
10.	Wright • BEG	134

Runs Created
1.	Gibson • HG	41
	Leonard • HG	41
3.	Patterson • PS	35
4.	Williams • PS	31
5.	Suttles • NE	28
6.	Stone • NE	27
	Benson • PS	27
8.	Bankhead • HG	22
9.	Whatley • HG	21
	Wilson • NE	21
	Parnell • PS	21
	West • 2TM	21

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Leonard • HG	22
2.	Gibson • HG	22
3.	Suttles • NE	11
4.	Stone • NE	10
5.	Patterson • PS	8
6.	Hoskins • BEG	8
7.	Hughes • BEG	7
8.	Curry • 2TM	7
9.	Wilson • NE	6
10.	Whatley • HG	6

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Leonard • HG	2.0
2.	Gibson • HG	2.0
3.	Suttles • NE	1.0
4.	Stone • NE	0.9
5.	Patterson • PS	0.8
6.	Hoskins • BEG	0.7
7.	Hughes • BEG	0.7
8.	Curry • 2TM	0.6
	Wilson • NE	0.6
10.	Whatley • HG	0.6

Extra Base Hits
1.	Leonard • HG	21
2.	Gibson • HG	18
3.	Patterson • PS	17
4.	Benson • PS	16
5.	Suttles • NE	13
6.	Harris • HG	12
7.	Spearman • HG	11
	West • 2TM	11
9.	Stone • NE	10
	Pearson • NE	10
	Williams • PS	10

Times On Base
1.	Williams • PS	78
2.	Patterson • PS	71
3.	Benson • PS	65
4.	Leonard • HG	63
5.	Gibson • HG	59
6.	Bankhead • HG	57
7.	Wilson • PS	56
8.	Parnell • PS	54
9.	Stone • NE	53
	Suttles • NE	53

Offensive Win %
1.	Gibson • HG	.913
2.	Leonard • HG	.898
3.	Suttles • NE	.785
4.	Hoskins • BEG	.772
5.	Stone • NE	.769
6.	Hughes • BEG	.766
7.	Whatley • HG	.737
8.	Wilson • NE	.721
9.	Wright • BEG	.699
10.	Patterson • PS	.694

Power-Speed #
1.	Gibson • HG	5.9
2.	Suttles • NE	4.2
3.	Leonard • HG	3.4
4.	Bankhead • HG	3.2
5.	Stone • NE	3.1
6.	Wells • NE	3.0
7.	Pearson • NE	2.9
8.	Patterson • PS	2.7
9.	Kimbro • BEG	2.4
10.	Parnell • PS	2.0

AB per HR
1.	Gibson • HG	9.3
2.	Leonard • HG	9.9
3.	Suttles • NE	16.3
	Stone • NE	16.3
5.	Perkins • PS	25.3
	Hayes • NE	25.3
7.	Pearson • NE	26.4
8.	Benson • PS	30.0
9.	Cannady • NBY	32.0
10.	Irvin • NE	32.3

Outs Made
1.	Williams • PS	133
2.	Benson • PS	129
3.	Dunn • PS	128
4.	Harris • PS	123
5.	Patterson • PS	120
6.	West • 2TM	103
7.	Pearson • NE	100
8.	Seay • NE	95
9.	Jackson • HG	93
10.	Wells • NE	92
	Parnell • PS	92

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