1945 Negro National League II Batting Leaders

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Negro National League II Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Welmaker • HG	4.2
2.	Partlow • PS	3.4
3.	Byrd • BEG	3.0
4.	Campanella • BEG	2.7
5.	Austin • PS	2.7
6.	Gibson • HG	2.6
7.	Scantlebury • NYC	2.2
8.	Ricks • PS	2.2
9.	Wright • 3TM	2.1
10.	Stanley • NBY	2.1
	Blair • HG	2.1

WAR Position Players
1.	Campanella • BEG	2.9
2.	Austin • PS	2.7
3.	Gibson • HG	2.6
4.	Wright • BEG	2.1
5.	Leonard • HG	1.8
6.	Hoskins • BEG	1.4
7.	Williams • PS	1.3
8.	Benson • PS	1.3
9.	Benjamin • HG	1.3
10.	Curry • PS	1.2

Offensive WAR
1.	Campanella • BEG	2.9
2.	Gibson • HG	2.6
3.	Austin • PS	2.4
4.	Wright • BEG	2.0
5.	Leonard • HG	1.5
6.	Williams • PS	1.4
7.	Hoskins • BEG	1.3
8.	Benson • PS	1.2
9.	Davis • NE	1.0
10.	Bankhead • HG	1.0

Defensive WAR
1.	Austin • PS	0.6
2.	Battle • HG	0.5
3.	Díaz • NYC	0.4
4.	Watkins • NE	0.4
5.	Bankhead • HG	0.4
6.	Benjamin • HG	0.4
7.	Duckett • PS	0.3
8.	Noble • NYC	0.2
9.	Gaston • HG	0.2
10.	Wells • 2TM	0.2
	Butts • BEG	0.2

Batting Average
1.	Austin • PS	.375
2.	Campanella • BEG	.369
3.	Wright • BEG	.362
4.	Gibson • HG	.357
5.	Benson • PS	.338
6.	Leonard • HG	.338
7.	Stone • PS	.333
	Bankhead • HG	.333
9.	Benjamin • HG	.330
10.	Robinson • BEG	.324

On-Base%
1.	Gibson • HG	.466
2.	Campanella • BEG	.455
3.	Leonard • HG	.425
4.	Austin • PS	.410
5.	Bell • HG	.405
6.	Wright • BEG	.404
7.	Curry • PS	.395
8.	Bankhead • HG	.390
9.	Stone • PS	.386
10.	Benson • PS	.379

Slugging %
1.	Gibson • HG	.611
2.	Campanella • BEG	.571
3.	Wright • BEG	.549
4.	Leonard • HG	.517
5.	Hoskins • BEG	.514
6.	Austin • PS	.505
7.	McLaurin • NBY	.461
8.	Benson • PS	.434
9.	Curry • PS	.433
10.	Stone • PS	.431

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Gibson • HG	1.077
2.	Campanella • BEG	1.027
3.	Wright • BEG	.953
4.	Leonard • HG	.942
5.	Austin • PS	.915
6.	Hoskins • BEG	.891
7.	Curry • PS	.828
8.	Stone • PS	.817
9.	Benson • PS	.813
10.	McLaurin • NBY	.805

Games Played
1.	Campanella • BEG	56
	Williams • BEG	56
3.	Wright • BEG	54
4.	Kimbro • BEG	53
5.	West • PS	51
6.	Austin • PS	50
7.	Dennis • BEG	49
	Hoskins • BEG	49
	Benjamin • HG	49
10.	Butts • BEG	47
	Bell • HG	47
	Jackson • HG	47
	Benson • PS	47

At Bats
1.	Kimbro • BEG	224
2.	Austin • PS	216
3.	Williams • BEG	215
4.	Wright • BEG	213
5.	West • PS	208
6.	Campanella • BEG	203
	Benjamin • HG	203
8.	Benson • PS	198
9.	Butts • BEG	181
	Hoskins • BEG	181

Plate Appearances
1.	Kimbro • BEG	249
2.	Williams • BEG	239
3.	Campanella • BEG	235
4.	Austin • PS	232
5.	Wright • BEG	230
6.	West • PS	225
7.	Benjamin • HG	222
8.	Benson • PS	215
9.	Bell • HG	212
10.	Butts • BEG	204

Runs Scored
1.	Campanella • BEG	51
2.	Wright • BEG	45
3.	Kimbro • BEG	41
	Benjamin • HG	41
	Austin • PS	41
6.	Bell • HG	37
	Gibson • HG	37
8.	Curry • PS	33
9.	Hoskins • BEG	32
10.	Butts • BEG	31
	Hoskins • HG	31
	Leonard • HG	31

Hits
1.	Austin • PS	81
2.	Wright • BEG	77
3.	Campanella • BEG	75
4.	Benjamin • HG	67
	Benson • PS	67
6.	Kimbro • BEG	58
	Stone • PS	58
8.	Hoskins • BEG	57
9.	Gibson • HG	56
	West • PS	56

Total Bases
1.	Wright • BEG	117
2.	Campanella • BEG	116
3.	Austin • PS	109
4.	Gibson • HG	96
5.	Hoskins • BEG	93
	Kimbro • BEG	93
7.	Benson • PS	86
8.	Benjamin • HG	79
9.	Leonard • HG	78
10.	Stone • PS	75

Doubles
1.	Campanella • BEG	18
2.	Wright • BEG	17
3.	Austin • PS	16
4.	Barker • NBY	11
	Kimbro • BEG	11
6.	Benson • PS	10
7.	Davis • NE	9
8.	Benjamin • HG	8
9.	Louden • NYC	7
	Hoskins • HG	7
	Bankhead • HG	7
	Hoskins • BEG	7
	Stone • PS	7

Triples
1.	Kimbro • BEG	9
2.	Hoskins • BEG	7
3.	Gibson • HG	5
	Stone • PS	5
	McLaurin • NBY	5
6.	Hoskins • HG	4
	Campanella • BEG	4
	Dennis • BEG	4
	Díaz • NYC	4
	Wright • BEG	4

Home Runs
1.	Gibson • HG	8
2.	Campanella • BEG	5
	Williams • PS	5
	Hoskins • BEG	5
	Wright • BEG	5
	Leonard • HG	5
7.	Curry • PS	4
	Davis • NE	4
9.	Christopher • 2TM	2
	West • PS	2
	Austin • PS	2
	Dihigo • NYC	2
	Pearson • NE	2
	Kimbro • BEG	2
	Williams • BEG	2

Runs Batted In
1.	Campanella • BEG	47
2.	Hoskins • BEG	42
3.	Gibson • HG	40
4.	Wright • BEG	39
5.	West • PS	36
6.	Austin • PS	34
7.	Leonard • HG	33
	Benson • PS	33
9.	Dennis • BEG	25
	Williams • BEG	25
	Hoskins • HG	25

Bases on Balls
1.	Bell • HG	35
2.	Gibson • HG	32
3.	Campanella • BEG	31
4.	Curry • PS	25
5.	Kimbro • BEG	24
6.	Williams • BEG	21
	Leonard • HG	21
8.	Cash • PS	20
9.	Christopher • 2TM	19
10.	Hoskins • BEG	16
	Brown • HG	16

Stolen Bases
1.	Austin • PS	10
	Bell • HG	10
3.	Curry • PS	7
4.	Wright • BEG	6
5.	Kimbro • BEG	5
6.	Watkins • NE	4
	Benjamin • HG	4
	Barker • NBY	4
9.	Campanella • BEG	3
	Butts • BEG	3
	Hoskins • BEG	3
	Stone • PS	3

Singles
1.	Austin • PS	60
2.	Benjamin • HG	57
3.	Benson • PS	53
4.	Wright • BEG	51
5.	Campanella • BEG	48
6.	Stone • PS	46
	West • PS	46
8.	Williams • BEG	42
	Bell • HG	42
10.	Hoskins • HG	39

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Gibson • HG	200
2.	Campanella • BEG	186
3.	Wright • BEG	165
4.	Leonard • HG	162
5.	Austin • PS	155
6.	Hoskins • BEG	147
7.	Curry • PS	131
8.	Stone • PS	128
9.	Benson • PS	127
10.	McLaurin • NBY	124

Runs Created
1.	Campanella • BEG	53
2.	Wright • BEG	47
3.	Gibson • HG	45
4.	Austin • PS	44
5.	Hoskins • BEG	34
6.	Leonard • HG	33
	Benson • PS	33
8.	Kimbro • BEG	31
9.	Benjamin • HG	29
	Stone • PS	29

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Campanella • BEG	25
2.	Gibson • HG	22
3.	Wright • BEG	18
4.	Austin • PS	16
5.	Leonard • HG	13
6.	Williams • PS	12
7.	Hoskins • BEG	10
8.	Davis • NE	10
9.	Curry • PS	7
10.	Benson • PS	7

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Campanella • BEG	2.4
2.	Gibson • HG	2.1
3.	Wright • BEG	1.7
4.	Austin • PS	1.5
5.	Leonard • HG	1.3
6.	Williams • PS	1.2
7.	Hoskins • BEG	1.0
8.	Davis • NE	0.9
9.	Curry • PS	0.7
10.	Benson • PS	0.7

Extra Base Hits
1.	Campanella • BEG	27
2.	Wright • BEG	26
3.	Kimbro • BEG	22
4.	Austin • PS	21
5.	Gibson • HG	19
	Hoskins • BEG	19
7.	Leonard • HG	14
	Benson • PS	14
9.	Davis • NE	13
	Barker • NBY	13

Times On Base
1.	Campanella • BEG	107
2.	Austin • PS	94
3.	Wright • BEG	92
4.	Gibson • HG	88
5.	Bell • HG	85
6.	Kimbro • BEG	82
7.	Benjamin • HG	81
8.	Benson • PS	80
9.	Hoskins • BEG	75
10.	Leonard • HG	74

Offensive Win %
1.	Gibson • HG	.853
2.	Campanella • BEG	.838
3.	Wright • BEG	.783
4.	Leonard • HG	.773
5.	Austin • PS	.762
6.	Hoskins • BEG	.702
7.	Stone • PS	.665
8.	Benson • PS	.663
9.	McLaurin • NBY	.639
10.	Bankhead • HG	.637

Hit By Pitch
1.	Wilson • HG	4
2.	Wells • 2TM	3
	Dennis • BEG	3
4.	Leonard • HG	2
	Butts • BEG	2
	Louden • NYC	2
	Barker • NBY	2
	Hoskins • BEG	2
	Williams • PS	2
10.	Newcombe • NE	1
	Campanella • BEG	1
	Humber • NE	1
	Davis • NE	1
	Seay • NBY	1
	Forrest • NBY	1
	Gaston • HG	1
	Wright • BEG	1
	Williams • BEG	1
	Morgan • BEG	1
	Hinton • BEG	1
	Watkins • NE	1
	Díaz • NYC	1
	Garrido • NYC	1
	Linares • NYC	1
	Taylor • NYC	1
	Thomas • NYC	1
	Artez • PS	1
	Stone • PS	1
	Curry • PS	1
	Matthews • NE	1
	Austin • PS	1
	Cash • PS	1

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Butts • BEG	11
2.	Jackson • HG	8
3.	Snow • BEG	7
4.	Benjamin • HG	5
	Battle • HG	5
	Duckett • PS	5
7.	West • PS	4
	Curry • PS	4
	Hoskins • HG	4
	Benson • PS	4

Intentional Bases on Balls
1.	Gibson • HG	3
2.	Dennis • BEG	1
	Wright • BEG	1
	Brown • HG	1
	Davis • NE	1
	Cash • PS	1

Power-Speed #
1.	Wright • BEG	5.5
2.	Curry • PS	5.1
3.	Campanella • BEG	3.8
	Hoskins • BEG	3.8
5.	Austin • PS	3.3
6.	Kimbro • BEG	2.9
7.	Williams • BEG	2.0
8.	Bell • HG	1.8
9.	Williams • PS	1.7
10.	Barker • NBY	1.6

AB per HR
1.	Gibson • HG	19.6
2.	Leonard • HG	30.2
3.	Curry • PS	35.3
4.	Hoskins • BEG	36.2
5.	Campanella • BEG	40.6
6.	Wright • BEG	42.6
7.	West • PS	104.0
8.	Williams • BEG	107.5
9.	Austin • PS	108.0
10.	Kimbro • BEG	112.0

Outs Made
1.	Kimbro • BEG	167
2.	Williams • BEG	166
3.	West • PS	156
4.	Butts • BEG	145
5.	Benjamin • HG	141
6.	Wright • BEG	138
	Austin • PS	138
8.	Benson • PS	135
9.	Hoskins • HG	133
10.	Dennis • BEG	130

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