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Negro National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Charleston • ABC 5.2
2. Torriente • CAG 4.8
3. Brown • CAG 4.4
4. Lyons • DS 4.3
5. Leblanc • CSW 4.1
6. Crawford • KCM 4.0
7. Williams • CAG 3.9
8. Taylor • ABC 3.8
9. Curry • KCM 3.5
10. Hernández • CSW 3.3
WAR Position Players
1. Charleston • ABC 5.5
2. Torriente • CAG 4.8
3. Lyons • DS 4.5
4. Taylor • ABC 3.1
5. DeMoss • CAG 3.1
6. Portuondo • KCM 3.0
7. McNair • KCM 2.9
8. Carr • KCM 2.6
9. Moore • KCM 2.1
10. Clark • ABC 2.1
Offensive WAR
1. Charleston • ABC 4.5
2. Torriente • CAG 4.2
3. Lyons • DS 3.8
4. McNair • KCM 2.8
5. Taylor • ABC 2.7
6. Blackwell • SLG 2.6
7. Clark • ABC 2.6
8. Portuondo • KCM 2.5
9. DeMoss • CAG 2.5
10. Carr • KCM 2.3
Defensive WAR
1. Hewitt • DS 1.1
2. Jiménez • CSW 1.1
3. Portuondo • KCM 0.8
4. Ríos • CSW 0.8
5. Malarcher • CAG 0.8
DeMoss • CAG 0.8
7. Charleston • ABC 0.7
8. Taylor • DM 0.6
9. Williams • CAG 0.6
10. Lyons • DS 0.5
Batting Average
1. Torriente • CAG .411
2. Lyons • DS .379
3. Charleston • ABC .353
4. Baró • CSW .336
5. Moore • KCM .332
6. McNair • KCM .325
7. Taylor • ABC .321
8. Dreke • CSW .317
9. Blackwell • SLG .316
10. Carr • KCM .315
On-Base%
1. Torriente • CAG .479
2. Lyons • DS .445
3. Charleston • ABC .418
4. DeMoss • CAG .409
5. Blackwell • SLG .400
6. Baró • CSW .392
7. Moore • KCM .380
8. Taylor • ABC .379
9. McNair • KCM .376
10. Dreke • CSW .371
Slugging %
1. Torriente • CAG .606
2. Lyons • DS .595
3. Charleston • ABC .517
4. Wesley • DS .498
5. McNair • KCM .473
6. Blackwell • SLG .460
7. Moore • KCM .458
8. Baró • CSW .456
9. Harper • 2TM .451
10. Taylor • ABC .443
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Torriente • CAG 1.085
2. Lyons • DS 1.040
3. Charleston • ABC .936
4. Blackwell • SLG .860
5. McNair • KCM .849
6. Baró • CSW .848
7. Wesley • DS .844
8. Moore • KCM .838
9. Taylor • ABC .822
10. Harper • 2TM .800
Games Played
1. Clark • ABC 95
Day • ABC 95
3. Taylor • ABC 93
4. Charleston • ABC 92
5. Carr • KCM 78
McNair • KCM 78
Portuondo • KCM 78
8. Donaldson • KCM 75
9. Powell • ABC 69
10. Warfield • 2TM 68
At Bats
1. Clark • ABC 376
2. Charleston • ABC 346
3. Taylor • ABC 343
4. Portuondo • KCM 327
5. Day • ABC 325
6. McNair • KCM 317
7. Carr • KCM 308
8. Donaldson • KCM 295
9. Warfield • 2TM 278
10. Wesley • DS 247
Plate Appearances
1. Clark • ABC 429
2. Charleston • ABC 398
3. Taylor • ABC 389
4. Portuondo • KCM 370
5. Day • ABC 369
6. McNair • KCM 355
7. Carr • KCM 340
8. Donaldson • KCM 330
9. Warfield • 2TM 309
10. DeMoss • CAG 283
Runs Scored
1. Charleston • ABC 80
2. Clark • ABC 67
3. DeMoss • CAG 65
4. Lyons • DS 64
Portuondo • KCM 64
6. McNair • KCM 63
7. Taylor • ABC 57
8. Torriente • CAG 53
9. Carr • KCM 49
Warfield • 2TM 49
Hits
1. Charleston • ABC 122
2. Taylor • ABC 110
3. Clark • ABC 108
4. McNair • KCM 103
5. Portuondo • KCM 100
6. Carr • KCM 97
7. Torriente • CAG 95
8. Donaldson • KCM 87
9. Lyons • DS 86
10. Baró • CSW 81
Total Bases
1. Charleston • ABC 179
2. Taylor • ABC 152
3. McNair • KCM 150
4. Torriente • CAG 140
5. Lyons • DS 135
6. Carr • KCM 134
7. Clark • ABC 133
8. Wesley • DS 123
9. Portuondo • KCM 122
10. Donaldson • KCM 119
Doubles
1. Torriente • CAG 21
2. Charleston • ABC 20
Taylor • ABC 20
Portuondo • KCM 20
5. McNair • KCM 19
6. Lyons • DS 15
Wesley • DS 15
Carr • KCM 15
Warfield • 2TM 15
10. DeMoss • CAG 14
Triples
1. Charleston • ABC 11
2. Torriente • CAG 9
3. Rogan • KCM 8
McNair • KCM 8
5. Blackwell • SLG 7
6. Clark • ABC 5
Day • ABC 5
Taylor • ABC 5
Carr • KCM 5
Lyons • DS 5
Dixon • CAG 5
Home Runs
1. Wesley • DS 11
2. Lyons • DS 8
3. Donaldson • KCM 5
Charleston • ABC 5
5. Baró • CSW 4
Carr • KCM 4
McNair • KCM 4
Blackwell • SLG 4
Harper • 2TM 4
Taylor • ABC 4
Runs Batted In
1. Taylor • ABC 64
2. Torriente • CAG 60
3. Charleston • ABC 59
4. Carr • KCM 51
5. Wesley • DS 50
6. McNair • KCM 47
7. Lyons • DS 46
8. Donaldson • KCM 45
9. DeMoss • CAG 35
Baró • CSW 35
Blackwell • SLG 35
Bases on Balls
1. Hill • DS 38
2. Charleston • ABC 37
3. Clark • ABC 36
4. DeMoss • CAG 34
5. Malarcher • CAG 33
Hewitt • DS 33
7. Méndez • KCM 32
8. Taylor • ABC 31
9. Torriente • CAG 30
Ríos • CSW 30
Stolen Bases
1. Portuondo • KCM 27
2. Lyons • DS 21
3. Charleston • ABC 20
4. Hill • SLG 19
5. Carr • KCM 18
6. Clark • ABC 16
7. Blackwell • SLG 15
8. Guerra • CSW 14
9. McNair • KCM 13
Taylor • ABC 13
Taylor • DM 13
Singles
1. Clark • ABC 90
2. Charleston • ABC 86
3. Taylor • ABC 81
4. Portuondo • KCM 79
5. Carr • KCM 73
6. McNair • KCM 72
7. Dreke • CSW 69
8. Donaldson • KCM 67
9. Baró • CSW 64
10. Torriente • CAG 63
Adjusted OPS+
1. Torriente • CAG 223
2. Lyons • DS 209
3. Charleston • ABC 179
4. Blackwell • SLG 156
5. McNair • KCM 153
6. Baró • CSW 153
7. Wesley • DS 151
8. Moore • KCM 150
9. Taylor • ABC 145
10. Harper • 2TM 138
Runs Created
1. Charleston • ABC 74
2. Torriente • CAG 67
3. Lyons • DS 60
4. Taylor • ABC 57
5. McNair • KCM 56
6. Carr • KCM 47
7. Clark • ABC 46
8. Baró • CSW 43
Portuondo • KCM 43
10. Wesley • DS 42
Blackwell • SLG 42
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Torriente • CAG 36
2. Charleston • ABC 33
3. Lyons • DS 30
4. McNair • KCM 19
5. Taylor • ABC 19
6. Blackwell • SLG 17
7. Baró • CSW 15
8. Wesley • DS 14
9. DeMoss • CAG 14
10. Hill • DS 13
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Torriente • CAG 3.8
2. Charleston • ABC 3.5
3. Lyons • DS 3.2
4. McNair • KCM 2.1
5. Taylor • ABC 2.0
6. Blackwell • SLG 1.8
7. Baró • CSW 1.6
8. Wesley • DS 1.5
9. DeMoss • CAG 1.5
10. Hill • DS 1.4
Extra Base Hits
1. Charleston • ABC 36
2. Torriente • CAG 32
3. McNair • KCM 31
4. Taylor • ABC 29
5. Lyons • DS 28
Wesley • DS 28
7. Carr • KCM 24
8. Portuondo • KCM 21
9. Donaldson • KCM 20
Warfield • 2TM 20
Times On Base
1. Charleston • ABC 161
2. Clark • ABC 144
3. Taylor • ABC 142
4. McNair • KCM 129
Portuondo • KCM 129
6. Torriente • CAG 125
7. Carr • KCM 116
8. Lyons • DS 113
9. DeMoss • CAG 112
10. Blackwell • SLG 108
Offensive Win %
1. Torriente • CAG .902
2. Lyons • DS .876
3. Charleston • ABC .817
4. Baró • CSW .755
5. Blackwell • SLG .747
6. McNair • KCM .746
7. Moore • KCM .744
8. Wesley • DS .730
9. Taylor • ABC .720
10. DeMoss • CAG .696
Hit By Pitch
1. McAdoo • SLG 11
2. Blackwell • SLG 8
3. Jiménez • CSW 7
4. Duncan • COG 6
5. Moore • 2TM 5
Kennard • SLG 5
7. Alexander • DM 4
Hewitt • DS 4
DeMoss • CAG 4
Portuondo • KCM 4
Grant • CAG 4
Cobb • SLG 4
Sacrifice Hits
1. Clark • ABC 17
Donaldson • KCM 17
3. Day • ABC 15
Méndez • KCM 15
McAdoo • SLG 15
6. Taylor • ABC 14
Hewitt • DS 14
Portuondo • KCM 14
9. Charleston • ABC 13
Carr • KCM 13
Wallace • SLG 13
Power-Speed #
1. Lyons • DS 11.6
2. Charleston • ABC 8.0
3. Donaldson • KCM 6.7
4. Carr • KCM 6.5
5. Blackwell • SLG 6.3
6. McNair • KCM 6.1
Taylor • ABC 6.1
8. Baró • CSW 5.5
9. Wesley • DS 4.7
10. Hill • DS 3.8
AB per HR
1. Wesley • DS 22.5
2. Lyons • DS 28.4
3. Harper • 2TM 43.3
4. Donaldson • KCM 59.0
5. Blackwell • SLG 59.3
6. Baró • CSW 60.3
7. Charleston • ABC 69.2
8. Carr • KCM 77.0
9. McNair • KCM 79.3
10. Taylor • ABC 85.8
Outs Made
1. Clark • ABC 285
2. Day • ABC 276
3. Taylor • ABC 247
4. Portuondo • KCM 241
5. Charleston • ABC 237
6. McNair • KCM 226
7. Donaldson • KCM 225
8. Carr • KCM 224
9. Warfield • 2TM 209
10. Herrera • CSW 185

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

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