1939 Negro American League Batting Leaders

1938 Season 1940 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 110 games, 7 teams, approx. 31 games in season

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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
1	Red Moore*	22	ABC	Maj	IAB	16	69	56	11	23	5	2	0	8	2	9	.411	.500	.571	1.071	32	1
2	Henry Turner	25	CB	Maj	CBR	28	109	100	11	37	5	5	1	21	1	9	.370	.422	.550	.972	55	0
3	Bus Clarkson	24	TC	Maj	TC	12	48	41	14	15	5	1	1	12	2	6	.366	.447	.610	1.057	25	0
4	Quincy Trouppe#	26	SLS	Maj	SL3	9	41	36	9	13	3	1	0	8	2	4	.361	.425	.500	.925	18	0
5	Willard Brown	24	KCM	Maj	KCM	45	187	179	36	64	15	7	4	44	9	8	.358	.385	.587	.972	105	0
6	Leroy Morney#	30	TC	Maj	TC	7	32	31	8	11	3	1	1	8	1	1	.355	.375	.613	.988	19	0
7	Tommie Dukes*	32	TC	Maj	TC	13	54	49	9	17	5	1	0	9	2	4	.347	.396	.490	.886	24	0
8	Oscar Boone	28	ABC	Maj	IAB	19	73	61	10	21	2	1	0	7	0	9	.344	.429	.410	.838	25	0
9	Turkey Stearnes*	38	KCM	Maj	KCM	51	215	193	44	63	11	2	7	39	11	19	.326	.387	.513	.900	99	0
10	Ted Strong#	22	KCM	Maj	KCM	47	191	163	36	53	7	3	3	32	14	23	.325	.418	.460	.878	75	3
11	Neil Robinson	31	MRS	Maj	MRS	29	113	105	22	34	6	3	2	13	6	6	.324	.366	.495	.861	52	1
12	Leslie Green*	25	SLS	Maj	SL3	25	107	93	19	30	5	1	3	14	7	9	.323	.388	.495	.883	46	1
13	Jim Williams	33	TC	Maj	TC	10	44	38	6	12	5	0	0	6	2	5	.316	.395	.447	.843	17	0
14	Marshall Riddle*	21	SLS	Maj	SL3	26	103	86	8	27	4	1	0	14	1	14	.314	.410	.384	.794	33	0
15	Jesse Houston?	29	CAG	Maj	CAG	27	55	52	8	16	3	1	0	4	0	3	.308	.345	.404	.749	21	0
16	Red Longley	29	MRS	Maj	MRS	25	67	52	8	16	1	1	1	6	3	10	.308	.429	.423	.852	22	1
17	Donald Reeves*	27	ABC,CAG	Maj	IAB-CAG	25	99	95	14	29	6	3	1	10	1	4	.305	.333	.463	.796	44	0
18	Oscar Charleston*	42	TC	Maj	TC	10	38	33	5	10	2	0	1	6	1	5	.303	.395	.455	.849	15	0
19	Buddy Armour*	24	SLS	Maj	SL3	21	81	73	7	22	3	1	1	14	2	3	.301	.354	.411	.765	30	3
20	Gabby Kemp	20	ABC	Maj	IAB	19	75	64	9	19	2	0	1	8	4	9	.297	.392	.375	.767	24	1
21	Willie Simms*	30	CAG	Maj	CAG	36	164	143	20	42	5	2	3	14	6	15	.294	.365	.420	.784	60	1
22	Rainey Bibbs#	28	KCM	Maj	KCM	44	180	165	33	48	10	2	1	18	3	9	.291	.328	.394	.722	65	0
23	Larry Brown#	37	MRS	Maj	MRS	29	106	93	5	27	3	0	0	11	1	7	.290	.340	.323	.663	30	0
24	Dan Wilson#	23	SLS	Maj	SL3	26	119	107	24	31	5	2	1	9	9	11	.290	.361	.402	.763	43	1
25	Albert Frazier	24	CB	Maj	CBR	28	107	90	14	26	3	0	0	11	1	7	.289	.360	.322	.682	29	3
26	Paul Hardy	28	KCM	Maj	KCM	16	47	42	5	12	0	1	0	6	2	5	.286	.362	.333	.695	14	0
27	Alex Radcliff	33	CAG	Maj	CAG	40	177	161	24	46	9	4	1	16	1	12	.286	.335	.410	.745	66	0
28	John Bissant	25	CAG	Maj	CAG	17	65	60	8	17	2	1	2	8	0	3	.283	.328	.450	.778	27	1
29	John Lyles#	27	CB,SLS	Maj	CBR-SL3	24	105	99	13	28	6	0	0	13	4	4	.283	.324	.343	.667	34	2
30	Ernie Smith*	31	CAG	Maj	CAG	41	159	146	15	40	3	2	0	15	7	8	.274	.321	.322	.642	47	2
31	Ed Young	26	CAG	Maj	CAG	36	147	128	20	35	9	1	2	19	10	16	.273	.367	.406	.774	52	3
32	Willie Cornelius	32	CAG	Maj	CAG	19	41	34	4	9	0	0	0	0	1	4	.265	.342	.265	.607	9	0
33	Jimmie Crutchfield*	29	TC	Maj	TC	13	61	53	11	14	2	2	0	4	1	6	.264	.339	.377	.716	20	0
34	Lloyd Davenport*	27	MRS	Maj	MRS	32	131	121	11	32	6	1	0	8	6	10	.264	.321	.331	.651	40	0
35	Mint Jones#	28	CB	Maj	CBR	26	103	91	11	24	4	0	0	8	1	8	.264	.330	.308	.638	28	1
36	Frank Bradley	21	KCM	Maj	KCM	18	39	38	3	10	1	0	0	3	0	1	.263	.282	.289	.572	11	0
37	Theolic Smith#	26	SLS	Maj	SL3	16	43	38	6	10	3	0	0	0	1	4	.263	.333	.342	.675	13	0
38	Parnell Woods	27	CB	Maj	CBR	26	113	103	17	27	6	4	0	14	7	7	.262	.315	.398	.713	41	1
39	Jabbo Andrews*	31	ABC	Maj	IAB	20	78	73	11	19	3	3	3	13	0	4	.260	.299	.507	.806	37	0
40	Spencer Davis	31	ABC	Maj	IAB	15	61	50	6	13	1	0	0	3	0	7	.260	.351	.280	.631	14	0
41	Eddie Dixon	23	ABC	Maj	IAB	12	31	31	0	8	2	1	0	7	1	0	.258	.258	.387	.645	12	0
42	Curtis Henderson	27	TC	Maj	TC	13	47	43	8	11	1	2	0	4	0	4	.256	.319	.372	.691	16	0
43	Henry Milton*	28	KCM	Maj	KCM	48	216	192	34	49	6	4	2	15	11	16	.255	.322	.359	.682	69	3
44	Babe Davis	30	ABC	Maj	IAB	16	68	59	14	15	2	0	2	9	2	7	.254	.343	.390	.733	23	1
45	Sylvester Owens	--	ABC,MRS	Maj	IAB-MRS	16	51	48	4	12	3	1	0	3	1	3	.250	.294	.354	.648	17	0
46	Nish Williams	35	ABC	Maj	IAB	13	41	36	6	9	1	0	0	6	2	4	.250	.341	.278	.619	10	1
47	Subby Byas#	29	CAG	Maj	CAG	39	152	125	18	31	5	1	2	11	3	22	.248	.373	.352	.725	44	3
48	Jelly Taylor*	28	MRS	Maj	MRS	33	129	113	13	28	5	0	0	10	1	12	.248	.331	.292	.623	33	2
49	Raymond Taylor	28	SLS	Maj	SL3	24	84	77	13	18	3	1	1	12	1	5	.234	.289	.338	.627	26	1
50	Billy Horne	23	CAG	Maj	CAG	32	126	112	16	26	1	1	0	13	4	11	.232	.301	.259	.560	29	0
51	Nat Rogers*	45	MRS	Maj	MRS	24	76	69	6	16	2	1	0	2	1	6	.232	.293	.290	.583	20	0
52	Cowan Hyde	32	MRS	Maj	MRS	17	70	65	7	15	1	0	0	4	6	4	.231	.286	.246	.532	16	1
53	Joe Greene	27	KCM	Maj	KCM	32	118	105	11	24	3	2	2	11	0	11	.229	.308	.352	.660	37	1
54	Fred Bankhead	26	MRS	Maj	MRS	34	124	110	11	25	6	1	0	15	3	10	.227	.298	.300	.598	33	1
55	Newt Allen	38	KCM	Maj	KCM	48	194	174	20	39	6	1	0	14	1	12	.224	.274	.270	.544	47	0
56	Pepper Bassett#	28	CAG	Maj	CAG	35	129	121	13	27	5	1	0	14	1	5	.223	.260	.281	.541	34	1
57	Duke Cleveland*	22	CB	Maj	CBR	22	88	72	15	16	2	0	0	5	0	13	.222	.341	.250	.591	18	0
58	Jesse Williams	26	KCM	Maj	KCM	26	75	70	8	15	3	0	0	5	3	4	.214	.257	.257	.514	18	0
59	Tommy Butts	19	ABC	Maj	IAB	22	83	77	7	16	2	2	0	9	2	5	.208	.256	.286	.542	22	0
60	Marlin Carter*	26	MRS	Maj	MRS	30	130	117	14	24	5	4	0	6	3	9	.205	.262	.316	.578	37	0
61	Wilson Redus	34	CAG	Maj	CAG	25	71	64	10	13	2	0	0	7	2	4	.203	.261	.234	.495	15	1
62	Philly Holmes*	26	CB,ABC	Maj	CBR-IAB	11	42	35	6	7	1	0	0	3	3	6	.200	.317	.229	.546	8	0
63	Ed Mayweather*	29	SLS	Maj	SL3	26	108	96	11	19	4	1	2	16	0	11	.198	.280	.323	.603	31	0
64	Joe Sparks	28	CAG	Maj	CAG	35	114	101	12	20	3	4	1	13	2	8	.198	.264	.337	.600	34	1
65	Ted Radcliffe	36	MRS	Maj	MRS	18	42	37	4	7	0	0	1	5	0	5	.189	.286	.270	.556	10	0
66	Johnny Ray*	27	CB	Maj	CBR	25	110	95	21	18	3	1	0	6	3	12	.189	.294	.242	.536	23	2
67	Clarence Lamar	24	CB	Maj	CBR	12	36	32	5	6	0	0	0	1	1	2	.188	.257	.188	.445	6	1
68	T.J. Brown	23	MRS	Maj	MRS	32	107	92	8	17	3	0	0	5	2	7	.185	.250	.217	.467	20	1
69	Buck O'Neil	27	KCM	Maj	KCM	48	183	162	19	30	5	4	1	24	3	16	.185	.267	.284	.551	46	2
70	Bobby Robinson	35	SLS	Maj	SL3	27	107	80	8	14	0	1	0	7	0	17	.175	.333	.200	.533	16	2
71	Hilton Smith	32	KCM	Maj	KCM	26	53	52	3	9	0	1	0	2	0	1	.173	.189	.212	.400	11	0
72	Jerry Benjamin#	29	TC	Maj	TC	10	44	36	5	6	0	0	0	1	0	8	.167	.318	.167	.485	6	0
73	Bill Bradford*	25	SLS	Maj	SL3	28	119	103	13	17	2	1	1	8	3	14	.165	.277	.233	.510	24	2
74	Red Hale?	26	CAG	Maj	CAG	14	44	37	2	6	0	2	0	2	2	4	.162	.262	.270	.532	10	1
75	Preacher Henry	28	CB	Maj	CBR	16	42	37	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	2	.162	.205	.216	.421	8	0
76	Walter Burch	31	CB	Maj	CBR	11	40	35	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	.114	.225	.114	.339	4	1
77	Lionel Decuir	24	KCM	Maj	KCM	19	49	46	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	2	.109	.146	.130	.276	6	0