1939 Negro American League Batting Leaders

1938 Season 1940 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 91 games, 7 teams, approx. 26 games in season

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League Player Batting

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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
1	Red Moore*	22	ABC	Maj	IAB	15	66	53	11	23	5	2	0	7	2	10	.434	.524	.604	1.128	32
2	Henry Turner	25	CB	Maj	CBR	23	91	84	11	33	3	5	1	21	2	7	.393	.440	.583	1.023	49
3	Willard Brown	24	KCM	Maj	KCM	44	183	174	37	64	15	7	3	42	8	9	.368	.399	.586	.985	102
4	Tommie Dukes	32	TC	Maj	TC	9	38	33	6	12	3	1	0	4	1	4	.364	.432	.515	.948	17
5	Oscar Boone	28	ABC	Maj	IAB	16	63	53	8	19	2	1	0	6	0	7	.359	.433	.434	.867	23
6	Dan Wilson	23	SLS	Maj	SL3	22	99	86	25	30	5	2	0	12	10	13	.349	.434	.454	.888	39
7	Turkey Stearnes*	38	KCM	Maj	KCM	49	205	185	42	61	9	1	7	39	12	17	.330	.386	.503	.889	93
8	Buddy Armour	24	SLS	Maj	SL3	17	64	52	4	17	2	0	1	11	3	9	.327	.426	.423	.849	22
9	Paul Hardy	28	KCM	Maj	KCM	14	39	34	5	11	0	1	0	6	2	5	.324	.410	.382	.793	13
10	Buster Clarkson	24	TC	Maj	TC	9	37	31	11	10	2	1	1	8	2	5	.323	.417	.548	.965	17
11	Curtis Henderson	27	TC	Maj	TC	9	29	28	3	9	0	1	0	4	0	1	.321	.345	.393	.738	11
12	Gabby Kemp	20	ABC	Maj	IAB	16	63	53	7	17	2	0	1	7	4	9	.321	.419	.415	.835	22
13	Ted Strong	22	KCM	Maj	KCM	46	186	159	33	50	8	2	3	29	14	22	.315	.398	.447	.844	71
14	Donald Reeves*	27	ABC,CAG	Maj	IAB-CAG	22	86	82	12	25	6	3	1	11	1	3	.305	.329	.488	.817	40
15	John Lyles	27	CB	Maj	CBR	19	84	79	12	24	5	0	0	9	4	5	.304	.345	.367	.712	29
16	Albert Frazier	24	CB	Maj	CBR	23	88	74	11	22	3	0	0	11	1	8	.297	.366	.338	.704	25
17	Willie Simms	30	CAG	Maj	CAG	29	135	115	15	34	4	2	3	12	4	16	.296	.382	.444	.825	51
18	Marshall Riddle	21	SLS	Maj	SL3	21	82	68	6	20	4	1	0	15	1	12	.294	.400	.382	.782	26
19	Leslie Green	25	SLS	Maj	SL3	21	89	75	19	22	5	1	2	12	6	10	.293	.377	.467	.843	35
20	Rainey Bibbs	28	KCM	Maj	KCM	43	173	158	33	46	8	2	1	19	3	7	.291	.321	.386	.707	61
21	Babe Davis	30	ABC	Maj	IAB	13	56	49	15	14	2	0	2	10	2	7	.286	.375	.449	.824	22
22	Ernie Smith	39	CAG	Maj	CAG	35	129	120	12	34	2	1	0	11	7	6	.283	.318	.317	.634	38
23	John Bissant	25	CAG	Maj	CAG	12	40	39	4	11	0	1	1	6	0	1	.282	.300	.410	.710	16
24	Parnell Woods	27	CB	Maj	CBR	22	94	85	16	24	3	4	0	13	7	7	.282	.337	.412	.749	35
25	Jesse Houston	29	CAG	Maj	CAG	20	38	36	5	10	2	0	0	3	0	1	.278	.297	.333	.631	12
26	Neil Robinson	31	MRS	Maj	MRS	19	76	69	9	19	5	1	0	11	4	6	.275	.333	.377	.710	26
27	Mint Jones	28	CB	Maj	CBR	21	81	71	10	19	3	0	0	7	1	5	.268	.316	.310	.626	22
28	Ed Young	26	CAG	Maj	CAG	28	115	97	16	26	7	1	1	17	8	17	.268	.377	.392	.769	38
29	Lloyd Davenport*	27	MRS	Maj	MRS	21	84	76	6	20	2	1	0	6	5	7	.263	.325	.316	.641	24
30	Subby Byas	29	CAG	Maj	CAG	33	119	100	15	26	4	0	1	8	3	17	.260	.368	.330	.698	33
31	Spencer Davis	31	ABC	Maj	IAB	15	60	50	5	13	1	0	0	3	0	6	.260	.339	.280	.619	14
32	Alex Radcliff	33	CAG	Maj	CAG	34	148	135	21	35	6	3	1	15	1	9	.259	.306	.370	.676	50
33	Sylvester Owens?	--	ABC	Maj	IAB	11	32	31	2	8	3	0	0	2	0	1	.258	.281	.355	.636	11
34	Marlin Carter	26	MRS	Maj	MRS	19	83	71	11	18	5	3	0	5	2	8	.254	.329	.409	.738	29
35	Duke Cleveland	22	CB	Maj	CBR	19	75	63	14	16	2	0	0	7	0	10	.254	.356	.286	.642	18
36	Willie Cornelius	32	CAG	Maj	CAG	16	34	32	4	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.294	.250	.544	8
37	Nish Williams	35	ABC	Maj	IAB	13	41	36	6	9	1	0	0	6	2	5	.250	.342	.278	.619	10
38	Henry Milton	28	KCM	Maj	KCM	47	209	185	29	46	6	2	1	9	10	19	.249	.319	.319	.638	59
39	Larry Brown	37	MRS	Maj	MRS	21	78	69	3	17	2	0	0	7	1	3	.246	.278	.275	.553	19
40	Billy Horne	23	CAG	Maj	CAG	27	109	96	12	23	1	1	0	8	3	9	.240	.305	.271	.576	26
41	Frank Bradley	21	KCM	Maj	KCM	18	39	38	4	9	1	0	0	2	0	1	.237	.256	.263	.520	10
42	Jimmie Crutchfield	29	TC	Maj	TC	9	41	34	4	8	0	1	0	2	1	6	.235	.350	.294	.644	10
43	Nat Rogers	45	MRS	Maj	MRS	16	52	47	1	11	3	0	0	1	0	4	.234	.294	.298	.592	14
44	Johnny Ray	27	CB	Maj	CBR	21	89	78	18	18	3	1	0	4	2	10	.231	.318	.295	.613	23
45	Joe Greene	27	KCM	Maj	KCM	32	121	106	11	24	3	2	2	10	0	10	.226	.293	.349	.642	37
46	Cowan Hyde	32	MRS	Maj	MRS	11	45	40	7	9	1	0	0	3	4	4	.225	.296	.250	.546	10
47	Newt Allen	38	KCM	Maj	KCM	47	186	167	19	37	5	0	0	19	1	11	.222	.270	.252	.521	42
48	Jabbo Andrews*	31	ABC	Maj	IAB	17	68	63	10	14	3	3	2	12	0	4	.222	.269	.460	.729	29
49	Smoky Owens	27	CB	Maj	CBR	10	29	27	1	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	.222	.222	.259	.482	7
50	Bill Williams	26	KCM	Maj	KCM	24	72	68	7	15	3	0	0	4	3	3	.221	.254	.265	.518	18
51	Ed Mayweather*	29	SLS	Maj	SL3	21	86	74	10	16	3	1	2	15	0	10	.216	.310	.365	.674	27
52	Fred Bankhead	26	MRS	Maj	MRS	21	73	66	2	14	4	0	0	5	1	5	.212	.268	.273	.540	18
53	Theolic Smith	26	SLS	Maj	SL3	14	35	33	5	7	2	0	0	1	2	2	.212	.257	.273	.530	9
54	Joe Sparks	--	CAG	Maj	CAG	29	96	85	9	18	2	3	1	11	1	8	.212	.280	.341	.621	29
55	Tommy Butts	19	ABC	Maj	IAB	19	75	69	7	14	2	2	0	7	2	5	.203	.257	.290	.547	20
56	Pepper Bassett	28	CAG	Maj	CAG	30	113	104	12	21	3	1	0	13	1	7	.202	.252	.250	.502	26
57	Preacher Henry	28	CB	Maj	CBR	14	36	30	1	6	2	0	0	2	0	3	.200	.273	.267	.539	8
58	Raymond Taylor	28	SLS	Maj	SL3	19	68	61	12	12	3	1	1	10	1	6	.197	.269	.328	.597	20
59	Bill Bradford	25	SLS	Maj	SL3	23	98	84	11	16	2	1	1	8	3	12	.191	.292	.274	.566	23
60	Philly Holmes	26	CB,ABC	Maj	CBR-IAB	9	32	27	6	5	1	0	0	2	2	4	.185	.290	.222	.513	6
61	Hilton Smith	32	KCM	Maj	KCM	25	57	54	3	10	0	2	0	3	0	1	.185	.200	.259	.459	14
62	Buck O'Neil	27	KCM	Maj	KCM	46	173	155	19	28	5	4	1	22	3	14	.181	.249	.284	.532	44
63	Jelly Taylor*	28	MRS	Maj	MRS	22	85	72	7	13	3	1	0	4	1	11	.181	.289	.250	.539	18
64	Clarence Lamar	24	CB	Maj	CBR	11	32	28	4	5	0	0	0	2	1	3	.179	.258	.179	.437	5
65	Wilson Redus	34	CAG	Maj	CAG	19	52	47	6	8	2	0	0	2	1	4	.170	.235	.213	.448	10
66	Bobby Robinson	35	SLS	Maj	SL3	23	90	71	8	12	0	1	0	4	0	13	.169	.298	.197	.495	14
67	Jerry Benjamin	29	TC	Maj	TC	8	34	30	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	4	.167	.265	.167	.431	5
68	T.J. Brown	23	MRS	Maj	MRS	20	63	54	5	9	1	0	1	2	1	7	.167	.262	.241	.503	13
69	Ted Radcliffe	36	MRS	Maj	MRS	12	29	27	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	.148	.207	.148	.355	4
70	George Walker	24	KCM	Maj	KCM	20	32	29	3	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	.138	.138	.207	.345	6
71	Walter Burch	31	CB	Maj	CBR	8	29	26	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	.115	.207	.115	.322	3
72	Lionel Decuir	24	KCM	Maj	KCM	18	48	45	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	2	.089	.128	.111	.239	5
73	Red Hale	26	CAG	Maj	CAG	10	29	25	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	3	.080	.179	.080	.259	2