1942 Negro American League Batting Leaders

1941 Season 1943 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 110 games, 6 teams, approx. 36 games in season

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1	Verdell Mathis*	28	MRS	Maj	MRS	20	47	43	7	19	1	0	0	4	1	4	.442	.489	.465	.954	20	0	0
2	Willard Brown	27	KCM	Maj	KCM	46	199	182	36	69	12	2	6	38	7	16	.379	.429	.566	.995	103	0	1
3	Ted Strong#	25	KCM	Maj	KCM	45	197	170	42	59	13	1	7	42	1	23	.347	.437	.559	.995	95	4	0
4	Sam Jethroe#	25	CIB	Maj	CCB	42	172	164	28	55	14	4	2	27	6	5	.335	.363	.506	.869	83	2	1
5	Bonnie Serrell*	22	KCM	Maj	KCM	45	175	155	23	52	10	4	4	25	3	14	.335	.398	.529	.927	82	2	4
6	Tommy Sampson	29	BBB	Maj	BBB	35	143	135	28	45	3	2	2	13	4	5	.333	.366	.430	.796	58	2	1
7	Hilton Smith	35	KCM	Maj	KCM	18	47	45	6	15	2	0	0	6	0	2	.333	.362	.378	.739	17	0	0
8	Felix McLaurin#	20	BBB,JRC	Maj	BBB-JRC	26	108	100	13	33	3	1	2	12	5	8	.330	.380	.440	.820	44	0	0
9	Neil Robinson	34	MRS	Maj	MRS	29	116	107	24	35	10	3	4	29	1	8	.327	.379	.589	.968	63	1	0
10	Newt Allen	41	KCM	Maj	KCM	30	123	115	18	37	6	1	0	9	1	8	.322	.366	.391	.757	45	0	0
11	Parnell Woods	30	CIB,JRC	Maj	CCB-JRC	36	149	140	22	44	10	4	1	21	4	8	.314	.351	.464	.816	65	0	1
12	Cool Papa Bell#	39	CAG	Maj	CAG	39	170	141	24	44	8	3	0	11	4	27	.312	.423	.411	.834	58	0	2
13	Lloyd Davenport*	30	BBB,CIB,JRC	Maj	BBB-CCB-JRC	31	126	107	22	33	6	0	0	18	5	16	.308	.408	.364	.772	39	2	1
14	Jesse Warren	27	BBB	Maj	BBB	11	45	36	11	11	2	2	0	5	2	6	.306	.405	.472	.877	17	0	3
15	T.J. Brown	26	MRS	Maj	MRS	26	105	95	18	29	6	4	0	14	4	5	.305	.340	.453	.793	43	0	5
16	Cowan Hyde	35	MRS	Maj	MRS	31	134	127	25	38	4	2	0	15	10	6	.299	.331	.362	.693	46	0	1
17	Jelly Taylor*	31	MRS	Maj	MRS	31	128	116	12	34	3	1	0	15	3	8	.293	.349	.336	.685	39	2	2
18	Willie Ferrell?	28	CAG	Maj	CAG	20	46	45	4	13	0	0	0	6	0	1	.289	.304	.289	.593	13	0	0
19	Marlin Carter*	29	MRS	Maj	MRS	30	129	118	23	34	3	3	0	17	3	9	.288	.344	.364	.708	43	1	1
20	Joe Greene	30	KCM	Maj	KCM	34	132	118	24	34	9	1	6	28	3	13	.288	.359	.534	.893	63	0	1
21	Sonny Harris#	27	BBB,CIB	Maj	BBB-CCB	19	63	52	8	15	2	1	0	8	1	5	.288	.373	.365	.738	19	2	4
22	Johnny Smith*	25	BBB	Maj	BBB	16	58	56	9	16	2	1	1	12	2	2	.286	.310	.411	.721	23	0	0
23	Herb Souell#	29	KCM	Maj	KCM	32	138	130	22	37	4	0	0	11	4	7	.285	.326	.315	.641	41	1	0
24	Duke Cleveland*	25	CIB,JRC	Maj	CCB-JRC	40	164	147	27	41	4	1	1	14	3	13	.279	.350	.340	.690	50	3	1
25	Fred Bankhead	29	MRS	Maj	MRS	26	112	101	16	28	4	0	0	9	6	6	.277	.336	.317	.653	32	3	2
26	Billy Horne	26	CIB	Maj	CCB	43	186	171	27	47	7	4	1	19	7	13	.275	.326	.380	.706	65	0	2
27	Jimmie Crutchfield*	32	CAG	Maj	CAG	38	149	132	13	36	0	3	1	11	4	16	.273	.351	.341	.692	45	0	1
28	Paul Hardy	31	BBB	Maj	BBB	25	85	77	12	21	7	0	0	5	1	6	.273	.325	.364	.689	28	0	2
29	Buck O'Neil	30	KCM	Maj	KCM	48	201	188	28	51	7	1	1	21	7	12	.271	.315	.335	.650	63	0	1
30	Emmett Wilson#	29	CIB	Maj	CCB	16	68	59	12	16	5	1	1	10	3	6	.271	.338	.441	.779	26	0	3
31	Archie Ware*	24	CIB	Maj	CCB	44	172	159	16	43	5	3	2	34	5	10	.270	.326	.377	.703	60	3	0
32	Larry Brown#	40	MRS	Maj	MRS	25	82	73	3	19	4	0	0	10	0	8	.260	.341	.315	.657	23	1	0
33	Art Pennington#	19	CAG	Maj	CAG	38	154	127	13	33	2	2	1	12	0	22	.260	.377	.331	.708	42	2	3
34	Walter Cannady	40	CAG	Maj	CAG	14	55	51	7	13	1	0	0	6	3	2	.255	.283	.275	.558	14	0	2
35	Leroy Morney#	33	BBB	Maj	BBB	32	124	107	19	27	4	0	1	19	9	13	.252	.339	.318	.657	34	1	3
36	Jabbo Andrews*	34	CAG,JRC	Maj	CAG-JRC	23	86	81	4	20	6	2	0	8	0	5	.247	.291	.370	.661	30	0	0
37	Ralph Wyatt	24	CAG	Maj	CAG	35	142	130	17	32	3	2	0	10	2	8	.246	.290	.300	.590	39	0	4
38	Lester Lockett	30	CAG,BBB	Maj	CAG-BBB	28	106	99	13	24	2	2	1	17	2	6	.242	.292	.333	.626	33	1	0
39	George Britt	46	CAG,JRC,CIB	Maj	CAG-JRC-CCB	19	47	38	0	9	2	0	0	1	0	4	.237	.341	.289	.630	11	2	3
40	Ted Radcliffe	39	BBB,CAG,MRS	Maj	BBB-CAG-MRS	18	50	47	3	11	1	0	0	6	0	2	.234	.265	.255	.521	12	0	1
41	Alex Radcliff	36	CAG,BBB	Maj	CAG-BBB	41	174	163	15	38	8	2	2	21	0	9	.233	.277	.344	.621	56	1	1
42	Jesse Williams	29	KCM	Maj	KCM	46	181	159	21	37	9	3	2	14	1	19	.233	.315	.365	.679	58	0	3
43	Bill Bradford*	28	BBB,MRS	Maj	BBB-MRS	29	89	81	8	18	2	1	0	2	2	6	.222	.276	.272	.547	22	0	2
44	Tice James	27	CIB	Maj	CCB	39	145	135	10	30	6	3	0	9	3	9	.222	.276	.311	.587	42	1	0
45	Willie Simms*	33	KCM	Maj	KCM	48	220	206	35	45	6	5	0	12	3	13	.218	.265	.296	.561	61	0	1
46	Joe Brown	25	CIB	Maj	CCB	25	84	79	9	17	2	0	0	7	0	3	.215	.253	.241	.494	19	1	1
47	Ernie Smith*	34	CAG	Maj	CAG	14	43	42	3	9	0	1	0	5	0	0	.214	.233	.262	.494	11	1	0
48	Henry Smith	29	CAG,JRC	Maj	CAG-JRC	32	121	112	12	24	1	1	0	3	3	7	.214	.261	.241	.502	27	0	2
49	John Huber*	34	CAG	Maj	CAG	29	93	91	11	19	4	1	0	6	1	1	.209	.217	.275	.492	25	0	1
50	John Bissant	28	CAG	Maj	CAG	14	49	48	7	10	1	0	0	6	1	1	.208	.224	.229	.454	11	0	0
51	Thad Christopher*	29	CIB	Maj	CCB	31	106	93	16	19	5	0	1	11	2	9	.204	.288	.290	.579	27	2	2
52	Clarence Lamar	27	BBB,JRC	Maj	BBB-JRC	20	69	61	7	12	3	0	1	5	0	5	.197	.279	.295	.574	18	2	1
53	Fred McDaniel*	29	MRS	Maj	MRS	25	105	92	15	18	2	3	0	6	2	10	.196	.275	.283	.557	26	0	3
54	Hoss Walker	34	BBB	Maj	BBB	27	107	93	10	18	1	0	1	7	3	7	.194	.265	.237	.501	22	2	5
55	John Lyles#	30	CIB	Maj	CCB	30	109	90	18	17	1	1	0	3	2	12	.189	.318	.222	.540	20	5	2
56	Johnnie Dawson?	27	KCM,BBB	Maj	KCM-BBB	14	39	37	1	6	2	0	0	3	1	1	.162	.184	.216	.400	8	0	1
57	Gerves Fagan	26	JRC,MRS	Maj	JRC-MRS	12	43	41	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	2	.146	.186	.171	.357	7	0	0
58	Gene Smith	30	JRC,CIB	Maj	JRC-CCB	10	40	38	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	.132	.154	.132	.285	5	0	1
59	Raymond Taylor	31	CIB,CAG	Maj	CCB-CAG	24	78	70	3	5	3	1	0	2	0	5	.071	.133	.143	.276	10	0	3