1938 Negro National League Batting Leaders

1937 Season 1939 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 139 games, 7 teams, approx. 39 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	SH
1	Buck Leonard*	30	HG	Maj	HG	46	197	166	44	69	12	5	9	56	1	26	.416	.495	.711	1.206	118	0	5
2	Harry Williams	33	PC	Maj	PC	38	163	146	34	56	13	5	4	32	3	14	.384	.438	.623	1.061	91	0	3
3	Josh Gibson	26	HG	Maj	HG	50	218	182	59	67	12	5	13	58	3	31	.368	.463	.703	1.166	128	1	4
4	Ray Dandridge	24	NE	Maj	NE	30	125	112	25	41	9	2	1	20	0	11	.366	.423	.509	.932	57	0	2
5	Sammy Hughes	27	BEG	Maj	BEG	29	129	116	28	42	8	4	3	26	3	11	.362	.422	.578	.999	67	1	1
6	Henry Spearman	28	HG,WBS,NBY	Maj	HG-SEN-NBY	32	143	127	18	45	11	1	0	22	0	14	.354	.418	.457	.875	58	0	2
7	Ed Stone*	28	NE	Maj	NE	31	126	107	22	37	6	3	4	20	2	15	.346	.426	.570	.996	61	0	4
8	Willie Wells	33	NE	Maj	NE	30	117	97	24	32	7	2	3	16	4	14	.330	.425	.536	.961	52	2	4
9	David Campbell*	29	NBY	Maj	NBY	32	131	120	21	39	6	4	0	14	4	9	.325	.372	.442	.814	53	0	2
10	Fats Jenkins*	40	NBY,PC	Maj	NBY-PC	32	141	123	19	40	3	1	1	9	3	13	.325	.390	.390	.780	48	0	5
11	Zollie Wright	28	WBS,NBY	Maj	SEN-NBY	25	97	84	13	27	5	1	0	12	0	12	.321	.406	.405	.811	34	0	1
12	Jerry Benjamin#	28	HG	Maj	HG	45	208	180	46	57	3	6	6	27	4	24	.317	.397	.500	.897	90	0	4
13	Jim Williams	32	HG	Maj	HG	40	169	154	30	48	11	1	1	31	0	9	.312	.354	.416	.769	64	1	5
14	Pat Patterson#	26	PS	Maj	PS	46	192	167	34	52	15	2	7	38	3	20	.311	.385	.551	.936	92	0	5
15	Jim West#	33	BEG	Maj	BEG	39	167	148	26	46	12	1	5	32	0	16	.311	.386	.507	.892	75	2	1
16	Bill Hoskins*	24	BEG,WBS	Maj	BEG-SEN	15	59	55	14	17	4	2	1	10	2	4	.309	.356	.509	.865	28	0	0
17	Lennie Pearson	20	NE	Maj	NE	31	116	104	18	32	6	2	2	19	2	9	.308	.363	.462	.824	48	0	3
18	Curtis Harris	33	PS	Maj	PS	59	214	183	32	56	5	2	5	38	0	17	.306	.365	.437	.802	80	0	14
19	Chester Williams	32	PC	Maj	PC	39	163	148	22	45	7	4	0	17	2	11	.304	.352	.405	.758	60	0	4
20	Ray Brown#	30	HG	Maj	HG	35	111	99	21	30	9	0	6	24	0	10	.303	.367	.576	.943	57	0	2
21	Tommie Dukes*	31	HG	Maj	HG	16	48	43	8	13	2	0	0	9	0	3	.302	.362	.349	.711	15	1	1
22	Bill Perkins	32	PS	Maj	PS	62	237	206	36	62	9	1	7	41	3	29	.301	.387	.456	.844	94	0	2
23	Vic Harris*	33	HG	Maj	HG	47	211	190	46	57	7	5	2	28	0	17	.300	.361	.421	.782	80	1	3
24	Clyde Spearman*	25	PS	Maj	PS	67	290	253	43	76	10	5	1	29	2	30	.300	.377	.391	.768	99	1	6
25	Biz Mackey#	40	BEG	Maj	BEG	35	138	117	19	35	5	0	1	17	1	18	.299	.393	.368	.760	43	0	3
26	Wild Bill Wright#	24	BEG	Maj	BEG	37	163	144	24	43	9	2	4	34	7	14	.299	.369	.472	.841	68	2	3
27	George Giles*	29	PS,PC	Maj	PS-PC	51	200	171	32	51	10	2	0	22	3	23	.298	.381	.380	.762	65	0	6
28	Marvin Barker	26	NBY	Maj	NBY	33	145	132	20	39	7	2	0	6	2	9	.295	.340	.379	.719	50	0	4
29	Jud Wilson*	44	PS	Maj	PS	36	119	95	18	28	4	1	3	24	0	18	.295	.427	.453	.880	43	4	2
30	Roy Parnell	34	PS	Maj	PS	65	274	237	51	69	12	4	6	31	4	26	.291	.366	.451	.818	107	2	9
31	Jim Starks	32	NBY	Maj	NBY	16	60	55	7	16	6	1	1	10	0	4	.291	.339	.491	.830	27	0	1
32	Mule Suttles	37	NE	Maj	NE	30	110	96	19	27	4	0	6	22	1	12	.281	.361	.510	.872	49	0	2
33	Jack Johnson	--	HG	Maj	HG	18	69	62	12	17	1	1	3	15	0	4	.274	.318	.468	.786	29	0	3
34	Matt Carlisle	28	HG	Maj	HG	50	220	197	38	53	3	2	4	19	1	19	.269	.333	.365	.699	72	0	4
35	Henry Kimbro*	26	BEG	Maj	BEG	40	188	164	38	44	6	3	0	21	2	19	.268	.348	.341	.689	56	1	4
36	Felton Snow	32	BEG	Maj	BEG	40	175	154	32	41	5	3	1	24	2	15	.266	.335	.357	.692	55	1	5
37	Walter Cannady	36	NBY	Maj	NBY	31	125	115	17	30	3	1	1	21	3	9	.261	.315	.330	.645	38	0	1
38	Johnny Washington*	23	PC,NBY	Maj	PC-NBY	38	153	140	15	36	7	2	2	27	3	10	.257	.311	.379	.690	53	1	2
39	Alex Crumbley*	29	WBS,NBY,PC	Maj	SEN-NBY-PC	12	43	39	3	10	0	1	1	5	0	3	.256	.326	.385	.710	15	1	0
40	Roy Partlow*	26	HG	Maj	HG	16	44	39	5	10	3	0	0	4	0	1	.256	.275	.333	.608	13	0	4
41	Jake Dunn	28	PS	Maj	PS	65	266	232	39	59	12	2	6	37	0	28	.254	.337	.401	.738	93	1	5
42	George Scales	37	BEG	Maj	BEG	31	117	91	19	23	2	1	1	11	3	23	.253	.404	.330	.733	30	0	3
43	Dan Wilson#	22	PC	Maj	PC	35	147	123	24	31	8	3	1	14	2	16	.252	.361	.390	.751	48	5	3
44	Clarence Palm	30	NBY	Maj	NBY	18	67	60	9	15	5	0	2	13	0	5	.250	.308	.433	.741	26	0	2
45	Bill Byrd#	30	BEG	Maj	BEG	24	69	61	9	15	4	0	1	11	0	5	.246	.303	.361	.664	22	0	3
46	Dave Thomas*	33	WBS,BEG	Maj	SEN-BEG	15	63	53	8	13	5	1	0	6	0	10	.245	.365	.377	.742	20	0	0
47	Bill Casey?	33	WBS,PC,NE,PS	Maj	SEN-PC-NE-PS	26	88	78	6	19	0	0	0	7	0	8	.244	.314	.244	.558	19	0	2
48	Bus Clarkson	23	PC	Maj	PC	22	82	70	8	17	4	0	4	14	0	11	.243	.346	.471	.817	33	0	1
49	Hoss Walker	30	BEG	Maj	BEG	28	109	95	13	23	3	1	0	13	1	8	.242	.301	.295	.596	28	0	6
50	Thad Christopher*	25	NBY	Maj	NBY	16	63	58	6	14	5	0	2	10	1	5	.241	.302	.431	.733	25	0	0
51	Buddy Burbage*	31	WBS,BEG	Maj	SEN-BEG	16	70	59	8	14	1	0	2	8	0	8	.237	.328	.356	.684	21	0	3
52	Lonnie Summers	22	BEG	Maj	BEG	22	84	76	16	18	2	1	0	8	1	5	.237	.293	.289	.582	22	1	2
53	Sam Bankhead	27	PC	Maj	PC	33	149	132	24	31	6	1	2	17	7	14	.235	.308	.341	.649	45	0	3
54	Barney Brown*	30	NBY	Maj	NBY	25	78	68	7	16	2	0	0	10	0	8	.235	.325	.265	.589	18	1	1
55	Johnny Hayes*	28	NE	Maj	NE	24	67	60	4	14	2	0	2	11	1	3	.233	.270	.367	.637	22	0	4
56	Slim Jones*	25	PS	Maj	PS	30	64	57	9	13	0	0	1	7	0	4	.228	.290	.281	.571	16	1	2
57	Gene Benson*	24	PC,PS	Maj	PC-PS	53	233	209	32	47	3	4	2	26	1	19	.225	.293	.306	.599	64	1	4
58	Jimmie Crutchfield*	28	NE	Maj	NE	31	128	120	11	27	2	1	0	5	2	5	.225	.256	.258	.514	31	0	3
59	Leroy Morney#	29	NBY	Maj	NBY	31	120	103	14	23	2	1	2	18	4	9	.223	.286	.320	.606	33	0	8
60	Pepper Bassett#	27	PC	Maj	PC	21	66	60	8	13	3	0	2	11	0	3	.217	.254	.367	.621	22	0	3
61	Dewey Creacy	38	PS	Maj	PS	47	164	140	20	30	1	2	1	17	0	15	.214	.299	.271	.571	38	2	7
62	Napoleon Hairston	25	PC	Maj	PC	38	158	136	28	29	6	2	2	17	2	16	.213	.301	.331	.632	45	1	5
63	Jelly Jackson	28	HG	Maj	HG	50	192	174	23	36	6	3	0	21	0	13	.207	.262	.276	.538	48	0	5
64	Dick Seay	33	NE	Maj	NE	31	128	116	14	24	0	1	0	4	0	9	.207	.270	.224	.494	26	1	2
65	Henry McHenry	28	PS	Maj	PS	23	55	49	4	10	1	0	1	7	0	2	.204	.235	.286	.521	14	0	4
66	Leon Ruffin	26	PC	Maj	PC	22	84	72	6	13	1	0	0	10	0	7	.181	.253	.194	.448	14	0	5
67	Paul Dixon	30	PS	Maj	PS	29	98	87	11	15	6	0	0	9	1	9	.172	.250	.241	.491	21	0	2