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1923 Negro National League Batting Leaders

1922 Season 1924 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 282 games, 8 teams, approx. 70 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	Heavy Johnson	28	KCM	Maj	KCM	98	429	374	91	152	32	13	20	120	17	38	.406	.471	.722	1.193	270	8	9
2	George Scales	22	SLS	Maj	SLS	53	209	164	40	64	10	7	11	45	7	38	.390	.505	.738	1.243	121	0	7
3	Cristóbal Torriente*	29	CAG	Maj	CAG	74	318	261	69	101	22	5	4	63	12	44	.387	.481	.556	1.036	145	3	10
4	Candy Jim Taylor	39	SLS,TT	Maj	SLS-TT	61	244	215	49	80	7	3	20	76	4	25	.372	.438	.712	1.149	153	0	4
5	Dobie Moore	27	KCM	Maj	KCM	94	423	378	70	138	22	9	8	79	10	21	.365	.407	.534	.942	202	6	18
6	Oscar Charleston*	26	ABC	Maj	ABC	84	373	308	68	112	25	6	11	94	25	48	.364	.453	.591	1.043	182	2	15
7	Bullet Rogan	29	KCM	Maj	KCM	68	230	207	38	75	12	3	7	44	5	19	.362	.416	.551	.967	114	0	4
8	Turkey Stearnes*	22	DS	Maj	DS	69	299	279	70	101	18	14	17	85	2	17	.362	.401	.710	1.110	198	1	2
9	Mitchell Murray	27	SLS,TT	Maj	SLS-TT	58	217	185	32	64	13	2	6	40	5	15	.346	.407	.535	.942	99	4	13
10	Valentín Dreke*	25	CSW	Maj	CSW	62	284	258	47	89	11	4	3	42	4	19	.345	.394	.453	.848	117	2	5
11	Steel Arm Davis*	27	DS	Maj	DS	34	90	80	16	27	4	3	1	12	0	7	.338	.391	.500	.891	40	0	3
12	Wade Johnston*	25	KCM	Maj	KCM	66	306	267	61	89	11	9	0	29	7	30	.333	.403	.442	.845	118	1	8
13	Otto Ray?	30	SLS	Maj	SLS	41	112	102	21	34	6	5	1	15	1	6	.333	.370	.520	.890	53	0	4
14	Doc Dudley*	29	SLS	Maj	SLS	47	204	185	34	61	10	7	1	20	9	12	.330	.383	.476	.859	88	4	3
15	Hurley McNair*	34	KCM	Maj	KCM	98	439	376	82	123	14	10	8	65	23	49	.327	.410	.481	.892	181	4	10
16	Eufemio Abreu	22	CSW	Maj	CSW	50	193	172	27	55	7	3	0	15	3	17	.320	.384	.395	.780	68	1	3
17	Percy Miller*	26	SLS	Maj	SLS	49	166	149	23	47	10	4	5	20	2	11	.315	.378	.537	.915	80	4	2
18	Sandy Thompson*	28	MB	Maj	MB	62	251	235	32	74	14	2	1	31	4	9	.315	.340	.404	.744	95	0	7
19	Frank Duncan*	35	TT,MB	Maj	TT-MB	49	211	191	23	60	13	2	1	26	0	11	.314	.367	.419	.786	80	5	4
20	Clarence Smith	26	DS	Maj	DS	65	248	226	43	71	4	2	7	35	0	10	.314	.346	.442	.788	100	1	11
21	Bruce Petway#	37	DS	Maj	DS	46	132	109	16	34	1	1	0	17	0	13	.312	.385	.339	.725	37	0	10
22	Eddie Holtz	23	SLS	Maj	SLS	50	207	184	27	57	8	3	1	23	5	15	.310	.368	.402	.770	74	2	6
23	Percy Wilson#	24	MB	Maj	MB	62	273	243	35	75	16	7	3	36	4	17	.309	.354	.469	.823	114	0	13
24	Charlie Blackwell*	28	SLS	Maj	SLS	68	282	238	46	73	16	5	5	46	11	34	.307	.402	.479	.881	114	4	6
25	Esteban Montalvo*	27	CSW	Maj	CSW	60	264	236	38	72	14	4	8	57	1	18	.305	.362	.500	.862	118	3	7
26	George Sweatt	29	KCM	Maj	KCM	47	182	167	33	51	7	4	1	21	7	8	.305	.348	.413	.761	69	3	4
27	Newt Allen	22	KCM	Maj	KCM	33	130	115	21	35	1	2	0	10	2	10	.304	.370	.348	.718	40	2	3
28	John Beckwith	23	CAG	Maj	CAG	72	296	270	36	82	21	9	8	77	5	19	.304	.349	.537	.887	145	0	7
29	Harry Kenyon	29	CAG	Maj	CAG	54	176	158	25	48	10	1	0	26	2	11	.304	.353	.380	.733	60	1	6
30	Dave Malarcher#	28	CAG	Maj	CAG	78	314	270	53	82	14	3	3	41	14	31	.304	.386	.411	.797	111	5	8
31	Bill Force	27	DS	Maj	DS	49	112	96	16	29	6	0	2	16	0	9	.302	.362	.427	.789	41	0	7
32	Bill Riggins#	23	DS	Maj	DS	71	318	265	59	80	9	3	6	43	2	32	.302	.379	.426	.806	113	1	20
33	George Shively*	30	ABC	Maj	ABC	72	330	297	60	89	7	10	0	30	4	25	.300	.358	.391	.749	116	2	6
34	Eugene Redd	23	MB	Maj	MB	21	82	74	5	22	4	0	0	9	0	5	.297	.342	.351	.693	26	0	3
35	Henry Blackmon	31	ABC	Maj	ABC	64	275	250	54	74	7	5	7	43	3	17	.296	.343	.448	.791	112	1	7
36	Pete Hill*	40	MB	Maj	MB	26	91	81	8	24	4	0	0	8	1	9	.296	.374	.346	.719	28	1	0
37	Crush Holloway#	26	ABC	Maj	ABC	79	328	314	45	93	10	5	2	53	13	10	.296	.320	.379	.699	119	1	3
38	John Reese	28	SLS,TT	Maj	SLS-TT	47	191	162	37	48	9	2	2	18	8	16	.296	.363	.414	.777	67	1	12
39	Connie Day	25	ABC	Maj	ABC	84	355	320	48	94	18	5	2	56	3	19	.294	.339	.400	.739	128	3	13
40	Marcelino Guerra	33	CSW	Maj	CSW	59	241	213	38	62	8	3	7	43	9	24	.291	.366	.455	.821	97	1	3
41	Edgar Wesley*	32	DS	Maj	DS	71	306	265	47	77	14	1	16	56	2	33	.291	.369	.532	.901	141	0	8
42	Lemuel Hawkins*	27	KCM	Maj	KCM	82	369	338	51	98	14	1	1	35	6	20	.290	.335	.346	.681	117	3	8
43	Lucas Boada	30	CSW	Maj	CSW	36	90	80	10	23	5	0	1	11	0	7	.288	.345	.388	.732	31	0	3
44	Roberto Campos?	21	CSW	Maj	CSW	62	279	243	46	69	6	1	4	25	4	24	.284	.363	.366	.729	89	6	6
45	Branch Russell*	27	SLS	Maj	SLS	81	354	314	64	89	9	9	5	45	6	25	.283	.346	.417	.763	131	5	10
46	Johnie Watson?	27	DS	Maj	DS	60	270	245	54	69	10	3	1	27	1	19	.282	.333	.359	.693	88	0	6
47	George Dixon*	27	ABC	Maj	ABC	61	214	185	27	52	12	3	1	32	1	18	.281	.354	.395	.749	73	3	8
48	Joe Hewitt*	37	SLS,MB	Maj	SLS-MB	59	240	185	37	52	5	0	0	15	20	38	.281	.412	.308	.720	57	3	14
49	Namon Washington?	29	ABC	Maj	ABC	81	350	295	46	83	9	8	1	30	6	31	.281	.350	.376	.726	111	0	24
50	Jelly Gardner*	27	CAG	Maj	CAG	75	334	283	70	79	9	0	0	19	21	43	.279	.378	.311	.689	88	2	6
51	Johnny Jones	27	DS	Maj	DS	69	278	243	44	67	5	4	3	41	0	23	.276	.341	.366	.707	89	1	11
52	Bubbles Anderson	18	KCM	Maj	KCM	61	223	182	30	50	8	3	0	22	3	22	.275	.374	.352	.726	64	7	12
53	Buddy Hayes	29	MB,TT	Maj	MB-TT	27	81	74	3	20	4	2	0	8	0	7	.270	.333	.378	.712	28	0	0
54	Jimmie Lyons*	33	CAG	Maj	CAG	66	231	200	39	54	11	2	1	26	12	20	.270	.336	.360	.696	72	0	11
55	Felton Stratton	27	MB	Maj	MB	43	170	159	19	43	7	1	4	22	2	8	.270	.310	.403	.712	64	1	2
56	Newt Joseph	26	KCM	Maj	KCM	69	275	234	39	63	6	10	5	39	4	26	.269	.352	.444	.797	104	4	11
57	Herman Roth	27	MB,CAG	Maj	MB-CAG	54	182	167	16	45	4	1	1	18	1	7	.269	.303	.323	.626	54	1	7
58	George Collins	28	MB	Maj	MB	30	108	101	14	27	4	0	1	13	1	5	.267	.302	.337	.639	34	0	2
59	Vicente Rodríguez?	31	CSW	Maj	CSW	33	128	114	21	30	4	0	1	15	0	10	.263	.328	.325	.653	37	1	3
60	Tex Burnett#	23	ABC	Maj	ABC	47	188	168	31	44	5	2	1	15	0	13	.262	.319	.333	.652	56	1	6
61	Anderson Pryor	22	MB,DS	Maj	MB-DS	69	292	248	34	65	5	3	1	24	10	32	.262	.346	.319	.665	79	0	12
62	Gerard Williams	--	ABC	Maj	ABC	77	338	294	46	77	6	4	1	26	5	29	.262	.330	.320	.650	94	1	14
63	Boots McClain	24	TT,DS	Maj	TT-DS	36	158	147	19	38	6	2	2	18	3	8	.259	.297	.367	.664	54	0	3
64	Frank Duncan	22	KCM	Maj	KCM	91	409	346	60	89	18	4	0	39	13	38	.257	.332	.332	.665	115	1	24
65	Dan Kennard	39	SLS	Maj	SLS	29	92	82	12	21	4	0	2	13	0	4	.256	.299	.378	.677	31	1	5
66	Bingo DeMoss	33	CAG	Maj	CAG	76	337	278	56	71	10	1	1	31	12	31	.255	.337	.309	.646	86	3	25
67	Bobby Williams	27	CAG	Maj	CAG	75	289	264	30	66	9	0	0	37	9	11	.250	.285	.284	.569	75	2	12
68	Bob Fagan*	29	SLS	Maj	SLS	49	144	118	18	29	4	1	1	12	0	18	.246	.355	.322	.677	38	2	6
69	Rube Curry	24	KCM	Maj	KCM	39	100	91	11	22	4	0	1	11	0	4	.242	.274	.319	.592	29	0	5
70	Cool Papa Bell#	20	SLS	Maj	SLS	49	121	108	24	26	5	1	2	17	1	7	.241	.287	.361	.648	39	0	6
71	José Méndez	38	KCM	Maj	KCM	39	104	88	16	21	8	2	1	15	1	5	.239	.280	.409	.689	36	0	11
72	Manuel Rigal	22	CSW	Maj	CSW	58	222	188	31	45	2	0	0	23	1	19	.239	.309	.250	.559	47	0	15
73	Jim Brown#	31	CAG	Maj	CAG	69	273	239	38	57	8	4	2	45	5	23	.238	.308	.331	.639	79	1	10
74	Henry Williams	30	KCM	Maj	KCM	30	108	97	13	23	4	1	1	7	4	5	.237	.288	.330	.618	32	2	4
75	Joe Strong*	20	MB,CAG	Maj	MB-CAG	38	87	81	14	19	1	0	3	7	0	4	.235	.271	.358	.629	29	0	2
76	Harry Jeffries	24	DS	Maj	DS	46	183	155	25	36	6	0	0	14	1	15	.232	.304	.271	.575	42	1	12
77	Tullie McAdoo	38	SLS	Maj	SLS	42	174	140	20	32	4	0	2	19	6	18	.229	.349	.300	.649	42	8	8
78	Ed Rile*	23	CAG	Maj	CAG	35	77	70	6	16	0	0	1	10	0	4	.229	.270	.271	.542	19	0	3
79	Darltie Cooper	20	ABC	Maj	ABC	54	177	160	28	36	5	1	2	27	1	6	.225	.262	.306	.568	49	2	9
80	Matías Ríos	28	CSW	Maj	CSW	47	204	184	23	41	6	0	0	13	2	11	.223	.270	.255	.526	47	1	8
81	Felipe Sierra	21	CSW	Maj	CSW	62	279	231	37	51	8	4	1	28	3	34	.221	.326	.303	.629	70	2	12
82	Robert Bonner	29	SLS,TT	Maj	SLS-TT	48	200	184	26	40	12	1	1	20	4	12	.217	.269	.310	.579	57	1	3
83	Lewis Smallwood	28	MB	Maj	MB	34	125	106	13	23	2	0	0	4	1	14	.217	.314	.236	.550	25	1	4
84	Pepper Daniels	20	DS	Maj	DS	49	144	129	18	27	7	2	1	20	0	10	.209	.266	.318	.584	41	0	5
85	Leroy Grant	34	CAG,ABC	Maj	CAG-ABC	37	95	88	9	18	3	1	0	8	0	4	.205	.247	.261	.509	23	1	2
86	Andrew Wilson	30	MB	Maj	MB	46	182	163	21	33	4	1	3	16	1	13	.202	.261	.294	.556	48	0	6
87	Charles Corbett	33	ABC	Maj	ABC	43	131	121	11	24	7	2	0	18	1	6	.198	.242	.289	.531	35	1	3
88	Hooty Phillips	24	DS,MB	Maj	DS-MB	33	107	93	8	13	2	0	0	12	0	8	.140	.216	.161	.377	15	1	5
89	George Boggs*	24	MB,DS	Maj	MB-DS	34	78	71	3	8	1	0	0	6	0	3	.113	.149	.127	.275	9	0	4