1938 Negro American League Batting Leaders

1937 Season 1939 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 115 games, 7 teams, approx. 32 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	CS	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1	Ted Strong	21	ABC,KCM	Maj	AB3-KCM	21	83	75	22	30	5	4	4	23	7		7	.400	.458	.733	1.191	55	1	0
2	David Whatley	23	BBB,MRS	Maj	BBB-MRS	27	115	106	21	42	6	2	0	9	4	0	7	.396	.439	.491	.929	52	1	1
3	Donald Reeves*	26	BC	Maj	BCA	40	137	125	26	48	3	4	5	34	7		10	.384	.434	.592	1.026	74	1	1
4	Hilton Smith	31	KCM	Maj	KCM	26	71	68	9	25	6	0	3	13	1		2	.368	.386	.588	.974	40	0	1
5	Quincy Trouppe	25	ABC	Maj	AB3	18	68	56	20	20	5	2	2	11	1		9	.357	.471	.625	1.096	35	3	0
6	Nat Rogers	44	MRS	Maj	MRS	27	107	102	19	36	5	3	2	19	2	0	3	.353	.371	.520	.891	53	0	2
7	Willard Brown	23	KCM	Maj	KCM	47	191	180	34	62	16	4	7	48	20		11	.344	.382	.594	.977	107	0	0
8	Red Moore*	21	BC	Maj	BCA	39	147	125	23	43	4	1	2	25	1		15	.344	.414	.440	.854	55	0	7
9	Henry Milton	27	KCM	Maj	KCM	46	205	185	51	62	10	6	3	27	25		17	.335	.391	.503	.894	93	0	3
10	Nish Williams	34	BC	Maj	BCA	14	50	46	7	15	1	1	0	6	0		3	.326	.380	.391	.771	18	1	0
11	Bill Cooper	23	BC	Maj	BCA	29	101	83	23	27	4	0	0	6	3		14	.325	.429	.374	.802	31	1	3
12	Lloyd Davenport*	26	MRS	Maj	MRS	32	132	117	20	38	7	2	0	10	7	0	13	.325	.392	.419	.811	49	0	2
13	Neil Robinson	30	MRS	Maj	MRS	35	139	121	19	38	7	3	1	15	6	1	15	.314	.403	.446	.849	54	3	0
14	Lacey Thomas	28	JRC	Maj	JRC	16	69	61	15	19	2	1	0	10	2		8	.312	.391	.377	.768	23	0	0
15	Mint Jones	27	JRC	Maj	JRC	16	75	71	8	22	1	0	0	13	0		3	.310	.338	.324	.662	23	0	1
16	Marshall Riddle	20	ABC	Maj	AB3	17	63	59	6	18	1	0	0	8	1		2	.305	.328	.322	.650	19	0	2
17	Henry McCall*	30	BBB	Maj	BBB	23	94	92	11	28	3	3	1	16	1		2	.304	.319	.435	.754	40	0	0
18	Harry Else	32	KCM	Maj	KCM	30	102	90	16	27	2	2	1	11	4		10	.300	.382	.400	.782	36	2	0
19	Rainey Bibbs	27	CAG,KCM	Maj	CAG-KCM	45	193	174	27	52	5	1	0	24	10		15	.299	.361	.339	.700	59	2	2
20	Wilson Redus	33	CAG	Maj	CAG	37	157	137	19	41	4	2	3	15	6		15	.299	.373	.423	.796	58	1	4
21	Jelly Taylor*	27	MRS	Maj	MRS	35	143	128	15	38	1	1	0	16	2	0	11	.297	.353	.320	.673	41	0	4
22	Joe Greene	26	BC	Maj	BCA	29	104	88	15	26	4	4	0	10	0		12	.296	.392	.432	.824	38	2	2
23	Cowan Hyde	31	MRS	Maj	MRS	33	135	132	16	39	3	4	0	14	9	0	1	.296	.306	.379	.685	50	1	1
24	Babe Davis	29	BC	Maj	BCA	40	161	149	25	44	10	5	0	25	3		10	.295	.344	.430	.773	64	1	1
25	Henry Turner	24	JRC	Maj	JRC	13	65	61	12	18	4	2	0	5	0		4	.295	.339	.426	.765	26	0	0
26	Willie Jefferson	34	MRS	Maj	MRS	17	42	41	7	12	2	1	2	7	0	0	0	.293	.293	.537	.829	22	0	1
27	Ted Radcliffe	35	MRS	Maj	MRS	28	80	75	9	22	5	0	1	10	3	0	4	.293	.338	.400	.738	30	1	0
28	Ernie Smith	38	CAG,KCM	Maj	CAG-KCM	14	51	45	9	13	2	0	0	8	4		2	.289	.333	.333	.667	15	1	3
29	Billy Horne	22	CAG	Maj	CAG	16	61	53	9	15	3	1	1	10	0		5	.283	.345	.434	.779	23	0	3
30	Subby Byas	28	CAG	Maj	CAG	28	98	90	15	25	6	0	1	11	2		8	.278	.337	.378	.715	34	0	0
31	Ed Young	25	CAG	Maj	CAG	26	99	90	17	25	3	2	1	15	1		6	.278	.330	.389	.719	35	1	2
32	Melzar Williams	24	BBB	Maj	BBB	21	88	84	7	23	2	3	0	9	3		4	.274	.307	.369	.676	31	0	0
33	Ed Mayweather*	28	KCM	Maj	KCM	31	109	99	15	27	7	3	1	17	3		8	.273	.327	.434	.761	43	0	2
34	Newt Allen	37	KCM	Maj	KCM	39	162	147	27	40	8	1	1	21	4		13	.272	.331	.361	.692	53	0	2
35	Turkey Stearnes*	37	CAG,KCM	Maj	CAG-KCM	34	143	129	24	34	5	4	2	27	7		11	.264	.326	.411	.737	53	1	2
36	Red Hadley	29	BC	Maj	BCA	26	89	82	9	21	3	1	0	4	3		3	.256	.291	.317	.608	26	1	3
37	Frank Duncan	37	KCM,CAG	Maj	KCM-CAG	34	129	106	19	27	4	1	2	14	3		16	.255	.363	.368	.731	39	2	5
38	John Lyles	26	ABC,CAG	Maj	AB3-CAG	20	72	63	9	16	3	1	0	6	5		7	.254	.329	.333	.662	21	0	2
39	Alex Radcliff	32	CAG	Maj	CAG	35	148	139	24	35	7	5	1	17	4		8	.252	.297	.396	.693	55	1	0
40	Buddy Armour	23	ABC	Maj	AB3	17	70	64	11	16	3	1	0	3	5		2	.250	.284	.328	.612	21	1	3
41	Eddie Dixon	22	BC	Maj	BCA	23	41	36	6	9	1	0	0	5	1		3	.250	.308	.278	.586	10	0	2
42	Buck O'Neil	26	KCM	Maj	KCM	45	172	152	29	38	9	3	3	23	11		17	.250	.325	.408	.733	62	0	3
43	Ormond Sampson	28	CAG	Maj	CAG	17	65	60	4	15	1	1	0	10	1		3	.250	.286	.300	.586	18	0	2
44	Philly Holmes	25	JRC	Maj	JRC	15	76	69	9	17	1	2	1	12	5		6	.246	.307	.362	.669	25	0	1
45	Don Pelham	30	BC	Maj	BCA	42	168	157	19	38	7	4	1	25	1		7	.242	.279	.357	.636	56	1	3
46	Willie Simms	29	CAG,KCM	Maj	CAG-KCM	21	101	91	13	22	3	1	0	7	3		7	.242	.296	.297	.593	27	0	3
47	Herman Dunlap*	30	CAG	Maj	CAG	28	117	104	11	25	1	2	0	5	4		8	.240	.295	.289	.583	30	0	5
48	Gabby Kemp	19	BC,JRC	Maj	BCA-JRC	31	132	117	26	28	2	0	1	13	7		11	.239	.310	.282	.592	33	1	3
49	Joe Royal	26	JRC	Maj	JRC	14	67	63	10	15	2	0	1	11	2		4	.238	.284	.318	.601	20	0	0
50	Duke Cleveland	21	JRC	Maj	JRC	13	63	59	16	14	0	0	0	5	1		3	.237	.274	.237	.512	14	0	1
51	Bozo Jackson	--	BC	Maj	BCA	8	40	34	6	8	0	1	0	1	0		2	.235	.278	.294	.572	10	0	4
52	Larry Brown	36	MRS	Maj	MRS	27	88	77	7	18	4	0	0	6	1	0	8	.234	.330	.286	.615	22	3	0
53	Mex Johnson	26	KCM	Maj	KCM	40	144	127	24	29	2	4	0	11	4		12	.228	.295	.307	.602	39	0	5
54	Fred Bankhead	25	BBB,MRS	Maj	BBB-MRS	30	122	107	12	24	0	2	1	11	4	0	11	.224	.308	.290	.598	31	2	2
55	Tommy Butts	18	BC	Maj	BCA	25	91	85	11	19	0	3	0	7	1		5	.224	.267	.294	.561	25	0	1
56	Marlin Carter	25	MRS,BC	Maj	MRS-BCA	25	96	85	16	19	3	1	0	7	3	0	9	.224	.298	.282	.580	24	0	2
57	Bert Johnson	32	BBB	Maj	BBB	14	44	37	3	8	1	0	0	3	0		4	.216	.326	.243	.569	9	2	1
58	Luther Gilyard?	28	CAG	Maj	CAG	18	59	52	8	11	2	1	0	3	0		6	.212	.293	.289	.582	15	0	1
59	Sylvester Owens?	--	BBB	Maj	BBB	25	96	90	8	19	1	1	0	11	2		5	.211	.253	.244	.497	22	0	1
60	Parnell Woods	26	BBB	Maj	BBB	23	96	86	12	18	1	1	0	5	4		8	.209	.284	.244	.528	21	1	1
61	Joe Sparks	--	CAG	Maj	CAG	20	58	48	10	10	1	1	2	7	1		8	.208	.333	.396	.729	19	1	1
62	Roosevelt Cox	24	KCM	Maj	KCM	35	131	111	12	23	2	5	0	14	4		15	.207	.307	.315	.622	35	1	4
63	Leo Sims	--	BC,BBB	Maj	BCA-BBB	12	45	39	5	8	1	0	0	1	0		3	.205	.262	.231	.493	9	0	3
64	Albert Frazier	23	JRC	Maj	JRC	17	73	64	7	13	3	0	0	4	0		5	.203	.271	.250	.521	16	1	3
65	Red Longley	28	MRS	Maj	MRS	30	106	95	10	19	3	0	0	11	1	0	9	.200	.269	.232	.501	22	0	2
66	Bill Bradford	24	ABC	Maj	AB3	19	72	66	4	13	2	2	0	5	3		5	.197	.264	.288	.552	19	1	0
67	Harry Barnes	22	BBB	Maj	BBB	17	58	48	4	9	2	0	0	6	1		5	.188	.264	.229	.493	11	0	5
68	Spencer Davis	30	BC,JRC	Maj	BCA-JRC	20	78	69	11	13	3	0	0	8	2		5	.188	.253	.232	.485	16	1	3
69	Jack Marshall	29	KCM,CAG	Maj	KCM-CAG	8	34	32	2	6	0	1	0	5	3		2	.188	.235	.250	.485	8	0	0
70	Hap Glenn	24	BC	Maj	BCA	20	78	75	6	14	1	1	0	3	0		3	.187	.218	.227	.445	17	0	0
71	Jesse Houston	28	CAG	Maj	CAG	18	40	38	4	7	1	1	0	3	0		2	.184	.225	.263	.488	10	0	0
72	Bobby Robinson	34	ABC	Maj	AB3	14	53	46	5	8	1	0	0	5	1		5	.174	.255	.196	.451	9	0	2
73	Zearlee Maxwell	35	MRS	Maj	MRS	12	39	32	8	5	0	1	0	3	1	0	2	.156	.206	.219	.425	7	0	5
74	Raymond Taylor	27	ABC,KCM,MRS	Maj	AB3-KCM-MRS	21	70	65	6	10	0	0	0	8	3	0	4	.154	.203	.154	.357	10	0	1
75	Bo Mitchell?	--	BC,BBB	Maj	BCA-BBB	19	40	38	2	5	1	0	0	0	0		1	.132	.154	.158	.312	6	0	1
76	Andrew Sephus	24	BBB	Maj	BBB	14	52	39	6	4	0	0	0	0	2		11	.103	.314	.103	.416	4	1	1
77	Tommy Johnson	23	CAG	Maj	CAG	19	36	32	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	.063	.118	.063	.180	2	0	2