1946 Negro National League Batting Leaders

1945 Season 1947 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 173 games, 6 teams, approx. 57 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	Bob Thurman*	29	HG	Maj	HG	28	67	61	5	25	3	2	2	15	0	5	.410	.455	.623	1.077	38	0	1
2	Cool Papa Bell#	43	HG	Maj	HG	39	139	121	23	48	5	2	0	16	6	16	.397	.467	.471	.938	57	0	2
3	Monte Irvin	27	NE	Maj	NE	57	248	217	52	80	17	2	6	54	2	28	.369	.443	.548	.991	119	1	2
4	Larry Doby*	22	NE	Maj	NE	59	265	234	59	85	12	10	7	52	6	29	.363	.436	.590	1.025	138	1	1
5	Leon Day	29	NE	Maj	NE	24	65	58	15	21	2	1	1	10	0	7	.362	.431	.483	.914	28	0	0
6	Henry Kimbro*	34	BEG	Maj	BEG	63	275	235	62	84	12	7	7	36	9	35	.357	.449	.557	1.006	131	4	1
7	Alejandro Crespo	31	NYC	Maj	NYC	27	111	106	23	37	5	2	3	20	0	5	.349	.378	.519	.897	55	0	0
8	Buck Leonard*	38	HG	Maj	HG	50	209	169	37	56	6	4	7	45	3	39	.331	.459	.538	.998	91	1	0
9	Johnny Davis	29	NE	Maj	NE	62	260	231	42	76	12	1	8	47	3	26	.329	.404	.494	.897	114	3	0
10	Frank Austin	26	PS	Maj	PS	63	276	237	47	77	9	1	0	32	1	27	.325	.394	.371	.765	88	0	12
11	Lennie Pearson	28	NE	Maj	NE	60	257	234	53	75	14	2	8	61	18	19	.321	.374	.500	.874	117	1	3
12	Gene Benson*	32	PS	Maj	PS	61	269	244	40	78	12	4	0	39	2	23	.320	.378	.402	.780	98	0	2
13	Silvio García	32	NYC	Maj	NYC	46	192	177	22	56	11	5	3	30	9	13	.316	.366	.486	.852	86	1	1
14	Josh Gibson	34	HG	Maj	HG	48	186	171	34	54	12	3	13	52	0	15	.316	.371	.649	1.020	111	0	0
15	Tommy Butts	26	BEG	Maj	BEG	64	278	238	43	75	10	7	1	31	7	25	.315	.387	.429	.816	102	3	12
16	Luis Márquez	20	HG,BEG	Maj	HG-BEG	42	166	157	31	49	6	2	3	28	8	8	.312	.345	.433	.779	68	0	1
17	Bus Clarkson	31	PS	Maj	PS	42	174	152	27	47	7	1	2	34	1	21	.309	.393	.408	.801	62	0	1
18	Doc Dennis	28	PS	Maj	PS	59	242	217	35	67	10	1	7	53	0	18	.309	.362	.461	.823	100	0	7
19	Pat Patterson#	34	NE	Maj	NE	48	219	192	49	59	15	6	2	30	4	21	.307	.376	.479	.855	92	0	6
20	Dave Thomas*	41	NYC	Maj	NYC	46	193	181	29	54	6	3	1	21	1	9	.298	.335	.381	.716	69	1	2
21	Willie Wells	41	BEG,NBY	Maj	BEG-NBY	62	254	229	23	67	13	3	1	38	2	21	.293	.355	.389	.743	89	1	3
22	Felix McLaurin#	24	NBY	Maj	NBY	34	146	131	16	38	7	3	2	11	1	12	.290	.363	.435	.798	57	3	0
23	Bill Hoskins*	32	BEG,NBY	Maj	BEG-NBY	53	204	181	28	52	8	6	0	30	2	22	.287	.365	.398	.762	72	0	1
24	Frank Williams*	27	HG	Maj	HG	28	126	105	23	30	6	1	0	13	1	20	.286	.400	.362	.762	38	0	1
25	Johnny Washington*	31	BEG	Maj	BEG	63	250	237	38	67	6	3	2	34	11	11	.283	.315	.359	.673	85	0	2
26	Bill Cash	27	PS	Maj	PS	54	200	178	22	50	4	1	2	24	0	18	.281	.350	.348	.699	62	1	3
27	Howard Easterling#	34	HG	Maj	HG	35	148	140	21	39	9	2	1	22	2	8	.279	.318	.393	.710	55	0	0
28	Leon Ruffin	34	NE	Maj	NE	45	152	136	23	38	4	0	1	23	1	9	.279	.329	.331	.660	45	1	6
29	Dan Wilson#	30	HG	Maj	HG	54	232	208	38	58	12	2	1	25	7	19	.279	.345	.370	.715	77	2	3
30	Joe Craig	28	PS	Maj	PS	46	150	127	23	35	1	1	1	20	0	21	.276	.378	.323	.701	41	0	2
31	Cleveland Clark	26	NYC	Maj	NYC	37	129	106	19	29	3	2	1	20	3	18	.274	.384	.368	.752	39	1	4
32	Sam Bankhead	35	HG	Maj	HG	53	228	205	28	55	4	1	3	26	5	16	.268	.324	.341	.666	70	1	6
33	Murray Watkins*	30	PS,NE	Maj	PS-NE	53	235	203	36	54	6	0	0	15	3	25	.266	.352	.296	.648	60	2	5
34	Sammy Hughes	35	BEG	Maj	BEG	43	164	132	26	35	3	1	2	18	3	26	.265	.394	.348	.742	46	2	4
35	Bob Harvey*	28	NE	Maj	NE	51	193	167	26	44	3	3	1	21	1	21	.263	.349	.335	.685	56	1	4
36	Charlie Parks	29	NE	Maj	NE	31	103	92	10	24	4	2	0	10	1	10	.261	.333	.348	.681	32	0	1
37	Harry Simpson*	20	PS	Maj	PS	44	150	127	29	33	5	2	1	16	2	21	.260	.369	.354	.723	45	1	1
38	Harry Williams	41	NYC,NBY	Maj	NYC-NBY	38	146	130	20	33	6	3	2	23	0	15	.254	.331	.392	.723	51	0	1
39	Jimmy Wilkes*	20	NE	Maj	NE	57	255	223	38	56	5	2	2	28	2	25	.251	.327	.318	.645	71	0	7
40	Luis Villodas	28	BEG	Maj	BEG	30	87	76	11	19	5	2	1	16	0	10	.250	.337	.408	.745	31	0	1
41	Jerry Benjamin#	36	HG	Maj	HG	59	268	245	38	61	2	3	1	21	7	22	.249	.311	.294	.605	72	0	1
42	Dave Hoskins*	28	HG	Maj	HG	49	171	149	19	37	3	3	0	11	1	18	.248	.329	.309	.638	46	0	4
43	Walter Hardy	20	NBY	Maj	NBY	38	149	141	12	34	2	0	0	13	3	8	.241	.282	.255	.537	36	0	0
44	Fernando Díaz	22	NYC	Maj	NYC	48	211	190	29	45	8	1	1	19	8	14	.237	.296	.305	.601	58	2	5
45	Rogelio Linares*	36	NYC	Maj	NYC	45	168	156	17	37	4	1	0	16	2	10	.237	.283	.276	.559	43	0	2
46	Johnny Hayes*	36	NBY	Maj	NBY	21	80	68	14	16	4	0	0	7	1	7	.235	.316	.294	.610	20	1	4
47	Homer Curry*	41	PS	Maj	PS	36	94	78	11	18	0	2	0	11	2	15	.231	.362	.282	.644	22	1	0
48	Bud Barbee	32	NBY	Maj	NBY	24	97	87	5	20	2	0	1	7	1	7	.230	.287	.287	.575	25	0	3
49	Minnie Miñoso	22	NYC	Maj	NYC	37	161	146	23	33	5	2	4	14	1	13	.226	.298	.370	.668	54	2	0
50	Mahlon Duckett	23	PS	Maj	PS	53	205	182	29	41	3	1	0	18	3	19	.225	.299	.253	.551	46	0	4
51	Lou Louden	26	NYC	Maj	NYC	38	151	142	23	32	4	1	0	22	5	8	.225	.267	.268	.534	38	0	1
52	Horacio Martínez	33	NYC	Maj	NYC	31	105	90	7	20	0	1	0	4	2	14	.222	.333	.244	.578	22	1	0
53	Bobby Robinson#	33	BEG	Maj	BEG	50	193	171	18	37	7	1	0	18	4	20	.216	.298	.269	.567	46	0	2
54	Sylvester Snead	31	NBY	Maj	NBY	24	98	84	9	18	4	0	0	4	2	11	.214	.320	.262	.581	22	2	1
55	Bill Perkins	40	PS,NBY	Maj	PS-NBY	20	75	66	3	14	2	0	0	6	1	5	.212	.268	.242	.510	16	0	4
56	Marvin Barker	34	NBY	Maj	NBY	42	137	128	10	27	6	0	0	6	1	8	.211	.257	.258	.515	33	0	1
57	Félix Guilbe	22	BEG	Maj	BEG	35	132	118	16	23	5	1	0	7	2	11	.195	.269	.254	.523	30	1	2
58	Barney Brown*	38	PS	Maj	PS	50	139	114	11	22	3	0	0	12	0	23	.193	.328	.219	.548	25	0	2
59	Clarence Isreal	28	NE,HG	Maj	NE-HG	29	98	88	10	17	2	3	0	8	1	6	.193	.260	.284	.545	25	2	2
60	Clyde Parris	23	NBY,BEG	Maj	NBY-BEG	36	139	127	13	24	3	1	1	8	0	10	.189	.254	.252	.506	32	1	1
61	Rufus Baker?	27	NBY	Maj	NBY	31	95	85	7	14	0	0	0	3	2	7	.165	.228	.165	.393	14	0	3
62	Carlos Ascanio*	28	NBY	Maj	NBY	18	70	62	3	10	0	0	0	6	1	6	.161	.235	.161	.397	10	0	2
63	Bob Clarke	43	BEG	Maj	BEG	46	135	124	11	19	5	0	0	8	0	9	.153	.216	.194	.410	24	1	1
64	Henry McHenry	36	PS	Maj	PS	32	66	61	4	7	0	0	1	7	0	3	.115	.156	.164	.320	10	0	2