1939 Negro National League Batting Leaders

1938 Season 1940 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 110 games, 7 teams, approx. 31 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
1	David Whatley*	24	HG	Maj	HG	29	118	111	25	47	7	4	1	18	2	4	.423	.443	.586	1.029	65	0
2	Josh Gibson	27	HG	Maj	HG	29	127	108	36	43	5	3	12	42	3	15	.398	.476	.833	1.309	90	1
3	Bill Byrd#	31	BEG	Maj	BEG	19	51	48	8	19	6	0	3	16	0	3	.396	.431	.708	1.140	34	0
4	Bill Hoskins*	25	BEG	Maj	BEG	30	123	107	23	40	6	2	2	25	1	14	.374	.451	.523	.974	56	1
5	Wild Bill Wright#	25	BEG	Maj	BEG	29	120	111	24	41	6	2	2	27	6	4	.369	.402	.514	.915	57	2
6	Bill Casey?	34	NYC	Maj	NYC	17	64	60	7	22	6	0	0	7	1	2	.367	.387	.467	.854	28	0
7	Mule Suttles	38	NE	Maj	NE	39	160	139	38	51	10	3	9	37	3	20	.367	.450	.676	1.126	94	1
8	Buck Leonard*	31	HG	Maj	HG	33	144	121	36	44	11	1	11	48	2	20	.364	.454	.744	1.198	90	0
9	Tom Parker	27	HG	Maj	HG	17	48	42	9	15	1	1	2	11	0	6	.357	.438	.571	1.009	24	0
10	Ed Stone*	29	NE	Maj	NE	36	151	135	36	48	7	2	7	31	3	13	.356	.424	.593	1.016	80	3
11	Fred Wilson*	30	NE,PS	Maj	NE-PS	42	152	135	27	48	5	2	3	28	1	13	.356	.416	.489	.905	66	1
12	Leon Day	22	NE	Maj	NE	22	54	51	8	18	2	4	0	7	0	2	.353	.377	.549	.926	28	0
13	Ramón Heredía	26	NYC	Maj	NYC	17	65	60	15	21	1	0	1	7	0	4	.350	.391	.417	.807	25	0
14	Homer Curry*	34	NBY,BEG	Maj	NBY-BEG	28	105	83	22	29	3	2	2	16	2	20	.349	.476	.506	.982	42	0
15	Walter Cannady	37	NBY	Maj	NBY	24	98	89	16	31	2	1	1	17	0	6	.348	.389	.427	.816	38	0
16	Pat Patterson#	27	PS	Maj	PS	40	171	161	36	56	12	3	2	29	2	9	.348	.382	.497	.879	80	0
17	Sammy Hughes	28	BEG	Maj	BEG	27	117	101	20	34	10	2	0	11	0	13	.337	.417	.475	.893	48	1
18	Johnny Washington*	24	NBY	Maj	NBY	32	125	116	20	39	6	1	1	19	1	8	.336	.384	.431	.815	50	1
19	Jimmy Hill*	21	NE	Maj	NE	12	34	33	4	11	2	0	0	2	1	1	.333	.353	.394	.747	13	0
20	José Vargas	34	NYC	Maj	NYC	18	74	67	12	22	4	0	1	8	1	6	.328	.392	.433	.825	29	1
21	Chester Williams	33	PS	Maj	PS	45	198	183	33	60	11	3	1	22	1	14	.328	.376	.437	.813	80	0
22	Cando López	33	NYC	Maj	NYC	15	59	55	5	18	2	1	0	6	1	3	.327	.362	.400	.762	22	0
23	Jud Wilson*	45	PS	Maj	PS	38	129	108	19	35	6	2	3	23	0	18	.324	.430	.500	.930	54	2
24	Red Moore*	22	BEG	Maj	BEG	12	51	44	6	14	1	0	0	6	0	3	.318	.375	.341	.716	15	1
25	Henry Spearman	29	HG	Maj	HG	34	137	126	25	40	4	5	3	25	0	10	.317	.372	.500	.872	63	1
26	Roy Parnell	35	PS	Maj	PS	37	142	125	29	39	6	2	2	20	2	14	.312	.381	.440	.821	55	0
27	Ameal Brooks*	32	NBY	Maj	NBY	27	91	77	15	23	3	1	2	16	2	12	.299	.393	.442	.835	34	0
28	Sam Bankhead	28	HG	Maj	HG	36	162	141	32	41	4	3	2	22	5	13	.291	.355	.404	.759	57	1
29	Henry Kimbro*	27	BEG	Maj	BEG	33	150	134	28	39	5	1	3	12	3	13	.291	.358	.410	.769	55	1
30	Felton Snow	33	BEG	Maj	BEG	33	139	127	21	37	6	2	1	21	1	10	.291	.343	.394	.737	50	0
31	Zollie Wright	29	NBY	Maj	NBY	25	98	83	11	24	1	1	1	14	1	11	.289	.379	.361	.740	30	1
32	Monte Irvin	20	NE	Maj	NE	32	131	115	22	33	6	3	3	22	2	14	.287	.374	.470	.844	54	2
33	Clarence Palm	31	PS,NBY	Maj	PS-NBY	22	71	70	8	20	2	0	0	10	0	1	.286	.296	.314	.610	22	0
34	Ray Brown#	31	HG	Maj	HG	20	80	74	16	21	4	0	2	11	1	5	.284	.329	.419	.748	31	0
35	George Scales	38	NBY	Maj	NBY	23	81	64	8	18	4	1	3	14	0	12	.281	.410	.516	.926	33	2
36	Biz Mackey#	41	BEG,NE	Maj	BEG-NE	29	94	83	9	23	2	0	2	13	1	10	.277	.355	.373	.728	31	0
37	Babe Davis	30	HG	Maj	HG	8	34	33	5	9	0	0	1	4	0	1	.273	.294	.364	.658	12	0
38	Roy Partlow*	27	HG	Maj	HG	15	34	33	7	9	1	0	1	5	0	1	.273	.294	.394	.688	13	0
39	Curtis Harris	34	PS	Maj	PS	44	160	158	19	43	2	0	0	28	0	1	.272	.277	.285	.562	45	0
40	Johnny Hayes*	29	NE	Maj	NE	31	103	92	9	25	1	1	3	9	0	9	.272	.337	.402	.739	37	0
41	Jake Dunn	29	PS	Maj	PS	46	171	159	21	43	7	1	1	26	0	9	.270	.310	.346	.655	55	0
42	Gene Benson*	25	PS	Maj	PS	48	188	172	25	46	6	3	5	25	1	14	.267	.326	.424	.751	73	1
43	Willie Wells	34	NE	Maj	NE	38	170	150	31	40	4	0	3	21	4	19	.267	.349	.353	.702	53	0
44	Vic Harris*	34	HG	Maj	HG	33	150	129	18	34	7	3	2	22	0	20	.264	.362	.411	.773	53	0
45	Jerry Benjamin#	29	HG,NBY	Maj	HG-NBY	21	98	82	19	20	1	1	0	9	6	13	.244	.354	.280	.635	23	1
46	Marvin Barker	27	NBY	Maj	NBY	15	55	46	6	11	3	0	1	7	1	7	.239	.340	.370	.709	17	0
47	Antonio Rodríguez	24	NYC	Maj	NYC	18	73	67	9	16	1	0	0	6	1	3	.239	.282	.254	.535	17	1
48	David Campbell*	30	NBY	Maj	NBY	29	114	105	15	25	3	0	1	7	1	8	.238	.292	.295	.587	31	0
49	Bob Clarke	36	NBY	Maj	NBY	24	87	80	6	19	2	0	0	11	0	7	.238	.299	.263	.561	21	0
50	Fermín Valdés	28	NYC	Maj	NYC	20	85	80	7	19	3	0	0	7	1	5	.238	.282	.275	.557	22	0
51	Jim Williams	33	TOL,HG	Maj	TC-HG	10	40	38	5	9	2	0	0	4	0	2	.237	.275	.289	.564	11	0
52	Jim West#	34	BEG,PS	Maj	BEG-PS	39	158	140	20	33	6	1	2	21	0	16	.236	.314	.336	.650	47	0
53	Henry McHenry	29	PS	Maj	PS	22	48	47	1	11	1	0	1	4	0	1	.234	.250	.319	.569	15	0
54	Hoss Walker	31	BEG	Maj	BEG	20	71	64	9	15	4	0	0	11	0	5	.234	.290	.297	.587	19	0
55	Lennie Pearson	21	NE	Maj	NE	41	167	161	21	37	4	3	5	29	2	4	.230	.248	.385	.634	62	0
56	Roy Campanella	17	BEG	Maj	BEG	20	58	48	7	11	1	0	0	5	0	3	.229	.288	.250	.538	12	1
57	Charlie Rivera	26	BEG	Maj	BEG	14	56	48	12	11	1	0	0	9	0	7	.229	.327	.250	.577	12	0
58	Esterio Caraballo	26	NYC	Maj	NYC	17	66	62	6	14	4	0	1	6	0	4	.226	.273	.339	.611	21	0
59	Charlie Biot	21	NE,NBY	Maj	NE-NBY	21	66	59	8	13	3	1	0	5	1	7	.220	.303	.305	.608	18	0
60	Dick Seay	34	NE	Maj	NE	37	163	138	22	30	4	1	2	12	3	19	.217	.312	.304	.616	42	0
61	Flash Miller	29	NBY,TOL	Maj	NBY-TC	31	119	97	16	21	5	2	1	13	1	19	.216	.350	.340	.691	33	1
62	Clyde Spearman*	26	PS	Maj	PS	28	114	97	13	21	1	2	0	8	1	15	.216	.321	.268	.589	26	0
63	Pedro Pagés#	25	NYC	Maj	NYC	17	65	56	6	12	1	1	0	4	1	7	.214	.302	.268	.569	15	0
64	Bill Perkins	33	PS	Maj	PS	22	85	82	10	17	2	0	1	12	0	3	.207	.235	.268	.504	22	0
65	Jelly Jackson	29	HG	Maj	HG	36	144	122	27	23	3	4	2	16	1	16	.189	.288	.328	.616	40	1
66	Ralph Burgin	31	NBY	Maj	NBY	24	73	69	7	12	2	0	0	4	0	2	.174	.197	.203	.400	14	0
67	Pedro Arango	37	NYC	Maj	NYC	14	51	44	3	7	1	1	0	5	0	6	.159	.260	.227	.487	10	0
68	Antonio Mirabal?	29	NYC	Maj	NYC	15	57	53	5	8	0	0	0	2	0	3	.151	.196	.151	.347	8	0
69	Leon Ruffin	27	PS,NE	Maj	PS-NE	23	74	65	6	9	1	0	1	9	0	5	.138	.211	.200	.411	13	1