1942 Negro National League Batting Leaders

1941 Season 1943 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 157 games, 6 teams, approx. 52 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	Willie Wells	37	NE	Maj	NE	51	218	199	50	68	12	1	6	32	3	16	.342	.399	.503	.902	100	3	0
2	Josh Gibson	30	HG	Maj	HG	62	266	212	57	72	9	4	14	66	4	51	.340	.472	.618	1.090	131	2	1
3	Robert Gaston	32	HG	Maj	HG	20	75	62	8	21	3	0	0	10	0	12	.339	.446	.387	.833	24	0	1
4	Lennie Pearson	24	NE,HG	Maj	NE-HG	56	232	209	45	70	21	0	11	56	3	22	.335	.398	.593	.992	124	0	1
5	Leon Day	25	NE,HG	Maj	NE-HG	46	158	145	26	46	6	2	2	29	1	13	.317	.373	.428	.801	62	0	0
6	Larry Doby*	18	NE	Maj	NE	23	88	79	18	25	4	2	1	8	3	7	.316	.372	.456	.828	36	0	2
7	Johnny Davis	25	NE	Maj	NE	25	100	89	13	28	2	2	2	24	2	10	.315	.390	.449	.839	40	1	0
8	Bus Clarkson	27	PS,HG,NE	Maj	PS-HG-NE	62	261	224	52	70	21	5	8	44	7	36	.313	.408	.558	.966	125	0	1
9	David Whatley*	27	HG	Maj	HG	51	213	189	39	59	9	2	1	14	3	19	.312	.384	.397	.781	75	3	2
10	Wild Bill Wright#	28	BEG	Maj	BEG	53	224	200	27	62	13	5	1	35	5	22	.310	.381	.440	.821	88	1	1
11	Roy Parnell	38	PS	Maj	PS	55	226	197	42	59	10	3	1	27	2	23	.299	.381	.396	.777	78	3	3
12	Jim Williams	36	NYC	Maj	NYC	31	127	117	17	35	8	0	1	14	1	7	.299	.349	.393	.742	46	2	1
13	Homer Curry*	37	PS	Maj	PS	54	217	181	47	54	9	2	0	19	2	34	.298	.409	.370	.779	67	0	2
14	Henry Spearman	32	PS,BEG	Maj	PS-BEG	60	231	212	29	63	12	0	6	42	0	16	.297	.349	.439	.788	93	1	2
15	Bill Hoskins*	28	BEG	Maj	BEG	51	199	183	23	54	8	5	3	27	5	13	.295	.345	.443	.788	81	1	2
16	Sammy Hughes	31	BEG	Maj	BEG	54	239	211	47	62	13	1	3	30	2	18	.294	.349	.408	.757	86	0	10
17	Javier Pérez	40	NYC	Maj	NYC	28	91	80	9	23	5	0	0	10	0	10	.288	.367	.350	.717	28	0	1
18	Charlie Parks	25	NE	Maj	NE	46	163	143	16	41	6	3	4	21	0	13	.287	.350	.455	.805	65	1	6
19	Jim West#	37	PS	Maj	PS	56	231	202	29	58	10	4	3	42	1	28	.287	.374	.421	.795	85	0	1
20	Sam Bankhead	31	HG	Maj	HG	58	250	219	35	62	5	4	3	48	9	30	.283	.372	.384	.756	84	1	0
21	Roy Campanella	20	BEG	Maj	BEG	42	167	150	22	42	8	3	1	26	2	14	.280	.345	.393	.739	59	1	2
22	Johnny Hayes*	32	NBY	Maj	NBY	34	128	100	14	28	4	0	1	11	2	24	.280	.419	.350	.769	35	0	4
23	Leslie Green*	28	NBY	Maj	NBY	32	134	112	23	31	8	1	0	8	7	20	.277	.391	.366	.757	41	1	1
24	Tetelo Vargas	36	NYC	Maj	NYC	25	96	87	14	24	3	1	0	9	1	6	.276	.330	.333	.663	29	1	2
25	Jerry Benjamin#	32	HG	Maj	HG	67	306	267	53	73	7	1	2	28	15	33	.273	.358	.330	.687	88	2	4
26	Matt Carlisle	32	HG	Maj	HG	55	199	170	33	46	6	4	0	18	13	24	.271	.364	.353	.717	60	1	4
27	Bradford Bennett	25	NBY	Maj	NBY	28	96	89	8	24	4	0	4	11	1	5	.270	.309	.449	.758	40	0	2
28	Ed Stone*	32	NE,HG	Maj	NE-HG	56	241	210	36	56	11	4	6	38	1	30	.267	.358	.443	.801	93	0	1
29	Bill Byrd#	34	BEG	Maj	BEG	34	81	72	10	19	1	2	1	10	0	8	.264	.338	.375	.713	27	0	1
30	Bill Cooper*	27	PS	Maj	PS	35	126	118	13	31	4	0	2	21	0	8	.263	.310	.347	.657	41	0	0
31	Vic Harris*	37	HG	Maj	HG	52	205	183	26	48	2	3	2	35	3	17	.262	.335	.339	.674	62	3	2
32	Jud Wilson*	48	HG	Maj	HG	53	185	149	36	39	4	1	4	34	0	31	.262	.402	.383	.785	57	4	1
33	Howard Easterling#	30	HG	Maj	HG	67	290	258	51	67	12	4	7	36	2	27	.260	.337	.419	.755	108	3	2
34	Dan Wilson#	26	NBY	Maj	NBY	33	140	131	17	34	3	2	0	15	4	8	.260	.302	.313	.615	41	0	1
35	Henry Kimbro*	30	BEG	Maj	BEG	54	251	224	38	58	8	5	2	27	4	24	.259	.336	.366	.702	82	2	1
36	George Scales	41	BEG	Maj	BEG	49	193	160	26	41	12	1	3	24	1	25	.256	.360	.400	.760	64	1	7
37	Dick Seay	37	NBY	Maj	NBY	21	90	78	6	20	3	0	0	7	2	7	.256	.326	.295	.620	23	1	4
38	Pat Patterson#	30	PS	Maj	PS	37	147	134	20	33	2	2	2	20	1	12	.246	.308	.336	.644	45	0	1
39	Gene Benson*	28	PS	Maj	PS	50	197	178	23	43	5	1	1	26	0	18	.242	.311	.298	.609	53	0	1
40	Tommy Butts	22	BEG	Maj	BEG	59	245	218	28	52	1	2	0	16	8	19	.239	.311	.261	.573	57	4	4
41	Leon Ruffin	30	NE	Maj	NE	37	122	109	16	26	3	0	0	11	1	8	.239	.308	.266	.574	29	3	2
42	Harry Williams	37	NBY	Maj	NBY	32	129	123	13	29	2	0	0	13	5	6	.236	.271	.252	.523	31	0	0
43	Dave Thomas*	37	NYC	Maj	NYC	26	109	99	10	23	7	3	0	9	0	8	.232	.290	.364	.653	36	0	2
44	Tom Parker	30	NBY	Maj	NBY	33	133	121	10	28	5	1	1	16	0	10	.231	.295	.314	.610	38	1	1
45	Marvin Barker	30	PS	Maj	PS	49	160	148	17	34	5	1	0	11	1	11	.230	.283	.277	.560	41	0	1
46	Chester Williams	36	HG	Maj	HG	56	214	197	21	45	8	1	0	20	5	14	.228	.283	.279	.562	55	1	2
47	Ray Brown#	34	HG	Maj	HG	36	121	112	13	25	6	1	1	9	0	7	.223	.275	.321	.596	36	1	1
48	Clarence Isreal	24	NE	Maj	NE	46	186	157	28	35	5	2	0	15	0	26	.223	.333	.280	.614	44	0	3
49	Barney Brown*	34	PS	Maj	PS	34	82	72	9	16	2	0	0	4	1	7	.222	.291	.250	.541	18	0	3
50	Felton Snow	36	BEG	Maj	BEG	49	192	176	23	39	6	5	1	26	2	9	.222	.259	.330	.589	58	0	7
51	Buck Leonard*	34	HG	Maj	HG	38	149	125	19	27	6	1	0	21	3	24	.216	.342	.280	.622	35	0	0
52	Clarence Palm	34	PS	Maj	PS	29	95	84	8	18	4	0	1	12	0	8	.214	.283	.298	.580	25	0	3
53	Heberto Blanco	21	NYC	Maj	NYC	29	123	113	14	24	3	1	0	10	0	9	.212	.270	.257	.527	29	0	1
54	Horacio Martínez	29	NYC	Maj	NYC	20	78	66	6	13	2	0	0	4	2	9	.197	.293	.227	.521	15	0	3
55	Ray Dandridge	28	NE	Maj	NE	34	138	120	12	23	2	1	0	9	0	15	.192	.297	.225	.522	27	3	0
56	James Brown*	23	NE	Maj	NE	26	99	92	12	17	6	0	1	3	2	4	.185	.219	.283	.501	26	0	3
57	Ameal Brooks*	35	NYC	Maj	NYC	19	64	55	8	10	2	0	0	3	1	7	.182	.286	.218	.504	12	1	1
58	Jimmy Ford	29	NBY	Maj	NBY	23	88	77	10	14	3	0	0	10	3	10	.182	.276	.221	.497	17	0	1
59	Bob Clarke	39	BEG	Maj	BEG	35	121	111	8	20	1	0	0	7	1	6	.180	.235	.189	.424	21	2	2
60	Roy Partlow*	30	HG	Maj	HG	25	65	62	8	11	1	1	0	5	1	1	.177	.203	.226	.429	14	1	1
61	Roosevelt Cox	28	NYC	Maj	NYC	27	97	94	8	16	2	1	0	7	1	2	.170	.188	.213	.400	20	0	1
62	Lincoln Williams?	24	NYC	Maj	NYC	21	76	70	7	11	2	0	0	4	0	4	.157	.224	.186	.409	13	2	0
63	Mahlon Duckett	19	PS	Maj	PS	41	143	126	15	19	0	1	0	7	0	13	.151	.230	.167	.397	21	0	4
64	Jim Starks	36	NBY	Maj	NBY	19	65	59	6	7	2	0	0	3	0	6	.119	.200	.153	.353	9	0	0