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1948 Negro National League Batting Leaders

1947 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 136 games, 6 teams, approx. 45 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	Lester Lockett	36	BEG	Maj	BEG	58	255	235	41	85	15	4	6	53	4	16	.362	.402	.536	.939	126	0	4
2	Juan León*	29	NYC	Maj	NYC	13	57	53	12	19	5	1	0	8	0	1	.358	.370	.491	.861	26	0	3
3	Frank Austin	28	PS	Maj	PS	46	210	191	32	68	15	3	1	24	3	11	.356	.397	.482	.879	92	2	6
4	George Crowe*	27	NBY,PS	Maj	NBY-PS	19	75	66	9	23	4	2	3	12	0	8	.348	.419	.606	1.025	40	0	1
5	Bob Harvey*	30	NE	Maj	NE	51	201	174	20	60	4	3	2	24	1	25	.345	.430	.437	.867	76	1	1
6	Minnie Miñoso	24	NYC	Maj	NYC	36	167	157	27	54	11	6	3	27	5	8	.344	.380	.548	.927	86	1	1
7	Patricio Scantlebury*	30	NYC	Maj	NYC	26	69	61	7	20	2	3	0	9	0	7	.328	.397	.459	.856	28	0	1
8	Bob Thurman*	31	HG	Maj	HG	39	151	139	25	45	8	3	1	20	4	11	.324	.377	.446	.824	62	1	0
9	Lorenzo Cabrera*	28	NYC	Maj	NYC	36	151	140	22	45	10	3	2	28	3	10	.321	.367	.479	.845	67	0	1
10	Ray Noble	29	NYC	Maj	NYC	38	148	134	12	43	10	4	3	21	3	12	.321	.381	.522	.903	70	1	1
11	Johnny Smith*	31	NBY	Maj	NBY	22	86	81	8	26	1	1	0	7	0	5	.321	.360	.358	.718	29	0	0
12	Luke Easter*	32	HG	Maj	HG	41	174	144	34	45	9	3	6	37	2	27	.313	.428	.542	.969	78	2	1
13	Frank Russell	27	BEG	Maj	BEG	57	225	211	33	66	13	5	0	37	4	3	.313	.329	.422	.751	89	2	9
14	Bill Byrd#	40	BEG	Maj	BEG	28	66	58	8	18	2	0	0	11	0	8	.310	.394	.345	.739	20	0	0
15	Eudie Napier*	35	HG	Maj	HG	31	96	85	12	26	2	3	1	11	1	8	.306	.372	.435	.808	37	1	2
16	Tommy Butts	28	BEG	Maj	BEG	51	226	191	44	58	9	1	0	15	6	24	.304	.390	.361	.751	69	3	8
17	Cleveland Clark	28	NYC	Maj	NYC	36	149	130	20	39	9	5	0	16	2	15	.300	.377	.446	.823	58	1	3
18	Harry Simpson*	22	PS	Maj	PS	45	186	171	29	51	9	1	2	24	2	15	.298	.355	.398	.752	68	0	0
19	Johnny Washington*	33	BEG	Maj	BEG	56	235	215	23	64	8	4	0	33	2	16	.298	.346	.372	.718	80	0	4
20	Lennie Pearson	30	NE	Maj	NE	53	222	202	34	60	6	2	3	29	1	18	.297	.355	.391	.746	79	0	2
21	Bob Wilson	23	NE	Maj	NE	52	197	182	11	54	8	1	3	28	7	14	.297	.350	.401	.751	73	1	0
22	Marvin Barker	36	NBY	Maj	NBY	23	86	81	9	24	4	1	1	9	1	3	.296	.321	.407	.729	33	0	2
23	Luis Márquez	22	HG	Maj	HG	41	185	162	32	47	9	2	3	12	15	18	.290	.378	.426	.804	69	5	0
24	Jim Gilliam#	19	BEG	Maj	BEG	58	261	219	48	63	9	4	0	33	8	35	.288	.388	.365	.754	80	1	6
25	Henry Kimbro*	36	BEG	Maj	BEG	59	270	201	54	56	11	4	0	21	7	59	.279	.457	.373	.830	75	7	3
26	Buck Leonard*	40	HG	Maj	HG	37	150	122	23	34	8	0	4	18	1	26	.279	.413	.443	.856	54	2	0
27	Ed Finney	23	BEG	Maj	BEG	50	187	163	25	45	4	2	0	15	10	19	.276	.352	.325	.677	53	0	5
28	Wilmer Fields	25	HG	Maj	HG	36	117	113	17	31	2	3	1	26	1	4	.274	.299	.372	.671	42	0	0
29	Mahlon Duckett	25	PS	Maj	PS	43	167	151	22	41	6	4	0	19	3	11	.272	.321	.364	.685	55	0	5
30	Monte Irvin	29	NE	Maj	NE	43	173	151	25	41	4	2	5	27	5	20	.272	.360	.424	.784	64	1	1
31	Butch McCord*	22	BEG	Maj	BEG	26	84	73	7	19	5	1	0	9	1	6	.260	.341	.356	.698	26	3	2
32	Pedro Ballester	23	NYC	Maj	NYC	36	137	128	23	33	9	1	2	14	1	5	.258	.286	.391	.676	50	0	4
33	Sam Bankhead	37	HG	Maj	HG	42	186	155	32	40	6	1	2	14	7	21	.258	.354	.348	.702	54	2	8
34	Lyman Bostock*	30	NYC	Maj	NYC	19	84	76	5	19	2	1	0	8	2	7	.250	.313	.303	.616	23	0	1
35	Bill Cash	29	PS	Maj	PS	44	156	140	16	35	4	6	2	13	1	11	.250	.305	.407	.712	57	0	5
36	Jimmy Wilkes*	22	NE	Maj	NE	54	233	204	35	51	7	5	2	17	4	27	.250	.341	.363	.703	74	1	1
37	Lou Louden	28	NYC	Maj	NYC	33	127	109	12	27	4	1	1	11	3	17	.248	.349	.330	.679	36	0	1
38	Archie Brathwaite?	30	PS	Maj	PS	39	164	147	21	36	6	2	2	20	4	12	.245	.311	.354	.664	52	2	3
39	Gene Benson*	34	PS	Maj	PS	43	173	160	12	39	3	0	1	17	1	11	.244	.292	.281	.574	45	0	2
40	Charles Gary	28	HG	Maj	HG	20	66	62	4	15	3	2	0	4	3	4	.242	.288	.355	.643	22	0	0
41	Murray Watkins*	32	PS	Maj	PS	47	209	196	26	47	6	0	0	12	6	9	.240	.273	.270	.544	53	0	4
42	Bud Barbee	34	NBY	Maj	NBY	23	89	80	11	19	4	1	0	8	0	9	.238	.315	.313	.627	25	0	0
43	Tommy Sampson	35	NYC	Maj	NYC	21	97	89	12	21	3	1	0	9	1	5	.236	.277	.292	.569	26	0	3
44	Curley Williams*	23	NE	Maj	NE	54	230	195	27	45	7	4	0	14	1	24	.231	.321	.308	.629	60	2	9
45	Cotton Williams	23	NE	Maj	NE	29	65	61	9	14	2	1	0	6	0	3	.230	.277	.295	.572	18	1	0
46	Art Hefner*	34	NBY	Maj	NBY	23	95	88	8	20	0	0	0	6	5	7	.227	.284	.227	.511	20	0	0
47	Luther Clifford	24	HG	Maj	HG	17	49	45	3	10	1	1	2	7	0	3	.222	.271	.422	.693	19	0	1
48	Ben Littles*	27	NBY	Maj	NBY	17	55	54	4	12	2	0	0	3	0	1	.222	.236	.259	.496	14	0	0
49	Doc Dennis	30	PS	Maj	PS	46	176	166	12	36	11	2	0	15	0	8	.217	.257	.307	.564	51	1	1
50	Tom Parker	36	HG	Maj	HG	34	114	106	11	23	3	0	0	12	1	8	.217	.272	.245	.517	26	0	0
51	Rufus Baker?	29	NBY	Maj	NBY	20	61	56	3	12	2	0	0	5	0	2	.214	.254	.250	.504	14	1	2
52	Clarence Bruce	23	HG	Maj	HG	32	117	112	6	24	3	0	0	7	2	3	.214	.235	.241	.476	27	0	2
53	Max Manning	29	NE	Maj	NE	22	52	49	9	10	1	0	1	10	0	2	.204	.235	.286	.521	14	0	1
54	Sammy Gee	20	NYC	Maj	NYC	15	56	45	9	9	1	0	0	3	0	7	.200	.308	.222	.530	10	0	4
55	Jerry Benjamin#	38	NYC	Maj	NYC	15	67	56	9	11	3	0	0	3	2	9	.196	.308	.250	.558	14	0	2
56	Frazier Robinson	38	BEG	Maj	BEG	59	209	193	16	36	2	3	1	18	2	9	.187	.227	.244	.470	47	1	6
57	Bob Romby*	29	BEG	Maj	BEG	31	67	59	9	11	1	0	2	8	2	6	.186	.273	.305	.578	18	1	1
58	Leroy Williams#	20	NE	Maj	NE	54	199	172	16	32	3	3	0	10	3	20	.186	.271	.238	.509	41	0	7
59	Walter Hardy	22	NBY	Maj	NBY	21	82	76	7	14	0	1	1	3	0	6	.184	.244	.250	.494	19	0	0
60	Stanley Glenn	21	PS	Maj	PS	30	100	88	10	16	1	0	1	10	0	10	.182	.265	.227	.493	20	0	2
61	Honey Lott	23	NBY	Maj	NBY	17	51	49	3	8	0	0	1	4	0	1	.163	.180	.224	.404	11	0	1
62	Joe Spencer	28	NBY	Maj	NBY	20	65	58	5	8	0	0	0	2	0	6	.138	.219	.138	.357	8	0	1
63	Ziggy Marcell	31	NE	Maj	NE	24	79	64	8	7	0	0	0	2	1	11	.109	.240	.109	.349	7	0	4
64	Ervin Fowlkes	26	HG	Maj	HG	16	53	47	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	5	.106	.192	.106	.299	5	0	1