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Indianapolis ABCs I Top 10 Career Batting Leaders

Team Name: Indianapolis ABCs

Seasons: 7 (1920 to 1926)

Record: 231-262, .469 W-L%

Playoff Appearances: 0

Pennants: 0

World Championships: 0

Winningest Manager: C.I. Taylor, 102-101, .502 W-L%

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Career Top 10 Leaders

WAR Position Players †

1. Oscar Charleston 14.3

2. Ben Taylor 10.4

3. Biz Mackey 6.9

4. Henry Blackmon 3.5

5. Halley Harding 2.7

6. Connie Day 2.4

7. Morten Clark 2.0

8. Crush Holloway 1.8

9. Bingo DeMoss 1.7

Ruben Jones 1.7

Offensive WAR †

1. Oscar Charleston 12.8

2. Ben Taylor 8.9

3. Biz Mackey 7.3

4. Morten Clark 3.6

5. Halley Harding 3.0

6. Stack Martin 2.3

7. Lucius Hampton 1.5

8. Henry Blackmon 1.4

9. Fred Long 1.3

10. George Dixon 1.1

Ed Rile 1.1

George Shively 1.1

Frank Stevens 1.1

Defensive WAR †

1. Connie Day 2.9

2. Henry Blackmon 2.6

3. Bingo DeMoss 2.0

4. Russell Powell 0.7

5. Oscar Charleston 0.6

Ruben Jones 0.6

7. Charley Williams 0.5

8. Ben Taylor 0.4

9. Mack Eggleston 0.3

Gerard Williams 0.3

Games Played

1. Connie Day 324

2. Namon Washington 308

3. Oscar Charleston 249

4. Ben Taylor 244

5. Crush Holloway 241

6. Morten Clark 215

7. Biz Mackey 194

8. Henry Blackmon 189

9. Jim Jeffries 144

10. George Dixon 128

At Bats

1. Connie Day 1165

2. Namon Washington 1135

3. Oscar Charleston 947

4. Ben Taylor 930

5. Crush Holloway 904

6. Morten Clark 820

7. Biz Mackey 712

8. Henry Blackmon 704

9. Stack Martin 494

10. George Shively 446

Plate Appearances

1. Namon Washington 1317

2. Connie Day 1297

3. Oscar Charleston 1103

4. Ben Taylor 1048

5. Crush Holloway 983

6. Morten Clark 964

7. Henry Blackmon 793

8. Biz Mackey 788

9. Stack Martin 515

10. George Shively 498

Runs Scored

1. Oscar Charleston 220

2. Namon Washington 180

3. Ben Taylor 178

4. Morten Clark 148

5. Connie Day 144

6. Crush Holloway 121

7. Biz Mackey 111

8. Henry Blackmon 105

9. George Shively 88

10. Stack Martin 81

Hits

1. Oscar Charleston 342

2. Ben Taylor 337

3. Connie Day 282

Namon Washington 282

5. Crush Holloway 265

6. Biz Mackey 236

7. Morten Clark 213

8. Henry Blackmon 185

9. Stack Martin 160

10. George Shively 133

Total Bases

1. Oscar Charleston 560

2. Ben Taylor 454

3. Connie Day 386

4. Biz Mackey 372

5. Crush Holloway 339

6. Namon Washington 336

7. Morten Clark 263

8. Henry Blackmon 259

9. Stack Martin 242

10. George Shively 168

Doubles

1. Oscar Charleston 67

2. Ben Taylor 62

3. Connie Day 43

4. Crush Holloway 31

Biz Mackey 31

Stack Martin 31

7. Morten Clark 24

8. Henry Blackmon 22

9. Namon Washington 21

10. George Dixon 19

Triples

1. Biz Mackey 27

2. Oscar Charleston 26

3. Connie Day 17

Ben Taylor 17

5. George Shively 13

6. Stack Martin 12

Namon Washington 12

8. Henry Blackmon 11

Crush Holloway 11

10. Morten Clark 10

Home Runs

1. Oscar Charleston 33

2. Biz Mackey 17

3. Henry Blackmon 10

4. Connie Day 9

Stack Martin 9

6. Crush Holloway 7

Ben Taylor 7

8. Ruben Jones 6

9. Lucius Hampton 5

Bobby Robinson 5

Runs Batted In

1. Oscar Charleston 229

2. Ben Taylor 178

3. Connie Day 146

4. Biz Mackey 143

5. Crush Holloway 130

6. Namon Washington 103

7. Stack Martin 101

8. Henry Blackmon 96

9. George Dixon 59

10. Morten Clark 56

Bases on Balls

1. Oscar Charleston 122

2. Namon Washington 110

3. Morten Clark 97

4. Ben Taylor 88

5. Connie Day 76

6. Henry Blackmon 53

7. Biz Mackey 52

8. Bobby Robinson 46

9. George Dixon 44

Crush Holloway 44

Stolen Bases

1. Oscar Charleston 72

2. Namon Washington 43

3. Morten Clark 36

4. Crush Holloway 29

5. Ben Taylor 25

6. Bingo DeMoss 24

7. Stack Martin 17

8. Connie Day 15

Halley Harding 15

10. George Shively 14

Singles

1. Ben Taylor 251

2. Namon Washington 246

3. Oscar Charleston 216

Crush Holloway 216

5. Connie Day 213

6. Morten Clark 177

7. Biz Mackey 161

8. Henry Blackmon 142

9. George Shively 111

10. Stack Martin 108

Runs Created

1. Oscar Charleston 244

2. Ben Taylor 191

3. Biz Mackey 142

4. Connie Day 113

5. Crush Holloway 110

6. Namon Washington 108

7. Morten Clark 89

8. Stack Martin 84

9. Henry Blackmon 83

10. George Shively 60

Adj. Batting Runs

1. Oscar Charleston 106

2. Ben Taylor 71

3. Biz Mackey 45

4. Halley Harding 18

5. Fred Long 10

Stack Martin 10

7. Lucius Hampton 9

8. Ernest Duff 8

Earl Gurley 8

10. Frank Stevens 6

Adj. Batting Wins

1. Oscar Charleston 10.2

2. Ben Taylor 7.1

3. Biz Mackey 4.4

4. Halley Harding 1.7

5. Fred Long 1.0

Stack Martin 1.0

7. Lucius Hampton 0.9

8. Earl Gurley 0.8

9. Ernest Duff 0.7

10. Frank Stevens 0.6

Extra Base Hits

1. Oscar Charleston 126

2. Ben Taylor 86

3. Biz Mackey 75

4. Connie Day 69

5. Stack Martin 52

6. Crush Holloway 49

7. Henry Blackmon 43

8. Morten Clark 36

Namon Washington 36

10. Ruben Jones 28

Times On Base

1. Oscar Charleston 468

2. Ben Taylor 430

3. Namon Washington 397

4. Connie Day 366

5. Morten Clark 316

6. Crush Holloway 313

7. Biz Mackey 294

8. Henry Blackmon 242

9. Stack Martin 181

10. George Shively 175

Hit By Pitch

1. Connie Day 8

Harry Kenyon 8

3. Morten Clark 6

Biz Mackey 6

5. Bingo DeMoss 5

George Dixon 5

Halley Harding 5

Ben Taylor 5

Namon Washington 5

10. Henry Blackmon 4

Oscar Charleston 4

Crush Holloway 4

Johnny Jones 4

Stack Martin 4

Frank Stevens 4

Sacrifice Hits

1. Namon Washington 67

2. Connie Day 48

3. Morten Clark 41

4. Henry Blackmon 32

5. Crush Holloway 31

6. Oscar Charleston 30

7. Ben Taylor 25

8. Jim Jeffries 24

9. Biz Mackey 18

10. Dicta Johnson 15

Power-Speed #

1. Oscar Charleston 45.3

2. Biz Mackey 14.7

3. Stack Martin 11.8

4. Connie Day 11.3

Crush Holloway 11.3

6. Ben Taylor 10.9

7. Henry Blackmon 8.9

8. Bobby Robinson 6.7

9. Ruben Jones 6.5

10. Namon Washington 5.6

Outs Made

1. Connie Day 931

2. Namon Washington 920

3. Crush Holloway 670

4. Morten Clark 648

5. Oscar Charleston 635

6. Ben Taylor 618

7. Henry Blackmon 551

8. Biz Mackey 494

9. Stack Martin 334

10. George Shively 323

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