Indianapolis ABCs I Top 10 Single-Season 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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Single-Season Top 10 Leaders

WAR Position Players †

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 5.8

2. Ben Taylor • 1921 4.7

3. Oscar Charleston • 1923 4.3

4. Oscar Charleston • 1920 4.2

5. Biz Mackey • 1922 4.1

6. Ben Taylor • 1922 3.6

7. Halley Harding • 1926 2.7

8. Connie Day • 1921 2.1

Ben Taylor • 1920 2.1

10. Henry Blackmon • 1923 2.0

Morten Clark • 1920 2.0

Offensive WAR †

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 5.4

2. Oscar Charleston • 1923 4.0

Biz Mackey • 1922 4.0

4. Ben Taylor • 1921 3.8

5. Oscar Charleston • 1920 3.4

6. Ben Taylor • 1922 3.1

7. Halley Harding • 1926 3.0

8. Morten Clark • 1920 2.6

9. Biz Mackey • 1921 2.5

10. Stack Martin • 1926 1.9

Ben Taylor • 1920 1.9

Defensive WAR †

1. Bingo DeMoss • 1926 2.0

2. Connie Day • 1921 1.7

3. Henry Blackmon • 1922 1.2

4. Henry Blackmon • 1923 1.1

5. Oscar Charleston • 1920 0.6

Connie Day • 1920 0.6

Connie Day • 1922 0.6

Ruben Jones • 1926 0.6

9. Ben Taylor • 1921 0.5

Charley Williams • 1921 0.5

Batting Average

1. Ben Taylor • 1921 .392

2. Ben Taylor • 1922 .383

3. Oscar Charleston • 1922 .381

4. Biz Mackey • 1922 .380

5. Halley Harding • 1926 .378

6. Oscar Charleston • 1923 .364

7. Stack Martin • 1926 .354

8. Oscar Charleston • 1920 .333

9. Ruben Jones • 1926 .312

10. Crush Holloway • 1921 .305

On-Base%

1. Oscar Charleston • 1923 .453

2. Halley Harding • 1926 .449

3. Ben Taylor • 1921 .448

4. Oscar Charleston • 1922 .444

5. Biz Mackey • 1922 .436

6. Ben Taylor • 1922 .434

7. Oscar Charleston • 1920 .408

8. George Dixon • 1924 .384

9. Stack Martin • 1926 .383

10. Ben Taylor • 1920 .370

Slugging %

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 .678

2. Biz Mackey • 1922 .616

3. Oscar Charleston • 1923 .591

4. Ben Taylor • 1922 .530

5. Stack Martin • 1926 .517

6. Ben Taylor • 1921 .512

7. Biz Mackey • 1921 .505

8. Oscar Charleston • 1920 .484

9. Ruben Jones • 1926 .480

10. Halley Harding • 1926 .474

On-Base Plus Slugging

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 1.122

2. Biz Mackey • 1922 1.052

3. Oscar Charleston • 1923 1.043

4. Ben Taylor • 1922 .964

5. Ben Taylor • 1921 .960

6. Halley Harding • 1926 .923

7. Stack Martin • 1926 .900

8. Oscar Charleston • 1920 .892

9. Biz Mackey • 1921 .852

10. Ruben Jones • 1926 .824

Games Played

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 89

2. Henry Blackmon • 1922 88

Ben Taylor • 1921 88

4. Connie Day • 1922 87

Namon Washington • 1922 87

6. Crush Holloway • 1921 85

7. Oscar Charleston • 1923 84

Connie Day • 1923 84

9. Bingo DeMoss • 1926 81

Ben Taylor • 1922 81

Namon Washington • 1923 81

At Bats

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 354

2. Namon Washington • 1922 337

3. Ben Taylor • 1921 334

4. Henry Blackmon • 1922 330

5. Connie Day • 1922 325

6. Ben Taylor • 1922 321

7. Connie Day • 1923 320

8. Crush Holloway • 1921 318

9. Bingo DeMoss • 1926 314

Crush Holloway • 1923 314

Plate Appearances

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 401

2. Namon Washington • 1922 399

3. Ben Taylor • 1921 376

4. Henry Blackmon • 1922 375

5. Oscar Charleston • 1923 373

6. Connie Day • 1922 359

Ben Taylor • 1922 359

8. Connie Day • 1923 355

9. Namon Washington • 1923 350

10. Crush Holloway • 1921 348

Runs Scored

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 92

2. Ben Taylor • 1921 72

3. Oscar Charleston • 1923 68

4. Ben Taylor • 1922 65

5. Namon Washington • 1922 64

6. Oscar Charleston • 1920 60

George Shively • 1923 60

8. Henry Blackmon • 1923 54

Morten Clark • 1920 54

10. Halley Harding • 1926 52

Hits

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 135

2. Ben Taylor • 1921 131

3. Ben Taylor • 1922 123

4. Oscar Charleston • 1923 112

5. Biz Mackey • 1922 108

6. Stack Martin • 1926 104

7. Halley Harding • 1926 102

8. Crush Holloway • 1921 97

9. Oscar Charleston • 1920 95

10. Connie Day • 1923 94

Total Bases

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 240

2. Oscar Charleston • 1923 182

3. Biz Mackey • 1922 175

4. Ben Taylor • 1921 171

5. Ben Taylor • 1922 170

6. Stack Martin • 1926 152

7. Biz Mackey • 1921 143

8. Oscar Charleston • 1920 138

9. Ruben Jones • 1926 129

10. Connie Day • 1923 128

Halley Harding • 1926 128

Doubles

1. Ben Taylor • 1922 29

2. Oscar Charleston • 1923 25

3. Oscar Charleston • 1922 24

4. Stack Martin • 1926 22

5. Ben Taylor • 1921 20

6. Oscar Charleston • 1920 18

Connie Day • 1923 18

8. Halley Harding • 1926 17

Ruben Jones • 1926 17

10. Biz Mackey • 1922 14

Triples

1. Biz Mackey • 1922 16

2. Oscar Charleston • 1922 15

3. George Shively • 1923 10

4. Biz Mackey • 1921 9

5. Namon Washington • 1923 8

6. Connie Day • 1921 7

Stack Martin • 1926 7

Ben Taylor • 1921 7

9. Oscar Charleston • 1923 6

Harry Kenyon • 1921 6

Fred Long • 1925 6

Ben Taylor • 1922 6

Home Runs

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 17

2. Oscar Charleston • 1923 11

3. Biz Mackey • 1921 9

4. Henry Blackmon • 1923 7

Biz Mackey • 1922 7

6. Ruben Jones • 1926 6

7. Oscar Charleston • 1920 5

Lucius Hampton • 1922 5

Stack Martin • 1925 5

10. Connie Day • 1922 4

Earl Gurley • 1925 4

Stack Martin • 1926 4

Runs Batted In

1. Oscar Charleston • 1923 94

2. Oscar Charleston • 1922 90

3. Ben Taylor • 1921 73

4. Biz Mackey • 1922 72

5. Stack Martin • 1926 65

6. Ben Taylor • 1922 59

7. Connie Day • 1923 56

8. Biz Mackey • 1921 54

9. Crush Holloway • 1923 53

Ruben Jones • 1926 53

Bases on Balls

1. Oscar Charleston • 1923 48

2. Namon Washington • 1922 42

3. Oscar Charleston • 1922 39

4. Morten Clark • 1921 37

5. Oscar Charleston • 1920 35

6. Ben Taylor • 1921 32

7. Morten Clark • 1920 31

Namon Washington • 1923 31

9. Halley Harding • 1926 30

10. Morten Clark • 1922 29

Gerard Williams • 1923 29

Stolen Bases

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 27

2. Oscar Charleston • 1923 25

3. Bingo DeMoss • 1926 24

4. Oscar Charleston • 1920 20

5. Morten Clark • 1920 16

6. Halley Harding • 1926 15

Namon Washington • 1921 15

8. Crush Holloway • 1923 13

Ben Taylor • 1920 13

Namon Washington • 1922 13

Singles

1. Ben Taylor • 1921 102

2. Ben Taylor • 1922 86

3. Halley Harding • 1926 81

Crush Holloway • 1921 81

5. Oscar Charleston • 1922 79

6. Namon Washington • 1922 77

7. Morten Clark • 1920 76

Crush Holloway • 1923 76

9. LeRoy Taylor • 1926 73

10. George Shively • 1923 72

Adjusted OPS+

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 198

2. Biz Mackey • 1922 180

3. Ben Taylor • 1921 171

4. Oscar Charleston • 1923 170

5. Oscar Charleston • 1920 167

6. Ben Taylor • 1922 158

7. Biz Mackey • 1921 139

8. Halley Harding • 1926 138

9. Ben Taylor • 1920 134

10. Stack Martin • 1926 130

Runs Created

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 106

2. Oscar Charleston • 1923 82

3. Biz Mackey • 1922 76

Ben Taylor • 1921 76

5. Ben Taylor • 1922 74

6. Stack Martin • 1926 57

7. Oscar Charleston • 1920 56

Halley Harding • 1926 56

9. Biz Mackey • 1921 48

10. Connie Day • 1923 43

Ruben Jones • 1926 43

Adj. Batting Runs

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 48

2. Oscar Charleston • 1923 34

3. Ben Taylor • 1921 32

4. Biz Mackey • 1922 31

5. Ben Taylor • 1922 27

6. Oscar Charleston • 1920 24

7. Halley Harding • 1926 18

8. Biz Mackey • 1921 12

Stack Martin • 1926 12

Ben Taylor • 1920 12

Adj. Batting Wins

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 4.5

2. Ben Taylor • 1921 3.3

3. Oscar Charleston • 1923 3.1

4. Biz Mackey • 1922 2.9

5. Oscar Charleston • 1920 2.6

Ben Taylor • 1922 2.6

7. Halley Harding • 1926 1.7

8. Biz Mackey • 1921 1.3

Ben Taylor • 1920 1.3

10. Stack Martin • 1926 1.1

Extra Base Hits

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 56

2. Oscar Charleston • 1923 42

3. Biz Mackey • 1922 37

Ben Taylor • 1922 37

5. Stack Martin • 1926 33

6. Biz Mackey • 1921 31

7. Ben Taylor • 1921 29

8. Oscar Charleston • 1920 28

Ruben Jones • 1926 28

10. Connie Day • 1923 25

Times On Base

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 175

2. Ben Taylor • 1921 165

3. Oscar Charleston • 1923 162

4. Ben Taylor • 1922 152

5. Halley Harding • 1926 137

6. Biz Mackey • 1922 136

7. Oscar Charleston • 1920 131

Namon Washington • 1922 131

9. Morten Clark • 1920 121

10. Stack Martin • 1926 118

Offensive Win %

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 .855

2. Ben Taylor • 1921 .824

3. Biz Mackey • 1922 .823

4. Oscar Charleston • 1920 .792

Oscar Charleston • 1923 .792

6. Ben Taylor • 1922 .781

7. Halley Harding • 1926 .736

8. Stack Martin • 1926 .697

9. Ben Taylor • 1920 .679

10. Biz Mackey • 1921 .678

Hit By Pitch

1. Harry Kenyon • 1921 8

2. Bingo DeMoss • 1926 5

Halley Harding • 1926 5

Biz Mackey • 1921 5

5. Johnny Jones • 1926 4

Frank Stevens • 1926 4

7. Morten Clark • 1921 3

Morten Clark • 1922 3

Connie Day • 1921 3

Connie Day • 1923 3

George Dixon • 1923 3

Ralph Jefferson • 1921 3

Ruben Jones • 1926 3

Stack Martin • 1926 3

Namon Washington • 1921 3

Sacrifice Hits

1. Namon Washington • 1923 24

2. Namon Washington • 1921 20

3. Morten Clark • 1922 19

Namon Washington • 1922 19

5. Henry Blackmon • 1922 17

Connie Day • 1922 17

Crush Holloway • 1922 17

8. Oscar Charleston • 1923 15

9. Morten Clark • 1920 14

Gerard Williams • 1923 14

Power-Speed #

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 20.9

2. Oscar Charleston • 1923 15.3

3. Oscar Charleston • 1920 8.0

4. Biz Mackey • 1922 7.5

5. Ruben Jones • 1926 6.5

6. Stack Martin • 1926 5.9

7. Biz Mackey • 1921 5.5

Stack Martin • 1925 5.5

9. Ben Taylor • 1920 4.9

10. Crush Holloway • 1922 4.8

AB per HR

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 20.8

2. Oscar Charleston • 1923 28.0

3. Biz Mackey • 1921 31.4

4. Henry Blackmon • 1923 35.7

5. Stack Martin • 1925 40.0

6. Biz Mackey • 1922 40.6

7. Ruben Jones • 1926 44.8

8. Oscar Charleston • 1920 57.0

9. Bobby Robinson • 1925 66.7

10. Stack Martin • 1926 73.5

Outs Made

1. Namon Washington • 1922 268

2. Henry Blackmon • 1922 266

Connie Day • 1922 266

4. Connie Day • 1923 239

5. Namon Washington • 1923 236

6. Morten Clark • 1922 233

Bingo DeMoss • 1926 233

8. Crush Holloway • 1921 232

Namon Washington • 1921 232

10. Gerard Williams • 1923 231

rOBA †

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 .498

2. Oscar Charleston • 1923 .474

3. Biz Mackey • 1922 .465

4. Ben Taylor • 1921 .444

5. Ben Taylor • 1922 .437

6. Oscar Charleston • 1920 .435

7. Halley Harding • 1926 .431

8. Stack Martin • 1926 .405

9. Biz Mackey • 1921 .386

10. Ben Taylor • 1920 .382

Rbat+ †

1. Oscar Charleston • 1922 189

2. Biz Mackey • 1922 175

3. Ben Taylor • 1921 170

4. Oscar Charleston • 1923 169

5. Oscar Charleston • 1920 164

6. Ben Taylor • 1922 157

7. Halley Harding • 1926 144

8. Biz Mackey • 1921 133

Ben Taylor • 1920 133

10. Stack Martin • 1926 128

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