Baltimore Elite Giants Top 10 Career Batting Leaders

Team Names: Baltimore Elite Giants, Washington Elite Giants, Columbus Elite Giants, Nashville Elite Giants

Seasons: 18 (1930 to 1948)

Record: 464-452, .507 W-L%

Playoff Appearances: 4

Pennants: 1

World Championships: 0

Winningest Manager: Felton Snow, 331-254, .566 W-L%

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Career Top 10 Leaders

WAR Position Players †

1. Henry Kimbro 14.2

2. Wild Bill Wright 10.7

3. Tommy Butts 10.1

4. Sammy Hughes 10.0

5. Bill Hoskins 9.7

6. Roy Campanella 6.2

7. George Scales 4.9

8. Bill Byrd 4.4

9. Lester Lockett 4.3

10. Felton Snow 4.1

Offensive WAR †

1. Henry Kimbro 14.0

2. Sammy Hughes 10.2

3. Wild Bill Wright 9.8

4. Bill Hoskins 9.5

5. Tommy Butts 6.1

Roy Campanella 6.1

7. George Scales 5.2

8. Bill Byrd 4.6

9. Lester Lockett 3.9

10. Homer Curry 3.5

Johnny Washington 3.5

Defensive WAR †

1. Tommy Butts 6.5

2. Felton Snow 3.4

3. Hoss Walker 2.0

4. Jim Gilliam 1.8

5. Sam Bankhead 1.2

6. Bob Clarke 0.7

7. Sammy Hughes 0.6

Biz Mackey 0.6

Felton Stratton 0.6

10. Jimmy Binder 0.4

Roy Campanella 0.4

Leroy Morney 0.4

Joe Wiley 0.4

Batting Average

1. Wild Bill Wright .324

2. Sammy Hughes .315

3. Henry Kimbro .300

4. Tommy Butts .277

5. Felton Snow .269

On-Base%

1. Henry Kimbro .393

2. Sammy Hughes .388

3. Wild Bill Wright .376

4. Tommy Butts .345

5. Felton Snow .319

Slugging %

1. Wild Bill Wright .496

2. Sammy Hughes .451

3. Henry Kimbro .437

4. Felton Snow .349

5. Tommy Butts .344

On-Base Plus Slugging

1. Wild Bill Wright .872

2. Sammy Hughes .839

3. Henry Kimbro .830

4. Tommy Butts .689

5. Felton Snow .668

Games Played

1. Henry Kimbro 543

2. Felton Snow 534

3. Tommy Butts 435

4. Wild Bill Wright 397

5. Sammy Hughes 374

6. Bill Hoskins 356

7. Bill Byrd 317

8. Jim West 261

9. Roy Campanella 243

10. George Scales 237

At Bats

1. Henry Kimbro 2126

2. Felton Snow 1969

3. Tommy Butts 1662

4. Wild Bill Wright 1499

5. Sammy Hughes 1421

6. Bill Hoskins 1306

7. Jim West 928

8. Johnny Washington 896

9. Roy Campanella 844

10. Bill Byrd 725

Plate Appearances

1. Henry Kimbro 2471

2. Felton Snow 2183

3. Tommy Butts 1895

4. Wild Bill Wright 1646

5. Sammy Hughes 1625

6. Bill Hoskins 1452

7. Jim West 1045

8. Johnny Washington 960

9. Roy Campanella 930

10. George Scales 823

Runs Scored

1. Henry Kimbro 475

2. Sammy Hughes 307

3. Tommy Butts 297

Felton Snow 297

5. Wild Bill Wright 266

6. Bill Hoskins 246

7. Roy Campanella 159

8. George Scales 140

9. Homer Curry 138

Jim West 138

Hits

1. Henry Kimbro 637

2. Felton Snow 529

3. Wild Bill Wright 485

4. Tommy Butts 460

5. Sammy Hughes 447

6. Bill Hoskins 423

7. Johnny Washington 284

8. Jim West 268

9. Roy Campanella 266

10. George Scales 196

Total Bases

1. Henry Kimbro 930

2. Wild Bill Wright 744

3. Felton Snow 687

4. Bill Hoskins 668

5. Sammy Hughes 641

6. Tommy Butts 571

7. Roy Campanella 405

8. Jim West 398

9. Johnny Washington 371

10. George Scales 302

Doubles

1. Henry Kimbro 104

2. Sammy Hughes 86

3. Wild Bill Wright 84

4. Felton Snow 72

5. Bill Hoskins 59

6. Roy Campanella 57

7. Tommy Butts 55

8. George Scales 51

9. Jim West 41

10. Johnny Washington 36

Triples

1. Henry Kimbro 48

2. Wild Bill Wright 44

3. Bill Hoskins 39

4. Felton Snow 25

5. Sammy Hughes 24

6. Tommy Butts 22

7. Johnny Washington 21

8. Jim West 16

9. Roy Campanella 14

10. Butch Davis 12

Home Runs

1. Bill Hoskins 36

2. Henry Kimbro 31

3. Wild Bill Wright 29

4. Sammy Hughes 20

5. Jim West 19

6. Roy Campanella 18

7. Bill Byrd 16

8. George Scales 13

9. Felton Snow 12

Zollie Wright 12

Runs Batted In

1. Wild Bill Wright 271

2. Bill Hoskins 265

3. Felton Snow 263

4. Henry Kimbro 253

5. Sammy Hughes 219

6. Tommy Butts 184

7. Roy Campanella 159

8. Jim West 151

9. Johnny Washington 147

10. George Scales 135

Bases on Balls

1. Henry Kimbro 304

2. Sammy Hughes 164

3. Tommy Butts 153

4. Felton Snow 145

5. George Scales 130

6. Bill Hoskins 126

7. Wild Bill Wright 112

8. Homer Curry 99

9. Jim West 90

10. Roy Campanella 76

Stolen Bases

1. Henry Kimbro 60

2. Wild Bill Wright 48

3. Tommy Butts 35

4. Johnny Washington 33

5. Bill Hoskins 28

6. Felton Snow 26

7. Butch Davis 25

8. Sammy Hughes 22

9. Sam Bankhead 16

Jim Gilliam 16

Singles

1. Henry Kimbro 454

2. Felton Snow 420

3. Tommy Butts 379

4. Wild Bill Wright 328

5. Sammy Hughes 317

6. Bill Hoskins 289

7. Johnny Washington 224

8. Jim West 192

9. Roy Campanella 177

10. Nish Williams 143

Adjusted OPS+

1. Wild Bill Wright 135

2. Henry Kimbro 126

3. Sammy Hughes 124

4. Tommy Butts 91

5. Felton Snow 80

Runs Created

1. Henry Kimbro 366

2. Wild Bill Wright 278

3. Bill Hoskins 260

4. Sammy Hughes 249

5. Felton Snow 221

6. Tommy Butts 199

7. Roy Campanella 156

8. Jim West 146

9. Johnny Washington 133

10. George Scales 124

Adj. Batting Runs

1. Henry Kimbro 85

2. Bill Hoskins 75

3. Wild Bill Wright 68

4. Sammy Hughes 53

5. George Scales 40

6. Roy Campanella 38

7. Lester Lockett 26

8. Homer Curry 25

9. Zollie Wright 18

10. Johnny Washington 14

Adj. Batting Wins

1. Henry Kimbro 8.3

2. Bill Hoskins 7.2

3. Wild Bill Wright 6.4

4. Sammy Hughes 4.9

5. Roy Campanella 3.7

George Scales 3.7

7. Lester Lockett 2.7

8. Homer Curry 2.3

9. Zollie Wright 1.6

10. Johnny Washington 1.4

Extra Base Hits

1. Henry Kimbro 183

2. Wild Bill Wright 157

3. Bill Hoskins 134

4. Sammy Hughes 130

5. Felton Snow 109

6. Roy Campanella 89

7. Tommy Butts 81

8. Jim West 76

9. George Scales 72

10. Johnny Washington 60

Times On Base

1. Henry Kimbro 964

2. Felton Snow 676

3. Tommy Butts 633

4. Sammy Hughes 618

5. Wild Bill Wright 611

6. Bill Hoskins 559

7. Jim West 366

8. Roy Campanella 349

9. Johnny Washington 335

10. George Scales 333

Offensive Win %

1. Wild Bill Wright .686

2. Henry Kimbro .644

3. Sammy Hughes .642

4. Tommy Butts .467

5. Felton Snow .409

Hit By Pitch

1. Henry Kimbro 23

2. Tommy Butts 20

3. Wild Bill Wright 14

4. Homer Curry 12

Nish Williams 12

6. Bill Hoskins 10

7. Hoss Walker 9

8. Jim West 8

9. Roy Campanella 7

Sammy Hughes 7

Frank Russell 7

George Scales 7

Sacrifice Hits

1. Felton Snow 67

2. Tommy Butts 60

3. Sammy Hughes 33

4. Hoss Walker 27

5. Wild Bill Wright 21

6. Frank Russell 19

Jim West 19

8. Bill Byrd 18

Henry Kimbro 18

10. Andy Porter 17

Power-Speed #

1. Henry Kimbro 40.9

2. Wild Bill Wright 36.2

3. Bill Hoskins 31.5

4. Sammy Hughes 21.0

5. Felton Snow 16.4

6. Roy Campanella 15.1

7. Homer Curry 9.5

8. George Scales 9.1

9. Lester Lockett 7.9

10. Tommy Butts 7.2

AB per HR

1. Wild Bill Wright 51.7

2. Henry Kimbro 68.6

3. Sammy Hughes 71.1

4. Felton Snow 164.1

5. Tommy Butts 415.5

Outs Made

1. Henry Kimbro 1507

Felton Snow 1507

3. Tommy Butts 1262

4. Wild Bill Wright 1035

5. Sammy Hughes 1007

6. Bill Hoskins 893

7. Jim West 679

8. Johnny Washington 625

9. Roy Campanella 581

10. Bill Byrd 552

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