Detroit Stars I Top 10 Career Batting Leaders

Team Name: Detroit Stars

Seasons: 12 (1920 to 1931)

Record: 498-413, .547 W-L%

Playoff Appearances: 1

Pennants: 0

World Championships: 0

Winningest Manager: Bingo DeMoss, 231-209, .525 W-L%

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Career Top 10 Leaders

WAR Position Players †

1. Turkey Stearnes 39.5

2. Bill Riggins 14.9

3. Edgar Wesley 14.4

4. Ed Rile 10.6

5. Wade Johnston 7.3

6. Claude Johnson 6.9

7. Clarence Smith 6.6

8. Johnny Jones 6.4

9. Frank Warfield 5.0

10. Jimmie Lyons 4.2

Offensive WAR †

1. Turkey Stearnes 33.4

2. Edgar Wesley 12.6

3. Bill Riggins 10.4

4. Ed Rile 10.3

5. Wade Johnston 7.1

6. Claude Johnson 6.0

7. Clarence Smith 5.6

8. Johnny Jones 5.3

9. Anderson Pryor 4.3

10. Frank Warfield 3.6

Defensive WAR †

1. Bill Riggins 7.4

2. Turkey Stearnes 4.5

3. Grady Orange 2.1

4. Harry Jeffries 1.9

Frank Warfield 1.9

6. Joe Hewitt 1.5

Claude Johnson 1.5

8. Halley Harding 1.3

9. Bobby Robinson 1.1

10. Kid Lowe 0.6

Jimmie Lyons 0.6

Ted Radcliffe 0.6

Batting Average

1. Turkey Stearnes .359

2. Edgar Wesley .321

3. Johnny Jones .296

4. Bill Riggins .286

On-Base%

1. Turkey Stearnes .428

2. Edgar Wesley .390

3. Johnny Jones .360

4. Bill Riggins .346

Slugging %

1. Turkey Stearnes .662

2. Edgar Wesley .552

3. Johnny Jones .418

4. Bill Riggins .407

On-Base Plus Slugging

1. Turkey Stearnes 1.090

2. Edgar Wesley .942

3. Johnny Jones .778

4. Bill Riggins .753

Games Played

1. Turkey Stearnes 633

2. Bill Riggins 498

3. Johnny Jones 384

Edgar Wesley 384

5. Pepper Daniels 337

6. Ed Rile 292

7. Clarence Smith 288

8. Wade Johnston 258

9. Claude Johnson 233

10. Andy Cooper 225

At Bats

1. Turkey Stearnes 2425

2. Bill Riggins 1897

3. Johnny Jones 1466

4. Edgar Wesley 1428

5. Clarence Smith 1125

6. Ed Rile 1075

7. Pepper Daniels 1028

8. Wade Johnston 997

9. Claude Johnson 846

10. Anderson Pryor 775

Plate Appearances

1. Turkey Stearnes 2719

2. Bill Riggins 2116

3. Johnny Jones 1635

4. Edgar Wesley 1609

5. Ed Rile 1211

6. Clarence Smith 1207

7. Pepper Daniels 1146

8. Wade Johnston 1130

9. Claude Johnson 984

10. Anderson Pryor 888

Runs Scored

1. Turkey Stearnes 595

2. Bill Riggins 342

3. Johnny Jones 276

4. Edgar Wesley 261

5. Ed Rile 216

6. Clarence Smith 212

7. Wade Johnston 205

8. Claude Johnson 172

9. Frank Warfield 145

10. Anderson Pryor 137

Hits

1. Turkey Stearnes 871

2. Bill Riggins 543

3. Edgar Wesley 458

4. Johnny Jones 434

5. Clarence Smith 368

6. Ed Rile 362

7. Wade Johnston 313

8. Claude Johnson 255

9. Pepper Daniels 246

10. Anderson Pryor 219

Total Bases

1. Turkey Stearnes 1606

2. Edgar Wesley 788

3. Bill Riggins 772

4. Johnny Jones 613

5. Ed Rile 588

6. Clarence Smith 531

7. Wade Johnston 484

8. Pepper Daniels 340

9. Claude Johnson 334

10. Anderson Pryor 304

Doubles

1. Turkey Stearnes 162

2. Bill Riggins 86

3. Ed Rile 75

4. Edgar Wesley 73

5. Johnny Jones 63

6. Clarence Smith 53

7. Wade Johnston 47

8. Pepper Daniels 41

9. Anderson Pryor 36

10. Frank Warfield 33

Triples

1. Turkey Stearnes 81

2. Bill Riggins 31

3. Johnny Jones 25

Clarence Smith 25

5. Wade Johnston 20

Ed Rile 20

7. Edgar Wesley 16

8. Bill Pierce 12

9. Bobby Robinson 11

10. Frank Warfield 10

Home Runs

1. Turkey Stearnes 137

2. Edgar Wesley 75

3. Ed Rile 37

4. Wade Johnston 28

5. Bill Riggins 27

6. Johnny Jones 22

7. Clarence Smith 20

8. Claude Johnson 14

9. Pepper Daniels 13

10. Fred Bell 11

Anderson Pryor 11

Ted Radcliffe 11

Runs Batted In

1. Turkey Stearnes 681

2. Edgar Wesley 317

3. Bill Riggins 265

4. Ed Rile 223

5. Clarence Smith 210

6. Johnny Jones 192

7. Wade Johnston 161

8. Pepper Daniels 125

9. Claude Johnson 102

10. Anderson Pryor 100

Bases on Balls

1. Turkey Stearnes 260

2. Edgar Wesley 157

3. Bill Riggins 156

4. Claude Johnson 133

5. Wade Johnston 125

6. Johnny Jones 122

7. Pepper Daniels 110

8. Ed Rile 107

9. Anderson Pryor 99

10. Harry Jeffries 67

Stolen Bases

1. Turkey Stearnes 80

2. Bill Riggins 73

3. Clarence Smith 38

Edgar Wesley 38

5. Anderson Pryor 31

6. Frank Warfield 28

7. Wade Johnston 22

Ed Rile 22

9. Jimmie Lyons 21

10. Johnny Jones 18

Bruce Petway 18

Singles

1. Turkey Stearnes 491

2. Bill Riggins 399

3. Johnny Jones 324

4. Edgar Wesley 294

5. Clarence Smith 270

6. Ed Rile 230

7. Wade Johnston 218

8. Claude Johnson 208

9. Pepper Daniels 185

10. Frank Warfield 167

Adjusted OPS+

1. Turkey Stearnes 187

2. Edgar Wesley 152

3. Johnny Jones 106

4. Bill Riggins 103

Runs Created

1. Turkey Stearnes 677

2. Edgar Wesley 309

3. Bill Riggins 264

4. Ed Rile 234

5. Johnny Jones 216

6. Clarence Smith 192

7. Wade Johnston 189

8. Claude Johnson 133

9. Anderson Pryor 112

10. Pepper Daniels 107

Adj. Batting Runs

1. Turkey Stearnes 293

2. Edgar Wesley 101

3. Ed Rile 86

4. Wade Johnston 52

5. Clarence Smith 30

6. Jimmie Lyons 27

7. Pete Hill 25

8. Claude Johnson 23

9. Bill Pierce 22

10. Cristóbal Torriente 19

Adj. Batting Wins

1. Turkey Stearnes 27.6

2. Edgar Wesley 9.8

3. Ed Rile 8.2

4. Wade Johnston 5.0

5. Jimmie Lyons 2.9

Clarence Smith 2.9

7. Pete Hill 2.6

8. Claude Johnson 2.3

9. Bill Pierce 2.2

10. Cristóbal Torriente 1.8

Extra Base Hits

1. Turkey Stearnes 380

2. Edgar Wesley 164

3. Bill Riggins 144

4. Ed Rile 132

5. Johnny Jones 110

6. Clarence Smith 98

7. Wade Johnston 95

8. Pepper Daniels 61

9. Anderson Pryor 55

10. Claude Johnson 47

Times On Base

1. Turkey Stearnes 1162

2. Bill Riggins 715

3. Edgar Wesley 621

4. Johnny Jones 581

5. Ed Rile 498

6. Wade Johnston 445

7. Clarence Smith 431

8. Claude Johnson 393

9. Pepper Daniels 358

10. Anderson Pryor 326

Offensive Win %

1. Turkey Stearnes .836

2. Edgar Wesley .744

3. Johnny Jones .559

4. Bill Riggins .537

Hit By Pitch

1. Turkey Stearnes 31

2. Ed Rile 29

3. Johnny Jones 25

4. Bill Riggins 16

5. Joe Hewitt 13

6. Bobby Robinson 9

7. Charlie Blackwell 8

Anderson Pryor 8

9. Wade Johnston 7

10. Pete Hill 6

Harry Jeffries 6

Grady Orange 6

Ted Radcliffe 6

Frank Warfield 6

Edgar Wesley 6

Sacrifice Hits

1. Bill Riggins 47

2. Frank Warfield 31

3. Bruce Petway 27

4. Johnny Jones 22

5. Clarence Smith 19

6. Edgar Wesley 18

7. Bill Force 15

8. Andy Cooper 14

Bill Holland 14

10. Joe Hewitt 13

Power-Speed #

1. Turkey Stearnes 101.0

2. Edgar Wesley 50.4

3. Bill Riggins 39.4

4. Ed Rile 27.6

5. Clarence Smith 26.2

6. Wade Johnston 24.6

7. Johnny Jones 19.8

8. Anderson Pryor 16.2

9. Claude Johnson 15.4

10. Pepper Daniels 14.7

AB per HR

1. Turkey Stearnes 17.7

2. Edgar Wesley 19.0

3. Johnny Jones 66.6

4. Bill Riggins 70.3

Outs Made

1. Turkey Stearnes 1557

2. Bill Riggins 1401

3. Johnny Jones 1054

4. Edgar Wesley 988

5. Pepper Daniels 788

6. Clarence Smith 776

7. Ed Rile 713

8. Wade Johnston 685

9. Claude Johnson 591

10. Anderson Pryor 562

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