New York Black Yankees Top 10 Career Batting Leaders

Career Top 10 Leaders

WAR Position Players †

1. Johnny Hayes 2.9

2. Walter Cannady 2.1

3. George Scales 1.9

4. Barney Brown 1.5

5. Homer Curry 1.4

6. George Crowe 1.1

Leslie Green 1.1

8. Henry Spearman 1.0

9. Fats Jenkins 0.9

Henry Kimbro 0.9

Felix McLaurin 0.9

Clint Thomas 0.9

Offensive WAR †

1. Johnny Hayes 2.9

2. Walter Cannady 2.5

3. George Scales 2.3

4. Barney Brown 1.3

Homer Curry 1.3

Felix McLaurin 1.3

7. George Crowe 1.2

Johnny Smith 1.2

9. Johnny Washington 1.1

10. Fats Jenkins 1.0

Defensive WAR †

1. Jake Stephens 0.5

2. Leslie Green 0.4

3. Johnny Hayes 0.3

Sylvester Snead 0.3

5. Spencer Davis 0.2

Douglass 0.2

Henry Kimbro 0.2

Clarence Palm 0.2

Dick Seay 0.2

Hoss Walker 0.2

Games Played

1. Marvin Barker 358

2. Johnny Hayes 153

3. Rufus Baker 151

4. Neck Stanley 131

5. Walter Cannady 128

6. Walter Hardy 117

7. Dick Seay 113

8. Bud Barbee 110

9. Bob Clarke 108

10. Fats Jenkins 98

Jim Starks 98

Jim Williams 98

At Bats

1. Marvin Barker 1281

2. Walter Cannady 485

3. Rufus Baker 458

4. Johnny Hayes 453

5. Walter Hardy 409

6. Dick Seay 380

7. Fats Jenkins 364

8. Jim Williams 351

9. Bob Clarke 341

10. Jim Starks 314

Plate Appearances

1. Marvin Barker 1394

2. Johnny Hayes 560

3. Walter Cannady 533

4. Rufus Baker 520

5. Walter Hardy 440

6. Dick Seay 427

7. Fats Jenkins 415

8. Jim Williams 379

9. Bob Clarke 367

10. Jim Starks 348

Runs Scored

1. Marvin Barker 166

2. Walter Cannady 94

3. Fats Jenkins 60

4. Johnny Hayes 58

5. Johnny Washington 56

6. Rufus Baker 54

7. George Giles 48

8. Jim Starks 45

9. Dick Seay 44

Jim Williams 44

Hits

1. Marvin Barker 330

2. Walter Cannady 151

3. Johnny Hayes 122

4. Fats Jenkins 110

5. Jim Williams 103

6. Johnny Washington 97

7. Rufus Baker 91

8. George Giles 85

9. Walter Hardy 81

10. Bud Barbee 80

Jim Starks 80

Total Bases

1. Marvin Barker 456

2. Walter Cannady 212

3. Johnny Hayes 156

4. Fats Jenkins 145

5. Jim Williams 138

6. Johnny Washington 131

7. George Scales 123

8. Jim Starks 117

9. George Giles 115

10. Rufus Baker 110

Felix McLaurin 110

Doubles

1. Marvin Barker 68

2. Walter Cannady 20

3. Johnny Washington 19

Jim Williams 19

5. George Giles 18

Johnny Hayes 18

7. Jim Starks 16

8. Fats Jenkins 13

Harry Williams 13

10. Bud Barbee 10

Felix McLaurin 10

Flash Miller 10

George Scales 10

Triples

1. Marvin Barker 11

2. Felix McLaurin 8

3. Walter Cannady 7

4. George Crowe 6

5. Rufus Baker 5

Fats Jenkins 5

Flash Miller 5

Johnny Smith 5

9. Charlie Biot 4

David Campbell 4

George Scales 4

Home Runs

1. Marvin Barker 12

2. Walter Cannady 9

George Scales 9

4. Thad Christopher 6

5. Jim Starks 5

6. Bradford Bennett 4

Ameal Brooks 4

George Crowe 4

Johnny Hayes 4

Fats Jenkins 4

Henry Spearman 4

Clint Thomas 4

Jim Williams 4

Runs Batted In

1. Marvin Barker 131

2. Walter Cannady 90

3. George Scales 49

Jim Williams 49

5. Johnny Hayes 48

6. Fats Jenkins 46

Jim Starks 46

8. Johnny Washington 44

9. Bud Barbee 40

10. Clarence Palm 38

Bases on Balls

1. Marvin Barker 88

Johnny Hayes 88

3. Rufus Baker 47

4. Walter Cannady 41

Fats Jenkins 41

6. George Scales 38

7. Flash Miller 37

8. Bud Barbee 35

9. Thad Christopher 31

Homer Curry 31

George Giles 31

Jim Starks 31

Stolen Bases

1. Marvin Barker 17

2. Walter Cannady 16

Henry Kimbro 16

4. Fats Jenkins 12

5. Rufus Baker 9

George Giles 9

Jake Stephens 9

Harry Williams 9

9. Jim Williams 8

10. Homer Curry 7

Leslie Green 7

Dan Wilson 7

Singles

1. Marvin Barker 239

2. Walter Cannady 115

3. Johnny Hayes 98

4. Fats Jenkins 88

5. Jim Williams 78

6. Rufus Baker 77

7. Johnny Washington 72

8. Dick Seay 71

9. Walter Hardy 69

10. Bud Barbee 66

Runs Created

1. Marvin Barker 141

2. Walter Cannady 78

3. Johnny Hayes 61

4. Fats Jenkins 55

5. George Scales 52

6. Johnny Washington 49

7. Jim Williams 48

8. George Giles 43

9. Jim Starks 41

10. Bud Barbee 39

Adj. Batting Runs

1. George Scales 16

2. Homer Curry 10

Johnny Hayes 10

4. George Crowe 9

5. Johnny Smith 8

6. Walter Cannady 7

7. Felix McLaurin 6

Henry Spearman 6

Johnny Washington 6

10. Thad Christopher 4

Leslie Green 4

Adj. Batting Wins

1. George Scales 1.5

2. Homer Curry 1.0

Johnny Hayes 1.0

4. George Crowe 0.9

5. Johnny Smith 0.8

6. Walter Cannady 0.6

Felix McLaurin 0.6

Henry Spearman 0.6

9. Johnny Washington 0.5

10. Thad Christopher 0.4

Leslie Green 0.4

Extra Base Hits

1. Marvin Barker 91

2. Walter Cannady 36

3. Johnny Washington 25

Jim Williams 25

5. Johnny Hayes 24

Jim Starks 24

7. George Giles 23

George Scales 23

9. Fats Jenkins 22

10. Felix McLaurin 21

Times On Base

1. Marvin Barker 423

2. Johnny Hayes 216

3. Walter Cannady 195

4. Fats Jenkins 151

5. Rufus Baker 141

6. Jim Williams 129

7. George Giles 119

George Scales 119

9. Flash Miller 116

10. Bud Barbee 115

Hit By Pitch

1. Dick Seay 7

2. Johnny Hayes 6

Jake Stephens 6

4. Marvin Barker 5

Flash Miller 5

6. Skin Down Robinson 4

7. Rufus Baker 3

Walter Cannady 3

Greene Farmer 3

George Giles 3

Henry Kimbro 3

Felix McLaurin 3

Clyde Parris 3

George Scales 3

Jim Williams 3

Sacrifice Hits

1. Marvin Barker 20

2. Johnny Hayes 13

3. Rufus Baker 12

Dick Seay 12

5. Neck Stanley 11

6. Fats Jenkins 10

Jake Stephens 10

8. George Giles 8

Leroy Morney 8

10. Bud Barbee 6

Bob Clarke 6

Walter Hardy 6

Power-Speed #

1. Marvin Barker 14.1

2. Walter Cannady 11.5

3. Fats Jenkins 6.0

4. Jim Williams 5.3

5. Johnny Hayes 4.8

6. George Scales 4.5

7. Homer Curry 4.2

8. Ameal Brooks 4.0

Clarence Palm 4.0

10. Johnny Washington 3.8

Outs Made

1. Marvin Barker 971

2. Rufus Baker 379

3. Johnny Hayes 344

4. Walter Cannady 338

5. Walter Hardy 334

6. Dick Seay 314

7. Bob Clarke 285

8. Fats Jenkins 264

9. Jim Williams 250

10. Jim Starks 235

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