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Negro National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Foster • CAG 7.5
2. Rile • DS 6.9
3. Wells • SLS 6.9
4. Rogan • KCM 6.5
5. Bell • KCM 5.5
6. Stearnes • DS 5.2
7. Parnell • BBB 5.0
8. Redus • SLS 4.2
9. Salmon • BBB 4.1
10. Streeter • BBB 4.1
WAR Position Players
1. Wells • SLS 6.9
2. Parnell • BBB 5.2
3. Stearnes • DS 5.2
4. Redus • SLS 4.2
5. Davis • CAG 3.8
6. Rile • DS 3.7
7. Creacy • SLS 3.1
8. Russ • CAG 3.0
9. Russell • SLS 2.9
10. Allen • KCM 2.6
Offensive WAR
1. Wells • SLS 6.8
2. Parnell • BBB 5.2
3. Stearnes • DS 5.1
4. Redus • SLS 4.1
5. Davis • CAG 3.7
6. Rile • DS 3.7
7. Creacy • SLS 3.0
8. Russ • CAG 2.9
9. Russell • SLS 2.8
10. Allen • KCM 2.6
Suttles • SLS 2.6
Defensive WAR
1. Wells • SLS 0.6
2. Allen • KCM 0.6
3. Russ • CAG 0.4
4. Miller • 2TM 0.4
5. Owens • BBB 0.4
6. Harding • DS 0.4
7. Correa • CSW 0.3
8. Creacy • SLS 0.3
Williams • CAG 0.3
10. Robinson • 2TM 0.3
Johnson • DS 0.3
Batting Average
1. Parnell • BBB .422
2. Davis • CAG .396
3. Rile • DS .389
4. Redus • SLS .367
5. Wells • SLS .363
6. Williams • BBB .363
7. Stearnes • DS .350
8. Dreke • CSW .336
9. Johnston • KCM .329
10. Allen • KCM .325
On-Base%
1. Parnell • BBB .464
2. Wells • SLS .450
3. Davis • CAG .443
4. Rile • DS .439
5. Stearnes • DS .429
6. Dreke • CSW .414
7. Redus • SLS .395
8. Johnston • KCM .395
9. Torriente • DS .390
10. Bobo • SLS .388
Slugging %
1. Wells • SLS .690
2. Stearnes • DS .662
3. Rile • DS .660
4. Parnell • BBB .653
5. Redus • SLS .617
6. Davis • CAG .545
7. Creacy • SLS .532
8. Williams • BBB .513
9. Russell • SLS .494
10. Russell • SLS .479
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Wells • SLS 1.140
2. Parnell • BBB 1.117
3. Rile • DS 1.100
4. Stearnes • DS 1.091
5. Redus • SLS 1.011
6. Davis • CAG .988
7. Williams • BBB .898
8. Creacy • SLS .885
9. Russell • SLS .874
10. Johnston • KCM .847
Games Played
1. Bell • SLS 97
2. Redus • SLS 96
Russell • SLS 96
Wells • SLS 96
5. Thompson • BBB 94
6. Bobo • SLS 93
7. Creacy • SLS 92
8. McAllister • BBB 91
Stearnes • DS 91
10. Williams • CAG 89
At Bats
1. Bell • SLS 419
2. Russell • SLS 391
3. Redus • SLS 373
4. Wells • SLS 361
5. Creacy • SLS 348
6. Thompson • BBB 346
7. McAllister • BBB 345
8. Harding • DS 341
9. Stearnes • DS 340
10. Parnell • BBB 334
Johnston • KCM 334
Plate Appearances
1. Bell • SLS 450
2. Russell • SLS 429
3. Wells • SLS 418
4. Redus • SLS 390
5. Stearnes • DS 387
6. McAllister • BBB 380
Thompson • BBB 380
8. Harding • DS 370
Johnston • KCM 370
10. Creacy • SLS 368
Runs Scored
1. Bell • SLS 90
Wells • SLS 90
3. Parnell • BBB 86
4. Stearnes • DS 79
5. Russell • SLS 77
6. Redus • SLS 66
7. Johnson • DS 64
8. Bobo • SLS 63
Creacy • SLS 63
10. Davis • CAG 60
Hits
1. Parnell • BBB 141
2. Redus • SLS 137
3. Bell • SLS 131
Wells • SLS 131
5. Davis • CAG 128
6. Russell • SLS 125
7. Stearnes • DS 119
8. Johnston • KCM 110
Creacy • SLS 110
10. Allen • KCM 107
Total Bases
1. Wells • SLS 249
2. Redus • SLS 230
3. Stearnes • DS 225
4. Parnell • BBB 218
5. Russell • SLS 193
6. Creacy • SLS 185
7. Bell • SLS 179
8. Davis • CAG 176
9. Rile • DS 175
10. Russ • CAG 153
Doubles
1. Russ • CAG 30
2. Stearnes • DS 25
3. Parnell • BBB 24
4. Rile • DS 23
Bell • SLS 23
6. Davis • CAG 21
Wells • SLS 21
8. Sweatt • CAG 20
9. Redus • SLS 19
10. Allen • KCM 18
Triples
1. Creacy • SLS 12
Stearnes • DS 12
3. Redus • SLS 10
Parnell • BBB 10
5. Russell • SLS 9
Davis • CAG 9
7. Rile • DS 8
Meredith • 2TM 8
Williams • BBB 8
10. Riggins • CHT 7
Johnston • KCM 7
Home Runs
1. Wells • SLS 29
2. Stearnes • DS 19
3. Redus • SLS 18
4. Creacy • SLS 13
5. Parnell • BBB 11
Russell • SLS 11
Russell • SLS 11
Rile • DS 11
9. Suttles • SLS 9
10. Palm • BBB 8
Martin • DS 8
Runs Batted In
1. Stearnes • DS 114
2. Wells • SLS 108
3. Creacy • SLS 84
4. Redus • SLS 77
5. Parnell • BBB 75
6. Davis • CAG 68
7. Torriente • DS 62
8. Russ • CAG 58
Rile • DS 58
McNair • KCM 58
Bases on Balls
1. Wells • SLS 56
2. Malarcher • CAG 53
3. Bobo • SLS 49
4. Joseph • KCM 48
5. Stearnes • DS 46
6. Johnson • DS 45
7. Ward • 2TM 42
8. Torriente • DS 41
9. Sweatt • CAG 40
10. Russell • SLS 38
Stolen Bases
1. Bell • SLS 21
2. Parnell • BBB 19
3. Malarcher • CAG 17
4. Russ • CAG 16
5. Davis • CAG 14
6. Stearnes • DS 13
Thompson • BBB 13
8. Hines • CAG 12
McNair • KCM 12
Brown • CAG 12
Singles
1. Bell • SLS 98
2. Parnell • BBB 96
3. Davis • CAG 95
4. Redus • SLS 90
5. Russell • SLS 88
6. Johnston • KCM 86
7. Allen • KCM 84
8. Thompson • BBB 80
9. McAllister • BBB 76
Torriente • DS 76
Wells • SLS 76
Adjusted OPS+
1. Wells • SLS 204
2. Parnell • BBB 199
3. Rile • DS 194
4. Stearnes • DS 191
5. Redus • SLS 170
6. Davis • CAG 166
7. Williams • BBB 141
8. Creacy • SLS 137
9. Russell • SLS 135
10. Johnston • KCM 129
Runs Created
1. Wells • SLS 112
2. Parnell • BBB 101
3. Stearnes • DS 96
4. Redus • SLS 91
5. Davis • CAG 77
Rile • DS 77
7. Russell • SLS 73
8. Creacy • SLS 65
9. Bell • SLS 64
10. Johnston • KCM 60
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Wells • SLS 54
2. Parnell • BBB 46
3. Stearnes • DS 43
4. Rile • DS 34
5. Redus • SLS 34
6. Davis • CAG 30
7. Suttles • SLS 26
8. Russell • SLS 19
9. Creacy • SLS 15
10. Johnston • KCM 14
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Wells • SLS 5.1
2. Parnell • BBB 4.4
3. Stearnes • DS 4.1
4. Rile • DS 3.3
5. Redus • SLS 3.2
6. Davis • CAG 2.9
7. Suttles • SLS 2.4
8. Russell • SLS 1.8
9. Creacy • SLS 1.5
10. Johnston • KCM 1.4
Extra Base Hits
1. Stearnes • DS 56
2. Wells • SLS 55
3. Redus • SLS 47
4. Parnell • BBB 45
5. Rile • DS 42
6. Russ • CAG 37
Creacy • SLS 37
Russell • SLS 37
9. Davis • CAG 33
Bell • SLS 33
Times On Base
1. Wells • SLS 188
2. Parnell • BBB 167
3. Stearnes • DS 166
4. Russell • SLS 163
5. Bell • SLS 162
6. Davis • CAG 155
7. Redus • SLS 154
8. Johnston • KCM 146
9. Torriente • DS 142
10. Bobo • SLS 139
Offensive Win %
1. Parnell • BBB .882
2. Wells • SLS .867
3. Rile • DS .862
4. Stearnes • DS .841
5. Davis • CAG .817
6. Redus • SLS .810
7. Williams • BBB .744
8. Russell • SLS .696
9. Creacy • SLS .694
10. Johnston • KCM .686
Hit By Pitch
1. Davis • CAG 3
2. Dreke • CSW 2
3. Parnell • BBB 1
Thompson • BBB 1
Dixon • CHT 1
Duff • CHT 1
Rigal • CSW 1
Davis • DS 1
Drake • DS 1
McAllister • BBB 1
Stearnes • DS 1
Hyde • MRS 1
Bobo • SLS 1
Harrison • SLS 1
Wells • SLS 1
Brown • 2TM 1
Everett • 2TM 1
Ward • 2TM 1
Wesley • 2TM 1
Ross • DS 1
Power-Speed #
1. Stearnes • DS 15.4
2. Parnell • BBB 13.9
3. Wells • SLS 13.7
4. Russell • SLS 8.6
5. Bell • SLS 8.1
6. McNair • KCM 7.1
7. Russell • SLS 6.9
8. Martin • DS 6.9
9. Johnson • DS 6.4
Joseph • KCM 6.4
AB per HR
1. Wells • SLS 12.4
2. Stearnes • DS 17.9
3. Redus • SLS 20.7
4. Rile • DS 24.1
5. Russell • SLS 26.5
6. Creacy • SLS 26.8
7. Parnell • BBB 30.4
8. Russell • SLS 35.5
9. Williams • SLS 42.4
10. Joseph • KCM 52.8
Outs Made
1. Bell • SLS 288
2. Russell • SLS 266
3. Davis • MRS 251
4. Harding • DS 250
5. Thompson • BBB 249
6. McHaskell • MRS 248
7. McAllister • BBB 245
8. Creacy • SLS 238
9. Williams • CAG 237
10. Redus • SLS 236

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements

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