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1941 Negro American League Batting Leaders

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Negro American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Smith • KCM	3.8
2.	Bankhead • BBB	2.7
3.	Strong • KCM	2.5
4.	Brown • KCM	2.0
5.	Paige • KCM	1.9
6.	McKinnis • BBB	1.5
7.	Bostock • BBB	1.4
8.	Cornelius • CAG	1.2
9.	Smith • KCM	1.2
10.	Hyde • MRS	1.1

WAR Position Players
1.	Strong • KCM	2.5
2.	Brown • KCM	2.0
3.	Bostock • BBB	1.4
4.	Hyde • MRS	1.1
5.	Cleveland • JRC	1.0
6.	Greene • KCM	1.0
7.	Williams • KCM	0.9
8.	Sampson • BBB	0.8
9.	Robinson • MRS	0.7
10.	Lockett • BBB	0.7

Offensive WAR
1.	Strong • KCM	2.4
2.	Brown • KCM	2.1
3.	Bostock • BBB	1.3
4.	Hyde • MRS	0.8
5.	Greene • KCM	0.8
6.	Cleveland • JRC	0.8
7.	Lockett • BBB	0.7
8.	Williams • KCM	0.7
9.	Robinson • MRS	0.7
10.	Smith • KCM	0.6

Defensive WAR
1.	Armour • SNS	0.4
2.	Williams • KCM	0.3
3.	Sampson • BBB	0.3
4.	Bankhead • MRS	0.3
5.	Wilson • SNS	0.2
	Brown • MRS	0.2
	Duncan • KCM	0.2
8.	Longley • MRS	0.2
	Cleveland • JRC	0.2
10.	Horne • CAG	0.2

Batting Average
1.	Bostock • BBB	.466
2.	Hyde • MRS	.387
3.	Strong • KCM	.348
4.	Brown • KCM	.340
5.	Lockett • BBB	.333
6.	Robinson • MRS	.302
7.	Carter • MRS	.299
8.	Sampson • BBB	.295
9.	Wilson • SNS	.293
10.	Hardy • BBB	.290

On-Base%
1.	Strong • KCM	.507
2.	Bostock • BBB	.494
3.	Hyde • MRS	.424
4.	Robinson • MRS	.413
5.	Brown • KCM	.410
6.	Lockett • BBB	.380
7.	Ford • SNS	.373
8.	Longley • MRS	.364
9.	Greene • KCM	.352
10.	Wilson • SNS	.346

Slugging %
1.	Strong • KCM	.607
2.	Bostock • BBB	.603
3.	Brown • KCM	.569
4.	Hyde • MRS	.532
5.	Greene • KCM	.447
6.	Robinson • MRS	.429
7.	Lockett • BBB	.419
8.	Longley • MRS	.404
9.	Hardy • BBB	.403
10.	Sampson • BBB	.398

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Strong • KCM	1.114
2.	Bostock • BBB	1.096
3.	Brown • KCM	.979
4.	Hyde • MRS	.957
5.	Robinson • MRS	.842
6.	Lockett • BBB	.799
7.	Greene • KCM	.799
8.	Longley • MRS	.768
9.	Ford • SNS	.757
10.	Hardy • BBB	.747

Games Played
1.	Bibbs • KCM	38
	Brown • KCM	38
3.	O'Neil • KCM	37
	Simms • KCM	37
5.	Williams • KCM	36
6.	Allen • KCM	35
	Strong • KCM	35
8.	Greene • KCM	30
9.	Douglas • BBB	26
	Lockett • BBB	26
	Sampson • BBB	26

At Bats
1.	O'Neil • KCM	149
2.	Bibbs • KCM	145
3.	Brown • KCM	144
4.	Simms • KCM	136
5.	Allen • KCM	131
6.	Williams • KCM	119
7.	Strong • KCM	112
8.	Douglas • BBB	96
9.	Greene • KCM	94
10.	Lockett • BBB	93

Plate Appearances
1.	Bibbs • KCM	161
	Brown • KCM	161
	O'Neil • KCM	161
4.	Simms • KCM	158
5.	Strong • KCM	151
6.	Allen • KCM	148
7.	Williams • KCM	137
8.	Greene • KCM	106
9.	Douglas • BBB	105
10.	Lockett • BBB	101

Runs Scored
1.	Brown • KCM	31
2.	Strong • KCM	29
3.	Allen • KCM	24
4.	Lockett • BBB	22
5.	Simms • KCM	21
6.	O'Neil • KCM	20
7.	Williams • KCM	19
8.	Bibbs • KCM	16
9.	Wilson • SNS	15
10.	Greene • KCM	14
	Hyde • MRS	14

Hits
1.	Brown • KCM	49
2.	Strong • KCM	39
3.	Bostock • BBB	34
4.	Allen • KCM	33
	Bibbs • KCM	33
6.	O'Neil • KCM	32
7.	Lockett • BBB	31
8.	Williams • KCM	30
9.	Sampson • BBB	26
	Greene • KCM	26

Total Bases
1.	Brown • KCM	82
2.	Strong • KCM	68
3.	Bostock • BBB	44
4.	Greene • KCM	42
5.	O'Neil • KCM	41
6.	Allen • KCM	40
	Williams • KCM	40
8.	Lockett • BBB	39
9.	Bibbs • KCM	38
10.	Sampson • BBB	35

Doubles
1.	Brown • KCM	7
2.	Allen • KCM	5
	Strong • KCM	5
	Bibbs • KCM	5
	Smith • KCM	5
6.	Bostock • BBB	4
	Rogers • MRS	4
	Robinson • MRS	4
	Carter • MRS	4
	Williams • KCM	4
	Greene • KCM	4

Triples
1.	Greene • KCM	6
2.	Brown • KCM	4
3.	Cleveland • JRC	3
	Hyde • MRS	3
	Williams • KCM	3
	Strong • KCM	3
	O'Neil • KCM	3
	Riddle • SNS	3
	Bostock • BBB	3
	Sampson • BBB	3

Home Runs
1.	Brown • KCM	6
	Strong • KCM	6
3.	Hardy • BBB	1
	Lockett • BBB	1
	Hudson • CAG	1
	Longley • MRS	1
	Bennett • SNS	1
	McAllister • SNS	1
	Lyles • 2TM	1
	Nixon • 2TM	1
	Radcliffe • 2TM	1

Runs Batted In
1.	Brown • KCM	32
2.	Strong • KCM	27
3.	Greene • KCM	22
4.	Williams • KCM	18
	Sampson • BBB	18
6.	Bibbs • KCM	17
7.	Bostock • BBB	15
8.	Simms • KCM	12
	Bankhead • MRS	12
10.	Lockett • BBB	11
	Carter • MRS	11
	Cleveland • JRC	11
	O'Neil • KCM	11

Bases on Balls
1.	Strong • KCM	27
2.	Simms • KCM	20
3.	Brown • KCM	16
4.	Allen • KCM	13
	Williams • KCM	13
6.	Greene • KCM	11
	Robinson • MRS	11
8.	Bibbs • KCM	9
9.	Longley • MRS	8
10.	O'Neil • KCM	7
	Ford • SNS	7
	Taylor • MRS	7

Stolen Bases
1.	Brown • KCM	10
2.	Simms • KCM	8
	Armour • SNS	8
4.	Wilson • SNS	6
5.	Hyde • MRS	5
	O'Neil • KCM	5
7.	Allen • KCM	4
	Crutchfield • CAG	4
9.	Henderson • CAG	3
	Riddle • SNS	3
	Carter • MRS	3
	Lyles • 2TM	3

Singles
1.	Brown • KCM	32
2.	Bibbs • KCM	28
3.	Bostock • BBB	27
	Allen • KCM	27
5.	Lockett • BBB	26
	O'Neil • KCM	26
7.	Strong • KCM	25
8.	Williams • KCM	23
9.	Simms • KCM	21
10.	Douglas • BBB	20
	Sampson • BBB	20

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Strong • KCM	234
2.	Bostock • BBB	229
3.	Brown • KCM	193
4.	Hyde • MRS	187
5.	Robinson • MRS	153
6.	Lockett • BBB	140
7.	Greene • KCM	140
8.	Longley • MRS	131
9.	Ford • SNS	128
10.	Hardy • BBB	124

Runs Created
1.	Brown • KCM	33
2.	Strong • KCM	32
3.	Bostock • BBB	22
4.	Greene • KCM	15
5.	Hyde • MRS	14
	Lockett • BBB	14
7.	Williams • KCM	13
	Allen • KCM	13
	Cleveland • JRC	13
10.	Robinson • MRS	11
	Sampson • BBB	11

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Strong • KCM	22
2.	Brown • KCM	16
3.	Bostock • BBB	11
4.	Cleveland • JRC	7
5.	Hyde • MRS	6
6.	Robinson • MRS	5
7.	Lockett • BBB	4
8.	Greene • KCM	4
9.	Smith • KCM	3
10.	Parker • SNS	3

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Strong • KCM	2.2
2.	Brown • KCM	1.7
3.	Bostock • BBB	1.1
4.	Cleveland • JRC	0.7
5.	Hyde • MRS	0.6
6.	Robinson • MRS	0.5
7.	Lockett • BBB	0.5
8.	Greene • KCM	0.4
9.	Smith • KCM	0.3
10.	Hudson • CAG	0.3
	Parker • SNS	0.3

Extra Base Hits
1.	Brown • KCM	17
2.	Strong • KCM	14
3.	Greene • KCM	10
4.	Williams • KCM	7
	Bostock • BBB	7
6.	Allen • KCM	6
	Sampson • BBB	6
	O'Neil • KCM	6
	Robinson • MRS	6
	Hyde • MRS	6

Times On Base
1.	Strong • KCM	75
2.	Brown • KCM	66
3.	Allen • KCM	46
	Simms • KCM	46
	Williams • KCM	46
6.	Bibbs • KCM	44
7.	O'Neil • KCM	39
8.	Bostock • BBB	38
	Lockett • BBB	38
10.	Greene • KCM	37

Offensive Win %
1.	Bostock • BBB	.897
2.	Strong • KCM	.873
3.	Hyde • MRS	.831
4.	Brown • KCM	.829
5.	Robinson • MRS	.711
6.	Lockett • BBB	.682
7.	Greene • KCM	.667
8.	Hardy • BBB	.639
9.	Longley • MRS	.627
10.	Ford • SNS	.603

Hit By Pitch
1.	Strong • KCM	9
2.	Williams • KCM	3
	Byas • MRS	3
4.	Lockett • BBB	2
	Bankhead • MRS	2
	Bibbs • KCM	2
	Wilson • SNS	2
8.	Paige • KCM	1
	Douglas • BBB	1
	Brown • KCM	1
	Woods • JRC	1
	Turner • JRC	1
	Scott • JRC	1
	Robinson • JRC	1
	Ray • JRC	1
	Mitchell • JRC	1
	Young • CAG	1
	Wilson • BBB	1
	Walker • BBB	1
	Bankhead • BBB	1
	Snead • KCM	1
	Sampson • 2TM	1
	Nixon • 2TM	1
	Lyles • 2TM	1
	James • 2TM	1
	Davenport • 2TM	1
	Simms • KCM	1
	Robinson • MRS	1
	Brown • MRS	1
	Young • KCM	1
	Smith • SNS	1

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Bostock • BBB	7
2.	Bankhead • MRS	6
3.	Sampson • BBB	5
	Bibbs • KCM	5
	O'Neil • KCM	5
6.	Bankhead • BBB	4
	Brown • MRS	4
	Allen • KCM	4
9.	Strong • KCM	3
	Gipson • BBB	3
	Warren • SNS	3
	Douglas • BBB	3
	Mayweather • SNS	3

Intentional Bases on Balls
1.	Tatum • BBB	1
	Hudson • CAG	1
	Brown • KCM	1
	Greene • KCM	1
	Strong • KCM	1
	Ford • SNS	1

Double Plays Grounded Into
1.	Sampson • BBB	1
	Reeves • CAG	1
	Greene • KCM	1
	Brown • MRS	1

Power-Speed #
1.	Brown • KCM	7.5
2.	Strong • KCM	3.0
3.	Lyles • 2TM	1.5
4.	Lockett • BBB	1.3
	McAllister • SNS	1.3
6.	Hardy • BBB	1.0
	Hudson • CAG	1.0
	Longley • MRS	1.0
	Radcliffe • 2TM	1.0

AB per HR
1.	Strong • KCM	18.7
2.	Brown • KCM	24.0
3.	Longley • MRS	47.0
4.	Lyles • 2TM	58.0
5.	Hardy • BBB	62.0
6.	Lockett • BBB	93.0

Outs Made
1.	O'Neil • KCM	122
2.	Bibbs • KCM	117
3.	Simms • KCM	112
4.	Allen • KCM	102
5.	Brown • KCM	95
6.	Williams • KCM	91
7.	Strong • KCM	76
8.	Douglas • BBB	74
9.	Greene • KCM	70
10.	Sampson • BBB	68

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