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1941 Negro National League II Batting Leaders

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Negro National League II Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Barnhill • NYC	4.0
2.	McDuffie • HG	3.8
3.	Leonard • HG	3.6
4.	Byrd • BEG	3.4
5.	Irvin • NE	2.7
6.	Hoskins • 3TM	2.5
7.	Adams • BEG	2.4
8.	Brown • HG	2.4
9.	McHenry • PS	2.3
10.	Brewer • PS	1.8

WAR Position Players
1.	Leonard • HG	3.6
2.	Irvin • NE	2.7
3.	Hoskins • 2TM	2.5
4.	Easterling • HG	1.7
5.	Vargas • NYC	1.5
6.	Day • NE	1.5
7.	Coimbre • NYC	1.4
8.	Wilson • HG	1.4
9.	Campanella • BEG	1.3
10.	Curry • BEG	1.3
	Williams • HG	1.3

Offensive WAR
1.	Leonard • HG	3.3
2.	Irvin • NE	3.1
3.	Hoskins • 2TM	2.4
4.	Easterling • HG	1.7
5.	Wilson • HG	1.7
	Vargas • NYC	1.7
7.	Curry • BEG	1.5
8.	Campanella • BEG	1.4
9.	Whatley • HG	1.3
10.	Day • NE	1.2

Defensive WAR
1.	Williams • HG	1.2
2.	Butts • BEG	0.9
3.	Snow • BEG	0.6
4.	Carlisle • HG	0.4
5.	Seay • NBY	0.4
6.	Day • NE	0.3
	Blanco • NYC	0.3
8.	Colás • NYC	0.3
9.	Coimbre • NYC	0.3
10.	Williams • NBY	0.2

Batting Average
1.	Irvin • NE	.387
2.	Vargas • NYC	.349
3.	Leonard • HG	.348
4.	Hoskins • 2TM	.342
5.	Campanella • BEG	.320
6.	Whatley • HG	.318
7.	Easterling • HG	.315
8.	Day • NE	.312
9.	Washington • BEG	.309
10.	Coimbre • NYC	.309

On-Base%
1.	Leonard • HG	.467
2.	Irvin • NE	.450
3.	Curry • BEG	.410
4.	Hoskins • 2TM	.407
5.	Vargas • NYC	.405
6.	Campanella • BEG	.392
7.	Whatley • HG	.378
8.	Easterling • HG	.372
9.	Coimbre • NYC	.363
10.	Parnell • PS	.363

Slugging %
1.	Leonard • HG	.701
2.	Irvin • NE	.641
3.	Hoskins • 2TM	.633
4.	Campanella • BEG	.547
5.	Vargas • NYC	.509
6.	Easterling • HG	.503
7.	Whatley • HG	.500
8.	Day • NE	.482
9.	Coimbre • NYC	.467
10.	Washington • BEG	.430

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Leonard • HG	1.168
2.	Irvin • NE	1.091
3.	Hoskins • 2TM	1.040
4.	Campanella • BEG	.938
5.	Vargas • NYC	.914
6.	Whatley • HG	.878
7.	Easterling • HG	.875
8.	Day • NE	.839
9.	Curry • BEG	.834
10.	Coimbre • NYC	.830

Games Played
1.	Biot • BEG	59
	Butts • BEG	59
3.	Washington • BEG	58
4.	Curry • BEG	57
5.	Parnell • PS	56
	West • 2TM	56
7.	Spearman • BEG	55
8.	Benjamin • HG	54
	Leonard • HG	54
10.	Snow • BEG	53
	Carlisle • HG	53
	Williams • HG	53

At Bats
1.	Butts • BEG	227
2.	Washington • BEG	223
3.	Curry • BEG	212
	Spearman • BEG	212
5.	Snow • BEG	209
	Benjamin • HG	209
7.	Parnell • PS	203
8.	Matthews • NE	200
9.	Hoskins • 2TM	199
10.	Easterling • HG	197

Plate Appearances
1.	Butts • BEG	256
2.	Curry • BEG	255
3.	Washington • BEG	239
4.	Benjamin • HG	238
5.	Snow • BEG	230
	Spearman • BEG	230
	Williams • HG	230
	Matthews • NE	230
	Parnell • PS	230
10.	Leonard • HG	229

Runs Scored
1.	Leonard • HG	59
2.	Hoskins • 2TM	53
3.	Easterling • HG	48
4.	Curry • BEG	46
5.	Snow • BEG	41
	Irvin • NE	41
7.	Butts • BEG	38
8.	Whatley • HG	37
9.	Matthews • NE	36
10.	Vargas • NYC	34

Hits
1.	Irvin • NE	70
2.	Washington • BEG	69
3.	Hoskins • 2TM	68
4.	Curry • BEG	65
5.	Leonard • HG	64
6.	Easterling • HG	62
7.	Vargas • NYC	59
	Parnell • PS	59
9.	Spearman • BEG	58
	Benjamin • HG	58

Total Bases
1.	Leonard • HG	129
2.	Hoskins • 2TM	126
3.	Irvin • NE	116
4.	Easterling • HG	99
5.	Washington • BEG	96
6.	Curry • BEG	90
7.	Whatley • HG	88
8.	Vargas • NYC	86
9.	Day • NE	82
10.	Spearman • BEG	81

Doubles
1.	Whatley • HG	14
	Irvin • NE	14
3.	Spearman • BEG	13
4.	Leonard • HG	12
	Vargas • NYC	12
	Day • NE	12
7.	Campanella • BEG	11
	Parnell • PS	11
	Easterling • HG	11
10.	Curry • BEG	10
	Wilson • HG	10
	Harris • HG	10
	Washington • BEG	10

Triples
1.	Leonard • HG	7
	Hoskins • 2TM	7
	Washington • BEG	7
4.	Vargas • NYC	6
5.	Coimbre • NYC	5
6.	Biot • BEG	4
	Day • NE	4
	Easterling • HG	4
9.	Benjamin • HG	3
	Heredía • NYC	3
	Whatley • HG	3
	Duckett • 2TM	3
	Campanella • BEG	3
	Fillmore • 2TM	3
	Curry • BEG	3
	Carlisle • HG	3

Home Runs
1.	Leonard • HG	13
2.	Hoskins • 2TM	12
3.	Irvin • NE	10
4.	Easterling • HG	6
5.	Matthews • NE	5
6.	Campanella • BEG	4
	Carreras • NYC	4
	Pearson • NE	4
	Starks • NBY	4
	Whatley • HG	4

Runs Batted In
1.	Hoskins • 2TM	50
2.	Irvin • NE	48
3.	Leonard • HG	47
4.	Easterling • HG	39
5.	Spearman • BEG	37
6.	Vargas • NYC	34
7.	Snow • BEG	33
	Washington • BEG	33
9.	Wilson • HG	29
10.	Carlisle • HG	28
	Harris • HG	28
	Coimbre • NYC	28

Bases on Balls
1.	Leonard • HG	39
2.	Curry • BEG	36
3.	Williams • HG	25
	Matthews • NE	25
	West • 2TM	25
6.	Benjamin • HG	23
	Parnell • PS	23
8.	Irvin • NE	20
9.	Isreal • NE	19
10.	Biot • BEG	18
	Butts • BEG	18
	Blanco • NYC	18
	Hoskins • 2TM	18

Stolen Bases
1.	Kimbro • NBY	15
2.	Washington • BEG	13
3.	Carlisle • HG	10
4.	Biot • BEG	8
	Easterling • HG	8
	Benjamin • HG	8
7.	Curry • BEG	7
	Irvin • NE	7
9.	Duckett • 2TM	6
	Hoskins • 2TM	6

Singles
1.	Washington • BEG	51
2.	Curry • BEG	49
3.	Benjamin • HG	48
4.	Parnell • PS	46
5.	Irvin • NE	45
6.	Williams • HG	44
7.	Biot • BEG	41
	Spearman • BEG	41
	Easterling • HG	41
	Hoskins • 2TM	41

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Leonard • HG	226
2.	Irvin • NE	205
3.	Hoskins • 2TM	190
4.	Campanella • BEG	163
5.	Vargas • NYC	157
6.	Whatley • HG	146
7.	Easterling • HG	145
8.	Curry • BEG	136
9.	Day • NE	135
10.	Coimbre • NYC	133

Runs Created
1.	Leonard • HG	60
2.	Irvin • NE	52
3.	Hoskins • 2TM	51
4.	Curry • BEG	37
5.	Easterling • HG	36
6.	Vargas • NYC	35
7.	Washington • BEG	33
	Whatley • HG	33
9.	Day • NE	29
10.	Biot • BEG	28
	Wilson • HG	28
	Coimbre • NYC	28

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Leonard • HG	32
2.	Irvin • NE	26
3.	Hoskins • 2TM	22
4.	Wilson • HG	14
5.	Vargas • NYC	13
6.	Curry • BEG	12
7.	Easterling • HG	11
8.	Whatley • HG	11
9.	Campanella • BEG	11
10.	Starks • NBY	8

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Leonard • HG	3.1
2.	Irvin • NE	2.5
3.	Hoskins • 2TM	2.2
4.	Wilson • HG	1.4
5.	Vargas • NYC	1.3
6.	Curry • BEG	1.2
7.	Easterling • HG	1.1
8.	Whatley • HG	1.1
9.	Campanella • BEG	1.1
10.	Starks • NBY	0.8

Extra Base Hits
1.	Leonard • HG	32
2.	Hoskins • 2TM	27
3.	Irvin • NE	25
4.	Easterling • HG	21
	Whatley • HG	21
6.	Day • NE	19
	Vargas • NYC	19
8.	Campanella • BEG	18
	Washington • BEG	18
10.	Spearman • BEG	17

Times On Base
1.	Leonard • HG	105
2.	Curry • BEG	102
3.	Irvin • NE	91
4.	Hoskins • 2TM	90
5.	Parnell • PS	82
6.	Benjamin • HG	81
7.	Washington • BEG	80
	Easterling • HG	80
9.	Biot • BEG	76
10.	Vargas • NYC	75

Offensive Win %
1.	Leonard • HG	.878
2.	Irvin • NE	.858
3.	Hoskins • 2TM	.826
4.	Vargas • NYC	.760
5.	Campanella • BEG	.749
6.	Whatley • HG	.706
7.	Easterling • HG	.696
8.	Day • NE	.668
	Curry • BEG	.668
10.	Coimbre • NYC	.664

Hit By Pitch
1.	Hoskins • 2TM	4
	Seay • NBY	4
3.	Butts • BEG	3
	Campanella • BEG	3
	Hernández • NYC	3
	Kimbro • NBY	3
7.	West • 2TM	2
	Biot • BEG	2
	Carreras • NYC	2
	Young • NBY	2
	Williams • NBY	2
	Starks • NBY	2
	Hayes • NBY	2
	Leonard • HG	2
	Easterling • HG	2
	Spearman • BEG	2
	Williams • BEG	2
	Wilson • HG	2

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Butts • BEG	8
	Williams • HG	8
3.	Irvin • NE	7
	Biot • BEG	7
5.	Curry • BEG	6
	Snow • BEG	6
	Benjamin • HG	6
	Carlisle • HG	6
9.	West • 2TM	5
	Washington • BEG	5
	Cooper • NBY	5
	Wilson • HG	5

Intentional Bases on Balls
1.	Campanella • BEG	1
	Scales • BEG	1
	Carlisle • HG	1
	Easterling • HG	1
	Leonard • HG	1
	Wilson • HG	1
	Starks • NBY	1
	Suttles • NBY	1
	Matthews • NE	1
	Fernández • NYC	1
	Heredía • NYC	1
	Hoskins • 2TM	1
	West • 2TM	1

Double Plays Grounded Into
1.	Campanella • BEG	3
2.	Spearman • BEG	2
	Cooper • NBY	2
4.	Butts • BEG	1
	Scales • BEG	1
	Snow • BEG	1
	Benjamin • HG	1
	Carlisle • HG	1
	Harris • HG	1
	McDuffie • HG	1
	Biot • BEG	1
	Williams • NBY	1
	Davis • NE	1
	Isreal • NE	1
	Parks • NE	1
	Pearson • NE	1
	Barnhill • NYC	1
	Blanco • NYC	1
	Ruiz • NYC	1
	Owens • PS	1
	Barker • 2TM	1
	West • 2TM	1
	Rector • NBY	1

Power-Speed #
1.	Irvin • NE	8.2
2.	Hoskins • 2TM	8.0
3.	Leonard • HG	7.2
4.	Easterling • HG	6.9
5.	Pearson • NE	4.4
	Whatley • HG	4.4
7.	Curry • BEG	4.2
8.	Carreras • NYC	4.0
9.	Matthews • NE	3.8
10.	Campanella • BEG	3.4
	Day • NE	3.4

AB per HR
1.	Leonard • HG	14.2
2.	Hoskins • 2TM	16.6
3.	Irvin • NE	18.1
4.	Campanella • BEG	32.0
5.	Easterling • HG	32.8
6.	Pearson • NE	33.8
7.	Matthews • NE	40.0
8.	Carreras • NYC	41.3
9.	Whatley • HG	44.0
10.	Barker • 2TM	45.3

Outs Made
1.	Butts • BEG	194
2.	Snow • BEG	167
3.	Matthews • NE	162
4.	Spearman • BEG	160
5.	Washington • BEG	159
6.	Benjamin • HG	158
7.	Williams • HG	156
8.	Curry • BEG	153
9.	Parnell • PS	148
10.	Biot • BEG	143

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