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1929 American Negro League Batting Leaders

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American Negro League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Smith • NLG	5.9
2.	Dihigo • HIL	4.7
3.	Yokely • BBS	4.6
4.	Dixon • BBS	4.6
5.	Wilson • BBS	4.1
6.	Rector • NLG	3.9
7.	Scales • 3TM	3.6
8.	Strong • 3TM	3.5
9.	Charleston • 3TM	3.5
10.	Williams • HG	3.2

WAR Position Players
1.	Smith • NLG	5.9
2.	Dixon • BBS	4.6
3.	Wilson • BBS	4.1
4.	Scales • 2TM	3.6
5.	Charleston • 2TM	3.5
6.	Dihigo • HIL	3.1
7.	Johnson • 2TM	2.7
8.	Riggins • NLG	2.3
9.	Lundy • BBS	2.2
10.	Beckwith • 2TM	2.2

Offensive WAR
1.	Smith • NLG	5.4
2.	Dixon • BBS	4.1
3.	Wilson • BBS	3.8
4.	Scales • 2TM	3.4
5.	Charleston • 2TM	3.3
6.	Dihigo • HIL	3.2
7.	Beckwith • 2TM	2.7
8.	Johnson • 2TM	2.4
9.	Riggins • NLG	2.2
10.	Lundy • BBS	2.0

Defensive WAR
1.	Jackson • HIL	1.2
2.	Lundy • BBS	0.7
3.	Johnson • 2TM	0.7
4.	Warfield • BBS	0.5
5.	Scales • 2TM	0.5
	Harris • HG	0.5
7.	Turner • HG	0.4
8.	Ewing • HG	0.3
9.	Yancey • NLG	0.3
10.	Dixon • BBS	0.3
	Marcell • BBS	0.3

Batting Average
1.	Smith • NLG	.451
2.	Dixon • BBS	.415
3.	Wilson • BBS	.404
4.	Beckwith • 2TM	.386
5.	Scales • 2TM	.380
6.	Jenkins • AC	.377
7.	Johnson • 2TM	.367
8.	Lloyd • NLG	.365
9.	Charleston • 2TM	.364
10.	Mackey • HIL	.360

On-Base%
1.	Smith • NLG	.551
2.	Wilson • BBS	.492
3.	Scales • 2TM	.484
4.	Dixon • BBS	.482
5.	Charleston • 2TM	.471
6.	Mackey • HIL	.449
7.	Dihigo • HIL	.448
8.	Beckwith • 2TM	.448
9.	Jenkins • AC	.446
10.	Riggins • NLG	.444

Slugging %
1.	Smith • NLG	.870
2.	Dixon • BBS	.722
3.	Beckwith • 2TM	.691
4.	Wilson • BBS	.621
5.	Dihigo • HIL	.613
6.	Scales • 2TM	.612
7.	Charleston • 2TM	.570
8.	White • 2TM	.525
9.	Lloyd • NLG	.525
10.	Johnson • 2TM	.513

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Smith • NLG	1.421
2.	Dixon • BBS	1.204
3.	Beckwith • 2TM	1.139
4.	Wilson • BBS	1.114
5.	Scales • 2TM	1.096
6.	Dihigo • HIL	1.061
7.	Charleston • 2TM	1.042
8.	Lloyd • NLG	.941
9.	Mackey • HIL	.938
10.	White • 2TM	.931

Games Played
1.	Charleston • 2TM	82
	Johnson • 2TM	82
3.	Holloway • HIL	81
4.	Warfield • BBS	79
5.	Dihigo • HIL	78
6.	Washington • BBS	77
7.	Dixon • BBS	76
	Wilson • BBS	76
9.	Marcell • BBS	74
10.	Jackson • HIL	73

At Bats
1.	Johnson • 2TM	335
2.	Holloway • HIL	333
3.	Warfield • BBS	308
4.	Charleston • 2TM	291
5.	Wilson • BBS	280
6.	White • 2TM	278
7.	Dixon • BBS	277
8.	Washington • BBS	273
9.	Dihigo • HIL	271
10.	Harris • HG	267

Plate Appearances
1.	Holloway • HIL	368
2.	Johnson • 2TM	357
3.	Warfield • BBS	356
4.	Charleston • 2TM	350
5.	Wilson • BBS	329
6.	Dihigo • HIL	328
7.	Dixon • BBS	313
8.	Washington • BBS	306
9.	White • 2TM	303
10.	Smith • NLG	301

Runs Scored
1.	Smith • NLG	86
2.	Johnson • 2TM	79
3.	Dixon • BBS	77
	Wilson • BBS	77
5.	Warfield • BBS	76
6.	Charleston • 2TM	71
7.	Dihigo • HIL	68
	Washington • NLG	68
9.	Holloway • HIL	63
10.	Riggins • NLG	60

Hits
1.	Johnson • 2TM	123
2.	Dixon • BBS	115
3.	Wilson • BBS	113
4.	Smith • NLG	111
5.	Charleston • 2TM	106
6.	White • 2TM	98
7.	Lundy • BBS	92
8.	Dihigo • HIL	90
	Scales • 2TM	90
10.	Holloway • HIL	88

Total Bases
1.	Smith • NLG	214
2.	Dixon • BBS	200
3.	Wilson • BBS	174
4.	Johnson • 2TM	172
5.	Dihigo • HIL	166
	Charleston • 2TM	166
7.	White • 2TM	146
8.	Scales • 2TM	145
9.	Beckwith • 2TM	143
10.	Washington • BBS	133

Doubles
1.	Smith • NLG	29
2.	Scales • 2TM	25
	Charleston • 2TM	25
4.	Dixon • BBS	23
	Wilson • BBS	23
6.	Johnson • 2TM	21
7.	Cannady • HG	18
8.	Alfonso • CSE	17
	Beckwith • 2TM	17
10.	White • 2TM	16
	Lundy • BBS	16
	Holloway • HIL	16
	Lloyd • NLG	16

Triples
1.	White • 2TM	10
2.	Charleston • 2TM	7
	Dixon • BBS	7
4.	Harris • HG	6
	Lundy • BBS	6
6.	Lloyd • NLG	5
	Ewing • HG	5
	Holloway • HIL	5
	Jackson • HIL	5
	Johnson • 2TM	5
	Mason • 2TM	5
	Hubbard • BBS	5

Home Runs
1.	Smith • NLG	22
2.	Dihigo • HIL	18
3.	Dixon • BBS	16
4.	Beckwith • 2TM	14
5.	Washington • BBS	10
	Wilson • BBS	10
7.	Scales • 2TM	8
8.	Charleston • 2TM	7
9.	Thomas • 2TM	6
	Melton • 2TM	6
	Johnson • 2TM	6

Runs Batted In
1.	Dixon • BBS	92
2.	Smith • NLG	81
3.	Dihigo • HIL	79
4.	Wilson • BBS	75
5.	Scales • 2TM	73
6.	Johnson • 2TM	69
7.	Charleston • 2TM	64
8.	Riggins • NLG	60
	Beckwith • 2TM	60
10.	Lundy • BBS	59

Bases on Balls
1.	Dihigo • HIL	56
	Charleston • 2TM	56
3.	Smith • NLG	48
4.	Warfield • BBS	45
5.	Wilson • BBS	44
6.	Scales • 2TM	41
7.	Dallard • HIL	40
	Riggins • NLG	40
9.	Dixon • BBS	33
10.	Holloway • HIL	32

Stolen Bases
1.	Dixon • BBS	22
2.	Wilson • BBS	21
3.	Smith • NLG	16
4.	Johnson • 2TM	14
	Washington • NLG	14
6.	Thomas • 2TM	12
	Riggins • NLG	12
8.	Rojo • NLG	11
	Gray • NLG	11
10.	Holloway • HIL	10
	Warfield • BBS	10

Singles
1.	Johnson • 2TM	91
2.	Wilson • BBS	76
3.	Dixon • BBS	69
	Warfield • BBS	69
5.	Jenkins • AC	68
	White • 2TM	68
7.	Charleston • 2TM	67
8.	Lundy • BBS	66
9.	Marcell • BBS	65
10.	Holloway • HIL	64

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Smith • NLG	242
2.	Dixon • BBS	190
3.	Beckwith • 2TM	174
4.	Wilson • BBS	170
5.	Scales • 2TM	165
6.	Dihigo • HIL	156
7.	Charleston • 2TM	153
8.	Mackey • HIL	128
9.	Lloyd • NLG	128
10.	Riggins • NLG	126

Runs Created
1.	Smith • NLG	116
2.	Dixon • BBS	95
3.	Wilson • BBS	84
4.	Charleston • 2TM	77
5.	Dihigo • HIL	74
6.	Johnson • 2TM	70
7.	Scales • 2TM	68
8.	Beckwith • 2TM	64
9.	White • 2TM	58
10.	Lundy • BBS	53

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Smith • NLG	59
2.	Dixon • BBS	40
3.	Wilson • BBS	34
4.	Scales • 2TM	28
5.	Charleston • 2TM	28
6.	Dihigo • HIL	26
7.	Beckwith • 2TM	24
8.	Riggins • NLG	13
9.	Johnson • 2TM	11
10.	White • 2TM	10

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Smith • NLG	5.0
2.	Dixon • BBS	3.4
3.	Wilson • BBS	3.0
4.	Scales • 2TM	2.4
	Charleston • 2TM	2.4
6.	Dihigo • HIL	2.2
7.	Beckwith • 2TM	2.1
8.	Riggins • NLG	1.1
9.	Johnson • 2TM	1.0
10.	White • 2TM	0.9

Extra Base Hits
1.	Smith • NLG	55
2.	Dixon • BBS	46
3.	Charleston • 2TM	39
4.	Wilson • BBS	37
5.	Scales • 2TM	36
	Dihigo • HIL	36
7.	Beckwith • 2TM	33
8.	Johnson • 2TM	32
9.	White • 2TM	30
10.	Lundy • BBS	26

Times On Base
1.	Smith • NLG	166
2.	Charleston • 2TM	165
3.	Wilson • BBS	162
4.	Dixon • BBS	151
5.	Dihigo • HIL	147
6.	Johnson • 2TM	145
7.	Scales • 2TM	138
8.	Warfield • BBS	129
9.	Riggins • NLG	128
10.	Holloway • HIL	123
	White • 2TM	123

Offensive Win %
1.	Smith • NLG	.926
2.	Dixon • BBS	.862
3.	Beckwith • 2TM	.825
4.	Wilson • BBS	.825
5.	Scales • 2TM	.802
6.	Charleston • 2TM	.769
7.	Dihigo • HIL	.763
8.	Lloyd • NLG	.703
9.	Mackey • HIL	.702
10.	Jenkins • AC	.695

Hit By Pitch
1.	White • 2TM	8
2.	Smith • NLG	7
	Scales • 2TM	7
4.	Pérez • CSE	6
5.	Wilson • BBS	5
6.	Alfonso • CSE	4
	Riggins • NLG	4
	Washington • BBS	4
	Hubbard • BBS	4
10.	Dallard • HIL	3
	Warfield • BBS	3
	Holloway • HIL	3
	Washington • HG	3
	Charleston • 2TM	3
	Dixon • BBS	3

Power-Speed #
1.	Smith • NLG	18.5
	Dixon • BBS	18.5
3.	Wilson • BBS	13.5
4.	Dihigo • HIL	11.1
5.	Johnson • 2TM	8.4
6.	Thomas • 2TM	8.0
	Scales • 2TM	8.0
8.	Charleston • 2TM	7.5
9.	Riggins • NLG	7.1
10.	Melton • 2TM	6.5

AB per HR
1.	Smith • NLG	11.2
2.	Beckwith • 2TM	14.8
3.	Dihigo • HIL	15.1
4.	Dixon • BBS	17.3
5.	Washington • BBS	27.3
6.	Wilson • BBS	28.0
7.	Scales • 2TM	29.6
8.	Thomas • 2TM	37.2
9.	Charleston • 2TM	41.6
10.	Eggleston • AC	46.8

Outs Made
1.	Holloway • HIL	245
2.	Warfield • BBS	227
3.	Johnson • 2TM	212
4.	Harris • HG	188
	Washington • NLG	188
6.	Marcell • BBS	187
	Washington • BBS	187
	Jackson • HIL	187
9.	Charleston • 2TM	185
10.	Dihigo • HIL	181

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