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#	Player	Years	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	Charlie Smith*	1925-1931	RF	1126	.497	12.4%			3.6%	.261
2	Josh Gibson	1930-1946	C	3859	.497	13.0%	5.4%	3.19	6.2%	.325
3	Buck Leonard*	1933-1948	1B	2827	.459	15.2%	4.2%	3.00	3.6%	.236
4	Monte Irvin	1938-1948	SS	1487	.451	11.6%	7.0%	2.38	4.1%	.224
5	Turkey Stearnes*	1923-1940	CF	4551	.450	9.6%	10.8%	0.33	4.3%	.270
6	Larry Doby*	1942-1947	2B	642	.448	12.9%	12.5%	1.00	3.3%	.243
7	Oscar Charleston*	1915-1941	CF	6802	.446	11.4%	8.1%	1.40	3.1%	.223
8	Mule Suttles	1923-1944	1B	3988	.444	10.1%	14.8%	1.50	4.8%	.276
9	Heavy Johnson	1916-1932	RF	2135	.444	7.9%	6.7%	0.50	2.9%	.221
10	Jacinto Roque	1940-1944	CF	860	.440	15.8%	13.4%	1.18	2.8%	.204
11	Willard Brown	1935-1948	CF	2113	.440	6.4%	4.9%	0.69	3.2%	.224
12	Jud Wilson*	1922-1945	3B	4564	.440	11.2%	0.0%		2.2%	.179
13	John Beckwith	1919-1937	3B	2542	.435	7.6%	16.7%	0.25	4.2%	.249
14	Pedro Formental*	1943-1947	CF	836	.435	16.0%	6.7%	2.34	1.3%	.164
15	Cristóbal Torriente*	1912-1932	CF	5122	.432	11.9%	7.3%	1.79	1.6%	.165
16	Wild Bill Wright**	1932-1945	CF	3231	.427	9.2%	4.5%	2.57	2.2%	.188
17	Bus Clarkson	1938-1946	SS	1123	.424	10.5%	16.1%	0.66	4.0%	.223
18	Ted Strong**	1936-1948	RF	1481	.421	11.6%	12.1%	0.80	2.7%	.197
19	Alberto Hernández	1941-1944	RF	711	.419	6.8%	3.9%	1.63	1.1%	.152
20	Alejandro Crespo	1940-1946	CF	1749	.418	7.7%	7.2%	1.10	1.7%	.184
21	Lázaro Salazar*	1930-1944	CF	1957	.415	13.4%	4.4%	3.49	1.4%	.131
22	Willie Wells	1924-1948	SS	6444	.414	11.2%	4.2%	3.00	2.7%	.191
23	Artie Wilson*	1944-1948	SS	579	.414	8.8%	10.0%	0.50	0.0%	.090
24	George Scales	1921-1946	2B	3459	.414	13.3%	13.6%	0.00	2.1%	.183
25	Alejandro Oms*	1917-1935	CF	2097	.413	10.3%	5.1%	1.92	2.1%	.176
26	Martín Dihigo	1922-1945	RF	3853	.413	12.4%	8.9%	1.65	3.3%	.201
27	Quincy Trouppe**	1930-1948	C	2380	.413	15.1%	9.5%	1.77	2.2%	.179
28	Rap Dixon	1922-1937	RF	2552	.412	11.1%	0.0%		3.0%	.213
29	Bullet Rogan	1916-1938	CF	2605	.410	10.1%	3.4%	2.50	2.0%	.175
30	Bill Hoskins*	1937-1946	LF	1461	.409	7.6%	40.0%	0.00	2.3%	.184
31	Manuel Salvatierra	1940-1944	RF	1292	.408	15.2%	11.3%	1.35	2.9%	.192
32	Pete Hill*	1904-1925	CF	4185	.408	11.1%	5.7%	2.09	1.4%	.136
33	Santos Amaro	1940-1944	RF	1715	.407	11.1%	3.8%	2.94	0.8%	.122
34	Edgar Wesley*	1917-1927	1B	2449	.405	8.9%	8.8%	0.90	3.8%	.208
35	Hank Thompson*	1943-1948	RF	661	.405	10.3%			2.4%	.175
36	Leslie Green*	1939-1946	LF	880	.403	14.7%	10.1%	1.55	0.9%	.132
37	Blainey Hall	1914-1925	LF	1221	.403	8.5%	20.0%	0.67	0.6%	.108
38	Woody Arkeketa*	1940-1942	3B	546	.402	10.1%	3.1%	3.24	0.5%	.124
39	Silvio García	1936-1947	SS	2160	.401	6.9%	5.8%	1.21	1.9%	.145
40	Dobie Moore	1916-1926	SS	2467	.400	5.5%	4.1%	1.00	1.5%	.170
41	Charlie Blackwell*	1915-1929	RF	2740	.400	10.4%	8.6%	0.33	1.8%	.162
42	Agustín Bejerano*	1928-1944	LF	1868	.400	13.2%	7.3%	1.93	0.1%	.083
43	Ed Stone*	1933-1946	RF	2209	.400	11.3%	7.8%	1.45	1.9%	.158
44	Julián Castillo	1899-1914	1B	1969	.399	10.1%	8.4%	1.16	0.6%	.098
45	Angel Castro*	1940-1944	1B	1562	.399	10.9%	6.3%	1.72	2.3%	.177
46	Carlos Blanco^	1941-1944	3B	860	.398	13.7%	3.3%	4.42	0.8%	.130
47	Bill Pettus*	1909-1923	1B	1717	.397	8.4%			2.0%	.170
48	Sergio Correa^	1940-1944	C	1684	.397	18.8%	6.7%	2.82	0.4%	.094
49	Louis Santop*	1910-1926	C	1977	.397	8.6%	1.6%	6.00	1.2%	.136
50	Minnie Miñoso	1946-1948	3B	550	.396	7.6%	0.0%		1.6%	.165
51	Roy Campanella	1937-1945	C	1359	.396	9.5%	8.0%	1.41	2.4%	.174
52	Tetelo Vargas	1927-1943	CF	626	.396	8.9%	0.0%		0.6%	.109
53	Pat Patterson**	1934-1947	2B	1875	.394	7.0%	10.2%	0.74	1.7%	.164
54	Vidal López	1943-1944	LF	689	.394	12.9%	8.3%	1.56	2.5%	.149
55	Ben Taylor*	1909-1929	1B	4250	.394	8.7%	2.3%	4.00	0.9%	.126
56	Cool Papa Bell**	1922-1946	CF	6684	.393	10.1%	5.5%	2.13	1.1%	.130
57	Pedro Pagés**	1939-1947	CF	2202	.393	10.8%	5.9%	1.84	0.9%	.129
58	Ray Dandridge	1933-1944	3B	2164	.393	6.7%	2.8%	2.55	1.2%	.133
59	Willie Bobo*	1923-1930	1B	1627	.391	12.5%			1.6%	.155
60	Frank Austin	1944-1948	SS	1140	.391	9.3%	0.0%		0.3%	.089
61	Biz Mackey**	1920-1947	C	4353	.390	8.7%	3.1%	3.13	1.5%	.143
62	Henry Kimbro*	1937-1948	CF	2515	.389	12.6%	7.7%	2.00	1.2%	.134
63	Johnny Davis	1940-1948	LF	1139	.389	11.1%	0.0%		2.5%	.160
64	Roy Parnell	1927-1943	LF	2504	.389	7.9%	0.0%		1.6%	.155
65	Harry Buckner	1896-1917	RF	839	.389	7.6%	10.6%	0.62	1.5%	.161
66	Fats Jenkins*	1920-1940	LF	2873	.388	10.1%	0.0%		0.7%	.094
67	Pancho Coimbre	1940-1944	RF	581	.388	8.4%	20.0%	0.00	1.0%	.108
68	Grant Johnson	1895-1914	SS	1790	.386	9.5%	4.3%	3.11	0.8%	.089
69	Sam Jethroe**	1938-1948	CF	705	.386	7.5%	11.8%	0.00	1.0%	.159
70	John Henry Lloyd*	1906-1932	SS	5699	.386	7.1%	5.0%	1.20	0.6%	.108
71	Steel Arm Davis*	1920-1935	RF	1934	.385	6.8%	14.6%	0.17	1.8%	.168
72	Hurley McNair*	1910-1937	RF	3778	.384	9.2%	10.7%	0.45	1.4%	.141
73	Carlos Morán*	1899-1915	3B	2633	.384	15.8%	4.3%	4.21	0.1%	.050
74	Manuel Arroyo	1940-1944	2B	1467	.381	14.1%	9.0%	1.57	0.5%	.116
75	George Carr**	1920-1934	1B	2851	.381	8.3%	6.2%	2.00	2.0%	.152
76	Charlie Mason^	1922-1932	LF	1574	.381	9.1%			2.6%	.164
77	Jules Thomas	1908-1926	CF	1852	.381	6.8%	26.7%	0.00	1.6%	.139
78	Merito Acosta*	1912-1922	LF	1072	.380	15.9%	6.1%	3.00	0.1%	.053
79	Sammy Hughes	1930-1946	2B	2233	.380	9.9%	7.7%	1.32	1.2%	.133
80	Carlos Colás	1941-1944	LF	1290	.380	8.4%	7.1%	1.24	1.4%	.116
81	Piper Davis	1942-1948	2B	678	.379	7.8%	6.3%	2.00	1.0%	.130
82	Sam Bennett	1907-1925	CF	1068	.379	7.3%	0.0%		1.0%	.118
83	Neil Robinson	1930-1948	CF	1303	.378	8.1%	0.0%		2.2%	.155
84	Dick Lundy**	1916-1937	SS	3920	.378	8.0%	7.1%	1.06	1.3%	.135
85	Goose Curry*	1928-1947	RF	2140	.378	13.5%			0.9%	.115
86	Howard Easterling**	1936-1946	3B	1291	.377	7.0%	15.0%	0.33	1.3%	.151
87	Branch Russell*	1922-1932	RF	3478	.377	11.0%	7.7%	2.00	1.6%	.153
88	Walter Cannady	1921-1945	2B	3146	.377	7.5%	25.0%	0.00	1.5%	.144
89	Spottswood Poles**	1909-1923	CF	1997	.377	9.9%	8.2%	1.29	0.3%	.076
90	Ed Rile*	1919-1936	1B	1836	.376	8.6%			2.1%	.166
91	Bill Pierce	1910-1926	1B	1582	.376	7.9%	10.3%	0.29	1.3%	.136
92	Orville Singer^	1921-1932	RF	1048	.375	6.4%			1.2%	.119
93	David Whatley*	1937-1944	RF	947	.375	6.8%			1.0%	.119
94	Luther Farrell*	1919-1934	P	919	.373	9.8%	17.6%	0.67	2.4%	.153
95	Lewis Hampton	1921-1927	P	558	.372	5.7%			4.1%	.215
96	Wilson Redus	1924-1940	LF	3230	.371	8.1%	0.0%		2.7%	.167
97	Anastasio Santaella	1935-1944	2B	1157	.371	13.5%	7.7%	1.88	0.7%	.097
98	Epitacio Torres*	1940-1944	RF	2020	.371	8.9%	4.0%	2.21	0.4%	.097
99	Robert Hudspeth*	1920-1932	1B	1999	.370	7.1%			2.3%	.154
100	Luis Márquez	1946-1948	CF	608	.370	7.4%	0.0%		1.6%	.120

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

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