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#	Player	Years	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	Charlie Smith*	1925-1931	RF	1109	.497	12.3%	0.7%	17.20	3.7%	.263
2	Josh Gibson	1930-1946	C	3109	.490	12.7%	0.9%	13.00	6.0%	.318
3	Buck Leonard*	1933-1948	1B	2775	.459	15.1%	1.3%	10.20	3.6%	.236
4	Larry Doby*	1942-1947	2B	642	.448	12.9%	12.5%	1.00	3.3%	.243
5	Oscar Charleston*	1915-1941	CF	6458	.447	11.6%	2.3%	5.72	3.1%	.222
6	Heavy Johnson	1916-1932	RF	2111	.446	8.0%	1.4%	5.82	2.9%	.223
7	Willard Brown	1935-1948	CF	1629	.444	6.9%	2.5%	2.33	3.3%	.229
8	Turkey Stearnes*	1923-1940	CF	3045	.443	8.9%	1.2%	7.83	4.3%	.261
9	Jud Wilson*	1922-1945	3B	4465	.442	11.2%	0.3%	40.20	2.2%	.182
10	Cristóbal Torriente*	1912-1928	CF	4327	.438	12.1%	4.2%	2.84	1.6%	.170
11	John Beckwith	1919-1937	3B	2519	.437	7.6%	2.8%	2.64	4.2%	.249
12	Monte Irvin	1938-1948	CF	1195	.425	10.3%	15.4%	0.00	3.3%	.188
13	Mule Suttles	1923-1944	1B	2776	.415	9.7%	0.9%	12.43	4.3%	.239
14	Rap Dixon	1922-1937	RF	2317	.415	10.7%	0.9%	13.00	3.2%	.216
15	Artie Wilson*	1944-1948	SS	540	.414	8.3%	6.1%	0.75	0.0%	.092
16	Ted Strong**	1936-1948	RF	1014	.413	12.3%	17.9%	1.00	2.6%	.175
17	Hank Thompson*	1943-1948	RF	535	.412	10.3%	7.3%	1.00	2.8%	.185
18	Bullet Rogan	1916-1938	RF	1830	.411	8.6%	0.7%	11.00	2.2%	.185
19	George Scales	1921-1946	2B	3241	.410	13.0%	1.0%	11.92	2.1%	.182
20	Alejandro Oms*	1917-1935	CF	2059	.410	10.5%	2.0%	4.86	2.1%	.173
21	Bill Hoskins*	1937-1946	LF	1443	.409	7.6%	40.0%	0.00	2.2%	.183
22	Pete Hill*	1904-1925	CF	4185	.408	11.1%	4.6%	2.72	1.4%	.136
23	Willie Bobo*	1923-1928	1B	806	.408	10.8%	0.0%		2.5%	.185
24	Martín Dihigo	1922-1945	RF	2260	.407	10.8%	1.4%	8.73	3.9%	.217
25	Edgar Wesley*	1917-1925	1B	1976	.407	8.8%	6.9%	1.00	3.8%	.214
26	Charlie Blackwell*	1915-1928	LF	2293	.405	10.1%	2.0%	3.57	1.9%	.169
27	Bus Clarkson	1938-1946	SS	649	.405	9.7%	66.7%	0.50	3.7%	.203
28	Blainey Hall	1914-1925	LF	1217	.402	8.5%	3.3%	4.33	0.6%	.107
29	Lázaro Salazar*	1932-1936	CF	505	.400	10.3%	1.4%	7.67	1.8%	.146
30	Roy Campanella	1937-1945	C	863	.399	8.5%	50.0%	0.00	2.2%	.161
31	Julián Castillo	1901-1914	1B	1958	.398	10.1%	8.5%	1.15	0.6%	.099
32	Bill Pettus*	1909-1922	1B	1656	.397	8.3%	1.2%	10.00	2.0%	.169
33	Dobie Moore	1916-1925	SS	2380	.396	5.0%	4.1%	1.00	1.6%	.170
34	Louis Santop*	1910-1926	C	1968	.395	8.6%	0.6%	25.00	1.2%	.135
35	Hurley McNair*	1910-1937	LF	3103	.394	8.7%	2.6%	4.00	1.6%	.148
36	Ben Taylor*	1909-1929	1B	4225	.393	8.7%	1.0%	9.08	0.9%	.127
37	Neil Robinson	1931-1948	CF	1026	.393	9.0%	0.0%		2.3%	.164
38	Minnie Miñoso	1946-1948	3B	540	.392	7.6%	0.0%		1.5%	.160
39	Wild Bill Wright**	1933-1945	RF	1471	.392	6.7%	1.2%	6.75	1.5%	.165
40	Frank Austin	1944-1948	SS	1140	.391	9.3%	0.0%		0.3%	.089
41	Henry Kimbro*	1937-1948	CF	2471	.391	12.6%	7.7%	2.00	1.1%	.134
42	Biz Mackey**	1920-1947	C	4307	.390	8.7%	1.1%	8.72	1.5%	.144
43	Johnny Davis	1940-1948	LF	1139	.389	11.1%	2.9%	2.00	2.5%	.160
44	Pat Patterson**	1934-1947	2B	1411	.389	6.7%	2.5%	2.00	1.7%	.157
45	Harry Buckner	1896-1917	RF	839	.389	7.6%	9.8%	0.81	1.5%	.161
46	Pancho Coimbre	1940-1944	RF	581	.388	8.4%	20.0%	0.00	1.0%	.108
47	Ed Stone*	1933-1946	RF	1634	.387	11.4%	0.6%	22.00	1.7%	.149
48	Grant Johnson	1895-1914	SS	1790	.386	9.5%	4.3%	3.11	0.8%	.089
49	Fats Jenkins*	1920-1940	LF	2773	.386	10.1%	0.4%	28.40	0.7%	.094
50	Piper Davis	1942-1948	2B	642	.386	7.9%	6.3%	2.00	1.1%	.138
51	John Henry Lloyd*	1906-1932	SS	5688	.385	7.1%	2.3%	2.85	0.6%	.107
52	Willie Wells	1924-1948	SS	3057	.384	9.7%	0.9%	11.88	1.9%	.170
53	Sam Jethroe**	1942-1948	CF	678	.384	7.5%	5.1%	1.33	1.0%	.155
54	Carlos Morán*	1899-1915	3B	2621	.382	15.7%	4.2%	4.19	0.1%	.050
55	George Carr**	1920-1934	1B	2847	.382	8.3%	2.7%	3.93	2.0%	.152
56	Silvio García	1936-1947	SS	518	.381	6.8%	0.0%		1.7%	.132
57	Goose Curry*	1928-1947	RF	1776	.381	14.9%	0.3%	36.00	0.8%	.110
58	Walter Cannady	1921-1945	2B	2937	.381	7.6%	0.9%	9.17	1.6%	.152
59	Merito Acosta*	1912-1922	LF	1072	.380	15.9%	6.1%	3.00	0.1%	.053
60	Luther Farrell*	1919-1934	P	859	.380	9.7%	1.9%	7.00	2.4%	.159
61	Tetelo Vargas	1927-1944	CF	755	.380	8.5%	1.6%	6.25	0.7%	.105
62	Charlie Mason^	1922-1932	LF	1549	.380	9.1%	0.2%	42.00	2.5%	.162
63	Dick Lundy**	1916-1937	SS	3784	.379	7.9%	1.3%	6.04	1.3%	.137
64	Sam Bennett	1907-1925	CF	1037	.379	7.3%	0.7%	13.00	1.1%	.117
65	Howard Easterling**	1936-1946	3B	1279	.378	7.0%	3.9%	1.67	1.3%	.152
66	Jules Thomas	1908-1926	CF	1798	.378	6.8%	4.5%	0.80	1.5%	.135
67	Sammy Hughes	1931-1946	2B	1750	.378	10.2%	0.3%	41.00	1.2%	.131
68	Cool Papa Bell**	1922-1946	CF	3912	.377	9.9%	0.9%	11.80	0.8%	.107
69	David Whatley*	1937-1944	RF	923	.377	7.0%			1.0%	.119
70	Bill Pierce^	1910-1926	1B	1515	.376	7.9%	4.8%	1.43	1.3%	.138
71	Spottswood Poles**	1909-1923	CF	1942	.376	10.0%	5.4%	2.00	0.3%	.073
72	Luis Márquez	1946-1948	CF	595	.375	7.6%	0.0%		1.7%	.122
73	Steel Arm Davis*	1920-1935	RF	889	.371	6.0%	2.5%	1.92	1.7%	.162
74	Branch Russell*	1922-1932	RF	1817	.371	10.3%	0.6%	17.67	1.5%	.152
75	Lennie Pearson	1937-1948	1B	1914	.370	7.9%	11.1%	1.00	2.7%	.164
76	Earl Gurley	1922-1928	LF	576	.369	9.4%	0.9%	11.00	1.6%	.157
77	Robert Hudspeth*	1920-1932	1B	1966	.369	7.0%	1.7%	4.20	2.1%	.151
78	Orville Singer^	1921-1932	RF	984	.368	5.8%	0.6%	11.00	1.1%	.117
79	Charles Earle	1906-1919	CF	1142	.368	9.5%	5.1%	2.00	0.7%	.095
80	Bob Harvey*	1943-1948	RF	896	.367	8.8%			1.0%	.099
81	Roy Parnell	1928-1943	LF	1899	.367	8.4%	0.6%	10.75	1.5%	.134
82	Doc Wiley	1909-1923	C	926	.367	6.8%	3.8%	1.25	0.6%	.090
83	Doc Dudley*	1920-1923	LF	950	.367	8.0%	4.5%	3.00	1.4%	.145
84	Irvin Brooks	1917-1933	CF	990	.366	7.8%	2.3%	4.14	2.0%	.134
85	Claude Johnson	1916-1928	2B	1057	.363	12.1%	1.8%	7.13	0.5%	.090
86	Manuel Cueto	1911-1927	3B	1506	.363	10.4%	2.9%	3.29	0.3%	.073
87	Vic Harris*	1922-1947	LF	3152	.363	9.2%	0.2%	43.00	1.0%	.116
88	Leon Day	1934-1946	P	663	.363	6.8%	2.2%	2.00	0.9%	.113
89	Chaney White	1920-1936	CF	3571	.362	8.6%	0.7%	11.38	0.9%	.109
90	Ray Dandridge	1933-1944	3B	958	.362	5.7%	0.0%		0.4%	.112
91	Clint Thomas	1920-1938	CF	4026	.362	7.5%	1.5%	5.52	1.6%	.151
92	Jesse Hubbard*	1919-1935	RF	1038	.361	9.5%	2.7%	4.29	2.0%	.160
93	Dan Kennard	1913-1925	C	1131	.361	6.7%	4.5%	2.14	1.7%	.142
94	Tommie Dukes*	1928-1945	C	722	.361	7.9%	1.9%	5.00	1.5%	.134
95	Esteban Montalvo*	1922-1928	RF	1076	.361	9.0%	4.5%	1.88	2.8%	.186
96	Mitchell Murray	1919-1931	C	1026	.360	8.6%	1.2%	6.67	1.6%	.120
97	Ashby Dunbar^	1906-1920	LF	878	.360	8.0%	4.9%	1.92	0.3%	.084
98	Pearl Webster*	1911-1918	C	943	.360	8.6%	6.9%	0.75	0.5%	.081
99	Todd Allen	1908-1925	3B	806	.360	10.4%	6.0%	2.29	1.0%	.103
100	George Giles*	1928-1938	1B	1369	.360	9.3%	0.6%	14.00	0.4%	.109

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

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