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#	Player	Years	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	Josh Gibson	1930-1946	C	3751	.498	13.2%	2.7%	4.83	6.2%	.327
2	Charlie Smith*	1925-1931	RF	1126	.497	12.4%	0.5%	25.60	3.6%	.261
3	Buck Leonard*	1933-1948	1B	2794	.458	15.1%	1.0%	12.83	3.6%	.236
4	Turkey Stearnes*	1923-1940	CF	4329	.453	9.6%	1.2%	8.21	4.4%	.275
5	Larry Doby*	1942-1947	2B	642	.448	12.9%	12.5%	1.00	3.3%	.243
6	Oscar Charleston*	1915-1941	CF	6706	.446	11.4%	2.1%	5.97	3.1%	.224
7	Mule Suttles	1923-1944	1B	3945	.446	10.1%	0.7%	14.86	4.8%	.278
8	Heavy Johnson	1916-1932	RF	2128	.444	7.9%	1.4%	5.82	2.9%	.221
9	Jud Wilson*	1922-1945	3B	4524	.440	11.2%	0.2%	44.40	2.2%	.180
10	Willard Brown	1935-1948	CF	1995	.437	6.2%	2.7%	1.89	3.2%	.221
11	John Beckwith	1919-1937	3B	2537	.435	7.6%	2.6%	2.96	4.2%	.249
12	Alejandro Crespo	1940-1946	CF	696	.433	8.5%	7.3%	1.29	1.9%	.191
13	Cristóbal Torriente*	1912-1928	CF	5062	.432	11.9%	4.4%	2.68	1.6%	.164
14	Monte Irvin	1938-1948	CF	1200	.425	10.3%	15.4%	0.00	3.4%	.190
15	Wild Bill Wright**	1933-1945	CF	2364	.423	9.2%	3.3%	3.40	2.0%	.187
16	Ted Strong**	1936-1948	RF	1442	.421	11.4%	9.2%	1.18	2.8%	.199
17	Bus Clarkson	1938-1946	SS	1105	.420	10.0%	16.1%	0.66	4.0%	.220
18	Willie Wells	1924-1948	SS	5571	.418	10.8%	2.6%	4.04	2.8%	.199
19	Martín Dihigo	1922-1945	RF	2981	.412	10.7%	4.4%	2.67	3.7%	.213
20	Artie Wilson*	1944-1948	SS	555	.412	8.3%	6.1%	0.75	0.0%	.094
21	George Scales	1921-1946	2B	3431	.412	13.1%	1.2%	10.83	2.1%	.182
22	Rap Dixon	1922-1937	RF	2492	.411	10.9%	0.8%	13.50	3.1%	.215
23	Bullet Rogan	1916-1938	CF	2607	.410	10.1%	0.5%	14.50	2.0%	.176
24	Alejandro Oms*	1917-1935	CF	2059	.410	10.5%	2.0%	4.86	2.1%	.173
25	Bill Hoskins*	1937-1946	LF	1457	.409	7.5%	3.2%	1.50	2.3%	.184
26	Pete Hill*	1904-1925	CF	4185	.408	11.1%	4.6%	2.72	1.4%	.136
27	Hank Thompson*	1943-1948	RF	553	.407	10.1%	7.3%	1.00	2.7%	.181
28	Edgar Wesley*	1917-1927	1B	2449	.405	8.9%	6.9%	1.00	3.8%	.208
29	Agustín Bejerano*	1928-1941	LF	713	.405	11.8%	7.6%	1.56	0.3%	.092
30	Woody Arkeketa*	1940-1941	3B	510	.405	9.6%	2.7%	3.50	0.6%	.128
31	Santos Amaro	1940-1941	RF	531	.404	11.3%	4.3%	2.61	0.8%	.123
32	Leslie Green*	1939-1946	LF	880	.403	14.7%	10.1%	1.55	0.9%	.132
33	Blainey Hall	1914-1925	LF	1221	.403	8.5%	3.3%	4.33	0.6%	.108
34	Charlie Blackwell*	1915-1929	RF	2729	.399	10.5%	2.0%	3.57	1.8%	.162
35	Dobie Moore	1916-1926	SS	2458	.399	5.4%	4.0%	1.13	1.5%	.170
36	Julián Castillo	1901-1914	1B	1958	.398	10.1%	8.5%	1.15	0.6%	.099
37	Minnie Miñoso	1946-1948	3B	550	.396	7.6%	0.0%		1.6%	.165
38	Bill Pettus*	1909-1923	1B	1680	.396	8.4%	1.2%	10.00	2.0%	.167
39	Sergio Correa^	1940-1941	C	649	.396	16.6%	7.1%	2.35	0.8%	.118
40	Ed Stone*	1933-1946	RF	2190	.396	11.3%	4.2%	2.74	1.9%	.154
41	Louis Santop*	1910-1926	C	1969	.396	8.6%	0.6%	25.00	1.2%	.136
42	Tetelo Vargas	1927-1943	CF	626	.396	8.9%	1.6%	6.25	0.6%	.109
43	Silvio García	1936-1947	SS	968	.395	4.8%	6.0%	0.50	1.4%	.141
44	Pat Patterson**	1934-1947	2B	1862	.395	6.9%	6.4%	1.06	1.6%	.164
45	Ben Taylor*	1909-1929	1B	4250	.394	8.7%	1.0%	9.08	0.9%	.126
46	Roy Campanella	1937-1945	C	876	.394	8.4%	11.5%	0.33	2.2%	.159
47	Cool Papa Bell**	1922-1946	CF	6587	.391	10.1%	3.0%	3.79	1.1%	.128
48	Frank Austin	1944-1948	SS	1140	.391	9.3%	0.0%		0.3%	.089
49	Quincy Trouppe**	1930-1948	C	1394	.391	13.7%	9.1%	1.64	1.6%	.155
50	Henry Kimbro*	1937-1948	CF	2495	.390	12.6%	1.2%	8.50	1.2%	.134
51	Biz Mackey**	1920-1947	C	4334	.389	8.7%	1.0%	9.78	1.5%	.144
52	Johnny Davis	1940-1948	LF	1139	.389	11.1%	2.9%	2.00	2.5%	.160
53	Willie Bobo*	1923-1930	1B	1621	.389	12.5%	0.0%		1.6%	.154
54	Harry Buckner	1896-1917	RF	839	.389	7.6%	9.8%	0.81	1.5%	.161
55	Pancho Coimbre	1940-1944	RF	581	.388	8.4%	20.0%	0.00	1.0%	.108
56	Lázaro Salazar*	1930-1941	LF	1093	.387	11.3%	4.9%	2.43	1.5%	.127
57	Fats Jenkins*	1920-1940	LF	2840	.387	10.1%	0.3%	29.33	0.7%	.095
58	Grant Johnson	1895-1914	SS	1790	.386	9.5%	4.3%	3.11	0.8%	.089
59	Steel Arm Davis*	1920-1935	RF	1826	.386	6.9%	2.4%	2.00	1.7%	.166
60	Roy Parnell	1927-1943	LF	2286	.386	8.1%	0.6%	11.00	1.7%	.150
61	John Henry Lloyd*	1906-1932	SS	5693	.385	7.1%	2.1%	3.15	0.6%	.107
62	Piper Davis	1942-1948	2B	656	.385	7.8%	6.3%	2.00	1.1%	.135
63	Hurley McNair*	1910-1937	RF	3769	.385	9.0%	2.4%	4.18	1.5%	.143
64	Sam Jethroe**	1942-1948	CF	678	.384	7.5%	5.1%	1.33	1.0%	.155
65	Ray Dandridge	1933-1944	3B	1587	.384	6.2%	1.8%	3.32	0.8%	.126
66	Carlos Morán*	1899-1915	3B	2621	.382	15.7%	4.2%	4.19	0.1%	.050
67	Neil Robinson	1930-1948	CF	1252	.382	8.3%	0.0%		2.3%	.159
68	George Carr**	1920-1934	1B	2851	.381	8.3%	2.7%	3.97	2.0%	.152
69	Goose Curry*	1928-1947	RF	1950	.381	14.2%	0.5%	22.00	1.0%	.117
70	Merito Acosta*	1912-1922	LF	1072	.380	15.9%	6.1%	3.00	0.1%	.053
71	Charlie Mason^	1922-1932	LF	1549	.380	9.1%	0.2%	42.00	2.5%	.162
72	Dick Lundy**	1916-1937	SS	3876	.379	8.0%	1.2%	6.46	1.3%	.136
73	Walter Cannady	1921-1945	2B	3045	.379	7.6%	0.7%	11.42	1.6%	.149
74	Sam Bennett	1907-1925	CF	1037	.379	7.3%	0.7%	13.00	1.1%	.117
75	Jules Thomas	1908-1926	CF	1798	.378	6.8%	4.5%	0.80	1.5%	.135
76	Sammy Hughes	1930-1946	2B	2217	.378	9.8%	3.5%	2.84	1.1%	.130
77	Branch Russell*	1922-1932	RF	3458	.377	11.0%	0.5%	19.00	1.6%	.153
78	Howard Easterling**	1936-1946	3B	1291	.377	7.0%	1.8%	3.50	1.3%	.151
79	Ed Rile*	1919-1936	1B	1822	.377	8.6%	0.5%	18.00	2.1%	.167
80	Bill Pierce^	1910-1926	1B	1536	.377	7.8%	4.8%	1.43	1.3%	.138
81	Spottswood Poles**	1909-1923	CF	1942	.376	10.0%	5.4%	2.00	0.3%	.073
82	Luis Márquez	1946-1948	CF	595	.375	7.6%	0.0%		1.7%	.122
83	David Whatley*	1937-1944	RF	942	.375	6.8%	2.0%	0.50	1.0%	.119
84	Luther Farrell*	1919-1934	P	919	.373	9.8%	2.8%	4.69	2.4%	.153
85	Wilson Redus	1924-1940	LF	3208	.372	8.1%	0.6%	11.40	2.7%	.168
86	Lewis Hampton	1921-1927	P	558	.372	5.7%			4.1%	.215
87	Robert Hudspeth*	1920-1932	1B	1989	.370	7.1%	1.6%	4.50	2.2%	.153
88	Vic Harris*	1922-1947	LF	3417	.369	9.1%	0.6%	16.75	1.1%	.124
89	Lennie Pearson	1937-1948	1B	1940	.369	7.8%	1.0%	13.00	2.6%	.162
90	Charles Earle	1906-1919	CF	1142	.368	9.5%	5.1%	2.00	0.7%	.095
91	Theolic Smith**	1936-1943	LF	924	.368	12.1%	8.2%	1.49	0.4%	.091
92	Pythias Russ	1925-1929	SS	1347	.367	5.6%	0.8%	4.33	1.3%	.136
93	Bob Harvey*	1943-1948	RF	901	.367	8.9%			1.0%	.099
94	Doc Wiley	1909-1923	C	926	.367	6.8%	3.8%	1.25	0.6%	.090
95	Doc Dudley*	1920-1923	LF	950	.367	8.0%	4.5%	3.00	1.4%	.145
96	Thad Christopher*	1935-1945	LF	1005	.367	12.8%	8.7%	1.70	2.1%	.151
97	Irvin Brooks	1917-1933	CF	1013	.366	7.9%	2.2%	4.43	2.0%	.132
98	Orville Singer^	1921-1932	RF	991	.366	5.8%	0.6%	11.00	1.1%	.117
99	Jabbo Andrews*	1930-1942	LF	1019	.365	6.8%	0.7%	10.00	2.1%	.159
100	Jesse Hubbard*	1919-1935	RF	1054	.365	9.7%	2.3%	4.76	2.2%	.166

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

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