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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%	0.5%	25.60	3.6%	.261
2	Josh Gibson	1930-1946	C	3859	.497	13.0%	2.1%	5.98	6.2%	.325
3	Buck Leonard*	1933-1948	1B	2815	.459	15.1%	0.8%	16.83	3.7%	.237
4	Monte Irvin	1938-1948	SS	1487	.451	11.6%	7.0%	2.38	4.1%	.224
5	Turkey Stearnes*	1923-1940	CF	4550	.451	9.6%	1.0%	8.93	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%	1.9%	6.40	3.1%	.223
8	Mule Suttles	1923-1944	1B	3999	.444	10.2%	0.9%	12.00	4.8%	.276
9	Heavy Johnson	1916-1932	RF	2128	.444	7.9%	1.4%	5.82	2.9%	.221
10	Jud Wilson*	1922-1945	3B	4564	.440	11.2%	0.2%	51.60	2.2%	.179
11	Willard Brown	1935-1948	CF	2001	.438	6.2%	2.2%	2.44	3.1%	.223
12	John Beckwith	1919-1937	3B	2542	.435	7.6%	2.6%	2.96	4.2%	.249
13	Ángel Castro*	1940-1942	1B	841	.434	11.4%	6.3%	1.81	1.8%	.189
14	Cristóbal Torriente*	1912-1932	CF	5111	.431	11.8%	4.2%	2.72	1.6%	.164
15	Bus Clarkson	1938-1946	SS	1123	.424	10.5%	13.7%	0.81	4.0%	.223
16	Alejandro Crespo	1940-1946	CF	955	.422	8.1%	7.6%	1.13	1.6%	.175
17	Agustín Bejerano*	1928-1942	LF	1082	.422	12.8%	7.5%	1.72	0.2%	.098
18	Ted Strong**	1936-1948	RF	1452	.421	11.4%	8.4%	1.23	2.8%	.199
19	Wild Bill Wright**	1932-1945	CF	2466	.419	9.1%	3.0%	3.54	2.0%	.182
20	Willie Wells	1924-1948	SS	5679	.417	10.8%	2.2%	4.64	2.8%	.198
21	Martín Dihigo	1922-1945	RF	3337	.417	11.8%	4.6%	2.82	3.5%	.208
22	Santos Amaro	1940-1942	RF	922	.414	11.6%	4.1%	2.82	0.8%	.127
23	Manuel Arroyo	1940-1942	2B	837	.414	16.7%	10.4%	1.61	0.7%	.137
24	George Scales	1921-1946	2B	3449	.413	13.3%	1.1%	11.95	2.1%	.183
25	Sergio Correa^	1940-1942	C	1024	.412	19.1%	7.3%	2.61	0.6%	.120
26	Silvio García	1936-1947	SS	1362	.412	6.6%	6.1%	1.03	1.8%	.150
27	Quincy Trouppe**	1930-1948	C	1798	.412	14.3%	7.4%	1.96	1.9%	.172
28	Artie Wilson*	1944-1948	SS	555	.412	8.3%	6.1%	0.75	0.0%	.094
29	Rap Dixon	1922-1937	RF	2552	.412	11.1%	0.7%	16.33	3.0%	.213
30	Manuel Salvatierra	1940-1942	RF	856	.410	15.1%	11.7%	1.29	2.8%	.197
31	Bullet Rogan	1916-1938	CF	2607	.410	10.1%	0.5%	16.00	2.0%	.176
32	Alejandro Oms*	1917-1935	CF	2059	.410	10.5%	2.0%	5.09	2.1%	.173
33	Lázaro Salazar*	1930-1942	CF	1484	.409	12.3%	4.1%	3.18	1.5%	.136
34	Bill Hoskins*	1937-1946	LF	1461	.409	7.6%	1.7%	3.50	2.3%	.184
35	Pete Hill*	1904-1925	CF	4185	.408	11.1%	4.3%	2.90	1.4%	.136
36	Hank Thompson*	1943-1948	RF	553	.407	10.1%	7.3%	1.00	2.7%	.181
37	Edgar Wesley*	1917-1927	1B	2449	.405	8.9%	6.9%	1.00	3.8%	.208
38	Leslie Green*	1939-1946	LF	880	.403	14.7%	10.1%	1.55	0.9%	.132
39	Blainey Hall	1914-1925	LF	1221	.403	8.5%	3.3%	4.33	0.6%	.108
40	Woody Arkeketa*	1940-1942	3B	546	.402	10.1%	3.1%	3.24	0.5%	.124
41	Ed Stone*	1933-1946	RF	2209	.400	11.3%	3.7%	3.05	1.9%	.158
42	Charlie Blackwell*	1915-1929	RF	2729	.399	10.5%	2.0%	3.57	1.8%	.162
43	Dobie Moore	1916-1926	SS	2458	.399	5.4%	4.0%	1.13	1.5%	.170
44	Julián Castillo	1901-1914	1B	1958	.398	10.1%	8.5%	1.15	0.6%	.099
45	Minnie Miñoso	1946-1948	3B	550	.396	7.6%	0.0%		1.6%	.165
46	Bill Pettus*	1909-1923	1B	1680	.396	8.4%	1.2%	10.00	2.0%	.167
47	Louis Santop*	1910-1926	C	1969	.396	8.6%	0.6%	25.00	1.2%	.136
48	Tetelo Vargas	1927-1943	CF	626	.396	8.9%	1.6%	6.25	0.6%	.109
49	Pat Patterson**	1934-1947	2B	1875	.394	7.0%	5.1%	1.48	1.7%	.164
50	Ben Taylor*	1909-1929	1B	4250	.394	8.7%	1.0%	9.08	0.9%	.126
51	Cool Papa Bell**	1922-1946	CF	6680	.393	10.1%	2.6%	4.15	1.1%	.130
52	Roy Campanella	1937-1945	C	970	.392	8.6%	7.5%	1.00	2.2%	.162
53	Frank Austin	1944-1948	SS	1140	.391	9.3%	0.0%		0.3%	.089
54	Biz Mackey**	1920-1947	C	4353	.390	8.7%	1.0%	10.21	1.5%	.143
55	Henry Kimbro*	1937-1948	CF	2515	.389	12.6%	0.9%	11.00	1.2%	.134
56	Johnny Davis	1940-1948	LF	1139	.389	11.1%	2.9%	2.00	2.5%	.160
57	Willie Bobo*	1923-1930	1B	1621	.389	12.5%	0.0%		1.6%	.154
58	Roy Parnell	1927-1943	LF	2504	.389	7.9%	0.4%	17.50	1.6%	.155
59	Harry Buckner	1896-1917	RF	839	.389	7.6%	7.9%	0.81	1.5%	.161
60	Fats Jenkins*	1920-1940	LF	2873	.388	10.1%	0.3%	32.50	0.7%	.094
61	Pancho Coimbre	1940-1944	RF	581	.388	8.4%	20.0%	0.00	1.0%	.108
62	Grant Johnson	1895-1914	SS	1790	.386	9.5%	3.7%	3.33	0.8%	.089
63	Steel Arm Davis*	1920-1935	RF	2025	.386	6.9%	2.4%	2.00	1.8%	.169
64	Ray Dandridge	1933-1944	3B	1764	.386	6.6%	1.7%	3.95	1.0%	.129
65	John Henry Lloyd*	1906-1932	SS	5693	.385	7.1%	2.0%	3.32	0.6%	.107
66	Piper Davis	1942-1948	2B	656	.385	7.8%	6.3%	2.00	1.1%	.135
67	Hurley McNair*	1910-1937	RF	3769	.385	9.0%	2.4%	4.18	1.5%	.143
68	Sam Jethroe**	1938-1948	CF	681	.384	7.5%	4.8%	1.33	1.0%	.156
69	Carlos Colás	1941-1942	LF	503	.382	8.3%	6.4%	1.46	1.4%	.112
70	Carlos Morán*	1899-1915	3B	2621	.382	15.7%	4.2%	4.19	0.1%	.050
71	George Carr**	1920-1934	1B	2851	.381	8.3%	2.7%	3.97	2.0%	.152
72	Merito Acosta*	1912-1922	LF	1072	.380	15.9%	6.1%	3.00	0.1%	.053
73	Sammy Hughes	1930-1946	2B	2233	.380	9.9%	2.7%	3.61	1.2%	.133
74	Neil Robinson	1930-1948	CF	1287	.380	8.2%	0.5%	17.00	2.3%	.157
75	Charlie Mason^	1922-1932	LF	1568	.379	9.1%	0.2%	45.00	2.5%	.160
76	Dick Lundy**	1916-1937	SS	3885	.379	8.0%	1.1%	6.88	1.3%	.135
77	Sam Bennett	1907-1925	CF	1037	.379	7.3%	0.6%	13.00	1.1%	.117
78	Jules Thomas	1908-1926	CF	1798	.378	6.8%	3.6%	1.20	1.5%	.135
79	Goose Curry*	1928-1947	RF	2140	.378	13.5%	0.5%	23.50	0.9%	.115
80	Walter Cannady	1921-1945	2B	3141	.378	7.6%	0.7%	11.14	1.5%	.145
81	Howard Easterling**	1936-1946	3B	1291	.377	7.0%	1.8%	3.75	1.3%	.151
82	Ed Rile*	1919-1936	1B	1822	.377	8.6%	0.5%	18.00	2.1%	.167
83	Branch Russell*	1922-1932	RF	3471	.377	11.0%	0.5%	23.00	1.6%	.153
84	Bill Pierce^	1910-1926	1B	1536	.377	7.8%	4.8%	1.43	1.3%	.138
85	Ramón Bragaña	1927-1942	3B	864	.376	11.2%	12.5%	0.92	3.0%	.166
86	Spottswood Poles**	1909-1923	CF	1942	.376	10.0%	5.4%	2.00	0.3%	.073
87	Luis Márquez	1946-1948	CF	595	.375	7.6%	0.0%		1.7%	.122
88	Anastasio Santaella	1935-1942	2B	1081	.375	13.8%	6.0%	2.29	0.7%	.100
89	David Whatley*	1937-1944	RF	947	.375	6.8%	4.1%	0.89	1.0%	.119
90	Luther Farrell*	1919-1934	P	919	.373	9.8%	2.7%	4.69	2.4%	.153
91	Carlos Galina*	1940-1942	1B	969	.373	12.5%	8.3%	1.51	0.3%	.119
92	Wilson Redus	1924-1940	LF	3221	.372	8.1%	0.5%	15.20	2.7%	.168
93	Lewis Hampton	1921-1927	P	558	.372	5.7%			4.1%	.215
94	Pedro Pagés**	1939-1947	1B	1419	.372	11.3%	7.6%	1.52	0.7%	.109
95	Robert Hudspeth*	1920-1932	1B	1989	.370	7.1%	1.6%	4.80	2.2%	.153
96	Charles Earle	1906-1919	CF	1142	.368	9.5%	3.2%	2.57	0.7%	.095
97	Vic Harris*	1922-1947	LF	3487	.368	9.2%	0.5%	19.78	1.1%	.125
98	Lennie Pearson	1937-1948	1B	1956	.368	7.8%	1.0%	10.50	2.6%	.161
99	Pythias Russ	1925-1929	SS	1347	.367	5.6%	0.8%	4.33	1.3%	.136
100	Epitacio Torres*	1940-1942	RF	1241	.367	8.1%	3.9%	2.06	0.3%	.104

* = 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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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

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