1942 Negro National League II Fielding Leaders

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Rankings of Negro League players should consider that Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. More about data coverage

Negro National League II Fielding Leaders

Def. Games as C
1.	Gibson • HG	43
2.	Hayes • NBY	33
3.	Cooper • PS	31
4.	Clarke • BEG	30
5.	Ruffin • NE	29

Def. Games as 1B
1.	West • PS	48
2.	Pearson • NE	35
3.	Scales • BEG	31
4.	Leonard • HG	29
5.	Wilson • HG	24

Def. Games as 2B
1.	Hughes • BEG	49
2.	Carlisle • HG	38
3.	Patterson • PS	27
4.	Dandridge • NE	25
5.	Duckett • PS	23

Def. Games as 3B
1.	Spearman • 2TM	49
2.	Easterling • HG	43
3.	Snow • BEG	38
4.	Isreal • NE	36
5.	Cox • NYC	18

Def. Games as SS
1.	Butts • BEG	53
2.	Clarkson • 3TM	47
3.	Wells • NE	44
4.	Bankhead • HG	29
5.	Williams • HG	23

Def. Games as LF (s.1901)
1.	Parnell • PS	42
	Hoskins • BEG	42
3.	Harris • HG	37
4.	Brown • NE	20
5.	Wilson • NBY	19

Def. Games as CF (s.1901)
1.	Benjamin • HG	48
	Kimbro • BEG	48
3.	Benson • PS	43
4.	Green • NBY	27
5.	Williams • NYC	15
	Day • NE	15

Def. Games as RF (s.1901)
1.	Stone • 2TM	44
2.	Wright • BEG	41
3.	Curry • PS	36
4.	Whatley • HG	34
5.	Parker • NBY	26

Def. Games as P
1.	Brown • PS	23
2.	Brown • HG	18
3.	Hooker • NE	17
	Hill • NE	17
	Byrd • BEG	17

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