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1940 Negro National League Batting Average Leaders

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Buck Leonard led the Negro National League in batting average in 1940 with .378, 8 points ahead of Monte Irvin (.370). It was one of 3 times Buck Leonard led in batting average.

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Led the NN2 in 1940 Buck Leonard Homestead Grays
.378 Batting Average .008 clear of Monte Irvin
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Buck Leonard HG .378 54 185 70 .491
2 Monte Irvin Monte Irvin NE .370 40 146 54 .439
3 Johnny Washington NBY .367 32 128 47 .391
4 Lennie Pearson Lennie Pearson NE .353 41 156 55 .413
5 George Scales BEG .352 49 142 50 .483
6 Bill Hoskins Bill Hoskins BEG .343 49 175 60 .413
7 Howard Easterling Howard Easterling HG .335 54 203 68 .400
8 Pancho Coimbre Pancho Coimbre NYC .328 28 116 38 .391
9 Jim West Jim West PS +1 .327 63 223 73 .388
10 Henry Spearman Henry Spearman NBY .322 33 115 37 .414
11 Fran Matthews Fran Matthews NE .320 36 128 41 .416
12 Felton Snow Felton Snow BEG .319 52 191 61 .366
13 Goose Curry Goose Curry BEG +1 .319 45 119 38 .484
14 Jerry Benjamin Jerry Benjamin HG .318 44 170 54 .389
15 Larnie Jordan PS .315 42 168 53 .347
16 Gene Benson Gene Benson PS .311 61 212 66 .394
17 Biz Mackey NE +1 .310 39 129 40 .378
18 Roy Parnell Roy Parnell PS .309 54 191 59 .392
19 David Whatley David Whatley HG .295 53 217 64 .360
20 Clemente Carreras Clemente Carreras NYC .294 24 85 25 .375
21 Matt Carlisle Matt Carlisle HG .290 56 200 58 .360
22 Bill Perkins Bill Perkins BEG .288 46 160 46 .341
23 Charlie Biot Charlie Biot NBY +1 .286 32 112 32 .333
24 Tommy Butts Tommy Butts BEG .284 55 218 62 .371
25 Sammy Hughes Sammy Hughes BEG .284 58 229 65 .362
26 Mule Suttles Mule Suttles NE .276 39 134 37 .390
27 Ed Stone Ed Stone NE .274 39 135 37 .380
28 Vic Harris Vic Harris HG .273 47 183 50 .345
29 Rogelio Linares Rogelio Linares NYC .271 28 107 29 .333
30 Alejandro Crespo NYC .269 30 119 32 .341
31 Bill Cooper PS .265 53 166 44 .333
32 Dick Seay Dick Seay NE +1 .264 34 129 34 .317
33 Henry Kimbro Henry Kimbro BEG .263 59 228 60 .400
34 Roy Campanella Roy Campanella BEG .261 35 119 31 .302
35 Jud Wilson HG .254 41 114 29 .375
36 Jake Dunn Jake Dunn PS .247 56 178 44 .320
37 Red Moore Red Moore BEG .241 59 216 52 .299
38 Dave Campbell PS .238 38 143 34 .310
39 Ramón Heredía NYC .236 30 123 29 .254
40 Rabbit Martínez NYC .225 23 89 20 .296
41 Marvin Barker Marvin Barker NBY .222 23 81 18 .300
42 Robert Gaston Robert Gaston HG .218 36 110 24 .306
43 Jim Williams Jim Williams NBY +1 .217 31 106 23 .284
44 Jelly Jackson Jelly Jackson HG .193 54 166 32 .234