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1942 Negro National League Hits Leaders

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Jerry Benjamin led the Negro National League in hits in 1942 with 73, 1 ahead of Josh Gibson (72). It was one of 2 times Jerry Benjamin led in hits.

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Jerry Benjamin Led the NN2 in 1942 Jerry Benjamin Homestead Grays
73 Hits 1 clear of Josh Gibson
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# Player Team H G AB AVG 2B
1 Jerry Benjamin Jerry Benjamin HG 73 67 267 .273 7
2 Josh Gibson Josh Gibson HG 72 62 212 .340 9
3 Bus Clarkson Bus Clarkson PS +2 70 62 224 .313 21
4 Lennie Pearson Lennie Pearson NE +1 70 56 209 .335 21
5 Willie Wells Willie Wells NE 68 51 199 .342 12
6 Howard Easterling Howard Easterling HG 67 67 258 .260 12
7 Henry Spearman Henry Spearman PS +1 63 60 212 .297 12
8 Sam Bankhead Sam Bankhead HG 62 58 219 .283 5
9 Sammy Hughes Sammy Hughes BEG 62 54 211 .294 13
10 Wild Bill Wright Wild Bill Wright BEG 62 53 200 .310 13
11 Roy Parnell Roy Parnell PS 59 55 197 .299 10
12 David Whatley David Whatley HG 59 51 189 .312 9
13 Jim West Jim West PS 58 56 202 .287 10
14 Henry Kimbro Henry Kimbro BEG 58 54 224 .259 8
15 Ed Stone Ed Stone NE +1 56 56 210 .267 11
16 Goose Curry Goose Curry PS 54 54 181 .298 9
17 Bill Hoskins Bill Hoskins BEG 54 51 183 .295 8
18 Tommy Butts Tommy Butts BEG 52 59 218 .239 1
19 Vic Harris Vic Harris HG 48 52 183 .262 2
20 Matt Carlisle Matt Carlisle HG 46 55 170 .271 6
21 Leon Day Leon Day NE +1 46 46 145 .317 6
22 Chester Williams Chester Williams HG 45 56 197 .228 8
23 Gene Benson Gene Benson PS 43 50 178 .242 5
24 Roy Campanella Roy Campanella BEG 42 42 150 .280 8
25 George Scales BEG 41 49 160 .256 12
26 Charlie Parks Charlie Parks NE 41 46 143 .287 6
27 Jud Wilson HG 39 53 149 .262 4
28 Felton Snow Felton Snow BEG 39 49 176 .222 6
29 Clarence Isreal Clarence Isreal NE 35 46 157 .223 5
30 Jim Williams Jim Williams NYC 35 31 117 .299 8
31 Marvin Barker Marvin Barker PS 34 49 148 .230 5
32 Dan Wilson NBY 34 33 131 .260 3
33 Pat Patterson PS 33 37 134 .246 2
34 Bill Cooper PS 31 35 118 .263 4
35 Leslie Green Leslie Green NBY 31 32 112 .277 8
36 Harry Williams Harry Williams NBY 29 32 123 .236 2
37 Johnny Hayes Johnny Hayes NBY 28 34 100 .280 4
38 Tom Parker Tom Parker NBY 28 33 121 .231 5
39 Johnny Davis Johnny Davis NE 28 25 89 .315 2
40 Buck Leonard HG 27 38 125 .216 6
41 Leon Ruffin Leon Ruffin NE 26 37 109 .239 3
42 Ray Brown Ray Brown HG 25 36 112 .223 6
43 Larry Doby Larry Doby NE 25 23 79 .316 4
44 Heberto Blanco Heberto Blanco NYC 24 29 113 .212 3
45 Bradford Bennett NBY 24 28 89 .270 4
46 Tetelo Vargas Tetelo Vargas NYC 24 25 87 .276 3
47 Ray Dandridge Ray Dandridge NE 23 34 120 .192 2
48 Javier Pérez Javier Pérez NYC 23 28 80 .288 5
49 Dave Thomas Dave Thomas NYC 23 26 99 .232 7
50 Robert Gaston Robert Gaston HG 21 20 62 .339 3
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