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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	W	Aff	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Victor Starffin	23	KYO	JPBL	Fgn	42		15	.737	1.73	2.24	68	41	26	38	10		458.1	316	114	88	4	156		282	11	0	6	1838	1.030	6.2	0.1	3.1	5.5	1.81
2	Jiro Noguchi	19	TOO	JPBL	Fgn	33		19	.635	2.04	2.51	69	45	24	38	8		459.0	364	128	104	17	108		221	5	0	3	1824	1.028	7.1	0.3	2.1	4.3	2.05
3	Tadashi Wakabayashi	31	OSA	JPBL	Fgn	28		7	.800	1.09	2.15	48	30	16	25	8		330.0	248	79	40	4	91		99	3	0	1	1326	1.027	6.8	0.1	2.5	2.7	1.09
4	Les Hinckle	28	FED	ESHL	D	27	PHA	6	.818	2.49	3.00	41						282.0	231	94	78		84							1.117	7.4		2.7
5	Bucky Walters	30	CIN	NL	Maj	27	CIN	11	.711	2.29	2.76	39	36	2	31	2	0	319.0	250	98	81	15	109	8	137	6	3	8	1283	1.125	7.1	0.4	3.1	3.9	1.26
6	Maury Newlin	25	TPK,MTG	WA,SEAL	C,B	26	SLB	6	.813		4.08	43						258.0	237	117			99				0			1.302	8.3		3.5
7	Charles Wensloff	23	JOP	WA	C	26	NYY	4	.867		3.69	31						249.0	223	102			69							1.173	8.1		2.5
8	Paul Derringer	32	CIN	NL	Maj	25	CIN	7	.781	2.93	3.44	38	35	1	28	5	0	301.0	321	115	98	15	35	6	128	3	0	2	1245	1.183	9.6	0.4	1.0	3.8	3.66
9	Harry Feldman	19	FSM	WA	C	25	NYG	9	.735		4.14	40						276.0	272	127			117							1.409	8.9		3.8
10	Elmer Haas	28	BWG	KITL	D	25		11	.694	3.19	4.26	41						285.0	295	135	101		64							1.260	9.3		2.0
11	Ed King	21	BBE	AZTX	D	25	CHC	6	.806	4.01	4.99	36	31					269.0	267	149	120		104							1.379	8.9		3.5
12	John Koneff	25	GAD,ADL	SEAL,ALFL	B,D	25	PIT	9	.735	3.00	3.99	37			17			264.0	233	117	88		111		100	5	1	5		1.303	7.9		3.8	3.4	0.90
13	Masayoshi Nakayama	21	NGY	JPBL	Fgn	25		21	.543	2.04	2.94	60	40	17	30	8		379.2	281	124	86	3	175		178	2	1	2	1573	1.201	6.7	0.1	4.1	4.2	1.02
14	Bob Feller	20	CLE	AL	Maj	24	CLE	9	.727	2.85	3.19	39	35	3	24	4	1	296.2	227	105	94	13	142	7	246	3	1	14	1243	1.244	6.9	0.4	4.3	7.5	1.73
15	Mickey Haefner	26	DLD	FLOR	D	24		9	.727	2.32	3.77	42	30					272.0	247	114	70		76							1.188	8.2		2.5
16	Sid Hudson	24	SNF	FLOR	D	24	WSH	4	.857	1.80	2.30	29	27					250.0	207	64	50		63							1.080	7.5		2.3
17	Joseph Roxbury	26	JAC	SEAL	B	24		5	.828	3.70	4.34	37			1			253.0	234	122	104		152		165	3	0	16		1.526	8.3		5.4	5.9	1.09
18	Emil Bildilli	26	SAN,SLA	TL,AL	A1,Maj	23	SLB	10	.697	3.21	3.97	46	38	4	22	4	0	306.0	291	135	109	0	138	1	169	3	2	11	85	1.402	8.6	0.0	4.1	5.0	1.22
19	Joseph Marek	21	BIG	WTNM	D	23	NYY	10	.697	4.22	4.84	41	30					275.0	302	148	129		63							1.327	9.9		2.1
20	Richard Robinson	23	MOV	NCSL	D	23		6	.793	2.45	3.75	32						257.0	261	107	70		74							1.304	9.1		2.6
21	Hal Turpin	35	SLE	PCL	AA	23		10	.697	2.50	3.37	37		5	27	1		270.0	273	101	75		46		100	2	0	2		1.181	9.1		1.5	3.3	2.17
22	Dick Barrett	32	SLE	PCL	AA	22		15	.595	3.21	4.03	40		2	27	2		308.0	300	138	110		113		144	1	0	11		1.341	8.8		3.3	4.2	1.27
23	Curt Davis	35	SLN	NL	Maj	22	STL	16	.579	3.63	4.39	49	31	14	13	3	7	248.0	279	121	100	18	48	14	70	3	1	2	1059	1.319	10.1	0.7	1.7	2.5	1.46
24	Murry Dickson	22	HSN,SLN	TL,NL	A1,Maj	22	STL	15	.595	3.21	3.95	52	31	18	18	4	0	266.2	253	117	95	0	86	0	161	1	0	9	12	1.271	8.5	0.0	2.9	5.4	1.87
25	Glen Fletcher	21	FIN	OHSL	D	22		9	.710		4.07	33	30		30	2		263.0	231	119			108		219	13		7		1.289	7.9		3.7	7.5	2.03
26	M. Fugerson	--	ABB	EVAN	D	22	PHA	7	.759	2.04	2.87	42						251.0	218	80	57		60							1.108	7.8		2.2
27	Sam Gibson	39	SFR	PCL	AA	22		9	.710	2.24	3.26	34		2	23	4		265.0	242	96	66		51		136	2	0	4		1.106	8.2		1.7	4.6	2.67
28	Ed Greer	38	FTW	TL	A1	22		11	.667	2.28	2.97	36	35	0	30	2		288.0	248	95	73		63		125	4	2	3		1.080	7.8		2.0	3.9	1.98
29	Lloyd Gross	22	MOU	GAFL	D	22	PHI	10	.688	2.76	3.71							303.0	293	125	93		71							1.201	8.7		2.1
30	Herb Hash	28	MNE	AA	AA	22		6	.786	3.27	3.59	37	30	4	20	2		256.0	222	102	93		94		144	4	0	2		1.234	7.8		3.3	5.1	1.53
31	Bill Herring	27	KIN	COPL	D	22		11	.667	1.98		36						291.0			64
32	Johnny Hutchings	23	PSC	SEAL	B	22	PHI	10	.688	1.97	2.22	43			24			260.0	183	64	57		85		205	4	0	5		1.031	6.3		2.9	7.1	2.41
33	Cleo Jeter	--	SNF	FLOR	D	22	WSH	9	.710	2.71	3.21	36	30					266.0	216	95	80		112							1.233	7.3		3.8
34	Si Johnson	32	ROC	IL	AA	22	STL	12	.647	4.32	4.96	42	35		19	4		252.0	310	139	121		65		129	1	0	0	1107	1.488	11.1		2.3	4.6	1.98
35	Ray Lindsay	31	THM	NCSL	D	22		10	.688	1.89	3.02	35						271.0	234	91	57		35							0.993	7.8		1.2
36	Steve Rachunok	22	HEN	ETXL	C	22	DET	6	.786	2.15	3.43	29						218.0	163	83	52		91							1.165	6.7		3.8
37	Howard Schumacher	25	OWN	KITL	D	22	BSN	5	.815	2.49	3.46	32						242.0	229	93	67		66							1.219	8.5		2.5
38	Harry Swain	28	WMS	COPL	D	22		7	.759	2.34		41						262.0			68
39	Burt Barkelew	22	STJ	WA	C	21	CHC	9	.700		4.72	35						248.0	258	130			80							1.363	9.4		2.9
40	John Berry	28	CCR	NCSL	D	21		5	.808	2.69	3.46	38						234.0	206	90	70		52							1.103	7.9		2.0
41	Harry Dean	24	SNF	FLOR	D	21	WSH	4	.840	2.33	2.96	32	24					228.0	173	75	59		77							1.096	6.8		3.0
42	Vallie Eaves	27	SHV,CHA	TL,AL	A1,Maj	21	CHW	11	.656	2.85	3.67	44	37	4	17	4	0	274.2	225	112	87	1	127	0	170	10	0	6	54	1.282	7.4	0.0	4.2	5.6	1.34
43	Tony Freitas	31	SAC	PCL	AA	21	STL	18	.538	2.87	3.52	43		0	30	9		332.0	350	130	106		37		172	2	0	0		1.166	9.5		1.0	4.7	4.65
44	Johnny Gee	23	SYR,PIT	IL,NL	AA,Maj	21	PIT	12	.636	3.19	4.12	38	37	0	19	5	0	259.2	230	119	92	0	114	0	149	5	0	3	1125	1.325	8.0	0.0	4.0	5.2	1.31
45	Roy Joiner	32	JER	IL	AA	21	NYG	8	.724	2.53	2.91	35	32		18	5		235.0	222	76	66		37		91	8	1	4	965	1.102	8.5		1.4	3.5	2.46
46	Warren Lilly	--	ABQ	AZTX	D	21	STL	7	.750	4.24	5.38	33	22					229.0	279	137	108		58							1.472	11.0		2.3
47	Ox Miller	24	LIN	WL	D	21	SLB	12	.636	3.40	5.25	40						257.0	259	150	97		107							1.424	9.1		3.7
48	Ernest Nelson	22	PAL	ETXL	C	21		10	.677	3.86	5.18	48						252.0	293	145	108		81							1.484	10.5		2.9
49	Ed Rosenbaum	25	ELZ	APPY	D	21	BOS	11	.656	2.35	2.85	49	18					234.0	185	74	61		38							0.953	7.1		1.5
50	Red Ruffing	34	NYA	AL	Maj	21	NYY	7	.750	2.93	3.39	28	28	0	22	5	0	233.1	211	88	76	15	75	4	95	2	0	3	968	1.226	8.1	0.6	2.9	3.7	1.27
51	Tom Seats	28	SAC	PCL	AA	21	STL	14	.600	3.02	3.51	40		1	26	4		292.0	293	114	98		63		130	2	0	2		1.219	9.0		1.9	4.0	2.06
52	Paul Smith	28	VDS	GAFL	D	21	PIT	11	.656	2.35	3.31							283.0	276	104	74		61							1.191	8.8		1.9
53	Clyde Teague	24	MOV	NCSL	D	21		8	.724	2.63	3.17	35						250.0	221	88	73		62							1.132	8.0		2.2
54	Red Tramback	23	FSM	WA	C	21	NYG	8	.724		3.82	37						238.0	234	101			83							1.332	8.8		3.1
55	Leo Twardy	25	AUG	SALL	B	21	NYY	12	.636	3.32	3.81	41			22			274.0	307	116	101		40		98	5	0	4		1.266	10.1		1.3	3.2	2.45
56	Edward Wissman	24	CBS	SALL	B	21	STL	9	.700	2.88	3.32	39			18			228.0	230	84	73		92		136	7	1	6		1.412	9.1		3.6	5.4	1.48
57	John Yelovic	30	MRO	CSTL	C	21		9	.700	3.82	4.33	38						245.0	270	118	104		71		154	2	0	3		1.392	9.9		2.6	5.7	2.17
58	George Bender	19	FYT	ARMO	D	20	SLB	4	.833	2.36	4.11	26	25					210.0	179	96	55		60							1.138	7.7		2.6
59	Julio Bonetti	27	LOS	PCL	AA	20	CHC	5	.800	3.25	3.48	34		3	18	4		238.0	252	92	86		24		69	1	0	3		1.160	9.5		0.9	2.6	2.88
60	Charles Brumbeloe	25	CMG	ESHL	D	20	STL	5	.800	2.84	3.57	30						209.0	143	83	66		108							1.201	6.2		4.7
61	Jake Bunch	26	LEE,HFD	FLOR,EL	D,A	20	BSN	8	.714	1.99	3.08	42	20					222.0	211	76	49		45							1.153	8.6		1.8
62	Joe Callahan	22	EVN,BSN	IIIL,NL	B,Maj	20	BSN	8	.714	1.96	3.53	35	1	3	15	0	0	211.1	158	83	46	0	76	0	144	2	0	10	73	1.107	6.7	0.0	3.2	6.1	1.89
63	Ray Clark	24	PTH	PIED	B	20	PHI	11	.645		4.16	41			19			249.0	243	115			73		109	2	2	1		1.269	8.8		2.6	3.9	1.49
64	Kinner Graf	30	PSC	SEAL	B	20	PHI	6	.769	2.65	3.18	32			21			221.0	192	78	65		68		86	2	0	1		1.176	7.8		2.8	3.5	1.26
65	Luke Hamlin	34	BRO	NL	Maj	20	BRO	13	.606	3.64	3.84	40	36	2	19	2	0	269.2	255	115	109	27	54	2	88	0	0	2	1100	1.146	8.5	0.9	1.8	2.9	1.63
66	Earl Harrist	20	ELD,DHM	CSTL,PIED	C,B	20	CIN	14	.588	3.89	5.36	41						252.0	197	150	109		178		223	6	0	13		1.488	7.0		6.4	8.0	1.25
67	Wally Hebert	31	SDG	PCL	AA	20		10	.667	3.13	3.73	39		1	24	3		299.0	295	124	104		64		104	2	0	5		1.201	8.9		1.9	3.1	1.63
68	Don King	28	GVE	COPL	D	20	WSH	7	.741	1.06		28						263.0			31
69	Hub Kittle	22	YAK	WINT	B	20		10	.667	3.44	3.93	32			20			238.0	207	104	91		95		156	7	4	5		1.269	7.8		3.6	5.9	1.64
70	Dutch Leonard	30	WS1	AL	Maj	20	WSH	8	.714	3.54	4.14	34	34	0	21	2	0	269.1	273	124	106	16	59	3	88	5	0	6	1133	1.233	9.1	0.5	2.0	2.9	1.49
71	Ad Liska	32	POR	PCL	AA	20		16	.556	3.35	4.04	42		4	25	5		285.0	314	128	106		54		137	1	1	0		1.291	9.9		1.7	4.3	2.54
72	Milton Lowery	24	CTH	NEAR	D	20	STL	4	.833	2.64	3.59	28						198.0	171	79	58		76							1.247	7.8		3.5
73	Walt Navie	23	RAY,SHV	EVAN,TL	D,A1	20	CHW	11	.645	2.27	2.88	31						278.0	218	89	70		70							1.036	7.1		2.3
74	Bobo Newsom	31	DET,SLA	AL	Maj	20	DET-SLB	11	.645	3.58	3.89	41	37	4	24	3	2	291.2	272	126	116	19	126	3	192	3	0	4	1261	1.365	8.4	0.6	3.9	5.9	1.52
75	Davey Perko	21	KIL	ETXL	C	20	STL	4	.833	3.39	4.22	32						207.0	214	97	78		40							1.227	9.3		1.7
76	Ray Prim	32	LOS	PCL	AA	20	CHC	17	.541	3.57	4.11	39		1	21	2		280.0	302	128	111		43		107	3	0	4		1.232	9.7		1.4	3.4	2.49
77	Virgil Ricketts	20	ALX	EVAN	D	20		12	.625	2.79	3.69	40						268.0	236	110	83		65							1.123	7.9		2.2
78	Earl Roth	22	FIN	OHSL	D	20		7	.741		4.77	29	27		26	2		247.0	237	131			86		170	8		5		1.308	8.6		3.1	6.2	1.98
79	Zack Schuessler	27	PSC	SEAL	B	20	PHI	7	.741	2.29	2.72	33			20			228.0	219	69	58		57		125	1	0	6		1.211	8.6		2.3	4.9	2.19
80	William Scott	21	MYF	KITL	D	20	SLB	7	.741	2.31	3.19	36						234.0	181	83	60		87							1.145	7.0		3.3
81	Ken Tashian	--	OSW	CAML	C	20	WSH	6	.769	4.34	4.97	32			17	1		199.0	209	110	96		81		88	4	1	4		1.457	9.5		3.7	4.0	1.09
82	William Thomas	34	POR	PCL	AA	20		17	.541	4.81	5.47	49		6	25	1		303.0	386	184	162		64		151	5	0	2		1.485	11.5		1.9	4.5	2.36
83	Clay Touchstone	36	DAL	TL	A1	20		12	.625	2.70	3.31	40	32	7	23	7		253.0	204	93	76		77		163	2	0	5		1.111	7.3		2.7	5.8	2.12
84	Robert Waugh	22	AKR,NFK	MATL,PIED	C,B	20	NYY	13	.606	2.54	3.96	42						248.0	246	109	70		78				0			1.306	8.9		2.8
85	Dick Bass	32	CNG,WS1	SOUA,AL	A1,Maj	19	WSH	11	.633	3.31	9.94	41	31	7	16	2	0	269.0	122	297	99	0	47	1	79	5	0	11	37	0.628	4.1	0.0	1.6	2.6	1.68
86	Leo Bobeck	23	NRF	WL	D	19	NYY	3	.864	3.43	4.96	29						207.0	211	114	79		77							1.391	9.2		3.3
87	Bill Butland	21	MNE	AA	AA	19		10	.655	3.96	4.58	37	29	7	18	1		218.0	227	111	96		71		117	10	2	4		1.367	9.4		2.9	4.8	1.65
88	Blix Donnelly	25	DYB	FLOR	D	19	BRO	4	.826	3.23	4.11	28	23					184.0	156	84	66		94							1.359	7.6		4.6
89	William Douglas	23	TXA	ETXL	C	19		9	.679	2.81	4.30	36						243.0	253	116	76		57							1.276	9.4		2.1
90	Frank Grabek	22	PAM	WTNM	D	19		13	.594	3.95	5.56	35	28					246.0	268	152	108		80							1.415	9.8		2.9
91	Ed Head	21	ABB	EVAN	D	19	PHA	8	.704	2.60	3.06	34						232.0	184	79	67		47							0.996	7.1		1.8
92	Ed Heusser	30	MEM	SOUA	A1	19		7	.731	3.61	9.66	42	21	14	15	1		217.0	107	233	87		52		84	0	0	2		0.733	4.4		2.2	3.5	1.62
93	Denny Horton	23	NEO	ARMO	D	19	NYY	7	.731	3.59	5.95	28	24					198.0	236	131	79		48							1.434	10.7		2.2
94	Charleston Jones	20	DOT	ALFL	D	19		4	.826	2.50	3.47	30						223.0	194	86	62		63							1.152	7.8		2.5
95	Herb Karpel	21	AMS,NFK	CAML,PIED	C,B	19	NYY	9	.679	3.89	5.33	41			16	1		206.0	227	122	89		70		101	5	1	5		1.442	9.9		3.1	4.4	1.44
96	Larry Kempe	19	SXF	WL	D	19	CHC	7	.731	3.01	4.40	33						227.0	198	111	76		110							1.357	7.9		4.4
97	Ted Kleinhans	40	SYR	IL	AA	19		12	.613	3.27	3.95	35	34		19	3		253.0	248	111	92		100		138	3	0	12	1101	1.375	8.8		3.6	4.9	1.38
98	Dick Lanahan	27	CNG	SOUA	A1	19		11	.633	2.95	8.73	44	30	11	18	1		232.0	98	225	76		83		86	3	0	7		0.780	3.8		3.2	3.3	1.04
99	Bill Lee	29	CHN	NL	Maj	19	CHC	15	.559	3.44	3.98	37	36	1	20	1	0	282.1	295	125	108	18	85	6	105	1	1	4	1202	1.346	9.4	0.6	2.7	3.3	1.24
100	Vern Olsen	21	TUL,CHN	TL,NL	A1,Maj	19	CHC	11	.633	3.00	4.58	43	30	13	21	1	0	257.2	237	131	86	0	82	0	118	2	0	6	30	1.238	8.3	0.0	2.9	4.1	1.44

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Historical performance data for professional leagues (affiliated minor leagues, independent minor leagues, fall/winter leagues, and other international leagues) is provided by and licensed from 24-7 Baseball and Chadwick Baseball Bureau. It incorporates the work of many stalwart baseball researchers, including Cliff Blau, Art Cantu, Frank Hamilton, Reed Howard, Kevin Johnson, Bob McConnell, Jack Morris, and Ray Nemec, as well as members of the Minor Leagues Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research.

Perhaps most importantly, it builds upon the seminal work of Ed Washuta, who magnanimously provided the framework to make the whole thing possible.

Minor league Total Zone (Rctch&Rtz, 2005-2009) data provided by Baseballprojection.com and Minorleaguesplits.com.

About the Negro League Data

Sources

This data comes from two sources. 1) The Negro Leagues Researchers and Authors Group put together by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum thanks to a grant provided by Major League Baseball. 2) Gary Ashwill and his collaborators.

The Hall of Fame data is found for the years 1920-1948 and the Ashwill data is found from 1904-1919. Many statistics are incomplete due to ongoing research and/or limitations in published sources, so please be assured that we are aware there are issues with the data and will continue to work with our data providers to improve the data that appears here.

The Hall of Fame dataset

This data is constructed from the best available information as provided by Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers and Dick Clark of the Negro Leagues Researchers and Authors Group. It contains data culled from newspaper boxscores, covering league sanctioned games from 1920 to 1948, which was produced for a study sponsored by Major League Baseball and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. It reflects totals as compiled by the NLRAG up to 2006. As new credible information is continually unearthed, these numbers will continue to change.

Baseball-Reference and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum would like to acknowledge Major League Baseball for funding this study, along with the Negro Leagues Researchers and Authors Group for their extensive efforts to collect the raw data and construct the most comprehensive database of Negro Leagues Baseball statistics.Â Under the direction of Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers and Dick Clark, this database is the largest dataset ever made publically available and we wish to express our gratitude for all their efforts to help rebuild this lost statistical history.

The Ashwill Negro Leagues Database

Playing statistics and biographical data on the Negro leagues (all pre-1920) and early Latin American professional baseball is licensed from and provided by the Negro Leagues Database, a project organized by Gary Ashwill with the participation of many historians of Negro league and Latin American baseball.

The database is a work in progress, and will include more seasons as development continues. It appears in its original form at Seamheads.com.

Completeness

Note that our records are missing thousands of players who played in the Negro Leagues for minor league teams, independent teams, barnstorming teams or even Negro major league teams. We will bring their records to light as soon as suitable records are available for those players.

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About the Register Data

About the Negro League Data

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The Hall of Fame dataset

The Ashwill Negro Leagues Database

Completeness

Details about our NLB Data

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