1920 Negro National League Standard Pitching

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Negro League teams are presented with both league-only and overall records against top Black clubs. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black clubs. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. Negro Leagues Data: Frequently Asked Questions

Team Standard Pitching

Team Standard Pitching Table
Tm	#P	PAge	RA/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	tSho	cSho	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Indianapolis ABCs	13	24.4	4.92	35	39	.473	4.01	77	77	40	8	8	3	679.1	644	379	303	7	251	273	40	2	9	2955	90	3.42	1.317	8.5	0.1	3.3	3.6	1.09
Chicago American Giants	6	25.5	3.12	41	16	.719	2.36	58	58	45	7	7	4	522.0	403	181	137	4	158	274	19	1	1	2082	153	2.87	1.075	6.9	0.1	2.7	4.7	1.73
Chicago Giants	9	16.1	5.82	5	29	.147	5.25	34	34	23	1	1	0	281.1	335	198	164	12	110	123	25	2	7	1272	69	3.92	1.582	10.7	0.4	3.5	3.9	1.12
Cuban Stars West	5	18.4	4.37	24	27	.471	3.70	51	51	39	0	0	2	438.0	455	223	180	11	151	182	10	1	6	1924	98	3.40	1.384	9.3	0.2	3.1	3.7	1.21
Dayton Marcos	9	24.2	5.21	13	21	.382	4.32	34	34	18	2	2	0	293.2	294	177	141	6	105	118	12	0	8	1251	84	3.46	1.359	9.0	0.2	3.2	3.6	1.12
Detroit Stars	10	22.8	4.06	32	22	.593	3.26	54	54	30	0	0	6	483.0	427	219	175	19	175	224	18	1	6	2050	111	3.59	1.246	8.0	0.4	3.3	4.2	1.28
Kansas City Monarchs	11	26.0	4.34	39	31	.557	3.35	71	71	50	4	4	3	650.0	609	308	242	7	194	351	19	2	9	2728	108	2.85	1.235	8.4	0.1	2.7	4.9	1.81
St. Louis Giants	8	26.0	4.57	28	32	.467	3.47	60	60	46	3	3	2	537.0	536	274	207	9	183	250	17	0	7	2300	104	3.21	1.339	9.0	0.2	3.1	4.2	1.37
League Average	8	23.5	4.46	27	27	.500	3.59	55	55	36	3	3	2	486	463	245	194	9	166	224	20	1	7	2070	101	3.28	1.295	8.6	0.2	3.1	4.2	1.35
	66	23.5	4.46	217	217	.500	3.59	439	439	291	25	25	20	3884.1	3703	1959	1549	75	1327	1795	160	9	53	16562	101	3.28	1.295	8.6	0.2	3.1	4.2	1.35

Player Standard Pitching

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Player Standard Pitching Table
Rk	Player	Age	Team	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB
1	Bill Drake	25	SLG	2.4	10	12	.455	3.11	24	22	19	1	1	191.0	206	94	66	3	64	90	1	0	0	832	116	3.09	1.414	9.7	0.1	3.0	4.2	1.41
2	Rube Curry	21	KCM	3.2	8	11	.421	3.04	25	18	12	1	1	186.2	174	82	63	0	40	89	7	0	1	764	118	2.60	1.146	8.4	*0.0*	1.9	4.3	2.23
3	Sam Crawford	28	KCM	3.7	14	8	.636	2.87	26	18	14	2	1	181.2	149	74	58	2	58	102	5	0	3	758	125	2.86	1.139	7.4	0.1	2.9	5.1	1.76
4	Dicta Johnson	33	ABC	1.6	8	7	.533	3.47	25	17	12	0	0	171.0	158	88	66	0	44	72	9	0	4	728	104	2.89	1.181	8.3	*0.0*	2.3	3.8	1.64
5	Bill Holland	19	DS	3.0	10	5	.667	2.92	25	18	12	0	3	157.1	135	60	51	6	45	87	4	1	1	654	123	3.13	1.144	7.7	0.3	2.6	5.0	1.93
6	Cheo Hernández	26	CSW	1.4	9	9	.500	3.85	22	18	15	0	1	154.1	174	78	66	3	51	48	6	0	4	680	94	3.54	1.458	10.1	0.2	3.0	2.8	0.94
7	Tom Williams	23	CAG	3.5	11	4	.733	2.13	22	16	14	2	3	148.0	123	49	35	2	35	58	3	0	0	596	169	2.97	1.068	7.5	0.1	2.1	3.5	1.66
8	Dave Brown*	23	CAG	4.6	12	3	.800	*1.72*	18	15	13	2	0	141.2	77	38	27	0	49	97	10	0	1	549	*210*	2.68	*0.889*	*4.9*	*0.0*	3.1	6.2	1.98
9	Dizzy Dismukes	30	ABC	1.0	10	7	.588	3.80	25	19	10	3	0	137.1	113	74	58	2	57	57	9	0	2	589	95	3.60	1.238	7.4	0.1	3.7	3.7	1.00
10	John Finner	34	SLG	2.6	6	6	.500	3.01	19	10	9	1	1	137.1	130	60	46	3	23	51	4	0	1	558	119	2.93	1.114	8.5	0.2	1.5	3.3	2.22
11	José Leblanc	26	CSW	3.1	7	8	.467	2.31	19	14	12	0	0	128.1	110	48	33	3	30	75	2	1	0	546	156	2.69	1.091	7.7	0.2	2.1	5.3	2.50
12	Jim Jeffries*	27	ABC	0.5	4	8	.333	4.60	24	11	7	1	2	123.1	119	70	63	1	42	46	6	0	1	536	78	3.33	1.305	8.7	0.1	3.1	3.4	1.10
13	Faustino Valdés		CSW	-0.1	6	9	.400	4.62	17	15	12	0	1	122.2	136	74	63	5	54	43	1	0	2	552	78	3.98	1.549	10.0	0.4	4.0	3.2	0.80
14	Bill Gatewood	38	DS	2.0	11	5	.688	2.73	20	12	7	0	2	122.0	108	49	37	5	35	68	6	0	0	508	132	3.23	1.172	8.0	0.4	2.6	5.0	1.94
15	Wayne Carr	23	SLG	0.7	6	9	.400	4.03	18	16	11	1	0	120.2	126	68	54	3	55	65	5	0	5	529	89	3.54	1.500	9.4	0.2	4.1	4.8	1.18
16	Tom Johnson	31	2TM	2.3	10	2	*.833*	2.77	15	14	9	2	0	117.0	105	44	36	4	27	48	0	0	1	465	131	3.12	1.128	8.1	0.3	2.1	3.7	1.78
16	Tom Johnson	31	CAG	2.2	8	0	1.000	2.01	11	10	6	2	0	80.2	70	25	18	1	17	34	0	0	0	316	180	2.75	1.079	7.8	0.1	1.9	3.8	2.00
16	Tom Johnson	31	DS	0.1	2	2	.500	4.46	4	4	3	0	0	36.1	35	19	18	3	10	14	0	0	1	149	81	3.93	1.239	8.7	0.7	2.5	3.5	1.40
17	John Taylor		COG	1.8	2	9	.182	4.08	16	11	10	1	0	108.0	114	58	49	4	25	48	7	0	3	453	88	3.28	1.287	9.5	0.3	2.1	4.0	1.92
18	Jack Marshall	25	CAG	1.3	6	6	.500	3.12	15	11	9	1	1	106.2	97	47	37	0	42	59	2	0	0	443	115	2.93	1.303	8.2	*0.0*	3.5	5.0	1.40
19	Bullet Rogan	26	KCM	1.8	6	5	.545	3.42	12	12	11	0	0	105.1	96	46	40	1	38	83	2	2	3	438	105	2.49	1.272	8.2	0.1	3.2	*7.1*	2.18
20	Luther Farrell*	23	2TM	-0.5	3	9	.250	5.28	14	11	7	0	0	93.2	101	69	55	2	34	50	8	1	0	408	69	3.36	1.441	9.7	0.2	3.3	4.8	1.47
20	Luther Farrell*	23	SLG	-1.0	1	5	.167	6.82	7	6	2	0	0	34.1	39	33	26	0	17	19	3	0	0	158	53	3.44	1.631	10.2	0.0	4.5	5.0	1.12
20	Luther Farrell*	23	COG	0.5	2	4	.333	4.40	7	5	5	0	0	59.1	62	36	29	2	17	31	5	1	0	250	82	3.31	1.331	9.4	0.3	2.6	4.7	1.82
21	George Britt	24	DM	1.9	6	5	.545	3.15	14	10	8	1	0	91.1	73	40	32	3	29	48	5	0	1	371	114	3.30	1.117	7.2	0.3	2.9	4.7	1.66
22	John Donaldson*	29	KCM	2.0	6	3	.667	2.98	12	8	7	1	1	84.2	78	32	28	0	19	49	1	0	0	339	121	*2.35*	1.146	8.3	*0.0*	2.0	5.2	2.58
23	Morris Williams		ABC	-0.9	4	6	.400	5.33	15	14	4	1	0	82.2	90	61	49	1	39	21	8	0	0	380	68	4.16	1.560	9.8	0.1	4.2	2.3	0.54
24	Bob McClure	29	ABC	2.1	5	5	.500	2.36	15	6	4	1	0	80.0	70	29	21	2	23	38	2	0	1	325	153	3.12	1.163	7.9	0.2	2.6	4.3	1.65
25	José Méndez	35	KCM	0.6	3	1	.750	2.68	9	5	3	0	0	47.0	46	23	14	3	9	10	1	0	0	193	135	3.85	1.170	8.8	0.6	1.7	1.9	1.11
26	Gunboat Thompson		DS	0.0	3	3	.500	3.86	9	7	3	0	0	46.2	37	26	20	1	27	15	3	0	1	207	94	4.37	1.371	7.1	0.2	5.2	2.9	0.56
27	Charley Wilson	25	DM	0.8	3	2	.600	2.68	6	4	2	0	0	43.2	41	20	13	1	10	12	0	0	1	174	135	3.24	1.168	8.5	0.2	2.1	2.5	1.20
28	Andy Cooper*	23	DS	0.5	1	2	.333	3.61	9	4	2	0	1	42.1	35	19	17	2	16	13	0	0	0	176	100	3.94	1.205	7.4	0.4	3.4	2.8	0.81
29	Slim Branham	20	DM	1.2	2	3	.400	2.06	5	5	3	1	0	39.1	27	14	9	0	11	15	0	0	1	146	176	2.88	0.966	6.2	0.0	2.5	3.4	1.36
30	Herlen Ragland*	24	2TM	-0.8	3	5	.375	6.21	9	5	2	0	0	37.2	39	33	26	1	21	15	2	0	3	174	59	4.18	1.593	9.3	0.2	5.0	3.6	0.71
30	Herlen Ragland*	24	ABC	-0.4	1	1	.500	9.82	2	1	0	0	0	7.1	10	10	8	0	3	3	1	0	0	36	39	3.62	1.773	12.3	0.0	3.7	3.7	1.00
30	Herlen Ragland*	24	DM	-0.4	2	4	.333	5.34	7	4	2	0	0	30.1	29	23	18	1	18	12	1	0	3	138	68	4.32	1.549	8.6	0.3	5.3	3.6	0.67
31	Isaac Lane	31	DM	-0.6	0	1	.000	6.27	11	2	0	0	0	37.1	46	30	26	1	15	11	1	0	0	170	58	3.85	1.634	11.1	0.2	3.6	2.7	0.73
32	Frank Wickware	32	CAG	0.3	4	2	.667	4.14	7	5	2	0	0	37.0	31	18	17	1	13	25	3	1	0	146	88	3.10	1.189	7.5	0.2	3.2	6.1	1.92
33	Chase		COG	-0.6	1	3	.250	5.86	6	5	2	0	0	35.1	45	32	23	4	22	14	7	1	2	171	62	5.94	1.896	11.5	1.0	5.6	3.6	0.64
34	Walter Ball	42	COG	-0.2	0	6	.000	6.43	7	7	4	0	0	35.0	45	27	25	1	25	15	5	0	0	174	57	4.89	2.000	11.6	0.3	6.4	3.9	0.60
35	Willie Gray*	24	DM	-0.8	0	5	.000	6.68	6	5	2	0	0	33.2	46	31	25	0	12	10	3	0	2	158	54	3.55	1.723	12.3	0.0	3.2	2.7	0.83
36	Gifford McDonald	29	DS	0.1	2	3	.400	4.32	7	6	1	0	0	33.1	32	18	16	2	23	13	4	0	1	153	84	5.23	1.650	8.6	0.5	6.2	3.5	0.57
37	Ed Rile	20	ABC	1.0	2	2	.500	2.59	6	5	2	1	0	31.1	26	10	9	0	24	17	2	1	0	141	141	4.21	1.596	7.5	0.0	6.9	4.9	0.71
38	Prudencio Martínez	25	CSW	-0.1	2	1	.667	4.50	4	4	0	0	0	28.0	30	18	14	0	13	13	1	0	0	125	81	3.37	1.536	9.6	0.0	4.2	4.2	1.00
39	Ben Taylor*	31	ABC	0.7	1	1	.500	2.82	8	1	1	1	1	22.1	18	7	7	1	3	7	0	0	0	85	130	3.16	0.940	7.3	0.4	1.2	2.8	2.33
40	Jimmie Lyons*	30	DS	-0.3	1	1	.500	4.05	4	1	0	0	0	20.0	22	14	9	0	11	7	1	0	0	94	91	3.90	1.650	9.9	0.0	5.0	3.2	0.64
41	Jimmy Oldham	27	SLG	0.5	2	0	1.000	2.70	4	3	2	0	0	20.0	11	8	6	0	5	9	2	0	0	78	136	2.95	0.800	5.0	0.0	2.3	4.1	1.80
42	Zack Foreman	26	KCM	-0.4	1	1	.500	5.21	3	3	2	0	0	19.0	27	17	11	1	3	8	1	0	1	93	70	3.28	1.579	12.8	0.5	1.4	3.8	2.67
43	Oscar Charleston*	23	ABC	-0.3	0	0		3.31	3	1	0	0	0	16.1	22	13	6	0	6	5	0	1	1	82	111	3.29	1.714	12.1	0.0	3.3	2.8	0.83
44	Lunie Danage	25	SLG	0.7	1	0	1.000	2.30	2	1	1	0	0	15.2	10	4	4	0	7	11	1	0	1	62	160	2.93	1.085	5.7	0.0	4.0	6.3	1.57
45	Lem McDougal	25	COG	-0.9	0	3	.000	10.57	4	3	0	0	0	15.1	29	23	18	1	10	5	0	0	0	86	35	4.96	2.543	17.0	0.6	5.9	2.9	0.50
46	Horace Jenkins	29	COG	-0.3	0	3	.000	7.07	3	2	1	0	0	14.0	24	13	11	0	2	3	0	0	0	69	52	2.80	1.857	15.4	0.0	1.3	1.9	1.50
47	Charley Lightner	27	KCM	-0.6	0	0		8.03	4	4	0	0	0	12.1	15	14	11	0	17	3	0	0	0	67	46	6.45	2.595	10.9	0.0	12.4	2.2	0.18
48	Arthur Coleman*	22	DM	-0.1	0	1	.000	6.75	4	3	1	0	0	12.0	17	9	9	0	8	6	2	0	0	60	55	4.30	2.083	12.8	0.0	6.0	4.5	0.75
49	Chick Harper		DS	-0.1	0	1	.000	2.45	2	1	1	0	0	11.0	11	7	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	49	152	3.26	1.273	9.0	0.0	2.5	1.6	0.67
50	Joe Casey*	19	SLG	0.3	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	6	3	2	0	5	5	1	0	0	40	188	3.69	1.222	6.0	0.0	5.0	5.0	1.00
51	Smith		DS	0.0	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	7	5	2	0	3	5	0	0	0	41	188	2.69	1.111	7.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	1.67
52	Lonnie Torian	24	SLG	0.2	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	8	4	3	0	7	0	0	0	0	43	125	5.14	1.667	8.0	0.0	7.0	0.0	0.00
53	John Beckwith	20	COG	0.2	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	1	0	0	8.0	7	4	4	0	4	5	1	0	0	36	84	3.43	1.375	7.9	0.0	4.5	5.6	1.25
54	Cristóbal Torriente*	26	CAG	0.0	0	1	.000	3.38	1	1	1	0	0	8.0	5	4	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	32	112	3.68	0.875	5.6	0.0	2.3	1.1	0.50
55	Herbert Smith*		KCM	-0.2	1	0	1.000	6.14	2	1	1	0	0	7.1	10	7	5	0	1	4	2	0	0	36	62	2.94	1.500	12.3	0.0	1.2	4.9	4.00
56	Hugh Blackburn*	32	KCM	-0.4	0	2	.000	13.50	3	1	0	0	0	5.1	8	8	8	0	8	3	0	0	0	31	29	6.18	3.000	13.5	0.0	13.5	5.1	0.38
57	Brown		DS	0.1	1	0	1.000	3.60	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	19	108	4.00	1.400	9.0	0.0	3.6	0.0	0.00
58	Waters		COG	0.2	0	0		3.60	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	23	108	4.60	1.600	9.0	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00
59	Bernardo Baró*	24	CSW	-0.2	0	0		7.71	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	5	5	4	0	3	3	0	0	0	21	51	3.45	1.714	9.6	0.0	5.8	5.8	1.00
60	David Wingfield	26	DM	-0.2	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	5	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	21	44	2.05	2.500	20.3	0.0	2.3	6.8	3.00
61	Biz Mackey	22	ABC	-0.3	0	1	.000	16.20	1	1	0	0	0	3.1	7	6	6	0	2	5	0	0	0	18	25	1.60	2.700	18.9	0.0	5.4	13.5	2.50
62	Steel Arm Davis*	24	2TM	-0.5	0	0		21.60	3	1	0	0	0	3.1	10	8	8	0	3	3	0	0	2	23	21	3.70	3.900	27.0	0.0	8.1	8.1	1.00
62	Steel Arm Davis*	24	DM	-0.3	0	0		22.50	1	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	13	19	3.30	3.500	27.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
62	Steel Arm Davis*	24	COG	-0.2	0	0		20.25	2	0	0	0	0	1.1	4	3	3	0	2	2	0	0	2	10	23	4.30	4.500	27.0	0.0	13.5	13.5	1.00
63	Willie Haynes	19	ABC	-0.3	0	1	.000	13.50	1	1	0	0	0	2.2	5	5	4	0	3	1	1	0	0	18	31	6.55	3.000	16.9	0.0	10.1	3.4	0.33
64	Ralph Jefferson	24	ABC	-0.2	0	0		20.25	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	4	3	3	0	3	1	1	0	0	11	23	10.30	5.250	27.0	0.0	20.3	6.8	0.33
65	Edgar Washington	22	KCM	-0.3	0	0		54.00	1	1	0	0	0	0.2	6	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	9	11	7.30	10.500	81.0	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
66	Steel Arm Johnny Taylor	40	ABC	-0.2	0	0		81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	6	10	29.80	12.000	54.0	0.0	54.0	0.0	0.00
	League Average						.500	3.59																	100	3.28	1.295	8.6	0.2	3.1	4.2	1.35