Negro League player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black Baseball teams. 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. More about data coverage
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Standard Pitching
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | Awards | ||||||||||
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| 1927 | 20 | BBB | NNL | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.39 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 98.0 | 79 | 37 | 26 | 27 | 93 | 2 | 1 | 157 | 1.082 | 7.3 | 2.5 | 8.5 | 3.44 | ||||||||
| 1928 | 21 | BBB | NNL | 11 | 4 | .733 | 2.32 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 132.0 | 113 | 47 | 34 | 2 | 25 | 121 | 3 | 2 | 532 | 175 | 2.03 | 1.045 | 7.7 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 8.3 | 4.84 | ||||
| 1929 | 22 | BBB | NNL | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.68 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 185.2 | 188 | 104 | 76 | 43 | 189 | 2 | 6 | 116 | 1.244 | 9.1 | 2.1 | 9.2 | 4.40 | ||||||||
| 1930 | 23 | BBB | NNL | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.87 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.1 | 52 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 69 | 1 | 2 | 166 | 0.810 | 6.2 | 1.1 | 8.2 | 7.67 | ||||||||
| 1931 | 24 | CCU | NNL | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25.1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 199 | 3.33 | 0.908 | 6.8 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 6.4 | 4.50 | |||
| 1933 | 26 | PC | NN2 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 1.94 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 78.2 | 49 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 221 | 1.88 | 0.826 | 5.6 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 8.8 | 4.81 | AS | |||
| 1934 | 27 | PC | NN2 | 13 | 3 | .813 | 1.54 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 145.2 | 97 | 36 | 25 | 2 | 30 | 152 | 2 | 0 | 561 | 268 | 1.93 | 0.872 | 6.0 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 9.4 | 5.07 | AS | |||
| 1936 | 29 | PC | NN2 | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.64 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 71.2 | 67 | 33 | 29 | 5 | 28 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 303 | 133 | 3.38 | 1.326 | 8.4 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 2.57 | AS | |||
| 1941 | 34 | TOT | MLB | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.29 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 39 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 167 | 0.800 | 6.4 | 0.8 | 7.7 | 9.40 | AS | |||||||
| 1941 | 34 | KCM | NAL | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.35 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 34 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 160 | 0.848 | 6.7 | 1.0 | 7.6 | 7.80 | ||||||||
| 1941 | 34 | NBY | NN2 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 0.556 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | |||||||||
| 1942 | 35 | KCM | NAL | 2 | 5 | .286 | 2.12 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 72.1 | 62 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 184 | 1.009 | 7.7 | 1.4 | 7.0 | 5.09 | AS | |||||||
| 1943 | 36 | TOT | NAL | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.91 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 123.2 | 109 | 52 | 40 | 2 | 31 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 506 | 131 | 2.02 | 1.132 | 7.9 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 7.4 | 3.29 | AS | |||
| 1943 | 36 | KCM | NAL | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.03 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 118.2 | 109 | 52 | 40 | 2 | 29 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 491 | 126 | 2.06 | 1.163 | 8.3 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 7.2 | 3.28 | ||||
| 1943 | 36 | MRS | NAL | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1.05 | 0.400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 12.6 | 3.50 | |||||
| 1944 | 37 | KCM | NAL | 6 | 3 | .667 | 0.72 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 87.2 | 53 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 464 | 0.810 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 8.7 | 4.72 | ||||||||
| 1945 | 38 | KCM | NAL | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.55 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38.0 | 33 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 151 | 113 | 1.32 | 1.132 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 9.7 | 4.10 | |
| 1946 | 39 | KCM | NAL | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.38 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 307 | 0.846 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 6.9 | 5.00 | ||||||||
| 1947 | 40 | KCM | NAL | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1.06 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 429 | 0.70 | 0.824 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 9.5 | 18.00 | |
| 1948 | 41 | CLE | AL | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.48 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 72.2 | 61 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 295 | 165 | 2.87 | 1.142 | 7.6 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 1.95 | |
| 1949 | 42 | CLE | AL | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.04 | 31 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 83.0 | 70 | 29 | 28 | 4 | 33 | 6 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 348 | 132 | 3.07 | 1.241 | 7.6 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 5.9 | 1.64 | |
| 1951 | 44 | SLB | AL | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.79 | 23 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 62.0 | 67 | 39 | 33 | 6 | 29 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 278 | 93 | 3.64 | 1.548 | 9.7 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 7.0 | 1.66 | |
| 1952 | 45 | SLB | AL | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.07 | 46 | 6 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 138.0 | 116 | 51 | 47 | 5 | 57 | 13 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 582 | 127 | 2.85 | 1.254 | 7.6 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 1.60 | AS,MVP-17 |
| 1953 | 46 | SLB | AL | 3 | 9 | .250 | 3.53 | 57 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 117.1 | 114 | 51 | 46 | 12 | 39 | 7 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 489 | 119 | 4.08 | 1.304 | 8.7 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 1.31 | AS |
| 1965 | 58 | KCA | AL | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.85 | 0.333 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | ||||
| 21 Yrs | 118 | 80 | .596 | 2.70 | 391 | 189 | 110 | 93 | 22 | 44 | 1695.0 | 1411 | 635 | 508 | 44 | 440 | 30 | 1438 | 24 | 5 | 22 | 4514 | 152 | 2.16 | 1.092 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 7.6 | 3.27 | ||||
| 162 Game Avg. | 14 | 9 | .596 | 2.70 | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 199 | 165 | 74 | 60 | 5 | 52 | 4 | 169 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 529 | 152 | 2.16 | 1.092 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 7.6 | 3.27 | ||||
| W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | Awards | ||||||||||||||
| KCM (7 yrs) | 26 | 21 | .553 | 2.18 | 77 | 71 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 392.2 | 313 | 126 | 95 | 2 | 76 | 0 | 344 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 704 | 174 | 0.78 | 0.991 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 7.9 | 4.53 | ||||
| BBB (4 yrs) | 36 | 17 | .679 | 2.93 | 86 | 51 | 36 | 6 | 8 | 491.0 | 432 | 215 | 160 | 2 | 104 | 472 | 8 | 11 | 532 | 143 | 0.55 | 1.092 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 8.7 | 4.54 | |||||||
| PC (3 yrs) | 25 | 10 | .714 | 2.16 | 42 | 36 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 296.0 | 213 | 92 | 71 | 9 | 74 | 301 | 2 | 0 | 1164 | 202 | 2.27 | 0.970 | 6.5 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 9.2 | 4.07 | |||||||
| SLB (3 yrs) | 18 | 23 | .439 | 3.57 | 126 | 13 | 85 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 317.1 | 297 | 141 | 126 | 23 | 125 | 22 | 190 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1349 | 115 | 3.46 | 1.330 | 8.4 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 1.52 | ||||
| CLE (2 yrs) | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.78 | 52 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 155.2 | 131 | 50 | 48 | 6 | 55 | 8 | 97 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 643 | 146 | 2.97 | 1.195 | 7.6 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 1.76 | ||||
| MRS (1 yr) | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1.05 | 0.400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 12.6 | 3.50 | ||||||||
| NBY (1 yr) | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 0.556 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | ||||||||||||
| KCA (1 yr) | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.85 | 0.333 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | |||||||
| CCU (1 yr) | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25.1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 199 | 3.33 | 0.908 | 6.8 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 6.4 | 4.50 | ||||||
| NAL (7 yrs) | 27 | 21 | .563 | 2.15 | 78 | 72 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 397.2 | 313 | 126 | 95 | 2 | 78 | 0 | 351 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 719 | 176 | 0.78 | 0.983 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 7.9 | 4.50 | ||||
| AL (6 yrs) | 28 | 31 | .475 | 3.29 | 179 | 26 | 109 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 476.0 | 429 | 191 | 174 | 29 | 180 | 30 | 288 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2002 | 124 | 3.29 | 1.279 | 8.1 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 1.60 | ||||
| NNL (5 yrs) | 37 | 18 | .673 | 2.89 | 91 | 54 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 8 | 516.1 | 451 | 223 | 166 | 4 | 108 | 490 | 9 | 11 | 629 | 145 | 0.68 | 1.083 | 7.9 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 8.5 | 4.54 | ||||||
| NN2 (4 yrs) | 26 | 10 | .722 | 2.15 | 43 | 37 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 305.0 | 218 | 95 | 73 | 9 | 74 | 309 | 2 | 0 | 1164 | 202 | 2.20 | 0.957 | 6.4 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 9.1 | 4.18 | |||||||
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