Negro League player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against 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

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Season Age Team Lg WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB HBP SH Pos Awards
1920 25 CAG NNL -0.6 36 138 119 12 21 3 0 0 7 4 17 .176 .279 .202 .481 45 .254 52 24 0 2 79/8
1921 26 2TM NNL -0.6 30 96 86 10 16 3 1 0 6 1 8 .186 .255 .244 .500 41 .244 42 21 0 2 7/9
1921 26 DS NNL -0.4 8 34 31 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 2 .226 .273 .258 .531 50 .257 50 8 0 1 7
1921 26 CAG NNL -0.2 22 62 55 6 9 2 1 0 4 1 6 .164 .246 .236 .482 37 .237 38 13 0 1 7/9
1922 27 CAG NNL -0.3 37 110 91 19 18 2 0 0 8 8 9 .198 .270 .220 .490 33 .251 31 20 0 10 7/9
1923 28 2TM NNL 0.5 47 191 162 37 48 9 2 2 18 8 16 .296 .363 .414 .777 102 .364 102 67 1 12 *98/75
1923 28 TT NNL 0.3 18 87 67 22 18 1 0 1 4 5 13 .269 .395 .328 .723 90 .363 100 22 1 6 9/875
1923 28 SLS NNL 0.2 29 104 95 15 30 8 2 1 14 3 3 .316 .337 .474 .810 109 .365 104 45 0 6 9/87
1924 29 SLS NNL -0.9 51 167 158 17 35 2 2 1 14 9 9 .222 .263 .278 .542 49 .266 48 44 0 97/84
1925 30 SLS NNL 0.4 44 55 48 14 15 3 1 0 7 5 7 .313 .400 .417 .817 118 .389 121 20 0 9/784
1926 31 SLS NNL -0.3 24 31 29 6 7 0 1 0 1 5 2 .241 .290 .310 .601 55 .295 53 9 0 /97
1928 33 SLS NNL 0.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -110 0 0 /5
1930 35 SLS NNL 0.0 13 9 8 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .333 .500 .833 119 .366 112 4 0 /79
1931 36 SLS NNL 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs -1.8 285 800 704 121 162 22 8 3 61 40 69 .230 .300 .297 .597 64 .292 65 209 1 26 978/45
162 Game Avg -1.0 162 455 400 69 92 13 5 2 35 23 39 .230 .300 .297 .597 64 .292 65 119 1
SLS (7 Yrs) -0.5 164 369 341 58 89 13 7 2 36 22 22 .261 .306 .358 .664 77 .314 75 122 0 6 978/45
CAG (3 Yrs) -1.2 95 310 265 37 48 7 1 0 19 13 32 .181 .269 .215 .484 39 .249 41 57 0 13 79/8
TT (1 Yr) 0.3 18 87 67 22 18 1 0 1 4 5 13 .269 .395 .328 .723 90 .363 100 22 1 6 9/875
DS (1 Yr) -0.4 8 34 31 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 2 .226 .273 .258 .531 50 .257 50 8 0 1 7
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Season Age Team Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH SF Pos Awards
1925 30 SLS NNL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
1930 35 SLS NNL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg 162 108 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0

Value Batting

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Season Age Team Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Pos Awards
1920 25 CAG NNL 138 -7 0 0 -1 -2 -10 -1.1 5 -6 -0.6 .469 .493 -0.5 -0.3 -5 79/8
1921 26 2TM NNL 96 -7 0 0 -1 -1 -10 -1.0 3 -7 -0.6 .468 .497 -0.5 -0.3 -5 7/9
1921 26 DS NNL 34 -2 0 0 -3 0 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .438 .497 -0.1 -0.3 -1 7
1921 26 CAG NNL 62 -5 0 0 1 -1 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.2 .479 .497 -0.4 0.0 -4 7/9
1922 27 CAG NNL 110 -10 1 0 3 -1 -8 -0.7 4 -4 -0.3 .481 .496 -0.6 0.1 -7 7/9
1923 28 2TM NNL 191 1 1 0 -1 -2 -1 -0.1 6 5 0.5 .497 .500 0.5 -0.2 5 *98/75
1923 28 TT NNL 87 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0.0 3 3 0.3 .500 .500 0.2 0.0 2 9/875
1923 28 SLS NNL 104 1 0 0 -1 -1 -2 -0.1 4 2 0.2 .496 .499 0.3 -0.2 3 9/87
1924 29 SLS NNL 167 -12 1 0 -3 -2 -16 -1.5 6 -10 -0.9 .472 .491 -0.7 -0.4 -7 97/84
1925 30 SLS NNL 55 2 0 0 2 -1 3 0.2 2 5 0.4 .505 .501 0.3 0.1 3 9/784
1926 31 SLS NNL 31 -2 0 0 -2 0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .485 .498 -0.1 -0.2 -1 /97
1928 33 SLS NNL 3 -1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .533 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 /5
1930 35 SLS NNL 9 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 -0.1 0 /79
1931 36 SLS NNL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0
10 Yrs 800 -36 2 0 -2 -10 -47 -4.4 27 -19 -1.8 .484 .497 -1.7 -1.2 -17 978/45
162 Game Avg 455 -21 1 0 -1 -6 -26 -2.5 15 -11 -1.0 .484 .497 -0.9 -0.7 -10
SLS (7 Yrs) 369 -12 2 0 -3 -5 -19 -1.7 13 -6 -0.5 .490 .497 -0.2 -0.7 -3 978/45
CAG (3 Yrs) 310 -22 0 0 3 -5 -23 -2.3 11 -12 -1.2 .476 .495 -1.5 -0.2 -15 79/8
TT (1 Yr) 87 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0.0 3 3 0.3 .500 .500 0.2 0.0 2 9/875
DS (1 Yr) 34 -2 0 0 -3 0 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .438 .497 -0.1 -0.3 -1 7

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Batting Batting Ratios
Season Age Team Lg PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1920 25 CAG NNL 138 .254 52 .176 .025 0.0 12.3 31.6 79/8
1921 26 2TM NNL 96 .244 42 .186 .058 0.0 8.3 41.7 7/9
1921 26 DS NNL 34 .257 50 .226 .032 0.0 5.9 44.4 7
1921 26 CAG NNL 62 .237 38 .164 .073 0.0 9.7 40.0 7/9
1922 27 CAG NNL 110 .251 31 .198 .022 0.0 8.2 70.4 7/9
1923 28 2TM NNL 191 .364 102 .288 .117 1.0 8.4 55.6 *98/75
1923 28 TT NNL 87 .363 100 .258 .060 1.1 14.9 67.7 9/875
1923 28 SLS NNL 104 .365 104 .309 .158 1.0 2.9 43.8 9/87
1924 29 SLS NNL 167 .266 48 .217 .057 0.6 5.4 37.2 97/84
1925 30 SLS NNL 55 .389 121 .313 .104 0.0 12.7 63.6 9/784
1926 31 SLS NNL 31 .295 53 .241 .069 0.0 6.5 66.7 /97
1928 33 SLS NNL 3 .000 -110 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /5
1930 35 SLS NNL 9 .366 112 .250 .250 0.0 11.1 200.0 /79
1931 36 SLS NNL 0
10 Yrs 800 .292 65 .227 .067 0.4 8.6 51.5 978/45
MLB Average .344 100 .294 .112 1.1 7.8 35.8
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Batting Batting Ratios
Season Age Team Lg PA BAbip ISO HR% BB% Pos Awards
1925 30 SLS NNL 2 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
1930 35 SLS NNL 0
2 Yrs 2 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
MLB Average .261 .121 1.6 7.9
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Standard Fielding

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Standard Range Factor
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG Awards
1920 25 CAG NNL LF 23 22 194.0 30 27 2 1 0 .967 .954 1.35 1.74 1.26 1.45
1920 25 CAG NNL RF 11 9 80.2 11 8 3 0 0 1.000 .950 1.23 1.35 1.00 1.12
1920 25 CAG NNL CF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .970 2.25 2.25 1.00 1.90
1921 26 2TM NNL LF 18 14 141.0 24 20 2 2 0 .917 .937 1.40 1.70 1.22 1.73
1921 26 DS NNL LF 8 8 72.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 .937 0.75 1.70 0.75 1.73
1921 26 CAG NNL LF 10 6 69.0 17 14 2 1 0 .941 .937 2.09 1.70 1.60 1.73
1921 26 CAG NNL RF 9 8 72.0 14 13 0 1 0 .929 .930 1.63 1.59 1.44 1.63
1922 27 CAG NNL LF 25 23 209.0 44 41 1 2 0 .955 .944 1.81 1.65 1.68 1.68
1922 27 CAG NNL RF 6 4 33.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 .953 2.18 1.61 1.33 1.63
1923 28 2TM NNL RF 33 33 270.2 53 45 5 3 2 .943 .957 1.66 1.63 1.52 1.71
1923 28 TT NNL RF 13 13 109.1 23 19 1 3 1 .870 .957 1.65 1.63 1.54 1.71
1923 28 SLS NNL RF 20 20 161.1 30 26 4 0 1 1.000 .957 1.67 1.63 1.50 1.71
1923 28 2TM NNL CF 10 8 73.0 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 .953 2.22 2.07 1.80 2.17
1923 28 TT NNL CF 3 3 28.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 .953 2.57 2.06 2.67 2.17
1923 28 SLS NNL CF 7 5 45.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 .953 2.00 2.08 1.43 2.17
1923 28 2TM NNL LF 4 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .943 1.50 1.75 0.75 1.80
1923 28 TT NNL LF 2 2 14.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .943 1.93 1.74 1.50 1.80
1923 28 SLS NNL LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80
1923 28 TT NNL 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.60 0.00 3.30
1924 29 SLS NNL RF 30 25 232.0 45 40 3 2 0 .956 .963 1.67 1.68 1.43 1.58
1924 29 SLS NNL LF 10 8 70.2 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 .955 1.78 1.66 1.40 1.56
1924 29 SLS NNL CF 6 4 45.2 7 5 0 2 0 .714 .964 0.99 2.19 0.83 2.05
1924 29 SLS NNL 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 0.00 4.90
1925 30 SLS NNL RF 20 8 116.1 31 25 3 3 1 .903 .955 2.17 1.82 1.40 1.66
1925 30 SLS NNL LF 6 1 12.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .950 0.71 1.63 0.17 1.48
1925 30 SLS NNL CF 1 1 7.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .960 3.86 2.31 3.00 2.10
1925 30 SLS NNL 2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 0.00 4.80
1926 31 SLS NNL RF 5 4 38.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .943 0.95 1.71 0.80 1.58
1926 31 SLS NNL LF 4 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.69 0.00 1.53
1928 33 SLS NNL 3B 1 1 8.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 .924 5.63 2.93 5.00 2.60
1930 35 SLS NNL LF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .950 2.25 1.80 1.00 1.50
1930 35 SLS NNL RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.30
Standard Range Factor
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG Awards
4 Yrs 4 1 12.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 .924 3.75 3.60 1.25 3.90
RF (8 Yrs) RF 115 92 851.2 167 143 14 10 3 .940 .955 1.66 1.64 1.37 1.59
LF (8 Yrs) LF 91 70 657.1 117 106 6 5 0 .957 .947 1.53 1.69 1.23 1.60
CF (4 Yrs) CF 18 13 129.2 29 26 1 2 0 .931 .957 1.87 2.13 1.50 2.11
2B (2 Yrs) 2B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 0.00 4.85
3B (2 Yrs) 3B 2 1 9.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 .924 5.00 3.00 2.50 2.95
Standard Fielding Table
Standard Range Factor
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G CS Awards
1925 30 SLS NNL LF 3 0 0 14.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 0.33 0
1925 30 SLS NNL PR 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.00 0
1925 30 SLS NNL CF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0
1930 35 SLS NNL PR 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.00 0
2 Yrs 7 0 0 16.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.56 0.14 0
PR (2 Yrs) PR 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.00 0
LF (1 Yr) LF 3 0 0 14.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 0.33 0
CF (1 Yr) CF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was John Reese born?

John Reese was born on April 19, 1895.

Where was John Reese born?

John Reese was born in Pensacola, FL.

How many seasons did John Reese play?

John Reese played 10 seasons.

Is John Reese in the Hall of Fame?

John Reese has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did John Reese play?

John Reese was an Outfielder.

How many hits did John Reese have?

John Reese had 162 hits over his career.

How many home runs did John Reese have?

John Reese had 3 home runs over his career.

What was John Reese's average?

John Reese had a .230 average over his career.

How many teams has John Reese played for?

John Reese played for 4 teams; the Chicago American Giants, Detroit Stars, St. Louis Stars and Toledo Tigers.

When did John Reese retire?

John Reese last played in 1931.

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