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
1924 26 MRS NNL 0.5 60 246 226 20 53 9 5 0 22 8 19 .235 .297 .319 .615 69 .297 69 72 1 *56/4
1925 27 MRS NNL 0.7 75 307 290 36 81 10 4 0 27 2 17 .279 .319 .341 .661 76 .306 76 99 0 *5/46
1926 28 SLS NNL 1.7 87 376 338 76 104 14 8 5 52 25 34 .308 .378 .441 .818 111 .382 111 149 4 *4/6
1927 29 SLS NNL 2.5 87 308 290 48 87 10 5 11 47 8 16 .300 .341 .483 .824 120 .371 118 140 2 *4/5
1928 30 SLS NNL 2.3 79 305 292 38 80 10 5 2 36 1 12 .274 .305 .363 .668 82 .307 80 106 1 *45
1929 31 SLS NNL 1.2 84 304 289 45 80 6 2 1 41 2 15 .277 .313 .322 .634 65 .295 64 93 0 *4/6
1930 32 SLS NNL 1.6 89 360 332 57 93 14 6 10 48 11 27 .280 .336 .449 .785 107 .355 105 149 1 *4/36
1931 33 2TM NNL 1.1 42 176 154 28 45 9 1 1 20 4 18 .292 .366 .383 .749 109 .360 110 59 0 4 *4/6
1931 33 AB2 NNL 1.1 39 163 144 26 42 8 1 1 18 4 16 .292 .363 .382 .744 108 .357 108 55 0 3 4/6
1931 33 CCU NNL 0.0 3 13 10 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 .300 .417 .400 .817 128 .399 134 4 0 1 /4
1932 34 DW EWL -0.2 21 86 74 6 17 2 0 0 8 0 7 .230 .296 .257 .553 54 .278 56 19 0 5 *4/6
1933 35 PC NN2 1.8 70 293 261 44 73 13 5 0 32 3 21 .280 .338 .368 .706 92 .324 94 96 2 9 *4/93 AS
1934 36 CRS NN2 -0.1 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -106 0 0 0 /4
11 Yrs 13.0 696 2768 2553 398 713 97 41 30 333 64 186 .279 .331 .385 .716 91 .332 91 982 11 18 *456/39
162 Game Avg 3.0 162 644 594 93 166 23 10 7 78 15 43 .279 .331 .385 .716 91 .332 91 229 3
SLS (5 Yrs) 9.2 426 1653 1541 264 444 54 26 29 224 47 104 .288 .336 .413 .750 98 .344 97 637 8 *45/63
MRS (2 Yrs) 1.2 135 553 516 56 134 19 9 0 49 10 36 .260 .309 .331 .641 73 .302 73 171 1 *56/4
PC (1 Yr) 1.8 70 293 261 44 73 13 5 0 32 3 21 .280 .338 .368 .706 92 .324 94 96 2 9 *4/93
AB2 (1 Yr) 1.1 39 163 144 26 42 8 1 1 18 4 16 .292 .363 .382 .744 108 .357 108 55 0 3 4/6
DW (1 Yr) -0.2 21 86 74 6 17 2 0 0 8 0 7 .230 .296 .257 .553 54 .278 56 19 0 5 *4/6
CCU (1 Yr) 0.0 3 13 10 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 .300 .417 .400 .817 128 .399 134 4 0 1 /4
CRS (1 Yr) -0.1 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -106 0 0 0 /4
NNL (8 Yrs) 11.5 603 2382 2211 348 623 82 36 30 293 61 158 .282 .332 .392 .724 93 .336 92 867 9 4 *456/3
NN2 (2 Yrs) 1.7 72 300 268 44 73 13 5 0 32 3 21 .272 .330 .358 .688 87 .316 90 96 2 9 *4/93
EWL (1 Yr) -0.2 21 86 74 6 17 2 0 0 8 0 7 .230 .296 .257 .553 54 .278 56 19 0 5 *4/6
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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 Pos Awards
1928 30 SLS NNL 7 22 21 5 6 1 0 0 2 1 1 .286 .318 .333 .652 7 0 0 0
1930 32 SLS NNL 7 29 28 3 9 2 1 1 6 0 1 .321 .345 .571 .916 15 0 0 0
2 Yrs 14 51 49 8 15 3 1 1 8 1 2 .306 .333 .469 .803 22 0 0 0
162 Game Avg 162 590 567 93 174 35 12 12 93 12 23 .306 .333 .469 .803 255 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
1924 26 MRS NNL 246 -10 0 0 4 2 -3 -0.3 8 5 0.5 .495 .498 0.1 0.6 1 *56/4
1925 27 MRS NNL 307 -10 0 0 4 3 -4 -0.4 11 7 0.7 .495 .498 0.3 0.6 3 *5/46
1926 28 SLS NNL 376 6 2 0 -5 3 6 0.5 13 18 1.7 .506 .503 2.0 -0.2 23 *4/6
1927 29 SLS NNL 308 7 0 0 5 3 14 1.4 11 25 2.5 .516 .509 1.9 0.8 20 *4/5
1928 30 SLS NNL 305 -8 0 0 19 3 13 1.3 10 23 2.3 .516 .508 0.5 2.1 5 *45
1929 31 SLS NNL 304 -14 -1 0 14 3 2 0.1 10 12 1.2 .502 .501 -0.1 1.6 -2 *4/6
1930 32 SLS NNL 360 2 0 0 -2 3 4 0.3 12 16 1.6 .504 .502 1.7 0.1 18 *4/36
1931 33 2TM NNL 176 2 0 0 2 2 6 0.6 6 12 1.1 .513 .503 0.9 0.4 10 *4/6
1931 33 AB2 NNL 163 2 0 0 3 1 6 0.6 6 12 1.1 .515 .503 0.8 0.4 8 4/6
1931 33 CCU NNL 13 1 0 0 -1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .493 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 /4
1932 34 DW EWL 86 -5 0 0 -1 1 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .478 .497 -0.1 0.0 -1 *4/6
1933 35 PC NN2 293 -2 -1 0 10 2 10 0.9 10 20 1.8 .513 .505 0.9 1.1 9 *4/93 AS
1934 36 CRS NN2 7 -2 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .438 .499 -0.2 0.1 -2 /4
11 Yrs 2768 -35 0 0 52 23 40 3.8 94 135 13.0 .505 .503 7.9 7.1 83 *456/39
162 Game Avg 644 -8 0 0 12 5 9 0.9 22 31 3.0 .505 .503 1.8 1.6 19
SLS (5 Yrs) 1653 -7 1 0 31 14 38 3.6 56 94 9.2 .508 .504 6.0 4.3 63 *45/63
MRS (2 Yrs) 553 -20 0 0 9 5 -7 -0.6 19 12 1.2 .495 .498 0.4 1.2 3 *56/4
PC (1 Yr) 293 -2 -1 0 10 2 10 0.9 10 20 1.8 .513 .505 0.9 1.1 9 *4/93
AB2 (1 Yr) 163 2 0 0 3 1 6 0.6 6 12 1.1 .515 .503 0.8 0.4 8 4/6
DW (1 Yr) 86 -5 0 0 -1 1 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .478 .497 -0.1 0.0 -1 *4/6
CCU (1 Yr) 13 1 0 0 -1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .493 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 /4
CRS (1 Yr) 7 -2 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .438 .499 -0.2 0.1 -2 /4
NNL (8 Yrs) 2382 -26 0 0 42 20 37 3.5 81 118 11.5 .506 .503 7.3 5.9 76 *456/3
NN2 (2 Yrs) 300 -4 -1 0 11 2 8 0.8 10 19 1.7 .511 .505 0.7 1.2 8 *4/93
EWL (1 Yr) 86 -5 0 0 -1 1 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .478 .497 -0.1 0.0 -1 *4/6

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Batting Batting Ratios
Season Age Team Lg PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1924 26 MRS NNL 246 .297 69 .235 .084 0.0 7.7 27.4 *56/4
1925 27 MRS NNL 307 .306 76 .279 .062 0.0 5.5 36.7 *5/46
1926 28 SLS NNL 376 .382 111 .297 .133 1.3 9.0 51.8 *4/6
1927 29 SLS NNL 308 .371 118 .272 .183 3.6 5.2 39.4 *4/5
1928 30 SLS NNL 305 .307 80 .269 .089 0.7 3.9 39.6 *45
1929 31 SLS NNL 304 .295 64 .274 .045 0.3 4.9 46.8 *4/6
1930 32 SLS NNL 360 .355 105 .258 .169 2.8 7.5 42.3 *4/36
1931 33 2TM NNL 176 .360 110 .288 .091 0.6 10.2 43.5 *4/6
1931 33 AB2 NNL 163 .357 108 .287 .090 0.6 9.8 43.9 4/6
1931 33 CCU NNL 13 .399 134 .300 .100 0.0 15.4 40.0 /4
1932 34 DW EWL 86 .278 56 .230 .027 0.0 8.1 25.0 *4/6
1933 35 PC NN2 293 .324 94 .280 .088 0.0 7.2 45.8 *4/93 AS
1934 36 CRS NN2 7 .000 -106 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /4
11 Yrs 2768 .332 91 .271 .105 1.1 6.7 41.8 *456/39
MLB Average .342 100 .292 .116 1.2 8.0 35.8
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Batting Batting Ratios
Season Age Team Lg PA BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1928 30 SLS NNL 22 .286 .048 0.0 4.5 71.4
1930 32 SLS NNL 29 .296 .250 3.4 3.4 22.2
2 Yrs 51 .292 .163 2.0 3.9 43.8
MLB Average .263 .139 1.9 8.2 34.9
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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
1924 26 MRS NNL 3B 47 47 398.0 188 84 88 16 6 .915 .931 3.89 3.16 3.66 2.98
1924 26 MRS NNL SS 12 9 100.1 79 34 39 6 3 .924 .906 6.55 5.29 6.08 4.99
1924 26 MRS NNL 2B 3 3 28.0 20 9 9 2 1 .900 .926 5.79 5.21 6.00 4.90
1925 27 MRS NNL 3B 70 70 619.2 240 91 129 20 7 .917 .906 3.20 2.85 3.14 2.61
1925 27 MRS NNL 2B 3 3 20.0 14 3 9 2 0 .857 .945 5.40 5.27 4.00 4.80
1925 27 MRS NNL SS 1 1 9.0 6 3 3 0 1 1.000 .912 6.00 5.60 6.00 5.10
1926 28 SLS NNL 2B 84 84 739.0 488 193 274 21 64 .957 .948 5.69 5.66 5.56 5.27
1926 28 SLS NNL SS 2 2 18.0 12 2 8 2 0 .833 .910 5.00 5.30 5.00 4.95
1927 29 SLS NNL 2B 85 84 715.2 517 205 293 19 40 .963 .949 6.26 5.75 5.86 5.26
1927 29 SLS NNL 3B 1 1 7.0 5 0 3 2 1 .600 .918 3.86 2.96 3.00 2.80
1928 30 SLS NNL 2B 61 61 533.2 393 135 240 18 31 .954 .942 6.32 5.43 6.15 4.68
1928 30 SLS NNL 3B 18 18 162.0 63 18 41 4 1 .937 .924 3.28 2.96 3.28 2.55
1929 31 SLS NNL 2B 82 81 681.0 525 205 297 23 45 .956 .955 6.63 5.71 6.12 5.25
1929 31 SLS NNL SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 0.00 5.10
1930 32 SLS NNL 2B 89 89 770.2 471 172 273 26 36 .945 .933 5.20 5.36 5.00 4.65
1930 32 SLS NNL 1B 2 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .980 9.00 10.80 1.00 9.45
1930 32 SLS NNL SS 1 0 6.0 6 2 3 1 1 .833 .923 7.50 5.40 5.00 4.60
1931 33 2TM NNL 2B 42 40 336.0 221 91 120 10 15 .955 .930 5.65 5.25 5.02 3.58
1931 33 AB2 NNL 2B 39 37 310.2 209 85 114 10 15 .952 .930 5.77 5.25 5.10 3.58
1931 33 CCU NNL 2B 3 3 25.1 12 6 6 0 0 1.000 .930 4.26 5.26 4.00 3.57
1931 33 AB2 NNL SS 1 1 4.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 .930 2.25 5.40 1.00 3.70
1932 34 DW EWL 2B 21 21 181.0 113 42 62 9 10 .920 .959 5.17 5.72 4.95 7.90
1932 34 DW EWL SS 1 0 4.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 .925 2.25 5.18 1.00 7.00
1933 35 PC NN2 2B 67 67 576.1 365 139 210 16 25 .956 .931 5.45 5.17 5.21 4.71 AS
1933 35 PC NN2 RF 2 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .960 2.00 1.80 1.00 1.60 AS
1933 35 PC NN2 1B 1 1 9.0 17 17 0 0 1 1.000 .973 17.00 10.40 17.00 9.50 AS
1934 36 CRS NN2 2B 2 2 18.0 14 3 9 2 1 .857 .946 6.00 5.20 6.00 5.70
Standard Range Factor
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG Awards
11 Yrs 697 685 5939.1 3763 1452 2110 201 289 .947 .939 5.40 5.01 5.11 4.57
2B (11 Yrs) 2B 539 535 4599.1 3141 1197 1796 148 268 .953 .943 5.86 5.51 5.55 4.99
SS (7 Yrs) SS 19 13 142.1 107 43 53 11 5 .897 .909 6.07 5.32 5.05 5.02
3B (4 Yrs) 3B 136 136 1186.2 496 193 261 42 15 .915 .918 3.44 2.97 3.34 2.73
1B (2 Yrs) 1B 3 1 11.0 19 19 0 0 1 1.000 .974 15.55 10.47 6.33 9.47
RF (1 Yr) RF 2 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .960 2.00 1.80 1.00 1.60
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Standard Range Factor
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G CS Awards
1928 30 SLS NNL 2B 7 0 171.0 35 12 20 3 2 .914 1.68 4.57 0
1930 32 SLS NNL 2B 7 7 0 186.0 41 13 25 3 4 .927 1.84 5.43 0
2 Yrs 14 7 0 357.0 76 25 45 6 6 .921 1.76 5.00 0

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was John Henry Russell born?

John Henry Russell was born on February 24, 1898.

Where was John Henry Russell born?

John Henry Russell was born in Dolcito, AL.

How tall was John Henry Russell?

John Henry Russell was 5-9 (175 cm) tall.

How much did John Henry Russell weigh when playing?

John Henry Russell weighed 148 lbs (67 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did John Henry Russell play?

John Henry Russell played 11 seasons.

Is John Henry Russell in the Hall of Fame?

John Henry Russell has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did John Henry Russell play?

John Henry Russell was a Second Baseman and Third Baseman.

How many hits did John Henry Russell have?

John Henry Russell had 713 hits over his career.

How many home runs did John Henry Russell have?

John Henry Russell had 30 home runs over his career.

What was John Henry Russell's average?

John Henry Russell had a .279 average over his career.

How many teams has John Henry Russell played for?

John Henry Russell played for 7 teams; the Indianapolis ABCs, Cleveland Cubs, Cleveland Red Sox, Detroit Wolves, Memphis Red Sox, Pittsburgh Crawfords and St. Louis Stars.

How many World Series has John Henry Russell won?

John Henry Russell never won a World Series.

When did John Henry Russell retire?

John Henry Russell last played in 1934.

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