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
1937 28 3TM NAL -0.2 37 138 127 18 34 6 1 1 19 10 5 .268 .301 .354 .655 80 .309 81 45 1 5 8/793
1937 28 CT NAL -0.1 4 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 11 .211 29 1 0 0 /379
1937 28 KCM NAL -0.1 31 122 112 17 31 5 1 1 16 10 4 .277 .308 .366 .674 85 .318 85 41 1 5 8/79
1937 28 CAG NAL 0.0 2 8 8 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625 70 .279 67 3 0 0 /7
1938 29 2TM NAL -0.4 23 110 98 13 23 3 1 0 7 3 9 .235 .299 .286 .585 68 .284 71 28 0 3 8
1938 29 KCM NAL -0.1 3 14 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 43 .236 36 3 0 2 /8
1938 29 CAG NAL -0.3 20 96 86 13 20 3 1 0 7 3 9 .233 .305 .291 .596 71 .290 76 25 0 1 8
1939 30 CAG NAL 1.2 36 159 143 20 42 5 2 3 14 6 15 .294 .365 .420 .784 126 .371 124 60 1 8
1940 31 CAG NAL -0.2 19 85 76 14 17 4 0 1 5 1 9 .224 .306 .316 .622 87 .308 88 24 0 0 8
1941 32 KCM NAL -0.3 42 182 160 28 34 3 3 1 17 8 21 .213 .308 .288 .595 77 .301 82 46 1 0 78
1942 33 KCM NAL -0.3 48 220 206 35 45 6 5 0 12 3 13 .218 .265 .296 .561 67 .265 69 61 0 1 *7/8
1943 34 KCM NAL -1.1 31 114 97 12 16 2 1 0 8 2 13 .165 .270 .206 .476 47 .247 59 20 1 3 7/98
7 Yrs -1.3 236 1008 907 140 211 29 13 6 82 33 85 .233 .301 .313 .614 80 .298 82 284 4 12 87/93
162 Game Avg -0.9 162 692 623 96 145 20 9 4 56 23 58 .233 .301 .313 .614 80 .298 82 195 3
KCM (5 Yrs) -2.0 155 652 587 92 129 16 10 2 53 23 51 .220 .285 .291 .577 70 .281 73 171 3 11 78/9
CAG (4 Yrs) 0.7 77 348 313 47 81 13 3 4 28 10 33 .259 .331 .358 .689 100 .331 100 112 1 1 8/7
CT (1 Yr) -0.1 4 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 11 .211 29 1 0 0 /379
Standard Batting Table
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
1937 28 KCM NAL 3 12 12 1 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 .250 .250 .583 .833 7 0 0 0
1942 33 KCM WS 4 22 21 4 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 .238 .273 .333 .606 7 0 0 0
2 Yrs 7 34 33 5 8 0 3 0 6 0 1 .242 .265 .424 .689 14 0 0 0
162 Game Avg 162 787 764 116 185 0 69 0 139 0 23 .242 .265 .424 .689 324 0 0 0
WS (1 Yr) 4 22 21 4 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 .238 .273 .333 .606 7 0 0 0
NAL (1 Yr) 3 12 12 1 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 .250 .250 .583 .833 7 0 0 0

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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
1937 28 3TM NAL 138 -4 1 0 -3 -1 -7 -0.6 5 -2 -0.2 .483 .497 0.1 -0.3 1 8/793
1937 28 CT NAL 8 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .479 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 /379
1937 28 KCM NAL 122 -3 1 0 -3 -1 -6 -0.5 4 -1 -0.1 .485 .497 0.1 -0.3 2 8/79
1937 28 CAG NAL 8 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0 0.0 .475 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /7
1938 29 2TM NAL 110 -4 0 0 -3 0 -8 -0.7 3 -4 -0.4 .470 .497 -0.1 -0.3 -1 8
1938 29 KCM NAL 14 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .457 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 /8
1938 29 CAG NAL 96 -3 0 0 -3 0 -6 -0.5 3 -3 -0.3 .472 .497 0.0 -0.3 -1 8
1939 30 CAG NAL 159 5 0 0 2 0 7 0.7 5 12 1.2 .518 .504 0.9 0.2 10 8
1940 31 CAG NAL 85 -1 0 0 -3 0 -4 -0.4 3 -2 -0.2 .478 .497 0.1 -0.3 1 8
1941 32 KCM NAL 182 -4 1 0 -4 -1 -9 -0.9 6 -3 -0.3 .478 .494 0.0 -0.6 1 78
1942 33 KCM NAL 220 -9 0 0 2 -2 -9 -0.8 6 -3 -0.3 .483 .495 -0.6 0.0 -5 *7/8
1943 34 KCM NAL 114 -6 0 0 -7 -1 -14 -1.4 3 -11 -1.1 .454 .491 -0.4 -0.8 -4 7/98
7 Yrs 1008 -23 0 0 -16 -6 -45 -4.2 32 -13 -1.3 .482 .497 0.0 -2.1 3 87/93
162 Game Avg 692 -16 0 0 -11 -4 -31 -2.9 22 -9 -0.9 .482 .497 0.0 -1.4 2
KCM (5 Yrs) 652 -22 1 0 -13 -5 -40 -3.8 21 -19 -2.0 .476 .495 -0.9 -1.7 -6 78/9
CAG (4 Yrs) 348 0 0 0 -3 -1 -4 -0.3 11 7 0.7 .495 .500 0.9 -0.4 10 8/7
CT (1 Yr) 8 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .479 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 /379

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Batting Batting Ratios
Season Age Team Lg PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1937 28 3TM NAL 138 .309 81 .262 .087 0.7 3.6 43.6 8/793
1937 28 CT NAL 8 .211 29 .143 .000 0.0 12.5 50.0 /379
1937 28 KCM NAL 122 .318 85 .270 .089 0.8 3.3 45.7 8/79
1937 28 CAG NAL 8 .279 67 .250 .125 0.0 0.0 0.0 /7
1938 29 2TM NAL 110 .284 71 .235 .051 0.0 8.2 40.6 8
1938 29 KCM NAL 14 .236 36 .250 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 /8
1938 29 CAG NAL 96 .290 76 .233 .058 0.0 9.4 44.8 8
1939 30 CAG NAL 159 .371 124 .279 .126 1.9 9.4 30.9 8
1940 31 CAG NAL 85 .308 88 .213 .092 1.2 10.6 52.0 8
1941 32 KCM NAL 182 .301 82 .208 .075 0.5 11.5 49.1 78
1942 33 KCM NAL 220 .265 69 .218 .078 0.0 5.9 60.3 *7/8
1943 34 KCM NAL 114 .247 59 .165 .041 0.0 11.4 40.0 7/98
7 Yrs 1008 .298 82 .228 .080 0.6 8.4 45.6 87/93
MLB Average .331 100 .279 .111 1.3 8.8 33.7
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Batting Batting Ratios
Season Age Team Lg PA BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1937 28 KCM NAL 12 .250 .333 0.0 0.0 33.3
1942 33 KCM WS 22 .238 .095 0.0 4.5 66.7
2 Yrs 34 .242 .182 0.0 2.9 55.6
MLB Average .256 .092 1.1 7.1 34.1
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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
1937 28 KCM NAL CF 27 26 222.2 30 28 1 1 0 .967 .935 1.17 2.09 1.07 1.39
1937 28 2TM NAL RF 4 3 29.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .940 0.93 1.61 0.75 1.08
1937 28 CT NAL RF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .940 1.13 1.58 1.00 1.10
1937 28 KCM NAL RF 3 2 21.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .940 0.86 1.63 0.67 1.07
1937 28 3TM NAL LF 6 4 31.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 .933 1.74 1.57 1.00 1.03
1937 28 CT NAL LF 1 1 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .930 2.25 1.58 1.00 1.00
1937 28 KCM NAL LF 3 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .935 2.00 1.60 0.67 1.03
1937 28 CAG NAL LF 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .933 1.50 1.55 1.50 1.05
1937 28 CT NAL 1B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.80 0.00 7.00
1938 29 2TM NAL CF 23 23 205.0 41 36 2 3 0 .927 .940 1.67 2.12 1.65 1.25
1938 29 KCM NAL CF 3 3 26.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 .940 1.38 2.11 1.33 1.27
1938 29 CAG NAL CF 20 20 179.0 37 33 1 3 0 .919 .940 1.71 2.12 1.70 1.25
1939 30 CAG NAL CF 34 34 297.2 83 73 4 6 0 .928 .945 2.33 2.15 2.26 1.55
1939 30 CAG NAL RF 1 1 12.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.10
1939 30 CAG NAL P 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.10
1940 31 CAG NAL CF 19 19 157.1 26 25 0 1 0 .962 .940 1.43 1.91 1.32 1.17
1941 32 KCM NAL LF 29 29 246.0 40 34 3 3 0 .925 .941 1.35 1.55 1.28 0.71
1941 32 KCM NAL CF 12 12 106.0 17 14 2 1 1 .941 .967 1.36 2.18 1.33 1.00
1942 33 KCM NAL LF 48 48 404.1 75 66 3 6 1 .920 .927 1.54 1.67 1.44 1.12
1942 33 KCM NAL CF 1 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .960 4.50 2.48 2.00 1.70
1943 34 KCM NAL LF 23 22 180.0 22 18 0 4 0 .818 .933 0.90 1.60 0.78 0.91
1943 34 KCM NAL CF 4 4 32.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .950 0.56 2.25 0.50 1.28
1943 34 KCM NAL RF 4 3 27.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .940 0.33 1.61 0.25 0.93
Standard Range Factor
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG Awards
2 Yrs 2 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.32 0.00 4.55
CF (7 Yrs) CF 120 118 1024.2 201 180 9 12 1 .940 .944 1.66 2.10 1.58 1.33
LF (4 Yrs) LF 106 103 861.1 143 124 6 13 1 .909 .932 1.36 1.62 1.23 0.96
RF (3 Yrs) RF 9 7 68.1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 .940 0.53 1.59 0.44 1.01
1B (1 Yr) 1B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.80 0.00 7.00
P (1 Yr) P 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.10
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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
1937 28 KCM NAL CF 3 2 0 60.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 1.67 0
1937 28 KCM NAL LF 1 1 0 15.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 2.00 0
1942 33 KCM WS LF 4 0 108.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 0.42 1.25 0
2 Yrs 8 3 0 183.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 0.59 1.50 0
LF (2 Yrs) LF 5 1 0 123.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 0.51 1.40 0
CF (1 Yr) CF 3 2 0 60.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 1.67 0

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  • Negro League data is not complete. Measures may unfairly penalize players with fewer league games scheduled. 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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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Willie Simms born?

Willie Simms was born on December 23, 1908.

Where was Willie Simms born?

Willie Simms was born in Shreveport, LA.

How tall was Willie Simms?

Willie Simms was 5-9 (175 cm) tall.

How much did Willie Simms weigh when playing?

Willie Simms weighed 160 lbs (72 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Willie Simms play?

Willie Simms played 7 seasons.

Is Willie Simms in the Hall of Fame?

Willie Simms has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Willie Simms play?

Willie Simms was an Outfielder.

How many hits did Willie Simms have?

Willie Simms had 211 hits over his career.

How many home runs did Willie Simms have?

Willie Simms had 6 home runs over his career.

What was Willie Simms' average?

Willie Simms had a .233 average over his career.

How many teams has Willie Simms played for?

Willie Simms played for 3 teams; the Chicago American Giants, Cincinnati Tigers and Kansas City Monarchs.

How many World Series has Willie Simms won?

Willie Simms won 1 World Series.

When did Willie Simms retire?

Willie Simms last played in 1943.

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