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
1936 26 HG NN2 0.9 31 134 124 16 42 10 3 3 26 0 9 .339 .388 .540 .928 138 .417 135 67 1 0 5
1937 27 PC NN2 0.5 29 126 116 18 39 8 0 4 15 0 9 .336 .384 .509 .893 129 .399 127 59 0 1 5/69
1938 28 3TM NN2 1.1 32 143 127 18 45 11 1 0 22 0 14 .354 .418 .457 .875 131 .409 133 58 0 2 *5
1938 28 SEN NN2 0.3 12 53 47 4 16 5 0 0 7 0 6 .340 .415 .447 .862 127 .404 130 21 0 0 5
1938 28 NBY NN2 -0.1 2 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444 18 .210 15 2 0 0 /5
1938 28 HG NN2 0.9 18 81 71 14 27 6 1 0 15 0 8 .380 .443 .493 .936 147 .434 149 35 0 2 5
1939 29 HG NN2 0.6 34 137 126 25 40 4 5 3 25 0 10 .317 .372 .500 .872 130 .395 126 63 1 5
1940 30 NBY NN2 1.1 33 135 115 19 37 8 1 4 28 0 18 .322 .414 .513 .927 140 .426 138 59 0 2 *5/3
1941 31 BEG NN2 0.8 56 235 216 33 59 13 2 2 38 4 13 .273 .320 .380 .700 95 .324 94 82 2 4 *5
1942 32 2TM NN2 1.2 60 231 212 29 63 12 0 6 42 0 16 .297 .349 .439 .788 124 .372 120 93 1 2 *5
1942 32 BEG NN2 0.1 8 35 35 4 11 1 0 1 4 0 0 .314 .314 .429 .743 111 .347 105 15 0 0 /5
1942 32 PS NN2 1.1 52 196 177 25 52 11 0 5 38 0 16 .294 .356 .441 .796 127 .376 123 78 1 2 *5
1943 33 PS NN2 0.5 48 213 190 35 54 13 5 0 30 2 20 .284 .352 .405 .758 102 .359 101 77 0 3 *5/4
1944 34 PS NN2 0.9 44 154 145 21 47 10 4 2 36 0 6 .324 .351 .490 .841 123 .386 120 71 0 3 *5
1945 35 PS NN2 -0.2 22 87 77 10 16 2 0 0 8 0 10 .208 .299 .234 .533 50 .272 57 18 0 0 5
10 Yrs 7.2 389 1595 1448 224 442 91 21 24 270 6 125 .305 .362 .447 .809 117 .375 116 647 5 17 *5/3469
162 Game Avg 3.0 162 664 603 93 184 38 9 10 112 2 52 .305 .362 .447 .809 117 .375 116 269 2
PS (4 Yrs) 2.2 166 650 589 91 169 36 9 7 112 2 52 .287 .346 .414 .760 108 .359 106 244 1 8 *5/4
HG (3 Yrs) 2.4 83 352 321 55 109 20 9 6 66 0 27 .340 .394 .514 .908 137 .412 135 165 2 2 5
BEG (2 Yrs) 0.9 64 270 251 37 70 14 2 3 42 4 13 .279 .320 .386 .706 97 .327 96 97 2 4 *5
NBY (2 Yrs) 1.0 35 144 124 19 39 8 1 4 28 0 18 .315 .401 .492 .893 132 .412 130 61 0 2 5/3
PC (1 Yr) 0.5 29 126 116 18 39 8 0 4 15 0 9 .336 .384 .509 .893 129 .399 127 59 0 1 5/69
SEN (1 Yr) 0.3 12 53 47 4 16 5 0 0 7 0 6 .340 .415 .447 .862 127 .404 130 21 0 0 5
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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
1939 29 HG NN2 7 26 26 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308 4 0 0 0
1 Yr 7 26 26 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308 4 0 0 0
162 Game Avg 162 602 602 23 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308 93 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
1936 26 HG NN2 134 7 0 0 -2 1 5 0.5 5 10 0.9 .515 .503 1.0 -0.1 12 5
1937 27 PC NN2 126 5 0 0 -5 0 1 0.1 4 5 0.5 .502 .500 0.8 -0.4 10 5/69
1938 28 3TM NN2 143 7 0 0 1 0 8 0.7 5 13 1.1 .522 .503 1.0 0.1 12 *5
1938 28 SEN NN2 53 2 0 0 -1 0 2 0.2 2 4 0.3 .513 .501 0.4 0.0 4 5
1938 28 NBY NN2 9 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .444 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 /5
1938 28 HG NN2 81 6 0 0 2 0 8 0.7 3 10 0.9 .536 .504 0.7 0.2 9 5
1939 29 HG NN2 137 5 0 0 -3 0 3 0.2 5 7 0.6 .506 .501 0.9 -0.2 10 5
1940 30 NBY NN2 135 7 0 0 0 0 8 0.7 5 13 1.1 .520 .504 1.0 0.0 13 *5/3
1941 31 BEG NN2 235 -2 0 0 2 0 1 0.1 8 9 0.8 .501 .500 0.5 0.3 6 *5
1942 32 2TM NN2 231 6 0 0 0 0 6 0.6 7 13 1.2 .509 .503 1.2 0.0 13 *5
1942 32 BEG NN2 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 0.0 1 /5
1942 32 PS NN2 196 6 0 0 0 0 6 0.6 6 12 1.1 .511 .503 1.1 0.0 12 *5
1943 33 PS NN2 213 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 6 7 0.5 .501 .500 0.5 0.0 6 *5/4
1944 34 PS NN2 154 4 0 0 1 0 5 0.5 5 9 0.9 .510 .503 0.8 0.1 9 *5
1945 35 PS NN2 87 -5 0 0 0 0 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .480 .497 -0.2 0.0 -2 5
10 Yrs 1595 34 0 0 -5 3 32 2.8 52 83 7.2 .507 .502 7.5 -0.2 89 *5/3469
162 Game Avg 664 14 0 0 -2 1 13 1.2 22 35 3.0 .507 .502 3.1 -0.1 37
PS (4 Yrs) 650 5 0 0 1 0 6 0.6 20 26 2.2 .503 .501 2.1 0.1 25 *5/4
HG (3 Yrs) 352 17 0 0 -3 1 15 1.3 12 27 2.4 .516 .502 2.6 -0.2 31 5
BEG (2 Yrs) 270 -2 0 0 2 0 1 0.1 9 10 0.9 .501 .500 0.6 0.3 8 *5
NBY (2 Yrs) 144 6 0 0 0 0 7 0.6 5 12 1.0 .516 .504 0.9 0.0 12 5/3
PC (1 Yr) 126 5 0 0 -5 0 1 0.1 4 5 0.5 .502 .500 0.8 -0.4 10 5/69
SEN (1 Yr) 53 2 0 0 -1 0 2 0.2 2 4 0.3 .513 .501 0.4 0.0 4 5

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Season Age Team Lg PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1936 26 HG NN2 134 .417 135 .322 .202 2.2 6.7 26.5 5
1937 27 PC NN2 126 .399 127 .313 .172 3.2 7.1 31.8 5/69
1938 28 3TM NN2 143 .409 133 .354 .102 0.0 9.8 30.5 *5
1938 28 SEN NN2 53 .404 130 .340 .106 0.0 11.3 18.2 5
1938 28 NBY NN2 9 .210 15 .222 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 /5
1938 28 HG NN2 81 .434 149 .380 .113 0.0 9.9 40.0 5
1939 29 HG NN2 137 .395 126 .301 .183 2.2 7.3 45.8 5
1940 30 NBY NN2 135 .426 138 .297 .191 3.0 13.3 29.4 *5/3
1941 31 BEG NN2 235 .324 94 .266 .106 0.9 5.5 43.1 *5
1942 32 2TM NN2 231 .372 120 .277 .142 2.6 6.9 31.1 *5
1942 32 BEG NN2 35 .347 105 .294 .114 2.9 0.0 30.0 /5
1942 32 PS NN2 196 .376 123 .273 .147 2.6 8.2 31.3 *5
1943 33 PS NN2 213 .359 101 .284 .121 0.0 9.4 47.3 *5/4
1944 34 PS NN2 154 .386 120 .315 .166 1.3 3.9 37.3 *5
1945 35 PS NN2 87 .272 57 .208 .026 0.0 11.5 38.5 5
10 Yrs 1595 .375 116 .294 .142 1.5 7.8 36.5 *5/3469
MLB Average .331 100 .280 .109 1.3 8.7 33.7
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Batting Batting Ratios
Season Age Team Lg PA BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1939 29 HG NN2 26 .154 .000 0.0 0.0 25.0
1 Yr 26 .154 .000 0.0 0.0 25.0
MLB Average .252 .113 1.7 7.2 32.8
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Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG Awards
1936 26 HG NN2 3B 31 31 264.2 83 28 42 13 6 .843 .913 2.38 2.72 2.26 2.05
1937 27 PC NN2 3B 27 27 225.2 67 27 38 2 3 .970 .926 2.59 2.90 2.41 2.04
1937 27 PC NN2 SS 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .930 1.00 5.20 1.00 3.70
1937 27 PC NN2 RF 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .970 2.00 1.70 2.00 1.20
1938 28 3TM NN2 3B 32 32 270.0 88 28 54 6 3 .932 .928 2.73 2.51 2.56 1.76
1938 28 SEN NN2 3B 12 12 98.0 35 13 20 2 0 .943 .928 3.03 2.51 2.75 1.76
1938 28 NBY NN2 3B 2 2 17.0 7 3 3 1 1 .857 .929 3.18 2.49 3.00 1.75
1938 28 HG NN2 3B 18 18 155.0 46 12 31 3 2 .935 .928 2.50 2.51 2.39 1.76
1939 29 HG NN2 3B 34 32 273.2 77 18 49 10 1 .870 .909 2.20 2.78 1.97 1.80
1940 30 NBY NN2 3B 32 32 245.0 97 35 57 5 2 .948 .935 3.38 2.82 2.88 3.24
1940 30 NBY NN2 1B 1 1 7.0 7 5 2 0 0 1.000 .984 9.00 10.80 7.00 12.50
1941 31 BEG NN2 3B 56 56 465.0 152 50 94 8 6 .947 .902 2.79 2.87 2.57 3.74
1942 32 2TM NN2 3B 59 58 483.2 173 53 104 16 3 .908 .916 2.92 2.86 2.66 4.24
1942 32 BEG NN2 3B 8 8 70.0 35 16 15 4 1 .886 .916 3.99 2.85 3.88 4.24
1942 32 PS NN2 3B 51 50 413.2 138 37 89 12 2 .913 .916 2.74 2.86 2.47 4.24
1943 33 PS NN2 3B 47 47 409.0 167 61 95 11 1 .934 .914 3.43 3.15 3.32 4.16
1943 33 PS NN2 2B 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.50 0.00 7.30
1944 34 PS NN2 3B 40 40 305.2 116 42 69 5 9 .957 .938 3.27 3.26 2.78 3.08
1945 35 PS NN2 3B 21 21 179.2 57 18 35 4 2 .930 .917 2.65 2.87 2.52 2.99
10 Yrs 382 379 3147.0 1085 365 640 80 36 .926 .919 2.87 2.92 2.63 3.15
3B (10 Yrs) 3B 379 376 3122.0 1077 360 637 80 36 .926 .919 2.87 2.89 2.63 3.12
1B (1 Yr) 1B 1 1 7.0 7 5 2 0 0 1.000 .984 9.00 10.80 7.00 12.50
2B (1 Yr) 2B 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.50 0.00 7.30
RF (1 Yr) RF 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .970 2.00 1.70 2.00 1.20
SS (1 Yr) SS 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .930 1.00 5.20 1.00 3.70
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Season Age Team Lg Pos G CG Inn A DP RF/G CS Awards
1939 29 HG NN2 3B 6 0 0.0 0 0 0.00 0
1939 29 HG NN2 2B 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.00 0
1 Yr 7 0 0.0 0 0 0.00 0
3B (1 Yr) 3B 6 0 0.0 0 0 0.00 0
2B (1 Yr) 2B 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.00 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 Henry Spearman born?

Henry Spearman was born on November 16, 1909.

Where was Henry Spearman born?

Henry Spearman was born in Arkadelphia, AR.

How tall was Henry Spearman?

Henry Spearman was 6-0 (183 cm) tall.

How much did Henry Spearman weigh when playing?

Henry Spearman weighed 179 lbs (81 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Henry Spearman play?

Henry Spearman played 10 seasons.

Is Henry Spearman in the Hall of Fame?

Henry Spearman has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Henry Spearman play?

Henry Spearman was a Third Baseman.

How many hits did Henry Spearman have?

Henry Spearman had 442 hits over his career.

How many home runs did Henry Spearman have?

Henry Spearman had 24 home runs over his career.

What was Henry Spearman's average?

Henry Spearman had a .305 average over his career.

How many teams has Henry Spearman played for?

Henry Spearman played for 6 teams; the Baltimore Elite Giants, Homestead Grays, New York Black Yankees, Pittsburgh Crawfords, Philadelphia Stars and Washington Black Senators.

When did Henry Spearman retire?

Henry Spearman last played in 1945.

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