Negro League teams are presented with both league-only and overall records against top Black clubs. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select 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

Top 12 Players

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Standard Batting

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Rk Player Age Pos WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB HBP SH Pos Awards
1 Harry Barnes 22 C -0.2 17 58 48 4 9 2 0 0 6 1 5 .188 .264 .229 .493 42 .244 46 11 0 5 2
2 Henry McCall* 30 1B 0.1 23 94 92 11 28 3 3 1 16 1 2 .304 .319 .435 .754 115 .342 107 40 0 0 3
3 Fred Bankhead 25 2B -0.1 28 117 102 12 21 0 2 1 10 4 11 .206 .296 .275 .570 64 .281 70 28 2 2 4/627
4 Andrew Sephus 24 SS 0.0 14 52 39 6 4 0 0 0 0 2 11 .103 .314 .103 .416 22 .253 53 4 1 1 6
5 Parnell Woods 26 3B 0.1 23 96 86 12 18 1 1 0 5 4 8 .209 .284 .244 .528 52 .265 60 21 1 1 5 AS
6 Melzar Williams 24 LF 0.0 21 88 84 7 23 2 3 0 9 3 4 .274 .307 .369 .676 93 .315 90 31 0 0 7/2
7 Sylvester Owens CF -0.1 25 96 90 8 19 1 1 0 11 2 5 .211 .253 .244 .497 43 .239 47 22 0 1 8/3
8 David Whatley* 23 RF 1.3 24 102 94 20 39 6 2 0 9 4 7 .415 .461 .521 .982 181 .455 172 49 1 0 9/8
Rk Player Age Pos WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB HBP SH Pos Awards
9 Bert Johnson 32 OF 0.1 14 44 37 3 8 1 0 0 3 0 4 .216 .326 .243 .569 64 .290 76 9 2 1 /79
10 Lester Lockett 26 SS -0.1 9 36 31 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 .032 .167 .065 .231 -32 .141 -10 2 0 0 /6
11 Bob Smith 31 UT 0.3 8 31 26 3 6 1 0 1 4 1 5 .231 .355 .385 .739 112 .352 112 10 0 0 /235
12 Jimmy Ford 25 IF 0.1 3 14 13 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 .385 .429 .385 .813 134 .391 134 5 0 0 /56
13 Cap Tyson 35 UT 0.1 7 10 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .333 .600 .333 .933 171 .492 193 2 1 0 /259
14 Bill Carter 1B 0.0 4 10 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .400 .333 .733 111 .361 117 3 1 0 /3
15 Leo Sims* 2B -0.2 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -127 0 0 1 /4
16 G. Davis C -0.1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -152 0 0 1 /2
17 Carl Smith SS 0.1 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -25 .188 18 0 0 0 /6
18 Scott OF -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -89 0 0 0 /8
19 Jim Canada* 26 1B 0.0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 91 .315 88 1 0 1 /3
20 Jabbo Andrews* 30 OF 0.0 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 141 .431 157 1 1 0 /9
21 Tice James 23 3B 0.1 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 187 .472 180 2 0 0
22 Horace Davis 31 2B 0.1 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 248 .517 207 4 0 0 /4
23 Earl Little 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -93 0 0 0
24 Bennie Fields 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -93 0 0 0
Rk Player Age Pos WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB HBP SH Pos Awards
25 Cliff Blackmon 24 P 0.0 13 32 30 5 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 .167 .219 .200 .419 20 .207 29 6 1 0 1
26 Elbert Eatmon 23 P -0.1 10 14 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071 .071 .071 .143 -59 .067 -52 1 0 0 1
27 Dick Burton 31 P -0.1 10 13 12 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .083 .083 .167 .250 -29 .110 -38 2 0 1 1
28 Bo Mitchell 26 P -0.1 3 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -91 0 0 0 /1
29 Julius Osley 23 P 0.1 8 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 91 .315 90 2 0 0 /1
30 Thurston P -0.1 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -90 0 0 0 /1
31 Spoon Carter* 35 P 0.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -90 0 0 0 /1
32 Charles Dunklin 23 P 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -89 0 0 0 /1
33 Jimmie Armstead* 18 P 0.0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 187 .472 182 1 0 0 /1
34 Murray P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -93 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 1.0 27 972 873 104 201 20 12 4 83 22 73 .230 .298 .294 .592 70 .286 73 257 11 15
Non-Pitcher Totals 1.4 882 786 98 191 18 12 4 79 22 72 .243 .315 .312 .626 80 .302 82 245 10 14
Pitcher Totals -0.4 88 85 6 10 2 0 0 4 0 1 .118 .138 .141 .279 -20 .135 -15 12 1 1

Standard Pitching

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Rk Player Age Pos WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
1 Cliff Blackmon 24 SP -0.9 2 6 .250 5.96 13 7 5 5 0 0 77.0 81 65 51 2 43 42 1 0 1 354 71 4.06 1.610 9.5 0.2 5.0 4.9 0.98
2 Bo Mitchell 26 SP -0.5 0 3 .000 7.66 3 3 0 2 0 0 22.1 27 23 19 3 11 10 1 0 0 106 56 5.56 1.701 10.9 1.2 4.4 4.0 0.91
Rk Player Age Pos WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
3 Dick Burton 31 RP -0.1 1 4 .200 4.71 10 5 2 2 0 0 36.1 37 26 19 1 13 15 0 0 0 166 91 3.70 1.376 9.2 0.2 3.2 3.7 1.15
4 Elbert Eatmon 23 RP -0.2 2 0 1.000 4.76 10 5 3 2 0 0 34.0 45 26 18 0 19 14 0 0 1 165 90 3.95 1.882 11.9 0.0 5.0 3.7 0.74
5 Julius Osley 23 RP 0.3 0 4 .000 2.75 8 3 3 1 0 0 19.2 20 10 6 0 11 9 0 1 1 89 157 3.86 1.576 9.2 0.0 5.0 4.1 0.82
Rk Player Age Pos WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
6 Thurston 0.4 0 1 .000 1.74 1 0 1 0 0 0 10.1 5 3 2 0 7 2 0 0 0 43 252 4.74 1.161 4.4 0.0 6.1 1.7 0.29
7 Spoon Carter 35 0.1 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 7 5 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 33 99 2.47 1.000 7.9 0.0 1.1 4.5 4.00
8 Jimmie Armstead* 18 -0.1 0 1 .000 1.69 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 7 5 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 23 268 4.60 1.688 11.8 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
9 Charles Dunklin 23 -0.3 0 1 .000 4.15 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 5 7 2 0 3 5 1 0 0 23 111 3.56 1.846 10.4 0.0 6.2 10.4 1.67
10 Murray 0.0 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 111 1.10 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
Team Totals -1.2 5 22 .185 5.05 27 27 14 13 0 0 219.1 236 171 123 6 110 105 5 1 3 1011 85 4.07 1.578 9.7 0.2 4.5 4.3 0.95
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