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 Paul Hardy 30 C 0.5 22 68 62 8 18 0 2 1 9 1 5 .290 .343 .403 .747 121 .352 118 25 0 1 2
2 Lyman Bostock* 23 1B 1.3 23 84 75 10 34 4 3 0 15 1 4 .453 .481 .587 1.068 216 .497 213 44 0 5 3/897 AS
3 Tommy Sampson 28 2B 0.7 26 97 88 11 26 3 3 0 18 1 4 .295 .326 .398 .724 114 .339 110 35 0 5 4 AS
4 Ulysses Redd 26 SS 0.1 17 61 54 6 13 0 1 0 3 0 5 .241 .305 .278 .583 73 .287 76 15 0 2 6
5 Lester Lockett 29 3B 0.7 26 101 93 22 31 3 1 1 11 2 5 .333 .380 .419 .799 137 .380 135 39 2 1 5/7
6 Jesse Douglas* 25 LF 0.0 26 105 96 12 25 3 2 0 8 1 5 .260 .304 .333 .637 89 .304 88 32 1 3 78/64
7 Jimmy Wilson 21 CF -0.1 10 37 35 3 7 1 1 0 1 2 1 .200 .243 .286 .529 57 .261 57 10 1 0 8
8 Nora Listach 31 RF -0.1 9 32 28 5 7 1 0 0 3 1 3 .250 .323 .286 .608 81 .302 85 8 0 1 /9
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 Alfred Saylor# 29 UT 0.3 16 48 44 5 16 0 0 0 8 0 4 .364 .417 .364 .780 132 .381 134 16 0 0 3/21
10 Hoss Walker 33 IF -0.2 13 43 38 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 .105 .190 .158 .348 4 .182 11 6 1 1 /651
11 Emanuel Sampson 30 OF -0.1 8 31 27 4 5 3 0 0 2 0 3 .185 .267 .296 .563 67 .275 68 8 0 1 /9
12 Willie Nixon 24 OF 0.2 8 22 20 3 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 .250 .286 .500 .786 132 .361 123 10 1 1 /798
13 Goose Tatum# 23 OF 0.2 6 16 12 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 3 .417 .533 .417 .950 183 .468 193 5 0 1 /97
14 Lloyd Davenport* 29 OF 0.0 3 13 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .083 .154 .167 .321 -5 .162 1 2 0 0 /8
15 Joe Spencer 21 OF 0.1 2 8 7 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 .571 .571 .714 1.286 281 .622 295 5 0 1 /9
16 Cap Tyson 38 C 0.1 3 8 8 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .375 .375 .625 1.000 195 .455 179 5 0 0 /2
17 Johnnie Dawson 26 OF 0.2 3 5 5 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 .800 .800 .800 1.600 375 .765 367 4 0 0 /7
18 Winfield Welch* 41 OF -0.1 2 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -39 .149 -7 0 0 0 /7
19 Alphonzo Bland 32 C 0.0 2 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 76 .272 67 2 0 0
20 Eddie Snead 30 OF 0.0 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 2 .249 53 0 0 0 /7
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
21 Dan Bankhead 21 P 0.2 11 27 20 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 .200 .304 .250 .554 65 .283 70 5 1 4 1 AS
22 Alvin Gipson 27 P 0.0 12 23 20 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 19 .191 6 4 0 3 1/7
23 Johnny Markham 32 P -0.2 9 17 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 .059 .059 .118 -65 .056 -64 1 0 0 /13
24 Gready McKinnis 27 P 0.0 6 12 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 19 .191 2 2 0 2 /1
25 John Ware 20 P 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
26 Gentry Jessup 26 P 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
27 Lee Johnson P 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 3.8 26 874 785 104 220 24 15 3 91 10 50 .280 .329 .361 .689 105 .330 103 283 7 32
Non-Pitcher Totals 3.8 792 715 100 209 23 15 3 89 10 48 .292 .342 .379 .721 114 .344 113 271 6 23
Pitcher Totals 0.0 82 70 4 11 1 0 0 2 0 2 .157 .192 .171 .363 8 .181 5 12 1 9

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 Dan Bankhead 21 SP 2.5 7 1 .875 1.95 11 7 3 5 2 0 69.1 41 18 15 1 17 38 5 1 0 269 197 2.85 0.837 5.3 0.1 2.2 4.9 2.24 AS
2 Alvin Gipson 27 SP -1.1 0 6 .000 6.14 10 7 3 1 0 0 48.1 58 41 33 1 20 27 2 0 1 225 62 3.33 1.614 10.8 0.2 3.7 5.0 1.35
3 Gready McKinnis* 27 SP 1.5 3 0 1.000 1.04 6 4 1 3 1 0 34.2 24 7 4 1 13 21 2 0 1 138 371 3.27 1.067 6.2 0.3 3.4 5.5 1.62
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
4 Johnny Markham 32 RP 0.5 4 3 .571 3.50 8 4 4 3 2 0 36.0 39 16 14 0 4 24 0 0 0 152 110 1.81 1.194 9.8 0.0 1.0 6.0 6.00
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
5 Alfred Saylor 29 0.3 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 9 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 35 133 2.36 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
6 Gentry Jessup 26 -0.3 0 0 12.46 2 2 0 0 0 0 4.1 7 6 6 0 3 4 2 0 0 26 33 4.42 2.308 14.5 0.0 6.2 8.3 1.33
7 John Ware 20 -0.4 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 8 10 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 19 72 4.14 3.000 24.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
8 Lee Johnson -0.6 0 1 .000 15.43 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.1 7 10 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 20 29 6.67 4.286 27.0 0.0 11.6 0.0 0.00
9 Hoss Walker 33 0.1 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 -0.19 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
Team Totals 2.6 15 11 .577 3.49 26 26 13 13 5 0 209.0 194 111 81 3 61 120 12 1 3 891 111 2.89 1.220 8.4 0.1 2.6 5.2 1.97
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