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 Clarence Palm 27 C 0.5 44 149 137 22 40 5 2 3 29 2 11 .292 .345 .423 .768 94 .347 93 58 0 1 2
2 George Giles* 26 1B 1.6 49 221 199 43 69 15 4 3 31 13 18 .347 .401 .508 .908 130 .414 129 101 0 4 *3 AS
3 Harry Williams 30 2B 1.5 54 239 217 53 72 13 5 3 47 11 18 .332 .386 .479 .865 119 .394 118 104 1 3 45
4 Bill Yancey 33 SS -0.5 36 131 114 11 23 5 0 0 11 1 12 .202 .278 .246 .523 34 .256 36 28 0 5 6/4
5 Javier Pérez 33 3B 0.4 44 179 169 19 52 10 0 1 28 9 8 .308 .339 .385 .724 84 .338 84 65 0 2 5/489
6 Fats Jenkins* 37 LF 0.9 52 233 210 44 66 10 3 2 25 12 15 .314 .368 .419 .787 100 .368 101 88 3 5 *7/89 AS
7 Clarence Griffin 23 CF 0.3 30 108 89 15 26 2 0 3 14 2 16 .292 .400 .416 .816 108 .380 113 37 0 3 8/79
8 Ed Stone* 25 RF 0.7 53 211 185 32 62 7 3 2 40 5 25 .335 .414 .438 .852 117 .394 121 81 0 1 *98/7 AS
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 Tex Burnett# 35 UT 0.1 34 111 91 19 26 3 0 0 14 6 17 .286 .398 .319 .717 85 .359 96 29 0 3 2/35
10 Crush Holloway# 38 OF -0.6 21 89 80 16 16 2 0 3 7 3 8 .200 .273 .338 .610 54 .283 52 27 0 1 9/7
11 Bill Sadler 26 SS 0.1 23 85 78 9 26 5 1 0 14 0 3 .333 .358 .423 .781 98 .358 98 33 0 4 6
12 Rap Dixon 32 OF 0.4 17 73 63 16 18 4 0 1 10 7 9 .286 .384 .397 .780 99 .375 104 25 1 0 8/9
13 Dennis Gilchrist 26 MI 0.2 19 73 57 16 19 4 0 0 9 1 11 .333 .441 .404 .845 116 .403 128 23 0 5 4/62
14 Leon Ruffin 23 C -0.3 15 45 42 3 9 0 0 0 5 0 3 .214 .267 .214 .481 24 .239 28 9 0 0 2
15 Willie Ward 25 OF -0.6 6 28 26 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .077 .143 .077 .220 -42 .127 -41 2 0 0 /8
16 Pepper Daniels 32 C -0.2 4 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .222 .125 .347 -9 .190 -1 1 0 0 /2
17 Jim Williams 29 OF -0.1 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 28 .235 25 1 0 0 /8
18 Eugene White IF 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -110 0 0 0 /45
19 Carl Howard 30 0.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -120 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
20 Will Jackman 39 P 0.4 22 53 51 7 17 2 1 1 12 0 0 .333 .333 .471 .804 102 .357 97 24 0 2 1
21 Leon Day 18 P 0.1 20 53 49 7 11 4 0 0 5 0 3 .224 .269 .306 .575 46 .268 44 15 0 1 1/9 AS
22 Elbert Williams 27 P 0.1 20 38 32 4 6 1 0 1 6 0 5 .188 .297 .313 .610 55 .291 57 10 0 1 1/5
23 Ted Radcliffe 32 P 0.2 13 38 34 3 9 2 0 0 2 2 3 .265 .324 .324 .648 65 .312 68 11 0 1 1/2
24 Otis Starks 37 P 0.0 11 28 26 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 .269 .321 .269 .591 52 .289 57 7 0 0 1/7
25 Terris McDuffie 26 P 0.0 5 17 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 3 .213 7 2 0 1 /17
26 Jimmy Reese* 22 P 0.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -120 0 0 0 /1
27 Gavin P 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 /1
28 Billy Nicholas P 0.1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 410 .939 447 1 0 0 /1
29 Bun Hayes 31 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -120 0 0 0 /1
30 Roy Williams 27 P 0.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 5.3 59 2222 1981 349 581 94 19 23 310 76 192 .293 .357 .395 .752 91 .351 93 782 5 44
Non-Pitcher Totals 4.5 1990 1771 323 528 85 18 21 284 74 177 .298 .364 .402 .766 95 .357 97 712 5 37
Pitcher Totals 0.8 231 209 25 53 9 1 2 26 2 15 .254 .304 .335 .638 62 .299 62 70 0 7

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 Will Jackman 39 SP 1.0 8 9 .471 5.59 22 16 0 12 1 0 124.0 150 87 77 7 37 57 2 0 0 560 92 3.96 1.508 10.9 0.5 2.7 4.1 1.54
2 Leon Day 18 SP 2.4 8 5 .615 4.36 19 15 0 10 0 2 119.2 121 67 58 7 45 73 11 0 0 517 118 4.14 1.387 9.1 0.5 3.4 5.5 1.62 AS
3 Elbert Williams 27 SP 0.2 4 7 .364 5.99 19 10 1 5 0 2 82.2 102 64 55 6 36 39 9 0 1 382 86 4.83 1.669 11.1 0.7 3.9 4.2 1.08
4 Ted Radcliffe 32 SP -0.2 4 4 .500 6.03 12 8 0 5 0 0 65.2 87 56 44 10 27 23 0 0 0 311 85 5.71 1.736 11.9 1.4 3.7 3.2 0.85
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 Otis Starks* 37 RP 0.4 3 3 .500 5.04 10 5 4 1 0 55.1 70 39 31 4 19 16 0 0 0 252 102 4.59 1.608 11.4 0.7 3.1 2.6 0.84
6 Jimmy Reese* 22 RP -0.1 0 0 9.00 3 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 18 63 4.53 2.333 15.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
7 Billy Nicholas RP -0.2 0 1 .000 13.50 3 1 0 0 0 2.2 8 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 18 42 5.45 3.750 27.0 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00
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
8 Terris McDuffie 26 0.9 2 1 .667 2.78 4 3 2 1 0 22.2 19 8 7 0 6 13 1 0 0 95 186 2.98 1.103 7.5 0.0 2.4 5.2 2.17
9 Bun Hayes 31 0.0 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 3 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 17 122 6.95 1.250 6.8 2.3 4.5 4.5 1.00
10 Roy Williams 27 -0.1 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 84 9.20 1.500 10.1 3.4 3.4 0.0 0.00
11 Gavin -0.2 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 5 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 25 19.20 6.000 45.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 4.2 29 30 .492 5.32 59 59 1 38 3 4 483.1 573 340 286 37 178 224 23 0 1 2192 97 4.52 1.554 10.7 0.7 3.3 4.2 1.26
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