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 Roy Campanella 19 C 1.3 37 143 128 26 41 11 3 4 22 3 12 .320 .392 .547 .938 161 .423 153 70 3 0 *2/7 AS
2 Johnny Washington* 26 1B 1.1 59 244 228 35 72 11 8 1 36 13 12 .316 .350 .447 .797 122 .370 118 102 0 4 *3
3 Felton Snow 35 2B 0.5 54 235 214 43 53 11 2 1 37 4 14 .248 .297 .332 .629 76 .294 76 71 1 6 *4/1
4 Tommy Butts 21 SS -0.3 60 261 232 39 43 8 0 1 24 1 18 .185 .253 .233 .486 37 .238 40 54 3 8 *6
5 Henry Spearman 31 3B 0.8 56 235 216 33 59 13 2 2 38 4 13 .273 .320 .380 .700 95 .324 94 82 2 4 *5
6 Bill Hoskins* 27 LF 2.5 52 223 200 55 68 8 7 12 50 6 18 .340 .405 .630 1.035 187 .459 175 126 4 1 *7/98 AS
7 Charlie Biot 23 CF 1.1 60 223 195 34 58 9 4 2 27 9 19 .297 .366 .415 .781 118 .367 118 81 2 7 *8/79
8 Homer Curry* 36 RF 1.3 58 260 218 48 66 10 3 3 26 7 37 .303 .406 .417 .824 131 .388 133 91 1 4 *9/178
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 George Scales 40 UT 0.9 37 110 92 21 28 8 1 2 25 0 17 .304 .413 .478 .891 149 .413 147 44 0 1 4/7359
10 Bob Clarke 38 C 0.3 30 103 88 11 22 5 0 0 10 0 11 .250 .333 .307 .640 80 .311 85 27 0 4 *2/1
11 Jesse Brown* 27 UT 0.4 14 32 29 4 11 1 1 0 7 1 3 .379 .438 .483 .920 157 .425 155 14 0 0 /193
12 Art Demery* 27 OF 3 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .400 .000 .400 19 .299 75 0 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
13 Bill Byrd# 33 P 0.5 22 53 48 11 14 3 1 1 7 0 5 .292 .358 .458 .817 127 .375 124 22 0 0 1/3789 AS
14 Emery Adams 29 P 0.5 20 44 43 7 15 2 0 0 5 0 1 .349 .364 .395 .759 112 .355 111 17 0 0 1/9
15 Roy Williams 33 P 0.4 19 44 40 4 12 3 0 0 3 0 1 .300 .349 .375 .724 103 .342 104 15 2 1 1/47
16 Jonas Gaines 26 P -0.2 11 28 26 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .077 .111 .077 .188 -47 .097 -47 2 0 1 1
17 Bill Barnes 20 P -0.1 6 15 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .133 .133 .133 .267 -25 .125 -25 2 0 0 /1
18 Bob Griffith 28 P 0.1 9 11 11 2 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 .364 .364 .455 .818 128 .385 124 5 0 0 /1
19 Lefty Phillips 24 P 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 11.2 60 2272 2028 375 570 104 32 29 322 49 184 .281 .346 .407 .753 110 .351 109 825 18 42
Non-Pitcher Totals 9.5 2037 1811 345 510 94 30 28 295 47 171 .282 .349 .413 .762 113 .354 111 748 16 39
Pitcher Totals 1.7 235 217 30 60 10 2 1 27 2 13 .276 .323 .355 .678 90 .319 90 77 2 3

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 Roy Williams 33 SP 0.8 7 4 .636 4.24 17 11 4 8 0 0 102.0 101 55 48 8 37 51 2 0 1 444 104 3.97 1.353 8.9 0.7 3.3 4.5 1.38
2 Bill Byrd 33 SP 2.9 9 3 .750 2.23 15 12 3 10 2 2 101.0 79 34 25 2 18 62 2 0 0 410 198 2.43 0.960 7.0 0.2 1.6 5.5 3.44 AS
3 Emery Adams 29 SP 1.9 7 3 .700 2.91 16 13 2 8 3 0 86.2 70 34 28 5 38 30 2 0 1 367 152 4.25 1.246 7.3 0.5 3.9 3.1 0.79
4 Jonas Gaines* 26 SP 1.9 5 3 .625 2.39 11 8 3 5 4 2 67.2 55 23 18 1 15 60 2 0 1 272 184 1.98 1.034 7.3 0.1 2.0 8.0 4.00
5 Jesse Brown* 27 SP 0.4 2 2 .500 4.37 9 5 3 2 1 0 35.0 28 18 17 4 11 16 2 0 0 149 101 4.49 1.114 7.2 1.0 2.8 4.1 1.45
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 Bill Barnes 20 RP -0.1 3 3 .500 5.51 6 3 1 2 0 0 32.2 33 21 20 4 18 15 0 1 2 152 81 5.13 1.561 9.1 1.1 5.0 4.1 0.83
7 Bob Griffith 28 RP -0.3 3 1 .750 4.88 8 3 3 1 0 0 27.2 36 21 15 1 10 20 1 0 0 133 91 3.02 1.663 11.7 0.3 3.3 6.5 2.00
8 Felton Snow 35 RP 0.2 2 0 1.000 2.63 3 1 2 0 0 0 13.2 12 6 4 1 1 11 0 0 0 56 171 2.37 0.951 7.9 0.7 0.7 7.2 11.00
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
9 Homer Curry 36 0.1 1 1 .500 4.05 3 2 1 2 0 0 20.0 24 11 9 1 5 7 1 0 0 91 110 3.66 1.450 10.8 0.5 2.3 3.2 1.40
10 Bob Clarke 38 0.4 1 0 1.000 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 4 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 26 359 2.09 0.714 5.1 0.0 1.3 5.1 4.00
11 Lefty Phillips* 24 -0.1 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 16 4.14 2.333 15.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
12 Art Demery 27 -0.1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 6 16.31 4.500 13.5 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 8.1 40 20 .667 3.35 60 60 22 38 10 4 497.0 448 228 185 27 158 277 13 1 5 2122 132 3.43 1.219 8.1 0.5 2.9 5.0 1.75
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