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 Frazier Robinson 37 C -0.6 42 109 99 9 16 3 1 0 5 1 7 .162 .217 .212 .429 17 .211 12 21 0 3 2
2 Johnny Washington* 32 1B 1.5 57 231 216 30 81 11 6 0 44 7 11 .375 .408 .481 .889 141 .416 142 104 1 3 *3 AS,AS
3 Jim Gilliam# 18 2B 0.7 59 248 214 40 55 10 3 0 27 7 26 .257 .340 .332 .672 83 .328 86 71 1 7 4/6
4 Tommy Butts 27 SS 2.9 59 264 242 50 85 9 7 1 29 5 14 .351 .391 .459 .850 131 .397 131 111 2 6 *6 AS,AS
5 Lester Lockett 35 3B 1.3 67 283 253 41 81 13 3 1 45 5 24 .320 .384 .407 .791 115 .376 117 103 2 4 57/934
6 Butch Davis* 31 LF 2.2 67 288 267 50 91 12 12 3 52 25 14 .341 .382 .509 .892 141 .422 139 136 4 3 *79/8
7 Henry Kimbro* 35 CF 3.8 64 278 247 70 95 24 5 8 52 11 26 .385 .447 .619 1.067 188 .490 186 153 2 3 *8/7 AS,AS
8 Félix Guilbe 23 RF 0.4 49 188 168 24 49 8 2 0 14 4 16 .292 .357 .363 .720 96 .346 98 61 1 3 9/78
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 Joe Wiley 28 IF 0.1 43 160 132 15 28 6 1 0 13 2 15 .212 .302 .273 .575 57 .285 58 36 2 11 54/9
10 Luis Villodas 29 C -0.6 29 89 85 8 15 0 1 0 6 0 2 .176 .205 .200 .405 10 .197 5 17 1 1 2/3
11 Bill Perkins 41 C -0.6 14 44 39 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 3 .103 .167 .103 .269 -26 .145 -32 4 0 2 2/7
12 Ziggy Marcell 30 C -0.4 14 37 32 4 6 0 0 0 2 1 4 .188 .278 .188 .465 28 .243 32 6 0 1 2
13 Ed Finney 22 3B 0.1 6 19 17 4 5 0 1 1 3 0 1 .294 .333 .588 .922 148 .413 141 10 0 1 /54
14 Ernest Burke* 23 OF -0.1 7 15 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .286 .091 .377 5 .235 24 1 2 1 /19
15 Felton Snow 41 CI 0.1 3 12 11 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 .364 .417 .364 .780 113 .382 119 4 0 0 /53
16 General Jackson 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
17 Bill Byrd# 39 P 0.4 22 56 48 7 12 2 0 1 5 0 6 .250 .345 .354 .700 91 .341 94 17 1 1 1
18 Bob Romby* 28 P -0.2 32 56 53 8 9 2 0 0 5 1 1 .170 .200 .208 .408 11 .198 5 11 1 1 1/39 AS,AS
19 Joe Black 23 P 0.3 23 50 47 3 13 0 0 0 1 0 2 .277 .320 .277 .597 63 .294 66 13 1 0 1 AS
20 Amos Watson 21 P -0.6 14 41 40 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .025 .025 .025 .050 -86 .024 -106 1 0 1 1
21 Jonas Gaines 32 P -0.1 13 28 25 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 .120 .185 .120 .305 -16 .163 -20 3 1 1 1
22 José Pereira 20 P 0.1 8 14 13 2 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 .231 .286 .385 .670 81 .311 76 5 0 0 /1
Team Totals 10.7 67 2510 2259 367 657 100 43 15 312 69 176 .291 .348 .393 .741 101 .353 101 888 22 53
Non-Pitcher Totals 10.9 2250 2022 345 615 96 42 14 296 68 164 .304 .361 .414 .775 110 .367 110 837 16 48
Pitcher Totals -0.2 260 237 22 42 4 1 1 16 1 12 .177 .235 .215 .450 23 .225 21 51 6 5

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 Joe Black 23 SP 0.7 5 10 .333 4.02 22 13 8 10 0 3 130.0 138 73 58 4 58 65 1 0 3 583 103 3.46 1.508 9.6 0.3 4.0 4.5 1.12 AS
2 Bill Byrd 39 SP 2.3 8 5 .615 2.77 16 14 2 11 0 0 120.1 112 51 37 2 24 59 2 0 0 496 150 2.58 1.130 8.4 0.1 1.8 4.4 2.46
3 Bob Romby* 28 SP 3.4 10 4 .714 2.67 19 14 4 9 3 2 111.1 66 36 33 0 61 99 0 0 4 453 156 2.56 1.141 5.3 0.0 4.9 8.0 1.62 AS,AS
4 Amos Watson 21 SP 2.4 8 3 .727 2.66 14 11 1 7 1 0 101.1 86 39 30 2 45 57 8 0 4 430 156 3.40 1.293 7.6 0.2 4.0 5.1 1.27
5 Jonas Gaines* 32 SP -0.8 4 4 .500 3.68 12 9 2 5 0 0 66.0 82 50 27 0 26 55 3 0 1 317 113 2.35 1.636 11.2 0.0 3.5 7.5 2.12
6 José Pereira 20 SP -0.1 2 1 .667 4.78 8 5 3 2 0 1 37.2 42 25 20 0 8 15 3 0 2 165 87 2.78 1.327 10.0 0.0 1.9 3.6 1.88
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
7 Ernest Burke 23 RP -0.2 0 1 .000 5.65 4 1 3 0 0 0 14.1 26 11 9 0 6 3 0 0 0 71 75 3.53 2.233 16.3 0.0 3.8 1.9 0.50
Team Totals 7.8 37 28 .569 3.31 67 67 23 44 4 6 581.0 552 285 214 8 228 353 17 0 14 2515 125 2.92 1.343 8.6 0.1 3.5 5.5 1.55
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