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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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 Pos Awards
1 Pepper Bassett# 28 C -0.3 35 127 121 13 27 5 1 0 14 1 5 .223 .260 .281 .541 56 .257 56 34 1 2 AS,AS
2 Ed Young 26 1B 1.1 36 147 128 20 35 9 1 2 19 10 16 .273 .367 .406 .774 123 .376 123 52 3 3/57
3 Billy Horne 23 2B 0.0 32 123 112 16 26 1 1 0 13 4 11 .232 .301 .259 .560 62 .277 67 29 0 4/6 AS,AS
4 Joe Sparks 28 SS -0.2 35 110 101 12 20 3 4 1 13 2 8 .198 .264 .337 .600 73 .282 71 34 1 6/45
5 Alex Radcliff 33 3B 1.2 40 173 161 24 46 9 4 1 16 1 12 .286 .335 .410 .745 114 .347 111 66 0 5/6 AS,AS
6 Ernie Smith* 31 LF 0.3 41 156 146 15 40 3 2 0 15 7 8 .274 .321 .322 .642 86 .312 87 47 2 7/892
7 Willie Simms* 30 CF 1.2 36 159 143 20 42 5 2 3 14 6 15 .294 .365 .420 .784 126 .371 124 60 1 8
8 Subby Byas# 29 RF 0.7 39 150 125 18 31 5 1 2 11 3 22 .248 .373 .352 .725 110 .353 115 44 3 9/327
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 Pos Awards
9 Wilson Redus 34 OF -0.4 25 69 64 10 13 2 0 0 7 2 4 .203 .261 .234 .495 43 .246 48 15 1 7/92
10 John Bissant 25 UT 0.2 17 64 60 8 17 2 1 2 8 0 3 .283 .328 .450 .778 123 .360 118 27 1 /794
11 Jesse Houston 29 UT 0.5 27 55 52 8 16 3 1 0 4 0 3 .308 .345 .404 .749 116 .351 113 21 0 /13469
12 Red Hale 26 SS 0.0 14 42 37 2 6 0 2 0 2 2 4 .162 .262 .270 .532 54 .266 57 10 1 /6
13 Donald Reeves* 27 OF 0.0 6 24 23 2 7 0 1 1 3 0 1 .304 .333 .522 .855 145 .388 135 12 0 /9
14 Luther Gilyard 29 UT 0.1 6 21 20 2 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .286 .400 .686 97 .319 93 8 1 /3
15 Lester Lockett 27 MI -0.1 4 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .077 .077 .077 .154 -56 .073 -57 1 0 /46
16 Charley Robinson 24 OF -0.1 3 13 10 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 .200 .385 .200 .585 71 .318 93 2 0 /87
17 Joe Williams SS -0.1 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -4 .177 -4 1 0 /6
18 Fresnell OF 0.2 2 3 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.667 2.667 662 1.233 626 5 0 /8
19 Henry McCall* 31 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -104 0 0
20 Johnny Reed 23 1B 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -104 0 0 /3
21 Zell Miles 29 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0
22 Langrum 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 /6
23 Candy Jim Taylor 55 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 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 Pos Awards
24 Willie Cornelius 32 P 0.3 19 38 34 4 9 0 0 0 0 1 4 .265 .342 .265 .607 76 .302 84 9 0 1
25 Tommy Johnson 24 P 0.1 17 19 19 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 .211 .211 .421 .632 80 .283 71 8 0 1
26 Lefty Bowe* 20 P 0.0 10 16 16 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .188 .188 .188 .375 8 .178 7 3 0 /1
27 Ted Trent 35 P -0.2 12 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -101 0 0 /1
28 Rogers Pierre 25 P 0.1 5 6 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .500 .600 1.100 217 .505 207 3 0 /1
29 Percy Forrest 22 P 0.1 3 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .400 .500 .400 .900 161 .440 167 2 0 /1
30 Henry Williams P 0.0 4 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -50 .124 -25 0 0 /1
31 Logan Hensley 39 P 0.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 4.7 43 1566 1429 180 358 52 22 13 150 41 122 .251 .316 .345 .661 91 .317 91 493 15
Non-Pitcher Totals 3.9 1402 1275 164 322 47 21 12 141 40 112 .253 .320 .351 .671 93 .322 94 447 15
Pitcher Totals 0.9 159 149 16 36 5 1 1 9 1 10 .242 .289 .309 .598 73 .286 73 46 0

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 Willie Cornelius 32 SP -0.2 3 9 .250 4.66 16 11 3 4 0 0 100.1 99 65 52 2 28 47 1 0 2 430 85 3.26 1.266 8.9 0.2 2.5 4.2 1.68
2 Jesse Houston 29 SP 0.7 5 5 .500 3.72 13 10 2 7 0 0 77.1 79 42 32 3 37 36 1 0 0 335 107 4.12 1.500 9.2 0.3 4.3 4.2 0.97
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 Tommy Johnson 24 RP 1.0 3 4 .429 3.43 17 7 9 2 1 1 63.0 69 30 24 3 23 23 1 0 1 276 116 4.10 1.460 9.9 0.4 3.3 3.3 1.00
4 Ted Trent 35 RP 0.5 2 3 .400 3.80 12 4 3 2 0 0 47.1 59 25 20 2 8 25 1 0 0 205 105 3.13 1.415 11.2 0.4 1.5 4.8 3.13
5 Lefty Bowe* 20 RP 1.1 2 2 .500 2.42 10 5 3 2 0 0 44.2 36 17 12 1 22 45 2 0 1 199 165 2.96 1.299 7.3 0.2 4.4 9.1 2.05
6 Henry Williams RP -0.1 2 0 1.000 3.77 4 1 1 1 0 0 14.1 12 10 6 1 9 6 0 0 0 68 108 5.02 1.465 7.5 0.6 5.7 3.8 0.67
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 Percy Forrest 22 -0.1 0 1 .000 4.91 3 3 0 1 0 0 11.0 9 8 6 0 7 3 0 0 0 50 83 4.43 1.455 7.4 0.0 5.7 2.5 0.43
8 Rogers Pierre 25 0.1 0 0 4.22 4 0 1 0 0 0 10.2 12 6 5 1 4 5 0 0 0 48 97 4.48 1.500 10.1 0.8 3.4 4.2 1.25
9 Logan Hensley 39 -0.6 0 2 .000 15.63 3 2 0 0 0 0 6.1 13 11 11 0 3 5 0 0 0 35 27 2.91 2.526 18.5 0.0 4.3 7.1 1.67
10 Willie Simms 30 -0.1 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 38 3.07 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 2.3 17 26 .395 4.07 43 43 22 19 1 1 376.1 392 216 170 13 141 195 6 0 4 1654 98 3.65 1.416 9.4 0.3 3.4 4.7 1.38
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