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 SH Pos Awards
1 Ernie Smith* 32 C 0.3 15 51 46 4 13 2 0 0 4 0 3 .283 .327 .326 .653 97 .322 95 15 0 2 /27
2 Ed Young 27 1B 0.5 18 73 65 10 21 4 0 1 11 1 7 .323 .397 .431 .828 150 .401 143 28 1 0 3
3 Joe Sparks 29 2B 0.0 16 48 43 4 7 2 0 1 2 0 5 .163 .250 .279 .529 60 .264 62 12 0 0 4/569
4 Leroy Morney# 31 SS -0.2 19 75 60 10 10 2 0 0 0 1 10 .167 .296 .200 .496 50 .266 62 12 1 4 6/79 AS
5 Ted Bond 36 3B 0.7 20 84 65 13 18 1 3 0 7 0 11 .277 .390 .385 .774 133 .383 134 25 1 7 5
6 Wilson Redus 35 LF 0.2 16 36 31 2 8 0 0 0 5 0 4 .258 .361 .258 .619 87 .324 97 8 1 0 /79
7 Willie Simms* 31 CF -0.2 19 85 76 14 17 4 0 1 5 1 9 .224 .306 .316 .622 87 .308 88 24 0 0 8
8 Donald Reeves* 28 RF 0.4 17 68 61 8 18 3 1 4 24 0 6 .295 .358 .574 .932 181 .434 162 35 0 1 9/7 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 Billy Horne 24 MI -0.2 18 68 59 3 11 0 0 0 3 0 8 .186 .284 .186 .470 42 .251 54 11 0 1 4/6
10 Willie Hudson* 22 UT -0.2 16 50 47 4 11 2 0 0 5 0 2 .234 .265 .277 .542 63 .266 62 13 0 1 /1739
11 Harry Else 34 UT 0.1 10 37 33 4 10 1 0 0 3 0 4 .303 .378 .333 .712 115 .357 116 11 0 0 /25
12 Henry Merchant* 22 OF 0.1 9 21 19 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 .211 .250 .211 .461 39 .233 41 4 0 1 /871
13 Joe Brown 23 UT 0.1 7 20 19 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 .368 .400 .421 .821 148 .399 141 8 0 0 /27
14 Army Rhodes 22 1B -0.1 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -14 .139 -11 1 0 0 /3
15 Johnnie Dawson 25 C 0.0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -24 .191 20 0 0 0 /2
16 Nat Rogers* 46 OF -0.1 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0 /9
17 Walter Burch 32 C 0.1 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 202 .487 192 2 0 0 /2
18 Frank Duncan 39 C 0.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 1 .293 58 0 0 0 /2
19 Paul Stanley 26 OF 0.1 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 302 .649 287 2 0 0 /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
20 Wadel Miller P -0.1 8 20 20 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200 -40 .097 -35 2 0 0 /19
21 Lefty Bowe* 21 P -0.2 9 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -115 0 0 2 /1
22 Tommy Johnson 25 P -0.2 7 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0 /19
23 Zell Miles 30 P 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -96 0 0 0 /1
24 Willie Cornelius 33 P 0.0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 201 .487 192 1 0 0 /1
25 Hank Jones P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -85 0 0 0 /1
26 Lloyd Bruce 33 P 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -85 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 1.0 23 798 702 79 163 22 4 7 73 4 73 .232 .308 .305 .613 85 .306 86 214 4 19
Non-Pitcher Totals 1.5 741 647 78 160 22 4 7 72 4 73 .247 .327 .326 .653 97 .325 97 211 4 17
Pitcher Totals -0.5 57 55 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .055 .055 .055 .109 -67 .053 -68 3 0 2

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 Lefty Bowe* 21 SP 0.6 2 2 .500 3.59 9 7 2 4 0 0 47.2 40 26 19 3 23 36 1 0 1 207 116 3.82 1.322 7.6 0.6 4.3 6.8 1.57
2 Wadel Miller SP -0.2 1 5 .167 4.79 7 6 0 5 0 0 47.0 65 34 25 2 17 17 2 0 0 230 87 4.05 1.745 12.4 0.4 3.3 3.3 1.00
3 Willie Hudson* 22 SP 0.4 3 2 .600 3.76 6 4 2 3 0 0 40.2 42 24 17 0 23 16 3 0 0 189 111 4.14 1.598 9.3 0.0 5.1 3.5 0.70
4 Tommy Johnson 25 SP -0.5 0 5 .000 7.22 6 4 1 1 0 0 28.2 42 26 23 1 15 9 3 0 0 138 58 4.71 1.988 13.2 0.3 4.7 2.8 0.60
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 Lloyd Bruce 33 RP 0.2 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 12 3.34 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
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
6 Willie Cornelius 33 0.5 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 7.0 4 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 27 1.43 0.714 5.1 0.0 1.3 9.0 7.00
7 Zell Miles 30 0.1 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.0 1 3 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 22 97 3.34 0.500 1.5 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
8 Hank Jones -0.3 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 5 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 0 19 34 6.90 2.700 13.5 0.0 10.8 2.7 0.25
9 Henry Merchant* 22 0.1 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.00 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 0.9 7 15 .318 4.49 23 23 8 15 1 0 184.1 201 119 92 6 86 89 10 0 1 847 94 4.02 1.557 9.8 0.3 4.2 4.3 1.03
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