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 Pepper Bassett# 30 C 0.0 12 38 34 3 9 0 0 0 2 0 3 .265 .324 .265 .589 76 .293 80 9 0 1 2 AS
2 Ed Young 28 1B 0.6 18 73 68 11 22 2 1 2 16 1 4 .324 .370 .471 .840 149 .394 143 32 1 0 3/5
3 Billy Horne 25 2B 0.3 18 64 57 6 12 2 0 0 5 0 5 .211 .286 .246 .531 58 .267 64 14 1 1 4/6 AS
4 Tice James 26 SS -0.3 10 40 37 1 5 1 1 0 4 0 1 .135 .179 .216 .396 17 .192 16 8 1 1 /6
5 Curtis Henderson 29 3B 0.2 14 54 49 5 11 1 1 1 6 4 5 .224 .296 .347 .643 91 .318 90 17 0 0 5/46
6 Art Pennington# 18 LF -0.5 12 53 48 4 9 0 0 0 3 1 4 .188 .250 .188 .438 31 .222 37 9 0 1 /789
7 Jimmie Crutchfield* 31 CF 0.2 18 82 79 10 22 1 1 0 6 5 3 .278 .305 .316 .621 85 .306 84 25 0 0 /89 AS
8 Donald Reeves* 29 RF -0.4 8 28 27 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 .185 .214 .185 .399 19 .197 22 5 0 0 /98
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 Willie Hudson* 23 UT 0.3 13 37 32 5 11 1 1 1 3 1 3 .344 .400 .531 .931 176 .433 170 17 0 2 /713 AS
10 Oscar Boone 30 UT 0.2 9 32 30 5 11 1 0 0 5 0 2 .367 .406 .400 .806 140 .388 138 12 0 0 /2
11 Ted Gipson 33 UT -0.2 10 23 23 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 .217 .217 .435 29 .208 28 5 0 0 /517
12 John Lyles# 29 SS 0.2 5 21 20 3 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 .250 .286 .400 .686 103 .323 98 8 0 0 /6
13 Clyde Spearman* 28 OF 0.3 4 18 17 4 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 .471 .500 .529 1.029 206 .489 200 9 0 0 /9
14 Henry Merchant* 23 OF 0.1 8 16 13 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 .231 .375 .308 .683 103 .345 112 4 0 0 /189
15 Ralph Wyatt 23 IF -0.2 3 14 14 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .214 .214 .214 .429 27 .214 26 3 0 0 /65
16 Bonnie Serrell* 21 OF -0.2 3 13 13 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308 -9 .147 -9 2 0 0 /7
17 Alex Radcliff 35 3B 0.1 2 8 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .429 .500 .929 175 .438 179 3 0 1 /5
18 Archie Ware* 23 1B 0.0 2 7 7 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 70 .273 68 2 0 0 /3
19 Jonas Gaines 26 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0
20 Bill Bradford* 27 2B 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /4
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
21 Willie Cornelius 34 P 0.4 10 25 20 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 2 .350 .409 .350 .759 126 .372 133 7 0 3 /1
22 Willie Ferrell 27 P 0.0 6 17 16 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .125 .176 .125 .301 -10 .156 -3 2 0 0 /1
23 Gentry Jessup 26 P 0.0 4 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 49 .239 35 1 0 1 /1
24 Ted Alexander 28 P 0.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
25 Verdell Mathis* 27 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1 AS
26 Charlie Shields* 18 P 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 0.9 18 674 620 70 157 12 5 5 61 13 40 .253 .302 .313 .615 83 .299 83 194 3 11
Non-Pitcher Totals 0.5 606 562 67 144 11 5 5 57 13 34 .256 .302 .320 .622 85 .302 85 180 3 7
Pitcher Totals 0.4 67 57 3 13 1 0 0 4 0 6 .228 .302 .246 .547 63 .275 70 14 0 4

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 34 SP 0.7 0 7 .000 3.50 10 9 1 3 0 0 61.2 57 32 24 2 23 21 4 0 2 266 109 3.86 1.297 8.3 0.3 3.4 3.1 0.91
2 Ted Gipson 33 SP -0.6 0 3 .000 9.64 3 3 0 0 0 0 4.2 9 10 5 1 6 3 1 0 0 31 43 8.81 3.214 17.4 1.9 11.6 5.8 0.50
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 Willie Ferrell* 27 RP 0.7 3 0 1.000 2.87 6 2 2 2 1 0 37.2 38 17 12 0 10 16 1 0 2 166 134 2.83 1.274 9.1 0.0 2.4 3.8 1.60
4 Gentry Jessup 26 RP 0.5 0 1 .000 1.93 4 1 3 1 0 0 14.0 12 4 3 0 10 8 3 0 1 67 203 4.45 1.571 7.7 0.0 6.4 5.1 0.80
5 Willie Hudson* 23 RP -0.5 1 1 .500 9.49 4 2 1 0 0 0 12.1 13 14 13 1 13 9 0 0 0 63 41 5.56 2.108 9.5 0.7 9.5 6.6 0.69 AS
6 Henry Merchant* 23 RP -0.1 1 0 1.000 5.79 4 0 2 0 0 0 9.1 10 7 6 0 6 3 0 0 0 47 69 4.09 1.714 9.6 0.0 5.8 2.9 0.50
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 Ted Alexander 28 -0.2 0 0 5.19 3 0 1 0 0 1 8.2 10 7 5 0 4 6 0 0 0 40 77 2.81 1.615 10.4 0.0 4.2 6.2 1.50
8 Charlie Shields* 18 -0.1 0 0 6.35 2 0 2 0 0 0 5.2 7 5 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 29 64 4.22 1.941 11.1 0.0 6.4 3.2 0.50
9 Verdell Mathis* 27 -0.3 0 1 .000 18.90 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 10 8 7 0 1 3 0 0 0 20 23 1.91 3.300 27.0 0.0 2.7 8.1 3.00 AS
Team Totals 0.0 5 13 .278 4.52 18 18 12 6 1 1 157.1 166 104 79 4 77 71 9 0 5 729 86 3.88 1.544 9.5 0.2 4.4 4.1 0.92
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