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 John Huber* 34 C -0.6 29 93 91 11 19 4 1 0 6 1 1 .209 .217 .275 .492 46 .228 47 25 0 1 2/3197
2 Art Pennington# 19 1B 0.6 38 154 127 13 33 2 2 1 12 0 22 .260 .377 .331 .708 111 .350 117 42 2 3 /3784 AS,AS
3 Henry Smith 29 2B -0.5 24 95 89 6 16 0 0 0 1 1 4 .180 .215 .180 .395 18 .194 26 16 0 2 /46
4 Ralph Wyatt 24 SS -0.3 35 142 130 17 32 3 2 0 10 2 8 .246 .290 .300 .590 75 .281 78 39 0 4 6 AS
5 Alex Radcliff 36 3B 0.1 40 169 159 15 38 8 2 2 21 0 8 .239 .280 .352 .632 87 .296 86 56 1 1 5
6 Jabbo Andrews* 34 LF -0.4 18 72 68 4 16 6 1 0 6 0 4 .235 .278 .353 .631 87 .295 85 24 0 0 /789
7 Cool Papa Bell# 39 CF 1.0 39 170 141 24 44 8 3 0 11 4 27 .312 .423 .411 .834 148 .398 147 58 0 2 8/3 AS,AS
8 Jimmie Crutchfield* 32 RF 0.6 38 149 132 13 36 0 3 1 11 4 16 .273 .351 .341 .692 106 .333 109 45 0 1 9/8
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 Lester Lockett 30 UT -0.3 16 58 54 5 11 2 1 1 10 1 4 .204 .259 .333 .592 75 .277 75 18 0 0 /46
10 Walter Cannady 40 2B 0.1 14 55 51 7 13 1 0 0 6 3 2 .255 .283 .275 .558 66 .274 69 14 0 2 4/3
11 John Bissant 28 OF -0.2 14 49 48 7 10 1 0 0 6 1 1 .208 .224 .229 .454 35 .216 40 11 0 0 7
12 Ernie Smith* 34 C -0.2 14 43 42 3 9 0 1 0 5 0 0 .214 .233 .262 .494 47 .234 50 11 1 0 /2
13 Clyde Spearman* 29 OF -0.2 13 40 35 6 5 0 0 0 2 2 5 .143 .250 .143 .393 18 .218 38 5 0 0 /97
14 Army Rhodes 24 1B -0.3 10 35 31 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 .097 .152 .129 .281 -16 .144 -8 4 1 2 /3
15 George Britt 46 UT -0.1 13 30 27 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 .259 .333 .296 .630 88 .310 94 8 1 0 /231
16 Ed Young 29 UT 0.1 6 21 20 3 7 1 0 0 4 0 1 .350 .381 .400 .781 132 .370 129 8 0 0 /23
17 John Britton* 23 3B -0.1 4 17 17 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 .176 .176 .176 .353 5 .174 11 3 0 0 /5
18 Charlie Harris 2B 0.0 4 12 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 49 .237 52 3 0 0
19 Ziggy Marcell 25 C 0.0 4 11 11 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .545 62 .259 65 3 0 0 /2
20 Jimmy Ford 29 2B -0.2 2 9 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222 -34 .105 -24 1 0 0 /4
21 Ted Radcliffe 39 C 0.0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -22 .188 24 0 0 0
22 Samuel Burris 22 OF 0.0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 49 .237 52 1 0 0
23 Raymond Taylor 31 C 0.0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 98 .316 98 1 0 0
24 Leandy Young 33 C 0.0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 198 .526 189 1 0 0
25 Wadel Miller 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -85 0 0 0
26 Subby Byas# 32 C 0.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 56 .375 133 0 0 0 /2
27 Percy Howard C 0.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -85 0 0 0 /2
28 Cleo Benson 28 C 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0 /2
29 Candy Jim Taylor 58 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 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
30 Willie Ferrell 28 P 0.1 20 46 45 4 13 0 0 0 6 0 1 .289 .304 .289 .593 77 .285 79 13 0 0 /1937
31 Ollie West* 28 P 0.0 13 27 25 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 .160 .192 .160 .352 5 .175 12 4 0 1 /1
32 Charlie Shields* 19 P 0.3 11 24 23 5 7 0 3 0 2 1 0 .304 .304 .565 .870 155 .389 139 13 0 1 /17
33 Sam Thompson 34 P -0.1 9 21 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .150 .150 .150 .300 -11 .148 -8 3 0 1 /1
34 Leroy Sutton 26 P 0.0 5 12 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -1 .158 6 2 0 0 /1
35 Willie Cornelius 35 P 0.2 10 12 11 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 .364 .417 .545 .962 185 .443 171 6 0 0 /1
36 Tommy Johnson 27 P 0.0 6 8 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .250 .286 .536 59 .261 65 2 0 0 /1
37 Willie Burns* 26 P 0.0 5 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .143 -55 .112 -20 0 1 0 /1
38 Gentry Jessup 27 P -0.1 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -85 0 0 0 /1
39 Dave Hoskins* 24 P 0.0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 198 .475 189 1 0 0 /1
40 Ulysses Evans 25 P 0.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 198 .475 189 1 0 0 /1
41 Francis Jackson 38 P 0.0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -85 0 0 0 /1
42 Willie Hudson* 24 P 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 .750 354 0 0 0 /1
43 P. Burgess P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
44 Henry Merchant* 24 P 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
45 Hosea Allen 23 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals -0.4 44 1613 1472 157 348 41 19 5 132 23 113 .236 .294 .300 .594 77 .286 80 442 7 21
Non-Pitcher Totals -0.7 1442 1310 143 312 38 16 5 119 21 108 .238 .299 .303 .602 79 .290 83 397 6 18
Pitcher Totals 0.4 168 159 14 36 3 3 0 12 2 5 .226 .255 .283 .538 60 .256 61 45 1 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 Ollie West 28 SP -0.1 0 8 .000 5.72 13 7 6 2 0 0 61.1 73 44 39 2 20 16 4 1 0 279 71 3.65 1.516 10.7 0.3 2.9 2.3 0.80
2 Willie Ferrell* 28 SP -0.5 2 6 .250 5.10 11 9 1 3 0 0 60.0 79 48 34 4 24 18 2 0 0 285 80 4.14 1.717 11.9 0.6 3.6 2.7 0.75
3 Sam Thompson 34 SP -0.4 0 7 .000 4.64 9 6 3 3 0 0 52.1 69 42 27 3 15 20 3 0 1 250 88 3.59 1.605 11.9 0.5 2.6 3.4 1.33
4 Charlie Shields* 19 SP 0.2 2 3 .400 5.11 8 5 3 3 0 0 44.0 52 29 25 0 25 32 3 0 2 208 80 3.03 1.750 10.6 0.0 5.1 6.5 1.28
5 Leroy Sutton 26 SP 0.6 1 3 .250 3.71 5 4 1 2 0 0 34.0 35 18 14 0 8 11 0 0 1 147 111 2.63 1.265 9.3 0.0 2.1 2.9 1.38
6 Willie Cornelius 35 SP -0.3 2 3 .400 5.79 7 6 1 1 0 0 23.1 34 20 15 1 10 10 0 0 0 116 71 3.56 1.886 13.1 0.4 3.9 3.9 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
7 John Huber 34 RP 0.4 1 0 1.000 3.27 4 1 3 0 0 0 22.0 15 11 8 1 10 12 0 0 0 93 126 3.44 1.136 6.1 0.4 4.1 4.9 1.20
8 Willie Burns* 26 RP -0.4 0 1 .000 7.63 5 1 2 0 0 0 15.1 23 16 13 0 11 2 0 0 1 82 54 4.47 2.217 13.5 0.0 6.5 1.2 0.18
9 Gentry Jessup 27 RP -0.5 0 2 .000 7.62 5 1 2 0 0 0 13.0 21 15 11 0 5 4 0 0 0 65 55 3.11 2.000 14.5 0.0 3.5 2.8 0.80
10 Tommy Johnson 27 RP -0.4 0 1 .000 7.71 4 1 3 0 0 1 9.1 11 11 8 0 8 9 1 0 0 50 55 3.54 2.036 10.6 0.0 7.7 8.7 1.13
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
11 George Britt 46 -0.4 0 0 6.52 3 0 2 0 0 0 9.2 21 12 7 1 5 3 0 0 1 54 65 4.85 2.690 19.6 0.9 4.7 2.8 0.60
12 Ulysses Evans 25 0.3 0 0 1.50 2 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 2 1 1 0 5 4 0 0 0 25 287 3.74 1.167 3.0 0.0 7.5 6.0 0.80
13 Francis Jackson 38 -0.1 0 0 8.31 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 4 4 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 19 53 5.35 1.154 8.3 2.1 2.1 4.2 2.00
14 Dave Hoskins 24 -0.2 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 8 6 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 24 49 1.08 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 6.8
15 Willie Hudson* 24 0.0 0 0 3.86 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 12 122 4.29 2.143 11.6 0.0 7.7 3.9 0.50
16 Henry Merchant* 24 -0.1 0 0 9.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 54 1.58 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
17 P. Burgess -0.1 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 62 5.58 4.000 27.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
18 Hosea Allen 23 -0.3 0 1 .000 108.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 8 20.58 6.000 54.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals -2.3 8 36 .182 5.39 44 44 30 14 0 1 364.1 458 288 218 13 150 148 15 1 6 1732 77 3.59 1.669 11.3 0.3 3.7 3.7 0.99
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