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 John Ritchey* 24 C 0.9 21 87 72 18 23 4 1 0 12 3 14 .319 .437 .403 .840 126 .412 131 29 1 0 2/5
2 Lyman Bostock* 29 1B 0.3 22 90 81 10 27 4 1 0 14 0 8 .333 .393 .407 .801 115 .386 116 33 0 1 3/5
3 Bernell Longest* 28 2B 0.5 29 134 125 18 40 5 2 0 19 3 6 .320 .366 .392 .758 103 .361 103 49 3 0 4/579
4 Clyde McNeal 18 SS 0.0 24 101 95 13 23 2 2 0 8 1 6 .242 .287 .305 .592 59 .284 59 29 0 0 6
5 John Miles 24 3B -0.1 23 92 82 13 19 4 0 2 9 0 9 .232 .308 .354 .661 77 .317 76 29 0 1 5/749
6 Sam Hill* 21 LF 0.0 29 130 115 25 33 6 0 2 12 3 9 .287 .354 .391 .746 100 .356 100 45 3 3 79/8
7 Buddy Armour* 32 CF 0.2 24 107 100 16 30 5 1 0 6 0 7 .300 .346 .370 .716 92 .344 92 37 0 0 8/56 AS,AS
8 Jim McCurine* 26 RF -0.4 21 82 74 3 13 3 1 0 6 0 7 .176 .247 .243 .490 32 .244 34 18 0 1 9/5
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 Earl Bumpus* 33 UT 0.0 24 78 66 8 14 2 0 1 15 0 10 .212 .325 .288 .613 65 .310 72 19 1 1 1/378
10 John Bissant 33 OF 0.2 16 39 33 6 14 1 0 0 5 2 5 .424 .500 .455 .955 157 .466 163 15 0 1 7/59
11 Jesse Warren 32 MI 0.0 9 28 27 3 9 2 0 0 2 0 1 .333 .357 .407 .765 105 .363 103 11 0 0 /416
12 Jake Tolbert C 0.0 10 26 21 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .308 .143 .451 23 .262 45 3 0 0 /236
13 Ed Young 34 C -0.1 4 19 16 3 4 1 1 0 5 1 3 .250 .368 .438 .806 116 .384 112 7 0 0 /2
14 Tom Turner 32 1B -0.3 5 19 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .063 .118 .063 .180 -51 .105 -61 1 1 2 /31
15 Bob Palm 31 C -0.1 2 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -60 .112 -40 0 0 0 /2
16 Jacob Robinson 27 UT 0.0 3 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 23 .250 38 1 0 0 /569
17 Sy Morton 25 SS -0.1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -104 0 0 0 /6
18 Harold Millon 28 2B 0.1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 437 .965 787 1 0 1 /4
19 Lyons 0.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 437 .965 447 1 0 0
20 Johnson 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 0
21 Harris 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 0
22 Willie Wynn 29 C 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 0 /2
23 Berry C 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 0 /2
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
24 Riley Stewart* 28 P 0.2 13 23 21 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 .286 .348 .381 .729 95 .349 95 8 0 0 1
25 Harry Rhodes* 24 P -0.1 10 19 18 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 .161 -18 3 0 1 /1739
26 Gentry Jessup 32 P -0.1 9 19 19 1 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 .211 .211 .316 .526 40 .240 33 6 0 0 /1 AS
27 Leonard Johnson 27 P -0.1 10 17 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .071 .188 .071 .259 -29 .160 -20 1 1 1 /17
28 Clarence Locke 36 P 0.0 6 12 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .333 .273 .606 63 .306 71 3 0 0 /1
29 Walter McCoy 27 P -0.2 6 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -102 0 0 0 /1
30 Steve Wylie 36 P 0.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 437 .965 447 1 0 0 /1
Team Totals 1.0 29 1158 1039 149 274 41 10 5 119 13 96 .264 .332 .337 .669 79 .326 82 350 10 13
Non-Pitcher Totals 1.1 975 875 130 241 37 9 4 99 13 82 .275 .343 .352 .695 87 .337 88 308 8 10
Pitcher Totals -0.2 180 161 18 32 4 1 1 20 0 14 .199 .271 .255 .526 41 .263 45 41 2 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 Riley Stewart 28 SP 0.2 2 2 .500 5.57 11 6 3 3 0 1 53.1 61 41 33 3 21 22 3 0 5 241 89 3.95 1.538 10.3 0.5 3.5 3.7 1.05
2 Gentry Jessup 32 SP 1.6 2 1 .667 2.48 5 5 0 2 2 0 36.1 22 12 10 0 20 24 1 0 0 147 201 3.11 1.156 5.4 0.0 5.0 5.9 1.20 AS
3 Leonard Johnson 27 SP -0.7 0 6 .000 8.00 9 5 1 2 0 0 36.0 54 39 32 3 18 18 1 0 0 174 62 4.36 2.000 13.5 0.8 4.5 4.5 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
4 Earl Bumpus* 33 RP 0.0 0 5 .000 6.10 10 4 3 3 0 1 41.1 57 34 28 0 25 22 2 0 2 209 81 3.59 1.984 12.4 0.0 5.4 4.8 0.88
5 Walter McCoy 27 RP 0.1 1 3 .250 4.88 6 3 1 1 0 0 27.2 32 21 15 3 12 19 3 0 0 133 102 4.36 1.590 10.4 1.0 3.9 6.2 1.58
6 Harry Rhodes* 24 RP -0.2 2 2 .500 6.87 6 3 3 0 0 0 18.1 20 17 14 0 11 10 1 0 1 88 73 3.57 1.691 9.8 0.0 5.4 4.9 0.91
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 Clarence Locke 36 -0.2 2 1 .667 5.04 4 3 0 3 0 0 25.0 28 23 14 1 12 13 3 0 0 118 99 3.98 1.600 10.1 0.4 4.3 4.7 1.08
8 Jesse Warren 32 0.0 0 0 7.94 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 7 5 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 24 65 3.05 1.588 11.1 0.0 3.2 3.2 1.00
9 Steve Wylie 36 -0.1 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 4.0 4 5 4 0 5 2 0 0 0 21 59 5.45 2.250 9.0 0.0 11.3 4.5 0.40
10 Tom Turner 32 0.1 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 5.70 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 0.7 9 20 .310 5.61 29 29 15 14 2 3 248.2 285 197 155 10 127 132 14 0 8 1159 89 3.86 1.657 10.3 0.4 4.6 4.8 1.04
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