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 Walter Burch 36 C -0.1 9 31 27 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 .185 .290 .185 .476 47 .251 59 5 0 0 /2
2 Archie Ware* 26 1B -0.2 25 105 90 11 16 1 0 0 8 0 13 .178 .288 .189 .477 48 .253 59 17 1 1 3 AS
3 Johnnie Cowan 31 2B 0.1 18 68 62 7 15 2 0 1 8 1 4 .242 .288 .323 .610 88 .296 87 20 0 2 4
4 Billy Horne 28 SS -0.5 21 84 75 10 17 2 1 0 11 0 5 .227 .275 .280 .555 71 .272 70 21 0 4 6
5 Parnell Woods 32 3B 0.9 24 87 83 13 32 5 3 0 14 4 3 .386 .407 .518 .925 184 .442 176 43 0 1 5
6 Buddy Armour* 29 LF 0.4 21 87 74 10 22 3 0 0 15 2 10 .297 .388 .338 .726 124 .360 128 25 1 2 7/68 AS
7 Sam Jethroe# 27 CF 1.2 25 109 98 19 31 3 0 2 13 2 9 .316 .380 .408 .788 142 .381 141 40 1 1 8/245 AS
8 Jimmie Crutchfield* 34 RF -0.3 17 73 70 8 16 3 0 0 4 1 2 .229 .250 .271 .521 60 .252 59 19 0 1 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
9 Willie Grace# 27 OF -0.4 20 69 63 5 15 3 0 0 6 0 2 .238 .273 .286 .558 72 .273 71 18 1 3 /978
10 Rainey Bibbs# 33 IF 0.6 10 35 31 5 13 5 0 0 4 0 3 .419 .471 .581 1.051 223 .497 215 18 0 1 /45
11 George Britt 48 C 0.2 10 26 25 3 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 .320 .320 .360 .680 109 .325 105 9 0 1 /2
12 Jesse Williams* 27 C 0.0 6 20 18 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .300 .222 .522 61 .267 68 4 0 0 /2
13 Wilbert King 29 SS 0.3 5 19 16 4 6 0 1 0 3 1 1 .375 .444 .500 .944 190 .456 187 8 1 1 /6
14 Lloyd Davenport* 32 OF 0.0 4 16 13 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 .308 .400 .308 .708 118 .356 125 4 0 1 /8 AS
15 Willie McCrary OF -0.2 2 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -23 .120 -22 1 0 0 /19
16 Walter Crosby 23 C 0.0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 158 .426 184 1 0 1 /2
17 Humphreys 3B 0.0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 105 .321 103 1 0 1 /5
18 Jimmy Cockerham 33 1B 0.1 1 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .667 .750 .667 1.417 337 .667 318 2 0 0 /3
19 Shirley Petway 35 C 0.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 516 .964 509 1 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
20 George Jefferson 21 P -0.1 11 31 27 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 .074 .167 .111 .278 -14 .153 -6 3 0 1 /18
21 Willie Jefferson 40 P -0.1 13 28 27 3 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 .148 .148 .185 .333 2 .169 -2 5 0 1 1/57
22 Eugene Bremer 27 P 0.2 8 18 16 3 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 .313 .389 .313 .701 116 .352 122 5 1 0 /1 AS
23 John Brown 25 P 0.0 5 9 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .375 .286 .661 104 .334 111 2 0 1 /17
24 Frank Carswell 26 P -0.1 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -96 0 0 0 /1
25 Lovell Harden 26 P 0.1 2 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 208 .482 227 2 0 1 /1
26 Willie McMeans P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
27 Alonzo Boone 36 P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 2.0 26 948 850 115 225 30 5 3 101 13 67 .265 .323 .322 .645 99 .317 99 274 6 25
Non-Pitcher Totals 2.2 843 755 105 209 28 5 3 95 11 62 .277 .336 .339 .675 108 .330 108 256 5 21
Pitcher Totals -0.2 105 95 10 16 2 0 0 6 2 5 .168 .218 .189 .407 26 .208 30 18 1 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 George Jefferson 21 SP 1.8 2 4 .333 1.97 10 6 3 5 0 0 68.2 62 23 15 1 11 31 0 0 0 267 174 2.45 1.063 8.1 0.1 1.4 4.1 2.82
2 Willie Jefferson 40 SP 0.5 4 5 .444 4.01 11 8 3 6 0 1 67.1 76 33 30 1 17 33 0 1 3 286 85 2.66 1.381 10.2 0.1 2.3 4.4 1.94
3 Eugene Bremer 27 SP 1.2 4 2 .667 2.63 6 6 0 6 1 0 41.0 38 13 12 0 21 10 1 0 0 181 130 3.81 1.439 8.3 0.0 4.6 2.2 0.48 AS
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 Frank Carswell 26 -0.7 1 1 .500 11.48 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.1 29 18 17 0 2 11 0 0 0 67 31 1.49 2.325 19.6 0.0 1.4 7.4 5.50
5 Lovell Harden 26 -0.2 1 0 1.000 4.35 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.1 13 8 5 1 2 3 1 0 0 49 81 4.23 1.452 11.3 0.9 1.7 2.6 1.50
6 John Brown 25 -0.2 0 0 6.52 2 1 1 1 0 0 9.2 11 7 7 3 4 1 0 0 0 44 55 7.75 1.552 10.2 2.8 3.7 0.9 0.25
7 Willie McCrary -0.1 1 0 1.000 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 14 56 2.94 1.250 9.0 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00
8 Alonzo Boone 36 -0.1 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 9 34 7.94 4.500 20.3 0.0 20.3 6.8 0.33
9 Willie McMeans -0.2 0 0 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 21 11.69 7.500 40.5 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 2.1 13 12 .520 3.87 26 26 7 19 1 1 216.1 239 110 93 6 63 91 2 1 3 924 90 3.11 1.396 9.9 0.2 2.6 3.8 1.44
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