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 Buster Haywood 33 C 0.6 31 98 85 7 24 1 1 0 15 2 9 .282 .358 .318 .676 108 .333 111 27 1 3 2/789
2 Leonard Lindsay* 34 1B 0.3 20 74 65 8 18 2 1 0 6 0 7 .277 .347 .338 .686 111 .336 112 22 0 2 3
3 Clarence Lamar 28 2B 0.6 19 74 62 8 16 1 1 0 7 3 7 .258 .343 .306 .649 100 .326 104 19 1 4 4/536
4 Henry Smith 30 SS 0.0 23 97 89 9 18 3 1 0 9 2 6 .202 .253 .258 .511 57 .251 61 23 0 2 6/417
5 John Britton* 24 3B 1.1 33 136 128 17 39 3 2 0 11 4 7 .305 .341 .359 .700 115 .337 113 46 0 1 5/79
6 Thad Christopher* 30 LF 0.2 9 34 29 3 11 2 0 0 6 1 4 .379 .455 .448 .903 177 .435 173 13 0 1 /72
7 Johnny Ray* 31 CF -0.6 36 135 117 16 20 0 2 0 3 3 12 .171 .265 .205 .470 45 .243 56 24 3 3 8/76
8 Fred Wilson* 34 RF 0.6 27 99 81 10 21 3 1 0 3 3 12 .259 .381 .321 .702 116 .354 123 26 4 2 9/1 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 Sylvester Snead 28 UT 0.3 37 146 133 24 37 13 2 1 18 2 10 .278 .333 .429 .762 133 .360 127 57 1 2 46/5217
10 Goose Tatum# 25 UT 0.3 30 121 115 15 31 5 3 2 16 2 6 .270 .306 .417 .723 121 .340 115 48 0 0 3/978
11 Clyde Nelson 21 UT -0.1 13 45 42 4 8 0 1 0 2 0 3 .190 .244 .238 .483 48 .238 54 10 0 0 /75694
12 Leroy Morney# 34 UT 0.0 8 30 28 3 7 2 1 0 5 0 1 .250 .276 .393 .669 104 .313 98 11 0 1 /67
13 Charlie Harris UT -0.3 8 24 23 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 .261 .292 .261 .553 70 .273 75 6 1 0 /479
14 Sam Segraves 23 OF -0.1 7 22 20 5 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 .150 .190 .200 .390 20 .193 24 4 0 1 /79
15 Pepper Bassett# 32 C 0.0 6 22 22 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 .273 .273 .318 .591 81 .281 79 7 0 0 /21
16 Eddie Locke* 20 OF 0.0 6 20 18 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .300 .222 .522 61 .267 71 4 0 0 /19
17 Henry Merchant* 25 OF 0.1 6 16 14 2 4 0 1 0 2 2 2 .286 .375 .429 .804 146 .398 139 6 0 0 /789
18 Harry Jeffries 44 C -0.1 6 12 10 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 65 .295 82 2 0 0
19 Bruce Wright* 22 MI -0.3 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -86 0 0 0 /46
20 Collins Jones# 20 SS 0.1 2 5 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 128 .343 120 2 0 1 /6
21 Dave Harper 25 OF 0.2 2 5 5 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 .600 .600 .800 1.400 328 .659 302 4 0 0 /9
22 Bad News Hall 28 UT 0.0 4 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 23 .192 27 1 0 0
23 Richard King 38 1B -0.1 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -88 0 0 0 /3
24 Deison OF 0.0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 105 .321 103 1 0 0 /9
25 Kelsey OF 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -84 0 0 0 /7
26 Glover OF 0.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 58 .392 144 0 1 0 /7
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
27 Roosevelt Davis 38 P 0.0 9 22 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 .190 .150 .340 5 .175 13 3 1 1 /1
28 Preacher Henry 32 P -0.2 9 15 14 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .071 .071 .071 .143 -56 .069 -57 1 0 1 /1
29 Luis Pillot 25 P -0.1 8 14 12 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 .083 .214 .083 .298 -7 .176 17 1 0 0 /17
30 Peanuts Davis 25 P 0.0 6 13 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .231 .167 .397 23 .206 35 2 0 0 /1
31 Jimmie Newberry 24 P -0.1 2 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222 -32 .107 -23 1 0 0 /1
32 George Daniels P -0.1 5 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222 -32 .107 -23 1 0 0 /1
33 Brennan King 26 P 0.0 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 105 .321 103 1 0 0 /1
34 Barney Higdon 25 P -0.1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -86 0 0 0 /1
35 Specs Ellis P 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -84 0 0 0 /1
36 Smith P 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0
37 Ulysses Evans 26 P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 2.3 37 1328 1196 143 291 39 17 3 118 25 94 .243 .305 .312 .617 89 .302 92 373 13 25
Non-Pitcher Totals 2.8 1217 1093 136 277 39 17 3 114 25 89 .253 .317 .328 .645 98 .314 99 359 12 23
Pitcher Totals -0.4 111 103 7 14 0 0 0 4 0 5 .136 .183 .136 .319 -2 .165 9 14 1 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 Roosevelt Davis 38 SP 1.8 5 2 .714 2.35 9 6 3 6 1 2 61.1 45 20 16 1 10 36 0 0 0 243 162 2.18 0.897 6.6 0.1 1.5 5.3 3.60
2 Fred Wilson 34 SP 0.7 3 1 .750 3.07 6 5 1 3 0 0 44.0 36 19 15 1 14 21 2 0 1 184 124 3.08 1.136 7.4 0.2 2.9 4.3 1.50 AS
3 Preacher Henry 32 SP -0.7 3 2 .600 5.77 9 5 3 2 0 0 39.0 46 31 25 2 17 17 2 0 1 181 66 3.91 1.615 10.6 0.5 3.9 3.9 1.00
4 George Daniels SP -0.2 1 2 .333 4.26 5 5 0 1 0 0 25.1 22 17 12 1 25 9 2 0 0 123 90 5.65 1.855 7.8 0.4 8.9 3.2 0.36
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 Luis Pillot 25 RP 0.0 1 2 .333 4.37 7 4 2 2 0 1 35.0 38 21 17 1 15 7 0 0 0 158 87 3.91 1.514 9.8 0.3 3.9 1.8 0.47
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 Peanuts Davis 25 -0.1 0 4 .000 5.23 5 4 1 4 0 0 32.2 43 21 19 1 10 12 0 0 0 147 73 3.23 1.622 11.8 0.3 2.8 3.3 1.20
7 Sylvester Snead 28 0.0 1 2 .333 5.50 3 2 1 2 0 0 18.0 19 11 11 1 6 9 0 0 0 77 70 3.37 1.389 9.5 0.5 3.0 4.5 1.50
8 Jimmie Newberry 24 0.2 0 2 .000 1.59 2 1 1 1 0 0 17.0 15 8 3 0 5 9 0 0 0 72 243 2.47 1.176 7.9 0.0 2.6 4.8 1.80
9 Eddie Locke 20 -0.1 2 1 .667 3.94 3 2 1 1 0 0 16.0 15 11 7 0 13 10 0 0 0 75 98 3.84 1.750 8.4 0.0 7.3 5.6 0.77
10 Brennan King 26 -0.3 0 1 .000 10.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 10 7 0 6 6 0 0 1 34 38 3.65 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
11 Pepper Bassett 32 0.3 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 8 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 22 1.85 2.000 14.4 0.0 3.6 9.0 2.50
12 Specs Ellis* 0.0 0 0 4.91 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 85 3.47 1.636 12.3 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.00
13 Bad News Hall 28 -0.1 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 3 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 15 48 4.98 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33
14 Smith 0.2 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 -0.35 0.375 3.4 0.0 0.0 13.5
15 Barney Higdon 25 -0.3 0 0 19.29 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 7 5 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 14 23 12.08 3.000 27.0 7.7 0.0 7.7
16 Ulysses Evans 26 -0.3 0 1 .000 36.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 15 2.65 6.000 54.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 1.2 17 20 .459 4.21 37 37 15 22 1 3 312.0 315 183 146 10 127 148 6 0 4 1381 91 3.40 1.417 9.1 0.3 3.7 4.3 1.17
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