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 34 C -0.2 18 55 52 4 11 1 1 0 6 0 2 .212 .241 .269 .510 57 .247 55 14 0 1 2
2 Armando Vázquez* 22 1B 0.0 29 108 97 13 28 0 1 1 11 2 11 .289 .361 .340 .701 116 .344 117 33 0 0 3
3 Fermín Valdés 33 2B 0.1 18 67 58 8 14 1 0 0 5 3 5 .241 .313 .259 .571 76 .293 81 15 1 3 4
4 Henry Smith 31 SS 0.1 24 104 91 9 22 6 0 0 7 1 7 .242 .296 .308 .604 86 .294 86 28 0 6 6/45
5 Alex Radcliff 38 3B 0.8 19 77 68 10 23 5 1 1 12 1 9 .338 .416 .485 .901 177 .429 170 33 0 0 5 AS
6 Leovigildo Xiqués 26 LF 0.4 26 113 104 13 31 3 1 0 13 7 8 .298 .348 .346 .694 114 .347 113 36 0 1 7
7 Rafael Cabrera 19 CF -0.1 18 62 55 5 11 0 1 0 3 1 5 .200 .267 .236 .503 55 .251 58 13 0 2 8/67
8 Johnny Ray* 32 RF -0.3 30 130 115 16 23 2 0 0 5 0 13 .200 .292 .217 .510 57 .263 66 25 2 0 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 Henry Merchant* 26 OF 0.4 20 83 69 13 17 2 2 0 8 2 11 .246 .358 .333 .691 113 .343 116 23 1 2 8/179
10 Hoss Walker 36 SS 0.7 15 49 42 5 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 .119 .229 .143 .372 15 .209 27 6 1 1 6/5
11 Antonio Ruiz 33 UT 0.6 15 40 31 8 10 2 1 0 5 1 7 .323 .447 .452 .899 177 .433 176 14 0 2 1/4
12 Pepper Bassett# 33 C -0.1 10 37 33 3 7 2 0 0 7 0 3 .212 .278 .273 .551 69 .273 72 9 0 1 /21
13 Jack Marshall 35 MI 0.3 8 31 26 9 11 1 0 0 3 0 3 .423 .483 .462 .944 191 .457 193 12 0 2 /46
14 Sam Hairston 24 C 0.2 9 28 25 3 7 1 0 1 8 0 2 .280 .333 .440 .773 137 .371 134 11 0 1 /2
15 Walter Cannady 42 IF 0.2 7 20 16 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 .188 .350 .250 .600 85 .321 98 4 0 0 /354
16 Bad News Hall 29 IF 0.0 3 13 12 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 .167 .231 .250 .481 48 .238 51 3 0 0 /45
17 Art Pennington# 21 OF -0.1 2 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .125 .222 .125 .347 8 .190 20 1 0 0 /89
18 Sam Jackson* 24 1B -0.2 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -98 0 0 0
19 Dave Harper 26 OF 0.1 2 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 101 .341 114 1 0 0
20 Harry Jeffries 45 C 0.0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 105 .321 103 1 0 0 /2
21 John Henry McQueen 28 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
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
22 Roosevelt Davis 39 P -0.2 8 26 26 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .077 .077 .077 .154 -53 .074 -51 2 0 0 /1
23 Johnny Williams 26 P 0.1 9 12 12 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .417 .750 130 .357 124 5 0 0 /1
24 Lázaro Medina* 21 P 0.1 2 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714 119 .337 111 3 0 0 /1
25 Willie Burns* 28 P 0.0 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 23 .193 21 1 0 0 /1
26 Specs Roberts 36 P 0.0 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 105 .321 103 1 0 1 /1
27 Weedy Edwards 18 P -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -98 0 0 0 /1
28 Willie McCrary P 0.0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 105 .321 103 1 0 0 /1
29 Albert Overton 40 P 0.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 208 .482 200 1 0 0 /1
30 Cornelius Cook 34 P 0.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 57 .371 130 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 3.1 30 1105 978 125 241 31 8 3 105 21 99 .246 .319 .304 .623 92 .309 94 297 5 23
Non-Pitcher Totals 2.4 999 883 114 218 27 7 3 94 20 91 .247 .321 .304 .624 92 .311 95 268 5 20
Pitcher Totals 0.7 105 94 11 22 4 1 0 11 1 8 .234 .294 .298 .592 82 .290 85 28 0 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 Antonio Ruiz 33 SP -0.3 3 4 .429 3.27 12 8 3 5 0 1 63.1 77 36 23 2 13 25 2 0 0 268 105 3.02 1.421 10.9 0.3 1.8 3.6 1.92
2 Roosevelt Davis 39 SP 0.8 6 2 .750 2.40 8 8 0 5 1 0 60.0 59 24 16 0 16 42 0 0 1 254 143 2.09 1.250 8.9 0.0 2.4 6.3 2.63
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 Johnny Williams 26 RP 0.1 2 3 .400 4.23 7 3 4 1 0 0 27.2 23 13 13 0 8 7 0 0 0 114 82 3.05 1.120 7.5 0.0 2.6 2.3 0.88
4 Albert Overton 40 RP 0.2 0 0 1.59 3 0 3 0 0 0 5.2 6 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 26 231 3.92 1.588 9.5 0.0 4.8 1.6 0.33
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 Henry Merchant* 26 0.1 1 1 .500 1.00 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 16 8 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 75 348 2.57 1.000 8.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.00
6 Lázaro Medina 21 -0.1 0 2 .000 4.76 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.0 23 10 9 1 0 13 0 0 0 77 73 1.92 1.353 12.2 0.5 0.0 6.9
7 Pepper Bassett 33 -0.8 0 2 .000 8.82 3 2 0 1 0 0 16.1 25 20 16 0 3 6 0 0 0 81 40 2.50 1.714 13.8 0.0 1.7 3.3 2.00
8 Willie Burns* 28 0.1 1 0 1.000 3.38 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.0 15 7 6 0 7 2 1 0 3 66 104 3.94 1.375 8.4 0.0 3.9 1.1 0.29
9 Specs Roberts 36 0.3 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 6 2 2 0 7 2 0 0 0 39 179 4.57 1.444 6.0 0.0 7.0 2.0 0.29
10 Willie McCrary 0.3 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 9 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 31 2.96 1.500 11.0 0.0 2.5 2.5 1.00
11 Weedy Edwards 18 -0.1 1 0 1.000 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 8 5 5 0 5 4 0 0 0 34 54 3.74 1.950 10.8 0.0 6.8 5.4 0.80
12 Cornelius Cook* 34 -0.3 0 0 10.80 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 8 7 6 0 1 3 0 0 0 25 34 2.09 1.800 14.4 0.0 1.8 5.4 3.00
Team Totals 0.3 16 14 .533 3.54 30 30 11 18 1 1 252.0 275 134 99 3 67 111 3 0 4 1090 98 2.79 1.357 9.8 0.1 2.4 4.0 1.66
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