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 Pos Awards
1 Robert Bonner 32 C -0.6 42 162 149 16 28 5 1 2 13 0 10 .188 .253 .275 .528 36 .251 34 41 3 23/4
2 Charlie Watts 26 1B 0.3 21 58 53 4 14 6 0 0 6 2 5 .264 .328 .377 .705 81 .330 81 20 0 3
3 Charles Zomphier 20 2B 0.0 32 93 81 17 20 1 2 1 5 4 12 .247 .344 .346 .690 78 .331 81 28 0 4/6931
4 Eddie Woolridge 22 SS -0.3 19 55 53 5 12 3 2 0 6 1 1 .226 .255 .358 .613 57 .275 49 19 1 6/5
5 J.H. Hamilton 28 3B -0.1 37 142 140 20 45 11 1 1 17 2 2 .321 .331 .436 .767 96 .344 92 61 0 56/4
6 Tack Summers 26 LF 0.4 38 116 109 13 32 5 2 2 13 1 3 .294 .336 .431 .767 97 .348 94 47 4 *79/8
7 Babe Melton 28 CF 0.1 20 66 61 6 14 2 1 3 6 2 5 .230 .288 .443 .731 86 .326 78 27 0 8/127
8 Roy Tyler 26 RF 0.1 26 99 93 10 25 4 3 0 11 5 6 .269 .313 .376 .689 77 .321 74 35 0 9/78
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 Pos Awards
9 Dewitt Owens 25 IF 0.1 28 118 113 17 39 8 0 0 7 5 4 .345 .373 .416 .789 103 .367 104 47 1 46/31
10 Codie Spearman 30 UT 0.5 34 115 107 16 36 5 0 1 20 2 6 .336 .383 .411 .794 105 .368 107 44 2 597/3148
11 Willie Miles OF -0.2 22 87 79 10 20 2 0 0 6 2 7 .253 .322 .278 .600 56 .291 60 22 1 8/7
12 Candy Jim Taylor 42 IF 0.5 32 63 55 5 19 2 0 1 9 0 5 .345 .429 .436 .865 124 .408 130 24 3 5/14
13 Ernest Duff 26 UT -0.3 27 59 55 8 14 1 1 0 4 2 4 .255 .305 .309 .614 59 .291 58 17 0 /9287456
14 Frank Duncan* 38 OF 0.0 33 56 49 5 12 6 0 1 6 0 5 .245 .339 .429 .768 97 .352 96 21 2 /97
15 John Barnes* 22 C 0.2 10 45 40 6 13 3 0 0 7 0 4 .325 .400 .400 .800 107 .379 112 16 1 2
16 Bobo Leonard 28 OF -0.1 11 32 29 7 9 1 0 1 4 0 3 .310 .375 .448 .823 112 .378 112 13 0 /8
17 Robinson 3B -0.7 15 31 31 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 .129 .129 .161 .290 -25 .132 -39 5 0 5/7
18 Joe Ranson 25 C -0.2 9 18 18 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .222 .333 -16 .141 -34 4 0 /2
19 Elbert Norman 29 SS -0.3 4 15 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067 .067 .067 .133 -65 .062 -82 1 0 /6
20 Everett Goldie 22 1B 0.1 6 14 12 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 .333 .429 .500 .929 139 .426 141 6 0 /3
21 Tiny Baldwin 22 MI -0.1 4 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .182 .182 .182 .364 -6 .170 -16 2 0 /46
22 Harry Jeffries 27 2B 0.0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .500 .000 .500 39 .379 113 0 0
23 A. Russell OF 0.0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 159 .469 168 1 0 /9
24 Oscar Hutt 32 0.1 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 418 .937 457 2 0
25 Jackson C 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -121 0 0 /2
26 Dasler 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Pos Awards
27 John Wesley Johnson P 0.3 22 40 39 2 12 3 0 1 9 0 1 .308 .325 .462 .787 101 .352 96 18 0 1
28 Slim Branham 26 P -0.3 16 20 20 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200 -48 .094 -63 2 0 1
29 George Branigan 20 P 0.1 8 18 18 3 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 .222 .222 .444 .667 68 .285 54 8 0 /1
30 Buck Alexander 31 P -0.1 11 17 16 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .125 .176 .125 .301 -21 .155 -25 2 0 1
31 Willie Spearman 26 P -0.1 13 16 16 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 .250 .250 .313 .563 44 .256 37 5 0 /189
32 Square Moore 25 P 0.0 7 12 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .182 .250 .182 .432 13 .219 14 2 0 /1
33 Eddie Wall 22 P -0.1 8 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -35 .117 -49 1 0 /1
34 James Field 35 P 4 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 51 .257 38 2 0
35 Howard Ross 23 P -0.1 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -121 0 0 /1
36 Percy Miller* 29 P 0.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -121 0 0 /1
37 Bert Redwine P 0.1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 418 .937 457 1 0 /1
38 Art Hancock 21 P 0.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 418 .937 457 1 0 /1
39 Howard Black P 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals -0.6 44 1606 1499 182 398 74 14 15 163 28 89 .266 .314 .364 .678 74 .314 73 545 18
Non-Pitcher Totals -0.6 1462 1358 171 366 68 14 13 146 28 86 .270 .321 .369 .690 78 .321 76 501 18
Pitcher Totals -0.2 142 139 11 30 6 0 2 16 0 3 .216 .232 .302 .535 37 .243 29 42 0

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 John Wesley Johnson* SP -0.7 2 9 .182 6.12 22 13 5 5 0 1 100.0 112 87 68 9 61 44 10 0 6 481 77 5.49 1.730 10.1 0.8 5.5 4.0 0.72
2 Slim Branham 26 SP -1.4 0 7 .000 9.68 10 7 1 1 0 0 40.0 55 50 43 3 27 15 5 0 6 203 49 5.69 2.050 12.4 0.7 6.1 3.4 0.56
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 Buck Alexander 31 CL 0.3 0 6 .000 4.32 11 5 6 1 0 3 50.0 45 35 24 2 17 26 3 0 0 217 109 3.75 1.240 8.1 0.4 3.1 4.7 1.53
4 George Branigan 20 RP -0.5 2 1 .667 6.65 8 2 4 1 0 0 44.2 55 41 33 2 16 21 6 0 0 202 71 4.19 1.590 11.1 0.4 3.2 4.2 1.31
5 Square Moore 25 RP -0.1 0 2 .000 5.50 7 3 2 1 0 0 34.1 37 28 21 0 10 10 0 0 0 150 86 3.36 1.369 9.7 0.0 2.6 2.6 1.00
6 Eddie Wall* 22 RP -1.2 0 3 .000 11.63 8 3 3 1 0 0 21.2 30 34 28 1 21 12 1 0 4 117 41 5.61 2.354 12.5 0.4 8.7 5.0 0.57
7 Willie Spearman 26 RP -0.8 2 1 .667 11.02 9 2 4 0 0 0 16.1 30 23 20 4 17 7 2 0 1 98 43 8.88 2.878 16.5 2.2 9.4 3.9 0.41
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
8 James Field* 35 -1.0 0 2 .000 12.46 4 2 1 0 0 0 13.0 27 27 18 1 4 8 2 0 0 76 39 4.22 2.385 18.7 0.7 2.8 5.5 2.00
9 Candy Jim Taylor 42 -0.1 0 1 .000 7.59 4 1 2 0 0 0 10.2 18 9 9 2 1 5 0 0 0 49 64 4.85 1.781 15.2 1.7 0.8 4.2 5.00
10 Howard Ross* 23 0.4 0 1 .000 0.90 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.0 3 3 1 0 5 6 0 0 0 36 538 3.37 0.800 2.7 0.0 4.5 5.4 1.20
11 Art Hancock 21 -0.1 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 6 4 0 3 4 0 0 0 28 82 3.23 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 6.0 1.33
12 Babe Melton 28 -0.2 0 0 3.60 2 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 10 6 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 27 139 5.07 2.800 18.0 0.0 7.2 1.8 0.25
13 Dewitt Owens 25 -0.3 0 1 .000 14.54 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 11 8 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 25 35 7.45 3.000 22.8 2.1 4.2 0.0 0.00
14 Percy Miller* 29 -0.6 0 3 .000 27.00 3 2 1 0 0 0 3.2 7 12 11 1 8 1 1 0 0 28 19 13.43 4.091 17.2 2.5 19.6 2.5 0.13
15 Bert Redwine -0.2 0 0 15.43 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 7 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 35 2.21 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 3.9
16 Charles Zomphier 20 -0.1 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 11 61 14.07 2.500 9.0 4.5 13.5 0.0 0.00
17 Howard Black* 0.0 0 0 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 86 5.32 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00
18 Codie Spearman 30 -0.2 0 0 40.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 17 16.57 7.500 27.0 0.0 40.5 0.0 0.00
Team Totals -6.7 6 38 .136 7.35 44 44 33 11 0 4 366.0 461 381 299 27 203 161 30 0 17 1775 65 5.06 1.814 11.3 0.7 5.0 4.0 0.79
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