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 Barnes* 18 C -0.5 35 121 112 11 24 5 1 0 11 1 6 .214 .254 .277 .531 42 .248 39 31 0 3 *2/53
2 Robert Bonner 28 1B 0.3 50 198 180 29 47 14 4 4 22 3 14 .261 .321 .450 .771 105 .347 100 81 2 2 *3/5
3 Claude Johnson 28 2B 1.2 51 218 195 28 61 10 3 0 27 4 21 .313 .382 .395 .777 109 .363 111 77 1 1 *4/6
4 Boots McClain 23 SS -0.1 32 112 102 18 23 3 4 0 11 3 10 .225 .295 .333 .628 68 .294 67 34 0 0 *6/54
5 Candy Jim Taylor 38 3B -0.4 49 194 167 23 35 7 3 3 19 3 17 .210 .283 .341 .624 67 .289 63 57 0 10 *5/146
6 Wade Johnston* 24 LF -0.5 43 177 159 19 41 8 2 1 18 5 10 .258 .302 .352 .654 75 .304 72 56 0 8 *71/8
7 Bobo Leonard 24 CF -0.2 39 159 136 21 33 4 2 1 12 2 17 .243 .327 .324 .650 75 .309 77 44 0 6 *8/1
8 Fred Boyd 24 RF 0.5 47 188 174 24 55 9 5 2 24 3 11 .316 .364 .460 .823 120 .373 117 80 2 1 *97
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 Rube Henderson 30 OF -0.2 32 106 94 11 24 4 1 0 12 3 7 .255 .314 .319 .633 70 .300 70 30 1 4 9/4856
10 Mitchell Murray 26 C 0.3 30 88 82 15 26 4 1 0 12 0 5 .317 .364 .390 .754 102 .352 103 32 1 0 *2/1
11 Gerard Williams SS 0.5 16 64 58 6 16 2 4 0 6 3 4 .276 .323 .448 .771 105 .350 99 26 0 2 6
12 Willie Gray* 26 OF -0.3 14 57 52 8 8 1 0 1 5 3 4 .154 .214 .231 .445 19 .218 17 12 0 1 8/3
13 Walter Cannady 20 UT 0.3 15 45 42 6 16 2 1 0 4 3 2 .381 .422 .476 .898 141 .421 141 20 1 0 /7168
14 Eugene Redd 22 UT -0.2 6 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .182 .364 -2 .170 -8 2 0 0 /567
15 Harry Jeffries 23 SS 0.1 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 169 .468 173 2 0 0 /6
16 Johnson 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 0
17 Roy Moore 29 0.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 438 .937 450 1 0 0
18 Heath 0.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 .751 343 0 0 0
19 O'Keefe 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 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 SH Pos Awards
20 Slim Branham 22 P 0.2 24 54 49 8 12 2 1 0 8 0 1 .245 .260 .327 .587 57 .268 48 16 0 4 *1
21 Joe Strong* 19 P 0.3 15 26 22 4 7 4 0 0 4 0 2 .318 .400 .500 .900 140 .411 140 11 1 1 1/9
22 Curtis Ricks 29 P -0.3 8 14 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071 .071 .071 .143 -62 .067 -70 1 0 0 /179
23 Bob McClure 31 P 0.2 7 12 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .500 .250 .750 106 .409 138 2 1 0 /1
24 Bill McCall* 24 P 0.1 6 11 10 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .300 .300 .300 .600 61 .281 56 3 0 1 /1
25 Eugene Keeton 25 P 0.0 6 8 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .125 .125 .250 .375 -1 .162 -13 2 0 0 /1
26 Chatman P 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 0 /1
27 Howard P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 1.0 51 1872 1683 238 440 80 32 12 199 36 135 .261 .320 .368 .688 84 .319 83 620 10 44
Non-Pitcher Totals 0.6 1742 1568 219 413 73 31 12 184 36 128 .263 .322 .372 .695 86 .322 84 584 8 38
Pitcher Totals 0.4 126 112 17 26 7 1 0 15 0 6 .232 .283 .313 .596 60 .280 58 35 2 6

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 Slim Branham 22 SP 1.9 5 9 .357 5.08 24 14 8 8 0 0 136.1 147 86 77 5 50 73 5 0 2 594 92 3.78 1.445 9.7 0.3 3.3 4.8 1.46
2 Wade Johnston* 24 SP 1.3 3 5 .375 4.29 12 10 1 3 0 0 77.2 75 47 37 4 24 38 2 0 1 328 110 3.86 1.275 8.7 0.5 2.8 4.4 1.58
3 Joe Strong 19 SP 0.2 2 4 .333 5.93 12 8 2 4 0 0 54.2 69 41 36 1 26 29 1 0 0 251 79 3.83 1.738 11.4 0.2 4.3 4.8 1.12
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 Bill McCall* 24 RP 0.1 2 2 .500 6.14 6 3 2 2 0 0 29.1 32 22 20 2 7 14 1 0 0 128 77 3.92 1.330 9.8 0.6 2.1 4.3 2.00
5 Bob McClure 31 RP 0.3 3 1 .750 5.34 7 3 4 1 0 0 28.2 32 19 17 0 13 22 1 0 0 125 89 3.10 1.570 10.0 0.0 4.1 6.9 1.69
6 Eugene Keeton 25 RP -0.4 0 3 .000 7.71 6 3 1 0 0 0 21.0 37 21 18 1 8 10 0 0 0 104 62 3.98 2.143 15.9 0.4 3.4 4.3 1.25
7 Bobo Leonard 24 RP -0.6 0 2 .000 9.43 6 2 3 2 0 0 21.0 31 24 22 1 9 11 0 0 0 105 50 4.02 1.905 13.3 0.4 3.9 4.7 1.22
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 Walter Cannady 20 0.9 2 1 .667 3.33 4 2 2 1 0 0 27.0 21 12 10 1 11 10 1 0 0 108 142 4.24 1.185 7.0 0.3 3.7 3.3 0.91
9 Curtis Ricks* 29 0.4 1 0 1.000 2.81 3 1 2 1 0 0 16.0 14 8 5 1 6 7 1 0 0 65 170 4.42 1.250 7.9 0.6 3.4 3.9 1.17
10 Candy Jim Taylor 38 -0.3 0 1 .000 6.57 3 2 1 0 0 0 12.1 16 13 9 3 5 6 0 1 0 63 73 6.57 1.703 11.7 2.2 3.6 4.4 1.20
11 Mitchell Murray 26 -0.3 0 1 .000 15.43 1 1 0 1 0 0 7.0 18 14 12 0 5 3 0 0 0 45 32 4.45 3.286 23.1 0.0 6.4 3.9 0.60
12 Chatman -0.3 0 1 .000 13.50 2 2 1 0 0 0 4.2 10 8 7 0 6 3 0 0 0 32 37 5.74 3.429 19.3 0.0 11.6 5.8 0.50
13 Howard 0.0 0 0 5.40 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 104 3.17 1.200 10.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 3.3 18 30 .375 5.58 51 51 28 23 0 0 437.1 504 316 271 19 170 226 12 1 3 1955 85 3.95 1.541 10.4 0.4 3.5 4.7 1.33
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