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 Bruce Petway# 34 C -0.1 37 136 116 12 21 2 0 0 6 4 13 .181 .264 .198 .462 39 .241 42 23 0 7 2/9
2 Edgar Wesley* 29 1B 1.3 54 225 207 30 56 15 2 8 39 3 18 .271 .329 .478 .807 142 .381 134 99 0 0 *3/97
3 Frank Warfield 21 2B 0.9 54 250 227 40 62 13 2 1 25 5 16 .273 .327 .361 .688 106 .333 104 82 2 5 *45
4 Bill Riggins# 20 SS 1.4 49 193 172 16 48 10 2 2 21 1 12 .279 .330 .395 .725 117 .348 114 68 1 8 *65
5 Alonzo Longware 29 3B -0.2 19 69 62 2 10 1 0 0 4 0 4 .161 .212 .177 .390 17 .198 15 11 0 3 5/97
6 Eugene Moore 31 LF -0.1 25 94 79 11 14 4 0 0 12 2 11 .177 .286 .228 .514 54 .266 60 18 1 3 7/89
7 Jimmie Lyons* 30 CF 4.2 49 217 187 54 72 13 5 7 41 21 21 .385 .450 .620 1.070 220 .515 214 116 1 8 *87/13
8 Pete Hill* 37 RF 1.6 38 150 109 19 30 6 1 3 17 5 35 .275 .455 .431 .886 166 .437 171 47 1 5 *89/7
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
9 Joe Hewitt* 34 SS 1.4 45 201 157 30 31 5 1 0 8 9 25 .197 .330 .242 .572 72 .306 81 38 6 13 645/9
10 Mack Eggleston# 23 OF 0.2 26 89 78 6 19 5 2 0 11 0 8 .244 .330 .359 .689 106 .336 106 28 2 1 2/978
11 Charley Hill OF 0.8 22 82 71 15 24 2 2 0 14 0 9 .338 .413 .423 .835 150 .405 149 30 0 2 7/9
12 Chick Harper OF -0.1 22 78 75 6 19 1 1 1 10 0 3 .253 .282 .333 .615 84 .297 80 25 0 0 9/71
13 William Carter 30 C 0.0 9 27 21 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 .095 .269 .143 .412 24 .236 40 3 1 1 /2
14 Eugene Scott 30 C -0.4 7 23 23 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 .174 .174 .174 .348 4 .168 -1 4 0 0 /2
15 Fred Long 24 OF 0.0 5 11 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 20 .193 6 2 0 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
16 Bill Holland# 19 P -0.5 25 62 55 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .073 .136 .073 .208 -37 .116 -40 4 0 3 1
17 Bill Gatewood 38 P 0.8 29 57 47 7 15 3 2 0 9 0 10 .319 .439 .468 .907 172 .436 168 22 0 0 1/9
18 Gunboat Thompson P 0.0 9 21 17 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 .176 .263 .235 .498 50 .253 49 4 0 2 /19
19 Tom Johnson 31 P -0.1 4 16 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -25 .121 -30 2 0 0 /1
20 Andy Cooper 23 P -0.1 10 16 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .067 .125 .067 .192 -42 .107 -38 1 0 0 /1
21 Gifford McDonald 29 P 0.0 7 12 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .273 .111 .384 16 .224 29 1 0 1 /1
22 Smith P 0.2 1 5 5 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 .600 .600 1.000 1.600 378 .739 358 5 0 0 /1
23 Brown P 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -104 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 11.1 54 2036 1760 262 443 82 21 22 225 50 198 .252 .332 .360 .692 107 .341 107 633 15 63
Non-Pitcher Totals 10.9 1845 1594 248 414 78 18 22 213 50 179 .260 .340 .373 .713 114 .350 113 594 15 57
Pitcher Totals 0.2 191 166 14 29 4 3 0 12 0 19 .175 .259 .235 .494 48 .250 48 39 0 6

Standard Pitching

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Rk Player Age Pos WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS 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 Bill Holland 19 SP 3.0 10 5 .667 2.92 25 18 12 0 3 157.1 135 60 51 6 45 87 4 1 1 654 123 3.13 1.144 7.7 0.3 2.6 5.0 1.93
2 Bill Gatewood 38 SP 2.0 11 5 .688 2.73 20 12 7 0 2 122.0 108 49 37 5 35 68 6 0 0 508 132 3.23 1.172 8.0 0.4 2.6 5.0 1.94
3 Gunboat Thompson SP 0.0 3 3 .500 3.86 9 7 3 0 0 46.2 37 26 20 1 27 15 3 0 1 207 94 4.37 1.371 7.1 0.2 5.2 2.9 0.56
4 Tom Johnson 31 SP 0.1 2 2 .500 4.46 4 4 3 0 0 36.1 35 19 18 3 10 14 0 0 1 149 81 3.93 1.239 8.7 0.7 2.5 3.5 1.40
5 Gifford McDonald 29 SP 0.1 2 3 .400 4.32 7 6 1 0 0 33.1 32 18 16 2 23 13 4 0 1 153 84 5.23 1.650 8.6 0.5 6.2 3.5 0.57
Rk Player Age Pos WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS 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 Andy Cooper* 23 RP 0.5 1 2 .333 3.61 9 4 2 0 1 42.1 35 19 17 2 16 13 0 0 0 176 100 3.94 1.205 7.4 0.4 3.4 2.8 0.81
7 Jimmie Lyons* 30 RP -0.3 1 1 .500 4.05 4 1 0 0 0 20.0 22 14 9 0 11 7 1 0 0 94 91 3.90 1.650 9.9 0.0 5.0 3.2 0.64
Rk Player Age Pos WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS 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 Chick Harper -0.1 0 1 .000 2.45 2 1 1 0 0 11.0 11 7 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 49 152 3.26 1.273 9.0 0.0 2.5 1.6 0.67
9 Smith 0.0 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 7 5 2 0 3 5 0 0 0 41 188 2.69 1.111 7.0 0.0 3.0 5.0 1.67
10 Brown 0.1 1 0 1.000 3.60 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 19 108 4.00 1.400 9.0 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 5.5 32 22 .593 3.26 54 54 30 0 6 483.0 427 219 175 19 175 224 18 1 6 2050 111 3.59 1.246 8.0 0.4 3.3 4.2 1.28
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