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 Poindexter Williams 24 C 0.3 54 174 164 22 46 5 1 3 28 1 9 .280 .318 .378 .696 86 .320 84 62 0 1 *2/9
2 Edgar Wesley* 31 1B 2.8 66 286 253 54 87 14 6 9 57 9 27 .344 .409 .553 .963 156 .431 152 140 1 5 *3
3 Frank Warfield 23 2B 2.2 66 302 270 57 88 12 3 0 27 11 19 .326 .375 .393 .767 106 .360 108 106 2 11 *45/6
4 Bill Riggins# 22 SS 1.4 67 278 245 40 62 7 2 2 26 8 16 .253 .315 .322 .637 71 .302 72 79 6 11 *6
5 Isaac Lane* 33 3B 0.4 49 227 205 44 61 6 4 3 25 8 14 .298 .354 .410 .764 105 .354 104 84 4 4 *5
6 Clarence Smith 25 LF 2.2 67 284 261 47 88 18 6 5 59 13 14 .337 .373 .510 .883 135 .402 131 133 1 8 *798
7 Clint Thomas 25 CF 2.0 66 286 261 45 81 18 7 7 53 11 12 .310 .350 .513 .864 129 .389 124 134 4 9 *84/9
8 Johnny Jones 26 RF 0.2 56 218 191 26 54 8 1 4 29 2 9 .283 .338 .398 .736 97 .340 96 76 7 11 *97/8
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 Bruce Petway# 36 C -0.3 32 102 93 11 21 3 0 1 14 3 5 .226 .265 .290 .556 49 .262 45 27 0 4 2
10 Jesse Barber* 34 OF 0.0 15 70 63 18 15 2 2 3 10 4 6 .238 .304 .476 .781 107 .351 99 30 0 1 8/739
11 Johnie Watson 26 OF -0.8 15 43 39 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 3 .077 .143 .077 .220 -40 .127 -41 3 0 1 /987
12 George Bennette* 21 OF -0.2 5 19 17 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 .118 .167 .235 .402 7 .185 -4 4 1 1 /97
13 Pepper Daniels 19 C 0.1 2 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .333 .600 .333 .933 156 .488 203 1 0 1 /2
14 Kid Lowe 21 3B -0.1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -28 .188 4 0 0 0 /5
15 Jack Johnson OF -0.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 0 /79
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 Force 26 P 1.0 29 71 58 10 18 0 3 3 11 0 9 .310 .412 .569 .981 161 .437 157 33 1 3 1/9
17 Bill Holland# 21 P -0.3 25 62 51 2 7 0 0 0 5 0 3 .137 .185 .137 .322 -12 .163 -29 7 0 8 1
18 Andy Cooper 25 P -0.1 20 53 47 6 8 1 0 1 3 0 1 .170 .188 .255 .443 18 .202 2 12 0 5 1
19 Jack Marshall 27 P 0.0 17 47 32 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 .094 .275 .094 .369 3 .221 10 3 1 7 1
20 Charley Wilson 27 P -0.1 13 27 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .192 .125 .317 -13 .166 -15 3 0 1 1
21 Nelson P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 10.7 67 2560 2281 389 648 94 36 41 351 73 159 .284 .338 .411 .749 100 .346 98 937 28 92
Non-Pitcher Totals 10.2 2300 2069 369 609 93 33 37 332 73 137 .294 .346 .425 .771 106 .355 104 879 26 68
Pitcher Totals 0.6 260 212 20 39 1 3 4 19 0 22 .184 .267 .274 .541 45 .260 39 58 2 24

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 Bill Holland 21 SP 3.4 12 10 .545 3.05 24 16 8 12 1 0 156.1 134 74 53 9 25 92 5 0 1 628 154 3.31 1.017 7.7 0.5 1.4 5.3 3.68
2 Bill Force 26 SP 2.7 9 4 .692 4.05 22 15 5 10 1 1 140.0 119 70 63 14 39 90 10 0 0 584 116 4.23 1.129 7.7 0.9 2.5 5.8 2.31
3 Andy Cooper* 25 SP 2.1 9 4 .692 4.38 20 17 2 11 4 1 129.1 130 68 63 11 25 61 6 0 1 548 107 4.05 1.198 9.0 0.8 1.7 4.2 2.44
4 Jack Marshall 27 SP 1.3 6 4 .600 4.49 17 11 4 7 0 0 106.1 109 60 53 11 30 46 1 0 0 461 105 4.52 1.307 9.2 0.9 2.5 3.9 1.53
5 Charley Wilson 27 SP 0.3 3 5 .375 4.70 13 8 3 3 0 0 69.0 88 45 36 4 12 16 3 0 0 306 100 4.11 1.449 11.5 0.5 1.6 2.1 1.33
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
6 Nelson 0.0 0 1 .000 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 69 3.17 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 9.7 39 28 .582 4.02 67 67 23 43 6 2 602.0 582 318 269 49 131 305 25 0 2 2532 117 3.99 1.184 8.7 0.7 2.0 4.6 2.33
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