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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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 Pepper Daniels 22 C -0.3 71 254 232 28 52 8 2 4 26 8 22 .224 .291 .328 .619 65 .290 65 76 0 *2
2 Edgar Wesley* 34 1B 3.9 60 253 229 59 92 12 4 17 68 11 23 .402 .458 .712 1.170 207 .510 199 163 1 3
3 Anderson Pryor 24 2B 2.9 90 383 322 70 93 21 5 6 43 20 57 .289 .402 .441 .843 124 .395 127 142 4 *45/269
4 Bill Riggins# 25 SS 2.9 94 393 364 65 97 16 9 8 65 26 28 .266 .321 .426 .746 97 .343 94 155 1 *6/35
5 Ray Sheppard 22 3B 1.5 52 197 182 37 62 6 3 5 29 5 13 .341 .391 .489 .880 133 .397 132 89 2 5/64
6 Johnny Jones 29 LF 0.8 80 325 294 68 80 12 7 4 25 8 28 .272 .342 .401 .743 97 .341 97 118 3 74
7 Turkey Stearnes* 24 CF 6.5 94 413 366 91 136 24 14 19 106 10 42 .372 .443 .669 1.112 192 .483 184 245 5 *8/9
8 Clarence Smith 28 RF 2.6 93 400 379 81 131 26 11 5 76 19 20 .346 .380 .512 .892 135 .404 132 194 1 *93/74
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 Harry Kenyon 31 OF -0.5 66 226 214 34 60 8 2 4 35 8 12 .280 .319 .393 .711 88 .326 87 84 0 71/9846
10 Joe Hewitt* 39 3B 0.3 36 147 117 24 19 5 1 0 9 5 26 .162 .333 .222 .556 51 .291 66 26 4 5/4
11 Dan Kennard 41 C -0.3 42 112 104 14 23 2 1 3 20 1 8 .221 .277 .346 .623 65 .284 63 36 0 2
12 Lucius Hampton 28 OF 0.4 28 88 74 14 18 2 3 3 17 1 13 .243 .364 .473 .837 121 .375 119 35 1 19/73
13 Bruce Petway# 39 UT -0.3 19 44 38 7 6 1 0 0 2 1 6 .158 .273 .184 .457 24 .236 34 7 0 /329
14 George McAllister* 26 1B -0.2 7 29 25 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 .200 .310 .200 .510 39 .264 50 5 0 /3
15 Preacher Davis 3B -0.4 7 19 19 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .158 .158 .158 .316 -16 .147 -21 3 0
16 A. Smith UT 0.0 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 34 .233 32 1 0
17 Chick Harper OF -0.2 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -109 0 0 /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 Pos Awards
18 Fred Bell 23 P 0.9 40 109 97 15 26 3 3 3 23 6 11 .268 .349 .454 .802 112 .368 110 44 1 19/78
19 Andy Cooper 28 P 0.4 32 58 53 6 13 0 3 1 4 0 5 .245 .310 .415 .725 92 .327 88 22 0 1/7
20 Jack Combs P -0.3 22 38 36 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 .111 .158 .111 .269 -27 .137 -27 4 0 1/79
21 Yellow Horse Morris 23 P 0.3 21 31 28 4 8 1 0 1 5 0 3 .286 .355 .429 .783 108 .359 107 12 0 1/9
22 Omer Newsome 25 P 0.0 17 23 23 2 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 .217 .217 .304 .522 38 .232 31 7 0 1
23 Slim Branham 25 P 0.3 14 22 22 3 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 .318 .318 .545 .864 126 .376 118 12 0 1
24 Lawrence Terrell 19 P -0.1 14 21 21 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .190 .333 -12 .150 -19 4 0 1
25 Buck Alexander 30 P -0.2 6 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .083 .000 .083 -76 .062 -72 0 0 /1
Team Totals 21.0 95 3605 3258 628 944 148 70 84 561 129 324 .290 .358 .455 .814 115 .370 114 1484 23
Non-Pitcher Totals 19.4 3203 2893 582 860 141 59 75 506 122 289 .297 .365 .465 .830 120 .377 118 1344 21
Pitcher Totals 1.7 402 365 46 84 7 11 9 55 7 35 .230 .301 .384 .685 81 .313 79 140 2

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 Fred Bell 23 SP -0.6 7 8 .467 5.06 23 14 5 9 1 0 121.0 130 88 68 9 56 66 8 0 2 553 89 4.69 1.537 9.7 0.7 4.2 4.9 1.18
2 Harry Kenyon 31 SP -0.3 8 6 .571 4.76 22 13 9 5 0 0 113.1 133 80 60 8 41 56 3 0 1 507 95 4.32 1.535 10.6 0.6 3.3 4.4 1.37
3 Jack Combs SP -1.5 5 10 .333 6.85 21 15 3 3 0 0 93.1 109 81 71 15 46 37 8 0 0 434 66 6.26 1.661 10.5 1.4 4.4 3.6 0.80
4 Lucius Hampton 28 SP 1.1 6 1 .857 3.67 12 8 4 6 1 0 76.0 70 39 31 5 19 29 2 0 2 318 123 4.15 1.171 8.3 0.6 2.3 3.4 1.53
5 Slim Branham 25 SP -0.9 2 4 .333 7.07 14 8 4 1 0 0 56.0 70 48 44 9 25 18 1 0 0 260 64 6.07 1.696 11.3 1.4 4.0 2.9 0.72
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 Andy Cooper* 28 CL 3.9 12 2 .857 2.65 30 13 13 8 1 4 146.0 133 56 43 6 28 53 1 0 1 593 170 3.63 1.103 8.2 0.4 1.7 3.3 1.89
7 Yellow Horse Morris 23 RP 0.6 6 5 .545 4.36 20 9 8 4 0 0 84.2 73 50 41 8 47 34 5 0 2 382 104 5.50 1.417 7.8 0.9 5.0 3.6 0.72
8 Omer Newsome 25 RP -0.9 1 4 .200 6.11 17 7 4 1 1 1 66.1 78 56 45 3 20 31 2 0 1 300 74 3.88 1.477 10.6 0.4 2.7 4.2 1.55
9 Lawrence Terrell* 19 RP -0.2 5 2 .714 5.44 14 5 3 2 0 0 51.1 63 37 31 6 21 31 3 0 0 245 83 4.94 1.636 11.0 1.1 3.7 5.4 1.48
10 Buck Alexander 30 RP -0.6 1 0 1.000 7.94 6 3 2 1 0 0 28.1 37 26 25 7 12 12 1 0 0 139 57 6.97 1.729 11.8 2.2 3.8 3.8 1.00
Team Totals 0.6 53 42 .558 4.94 95 95 55 40 4 5 836.1 896 561 459 76 315 367 34 0 9 3731 91 4.79 1.448 9.6 0.8 3.4 3.9 1.17
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