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 Tommie Dukes* 28 C 1.1 45 170 147 29 51 8 3 3 34 0 20 .347 .425 .503 .929 135 .423 137 74 0 3 2
2 Buck Leonard* 27 1B 2.3 44 195 171 33 70 19 3 4 41 5 19 .409 .471 .626 1.097 177 .485 176 107 1 4 3 AS
3 Matt Carlisle 25 2B 1.7 49 206 182 39 65 10 12 2 38 5 17 .357 .418 .577 .995 151 .438 147 105 2 5 *4/6
4 Jelly Jackson 25 SS -1.3 51 184 160 29 26 4 0 1 13 0 15 .163 .243 .206 .449 15 .225 16 33 2 7 *6
5 Jimmy Binder 32 3B 0.0 41 144 132 18 35 4 0 0 10 1 7 .265 .307 .295 .603 54 .286 55 39 1 4 5/4
6 Vic Harris* 30 LF 1.0 49 219 196 45 64 12 3 5 37 5 21 .327 .394 .495 .889 125 .400 124 97 1 1 *7
7 Jerry Benjamin# 25 CF 0.9 50 222 201 47 61 13 4 3 33 6 13 .303 .355 .453 .808 104 .364 102 91 3 5 *89/46
8 Buddy Burbage* 28 RF 0.4 26 104 91 23 29 7 3 1 17 4 9 .319 .386 .495 .881 123 .398 121 45 1 3 9/4
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 Ray Brown# 27 OF 1.0 41 153 133 31 37 12 3 5 31 4 19 .278 .368 .526 .895 125 .394 119 70 0 1 18/97 AS
10 George Scales 34 IF 0.5 38 144 124 29 32 9 2 6 29 1 18 .258 .352 .508 .860 116 .378 111 63 0 2 5/436
11 Tom Parker 23 OF 0.4 29 62 55 12 18 2 0 2 13 0 5 .327 .393 .473 .866 119 .395 120 26 1 1 1/987
12 Robert Gaston 25 C 0.0 16 30 27 4 6 2 1 0 3 0 2 .222 .300 .370 .670 70 .309 69 10 1 0 2/9
13 John Beckwith 35 UT -0.1 7 20 18 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 .167 .250 .222 .472 21 .234 25 4 0 0 /257
14 Dennis Gilchrist 26 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 .767 347 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
15 Joe Strong* 32 P 0.3 25 58 48 8 14 2 0 1 13 0 5 .292 .370 .396 .766 95 .359 98 19 1 4 1/968
16 Willie Gisentaner* 35 P -0.2 24 54 48 8 9 3 0 1 5 0 2 .188 .220 .313 .533 34 .239 22 15 0 4 1/9
17 Louis Dula 23 P 0.4 14 32 31 5 12 4 0 2 10 0 1 .387 .406 .710 1.116 178 .478 168 22 0 0 /197
18 C.D. Mosley P -0.1 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -113 0 0 0 /1
19 Harry Salmon* 40 P 0.1 2 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 241 .626 257 2 0 0 /1
20 Ralph Mellix* 39 P 0.0 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 70 .313 72 1 0 0 /1
21 Columbus Vance# 30 P 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 155 .469 161 1 0 0
22 Rose P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -120 0 0 0 /1
23 Roy Williams 27 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -120 0 0 0 /1
24 Lefty Williams* 40 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -120 0 0 0 /1
25 Smith P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 8.5 52 2012 1778 363 536 112 34 36 332 31 176 .301 .369 .463 .832 110 .376 109 824 14 44
Non-Pitcher Totals 6.5 1638 1449 296 442 89 31 25 257 27 143 .305 .372 .461 .833 111 .377 110 668 12 34
Pitcher Totals 2.0 373 329 67 94 23 3 11 75 4 32 .286 .353 .474 .827 108 .370 104 156 2 10

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 Ray Brown 27 SP 3.1 10 5 .667 2.98 20 14 1 12 1 2 124.0 111 61 41 5 50 63 3 0 3 536 172 3.99 1.298 8.1 0.4 3.6 4.6 1.26 AS
2 Joe Strong 32 SP -0.2 6 5 .545 6.01 18 15 0 6 0 0 97.1 127 79 65 10 35 51 1 0 1 444 85 4.60 1.664 11.7 0.9 3.2 4.7 1.46
3 Willie Gisentaner* 35 SP 0.9 6 3 .667 4.72 15 9 0 5 0 1 74.1 97 48 39 6 20 25 3 0 0 340 109 4.50 1.574 11.7 0.7 2.4 3.0 1.25
4 Tom Parker 23 SP -0.9 2 6 .250 7.61 15 10 0 4 0 0 60.1 67 60 51 4 54 53 0 0 3 298 68 4.99 2.006 10.0 0.6 8.1 7.9 0.98
5 Louis Dula 23 SP 0.2 2 3 .400 4.43 7 4 4 0 0 40.2 49 29 20 5 12 16 2 0 2 178 116 5.04 1.500 10.8 1.1 2.7 3.5 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 Ralph Mellix* 39 RP -0.2 0 1 .000 9.00 3 0 0 0 0 9.0 12 10 9 0 6 5 0 0 0 44 59 4.09 2.000 12.0 0.0 6.0 5.0 0.83
7 C.D. Mosley RP 0.0 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 0 1 6.0 11 5 3 0 3 3 1 0 0 31 119 4.20 2.333 16.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
8 Harry Salmon 40 RP -0.3 0 1 .000 11.81 2 0 0 0 1 5.1 9 9 7 0 2 3 0 0 0 27 46 3.20 2.063 15.2 0.0 3.4 5.1 1.50
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
9 Columbus Vance 30 0.1 0 1 .000 3.86 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 4 3 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 20 141 4.27 1.500 7.7 0.0 5.8 3.9 0.67
10 Rose -0.3 0 0 21.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 7 8 7 0 4 2 0 0 0 18 27 5.87 3.667 21.0 0.0 12.0 6.0 0.50
11 Roy Williams 27 -0.3 0 1 .000 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 7 7 6 1 3 3 0 0 0 20 31 8.53 3.333 21.0 3.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
12 Lefty Williams* 40 -0.1 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 5 3 2 0 3 4 0 0 1 16 84 3.58 3.000 16.9 0.0 10.1 13.5 1.33
13 Smith 0.0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.20 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 2.0 26 26 .500 5.26 52 52 2 31 1 5 431.0 507 322 252 31 195 230 10 0 10 1975 98 4.49 1.629 10.6 0.6 4.1 4.8 1.18
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