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* 29 C 0.0 35 120 112 15 30 3 1 2 16 0 5 .268 .299 .366 .665 71 .307 68 41 0 3 2
2 Buck Leonard* 28 1B 1.6 40 178 145 37 48 3 4 6 36 2 30 .331 .446 .531 .977 152 .443 153 77 0 3 3
3 Matt Carlisle 26 2B 0.0 43 183 164 28 46 7 1 0 19 3 13 .280 .337 .335 .672 75 .319 77 55 1 5 46
4 Jelly Jackson 26 SS -0.5 35 111 99 10 19 3 0 0 5 1 7 .192 .252 .222 .475 24 .233 22 22 1 4 6
5 Henry Spearman 26 3B 0.9 31 134 124 16 42 10 3 3 26 0 9 .339 .388 .540 .928 138 .417 135 67 1 0 5
6 Vic Harris* 31 LF 0.8 35 163 144 34 49 7 0 2 33 0 13 .340 .395 .431 .825 114 .386 117 62 0 6 7/54
7 Jerry Benjamin# 26 CF 1.6 44 205 174 45 58 11 5 5 24 10 22 .333 .411 .540 .951 144 .434 144 94 1 8 *8/9
8 Rap Dixon 33 RF 0.4 29 124 105 27 27 8 3 4 20 4 16 .257 .361 .505 .865 122 .390 118 53 1 2 9/783
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# 28 OF 0.5 32 105 93 10 27 1 1 1 12 1 10 .290 .359 .355 .714 85 .339 89 33 0 2 1/978
10 Tarcat Terry 25 IF 0.1 20 70 64 4 17 5 0 1 8 0 5 .266 .319 .391 .709 83 .328 81 25 0 1 4/356
11 Pepper Bassett# 25 C 0.5 18 62 57 7 20 4 1 1 13 1 4 .351 .393 .509 .902 132 .407 131 29 0 1 2
12 Curtis Henderson 24 SS 0.0 6 22 19 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 .263 .300 .263 .563 47 .274 44 5 0 2 /6
13 Joe Strong* 33 OF -0.1 11 19 16 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 .188 .235 .313 .548 41 .252 28 5 0 2 /917
14 Jimmy Binder 33 3B -0.1 5 16 16 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 30 .236 25 4 0 0 /5
15 Walter Burch 28 3B 0.1 3 9 8 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 .375 .444 .375 .819 114 .399 124 3 0 0 /5
16 Fox Blevins 26 3B -0.1 5 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .333 .143 .476 27 .274 48 1 0 0 /56
17 Joe Greene 24 C 0.2 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 419 .943 451 3 0 0 /2
18 Dotson C 0.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 659 1.291 671 2 0 0 /2
19 Ernie Smith* 28 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -121 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 Tom Parker 24 P 0.2 23 51 48 9 14 3 2 0 5 0 0 .292 .292 .438 .729 86 .324 78 21 0 3 1/796
21 Willie Gisentaner* 36 P 0.4 23 50 45 6 13 4 1 1 4 0 3 .289 .333 .489 .822 110 .367 105 22 0 2 1/97
22 Roy Welmaker# 22 P 0.2 11 24 22 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 .273 .333 .318 .652 69 .314 73 7 0 0 /1
23 Louis Dula 24 P 0.2 11 22 19 5 6 0 0 1 2 0 1 .316 .350 .474 .824 111 .373 109 9 0 2 /1789
24 Edsall Walker# 25 P 0.2 8 16 14 4 5 0 1 1 3 0 0 .357 .357 .714 1.071 171 .458 168 10 0 2 /1
25 Arnold Waites 21 P 0.1 10 13 11 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .364 .364 .364 .727 89 .343 89 4 0 2 /1
Team Totals 7.3 44 1711 1511 266 451 73 23 28 231 22 145 .298 .362 .433 .795 105 .367 105 654 5 50
Non-Pitcher Totals 5.5 1429 1258 226 376 64 18 24 204 21 129 .299 .366 .436 .802 107 .370 107 548 5 37
Pitcher Totals 1.8 281 252 40 75 9 5 4 27 1 16 .298 .340 .421 .760 96 .348 94 106 0 13

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 28 SP 2.2 6 4 .600 3.49 14 11 0 9 1 1 98.0 84 47 38 4 25 48 1 0 0 397 143 3.69 1.112 7.7 0.4 2.3 4.4 1.92
2 Tom Parker 24 SP -0.3 4 5 .444 6.38 11 10 1 5 0 0 66.1 65 52 47 2 40 32 4 0 0 305 79 4.77 1.583 8.8 0.3 5.4 4.3 0.80
3 Roy Welmaker* 22 SP 0.1 3 4 .429 4.84 11 7 1 3 0 2 61.1 70 43 33 2 30 25 2 0 1 286 103 4.52 1.630 10.3 0.3 4.4 3.7 0.83
4 Edsall Walker* 25 SP -0.1 2 0 1.000 5.16 6 6 0 1 0 0 29.2 34 23 17 4 16 19 2 0 0 138 98 5.64 1.685 10.3 1.2 4.9 5.8 1.19
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
5 Willie Gisentaner* 36 CL -0.2 3 3 .500 6.39 13 3 2 1 0 3 49.1 58 38 35 1 22 16 2 0 0 231 79 4.42 1.622 10.6 0.2 4.0 2.9 0.73
6 Arnold Waites 21 RP -0.3 2 3 .400 7.59 10 3 2 1 0 2 32.0 41 27 27 5 12 12 2 0 1 150 66 5.94 1.656 11.5 1.4 3.4 3.4 1.00
7 Louis Dula 24 RP 0.5 1 2 .333 3.38 5 3 0 2 0 0 26.2 30 14 10 0 9 9 1 0 0 118 149 3.80 1.463 10.1 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
8 Joe Strong 33 RP 0.2 1 0 1.000 4.91 3 1 1 1 0 0 11.0 16 6 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 50 104 3.62 1.727 13.1 0.0 2.5 2.5 1.00
Team Totals 2.0 22 21 .512 5.12 44 44 7 23 1 8 374.1 398 250 213 18 157 164 14 0 2 1675 98 4.47 1.483 9.6 0.4 3.8 3.9 1.04
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