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 Josh Gibson 26 C 3.3 50 218 182 59 67 12 5 13 58 3 31 .368 .463 .703 1.166 204 .505 192 128 1 4 *2/537
2 Buck Leonard* 30 1B 3.0 46 197 166 44 69 12 5 9 56 1 26 .416 .495 .711 1.206 215 .528 206 118 0 5 3 AS
3 Matt Carlisle 28 2B 0.8 50 220 197 38 53 3 2 4 19 1 19 .269 .333 .365 .699 84 .327 85 72 0 4 *4/6
4 Jelly Jackson 28 SS -0.1 50 192 174 23 36 6 3 0 21 0 13 .207 .262 .276 .538 42 .256 42 48 0 5 *6
5 Henry Spearman 28 3B 0.9 18 81 71 14 27 6 1 0 15 0 8 .380 .443 .493 .936 147 .434 149 35 0 2 5
6 Vic Harris* 33 LF 0.6 47 211 190 46 57 7 5 2 28 0 17 .300 .361 .421 .782 106 .362 105 80 1 3 7/345 AS
7 Jerry Benjamin# 28 CF 1.7 45 208 180 46 57 3 6 6 27 4 24 .317 .397 .500 .897 135 .406 133 90 0 4 8
8 Jim Williams 32 RF 0.4 40 169 154 30 48 11 1 1 31 0 9 .312 .354 .416 .769 102 .357 102 64 1 5 9
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 Jack Johnson 3B 0.3 18 69 62 12 17 1 1 3 15 0 4 .274 .318 .468 .786 105 .352 99 29 0 3 5
10 Tommie Dukes* 31 UT 0.1 16 48 43 8 13 2 0 0 9 0 3 .302 .362 .349 .711 88 .341 93 15 1 1 /257389
11 Tom Parker 26 OF -0.1 12 42 38 4 6 2 0 1 7 0 2 .158 .200 .289 .489 28 .223 20 11 0 2 /1978
12 Bub Miller* 3B -0.1 3 13 13 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .231 .231 .231 .462 22 .218 21 3 0 0 /5
13 Obie Lackey 34 3B 0.1 2 8 6 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .500 .571 .667 1.238 226 .563 241 4 0 1 /5
14 Sylvester Snead 23 3B 0.2 2 8 8 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 .625 .625 .875 1.500 292 .673 287 7 0 0 /5
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 Ray Brown# 30 P 1.3 35 111 99 21 30 9 0 6 24 0 10 .303 .367 .576 .943 145 .415 137 57 0 2 1/978
16 Roy Partlow* 26 P 0.2 16 44 39 5 10 3 0 0 4 0 1 .256 .275 .333 .608 60 .281 54 13 0 4 1/978
17 Edsall Walker# 27 P 0.4 13 37 32 10 10 1 0 1 5 0 2 .313 .353 .438 .790 107 .363 106 14 0 3 1/7 AS
18 Roy Welmaker# 24 P 0.3 9 16 15 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .533 .533 .600 1.133 198 .526 208 9 0 1 /1
19 Specs Roberts 30 P 0.2 3 13 12 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 .333 .385 .500 .885 132 .403 129 6 0 0 /1
20 Louis Dula 26 P 0.1 9 12 12 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 76 .314 77 4 0 0 /18
21 Leo Hannibal 27 P 0.0 5 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -12 .157 -15 1 0 0 /1
Team Totals 13.5 50 1923 1699 369 528 82 30 46 327 9 171 .311 .375 .476 .851 123 .387 121 808 4 49
Non-Pitcher Totals 11.2 1642 1446 323 455 64 30 38 283 9 155 .315 .383 .479 .862 126 .393 124 693 4 37
Pitcher Totals 2.3 281 253 46 73 18 0 8 44 0 16 .289 .331 .455 .785 105 .355 101 115 0 12

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 30 SP 4.6 15 0 1.000 2.36 22 12 9 12 4 3 141.0 122 41 37 4 29 76 1 0 0 566 213 3.03 1.071 7.8 0.3 1.9 4.9 2.62
2 Edsall Walker* 27 SP 1.6 11 0 1.000 3.33 12 11 0 7 2 0 83.2 77 36 31 0 24 50 0 0 0 347 151 2.76 1.207 8.3 0.0 2.6 5.4 2.08 AS
3 Roy Partlow* 26 SP 0.5 6 4 .600 4.54 13 10 3 5 0 2 75.1 64 43 38 4 32 45 1 0 0 319 111 3.91 1.274 7.6 0.5 3.8 5.4 1.41
4 Roy Welmaker* 24 SP 0.0 1 2 .333 4.09 7 6 1 1 0 0 33.0 30 21 15 1 14 4 1 0 0 142 124 4.61 1.333 8.2 0.3 3.8 1.1 0.29
5 Tom Parker 26 SP 0.4 2 3 .400 4.20 5 4 1 2 0 0 30.0 31 15 14 2 18 10 0 0 0 129 121 5.10 1.633 9.3 0.6 5.4 3.0 0.56
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 Louis Dula 26 CL 0.1 2 0 1.000 4.08 9 1 4 0 0 2 17.2 18 10 8 0 12 6 1 0 0 87 125 4.63 1.698 9.2 0.0 6.1 3.1 0.50
7 Leo Hannibal 27 RP 0.0 1 0 1.000 5.06 5 3 1 1 0 0 16.0 13 10 9 0 15 11 0 0 0 76 101 4.54 1.750 7.3 0.0 8.4 6.2 0.73
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
8 Specs Roberts 30 0.9 3 0 1.000 2.36 3 3 0 2 2 0 26.2 19 8 7 1 5 14 2 0 0 108 215 3.32 0.900 6.4 0.3 1.7 4.7 2.80
Team Totals 8.1 41 9 .820 3.38 50 50 19 30 8 7 423.1 374 184 159 12 149 216 6 0 0 1774 150 3.54 1.235 8.0 0.3 3.2 4.6 1.45
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