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 SH Pos Awards
1 Robert Gaston 30 C 0.0 36 128 110 10 24 7 0 0 17 0 14 .218 .306 .282 .588 54 .291 57 31 0 4 *2
2 Buck Leonard* 32 1B 2.9 54 228 185 49 70 14 5 8 42 1 39 .378 .491 .638 1.129 192 .506 186 118 2 2 *3 AS
3 Matt Carlisle 30 2B 1.7 56 225 200 28 58 11 6 3 39 10 20 .290 .360 .450 .810 110 .378 107 90 2 3 *4/6
4 Jelly Jackson 30 SS -0.7 54 178 166 21 32 3 2 0 15 5 8 .193 .234 .235 .469 22 .228 20 39 1 3 *6
5 Jud Wilson* 46 3B 0.1 41 136 114 20 29 5 0 0 21 0 19 .254 .375 .298 .673 77 .341 88 34 3 0 *5/6
6 Vic Harris* 35 LF 0.6 47 208 183 37 50 8 6 1 18 1 19 .273 .345 .399 .744 93 .347 92 73 1 5 *7/23
7 Jerry Benjamin# 30 CF 0.8 44 194 170 38 54 3 2 1 27 16 17 .318 .389 .376 .766 100 .377 105 64 3 4 *8
8 David Whatley* 25 RF 0.6 53 241 217 42 64 7 4 2 21 9 22 .295 .360 .392 .752 96 .355 96 85 0 2 *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 Howard Easterling# 28 UT 1.8 54 228 203 42 68 10 9 3 45 3 21 .335 .400 .517 .917 138 .416 134 105 1 3 *587/469 AS
10 Josh Johnson 26 C 0.2 10 29 28 6 10 1 0 1 6 0 1 .357 .379 .500 .879 128 .402 124 14 0 0 /2
11 Leroy Bass 22 C -0.1 5 14 14 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .214 .214 .286 .500 29 .229 22 4 0 0 /2
12 Ziggy Marcell 23 C 0.0 5 12 11 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 .273 .333 .455 .788 104 .357 97 5 0 0 /2
13 George Britt 44 C -0.1 5 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .182 .000 .182 -50 .141 -29 0 0 0 /21
14 Josh Gibson 28 UT 0.1 2 9 6 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 .167 .444 .667 1.111 186 .476 167 4 0 0 /23
15 Walter Perry* 24 C -0.1 1 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .500 .600 .500 1.100 189 .535 201 2 0 0 /2
16 Ernie Smith* 32 OF 0.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -8 .258 39 0 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 SH Pos Awards
17 Ray Brown# 32 P 1.0 32 92 80 12 26 3 2 2 10 0 10 .325 .400 .488 .888 130 .409 129 39 0 2 1/789 AS
18 Edsall Walker# 29 P 0.1 21 59 52 8 12 1 0 0 8 1 3 .231 .273 .250 .523 37 .254 33 13 0 4 1
19 J.C. Hamilton* 27 P 0.1 17 35 31 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 3 .258 .324 .290 .614 61 .302 64 9 0 1 1/978
20 Willie Ferrell 26 P 0.1 11 16 15 2 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 .333 .333 .533 .867 123 .385 114 8 0 1 /1
21 Sonny Boy Jeffries 25 P 0.2 4 7 6 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 .667 .714 .667 1.381 261 .654 273 4 0 0 /1
22 Willie Stevenson P -0.1 3 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -25 .136 -33 1 0 0 /12
23 Jimmy Hicks P 0.1 5 6 6 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 .333 .333 .833 1.167 196 .486 173 5 0 0 /1
24 Rocky Ellis 29 P 0.0 5 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 31 .238 27 1 0 0 /1
25 Wilmer Fields 17 P 0.0 2 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 31 .238 27 1 0 0 /1
26 Specs Roberts 32 P -0.1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -213 0 0 1 /1
Team Totals 9.3 56 2082 1829 328 528 75 37 24 287 46 205 .289 .364 .410 .774 101 .365 101 749 13 35
Non-Pitcher Totals 7.7 1849 1622 299 468 70 35 20 258 45 188 .289 .367 .412 .779 103 .367 103 668 13 26
Pitcher Totals 1.6 233 207 29 60 5 2 4 29 1 17 .290 .344 .391 .735 91 .345 88 81 0 9

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 32 SP 6.9 17 2 .895 2.07 21 18 3 18 4 0 165.1 137 45 38 1 45 75 0 2 0 661 253 2.99 1.101 7.5 0.1 2.4 4.1 1.67 AS
2 Edsall Walker* 29 SP 2.3 13 4 .765 4.15 21 18 3 12 1 1 136.2 127 72 63 4 64 81 2 1 2 610 126 3.65 1.398 8.4 0.3 4.2 5.3 1.27
3 J.C. Hamilton* 27 SP 0.2 5 2 .714 5.31 12 9 3 5 0 1 61.0 67 42 36 4 18 32 4 0 0 270 99 3.89 1.393 9.9 0.6 2.7 4.7 1.78
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
4 Willie Ferrell* 26 RP -0.2 2 1 .667 5.74 7 3 3 3 0 0 31.1 30 25 20 0 16 10 1 0 0 141 92 3.99 1.468 8.6 0.0 4.6 2.9 0.63
5 Sonny Boy Jeffries 25 RP 0.5 2 1 .667 3.63 4 1 1 1 1 0 17.1 20 7 7 0 5 5 0 0 0 74 146 3.29 1.442 10.4 0.0 2.6 2.6 1.00
6 Jimmy Hicks RP -1.2 0 2 .000 17.12 5 2 0 0 0 0 13.2 23 29 26 1 21 8 2 0 1 83 31 7.83 3.220 15.1 0.7 13.8 5.3 0.38
7 Rocky Ellis 29 RP -0.7 0 1 .000 12.79 3 1 2 0 0 1 6.1 14 15 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 39 43 5.37 2.526 19.9 1.4 2.8 2.8 1.00
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 Willie Stevenson -0.1 1 1 .500 4.50 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.0 12 11 7 2 7 4 0 0 0 62 118 5.79 1.357 7.7 1.3 4.5 2.6 0.57
9 Wilmer Fields 17 -0.1 0 0 7.56 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.1 10 7 7 2 0 4 0 0 0 36 72 5.16 1.200 10.8 2.2 0.0 4.3
10 Specs Roberts 32 0.1 1 0 1.000 5.14 1 1 0 1 0 0 7.0 8 4 4 0 5 4 0 0 0 40 106 4.00 1.857 10.3 0.0 6.4 5.1 0.80
11 George Britt 44 -0.3 0 1 .000 18.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 9 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 24 31 5.25 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 7.4 41 15 .732 4.35 56 56 16 41 6 3 465.0 457 266 225 15 186 225 9 3 3 2040 121 3.71 1.383 8.8 0.3 3.6 4.4 1.21
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