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 31 C 6.4 70 305 249 93 116 23 9 20 112 4 55 .466 .564 .871 1.435 281 .624 253 217 1 0 *29/7 AS
2 Buck Leonard* 35 1B 2.3 68 310 255 71 84 18 8 4 61 2 49 .329 .443 .510 .953 154 .448 152 130 3 3 *3 AS
3 Howard Easterling# 31 2B 2.0 64 273 250 47 87 11 10 1 52 8 19 .348 .394 .484 .878 134 .410 130 121 0 4 *45/9 AS
4 Sam Bankhead 32 SS 1.7 72 307 265 53 69 5 2 1 42 17 32 .260 .347 .306 .652 75 .333 81 81 3 7 *6 AS
5 Jud Wilson* 49 3B 1.2 64 252 217 30 66 12 6 0 57 0 32 .304 .394 .415 .808 116 .391 118 90 0 3 *5/3
6 Cool Papa Bell# 40 LF 1.6 65 307 263 63 92 12 5 0 29 12 39 .350 .434 .433 .867 132 .420 135 114 0 5 *7/8 AS
7 Jerry Benjamin# 33 CF 2.5 71 331 294 83 110 17 4 2 38 12 25 .374 .425 .480 .905 142 .429 141 141 1 11 *8/74 AS
8 Vic Harris* 38 RF 0.7 38 159 141 31 51 5 1 0 27 1 16 .362 .430 .411 .842 126 .410 130 58 1 1 *9/7 AS
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# 35 OF -0.2 41 125 111 13 32 3 2 1 23 0 12 .288 .363 .378 .741 98 .360 100 42 1 1 *91/78
10 Matt Carlisle 33 IF 0.1 20 63 57 14 17 1 0 0 7 0 5 .298 .355 .316 .671 80 .334 85 18 0 1 4/5
11 Joe Spencer 23 2B -0.1 20 62 56 7 13 0 0 0 2 0 6 .232 .306 .232 .539 45 .279 53 13 0 0 4/5
12 Robert Gaston 33 C -0.3 17 55 48 7 11 2 0 0 6 0 5 .229 .302 .271 .573 54 .288 57 13 0 2 2/9
13 Thad Christopher* 30 UT 0.0 4 11 10 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .300 .364 .400 .764 104 .367 104 4 0 0 /92
14 Frank Williams* 24 OF -0.2 2 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -108 0 0 0 /9
15 William Randall* 27 OF -0.1 2 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 34 .242 32 1 0 0 /8
16 Lennie Pearson 25 2B 0.1 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 168 .484 171 2 0 0 /4 AS
17 Bill Lynn 21 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
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
18 Johnny Wright 26 P -0.2 32 82 76 10 14 6 0 0 7 0 3 .184 .215 .263 .478 28 .228 21 20 0 3 *1 AS
19 Spoon Carter* 40 P -0.1 22 60 52 4 10 4 0 0 1 0 4 .192 .250 .269 .519 39 .254 35 14 0 4 1/7
20 Edsall Walker# 32 P 0.6 28 54 48 13 16 2 2 1 8 0 6 .333 .407 .521 .928 147 .431 141 25 0 0 1/9
21 Roy Partlow* 31 P 0.2 11 26 24 8 9 1 1 0 5 0 2 .375 .423 .500 .923 146 .435 143 12 0 0 /19
22 Charlie Shields* 20 P 0.1 7 15 15 3 4 2 1 0 4 0 0 .267 .267 .533 .800 112 .350 95 8 0 0 /19
23 Eugene Jones* 21 P -0.1 6 11 11 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .182 .182 .182 .364 -3 .176 -6 2 0 0 /1
24 Ollie West* 29 P -0.1 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 0 /1
25 Willie Stevenson P 0.1 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 214 .594 234 1 1 0 /1
26 Bill Anderson* 30 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
27 Ralph Mellix* 47 P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 18.3 72 2829 2462 555 810 125 51 30 485 56 311 .329 .407 .458 .864 131 .411 130 1127 11 45
Non-Pitcher Totals 17.8 2573 2229 515 754 110 47 29 458 56 296 .338 .418 .469 .887 137 .422 136 1045 10 38
Pitcher Totals 0.5 256 233 40 56 15 4 1 27 0 15 .240 .289 .352 .641 71 .305 66 82 1 7
Standard Batting Table
Rk Player Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH SF Pos Awards
1 Cool Papa Bell# 40 7 38 34 5 10 1 1 0 4 0 4 .294 .368 .382 .751 13 0 0 0 0
2 Jerry Benjamin# 33 7 37 31 3 6 0 0 0 2 4 3 .194 .265 .194 .458 6 0 0 3 0
3 Buck Leonard* 35 7 36 27 7 8 3 1 0 4 1 6 .296 .424 .481 .906 13 0 0 3 0
4 Howard Easterling# 31 7 34 31 2 10 1 0 0 7 2 3 .323 .382 .355 .737 11 0 0 0 0
5 Jud Wilson* 49 7 34 29 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 3 .172 .273 .207 .480 6 0 1 1 0
6 Josh Gibson 31 7 32 26 8 5 1 0 0 2 1 6 .192 .344 .231 .575 6 0 0 0 0
7 Vic Harris* 38 7 32 28 3 4 0 1 0 1 2 3 .143 .250 .214 .464 6 0 1 0 0
8 Sam Bankhead 32 5 21 19 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 .263 .300 .316 .616 6 0 0 1 0
9 Johnny Wright 26 5 12 10 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 .300 .417 .300 .717 3 0 0 0 0 /1
10 Ray Brown# 35 4 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 2 0 0 0 0 /1
11 Ralph Wyatt 25 2 8 7 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .429 .500 .571 1.071 4 0 0 0 0
12 Roy Partlow* 31 3 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 2 0 0 1 0 /1
13 Robert Gaston 33 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0
14 Matt Carlisle 33 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
15 Spoon Carter* 40 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 /1
16 Edsall Walker# 32 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 8 309 266 36 64 9 3 0 30 10 32 .241 .327 .297 .624 79 0 2 9 0

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 Johnny Wright 26 SP 6.0 18 3 .857 2.52 31 23 6 15 3 1 189.0 169 58 53 1 43 99 3 2 1 779 191 2.40 1.122 8.0 0.0 2.0 4.7 2.30 AS
2 Spoon Carter 40 SP 2.1 14 2 .875 3.77 21 12 3 8 1 0 119.1 127 54 50 4 36 45 3 0 1 508 128 3.31 1.366 9.6 0.3 2.7 3.4 1.25
3 Edsall Walker* 32 SP 1.9 9 4 .692 3.63 21 12 8 9 0 2 111.2 91 52 45 2 52 50 2 0 3 483 133 3.44 1.281 7.3 0.2 4.2 4.0 0.96
4 Ray Brown 35 SP 1.1 6 1 .857 4.09 15 9 6 6 2 1 77.0 78 38 35 1 26 30 2 0 0 333 118 3.13 1.351 9.1 0.1 3.0 3.5 1.15
5 Charlie Shields* 20 SP 0.3 3 0 1.000 4.13 5 4 0 2 0 0 28.1 24 15 13 1 22 16 0 0 0 134 118 4.31 1.624 7.6 0.3 7.0 5.1 0.73
6 Eugene Jones* 21 SP -0.2 2 0 1.000 6.08 6 5 1 1 0 0 23.2 27 18 16 0 22 16 0 0 1 120 80 4.09 2.070 10.3 0.0 8.4 6.1 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
7 Roy Partlow* 31 RP 0.0 4 3 .571 5.06 8 4 3 2 0 1 37.1 48 24 21 2 11 22 1 0 0 170 96 3.13 1.580 11.6 0.5 2.7 5.3 2.00
8 Ollie West 29 RP 0.1 0 1 .000 2.25 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 9 4 2 2 3 2 1 0 0 35 222 6.90 1.500 10.1 2.3 3.4 2.3 0.67
9 Willie Stevenson RP -0.1 1 0 1.000 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 1 6.2 7 6 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 28 75 1.45 1.050 9.5 0.0 0.0 5.4
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
10 Bill Anderson 30 -0.2 0 0 11.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 7 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 47 3.94 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Ralph Mellix* 47 -0.3 0 1 .000 54.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 8 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 12 5.65 9.000 72.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
12 Bill Lynn* 21 0.0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 9 0.00
Team Totals 10.7 57 15 .792 3.74 72 72 29 43 6 6 604.1 595 281 251 13 218 284 13 2 6 2621 129 3.13 1.345 8.9 0.2 3.2 4.2 1.30
Standard Pitching Table
Rk Player Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP WP BF FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
1 Johnny Wright 26 2 1 .667 1.16 5 4 0 2 2 0 31.0 28 7 4 0 12 0 24 0 0 127 2.26 1.290 8.1 0.0 3.5 7.0 2.00
2 Roy Partlow* 31 0 1 .000 2.25 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.0 15 4 4 0 3 0 5 0 0 67 2.59 1.125 8.4 0.0 1.7 2.8 1.67
3 Ray Brown 35 2 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 11.2 5 1 0 0 5 0 6 1 0 42 3.16 0.857 3.9 0.0 3.9 4.6 1.20
4 Spoon Carter 40 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 22 0.98 1.167 10.5 0.0 0.0 7.5
5 Edsall Walker* 32 0 0 1.80 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 1 1 0 6 0 3 0 0 25 5.05 2.000 7.2 0.0 10.8 5.4 0.50
Team Totals 4 2 .667 1.55 8 7 0 3 2 0 69.2 59 17 12 0 26 0 43 1 0 283 2.58 1.220 7.6 0.0 3.4 5.6 1.65
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