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 Josh Gibson 32 C 1.9 50 203 180 40 60 8 6 10 50 3 23 .333 .409 .611 1.020 170 .459 165 110 0 0 *2/93 AS
2 Buck Leonard* 36 1B 2.7 50 225 184 49 63 16 7 7 40 1 31 .342 .450 .620 1.070 184 .483 182 114 5 5 *3 AS
3 Jelly Jackson 34 2B -0.3 38 109 94 19 16 2 1 0 8 0 11 .170 .264 .213 .477 29 .244 29 20 1 3 4/65
4 Sam Bankhead 33 SS 1.5 56 255 217 46 55 9 5 1 28 8 29 .253 .347 .355 .702 88 .340 90 77 2 7 *6/41 AS
5 Ray Battle 26 3B -0.3 36 96 81 10 22 0 1 0 6 0 7 .272 .337 .296 .633 70 .312 71 24 1 7 *5/4
6 Cool Papa Bell# 41 LF 0.7 52 250 213 43 66 9 3 1 27 4 30 .310 .398 .394 .792 112 .379 117 84 1 6 *7/8 AS
7 Jerry Benjamin# 34 CF 1.2 53 251 228 43 74 10 2 2 31 4 19 .325 .379 .412 .791 112 .374 113 94 1 3 *8/4
8 Dave Hoskins* 26 RF 0.8 52 200 189 32 63 10 4 4 43 2 5 .333 .357 .492 .849 126 .389 123 93 2 4 *9/157
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 Walter Cannady 42 IF 0.5 35 147 135 20 44 8 1 0 26 3 11 .326 .377 .400 .777 108 .368 109 54 0 1 45
10 Jud Wilson* 50 3B 0.0 26 73 62 5 14 2 1 1 11 0 11 .226 .342 .339 .681 83 .333 86 21 0 0 5/39
11 Robert Gaston 34 C 0.1 20 69 59 8 13 4 1 0 10 0 6 .220 .313 .322 .635 70 .310 71 19 2 2 2/9
12 Vic Harris* 39 OF 0.2 20 34 30 6 12 1 0 0 2 0 3 .400 .455 .433 .888 138 .427 146 13 0 1 /79
13 Joe Spencer 24 IF -0.2 12 32 30 6 6 2 0 0 5 0 2 .200 .250 .267 .517 38 .250 34 8 0 0 4/5
14 David Whatley* 29 OF -0.1 8 27 24 3 6 1 0 0 4 1 3 .250 .333 .292 .625 68 .311 72 7 0 0 /9
15 Piper Davis 26 1B 0.0 1 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .400 .000 .400 13 .331 70 0 1 0 /3
16 Matt Carlisle 34 2B -0.1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -331 0 0 1 /4
17 Dolly King 30 OF 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -124 0 0 0 /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
18 Ray Brown# 36 P 0.9 31 94 81 13 26 3 2 2 17 0 10 .321 .396 .481 .877 134 .409 135 39 0 3 1/7938
19 Edsall Walker# 33 P 0.3 16 31 29 4 10 0 1 0 6 0 1 .345 .387 .414 .801 114 .380 116 12 1 0 1
20 Spoon Carter* 41 P -0.2 12 29 28 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -23 .136 -41 4 0 1 1
21 Johnny Johnson* 28 P -0.1 13 23 22 0 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 .136 .136 .227 .364 -4 .164 -25 5 0 1 1
22 Roy Welmaker# 30 P -0.1 5 21 19 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .211 .211 .211 .421 13 .201 -7 4 0 2 /1
23 Eddie White* P 0.0 6 12 10 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 .200 .333 .400 .733 96 .348 95 4 0 0 /179
24 Willie Hubert 31 P -0.2 5 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -122 0 0 0 /1
25 Johnny Wright 27 P -0.1 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -122 0 0 0 /1
26 Roland Anderson 28 P 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -124 0 0 0 /1
27 Lefty Boone 24 P 0.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 41 .379 116 0 0 0 /1
28 Garnett Blair* 22 P 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -124 0 0 0 /1
29 Hill P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 8.8 56 2212 1942 354 563 89 35 28 321 27 206 .290 .363 .415 .778 108 .367 108 806 17 47
Non-Pitcher Totals 8.3 1980 1732 331 514 82 32 26 291 27 192 .297 .372 .426 .798 113 .376 114 738 16 40
Pitcher Totals 0.4 232 210 23 49 7 3 2 30 0 14 .233 .284 .324 .608 62 .290 58 68 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# 41 5 25 24 1 6 0 1 0 3 2 0 .250 .250 .333 .583 8 0 0 1 0
2 Sam Bankhead 33 5 23 20 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 .350 .435 .350 .785 7 0 1 0 0
3 Jerry Benjamin# 34 5 23 19 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 .263 .364 .316 .679 6 0 0 1 0
4 Josh Gibson 32 5 22 15 3 6 0 0 1 2 0 7 .400 .591 .600 1.191 8 0 0 0 0
5 Dave Hoskins* 26 5 22 21 3 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 .286 .273 .429 .701 8 0 0 0 1
6 Buck Leonard* 36 5 22 16 5 8 1 0 1 2 1 5 .500 .636 .750 1.386 11 0 1 0 0
7 Jelly Jackson 34 5 21 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 0 1 1 0
8 Walter Cannady 42 5 19 16 3 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 .188 .211 .250 .461 4 0 0 0 2
9 Roy Welmaker# 30 3 9 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .286 .333 .619 2 0 0 2 0 /1
10 Ray Brown# 36 1 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 2 0 0 0 0 /1
11 Edsall Walker# 33 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 /1
12 Jud Wilson* 50 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 0 0 0 0
13 Spoon Carter* 41 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 5 200 168 27 46 4 1 3 19 4 21 .274 .359 .363 .722 58 0 3 5 3

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 36 SP 2.9 10 1 .909 3.25 17 14 3 12 3 1 127.1 130 51 46 4 23 50 1 0 0 529 134 2.87 1.202 9.2 0.3 1.6 3.5 2.17
2 Spoon Carter 41 SP 0.4 6 3 .667 4.73 12 10 2 6 0 0 78.0 103 45 41 1 24 25 1 0 2 350 93 3.17 1.628 11.9 0.1 2.8 2.9 1.04
3 Dave Hoskins 26 SP 0.5 5 2 .714 3.75 8 6 2 5 1 0 50.1 57 26 21 0 12 15 2 0 1 219 117 2.92 1.371 10.2 0.0 2.1 2.7 1.25
4 Roy Welmaker* 30 SP 0.9 5 0 1.000 3.20 5 5 0 3 1 0 39.1 36 16 14 0 19 28 0 0 0 164 137 2.71 1.398 8.2 0.0 4.3 6.4 1.47
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 Johnny Johnson 28 CL 0.2 1 6 .143 4.83 13 6 5 3 0 2 63.1 57 38 34 2 28 29 4 1 0 276 91 3.70 1.342 8.1 0.3 4.0 4.1 1.04
6 Edsall Walker* 33 RP -0.1 5 4 .556 5.46 11 4 5 2 0 0 64.1 76 42 39 4 19 32 2 0 2 281 80 3.48 1.477 10.6 0.6 2.7 4.5 1.68
7 Willie Hubert 31 RP 1.0 2 0 1.000 1.88 5 2 2 1 1 0 24.0 19 5 5 0 5 7 0 0 0 92 236 2.73 1.000 7.1 0.0 1.9 2.6 1.40
8 Eddie White* RP -0.4 0 0 6.57 4 2 1 0 0 0 12.1 20 13 9 0 7 4 1 0 1 65 68 3.98 2.189 14.6 0.0 5.1 2.9 0.57
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 Johnny Wright 27 -0.3 2 0 1.000 6.91 3 2 0 1 0 0 14.1 15 12 11 0 5 9 0 0 0 64 65 2.48 1.395 9.4 0.0 3.1 5.7 1.80
10 Sam Bankhead 33 -0.1 0 0 6.30 2 1 1 1 0 0 10.0 15 7 7 0 4 4 0 0 0 50 72 3.09 1.900 13.5 0.0 3.6 3.6 1.00 AS
11 Garnett Blair 22 0.5 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 7.0 4 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 25 2.11 0.857 5.1 0.0 2.6 6.4 2.50
12 Lefty Boone* 24 0.2 1 0 1.000 2.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 3 17 211 3.44 1.250 4.5 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
13 Roland Anderson* 28 -0.2 0 0 10.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 5 4 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 19 45 5.69 2.700 13.5 0.0 10.8 2.7 0.25
14 Hill -0.2 0 0 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 25 7.19 9.000 67.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 5.2 38 16 .704 4.23 56 56 21 35 7 3 498.1 544 263 234 11 156 212 11 1 9 2159 104 3.13 1.405 9.8 0.2 2.8 3.8 1.36
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 Roy Welmaker* 30 2 0 1.000 1.00 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 19 5 2 0 1 0 13 0 2 77 1.41 1.111 9.5 0.0 0.5 6.5 13.00
2 Edsall Walker* 33 1 0 1.000 1.38 2 1 1 1 0 0 13.0 11 5 2 0 4 0 9 0 0 57 2.22 1.154 7.6 0.0 2.8 6.2 2.25
3 Ray Brown 36 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 32 2.57 0.444 1.0 0.0 3.0 5.0 1.67
4 Spoon Carter 41 0 1 .000 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 21 3.49 1.200 9.0 0.0 1.8 1.8 1.00
Team Totals 4 1 .800 1.20 5 5 1 4 1 0 45.0 36 12 6 0 9 0 28 1 2 187 2.11 1.000 7.2 0.0 1.8 5.6 3.11
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