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 33 C 2.6 47 195 161 37 56 6 5 8 40 0 33 .348 .459 .596 1.055 194 .485 187 96 0 1 *2/39
2 Buck Leonard* 37 1B 1.9 40 179 155 31 53 6 3 5 34 0 22 .342 .430 .516 .946 164 .443 161 80 2 0 *3 AS
3 Jelly Jackson 35 2B -0.6 48 166 146 18 31 3 2 0 9 2 12 .212 .272 .260 .532 49 .260 48 38 0 8 *4/6
4 Sam Bankhead 34 SS 1.2 36 145 132 16 45 8 1 0 22 3 12 .341 .396 .417 .812 127 .387 128 55 0 1 *6/25
5 Ray Battle 27 3B -0.6 46 147 129 15 20 1 1 0 16 1 13 .155 .232 .178 .411 16 .211 18 23 0 5 *56/4
6 Cool Papa Bell# 42 LF 0.9 48 217 179 38 50 6 1 1 20 10 35 .279 .400 .341 .741 108 .372 116 61 1 2 *78/49
7 Jerry Benjamin# 35 CF 1.3 50 228 207 42 68 8 2 0 16 4 16 .329 .377 .386 .763 113 .364 115 80 0 5 *8/47 AS
8 Dave Hoskins* 27 RF 0.5 46 203 184 32 52 8 4 0 26 0 15 .283 .337 .370 .706 97 .337 97 68 0 4 *9/1578
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# 37 UT 0.1 27 93 76 5 16 5 2 0 13 0 16 .211 .348 .329 .677 90 .335 95 25 0 1 /9175348
10 Jud Wilson* 51 CI 0.5 26 73 62 7 19 4 0 1 11 0 6 .306 .403 .419 .822 130 .397 134 26 4 1 5/3
11 Charley House 32 IF -0.2 11 48 44 5 11 0 0 0 7 0 4 .250 .313 .250 .563 58 .283 63 11 0 0 5/64
12 Robert Gaston 35 C 0.4 10 35 26 7 6 3 0 0 7 0 8 .231 .429 .346 .775 118 .393 131 9 1 0 /29
13 Vic Harris* 40 UT -0.4 17 33 31 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 2 .226 .273 .226 .499 40 .249 43 7 0 0 /749
14 Jim Davis 3B -0.2 7 23 22 2 4 2 0 0 3 0 1 .182 .217 .273 .490 36 .233 33 6 0 0 /59
15 Page OF -0.1 4 12 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .333 .111 .444 27 .269 56 1 0 0 /79
16 Bozo Jackson* 2B -0.2 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -108 0 0 0 /45
17 Ed Butler SS -0.1 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 40 .239 37 1 0 0 /6
18 Booker Robinson 26 OF 0.0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 .253 45 0 0 0 /7
19 Ernest Thomas OF 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -104 0 0 0 /8
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 Roy Welmaker# 31 P 0.3 16 57 53 7 14 2 0 0 5 0 4 .264 .316 .302 .618 73 .302 75 16 0 0 1 AS
21 R.T. Walker 34 P -0.1 13 34 31 4 5 0 1 0 2 0 2 .161 .212 .226 .438 22 .213 19 7 0 1 1/9
22 Edsall Walker# 34 P 0.1 13 22 19 2 4 1 1 0 3 0 3 .211 .318 .368 .687 92 .328 91 7 0 0 /179
23 Johnny Wright 28 P -0.1 6 21 21 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 .190 .190 .190 .381 7 .182 2 4 0 0 /1
24 Garnett Blair* 23 P 0.0 6 19 18 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 .167 .211 .278 .488 36 .230 31 5 0 0 /1
25 Spoon Carter* 42 P 0.0 7 14 13 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 .231 .231 .308 .538 50 .251 40 4 0 1 /1
26 Fred Blaylock 26 P 0.0 3 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 28 .245 40 1 0 0 /1
27 Tom Walker P 0.0 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 87 .319 87 1 0 0 /19
28 John Lewis P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -108 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 7.3 51 1989 1741 276 475 64 24 15 244 20 210 .273 .354 .363 .717 100 .347 102 632 8 30
Non-Pitcher Totals 7.0 1811 1576 259 440 60 21 15 227 20 199 .279 .363 .372 .735 106 .355 108 587 8 28
Pitcher Totals 0.2 178 165 17 35 4 3 0 17 0 11 .212 .261 .273 .534 49 .259 48 45 0 2
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Rk Player Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH IBB Pos Awards
1 Sam Bankhead 34 4 16 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .063 .063 .063 .125 1 0 0 0 0
2 Cool Papa Bell# 42 4 16 14 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 .214 .313 .286 .598 4 0 0 0 0
3 Jerry Benjamin# 35 4 16 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .231 .333 .231 .564 3 0 0 1 0
4 Josh Gibson 33 4 16 14 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 .143 .250 .214 .464 3 0 0 0 0
5 Dave Hoskins* 27 4 16 15 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 .267 .313 .333 .646 5 0 0 0 0
6 Buck Leonard* 37 4 16 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .250 .200 .450 3 0 0 0 0
7 Jud Wilson* 51 4 8 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .429 .333 .762 2 0 1 1 0
8 Ray Battle 27 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0
9 Jelly Jackson 35 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0
10 Roy Welmaker# 31 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 /1
11 Bozo Jackson* 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0
12 Johnny Wright 28 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 /1
13 Ray Brown# 37 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 /1
14 Vic Harris* 40 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
15 Jim Davis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 4 136 121 3 20 3 0 0 2 2 12 .165 .246 .190 .436 23 0 1 2 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 Roy Welmaker* 31 SP 4.2 12 2 .857 2.59 15 15 0 13 1 0 135.2 124 42 39 3 38 80 2 0 1 558 161 2.71 1.194 8.2 0.2 2.5 5.3 2.11 AS
2 R.T. Walker 34 SP 0.4 4 3 .571 3.86 12 9 3 4 1 1 72.1 78 40 31 1 29 27 0 0 2 331 109 3.36 1.479 9.7 0.1 3.6 3.4 0.93
3 Garnett Blair 23 SP 2.1 5 1 .833 0.96 6 5 1 4 1 0 47.0 34 9 5 0 11 23 1 0 0 183 438 2.51 0.957 6.5 0.0 2.1 4.4 2.09
4 Johnny Wright 28 SP 2.1 4 0 1.000 1.44 6 5 1 4 2 0 43.2 37 7 7 0 10 22 3 0 1 181 291 2.61 1.076 7.6 0.0 2.1 4.5 2.20
5 Ray Brown 37 SP 0.1 3 3 .500 4.35 6 5 1 4 1 0 41.1 42 24 20 1 8 20 0 0 0 180 97 2.65 1.210 9.1 0.2 1.7 4.4 2.50
6 Fred Blaylock 26 SP -0.3 1 1 .500 5.40 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.1 17 12 8 1 12 8 0 0 2 71 79 5.20 2.175 11.5 0.7 8.1 5.4 0.67
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 Spoon Carter 42 RP 0.3 2 1 .667 3.09 7 3 3 1 0 1 35.0 40 18 12 0 9 23 0 0 0 156 136 2.18 1.400 10.3 0.0 2.3 5.9 2.56
8 Dave Hoskins 27 RP 0.4 2 2 .500 3.41 6 3 3 3 0 0 34.1 40 17 13 1 11 34 3 0 0 159 124 2.34 1.485 10.5 0.3 2.9 8.9 3.09
9 Edsall Walker* 34 RP -0.4 0 4 .000 6.17 8 3 4 0 0 1 23.1 34 19 16 0 10 12 0 0 0 114 69 2.98 1.886 13.1 0.0 3.9 4.6 1.20
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 Tom Walker -0.1 0 0 6.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 15 78 0.39 2.000 15.0 0.0 3.0 15.0 5.00
11 John Lewis 0.1 0 0 3.38 1 0 1 0 0 1 2.2 2 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 1 13 140 3.85 1.875 6.8 0.0 10.1 10.1 1.00
Team Totals 8.8 33 17 .660 3.07 51 51 18 33 6 4 451.2 453 192 154 7 142 257 9 0 7 1961 137 2.79 1.317 9.0 0.1 2.8 5.1 1.81
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* 31 0 2 .000 3.18 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.0 13 6 6 0 5 0 12 0 0 68 2.19 1.059 6.9 0.0 2.6 6.4 2.40
2 Ray Brown 37 0 1 .000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 9 5 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 39 3.17 1.222 9.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.50
3 Johnny Wright 28 0 1 .000 3.38 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 8 4 3 1 3 2 5 0 1 35 4.22 1.375 9.0 1.1 3.4 5.6 1.67
Team Totals 0 4 .000 2.65 4 4 0 4 0 0 34.0 30 15 10 1 10 2 18 0 2 142 2.93 1.176 7.9 0.3 2.6 4.8 1.80
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