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 34 C 2.4 48 186 171 34 54 12 3 13 52 0 15 .316 .371 .649 1.020 182 .460 168 111 0 0 *2/35 AS,AS
2 Buck Leonard* 38 1B 2.4 50 209 169 37 56 6 4 7 45 3 39 .331 .459 .538 .998 178 .466 173 91 1 0 *3 AS,AS
3 Luis Márquez 20 2B 0.3 40 157 149 27 44 5 2 2 24 6 7 .295 .327 .396 .723 101 .345 98 59 0 1 4/76
4 Sam Bankhead 35 SS 1.3 53 228 205 28 55 4 1 3 26 5 16 .268 .324 .341 .666 86 .322 86 70 1 6 *6 AS
5 Howard Easterling# 34 3B 0.5 35 148 140 21 39 9 2 1 22 2 8 .279 .318 .393 .710 98 .334 94 55 0 0 5/6 AS,AS
6 Cool Papa Bell# 43 LF 1.2 39 139 121 23 48 5 2 0 16 6 16 .397 .467 .471 .938 162 .451 164 57 0 2 7/38
7 Jerry Benjamin# 36 CF -0.2 59 268 245 38 61 2 3 1 21 7 22 .249 .311 .294 .605 69 .297 71 72 0 1 *8/45
8 Frank Williams* 27 RF 0.5 28 126 105 23 30 6 1 0 13 1 20 .286 .400 .362 .762 113 .376 119 38 0 1 9/3
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 Dan Wilson# 30 UT 0.7 54 232 208 38 58 12 2 1 25 7 19 .279 .345 .370 .715 100 .346 100 77 2 3 57/49
10 Dave Hoskins* 28 OF 0.3 49 171 149 19 37 3 3 0 11 1 18 .248 .329 .309 .638 78 .314 81 46 0 4 *97/18
11 Bob Thurman* 29 UT 1.1 28 67 61 5 25 3 2 2 15 0 5 .410 .455 .623 1.077 199 .498 192 38 0 1 1/937
12 Matt Carlisle 36 2B 0.1 21 63 50 7 13 3 1 0 7 2 6 .260 .339 .360 .699 95 .341 95 18 0 7 4/5
13 Ted Radcliffe 43 C 0.2 26 51 45 7 11 2 0 0 7 0 6 .244 .333 .289 .622 74 .312 80 13 0 0 12
14 Eudie Napier* 33 C -0.2 16 49 40 5 5 1 0 0 3 2 7 .125 .271 .150 .421 19 .241 33 6 1 1 2
15 Leroy Young IF 0.1 4 15 10 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 .200 .429 .300 .729 105 .383 124 3 0 1 /65
16 Clarence Isreal 28 3B 0.0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 83 .345 100 1 0 1 /5
17 Moses Phillips 1B -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -108 0 0 0 /3
18 Dave Pope* 25 OF 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
19 Eugene Smith# 30 P 0.1 22 59 55 7 10 1 0 2 7 0 2 .182 .211 .309 .520 44 .244 37 17 0 2 1/79
20 Wilmer Fields 23 P 0.4 22 49 45 8 12 2 2 1 8 0 2 .267 .298 .467 .765 112 .351 103 21 0 2 1/793
21 Harold Hairston 24 P -0.2 12 22 22 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .091 .091 .091 .182 -49 .092 -55 2 0 0 1
22 Alonzo Perry* 24 P 0.1 8 18 16 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 .250 .333 .250 .583 64 .299 72 4 0 0 /1
23 Frank Thompson* 27 P 0.1 7 17 14 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .214 .267 .357 .624 73 .292 63 5 0 2 /1
24 R.T. Walker 35 P -0.1 7 13 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167 -53 .080 -72 1 0 1 /1
25 Garnett Blair* 24 P 0.1 3 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 134 .431 152 1 0 0 /1
26 Ciscero Warren* 26 P -0.1 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -108 0 0 0 /1
27 Cecil Kaiser* 26 P 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -108 0 0 0 /1
28 Jim Haynes P 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -108 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 10.9 60 2308 2050 335 572 77 29 33 310 43 217 .279 .349 .393 .743 107 .356 106 806 5 36
Non-Pitcher Totals 9.3 2001 1770 302 503 69 24 28 267 42 198 .284 .358 .398 .756 111 .362 110 704 5 28
Pitcher Totals 1.5 307 280 33 69 8 5 5 43 1 19 .246 .294 .364 .659 83 .313 79 102 0 8

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 Eugene Smith 30 SP 0.1 7 7 .500 4.72 18 17 1 8 1 0 118.1 120 74 62 2 63 70 4 1 4 545 94 3.32 1.546 9.1 0.2 4.8 5.3 1.11
2 Wilmer Fields 23 SP 2.2 8 1 .889 2.63 14 11 2 6 2 1 78.2 64 28 23 2 29 29 1 0 2 327 169 3.33 1.182 7.3 0.2 3.3 3.3 1.00
3 Frank Thompson* 27 SP 0.3 3 3 .500 3.86 7 6 1 3 0 0 42.0 45 23 18 1 16 15 1 0 0 189 115 3.40 1.452 9.6 0.2 3.4 3.2 0.94
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 Ted Radcliffe 43 CL 0.6 2 3 .400 3.52 14 2 11 1 0 5 30.2 30 13 12 0 4 16 1 0 1 126 127 2.03 1.109 8.8 0.0 1.2 4.7 4.00
5 Harold Hairston 24 RP -0.5 2 4 .333 5.94 12 5 4 3 0 1 53.0 49 40 35 6 20 25 1 0 1 239 75 4.30 1.302 8.3 1.0 3.4 4.2 1.25
6 Bob Thurman* 29 RP -0.3 2 3 .400 5.36 13 6 5 1 0 0 48.2 47 34 29 2 22 20 3 0 0 215 83 3.84 1.418 8.7 0.4 4.1 3.7 0.91
7 Alonzo Perry 24 RP -0.1 3 2 .600 5.22 8 2 4 1 1 0 39.2 42 26 23 1 23 20 3 1 0 194 85 3.87 1.639 9.5 0.2 5.2 4.5 0.87
8 R.T. Walker 35 RP 0.8 2 1 .667 3.57 7 3 3 2 0 0 35.1 31 14 14 3 14 22 1 0 1 151 125 3.72 1.274 7.9 0.8 3.6 5.6 1.57
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 Dave Hoskins 28 -1.1 0 2 .000 8.26 6 3 3 1 0 0 28.1 40 34 26 1 8 12 3 0 0 140 54 3.36 1.694 12.7 0.3 2.5 3.8 1.50
10 Garnett Blair 24 0.0 0 1 .000 4.15 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.0 14 8 6 0 5 6 0 0 0 61 109 2.82 1.462 9.7 0.0 3.5 4.2 1.20
11 Ciscero Warren* 26 0.3 0 1 .000 2.31 4 2 0 0 0 0 11.2 11 4 3 0 5 6 0 0 0 54 196 2.85 1.371 8.5 0.0 3.9 4.6 1.20
12 Cecil Kaiser* 26 0.1 0 0 4.76 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 6 3 3 0 1 6 0 0 0 23 98 1.00 1.235 9.5 0.0 1.6 9.5 6.00
13 Jim Haynes 0.3 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 16 0.84 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 11.3 5.00
Team Totals 2.8 30 28 .517 4.49 60 60 35 26 4 7 509.0 502 301 254 18 211 252 18 2 9 2280 99 3.41 1.401 8.9 0.3 3.7 4.5 1.19
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