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 Eudie Napier* 34 C 0.9 40 141 128 14 41 4 2 2 20 2 10 .320 .379 .430 .808 120 .381 120 55 2 1 2
2 Buck Leonard* 39 1B 1.6 35 138 109 20 33 5 1 6 24 4 28 .303 .449 .532 .981 166 .457 166 58 1 0 3
3 Clarence Bruce 22 2B -0.2 40 141 128 18 28 6 2 1 9 2 9 .219 .270 .320 .590 60 .280 56 41 0 4 4/5
4 Sam Bankhead 36 SS -0.2 61 253 223 19 52 9 2 1 25 13 21 .233 .302 .305 .607 65 .302 65 68 1 8 *6/8
5 Clarence Isreal 29 3B -0.5 52 165 145 17 31 2 0 0 10 2 17 .214 .296 .228 .524 44 .265 48 33 0 3 *5/4
6 Luke Easter* 31 LF 1.0 62 251 223 35 60 11 6 5 36 2 25 .269 .351 .439 .790 114 .369 113 98 3 0 *7/3
7 Jerry Benjamin# 37 CF -0.7 52 225 204 38 47 5 1 0 9 3 15 .230 .290 .265 .554 51 .272 52 54 2 4 *8
8 Bob Thurman* 30 RF 1.1 47 173 162 29 50 8 2 5 28 6 7 .309 .345 .475 .820 122 .382 119 77 2 2 9/13
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 Luis Márquez 21 UT 1.6 61 248 222 35 72 13 1 3 20 18 22 .324 .390 .432 .823 124 .399 125 96 2 2 4598/6 AS,AS
10 Ed Young 34 1B 0.2 28 107 103 13 28 9 1 3 11 2 4 .272 .299 .466 .765 106 .350 100 48 0 0 3/2
11 Robert Gaston 37 C -0.4 16 48 43 2 6 3 0 0 4 1 5 .140 .229 .209 .438 20 .223 21 9 0 0 2
12 Earl Ashby 26 C 0.2 15 44 38 4 9 4 0 0 8 0 5 .237 .326 .342 .668 82 .324 83 13 0 1 2
13 Gabe Patterson 27 OF -0.2 8 22 18 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .167 .286 .167 .452 25 .250 32 3 0 1 /97
14 Wilbert King 32 2B -0.3 5 15 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .077 .200 .077 .277 -23 .165 -14 1 0 0 /4
15 Eddie Ducy 27 IF -0.1 5 13 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .091 .231 .091 .322 -11 .198 1 1 0 0 /45
16 Maurice Peatros* 20 1B 0.0 4 8 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625 69 .287 61 3 0 0 /3
17 Vic Harris* 42 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -120 0 0 0 AS
18 Clay OF -0.1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -323 0 0 1 /7
19 Raymon Lacy 24 0.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -108 0 0 0
20 Alonzo Hicks* 25 OF 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
21 Frank Thompson* 28 P 0.2 17 38 34 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 3 .235 .297 .235 .533 46 .268 48 8 0 1 1
22 Johnny Wright 30 P -0.2 14 34 34 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 .147 .147 .147 .294 -20 .140 -29 5 0 0 1 AS
23 Wilmer Fields 24 P -0.2 22 34 33 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 .242 .242 .242 .485 32 .232 25 8 0 1 1/9
24 Willie Pope* 28 P -0.1 16 34 30 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 .167 .194 .200 .394 7 .191 -8 6 0 3 1
25 Cecil Kaiser* 27 P 0.1 17 26 25 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 1 .280 .308 .320 .628 71 .301 70 8 0 0 1
26 Eugene Smith# 31 P 0.1 13 24 20 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 3 .150 .261 .300 .561 52 .274 51 6 0 1 /1
27 R.T. Walker 36 P 0.0 16 19 17 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .176 .222 .235 .458 24 .223 17 4 0 1 1
28 Ciscero Warren* 27 P -0.2 14 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -115 0 0 0 1
29 Harold Hairston 25 P 0.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -108 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 3.4 62 2219 1988 263 503 83 18 27 221 57 184 .253 .320 .354 .674 83 .324 83 703 13 34
Non-Pitcher Totals 3.7 1994 1779 248 464 80 18 26 206 57 175 .261 .331 .370 .701 91 .337 90 658 13 27
Pitcher Totals -0.3 222 206 14 39 3 0 1 15 0 9 .189 .223 .218 .442 20 .216 15 45 0 7

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 Frank Thompson* 28 SP 2.7 7 2 .778 2.81 17 10 4 7 1 2 96.0 83 39 30 1 22 54 1 0 1 400 148 2.43 1.094 7.8 0.1 2.1 5.1 2.45
2 Johnny Wright 30 SP 1.8 4 5 .444 3.61 14 11 1 7 1 0 89.2 86 43 36 3 28 63 2 0 2 383 115 2.73 1.271 8.6 0.3 2.8 6.3 2.25 AS
3 Willie Pope 28 SP 1.2 3 8 .273 4.04 16 13 2 5 0 0 89.0 93 49 40 3 34 57 1 0 1 395 103 3.03 1.427 9.4 0.3 3.4 5.8 1.68
4 Eugene Smith 31 SP -0.2 1 5 .167 4.60 8 6 1 3 0 1 45.0 43 33 23 2 32 22 2 0 1 207 91 4.56 1.667 8.6 0.4 6.4 4.4 0.69
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 R.T. Walker 36 RP 1.3 5 1 .833 3.19 16 4 7 3 0 1 53.2 52 24 19 1 20 24 2 0 1 228 131 3.27 1.342 8.7 0.2 3.4 4.0 1.20
6 Cecil Kaiser* 27 RP 0.3 3 1 .750 4.15 14 6 4 2 0 1 52.0 64 33 24 2 11 23 1 0 0 227 100 3.00 1.442 11.1 0.3 1.9 4.0 2.09
7 Wilmer Fields 24 RP 1.0 3 4 .429 3.07 11 5 4 3 1 1 41.0 39 18 14 2 21 27 1 0 1 181 136 3.62 1.463 8.6 0.4 4.6 5.9 1.29
8 Ciscero Warren* 27 RP -0.3 1 3 .250 5.94 11 5 5 1 0 1 33.1 38 26 22 0 18 18 1 0 0 157 70 3.33 1.680 10.3 0.0 4.9 4.9 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
9 Bob Thurman* 30 -0.5 0 2 .000 6.55 4 2 2 0 0 0 11.0 11 13 8 1 5 3 3 0 0 54 65 5.51 1.455 9.0 0.8 4.1 2.5 0.60
10 Harold Hairston 25 -0.3 1 0 1.000 21.60 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 6 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 23 4.50 3.600 32.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 7.1 28 31 .475 3.86 62 62 31 31 3 7 512.1 515 282 220 15 191 291 15 0 7 2243 108 3.15 1.378 9.0 0.3 3.4 5.1 1.52
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