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 Leonard Pigg 28 C 0.0 25 69 57 5 11 1 1 0 7 0 10 .193 .333 .246 .579 57 .303 72 14 2 0 2
2 Goose Tatum# 30 1B -0.1 20 81 68 6 17 2 0 0 15 2 9 .250 .338 .279 .617 66 .308 75 19 0 4 3
3 Ray Neil 27 2B 0.6 25 106 98 13 32 6 1 2 15 0 6 .327 .365 .469 .835 122 .384 118 46 0 2 4
4 Coco Ferrer 33 SS -0.8 22 97 90 12 16 2 1 0 3 1 5 .178 .221 .222 .443 19 .214 21 20 0 2 6/45
5 Sam Hairston 28 3B 0.9 31 130 115 25 41 4 1 1 15 4 14 .357 .426 .435 .861 131 .408 133 50 0 1 5/23 AS,AS
6 Andrés Mesa* 29 LF -0.5 25 106 98 11 26 1 2 0 4 0 7 .265 .314 .316 .631 69 .304 72 31 0 1 79
7 Reinaldo Drake* 25 CF -0.1 25 102 92 12 22 3 0 0 8 2 9 .239 .307 .272 .579 56 .285 63 25 0 1 8
8 Ted Strong# 31 RF 0.7 13 46 37 5 14 1 0 0 10 0 7 .378 .489 .405 .894 141 .444 153 15 1 1 9/6
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 Henry Merchant* 30 OF -0.1 26 80 69 10 12 4 0 0 4 1 8 .174 .260 .232 .492 32 .246 38 16 0 3 /8937
10 Rafael Cabrera 23 UT -0.1 13 52 47 7 10 1 1 1 4 2 4 .213 .275 .340 .615 64 .290 62 16 0 1 /796
11 Benny Felder 21 SS -0.3 10 31 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 .080 .233 .080 .313 -14 .193 6 2 0 1 6
12 Luis Pérez 3B 0.0 11 31 30 3 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 .233 .233 .233 .467 25 .223 24 7 0 1 /5
13 Buster Haywood 38 C -0.1 14 30 29 4 7 0 0 0 2 1 1 .241 .267 .241 .508 37 .248 41 7 0 0 2
14 Koney Williams 28 IF -0.1 9 26 22 3 3 2 0 0 1 1 4 .136 .269 .227 .497 34 .259 45 5 0 0 /65
15 Chuck Wilson* 18 OF 0.0 8 21 21 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 .238 .238 .286 .524 40 .244 38 6 0 0 /97
16 Les Witherspoon# 22 OF 0.1 5 17 14 0 5 2 0 0 1 0 2 .357 .438 .500 .938 151 .439 152 7 0 1 /7
17 Álex Colthirst 29 SS 0.0 6 10 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .125 .300 .125 .425 17 .251 42 1 0 0 /6
18 Jim West# 43 1B 0.0 3 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 53 .273 55 2 0 0 /3
19 Richard King 43 0.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 436 .955 453 1 0 0
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 Willie Cathey* P -0.2 10 25 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .045 .125 .045 .170 -53 .105 -47 1 0 1 1
21 Johnny Williams 30 P -0.2 13 24 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .095 .208 .095 .304 -17 .180 0 2 0 0 /1
22 Jim Cohen 30 P -0.1 8 21 19 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .158 .238 .158 .396 7 .211 19 3 0 0 /1 AS
23 Luis Cabrera 29 P 0.1 5 16 13 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 3 .231 .375 .231 .606 65 .325 84 3 0 0 /1
24 Andy Porter 38 P -0.1 3 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -59 .111 -37 0 0 0 /1
25 Walter Gibbons* 19 P 0.0 4 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 7 .191 8 1 0 0 /1
26 Ladd White* 30 P 0.0 2 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 34 .239 19 1 0 1 /1
27 Ángel García 25 P 0.1 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 126 .433 145 1 0 0 /1
28 Manuel Godínez 26 P 0.0 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 79 .318 80 1 0 0 /1
29 Bill Blair 26 P 0.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
30 José Velásquez P 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
31 Jimmie Bennett 28 P 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 0 /1
32 Preacher Henry 37 P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals -0.3 31 1158 1029 125 247 30 7 4 105 15 105 .240 .312 .294 .607 63 .297 68 303 3 21
Non-Pitcher Totals 0.1 1042 927 118 233 30 7 4 100 14 93 .251 .322 .312 .633 70 .308 75 289 3 19
Pitcher Totals -0.5 115 101 7 13 0 0 0 5 1 12 .129 .221 .129 .350 -5 .193 7 13 0 2

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 Jim Cohen 30 SP 1.0 1 4 .200 3.83 7 6 1 5 0 0 49.1 47 29 21 1 15 17 0 0 1 211 127 3.26 1.257 8.6 0.2 2.7 3.1 1.13 AS
2 Luis Cabrera 29 SP 0.6 2 2 .500 4.09 5 5 0 3 0 0 33.0 39 20 15 1 11 16 2 0 1 145 119 3.38 1.515 10.6 0.3 3.0 4.4 1.45
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
3 Willie Cathey* RP 0.6 1 4 .200 5.17 10 5 5 2 0 0 55.2 61 39 32 3 15 40 2 0 0 245 94 2.95 1.365 9.9 0.5 2.4 6.5 2.67
4 Johnny Williams 30 RP -0.1 1 4 .200 6.25 7 4 2 4 0 0 40.1 44 35 28 2 16 11 5 0 0 191 78 4.44 1.488 9.8 0.4 3.6 2.5 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 Andy Porter 38 -0.1 0 3 .000 6.06 3 3 0 1 0 0 16.1 23 15 11 2 5 7 0 0 1 78 81 4.43 1.714 12.7 1.1 2.8 3.9 1.40
6 Walter Gibbons 19 -0.3 0 1 .000 9.00 3 2 1 1 0 0 13.0 27 15 13 1 6 5 0 0 0 72 55 4.39 2.538 18.7 0.7 4.2 3.5 0.83
7 Ladd White 30 0.0 0 1 .000 3.97 2 2 0 1 0 0 11.1 18 10 5 0 5 3 0 0 0 55 125 3.57 2.029 14.3 0.0 4.0 2.4 0.60
8 Manuel Godínez 26 -0.2 0 1 .000 8.64 3 1 2 0 0 0 8.1 15 10 8 2 0 2 0 0 0 39 58 5.41 1.800 16.2 2.2 0.0 2.2
9 José Velásquez 0.2 0 1 .000 2.25 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 7 4 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 34 224 3.65 1.250 7.9 0.0 3.4 1.1 0.33
10 Ángel García* 25 -0.2 0 0 9.45 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 10 10 7 0 4 4 0 0 0 36 54 3.37 2.100 13.5 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
11 Bill Blair* 26 -0.4 0 1 .000 20.25 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.2 8 8 6 0 4 2 0 0 0 19 27 5.77 4.500 27.0 0.0 13.5 6.8 0.50
12 Preacher Henry 37 -0.1 0 1 .000 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 26 20.77 7.500 13.5 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
13 Jimmie Bennett 28 -0.2 0 0 54.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 17 20.77 15.000 81.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 0.8 5 23 .179 5.57 31 31 13 18 0 0 245.2 303 200 152 12 90 108 9 0 3 1139 88 3.74 1.600 11.1 0.4 3.3 4.0 1.20
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