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 Vicente Rodríguez 28 C -0.2 59 210 193 24 46 3 1 1 18 2 11 .238 .279 .280 .559 68 .273 66 54 0 6 *2
2 George Carr# 25 1B 2.6 71 311 285 45 90 15 5 4 48 18 15 .316 .354 .446 .800 140 .390 135 127 2 9 *3/59478
3 José Méndez 35 2B 0.0 56 224 180 21 38 6 1 0 14 5 28 .211 .324 .256 .579 74 .298 80 46 2 14 64/15389
4 Dobie Moore 24 SS 1.8 43 190 172 33 55 8 4 1 24 4 13 .320 .371 .430 .801 140 .383 137 74 1 4 64/2
5 Bartolo Portuondo 26 3B 3.4 71 334 292 57 93 20 1 0 23 27 25 .318 .382 .394 .776 133 .389 133 115 5 12 *56
6 Hurley McNair* 31 LF 2.8 71 323 289 56 95 18 8 4 44 13 22 .329 .378 .488 .866 159 .415 155 141 1 11 *7/8
7 John Donaldson* 29 CF 1.2 68 299 268 35 80 12 2 4 41 10 16 .299 .338 .403 .741 122 .358 119 108 0 15 *81/397
8 Bullet Rogan 26 RF 0.7 43 185 169 18 49 5 8 1 16 9 8 .290 .326 .432 .758 127 .366 121 73 1 7 91/873
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 Otto Ray 27 UT 0.3 28 100 86 11 22 4 2 0 8 3 8 .256 .319 .349 .668 100 .327 98 30 0 6 29
10 Edgar Washington 22 UT 0.5 22 90 73 10 20 5 2 0 16 1 11 .274 .376 .397 .774 132 .375 133 29 1 5 3/91
11 Chick Harper OF 0.6 21 84 74 13 24 7 1 1 14 2 5 .324 .375 .486 .861 158 .410 154 36 1 4 9/87
12 Joaquín Arumís* UT -0.2 26 74 67 5 16 0 0 1 7 1 4 .239 .282 .284 .565 69 .277 68 19 0 3 4/9
13 Dink Mothell# 22 UT -0.8 15 63 58 5 9 2 0 0 5 1 1 .155 .183 .190 .373 12 .185 5 11 1 3 /52479
14 Bus Gordon 2B 0.0 10 40 35 5 7 1 1 0 3 0 4 .200 .282 .286 .568 70 .281 70 10 0 1 4
15 Tick Houston 2B -0.4 8 34 33 5 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 .182 .206 .182 .388 16 .192 15 6 0 0 4
16 Zack Foreman 26 UT 0.0 5 13 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .545 64 .263 52 3 0 2 /149
17 Clarence Orme 21 IF 0.2 3 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .333 .000 .333 1 .265 51 0 0 0 /45
18 Nolan 1B -0.1 2 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 1 .250 43 0 0 1 /3
19 Fred Hicks 32 3B -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -109 0 0 0 /5
20 Frank Evans OF -0.2 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -109 0 0 0 /9
21 Chappie Gray 20 2B 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -109 0 0 0 /4
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
22 Rube Curry 21 P -0.3 26 78 70 3 11 0 0 0 2 1 3 .157 .192 .157 .349 5 .176 -2 11 0 5 1/8
23 Sam Crawford 28 P -0.1 28 73 66 5 11 0 1 0 6 0 4 .167 .214 .197 .411 23 .206 20 13 0 3 1/39
24 Charley Lightner 27 P 0.1 4 6 5 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 .400 .400 .800 1.200 259 .546 265 4 0 1 /1
25 Herbert Smith P 0.1 4 5 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 124 .346 116 2 0 1 /19
26 Hugh Blackburn 32 P 0.2 5 4 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.000 1.750 424 .829 418 4 0 0 /139
Team Totals 12.1 71 2765 2453 358 681 108 38 17 295 98 184 .278 .332 .373 .705 111 .345 109 916 15 113
Non-Pitcher Totals 12.0 2586 2293 346 650 106 36 17 283 97 177 .283 .339 .383 .722 116 .353 114 879 15 101
Pitcher Totals 0.0 179 160 12 31 2 2 0 12 1 7 .194 .228 .231 .459 38 .225 32 37 0 12

Standard Pitching

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Rk Player Age Pos WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS 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 Rube Curry 21 SP 3.2 8 11 .421 3.04 25 18 12 1 1 186.2 174 82 63 0 40 89 7 0 1 764 118 2.60 1.146 8.4 0.0 1.9 4.3 2.23
2 Sam Crawford 28 SP 3.7 14 8 .636 2.87 26 18 14 2 1 181.2 149 74 58 2 58 102 5 0 3 758 125 2.86 1.139 7.4 0.1 2.9 5.1 1.76
3 Bullet Rogan 26 SP 1.8 6 5 .545 3.42 12 12 11 0 0 105.1 96 46 40 1 38 83 2 2 3 438 105 2.49 1.272 8.2 0.1 3.2 7.1 2.18
4 John Donaldson* 29 SP 2.0 6 3 .667 2.98 12 8 7 1 1 84.2 78 32 28 0 19 49 1 0 0 339 121 2.35 1.146 8.3 0.0 2.0 5.2 2.58
5 José Méndez 35 SP 0.6 3 1 .750 2.68 9 5 3 0 0 47.0 46 23 14 3 9 10 1 0 0 193 135 3.85 1.170 8.8 0.6 1.7 1.9 1.11
Rk Player Age Pos WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
6 Zack Foreman 26 -0.4 1 1 .500 5.21 3 3 2 0 0 19.0 27 17 11 1 3 8 1 0 1 93 70 3.28 1.579 12.8 0.5 1.4 3.8 2.67
7 Charley Lightner 27 -0.6 0 0 8.03 4 4 0 0 0 12.1 15 14 11 0 17 3 0 0 0 67 46 6.45 2.595 10.9 0.0 12.4 2.2 0.18
8 Herbert Smith* -0.2 1 0 1.000 6.14 2 1 1 0 0 7.1 10 7 5 0 1 4 2 0 0 36 62 2.94 1.500 12.3 0.0 1.2 4.9 4.00
9 Hugh Blackburn* 32 -0.4 0 2 .000 13.50 3 1 0 0 0 5.1 8 8 8 0 8 3 0 0 0 31 29 6.18 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 5.1 0.38
10 Edgar Washington 22 -0.3 0 0 54.00 1 1 0 0 0 0.2 6 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 11 7.30 10.500 81.0 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 9.4 39 31 .557 3.35 71 71 50 4 3 650.0 609 308 242 7 194 351 19 2 9 2728 108 2.85 1.235 8.4 0.1 2.7 4.9 1.81
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