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 Frank Duncan 21 C 0.3 75 319 266 45 62 14 2 1 23 4 28 .233 .311 .312 .623 68 .296 68 83 2 23 *2/39
2 Lemuel Hawkins* 26 1B 0.6 77 313 277 42 80 4 0 1 29 14 23 .289 .350 .314 .664 79 .322 83 87 3 10 *3
3 George Sweatt 28 2B 0.2 52 197 169 27 41 9 0 2 18 4 19 .243 .319 .331 .651 75 .308 76 56 0 9 45/9
4 Dobie Moore 26 SS 4.8 77 353 330 69 127 24 3 7 63 16 15 .385 .412 .539 .951 154 .433 152 178 0 8 *6
5 Newt Joseph 25 3B 0.4 71 275 243 37 65 17 2 2 39 9 20 .267 .328 .379 .707 89 .330 88 92 2 10 54/96
6 Hurley McNair* 33 LF 4.6 83 378 315 78 118 18 7 8 68 9 50 .375 .468 .552 1.020 173 .462 173 174 5 8 *7/819
7 George Carr# 27 CF 0.4 66 258 224 33 60 6 1 6 26 11 26 .268 .354 .384 .738 98 .350 100 86 4 4 *89/3457
8 Heavy Johnson 27 RF 4.2 68 263 238 45 97 19 11 11 64 9 16 .408 .453 .718 1.172 211 .513 202 171 4 5 92/837
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 Bullet Rogan 28 OF 3.7 73 280 238 57 88 11 7 15 55 16 35 .370 .457 .664 1.120 198 .498 190 158 3 4 189/75
10 José Méndez 37 3B 0.0 40 127 104 15 19 5 2 0 8 9 15 .183 .298 .269 .567 53 .286 57 28 2 6 5/1648
11 John Donaldson* 31 OF 0.3 24 100 90 14 30 4 3 1 16 3 7 .333 .381 .478 .859 129 .390 127 43 0 3 8
12 Bubbles Anderson 17 2B -0.5 18 77 63 8 13 1 0 0 1 4 4 .206 .275 .222 .498 35 .253 33 14 2 8 4
13 Bartolo Portuondo 28 IF 0.3 15 57 46 8 13 1 0 0 3 3 8 .283 .411 .304 .715 94 .362 107 14 2 1 /45
14 Sam Crawford 30 UT 0.1 18 43 39 3 8 1 1 0 2 3 2 .205 .244 .282 .526 41 .252 35 11 0 2 1/459
15 Dave Thomas 22 2B 0.1 4 8 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .375 .167 .542 50 .305 75 1 0 0
16 Branch Russell* 26 OF -0.2 2 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -110 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
17 Rube Curry 23 P 0.2 32 102 93 8 20 3 1 2 11 2 3 .215 .240 .333 .573 52 .259 43 31 0 6 1/79
18 Willie Gisentaner* 22 P 0.9 30 71 65 7 23 3 0 3 11 0 4 .354 .400 .538 .938 150 .424 147 35 1 1 1/9748
19 Bill Drake 27 P -0.2 16 38 37 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 .162 .162 .162 .324 -13 .152 -22 6 0 1 1
20 William Linder 36 P -0.1 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -111 0 0 0 /1
21 Cliff Bell 25 P 0.0 4 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -43 .150 -19 0 0 0 /1
22 Percy Miller* 25 P -0.1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -112 0 0 0 /1
23 Murphy P 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 19.8 83 3281 2864 499 871 140 40 59 440 116 278 .304 .372 .443 .814 118 .376 117 1268 30 109
Non-Pitcher Totals 19.2 3010 2614 479 814 133 38 54 413 111 268 .311 .382 .453 .835 123 .385 122 1185 29 99
Pitcher Totals 0.7 271 250 20 57 7 2 5 27 5 10 .228 .261 .332 .593 58 .273 52 83 1 10

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 Rube Curry 23 SP 2.6 12 7 .632 4.03 25 21 4 17 1 2 190.0 204 105 85 6 47 107 2 0 2 818 116 3.22 1.321 9.7 0.3 2.2 5.1 2.28
2 Bullet Rogan 28 SP 4.4 13 8 .619 2.99 25 20 5 19 2 2 186.2 159 84 62 3 43 113 5 1 4 760 157 2.94 1.082 7.7 0.1 2.1 5.4 2.63
3 Willie Gisentaner* 22 SP 0.9 6 2 .750 4.45 17 13 3 6 0 0 109.1 107 67 54 2 47 51 2 0 5 479 106 3.82 1.409 8.8 0.2 3.9 4.2 1.09
4 Bill Drake 27 SP 1.0 6 7 .462 4.05 16 13 3 6 0 0 95.2 118 56 43 3 29 48 3 0 1 434 116 3.57 1.537 11.1 0.3 2.7 4.5 1.66
5 Sam Crawford 30 SP 1.4 7 5 .583 3.74 13 9 4 6 1 0 79.1 82 40 33 3 20 24 5 0 3 356 126 4.00 1.286 9.3 0.3 2.3 2.7 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
6 José Méndez 37 RP 0.0 2 0 1.000 5.12 5 1 4 0 0 0 19.1 34 14 11 0 5 14 0 0 1 99 93 2.49 2.017 15.8 0.0 2.3 6.5 2.80
7 Cliff Bell 25 RP 0.3 0 3 .000 3.00 4 1 2 1 0 0 15.0 9 7 5 0 5 4 0 0 1 59 159 3.63 0.933 5.4 0.0 3.0 2.4 0.80
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
8 Hurley McNair* 33 0.2 1 0 1.000 4.50 3 1 2 0 0 0 18.0 18 11 9 1 5 9 1 0 0 75 106 3.89 1.278 9.0 0.5 2.5 4.5 1.80
9 William Linder 36 0.1 1 0 1.000 5.91 3 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 13 7 7 0 5 8 1 0 1 50 82 3.35 1.688 11.0 0.0 4.2 6.8 1.60
10 Percy Miller* 25 0.3 0 1 .000 1.13 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 8 3 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 33 433 2.92 1.250 9.0 0.0 2.3 4.5 2.00
11 Murphy -0.1 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 43 9.92 3.750 13.5 0.0 20.3 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 10.9 48 33 .593 3.83 83 83 27 56 4 4 733.1 754 396 312 18 211 382 19 1 18 3172 123 3.39 1.316 9.3 0.2 2.6 4.7 1.81
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