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 Earl Taborn 24 C 0.7 40 143 123 22 36 10 0 0 20 1 13 .293 .383 .374 .757 103 .370 108 46 5 2 2
2 Buck O'Neil 35 1B 0.8 60 246 218 54 62 15 3 5 36 15 24 .284 .361 .450 .810 117 .384 112 98 2 2 *3
3 Chico Renfroe 24 2B 1.3 53 222 174 33 49 10 2 0 20 3 35 .282 .410 .362 .772 108 .384 117 63 3 10 46/5
4 Hank Thompson* 21 SS 2.5 44 197 173 51 58 8 5 8 36 7 21 .335 .413 .578 .991 164 .450 152 100 2 1 64/9
5 Herb Souell# 34 3B 0.9 61 278 257 52 85 5 7 1 32 16 16 .331 .379 .416 .795 113 .384 112 107 4 1 *5 AS,AS
6 Johnie Scott* 33 LF 0.0 65 262 241 42 62 10 6 2 27 12 21 .257 .317 .373 .690 85 .331 82 90 0 0 *78/9
7 Willard Brown 32 CF 2.6 48 216 200 42 75 22 7 6 64 12 15 .375 .421 .645 1.066 184 .483 168 129 1 0 8/67
8 Tom Cooper 28 RF 0.0 54 200 166 38 46 6 0 1 26 6 24 .277 .372 .331 .703 89 .349 96 55 1 9 94/783
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 Joe Greene 35 C 1.3 42 150 116 30 38 6 1 4 24 5 29 .328 .469 .500 .969 160 .459 159 58 2 3 2/791
10 Ted Strong# 30 OF -0.1 41 138 116 12 26 4 0 2 15 0 21 .224 .348 .310 .658 77 .332 85 36 1 0 9/35
11 Curtis Roberts 17 MI 0.5 18 76 70 12 25 2 3 2 13 0 4 .357 .392 .557 .949 153 .433 143 39 0 2 6/4
12 John Sanderson 19 SS -0.2 9 30 28 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 2 .214 .267 .214 .481 30 .245 36 6 0 0 /6
13 Thomas Favors* 26 UT -0.1 6 26 21 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .238 .360 .238 .598 62 .318 77 5 1 1 /379
14 Lee Moody 30 IF 0.0 3 13 12 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .250 .308 .417 .724 93 .334 86 5 0 0 /34
15 Bill Duffy C 0.0 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .500 .000 .500 39 .410 118 0 0 0 /2
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
16 Jim LaMarque* 26 P 0.3 25 69 63 13 18 4 2 0 12 0 2 .286 .318 .413 .731 95 .341 89 26 1 3 1/7948
17 Hilton Smith 40 P 0.1 24 46 44 3 12 1 0 1 10 0 1 .273 .289 .364 .653 74 .305 69 16 0 1 1
18 Ford Smith# 28 P 0.1 15 44 38 8 10 0 0 1 9 0 4 .263 .333 .342 .675 81 .329 82 13 0 2 /197 AS
19 Connie Johnson 24 P -0.1 18 28 25 7 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 .160 .222 .200 .422 14 .214 15 5 0 1 1
20 Ted Alexander 34 P 0.0 11 22 17 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 .118 .250 .118 .368 0 .214 10 2 0 2 1
21 Steve Wylie 36 P 0.0 10 20 19 3 4 1 1 0 3 0 0 .211 .211 .368 .579 54 .257 39 7 0 1 1
22 Cannonball Berry 35 P -0.1 16 15 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308 -17 .148 -37 2 0 2 1
23 Gene Richardson* 19 P -0.1 3 12 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .182 .182 .182 .364 -2 .175 -13 2 0 1 /1
24 Gene Collins* 22 P 0.0 8 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .182 .250 .182 .432 17 .226 25 2 0 0 /1
25 Satchel Paige 40 P -0.1 7 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222 -40 .107 -57 1 0 1 /1
26 Larry Napoleon 25 P -0.1 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -104 0 0 0 /1
27 Johnnie Scroggins 24 P -0.1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -103 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 10.1 65 2488 2176 433 633 105 38 33 358 79 244 .291 .368 .420 .788 111 .376 109 913 23 45
Non-Pitcher Totals 10.2 2201 1917 398 576 98 35 31 318 79 231 .300 .382 .437 .819 119 .390 117 837 22 31
Pitcher Totals 0.0 287 259 35 57 7 3 2 40 0 13 .220 .260 .293 .554 48 .266 44 76 1 14

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 LaMarque* 26 SP 2.5 10 3 .769 3.39 17 15 2 12 1 1 122.0 125 63 46 0 35 80 5 0 0 531 146 2.37 1.311 9.2 0.0 2.6 5.9 2.29
2 Hilton Smith 40 SP 0.3 7 4 .636 5.83 13 8 5 6 0 0 75.2 105 54 49 2 15 25 3 0 0 343 85 3.09 1.586 12.5 0.2 1.8 3.0 1.67
3 Connie Johnson 24 SP -1.2 4 3 .571 6.99 13 7 3 4 0 0 64.1 88 65 50 6 46 29 3 0 2 331 71 5.29 2.083 12.3 0.8 6.4 4.1 0.63
4 Ford Smith 28 SP 2.6 6 3 .667 2.14 9 7 2 5 2 0 63.0 47 18 15 2 27 32 1 0 0 256 231 3.43 1.175 6.7 0.3 3.9 4.6 1.19 AS
5 Ted Alexander 34 SP 0.8 3 2 .600 3.50 11 7 2 3 0 0 54.0 49 31 21 0 19 34 2 0 0 236 142 2.60 1.259 8.2 0.0 3.2 5.7 1.79
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 Cannonball Berry 35 CL -0.2 2 3 .400 5.45 16 3 8 1 0 3 39.2 52 32 24 2 18 24 2 0 0 196 91 3.65 1.765 11.8 0.5 4.1 5.4 1.33
7 Steve Wylie 36 RP 0.3 2 3 .400 5.40 10 4 4 1 0 0 45.0 49 30 27 1 27 28 3 0 0 210 92 3.74 1.689 9.8 0.2 5.4 5.6 1.04
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 Gene Richardson* 19 1.1 3 0 1.000 1.33 3 3 0 3 0 0 27.0 19 8 4 0 13 29 3 0 0 117 374 2.33 1.185 6.3 0.0 4.3 9.7 2.23
9 Gene Collins* 22 -0.5 1 1 .500 8.10 4 3 0 1 0 0 20.0 21 22 18 1 25 23 2 0 1 114 62 5.10 2.300 9.5 0.5 11.3 10.4 0.92
10 Satchel Paige 40 0.5 0 2 .000 2.37 5 4 1 1 0 0 19.0 18 8 5 0 2 18 0 0 1 74 211 1.12 1.053 8.5 0.0 0.9 8.5 9.00
11 Larry Napoleon* 25 0.1 1 0 1.000 3.75 3 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 12 8 5 0 8 12 1 0 0 59 135 2.95 1.667 9.0 0.0 6.0 9.0 1.50
12 Johnnie Scroggins 24 -0.3 0 2 .000 10.50 2 2 0 1 0 0 6.0 9 8 7 0 3 4 0 0 0 31 49 2.86 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 6.0 1.33
13 Joe Greene 35 -0.1 0 0 10.80 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 3 2 0 4 0 1 0 2 13 54 11.70 3.600 10.8 0.0 21.6 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 6.0 39 26 .600 4.47 65 65 27 38 3 4 549.1 596 350 273 14 242 338 26 0 6 2511 111 3.26 1.525 9.8 0.2 4.0 5.5 1.40
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