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 25 C 0.9 44 170 148 15 44 10 0 0 23 2 21 .297 .385 .365 .749 101 .363 107 54 0 1 2
2 Tom Cooper 29 1B 0.5 31 128 107 17 31 2 3 1 13 2 16 .290 .387 .393 .780 109 .372 113 42 1 4 3/2947
3 Curtis Roberts 18 2B -0.2 46 196 181 26 44 10 1 0 20 5 14 .243 .297 .309 .607 63 .291 65 56 0 1 4/37
4 Gene Baker 23 SS 0.3 46 200 181 39 45 9 7 3 28 5 15 .249 .306 .425 .732 94 .333 89 77 0 4 6/4
5 Herb Souell# 35 3B 0.9 46 211 196 41 56 8 6 2 22 6 14 .286 .336 .418 .755 101 .349 98 82 1 0 5 AS,AS
6 Elston Howard 19 LF 0.0 20 84 80 16 20 5 3 1 13 1 3 .250 .286 .425 .711 89 .319 82 34 1 0 7
7 Willard Brown 33 CF 2.7 46 197 174 43 71 23 2 7 54 8 22 .408 .477 .684 1.161 208 .517 193 119 1 0 8 AS,AS
8 Hank Thompson* 22 RF 2.1 47 206 176 50 59 13 5 5 29 12 27 .335 .429 .551 .980 161 .451 154 97 2 1 97/4658
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 Johnie Scott* 34 OF 0.6 33 129 110 24 33 6 1 1 23 7 16 .300 .398 .400 .798 114 .389 118 44 2 1 79/8
10 Buck O'Neil 36 1B -0.4 25 96 89 8 19 1 0 0 11 2 7 .213 .271 .225 .496 34 .247 41 20 0 0 3
11 Charley Hall# 24 OF 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 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
12 Jim LaMarque* 27 P 0.7 18 55 46 9 15 3 0 1 11 0 7 .326 .426 .457 .882 136 .419 138 21 1 1 1/8 AS,AS
13 Hilton Smith 41 P 0.3 13 30 28 6 9 2 1 0 5 0 1 .321 .345 .464 .809 115 .369 110 13 0 1 1/9
14 Ford Smith# 29 P -0.1 13 27 26 4 5 3 0 0 3 0 0 .192 .222 .308 .530 41 .245 39 8 1 0 /13
15 Gene Collins* 23 P 0.3 12 23 20 4 6 3 0 0 1 0 2 .300 .391 .450 .841 125 .397 125 9 1 0 1
16 Gene Richardson* 20 P -0.2 8 19 18 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .056 .105 .111 .216 -42 .109 -38 2 0 0 /1
17 Connie Johnson 25 P -0.1 12 18 18 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .167 .167 .222 .389 3 .182 1 4 0 0 1
18 Leonard Johnson 28 P -0.1 3 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -101 0 0 0 /1
19 Tincy Jamerson 17 P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 7.9 47 1799 1608 307 461 100 29 21 257 51 166 .287 .357 .424 .782 109 .365 107 682 11 14
Non-Pitcher Totals 7.1 1619 1444 279 422 87 28 20 236 50 155 .292 .364 .433 .797 113 .372 111 625 8 12
Pitcher Totals 0.8 180 164 28 39 13 1 1 21 1 11 .238 .298 .348 .645 72 .306 73 57 3 2
Standard Batting Table
Rk Player Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH Pos Awards
1 Hank Thompson* 22 7 31 26 3 6 0 0 1 4 1 5 .231 .355 .346 .701 8 0 0 0
2 Herb Souell# 35 7 30 28 2 7 0 0 0 3 1 1 .250 .276 .250 .526 7 0 0 1
3 Willard Brown 33 7 29 28 4 10 3 0 1 5 1 1 .357 .379 .571 .951 15 0 0 0
4 Elston Howard 19 7 28 26 4 6 1 0 1 2 0 1 .231 .286 .385 .670 9 0 1 0
5 Gene Baker 23 7 27 23 4 4 0 0 1 1 2 3 .174 .296 .304 .601 6 0 1 0
6 Johnie Scott* 34 6 25 23 4 7 1 0 0 3 0 2 .304 .360 .348 .708 8 0 0 0
7 Earl Taborn 25 6 22 19 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 .263 .333 .316 .649 6 0 0 1
8 Buck O'Neil 36 6 20 20 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .250 .450 5 0 0 0
9 Jim LaMarque* 27 3 11 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222 1 0 0 2 /1
10 Curtis Roberts 18 2 10 9 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .400 .333 .733 3 0 0 0
11 Tom Cooper 29 2 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1
12 Ford Smith# 29 3 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 1 0 0 0 /1
13 Gene Richardson* 20 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 /1
14 Gene Collins* 23 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 /1
15 Connie Johnson 25 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 /1
16 Hilton Smith 41 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 0
Team Totals 8 255 230 26 56 8 0 4 22 5 17 .243 .301 .330 .632 72 0 2 6

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* 27 SP 3.2 9 4 .692 3.20 16 13 3 12 1 1 118.0 117 52 42 3 24 80 8 0 3 495 151 2.56 1.195 8.9 0.2 1.8 6.1 3.33 AS,AS
2 Hilton Smith 41 SP 0.7 4 2 .667 4.38 11 7 3 4 0 0 63.2 72 39 31 2 21 39 1 0 1 283 111 2.99 1.461 10.2 0.3 3.0 5.5 1.86
3 Gene Collins* 23 SP 0.0 4 4 .500 4.18 11 7 3 4 1 1 56.0 33 43 26 0 60 62 5 0 2 270 116 4.04 1.661 5.3 0.0 9.6 10.0 1.03
4 Ford Smith 29 SP 1.6 4 2 .667 2.43 8 7 1 6 1 1 55.2 49 24 15 0 13 41 5 0 3 229 201 2.27 1.114 7.9 0.0 2.1 6.6 3.15
5 Gene Richardson* 20 SP 0.6 2 3 .400 3.43 8 5 3 1 0 0 44.2 47 27 17 1 16 37 0 0 0 198 142 2.48 1.410 9.5 0.2 3.2 7.5 2.31
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 Connie Johnson 25 RP 0.6 3 1 .750 4.21 10 4 4 3 0 2 47.0 53 28 22 2 19 29 2 0 3 213 116 3.43 1.532 10.1 0.4 3.6 5.6 1.53
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
7 Leonard Johnson 28 -0.8 1 2 .333 12.00 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.0 27 25 20 2 7 3 2 0 0 82 41 5.91 2.267 16.2 1.2 4.2 1.8 0.43
8 Tincy Jamerson 17 -0.1 0 0 16.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 3 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 14 36 19.57 4.800 21.6 5.4 21.6 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 5.8 27 18 .600 3.94 47 47 17 30 3 5 401.2 402 241 176 11 164 291 24 0 12 1784 123 3.09 1.409 9.0 0.2 3.7 6.5 1.77
Standard Pitching Table
Rk Player Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
1 Jim LaMarque* 27 1 1 .500 2.92 3 3 0 0 0 0 24.2 27 10 8 0 8 0 22 2 0 0 109 2.21 1.419 9.9 0.0 2.9 8.0 2.75
2 Ford Smith 29 0 1 .000 4.30 4 1 3 1 0 1 14.2 19 9 7 1 6 0 10 0 0 1 66 3.52 1.705 11.7 0.6 3.7 6.1 1.67
3 Gene Richardson* 20 2 1 .667 0.93 3 0 3 0 0 0 9.2 6 1 1 0 4 0 9 0 0 0 38 2.15 1.034 5.6 0.0 3.7 8.4 2.25
4 Gene Collins* 23 0 0 4.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 5 4 4 1 10 0 6 1 0 0 40 7.02 1.875 5.6 1.1 11.3 6.8 0.60
5 Connie Johnson 25 0 0 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 3 3 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 19 3.77 1.750 6.8 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
Team Totals 3 3 .500 3.39 8 7 6 1 0 1 61.0 60 27 23 2 32 0 51 3 0 1 272 3.25 1.508 8.9 0.3 4.7 7.5 1.59
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