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 Larry Brown# 38 C 0.8 44 159 136 14 36 6 0 0 17 3 21 .265 .367 .309 .676 104 .342 108 42 1 1 *2 AS
2 Jelly Taylor* 29 1B 0.3 48 183 155 23 39 5 2 1 10 7 18 .252 .329 .329 .659 99 .330 98 51 0 10 *3 AS
3 Fred Bankhead 27 2B 1.0 47 191 166 40 40 5 2 1 12 8 20 .241 .333 .313 .647 95 .329 97 52 3 2 *4/5
4 T.J. Brown 24 SS 0.3 49 175 157 20 41 11 0 0 16 4 11 .261 .314 .331 .645 94 .317 93 52 1 6 *6
5 Marlin Carter* 27 3B 0.8 43 171 153 9 41 4 4 0 17 4 14 .268 .329 .346 .676 104 .330 101 53 0 4 5/479
6 Red Longley 30 LF 0.3 44 162 138 19 34 8 1 0 15 2 21 .246 .346 .319 .665 100 .333 103 44 0 3 *789
7 Verdell Mathis* 26 CF 0.1 43 131 117 14 25 3 0 1 9 3 12 .214 .287 .265 .552 66 .278 70 31 0 2 8/173
8 Bill Bradford* 26 RF -0.3 34 108 99 11 26 4 0 0 10 2 7 .263 .318 .303 .621 87 .308 88 30 1 1 9/74
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 Neil Robinson 32 UT 1.6 30 112 97 16 30 3 1 4 21 5 14 .309 .402 .485 .886 167 .428 156 47 1 0 85/6 AS
10 Lafayette Dumas 20 OF -0.5 22 58 56 6 11 0 0 1 4 1 1 .196 .211 .250 .461 39 .222 37 14 0 1 /71893
11 Nat Rogers* 46 OF -0.1 23 56 56 5 14 0 0 0 6 1 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 51 .242 50 14 0 0 9/278
12 Jesse Warren 25 IF 0.1 10 32 30 1 8 1 0 0 4 0 1 .267 .290 .300 .590 78 .289 76 9 0 1 /54
13 Johnnie Dawson 25 C -0.3 8 17 17 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .118 .118 .176 .294 -11 .138 -12 3 0 0 /2
14 Cowan Hyde 33 OF 0.0 3 14 13 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 .231 .286 .308 .593 79 .292 78 4 0 0 /978
15 Henry Nears 33 UT 0.0 5 12 12 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 .417 .417 .417 .833 151 .406 144 5 0 0 /928
16 Babe Davis 31 OF 0.1 4 10 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .600 .200 .800 142 .483 190 1 1 0 /7
17 Ruben Jones* 46 OF 0.0 7 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 72 .278 70 2 0 0 /78
18 Hughes OF 0.0 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 202 .487 192 2 0 0 /9
19 Felix Evans 29 OF -0.1 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0 /179
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 Eugene Bremer 23 P 0.3 24 45 39 5 7 1 1 0 4 0 4 .179 .273 .256 .529 60 .269 64 10 1 1 1/98 AS
21 Willie Hutchinson 25 P 0.1 9 22 22 2 5 0 1 0 5 0 0 .227 .227 .318 .545 64 .256 57 7 0 0 /178
22 Junius Savage 21 P 0.1 10 15 13 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .231 .286 .231 .516 56 .263 58 3 0 1 /1
23 Lefty Wilson 23 P 0.0 8 13 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308 -7 .150 -5 2 0 0 /1
24 Big Train Jackson* 23 P -0.1 6 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .091 .000 .091 -73 .070 -65 0 0 1 /1
25 William Sumrall 23 P -0.1 10 12 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167 -50 .081 -44 1 0 0 /1
26 Lefty Boone 20 P 0.0 9 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 21 .218 6 1 0 1 /1
27 Roosevelt Davis 35 P 0.0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 51 .243 49 1 0 0 /1
28 William Newman P 0.1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 503 .974 469 1 0 0 /1
Team Totals 4.5 49 1736 1541 199 381 53 12 8 161 41 151 .247 .318 .313 .631 90 .314 91 482 9 35
Non-Pitcher Totals 4.3 1606 1422 185 360 52 10 8 148 40 145 .253 .326 .321 .646 95 .322 95 456 8 31
Pitcher Totals 0.3 130 119 14 21 1 2 0 13 1 6 .176 .222 .218 .441 33 .221 34 26 1 4

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 Eugene Bremer 23 SP 1.6 3 6 .333 3.07 13 8 4 8 2 1 82.0 81 37 28 1 22 44 1 0 1 351 135 2.93 1.256 8.9 0.1 2.4 4.8 2.00 AS
2 Willie Hutchinson 25 SP 1.4 4 3 .571 2.65 7 7 0 5 0 0 54.1 45 21 16 1 27 30 1 0 1 236 157 3.68 1.325 7.5 0.2 4.5 5.0 1.11
3 Lafayette Dumas 20 SP -0.2 2 5 .286 5.19 7 7 0 5 0 0 43.1 35 30 25 1 31 21 0 0 2 199 80 4.48 1.523 7.3 0.2 6.4 4.4 0.68
4 Lefty Wilson* 23 SP 1.1 3 2 .600 2.67 8 5 2 2 0 0 33.2 27 11 10 0 11 19 1 0 0 140 156 2.94 1.129 7.2 0.0 2.9 5.1 1.73
5 Big Train Jackson* 23 SP -0.5 3 2 .600 6.21 6 4 1 1 0 0 33.1 44 28 23 1 14 17 1 0 3 159 67 3.72 1.740 11.9 0.3 3.8 4.6 1.21
6 Lefty Boone* 20 SP -0.9 1 3 .250 10.24 8 7 0 0 0 0 19.1 25 23 22 2 17 16 1 0 1 104 41 5.49 2.172 11.6 0.9 7.9 7.4 0.94
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 Verdell Mathis* 26 RP 0.5 1 3 .250 4.22 9 4 4 2 0 0 49.0 47 26 23 0 14 29 3 0 0 204 99 2.86 1.245 8.6 0.0 2.6 5.3 2.07
8 Junius Savage 21 RP 0.7 1 1 .500 3.96 10 3 6 1 0 1 38.2 27 18 17 0 23 34 1 1 0 163 105 3.11 1.293 6.3 0.0 5.4 7.9 1.48
9 William Sumrall 23 RP 0.0 2 2 .500 5.29 9 2 6 0 0 0 32.1 37 21 19 0 8 6 2 0 0 146 79 3.56 1.392 10.3 0.0 2.2 1.7 0.75
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
10 Roosevelt Davis 35 0.2 0 1 .000 1.13 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 6 3 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 34 384 2.88 1.125 6.8 0.0 3.4 5.6 1.67
11 Felix Evans 29 -0.2 0 1 .000 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 8 7 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 26 65 2.63 1.875 13.5 0.0 3.4 6.8 2.00
12 William Newman 0.2 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.00 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 3.8 20 29 .408 4.21 49 49 24 25 2 2 402.1 383 225 188 6 172 225 11 1 8 1771 99 3.44 1.379 8.6 0.1 3.8 5.0 1.31
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