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 Casey Jones* 25 C -0.1 21 51 48 4 10 2 0 0 5 0 3 .208 .255 .250 .505 55 .249 58 12 0 0 2
2 Jim Canada* 32 1B -0.5 27 99 87 5 15 1 0 0 3 0 8 .172 .242 .184 .426 32 .219 36 16 0 4 3
3 Fred Bankhead 31 2B 0.7 29 115 103 21 33 3 1 0 13 5 6 .320 .364 .369 .733 125 .360 125 38 1 5 4/56
4 T.J. Brown 28 SS -0.2 21 88 85 5 18 4 0 0 4 1 2 .212 .230 .259 .489 50 .235 49 22 0 1 6/5
5 Jimmy Ford 31 3B 0.1 28 113 103 8 29 3 0 1 13 2 8 .282 .339 .340 .679 109 .332 110 35 1 1 5/4
6 Fred McDaniel* 31 LF 0.1 27 110 99 15 28 5 1 0 7 1 7 .283 .343 .354 .696 114 .338 114 35 2 2 7
7 Neil Robinson 36 CF 0.2 29 120 109 11 29 3 1 1 8 6 9 .266 .328 .339 .667 105 .334 106 37 1 1 8/6 AS
8 Cowan Hyde 37 RF -0.6 30 113 108 12 20 5 2 0 4 5 5 .185 .221 .269 .490 50 .243 50 29 0 0 9/87
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 Verdell Mathis* 30 UT 0.7 24 77 72 7 20 2 1 0 6 1 5 .278 .325 .333 .658 103 .319 102 24 0 0 1/379 AS
10 Red Longley 34 UT 0.1 21 66 52 4 9 1 0 0 5 2 11 .173 .328 .192 .520 61 .283 77 10 1 2 2/57368
11 Buck Felder 28 UT 0.3 13 41 31 7 5 2 0 0 1 3 8 .161 .333 .226 .559 73 .309 87 7 0 2 6/7
12 Larry Brown# 42 C 0.0 14 37 29 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 5 .207 .324 .276 .599 85 .304 91 8 0 3 2
13 Pepper Sharpe# 25 UT -0.2 8 21 20 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 .300 .300 .400 .700 115 .330 108 8 0 1 /9378
14 Nat Rogers* 50 OF -0.1 8 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 22 .213 36 1 0 0 /9
15 Willie Wells 21 IF -0.2 8 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -12 .138 -11 1 0 0 /645
16 Felix Evans 33 OF 0.0 4 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 206 .464 191 2 0 0 /719
17 Spike Garrett 2B 0.0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 208 .482 200 1 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
18 Porter Moss 34 P 0.1 9 19 18 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 .222 .222 .222 .444 37 .222 33 4 0 1 /1
19 Willie Hutchinson 29 P -0.2 12 16 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071 .071 .071 .143 -56 .069 -76 1 0 2 /19
20 Al Jones P 0.0 3 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .222 .000 .222 -30 .165 5 0 0 0 /1
21 Robert Keyes 31 P 0.1 4 9 9 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .333 .556 70 .262 65 3 0 0 /1
22 Edgar Chatman 27 P -0.1 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -96 0 0 0 /1
23 Rufus Ligon 41 P 0.0 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 54 .241 53 1 0 0 /1
24 Steve Wylie 33 P 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
25 Les Henderson P 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 0.3 31 1136 1025 105 240 35 7 2 76 27 80 .234 .293 .288 .581 79 .289 80 295 6 25
Non-Pitcher Totals -0.2 994 893 97 212 32 6 2 67 25 73 .237 .299 .293 .593 83 .295 84 262 6 22
Pitcher Totals 0.5 142 132 8 28 3 1 0 9 2 7 .212 .252 .250 .502 54 .247 53 33 0 3

Standard Pitching

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Standard Pitching Table
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 Verdell Mathis* 30 SP 1.7 8 2 .800 2.97 12 10 1 9 1 0 88.0 84 36 29 3 28 61 2 0 0 375 115 2.76 1.273 8.6 0.3 2.9 6.2 2.18 AS
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
2 Willie Hutchinson 29 RP 1.4 2 2 .500 2.57 10 5 4 4 1 1 49.0 39 16 14 0 19 16 1 0 1 197 133 3.26 1.184 7.2 0.0 3.5 2.9 0.84
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
3 Porter Moss 34 1.3 2 4 .333 2.42 9 6 3 3 0 1 48.1 35 17 13 0 11 36 2 0 0 197 142 2.00 0.952 6.5 0.0 2.0 6.7 3.27
4 Robert Keyes 31 0.8 1 3 .250 1.50 4 4 0 2 0 0 30.0 27 11 5 0 12 9 1 0 0 136 230 3.39 1.300 8.1 0.0 3.6 2.7 0.75
5 Edgar Chatman 27 0.0 0 3 .000 3.60 3 3 0 0 0 0 20.0 23 12 8 0 8 14 1 0 0 95 97 2.64 1.550 10.4 0.0 3.6 6.3 1.75
6 Al Jones 0.6 1 1 .500 1.59 2 2 0 2 1 0 17.0 10 5 3 0 5 7 0 0 0 62 220 2.74 0.882 5.3 0.0 2.6 3.7 1.40
7 Pepper Sharpe 25 0.3 0 1 .000 0.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 3 2 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 30 2.56 0.750 3.4 0.0 3.4 5.6 1.67
8 Steve Wylie 33 -0.2 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 5 5 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 25 55 2.69 1.313 8.4 0.0 3.4 5.1 1.50
9 Felix Evans 33 -0.2 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 29 3.81 2.250 16.9 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.00
10 Rufus Ligon* 41 -0.1 0 0 7.71 2 0 1 0 0 1 2.1 5 2 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 13 53 4.83 3.000 19.3 0.0 7.7 7.7 1.00
11 Les Henderson 0.0 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 4.19 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 13.5 1.00
Team Totals 5.6 15 16 .484 2.72 31 31 9 21 3 3 271.1 237 110 82 3 92 154 8 0 1 1148 127 2.80 1.213 7.9 0.1 3.1 5.1 1.67
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