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* 26 C 0.3 24 78 73 13 18 6 0 3 8 1 5 .247 .295 .452 .747 117 .343 110 33 0 0 2
2 Jim Canada* 33 1B -0.5 22 81 73 6 14 1 0 0 5 1 6 .192 .253 .205 .459 35 .229 43 15 0 2 3
3 Fred Bankhead 32 2B 0.3 22 95 83 17 21 2 2 0 8 2 9 .253 .340 .325 .666 95 .324 100 27 2 1 4/8
4 Leamon Johnson* 28 SS -0.6 15 50 47 3 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 .128 .163 .170 .333 -2 .163 3 8 1 1 /654
5 Red Longley 35 3B -0.1 25 91 82 5 19 1 1 0 11 0 5 .232 .276 .268 .544 60 .264 62 22 0 4 5/2379
6 Fred McDaniel* 32 LF 0.0 16 53 47 7 11 2 0 0 5 1 4 .234 .294 .277 .571 67 .278 72 13 0 2 7
7 Neil Robinson 37 CF 1.1 23 99 90 15 31 6 0 4 21 1 7 .344 .404 .544 .948 176 .437 166 49 2 0 8/6 AS
8 Cowan Hyde 38 RF -0.4 17 78 75 10 17 2 4 0 7 0 2 .227 .247 .360 .607 76 .279 72 27 0 1 9/7
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 Jimmy Ford 32 UT -0.1 16 59 55 6 12 3 1 1 4 0 3 .218 .259 .364 .622 81 .289 78 20 0 1 /5947
10 Verdell Mathis* 31 OF 0.4 18 51 40 11 11 2 0 0 5 1 8 .275 .396 .325 .721 112 .357 121 13 0 3 /17893 AS
11 Willie Wells 22 IF -0.4 16 44 42 3 6 3 1 0 5 0 1 .143 .182 .262 .444 29 .208 32 11 1 0 6/54
12 John Henry Oliver 38 UT -0.3 10 39 35 6 6 1 0 0 2 0 4 .171 .256 .200 .456 34 .234 46 7 0 0 /74
13 Buck Felder 29 MI -0.1 8 16 13 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 3 .154 .313 .308 .620 82 .309 90 4 0 0 /64
14 Jelly Taylor* 34 1B 0.1 4 14 12 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .250 .357 .250 .607 79 .311 91 3 0 0 /3
15 T.J. Brown 29 SS 0.1 2 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 72 .295 82 2 0 0 /6
16 Nat Rogers* 51 OF 0.0 4 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 72 .295 82 2 0 0 /9
17 Larry Brown# 43 C 0.1 6 9 8 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 .375 .444 .500 .944 176 .444 169 4 0 0 /2
18 B.L. Brown OF -0.1 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0 /9
19 Joe Burt Scott* 24 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0
20 Spike Garrett OF 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0 /9
21 Daniels OF 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 .750 354 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
22 Frank Pearson 25 P -0.1 7 19 19 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 .211 .211 .421 23 .201 27 4 0 0 /19
23 Al Jones P 0.0 7 15 11 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .167 .182 .348 2 .174 -10 2 0 3 /1
24 Felix Evans 34 P 0.0 3 11 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .182 .364 7 .173 11 2 0 0 /1
25 Edgar Chatman 28 P 0.0 4 10 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .222 .300 .222 .522 54 .266 65 2 0 0 /1
26 Robert Keyes 32 P -0.1 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -49 .125 -16 0 0 0 /1
27 Edgar Baker* P 0.1 2 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 134 .381 132 2 0 0 /1
28 Rufus Ligon 42 P 0.1 4 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 146 .426 158 1 0 0 /1
29 Oscar Childs P -0.1 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -89 0 0 0 /1
30 Red Wiggins P 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 193 .476 188 1 0 0
31 M. Johnson P 0.1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 486 .851 412 1 0 0 /1
Team Totals -0.2 26 958 865 113 198 33 10 8 90 7 69 .229 .290 .318 .608 78 .292 80 275 6 18
Non-Pitcher Totals -0.5 828 754 96 173 30 10 8 82 6 56 .229 .288 .328 .616 80 .294 81 247 6 12
Pitcher Totals 0.3 129 110 17 25 3 0 0 8 1 13 .227 .309 .255 .563 66 .282 73 28 0 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 Frank Pearson 25 SP 0.9 1 3 .250 3.54 6 5 0 4 0 0 40.2 40 19 16 0 6 18 2 0 0 168 121 2.43 1.131 8.9 0.0 1.3 4.0 3.00
2 Al Jones SP -0.2 3 3 .500 5.02 7 5 2 2 0 0 37.2 51 29 21 1 10 9 0 0 1 177 85 3.39 1.619 12.2 0.2 2.4 2.2 0.90
3 Verdell Mathis* 31 SP 0.5 2 2 .500 3.71 5 5 0 4 0 0 34.0 39 19 14 0 4 16 2 0 0 145 116 2.31 1.265 10.3 0.0 1.1 4.2 4.00 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
4 Rufus Ligon* 42 RP -0.1 1 0 1.000 8.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 9.0 13 8 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 38 55 2.83 1.556 13.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.00
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
5 Edgar Chatman 28 0.6 1 2 .333 3.49 4 3 1 2 0 0 28.1 26 14 11 1 12 14 0 0 1 124 123 3.46 1.341 8.3 0.3 3.8 4.4 1.17
6 Felix Evans 34 -0.3 1 2 .333 7.03 3 3 0 2 0 0 24.1 27 21 19 0 14 12 0 0 0 115 61 3.46 1.685 10.0 0.0 5.2 4.4 0.86
7 Robert Keyes 32 -0.4 0 2 .000 4.26 3 2 1 1 0 0 12.2 15 14 6 2 11 1 0 0 1 66 102 7.22 2.053 10.7 1.4 7.8 0.7 0.09
8 Edgar Baker* -0.5 0 2 .000 10.50 2 2 0 1 0 0 12.0 18 16 14 1 6 14 0 1 2 62 42 2.97 2.000 13.5 0.8 4.5 10.5 2.33
9 Oscar Childs -0.5 0 0 9.64 2 0 2 0 0 0 9.1 23 15 10 1 4 3 0 0 0 51 46 4.76 2.893 22.2 1.0 3.9 2.9 0.75
10 Red Wiggins 0.2 0 0 1.80 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 3 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 22 253 4.52 1.000 5.4 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.00
11 M. Johnson -0.4 0 1 .000 18.00 2 1 1 0 0 1 3.0 5 7 6 1 5 1 0 0 0 19 26 11.39 3.333 15.0 3.0 15.0 3.0 0.20
Team Totals -0.3 9 17 .346 5.25 26 26 10 16 0 1 216.0 260 164 126 7 75 89 5 1 5 987 82 3.43 1.551 10.8 0.3 3.1 3.7 1.19
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