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 Johnny Hayes* 30 C 0.2 22 67 53 6 13 2 0 0 3 1 11 .245 .394 .283 .677 79 .348 94 15 2 1 *2
2 Johnny Washington* 25 1B 0.5 32 135 128 31 47 11 1 2 21 3 4 .367 .391 .516 .907 135 .412 131 66 1 2 *3/4
3 Flash Miller 30 2B 0.3 20 86 78 12 26 2 1 0 8 3 6 .333 .395 .385 .780 104 .374 108 30 2 0 *4/6
4 Hoss Walker 32 SS -0.7 26 97 90 7 14 4 0 0 7 0 4 .156 .191 .200 .391 2 .189 -5 18 0 3 *6
5 Henry Spearman 30 3B 1.1 33 135 115 19 37 8 1 4 28 0 18 .322 .414 .513 .927 140 .426 138 59 0 2 *5/3
6 Homer Curry* 35 LF 0.1 12 39 30 7 7 2 0 0 1 2 9 .233 .410 .300 .710 87 .370 103 9 0 0 7
7 Charlie Biot 22 CF 0.7 28 107 98 12 30 8 4 2 21 1 7 .306 .352 .531 .883 128 .392 119 52 0 2 *8
8 Jim Williams 34 RF -0.6 21 82 76 9 18 3 0 1 11 2 5 .237 .284 .316 .600 56 .283 54 24 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 Marvin Barker 28 UT -0.4 23 92 81 13 18 2 1 0 6 1 8 .222 .300 .272 .572 50 .281 53 22 1 2 7/48 AS
10 Bob Clarke 37 C -0.5 17 56 54 2 11 0 0 0 2 0 1 .204 .218 .204 .422 10 .204 6 11 0 1 2 AS
11 Jim Starks 34 UT 0.2 15 45 39 5 14 1 0 0 7 0 6 .359 .444 .385 .829 117 .407 126 15 0 0 /793
12 Zollie Wright 30 OF -0.2 12 41 37 3 8 3 0 0 9 0 3 .216 .275 .297 .572 49 .274 47 11 0 1 /97
13 Dick Seay 35 UT -0.3 6 25 23 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 .174 .208 .174 .382 0 .191 -5 4 0 1 /47 AS
14 Roy Debnam 36 OF 0.1 4 16 12 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 3 .417 .533 .417 .950 150 .472 169 5 0 1 /879
15 John Hawkins 21 SS -0.2 4 13 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .231 .091 .322 -14 .197 3 1 2 0 /6
16 Erkie Wilson SS -0.1 3 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .300 .000 .300 -17 .240 24 0 0 0 /6
17 Fats Jenkins* 42 OF -0.1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -31 .193 0 0 0 0 /7
18 U. Johnson 2B -0.1 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -114 0 0 0 /4
19 Anthony Cooper 35 IF 0.0 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -114 0 0 0 /56
20 Lamb Barbee 24 OF 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -110 0 0 0 /7
21 Greene Farmer# 20 0.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 .773 340 0 0 0
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 Roy Williams 32 P 0.3 12 25 24 5 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 .417 .440 .500 .940 144 .438 145 12 0 0 /17
23 Neck Stanley* 35 P 0.0 13 22 20 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .238 .250 .488 27 .234 22 5 0 1 1
24 Bob Evans 29 P -0.2 12 15 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067 .067 .067 .133 -65 .063 -75 1 0 0 1
25 Bud Barbee 26 P 0.1 9 15 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .400 .250 .650 72 .345 90 3 0 0 /1
26 Jesse Brown* 26 P 0.0 13 15 13 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 .154 .267 .231 .497 30 .253 36 3 0 0 /1
27 Bill Holland# 39 P -0.1 5 11 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182 -53 .086 -61 1 0 0 /1
28 Purnell Mincy* 24 P 0.0 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -8 .258 -2 0 0 2 /1
29 Roosevelt Davis 35 P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 0.0 33 1167 1040 149 274 48 9 9 129 14 99 .263 .332 .353 .685 79 .326 79 367 8 20
Non-Pitcher Totals -0.2 1058 943 135 253 46 8 9 127 14 90 .268 .337 .363 .700 82 .332 83 342 8 17
Pitcher Totals 0.1 108 97 13 21 2 1 0 2 0 8 .216 .276 .258 .534 40 .262 40 25 0 3

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 Neck Stanley* 35 SP -0.6 1 7 .125 7.69 13 7 3 3 0 0 57.1 83 56 49 4 28 24 0 1 1 280 68 4.54 1.936 13.0 0.6 4.4 3.8 0.86
2 Roy Williams 32 SP 0.6 3 5 .375 5.68 9 7 2 4 0 0 52.1 58 36 33 5 28 30 1 0 0 239 93 4.76 1.643 10.0 0.9 4.8 5.2 1.07
3 Bud Barbee 26 SP -0.1 3 2 .600 5.60 8 6 2 2 0 0 35.1 36 31 22 3 24 15 1 1 0 164 94 5.38 1.698 9.2 0.8 6.1 3.8 0.63
4 Bill Holland 39 SP 0.6 1 2 .333 5.19 5 4 1 2 0 0 26.0 34 15 15 2 10 15 1 0 0 114 102 4.12 1.692 11.8 0.7 3.5 5.2 1.50
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 Bob Evans 29 RP -0.4 1 5 .167 7.93 12 5 7 2 0 0 36.1 59 36 32 4 12 18 2 0 1 184 66 4.60 1.954 14.6 1.0 3.0 4.5 1.50
6 Jesse Brown* 26 RP -0.3 0 2 .000 7.59 9 3 4 1 0 0 32.0 51 31 27 3 17 14 0 0 0 171 69 4.94 2.125 14.3 0.8 4.8 3.9 0.82
7 Purnell Mincy* 24 RP -0.2 0 1 .000 9.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 11.0 15 12 11 0 7 4 0 0 0 53 60 4.19 2.000 12.3 0.0 5.7 3.3 0.57
8 Roosevelt Davis 35 RP 0.1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 1.80 0.600 5.4 0.0 0.0 5.4
Team Totals -0.4 9 24 .273 6.75 33 33 19 14 0 0 252.0 337 217 189 21 126 121 5 2 2 1211 78 4.69 1.837 12.0 0.8 4.5 4.3 0.96
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