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 Johnny Hayes* 24 C 0.4 27 87 82 16 25 3 1 1 16 0 3 .305 .329 .402 .732 105 .344 102 33 0 2 *2
2 Jim Starks 28 1B 0.1 29 113 98 18 26 7 0 0 13 3 11 .265 .345 .337 .682 92 .333 96 33 1 3 *3/7
3 Earl Davis 28 2B 0.1 17 68 59 8 17 2 0 0 12 1 7 .288 .364 .322 .686 94 .336 99 19 0 2 4
4 Subby Byas# 24 SS 0.4 33 115 101 18 31 5 1 0 13 2 6 .307 .346 .376 .722 103 .342 103 38 0 8 6/4325
5 Ray Dandridge 20 3B 2.1 34 134 125 20 53 13 4 0 30 0 7 .424 .455 .592 1.047 193 .484 188 74 0 2 *5/64
6 Buddy Burbage* 27 LF 1.8 31 137 117 38 50 3 5 2 23 4 17 .427 .500 .590 1.090 206 .503 202 69 0 3 *7/48
7 Paul Arnold* 30 CF 0.5 31 130 111 24 36 5 2 0 12 0 16 .324 .409 .405 .815 130 .393 133 45 0 3 *8
8 Bert Johnson 28 RF 1.8 34 136 124 24 51 12 2 2 36 0 10 .411 .455 .589 1.044 192 .483 188 73 0 2 *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
9 Dick Lundy# 35 IF 0.2 15 47 42 5 12 2 1 0 7 1 4 .286 .362 .381 .743 109 .355 110 16 1 0 6/3 AS
10 Frank McCoy* 28 UT 0.3 17 46 43 8 15 2 1 0 8 0 3 .349 .391 .442 .833 134 .394 132 19 0 0 2/3
11 George Britt 38 UT 0.5 15 29 23 3 9 2 0 0 8 1 4 .391 .500 .478 .978 176 .469 181 11 1 1 /1547
12 Chute Merritt 23 UT -0.1 12 25 21 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .143 .250 .143 .393 12 .218 21 3 0 1 /4765
13 Rafael Quintana 31 2B 0.1 3 12 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .364 .222 .586 67 .311 81 2 0 1
14 Andy Williams 1B -0.2 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -106 0 0 0 /3
15 Flash Miller 24 SS -0.1 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 .136 -22 1 0 0 /6
16 Powell IF -0.1 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 41 .239 40 1 0 0
17 John Beckwith 34 3B -0.1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -103 0 0 0 /5
18 Goldie Cephus 35 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 .756 346 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
19 Bob Evans 23 P 0.1 18 36 36 4 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444 25 .212 23 8 0 0 1
20 Alonza Bailey 30 P 0.0 8 18 15 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .133 .235 .133 .369 5 .201 12 2 0 1 /1
21 Slim Vaughan 24 P -0.1 9 16 13 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308 -13 .147 -42 2 0 3 /1
22 Ray Clark 26 P 0.0 6 11 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .273 .200 .473 34 .242 42 2 0 0 /1
23 Roosevelt Owens 23 P -0.1 5 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 .126 -116 0 0 4 /1
24 Homer Craig P -0.1 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -104 0 0 0 /1
25 Ralph Mellix* 38 P 0.1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 464 .955 469 1 0 0 /1
26 Lynn Perry 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
27 Maurice Lisby# 21 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
28 Arthur White 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
Team Totals 7.5 34 1200 1063 196 347 56 17 5 185 13 98 .326 .385 .425 .810 128 .384 127 452 3 36
Non-Pitcher Totals 7.0 1071 953 185 323 54 17 5 171 12 89 .339 .397 .447 .844 137 .398 136 426 2 27
Pitcher Totals 0.5 128 110 11 24 2 0 0 14 1 8 .218 .277 .236 .514 45 .256 43 26 1 9

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 Bob Evans 23 SP -0.8 4 7 .364 6.72 18 10 1 4 0 1 88.1 116 69 66 4 28 52 1 0 0 401 67 3.61 1.630 11.8 0.4 2.9 5.3 1.86
2 Alonza Bailey 30 SP 0.2 3 2 .600 4.82 7 5 2 0 0 37.1 39 23 20 1 12 22 0 0 0 167 94 3.35 1.366 9.4 0.2 2.9 5.3 1.83
3 Slim Vaughan 24 SP -0.8 4 3 .571 8.02 9 6 0 4 0 0 33.2 52 32 30 2 14 18 0 0 0 166 56 4.17 1.960 13.9 0.5 3.7 4.8 1.29
4 George Britt 38 SP -0.5 1 2 .333 5.92 6 4 0 0 0 24.1 27 22 16 3 10 8 0 0 0 110 77 5.40 1.521 10.0 1.1 3.7 3.0 0.80
5 Roosevelt Owens 23 SP 0.0 2 0 1.000 5.55 5 4 2 0 0 24.1 24 16 15 1 14 13 1 0 0 110 82 4.53 1.562 8.9 0.4 5.2 4.8 0.93
6 Homer Craig SP 0.5 2 1 .667 1.35 3 2 2 0 0 13.1 7 4 2 0 6 9 0 0 1 60 341 3.22 0.975 4.7 0.0 4.1 6.1 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
7 Ray Clark 26 RP -0.8 1 1 .500 8.69 6 2 0 0 0 0 29.0 45 30 28 2 8 6 0 0 0 140 52 4.53 1.828 14.0 0.6 2.5 1.9 0.75
8 Maurice Lisby* 21 RP 0.3 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 16 2.58 0.643 3.9 0.0 1.9 5.8 3.00
9 Arthur White RP -0.1 0 0 9.82 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 3 4 4 0 4 3 0 0 0 19 50 4.85 1.909 7.4 0.0 9.8 7.4 0.75
10 Lynn Perry RP -0.2 0 0 12.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 8 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 42 2.55 2.667 24.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
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
11 Ralph Mellix* 38 -0.2 0 0 11.57 1 1 0 0 0 2.1 4 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 13 44 4.93 2.571 15.4 0.0 7.7 3.9 0.50
Team Totals -2.2 17 16 .515 6.41 34 34 1 14 0 1 264.0 327 208 188 13 99 136 2 0 1 1218 71 3.98 1.614 11.1 0.4 3.4 4.6 1.37
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