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 Charlie Parks 24 C 0.6 37 127 113 17 30 10 2 1 16 0 11 .265 .336 .416 .752 110 .348 108 47 1 2 *2/7
2 Fran Matthews* 24 1B -0.1 58 259 225 44 52 5 2 5 28 5 30 .231 .324 .338 .662 86 .315 89 76 1 3 *3
3 Leon Day 24 2B 1.9 54 213 196 29 65 12 5 4 26 4 14 .332 .376 .505 .881 145 .399 140 99 0 3 48/19
4 Monte Irvin 22 SS 2.9 53 228 200 47 77 15 2 11 54 7 22 .385 .448 .645 1.093 203 .488 194 129 1 5 *6/785 AS
5 Clarence Isreal 23 3B -0.1 55 229 206 36 53 9 3 2 20 6 19 .257 .323 .359 .682 91 .321 91 74 1 3 *54
6 Spencer Alexander 24 LF 0.2 11 39 32 9 9 4 1 1 5 1 5 .281 .395 .563 .957 166 .430 158 18 1 1 7
7 Johnny Davis 24 CF 0.1 36 149 136 17 33 7 2 4 23 0 12 .243 .304 .412 .716 99 .328 96 56 0 1 *8/79
8 Thad Christopher* 28 RF 0.0 39 154 134 17 32 5 0 1 18 1 17 .239 .325 .299 .623 75 .302 81 40 0 3 *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 Lennie Pearson 23 UT 0.6 40 148 139 16 38 7 1 4 20 5 7 .273 .313 .424 .737 105 .339 101 59 1 1 5/7391 AS
10 Leamon Johnson* 24 MI -0.5 30 116 100 18 26 0 0 0 10 1 9 .260 .327 .260 .587 66 .289 72 26 1 6 64/9
11 Biz Mackey# 43 C 0.3 32 90 78 10 21 3 2 0 11 0 11 .269 .360 .359 .719 102 .343 105 28 0 1 2/13579
12 James Brown* 22 OF 0.3 27 85 78 11 25 5 0 0 12 2 5 .321 .361 .385 .746 109 .349 109 30 0 2 /971
13 Charlie Thomas 22 UT -0.3 16 54 49 12 12 0 1 0 7 0 4 .245 .315 .286 .601 69 .292 74 14 1 0 /7859
14 Tom Young* 38 UT 0.2 10 35 29 2 7 0 1 0 4 1 5 .241 .353 .310 .663 87 .323 93 9 0 1 /27
15 Russell Awkard* 23 OF 0.1 7 32 31 6 12 0 0 0 4 0 1 .387 .406 .387 .793 123 .376 124 12 0 0 /97
16 Vernon Riddick 24 MI 0.1 7 24 24 4 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 .250 .250 .333 .583 62 .266 59 8 0 0 /64
17 Marvin Barker 29 OF -0.4 5 20 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .056 .105 .056 .161 -54 .094 -55 1 0 1 /798
18 Tuts McBride 25 OF 0.0 3 8 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .429 .200 .629 80 .348 109 1 0 1 /7
19 Rafael Polanco 28 OF 0.1 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .667 1.500 2.167 493 .799 380 3 0 0 /7
20 Roy Powell 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -108 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
21 Jimmy Hill* 23 P -0.3 34 78 76 6 17 0 1 0 4 0 2 .224 .244 .250 .494 38 .233 39 19 0 0 1/97 AS
22 Max Manning 22 P 0.0 25 57 53 5 10 0 0 0 4 1 2 .189 .218 .189 .407 15 .197 15 10 0 2 1
23 Leniel Hooker 22 P -0.4 17 36 36 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .056 .056 .056 .111 -69 .052 -69 2 0 0 1
24 Fred Hobgood* 19 P 0.3 18 35 30 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 4 .267 .353 .300 .653 84 .320 91 9 0 1 1
25 Russ Dedeaux 27 P -0.1 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
26 Lou Louden 21 P 0.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 462 .941 477 1 0 0 /1
Team Totals 5.5 60 2225 1996 313 539 85 24 33 274 35 184 .270 .334 .386 .720 101 .336 101 771 8 37
Non-Pitcher Totals 6.0 2013 1795 297 501 84 23 33 262 34 176 .279 .346 .407 .753 110 .350 109 730 8 34
Pitcher Totals -0.5 211 200 16 38 1 1 0 12 1 8 .190 .221 .205 .426 20 .205 22 41 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 Max Manning 22 SP 1.3 9 5 .643 4.33 23 14 8 8 0 0 122.2 134 74 59 7 34 88 3 0 2 543 102 3.02 1.370 9.8 0.5 2.5 6.5 2.59
2 Jimmy Hill* 23 SP 1.5 6 6 .500 4.23 21 12 8 6 1 1 106.1 110 60 50 5 58 75 0 0 1 487 104 3.64 1.580 9.3 0.4 4.9 6.3 1.29 AS
3 Leniel Hooker 22 SP 0.0 3 8 .273 4.91 17 11 3 6 1 1 91.2 112 66 50 5 25 38 2 0 0 408 90 3.57 1.495 11.0 0.5 2.5 3.7 1.52
4 Fred Hobgood* 19 SP 0.7 5 4 .556 4.38 18 10 7 4 1 1 86.1 90 54 42 3 28 37 2 0 0 388 101 3.45 1.367 9.4 0.3 2.9 3.9 1.32
5 Leon Day 24 SP 0.3 3 3 .500 5.03 6 5 1 3 0 0 39.1 45 25 22 1 22 32 0 0 0 175 88 3.19 1.703 10.3 0.2 5.0 7.3 1.45
6 James Brown 22 SP -0.8 2 1 .667 8.08 6 4 2 3 0 0 39.0 53 39 35 1 16 18 2 0 0 191 55 3.60 1.769 12.2 0.2 3.7 4.2 1.13
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 Russ Dedeaux 27 -0.4 0 1 .000 9.39 2 1 1 0 0 0 7.2 16 11 8 0 2 4 0 0 0 43 49 2.55 2.348 18.8 0.0 2.3 4.7 2.00
8 Lou Louden 21 -0.2 0 1 .000 10.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 5 6 5 0 2 5 0 0 0 20 46 1.88 1.615 10.4 0.0 4.2 10.4 2.50
9 Lennie Pearson 23 -0.1 0 1 .000 4.15 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 5 5 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 24 114 5.58 1.846 10.4 0.0 6.2 0.0 0.00 AS
10 Biz Mackey 43 0.0 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 82 2.14 1.667 15.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
Team Totals 2.2 28 31 .475 4.90 60 60 30 30 3 3 504.2 575 342 275 22 190 298 10 0 3 2293 90 3.38 1.516 10.3 0.4 3.4 5.3 1.57
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