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 Charlie Parks 25 C 0.6 46 163 143 16 41 6 3 4 21 0 13 .287 .350 .455 .805 129 .378 124 65 1 6 *2/357
2 Lennie Pearson 24 1B 2.6 54 224 201 43 67 19 0 11 56 3 22 .333 .399 .592 .991 181 .453 169 119 0 1 *3/4578 AS,AS
3 Ray Dandridge 28 2B 0.4 34 138 120 12 23 2 1 0 9 0 15 .192 .297 .225 .522 50 .270 59 27 3 0 *4/65
4 Willie Wells 37 SS 1.9 51 218 199 50 68 12 1 6 32 3 16 .342 .399 .503 .902 156 .421 150 100 3 0 *6/8 AS,AS
5 Clarence Isreal 24 3B 0.1 46 186 157 28 35 5 2 0 15 0 26 .223 .333 .280 .614 76 .310 83 44 0 3 *5/4
6 James Brown* 23 LF -0.9 26 99 92 12 17 6 0 1 3 2 4 .185 .219 .283 .501 43 .240 39 26 0 3 *7/98
7 Leon Day 25 CF 1.0 45 154 141 26 45 5 2 2 28 1 13 .319 .377 .426 .802 129 .380 126 60 0 0 8/174 AS,AS
8 Ed Stone* 32 RF 1.2 54 233 202 36 54 10 4 6 37 1 30 .267 .362 .446 .808 130 .380 126 90 0 1 *9/8546
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 Leon Ruffin 30 C 0.0 37 122 109 16 26 3 0 0 11 1 8 .239 .308 .266 .574 64 .286 69 29 3 2 *2/35
10 Johnny Davis 25 OF 0.7 25 100 89 13 28 2 2 2 24 2 10 .315 .390 .449 .839 139 .396 135 40 1 0 *7/98
11 Larry Doby* 18 UT 0.6 23 88 79 18 25 4 2 1 8 3 7 .316 .372 .456 .828 136 .391 131 36 0 2 48/5
12 Charlie Thomas 23 OF -0.7 12 47 45 2 7 0 0 0 5 0 2 .156 .191 .156 .347 -1 .175 3 7 0 0 /87
13 Murray Watkins* 26 IF -0.2 7 27 24 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 0 .192 13 3 1 0 /65
14 Monte Irvin 23 OF 0.7 5 23 22 7 11 3 1 1 10 1 1 .500 .522 .864 1.385 292 .629 270 19 0 0 /8
15 Fran Matthews* 25 1B 0.0 4 14 13 4 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 .154 .214 .308 .522 48 .244 44 4 0 0 /3
16 Mule Suttles 41 1B 0.1 7 12 12 2 5 1 0 0 3 1 0 .417 .417 .500 .917 161 .441 155 6 0 0 /3
17 Bus Clarkson 27 OF 0.1 2 9 7 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 .286 .444 .571 1.016 189 .468 176 4 0 0 /7
18 Lucius Dorsey 20 OF -0.1 2 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 .108 -36 0 0 0 /7
19 Butch Davis* 26 OF 0.0 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .500 .000 .500 48 .378 123 0 0 0
20 Carl Whitney* 28 OF -0.1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /7
21 Gordon 3B -0.1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /5
22 Glass OF 0.2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 471 .959 469 1 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
23 Leniel Hooker 23 P -0.4 18 44 44 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182 -48 .087 -49 4 0 0 1
24 Max Manning 23 P -0.2 15 42 41 1 5 1 1 0 3 0 0 .122 .122 .195 .317 -10 .145 -18 8 0 1 1
25 Jimmy Hill* 24 P 0.1 18 38 34 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 .176 .263 .176 .440 26 .231 36 6 0 0 1
26 Fred Hobgood* 20 P 0.2 11 29 22 4 4 0 0 0 3 0 5 .182 .333 .182 .515 49 .282 64 4 0 2 1
27 Willie Burns* 26 P 0.1 4 6 6 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 182 .450 165 4 0 0 /1
Team Totals 7.7 55 2033 1816 301 481 83 20 34 274 18 184 .265 .336 .389 .725 107 .346 105 706 12 21
Non-Pitcher Totals 8.0 1874 1669 289 460 80 19 34 267 18 175 .276 .349 .407 .756 115 .360 113 680 12 18
Pitcher Totals -0.3 159 147 12 21 3 1 0 7 0 9 .143 .192 .177 .369 6 .185 8 26 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 23 SP 2.4 7 5 .583 2.77 15 12 3 9 1 0 104.0 79 38 32 0 29 52 2 0 2 417 142 2.47 1.038 6.8 0.0 2.5 4.5 1.79
2 Leniel Hooker 23 SP 0.7 7 1 .875 3.75 17 10 7 7 0 0 96.0 85 50 40 5 43 56 8 0 0 417 105 3.68 1.333 8.0 0.5 4.0 5.3 1.30
3 Jimmy Hill* 24 SP -1.0 3 10 .231 5.30 18 13 4 4 0 2 86.2 83 63 51 3 64 60 1 0 1 408 74 3.89 1.696 8.6 0.3 6.6 6.2 0.94
4 Leon Day 25 SP 3.4 8 2 .800 1.80 11 9 2 9 2 0 85.0 53 19 17 3 30 75 0 0 1 335 219 2.33 0.976 5.6 0.3 3.2 7.9 2.50 AS,AS
5 Fred Hobgood* 20 SP -0.7 4 4 .500 4.87 11 8 2 4 0 0 64.2 68 47 35 4 33 30 3 0 2 304 81 4.12 1.562 9.5 0.6 4.6 4.2 0.91
6 Willie Burns* 26 SP -0.3 1 1 .500 6.59 3 3 0 1 0 0 13.2 14 12 10 4 8 4 1 0 1 63 61 7.77 1.610 9.2 2.6 5.3 2.6 0.50
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 James Brown 23 RP -0.1 0 0 4.05 2 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 8 5 3 0 5 1 1 0 0 34 103 4.98 1.950 10.8 0.0 6.8 1.4 0.20
Team Totals 4.4 30 23 .566 3.71 55 55 20 34 3 2 456.2 390 234 188 19 212 278 16 0 7 1978 107 3.40 1.318 7.7 0.4 4.2 5.5 1.31
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