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 Biz Mackey# 47 C 0.3 21 75 64 6 17 1 1 2 9 0 10 .266 .365 .406 .771 115 .369 116 26 0 1 2/3
2 Lennie Pearson 27 1B 0.8 22 89 84 18 26 2 3 5 19 0 5 .310 .348 .583 .932 158 .422 148 49 0 0 3/78 AS
3 Charlie Humber 31 2B -0.1 20 78 68 7 17 2 0 0 7 1 6 .250 .320 .279 .599 68 .296 72 19 1 3 4
4 Murray Watkins* 29 SS -0.1 25 118 105 14 22 1 0 0 7 4 10 .210 .284 .219 .504 42 .258 47 23 1 2 6/54 AS
5 Albert Williams 21 3B 0.2 15 63 56 9 15 0 1 1 6 0 7 .268 .349 .357 .706 98 .342 100 20 0 0
6 Sidney Williams 30 LF 0.4 10 29 27 3 9 4 0 1 3 1 2 .333 .379 .593 .972 169 .447 161 16 0 0 /17
7 Johnny Davis 28 CF 1.2 24 101 88 17 29 9 0 5 24 0 11 .330 .410 .602 1.012 181 .462 174 53 1 1 8/731 AS
8 Bob Harvey* 27 RF 0.0 24 99 91 16 23 3 0 1 14 0 7 .253 .306 .319 .625 75 .303 75 29 0 1 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 Fran Matthews* 28 UT 0.1 13 57 51 11 15 0 2 1 6 1 4 .294 .357 .431 .789 120 .370 118 22 1 1 /837
10 Willie Wells 40 SS -0.4 11 44 38 7 5 0 0 0 3 0 4 .132 .250 .132 .382 8 .214 21 5 2 0 /61 AS
11 Willie Wynn 27 C -0.3 9 35 32 2 5 0 1 0 6 0 2 .156 .206 .219 .425 19 .207 15 7 0 1 /29
12 Norman Banks IF -0.3 10 35 33 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 .121 .171 .121 .293 -17 .153 -16 4 0 0 /54
13 Jimmy Wilkes* 19 OF 0.1 10 34 30 7 8 1 0 0 2 2 3 .267 .333 .300 .633 78 .319 81 9 0 1 /879
14 Monte Irvin 26 UT -0.2 3 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200 -44 .096 -50 1 0 0 /47
15 Clay C 0.0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 40 .239 37 1 0 0 /2
16 Thad Christopher* 32 OF 0.1 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 228 .572 287 1 0 1 /7
17 Ted Griffith OF 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /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
18 Don Newcombe* 19 P 0.1 12 35 30 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 4 .233 .343 .233 .576 63 .301 74 7 1 0 /1
19 Leniel Hooker 26 P -0.2 8 25 24 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .083 .120 .083 .203 -43 .107 -44 2 0 0 /1
20 Jimmy Hill* 27 P 0.1 6 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857 140 .410 142 3 0 0 /1
21 Emmett Hopkins P -0.1 3 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 .126 -31 0 0 0 /1
22 Warren Peace 23 P 0.0 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 40 .239 37 1 0 0 /1
23 Specs Roberts 37 P 0.0 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 40 .239 37 1 0 0 /1
24 Terris McDuffie 36 P 0.0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 .253 45 0 0 0 /1
25 Johnny Wright 28 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -108 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 1.6 25 960 860 125 212 23 8 16 110 9 81 .247 .316 .348 .664 85 .320 86 299 7 12
Non-Pitcher Totals 1.4 846 756 117 189 19 8 15 104 8 72 .250 .320 .356 .676 89 .325 89 269 6 12
Pitcher Totals 0.3 114 104 8 23 4 0 1 6 1 9 .221 .289 .288 .578 62 .285 64 30 1 0

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 Don Newcombe 19 SP 1.4 5 3 .625 2.95 9 8 1 8 0 0 73.1 62 32 24 1 21 57 2 0 1 310 142 2.29 1.132 7.6 0.1 2.6 7.0 2.71
2 Leniel Hooker 26 SP 1.1 2 6 .250 3.15 8 7 1 7 0 0 60.0 69 26 21 0 10 29 1 0 0 260 133 2.31 1.317 10.4 0.0 1.5 4.4 2.90
3 Jimmy Hill* 27 SP 0.2 1 2 .333 3.95 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.2 13 7 6 1 4 7 0 0 0 57 108 3.53 1.244 8.6 0.7 2.6 4.6 1.75
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 Sidney Williams 30 RP 0.4 1 0 1.000 2.79 5 1 2 1 0 0 19.1 19 8 6 1 9 5 0 0 1 86 152 4.27 1.448 8.8 0.5 4.2 2.3 0.56
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 Emmett Hopkins -0.8 0 2 .000 10.05 3 2 0 0 0 0 14.1 22 21 16 6 8 3 2 1 1 78 43 9.84 2.093 13.8 3.8 5.0 1.9 0.38
6 Warren Peace 23 -0.6 0 1 .000 11.57 2 2 0 1 0 0 9.1 19 17 12 1 6 2 1 0 1 55 37 5.94 2.679 18.3 1.0 5.8 1.9 0.33
7 Terris McDuffie 36 -0.3 0 1 .000 8.59 2 1 1 0 0 0 7.1 13 8 7 1 5 3 0 0 0 37 51 5.72 2.455 16.0 1.2 6.1 3.7 0.60
8 Specs Roberts 37 -0.1 0 0 6.75 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 7 5 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 30 65 3.77 1.500 9.5 0.0 4.1 1.4 0.33
9 Albert Williams 21 0.1 0 0 4.15 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 3 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 18 109 6.18 1.154 6.2 2.1 4.2 4.2 1.00
10 Johnny Wright 28 0.1 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 3.22 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
11 Johnny Davis 28 -0.3 0 1 .000 33.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 6 5 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 14 16 11.72 7.500 40.5 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00 AS
12 Willie Wells 40 0.0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.72 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 AS
Team Totals 1.2 9 16 .360 4.41 25 25 8 17 0 0 212.1 233 131 104 12 73 110 6 1 4 954 96 3.54 1.441 9.9 0.5 3.1 4.7 1.51
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