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 Nish Williams 28 C 0.7 32 118 103 15 30 5 1 0 15 2 9 .291 .365 .359 .724 121 .350 122 37 3 3 2/9347
2 Henry Henderson 27 1B 0.5 22 85 82 10 24 2 3 2 14 1 2 .293 .318 .463 .781 136 .362 129 38 1 0 3
3 James Buford 25 2B 0.4 36 138 129 18 38 2 1 1 15 5 4 .295 .321 .349 .670 104 .322 102 45 1 4 45
4 Hoss Walker 24 SS 1.8 33 124 111 12 30 6 2 1 12 1 7 .270 .341 .387 .729 121 .348 120 43 5 1 *6/5
5 Leonard Henderson 31 3B 0.5 21 81 74 8 22 1 0 1 14 2 4 .297 .342 .351 .693 111 .333 111 26 1 2 5/6
6 Felton Stratton 36 LF 0.1 29 116 110 16 28 1 3 0 8 2 5 .255 .287 .318 .605 84 .287 82 35 0 1 7/65
7 Jack Ridley 27 CF -1.0 30 124 109 10 18 3 1 0 1 2 10 .165 .242 .211 .453 38 .227 44 23 1 4 8/37
8 Wild Bill Wright# 18 RF 0.1 27 91 82 13 21 2 2 0 7 4 7 .256 .330 .329 .659 101 .325 102 27 2 0 9/78
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 Roosevelt Tate 21 OF 0.5 13 55 53 7 18 4 1 0 6 2 2 .340 .364 .453 .816 148 .385 141 24 0 0 /9785
10 Milt Laurent 30 UT 0.1 15 51 45 1 8 1 1 0 4 3 4 .178 .245 .244 .489 49 .248 51 11 0 2 9/385
11 Bob Miller IF 0.3 13 50 48 5 12 3 0 1 7 0 1 .250 .280 .375 .655 99 .310 96 18 1 0 4/5
12 Granville Lyons 23 1B -0.1 10 35 34 2 8 1 0 0 3 1 0 .235 .235 .265 .500 52 .238 49 9 0 1 /3
13 Red Charleston 27 C 0.0 12 30 27 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 2 .259 .310 .259 .570 74 .281 77 7 0 1 /2
14 Tommie Dukes* 25 C -0.3 3 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .083 .000 .083 -74 .062 -57 0 0 0 /2
15 Joe Wiggins 25 3B 0.1 2 9 8 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 78 .294 86 2 0 0 /5
16 Marsh OF -0.1 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 22 .191 22 1 0 0 /9
17 Bob Smith 25 C -0.1 2 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .054 -93 0 0 0 /2
18 Joe Hewitt* 46 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 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 Henry Wright 25 P -0.2 16 45 41 2 6 1 0 0 2 1 1 .146 .167 .171 .337 3 .166 -1 7 0 3 1/9
20 Jim Willis 26 P 0.2 12 41 37 4 8 3 0 0 5 1 2 .216 .275 .297 .572 74 .279 76 11 1 1 1/7
21 Frog Holsey 26 P 0.1 11 21 21 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 .238 .238 .476 45 .227 45 5 0 0 1
22 Sam Bankhead 21 P 0.5 7 18 16 4 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 .375 .444 .563 1.007 205 .474 192 9 0 0 /17
23 Richard Cannon 22 P 0.2 5 10 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .375 .429 .804 144 .382 151 3 0 2 /1
24 Andy Porter 22 P 0.0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 52 .238 51 1 0 0 /1
25 George Nash 25 P 0.0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 103 .318 100 1 0 0 /1
26 Lester P 0.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -97 0 0 0 /1
27 Rowe P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 4.2 36 1275 1169 135 296 37 16 6 117 29 65 .253 .302 .328 .629 91 .303 91 383 16 25
Non-Pitcher Totals 3.4 1129 1036 123 267 31 15 6 110 26 59 .258 .307 .334 .641 95 .309 95 346 15 19
Pitcher Totals 0.8 145 132 12 29 6 1 0 7 3 6 .220 .259 .280 .539 64 .262 63 37 1 6
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Rk Player Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH Pos Awards
1 James Buford 25 2 8 7 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .571 1.000 4 0 0 1
2 Tommie Dukes* 25 2 8 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 .167 .375 .333 .708 2 0 0 0
3 Leonard Henderson 31 2 8 7 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 .286 .375 .429 .804 3 0 0 0
4 Felton Stratton 36 2 8 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 2 0 0 0
5 Hoss Walker 24 2 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 2
6 Nish Williams 28 2 8 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .661 2 0 1 0
7 Sam Bankhead 21 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
8 Granville Lyons 23 2 6 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 3 0 0 0
9 Jim Willis 26 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 /1
10 Jack Ridley 27 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0
11 Henry Wright 25 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 /1
12 Shirley Petway 23 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0
Team Totals 7 73 66 7 17 3 0 0 6 0 3 .258 .300 .303 .603 20 0 1 3

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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 Henry Wright 25 SP 2.5 6 3 .667 2.52 12 11 1 7 1 0 89.1 79 31 25 0 27 31 6 0 1 371 150 3.53 1.187 8.0 0.0 2.7 3.1 1.15
2 Jim Willis 26 SP 1.4 5 5 .500 3.35 10 9 1 9 0 0 78.0 71 34 29 4 8 48 1 0 0 318 113 2.90 1.013 8.2 0.5 0.9 5.5 6.00
3 Frog Holsey 26 SP 0.8 3 5 .375 3.43 11 6 3 5 1 0 57.2 61 27 22 1 9 15 1 0 0 248 111 3.35 1.214 9.5 0.2 1.4 2.3 1.67
4 Sam Bankhead 21 SP 0.0 1 3 .250 5.26 4 4 0 3 0 0 25.2 29 16 15 0 2 11 2 0 0 109 73 2.73 1.208 10.2 0.0 0.7 3.9 5.50
5 Richard Cannon 22 SP -1.1 1 2 .333 10.41 5 3 0 1 0 0 23.1 31 29 27 0 8 13 0 0 0 109 37 3.03 1.671 12.0 0.0 3.1 5.0 1.63
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
6 Andy Porter 22 0.0 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 10 5 4 0 3 8 1 0 0 35 88 2.62 1.625 11.3 0.0 3.4 9.0 2.67
7 Lester 0.3 1 0 1.000 2.57 1 1 0 1 0 0 7.0 7 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 28 155 2.26 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 3.9
8 George Nash* 25 0.1 0 0 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 2 2 0 1 4 1 0 0 23 113 2.72 1.200 9.0 0.0 1.8 7.2 4.00
9 Rowe 0.1 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 3.72 0.600 0.0 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
Team Totals 4.1 17 19 .472 3.84 36 36 6 27 2 0 295.2 293 146 126 5 59 134 12 0 1 1247 100 3.15 1.191 8.9 0.2 1.8 4.1 2.27
Standard Pitching Table
Rk Player Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP WP BF FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
1 Jim Willis 26 0 2 .000 6.75 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.2 19 17 11 5 3 0 8 0 0 71 7.07 1.500 11.7 3.1 1.8 4.9 2.67
2 Henry Wright 25 0 0 2.70 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 2.52 1.200 10.8 0.0 0.0 2.7
Team Totals 0 2 .000 6.00 7 2 1 1 0 0 18.0 23 19 12 5 3 0 9 0 0 83 6.23 1.444 11.5 2.5 1.5 4.5 3.00
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