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 Josh Gibson 23 C 2.3 47 205 179 51 66 11 5 10 58 10 24 .369 .443 .654 1.097 176 .480 168 117 0 2 2/3915 AS
2 Oscar Charleston* 38 1B 0.3 42 179 156 22 43 10 1 2 29 8 17 .276 .351 .391 .742 88 .348 90 61 1 5 3/79 AS
3 Pat Patterson# 23 2B 2.0 43 193 181 34 68 13 7 3 41 1 9 .376 .405 .575 .980 147 .432 143 104 0 3 4/56
4 Chester Williams 29 SS -0.1 54 217 198 26 48 6 1 2 29 4 12 .242 .292 .313 .606 54 .283 54 62 2 5 64 AS
5 Judy Johnson 35 3B -0.6 50 203 191 36 52 12 3 2 32 3 10 .272 .308 .398 .706 78 .318 75 76 0 2 5/34
6 Sam Bankhead 24 LF 0.6 56 264 227 50 74 14 8 2 34 9 25 .326 .398 .485 .882 123 .400 124 110 2 10 *7/6
7 Cool Papa Bell# 32 CF 2.0 52 249 210 69 69 15 6 2 30 14 33 .329 .420 .486 .905 130 .419 132 102 0 6 8/35 AS
8 Jimmie Crutchfield* 25 RF 0.4 44 191 169 24 43 6 3 2 24 6 15 .254 .323 .361 .684 74 .318 74 61 2 5 9/82 AS
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 Bill Perkins 29 C 1.1 43 166 155 28 52 14 5 3 31 0 6 .335 .368 .548 .916 130 .403 125 85 2 3 29/5678
10 Curtis Harris 30 UT 1.1 34 128 116 24 43 10 2 2 27 1 9 .371 .421 .543 .964 143 .431 143 63 1 2 /493587
11 Ted Bond 31 SS 0.0 13 45 40 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 5 .200 .289 .200 .489 27 .252 36 8 0 0 6
12 Obie Lackey 31 3B -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -115 0 0 0
13 Anthony Cooper 30 SS -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -115 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
14 Bert Hunter 24 P -0.1 16 42 38 5 6 0 0 1 5 0 3 .158 .220 .237 .456 16 .217 13 9 0 1 1
15 Spoon Carter* 32 P 0.1 15 37 34 1 8 1 0 0 3 0 3 .235 .297 .265 .562 44 .274 49 9 0 0 1
16 Roosevelt Davis 30 P 0.3 13 37 34 4 11 2 0 0 4 0 2 .324 .361 .382 .743 89 .348 92 13 0 1 1
17 Leroy Matlock* 28 P 0.2 13 34 30 4 10 2 0 0 5 1 2 .333 .375 .400 .775 97 .360 100 12 0 2 /139 AS
18 Bill Harvey* 27 P 0.3 17 29 23 5 7 0 1 0 3 0 6 .304 .448 .391 .840 116 .407 127 9 0 0 1
19 Sam Streeter 34 P -0.1 12 26 24 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 .208 .240 .208 .448 15 .218 12 5 0 1 1
20 Harry Kincannon 25 P -0.1 12 15 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .083 .214 .083 .298 -21 .177 -17 1 0 1 /1
21 William Bell 37 P 0.0 5 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 18 .244 21 1 0 1 /1
Team Totals 9.6 57 2276 2031 390 615 116 42 31 358 57 185 .303 .364 .447 .811 105 .369 104 908 10 50
Non-Pitcher Totals 9.0 2048 1830 367 566 111 41 30 337 56 165 .309 .370 .464 .834 111 .378 110 849 10 43
Pitcher Totals 0.6 228 201 23 49 5 1 1 21 1 20 .244 .312 .294 .606 55 .292 58 59 0 7
Standard Batting Table
Rk Player Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB BA OBP SLG OPS TB HBP SH IBB Pos Awards
1 Josh Gibson 23 7 31 31 5 11 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 .355 .355 .516 .871 15 0 0 0
2 Pat Patterson# 23 7 31 27 4 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 .259 .355 .333 .688 9 1 0 0
3 Oscar Charleston* 38 7 30 26 4 8 0 0 3 5 0 0 4 .308 .400 .654 1.054 14 0 0 0
4 Chester Williams 29 7 30 27 2 6 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 .222 .250 .370 .620 10 0 2 0
5 Sam Bankhead 24 7 27 21 5 8 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 .381 .480 .381 .861 8 0 2 0
6 Cool Papa Bell# 32 6 26 23 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 .130 .231 .217 .448 5 0 0 0
7 Bill Perkins 29 5 19 18 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .167 .211 .167 .377 3 0 0 0
8 Jimmie Crutchfield* 25 5 18 13 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 .231 .444 .308 .752 4 1 0 0
9 Curtis Harris 30 4 15 13 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .231 .333 .231 .564 3 0 0 0
10 Judy Johnson 35 4 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182 1 0 0 0
11 Roosevelt Davis 30 3 10 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444 2 0 1 0 /1
12 Leroy Matlock* 28 3 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 0 0 /1
13 Spoon Carter* 32 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 /1
14 Bill Harvey* 27 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 /1
15 Bert Hunter 24 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 /1
16 Sam Streeter 34 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 7 264 234 24 57 5 3 4 20 1 0 23 .244 .317 .342 .658 76 2 5 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 Bert Hunter 24 SP 0.6 7 5 .583 5.22 16 11 1 5 0 2 91.1 107 61 53 6 28 49 3 0 1 408 98 4.00 1.478 10.5 0.6 2.8 4.8 1.75
2 Roosevelt Davis 30 SP 2.3 5 1 .833 3.24 13 8 0 5 1 1 86.0 87 38 31 5 23 49 1 0 0 362 158 3.65 1.279 9.1 0.5 2.4 5.1 2.13
3 Leroy Matlock* 28 SP 3.1 8 0 1.000 1.52 9 8 7 1 1 71.0 58 19 12 2 13 38 0 0 0 279 338 3.05 1.000 7.4 0.3 1.6 4.8 2.92 AS
4 Sam Streeter* 34 SP 1.0 6 2 .750 4.29 12 8 0 4 0 0 63.0 68 36 30 7 23 36 0 0 0 281 120 4.60 1.444 9.7 1.0 3.3 5.1 1.57
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 Spoon Carter 32 RP 0.8 5 2 .714 4.58 15 7 2 4 0 0 78.2 87 50 40 2 29 30 2 0 1 348 112 3.95 1.475 10.0 0.2 3.3 3.4 1.03
6 Bill Harvey* 27 RP 0.6 3 3 .500 4.45 13 6 1 4 0 0 56.2 52 35 28 1 24 30 1 0 0 243 116 3.69 1.341 8.3 0.2 3.8 4.8 1.25
7 Harry Kincannon 25 RP -0.4 0 4 .000 7.20 10 5 2 1 0 2 35.0 50 32 28 0 19 14 0 0 0 169 72 4.03 1.971 12.9 0.0 4.9 3.6 0.74
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
8 William Bell 37 -0.6 1 3 .250 8.27 5 4 1 1 0 0 20.2 35 24 19 1 6 13 0 0 0 102 63 3.44 1.984 15.2 0.4 2.6 5.7 2.17
9 Josh Gibson 23 -0.2 0 0 21.60 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 28 5.00 3.000 21.6 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00 AS
Team Totals 7.2 35 20 .636 4.38 57 57 7 31 2 6 504.0 548 299 245 24 166 259 7 0 2 2202 118 3.82 1.417 9.8 0.4 3.0 4.6 1.56
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 Roosevelt Davis 30 2 1 .667 3.42 3 2 0 2 0 0 23.2 24 10 9 3 4 0 7 0 0 97 4.76 1.183 9.1 1.1 1.5 2.7 1.75
2 Leroy Matlock* 28 2 1 .667 2.60 3 2 0 1 1 0 17.1 17 6 5 0 4 0 16 0 0 74 2.05 1.212 8.8 0.0 2.1 8.3 4.00
3 Spoon Carter 32 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 24 2.79 0.545 3.7 0.0 1.2 3.7 3.00
4 Bert Hunter 24 0 0 7.11 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 7 5 5 0 3 0 7 0 0 26 2.41 1.579 9.9 0.0 4.3 9.9 2.33
5 Bill Harvey* 27 0 0 9.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 4 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 20 7.45 2.000 13.5 2.3 4.5 2.3 0.50
6 Sam Streeter* 34 0 1 .000 23.14 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 6 6 0 5 0 0 2 0 18 12.20 3.429 11.6 0.0 19.3 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 4 3 .571 4.28 7 7 0 3 1 0 61.0 60 31 29 4 19 0 34 2 0 259 3.97 1.295 8.9 0.6 2.8 5.0 1.79
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