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 Pepper Bassett# 26 C 0.7 22 73 68 12 25 5 0 2 14 0 3 .368 .394 .529 .924 137 .412 135 36 0 2 2/3 AS
2 Johnny Washington* 22 1B 0.0 31 115 110 13 33 4 1 2 15 0 4 .300 .325 .409 .734 88 .332 86 45 0 1 3/49
3 Dan Wilson# 21 2B 0.1 39 149 135 26 39 5 2 0 13 3 12 .289 .347 .356 .702 82 .327 85 48 0 2 47/986
4 Chester Williams 31 SS 0.1 36 153 144 11 39 6 2 0 16 5 6 .271 .300 .340 .640 65 .295 64 49 0 3 *6/4 AS
5 Henry Spearman 27 3B 0.5 29 126 116 18 39 8 0 4 15 0 9 .336 .384 .509 .893 129 .399 127 59 0 1 5/69
6 Sam Bankhead 26 LF 0.0 8 35 33 5 9 2 0 0 1 0 2 .273 .314 .333 .648 68 .302 69 11 0 0 /72
7 Emmett Wilson# 24 CF -0.2 26 99 88 14 26 3 3 0 10 2 6 .295 .340 .398 .738 90 .335 89 35 0 5 8/9
8 Buddy Burbage* 30 RF -0.3 31 138 129 18 35 9 1 2 15 3 3 .271 .288 .403 .691 77 .307 71 52 0 6 9/8
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 25 C -0.4 22 68 65 4 16 2 1 0 7 0 1 .246 .258 .308 .565 46 .258 41 20 0 2 2/3
10 Bill Harvey* 29 OF 0.3 22 63 53 9 15 5 1 1 7 1 7 .283 .377 .472 .849 118 .382 118 25 1 2 7/1
11 Theolic Smith# 24 UT 0.4 20 51 42 8 11 0 1 1 3 0 6 .262 .354 .381 .735 90 .343 92 16 0 3 1/4679
12 Pat Patterson# 25 IF 0.1 10 45 39 8 11 3 0 1 8 0 5 .282 .364 .436 .800 106 .365 106 17 0 1 /54
13 Oscar Charleston* 40 1B -0.2 15 45 41 4 9 2 0 1 6 0 2 .220 .273 .341 .614 58 .281 55 14 1 1 3
14 Jimmy Binder 34 UT -0.5 11 40 39 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 .128 .150 .154 .304 -21 .144 -25 6 0 0 /475
15 Cool Papa Bell# 34 OF 0.2 8 39 36 9 13 2 0 2 7 1 3 .361 .410 .583 .994 154 .435 149 21 0 0 /8
16 Jim Starks 31 IF 0.6 8 35 29 7 14 2 0 3 9 1 5 .483 .559 .862 1.421 262 .600 252 25 0 1 /34
17 Jabbo Andrews* 29 UT -0.2 10 32 28 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 .107 .219 .143 .362 -4 .194 4 4 1 0 /783
18 Butler 3B -0.3 6 26 26 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 .231 .231 .269 .500 29 .228 25 7 0 0 /5
19 Harry Williams 32 UT 0.3 5 19 16 5 6 0 1 0 4 0 2 .375 .444 .500 .944 144 .431 148 8 0 1 /24
20 Tom Young* 34 UT -0.1 10 11 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .200 .273 .200 .473 24 .238 31 2 0 0 /28
21 Rap Dixon 34 OF -0.3 5 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222 -42 .104 -66 1 0 1 /7
22 Bill Evans# 38 OF -0.1 2 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -35 .117 -59 1 0 1 /7
23 Bill Perkins 31 C 0.1 1 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200 211 .559 223 3 0 0 /2
24 Irwin C 0.0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 73 .311 67 1 0 1 /2
25 Hoplins OF 0.0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 30 .233 27 1 0 0 /9
26 Lionel Decuir 22 C 0.0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -29 .196 5 0 1 0 /2
27 Spoon Carter* 34 OF 0.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -109 0 0 0 /17
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
28 Barney Morris* 27 P 0.1 14 35 31 3 9 0 0 0 5 0 2 .290 .333 .290 .624 63 .300 66 9 0 2 1/9 AS
29 Roosevelt Davis 32 P 0.0 7 18 15 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 .200 .294 .200 .494 30 .254 36 3 0 1 /1
30 Jim Lewis P -0.1 9 14 13 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .077 .143 .154 .297 -23 .145 -25 2 0 0 /1
31 Charles Dunklin 22 P -0.1 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -111 0 0 0 /1
32 Leroy Matlock* 30 P 0.0 3 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .400 .000 .400 13 .303 69 0 0 0 /1
33 Joe Strong* 34 P -0.1 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -112 0 0 0 /1
34 Marion Cain 23 P 0.1 3 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 219 .551 219 3 0 0 /1
35 Charlie King 24 P 0.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -110 0 0 0 /1
36 Frank McAllister 19 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 0 /1
37 Chet Brewer# 30 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 0.6 40 1491 1362 186 378 63 13 19 165 16 88 .278 .323 .385 .708 82 .323 81 524 4 37
Non-Pitcher Totals 0.3 1347 1237 172 352 61 12 18 154 16 75 .285 .328 .397 .724 86 .329 85 491 4 31
Pitcher Totals 0.4 144 125 14 26 2 1 1 11 0 13 .208 .283 .264 .547 42 .264 45 33 0 6

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 Barney Morris 27 SP 1.6 4 4 .500 4.68 13 9 3 6 1 0 77.0 86 45 40 2 24 54 1 0 3 334 108 3.13 1.429 10.1 0.2 2.8 6.3 2.25 AS
2 Theolic Smith 24 SP -0.3 5 5 .500 6.22 12 10 1 5 0 0 63.2 83 57 44 7 26 29 1 0 2 300 81 5.01 1.712 11.7 1.0 3.7 4.1 1.12
3 Roosevelt Davis 32 SP 0.6 2 4 .333 5.04 7 6 1 5 0 0 44.2 50 30 25 2 8 22 2 0 0 195 100 3.49 1.299 10.1 0.4 1.6 4.4 2.75
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 Bill Harvey* 29 RP 0.4 1 4 .200 5.58 9 3 4 2 0 0 50.0 53 37 31 7 25 20 2 0 0 228 91 5.86 1.560 9.5 1.3 4.5 3.6 0.80
5 Jim Lewis* RP 0.5 1 2 .333 5.36 9 1 6 0 0 0 43.2 48 31 26 3 10 7 0 0 0 184 94 4.48 1.328 9.9 0.6 2.1 1.4 0.70
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 Leroy Matlock* 30 0.0 0 1 .000 6.14 3 2 1 0 0 1 14.2 14 12 10 1 5 4 0 0 0 61 84 4.59 1.295 8.6 0.6 3.1 2.5 0.80
7 Marion Cain 23 -0.3 0 3 .000 8.79 3 3 0 2 0 0 14.1 24 16 14 0 5 4 0 0 0 69 58 3.71 2.023 15.1 0.0 3.1 2.5 0.80
8 Charles Dunklin 22 -0.2 0 1 .000 8.10 3 2 1 1 0 0 13.1 19 13 12 1 6 10 0 0 0 65 63 4.05 1.875 12.8 0.7 4.1 6.8 1.67
9 Joe Strong 34 -0.4 0 1 .000 12.15 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.2 11 11 9 1 5 3 1 0 0 36 43 6.97 2.400 14.9 1.4 6.8 4.1 0.60
10 Chet Brewer 30 -0.3 0 1 .000 15.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 8 7 1 3 1 0 0 0 22 34 8.22 2.250 13.5 2.3 6.8 2.3 0.33
11 Spoon Carter 34 -0.5 0 0 33.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 11 11 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 24 17 11.56 5.000 33.0 3.0 12.0 0.0 0.00
12 Charlie King 24 -0.3 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 10 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 21 9.22 4.125 33.8 3.4 3.4 0.0 0.00
13 Frank McAllister 19 0.0 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 64 0.22 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
Team Totals 0.9 13 26 .333 6.33 40 40 19 21 1 1 339.2 418 282 239 27 122 157 7 0 5 1546 80 4.47 1.590 11.1 0.7 3.2 4.2 1.29
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