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 Leon Ruffin 26 C -0.6 22 84 72 6 13 1 0 0 10 0 7 .181 .253 .194 .448 20 .227 21 14 0 5 2
2 Johnny Washington* 23 1B 0.1 25 102 92 10 25 5 1 2 23 2 7 .272 .330 .413 .743 95 .340 93 38 1 2 3
3 Harry Williams 33 2B 1.8 38 163 146 34 56 13 5 4 32 3 14 .384 .438 .623 1.061 177 .469 171 91 0 3 4/26
4 Chester Williams 32 SS 1.0 39 163 148 22 45 7 4 0 17 2 11 .304 .352 .405 .758 99 .349 99 60 0 4 6/45
5 Dan Wilson# 22 3B 0.3 35 147 123 24 31 8 3 1 14 2 16 .252 .361 .390 .751 98 .353 101 48 5 3 59/847
6 Napoleon Hairston 25 LF -0.4 38 158 136 28 29 6 2 2 17 2 16 .213 .301 .331 .632 66 .298 68 45 1 5 7
7 Sam Bankhead 27 CF 0.4 33 149 132 24 31 6 1 2 17 7 14 .235 .308 .341 .649 71 .310 72 45 0 3 8/659 AS
8 Gene Benson* 24 RF -0.6 25 115 106 17 23 3 2 1 12 1 5 .217 .259 .311 .570 50 .264 47 33 1 3 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 Bus Clarkson 23 IF 0.4 22 82 70 8 17 4 0 4 14 0 11 .243 .346 .471 .817 114 .370 110 33 0 1 5/67
10 Pepper Bassett# 27 C -0.1 21 66 60 8 13 3 0 2 11 0 3 .217 .254 .367 .621 62 .280 55 22 0 3 2/3
11 George Giles* 29 1B 0.1 14 59 53 6 16 5 1 0 6 3 5 .302 .362 .434 .796 109 .372 108 23 0 1 3
12 Fats Jenkins* 40 OF -0.2 9 41 38 4 8 1 1 0 1 0 1 .211 .231 .289 .520 36 .239 30 11 0 2 /9
13 Bill Casey 33 C -0.3 6 21 19 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 .105 .190 .105 .296 -20 .162 -12 2 0 0 /2
14 Clyde Smith IF 0.1 5 18 14 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 2 .286 .412 .429 .840 122 .399 129 6 1 1 /45
15 Fuzzy Walton 25 OF -0.1 2 10 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 .125 .300 .250 .550 46 .282 58 2 0 0 /8
16 Alex Crumbley* 29 OF -0.1 2 8 7 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 .286 .375 .571 .946 147 .414 136 4 0 0 /9
17 Oscar Charleston* 41 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 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
18 Bill Harvey* 30 P 0.5 18 40 35 11 11 0 1 3 11 0 4 .314 .385 .629 1.013 163 .441 153 22 0 1 1/7
19 Johnny Taylor 22 P 0.2 11 35 33 4 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 .303 .303 .333 .636 68 .296 65 11 0 2 1 AS
20 Barney Morris* 28 P 0.0 10 28 26 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 .231 .259 .231 .490 30 .238 30 6 0 1 1
21 Leroy Matlock* 31 P 0.0 10 26 21 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .280 .143 .423 14 .235 28 3 0 1 /18
22 Theolic Smith# 25 P 0.0 14 25 19 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 .211 .286 .263 .549 46 .269 41 5 0 4 1/9
23 Marion Cain 24 P 0.1 4 7 7 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 .286 .286 .571 .857 121 .365 107 4 0 0 /1
24 Charlie King 25 P 0.0 1 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 .189 4 1 0 0 /1
25 Henry Richardson 20 P 0.0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 42 .381 117 0 0 0 /1
26 Purnell Mincy* 22 P 0.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 429 .943 433 1 0 0 /1
27 Roosevelt Davis 33 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
28 Roland Calhoun 25 P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 2.7 41 1557 1374 225 354 67 23 21 197 22 129 .258 .325 .386 .711 87 .330 86 530 9 45
Non-Pitcher Totals 1.9 1386 1224 200 316 65 21 18 179 22 117 .258 .327 .390 .717 88 .332 88 477 9 36
Pitcher Totals 0.8 170 149 25 38 2 2 3 18 0 12 .255 .311 .356 .666 75 .311 73 53 0 9

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 Johnny Taylor 22 SP 1.6 7 2 .778 3.96 10 9 1 8 0 0 75.0 65 38 33 3 31 51 0 0 0 312 127 3.50 1.280 7.8 0.4 3.7 6.1 1.65 AS
2 Barney Morris 28 SP 1.8 4 4 .500 3.59 10 9 1 7 1 0 72.2 57 34 29 3 29 56 0 0 2 301 141 3.29 1.183 7.1 0.4 3.6 6.9 1.93
3 Bill Harvey* 30 SP 0.1 4 4 .500 5.68 12 8 3 5 0 0 65.0 68 47 41 2 27 31 4 0 1 283 89 3.97 1.462 9.4 0.3 3.7 4.3 1.15
4 Leroy Matlock* 31 SP -0.4 0 4 .000 6.89 8 5 2 3 0 0 47.0 60 40 36 4 18 23 0 0 0 227 73 4.37 1.660 11.5 0.8 3.4 4.4 1.28
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 Theolic Smith 25 RP -0.6 1 5 .167 7.06 12 5 5 3 0 1 43.1 65 40 34 7 14 18 2 0 0 208 72 5.47 1.823 13.5 1.5 2.9 3.7 1.29
6 Marion Cain 24 RP -0.3 1 1 .500 8.40 4 1 2 0 0 0 15.0 20 15 14 1 11 4 1 0 0 75 61 5.83 2.067 12.0 0.6 6.6 2.4 0.36
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 Charlie King 25 -0.2 1 0 1.000 9.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 12 9 9 3 6 0 0 0 0 44 58 9.43 2.000 12.0 3.0 6.0 0.0 0.00
8 Purnell Mincy* 22 0.0 0 1 .000 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 3 2 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 16 102 4.60 1.800 8.1 0.0 8.1 5.4 0.67
9 Henry Richardson 20 0.1 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 4.90 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00
10 Roosevelt Davis 33 -0.3 0 1 .000 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 11 7 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 19 21 15.53 5.143 42.4 7.7 3.9 0.0 0.00
11 Roland Calhoun 25 -0.1 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 73 1.10 4.000 36.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
Team Totals 1.9 18 22 .450 5.50 41 41 14 27 1 1 337.0 367 235 206 25 142 186 7 0 3 1504 92 4.28 1.510 9.8 0.7 3.8 5.0 1.31
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