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# 37 C 0.1 49 174 158 22 46 10 1 1 22 1 14 .291 .353 .386 .739 88 .343 90 61 1 1 23/957 AS
2 Jud Wilson* 41 1B 1.4 55 227 206 42 72 14 5 10 55 4 18 .350 .404 .612 1.016 155 .440 148 126 1 2 39/75 AS
3 Dick Seay 30 2B 0.4 57 228 194 34 50 5 6 4 29 9 21 .258 .333 .407 .741 87 .341 86 79 1 12 *4 AS
4 Jake Stephens 35 SS 0.2 41 190 162 24 40 4 1 0 12 1 19 .247 .326 .284 .610 57 .297 61 46 0 9 6/4 AS
5 Dewey Creacy 35 3B 0.6 61 259 220 41 64 10 2 4 27 3 29 .291 .373 .409 .783 99 .362 102 90 0 10 *5/7
6 Chaney White 41 LF 0.8 58 221 197 39 56 5 3 2 34 5 23 .284 .362 .371 .733 87 .343 91 73 1 0 *7/89
7 Jake Dunn 25 CF 1.7 62 240 201 45 66 10 4 4 43 8 30 .328 .418 .478 .896 127 .410 130 96 1 8 86/97
8 Ted Page* 32 RF 1.5 41 183 156 44 56 10 5 1 23 3 23 .359 .444 .506 .951 141 .433 144 79 1 3 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 Granville Lyons 26 1B -0.4 30 105 95 16 25 3 0 1 12 0 7 .263 .314 .326 .640 63 .302 64 31 0 3 3/9715
10 Bill Casey 30 C 0.8 31 94 81 9 31 6 1 0 23 1 10 .383 .451 .481 .932 137 .430 143 39 0 3 2/7
11 Lloyd Davenport* 23 OF -0.9 22 76 72 5 12 2 1 0 3 2 3 .167 .200 .222 .422 7 .200 3 16 0 1 8/79
12 Pepper Bassett# 24 C -0.3 19 56 55 3 14 2 0 0 9 0 0 .255 .255 .291 .545 38 .251 34 16 0 1 2
13 Pete Washington 32 OF -0.7 15 51 46 4 8 2 0 0 4 0 2 .174 .208 .217 .426 8 .202 0 10 0 3 8
14 Obie Lackey 31 MI 0.2 7 28 27 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 .296 .321 .296 .618 58 .296 61 8 0 0 /46
15 Willie Ward 25 OF -0.1 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 28 .235 7 1 0 1 /8
16 Arnold Waites 20 OF 0.1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -31 .192 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
17 Webster McDonald* 35 P -0.2 21 58 50 6 7 0 0 1 3 0 4 .140 .204 .200 .404 3 .196 -4 10 0 4 1
18 Rocky Ellis 24 P -0.1 17 43 39 8 8 0 0 1 5 0 1 .205 .225 .282 .507 28 .231 17 11 0 3 1
19 Slim Jones* 22 P -0.2 19 35 32 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 .156 .182 .156 .338 -13 .165 -22 5 0 2 1 AS
20 Lefty Holmes* 28 P 0.2 20 34 32 6 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 .344 .344 .375 .719 83 .333 82 12 0 2 1
21 Paul Carter 35 P 0.2 16 25 22 2 7 0 0 1 8 1 1 .318 .348 .455 .802 103 .362 99 10 0 2 1
22 Laymon Yokely 29 P 0.0 5 14 13 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 .231 .231 .385 .615 54 .265 39 5 0 1 /1
23 Porter Charleston 31 P 0.3 5 8 6 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 .667 .750 .833 1.583 302 .703 300 5 0 0 /1
24 Joe Reynolds P -0.1 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -112 0 0 0 /1
25 Ches Buchanan 28 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -120 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 5.5 64 2364 2077 359 594 85 30 30 320 38 210 .286 .353 .399 .752 91 .347 92 829 6 71
Non-Pitcher Totals 5.5 2141 1877 332 549 83 29 27 297 37 201 .292 .363 .411 .774 96 .357 98 771 6 57
Pitcher Totals 0.1 223 200 27 45 2 1 3 23 1 9 .225 .258 .290 .548 39 .255 33 58 0 14

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 Webster McDonald 35 SP 2.4 8 4 .667 4.36 21 15 10 0 0 142.1 156 84 69 11 41 47 0 0 0 616 118 4.41 1.384 9.9 0.7 2.6 3.0 1.15
2 Rocky Ellis 24 SP 1.1 7 4 .636 4.95 16 13 0 6 0 0 107.1 120 71 59 8 37 44 0 0 1 477 104 4.38 1.463 10.1 0.7 3.1 3.7 1.19
3 Slim Jones* 22 SP 0.4 5 5 .500 5.69 17 9 0 5 0 1 74.1 91 54 47 6 22 39 2 0 0 336 90 4.17 1.520 11.0 0.7 2.7 4.7 1.77 AS
4 Paul Carter 35 SP 0.2 5 2 .714 5.68 16 9 4 1 1 63.1 76 48 40 9 18 28 0 0 0 281 90 5.02 1.484 10.8 1.3 2.6 4.0 1.56
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 Lefty Holmes* 28 RP -0.6 4 6 .400 6.84 18 9 4 1 2 75.0 86 68 57 4 35 45 0 0 0 349 75 4.09 1.613 10.3 0.5 4.2 5.4 1.29
6 Porter Charleston 31 RP 0.0 2 1 .667 5.73 5 2 1 0 0 22.0 33 18 14 2 6 11 2 0 0 101 91 4.47 1.773 13.5 0.8 2.5 4.5 1.83
7 Joe Reynolds RP -0.1 0 1 .000 6.23 4 1 0 0 0 13.0 18 11 9 1 4 6 0 0 0 59 84 4.20 1.692 12.5 0.7 2.8 4.2 1.50
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 Laymon Yokely 29 1.2 3 1 .750 3.25 5 4 0 4 1 0 36.0 33 15 13 0 14 18 0 0 0 152 159 3.37 1.306 8.3 0.0 3.5 4.5 1.29
9 Granville Lyons* 26 -0.2 1 0 1.000 9.00 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 10 10 9 3 4 0 0 0 0 41 59 8.87 1.556 10.0 3.0 4.0 0.0 0.00
10 Ches Buchanan 28 -0.2 0 1 .000 10.80 1 1 0 0 0 3.1 4 5 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 17 52 2.90 1.500 10.8 0.0 2.7 5.4 2.00
Team Totals 4.2 35 25 .583 5.29 64 64 0 35 3 4 545.2 627 384 321 44 182 240 4 0 1 2429 97 4.39 1.483 10.3 0.7 3.0 4.0 1.32
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