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 Bill Cooper* 25 C 0.2 53 185 166 32 44 6 2 3 24 1 17 .265 .333 .380 .713 85 .334 85 63 0 2 *25/978
2 Jim West# 35 1B 1.3 61 241 216 29 73 15 4 0 31 1 21 .338 .399 .444 .844 119 .395 121 96 1 3 *3
3 David Campbell* 31 2B -0.2 38 163 143 21 34 5 2 0 6 0 14 .238 .310 .301 .611 60 .298 61 43 1 5 *4
4 Larnie Jordan 26 SS 0.9 42 178 168 33 53 11 6 2 29 4 8 .315 .347 .488 .835 116 .376 109 82 0 2 *6
5 Mahlon Duckett 17 3B 0.0 32 112 104 13 27 0 3 0 15 1 7 .260 .306 .317 .624 63 .296 62 33 0 1 5/4
6 Roy Parnell 36 LF 1.0 54 223 191 44 59 11 5 4 27 2 25 .309 .392 .482 .873 127 .401 125 92 1 6 *7/81
7 Gene Benson* 26 CF 1.2 61 242 212 45 66 7 4 5 30 5 28 .311 .394 .453 .847 120 .393 120 96 1 1 *8/9 AS
8 Darius Bea* 26 RF 1.1 39 131 121 14 40 11 2 3 30 0 10 .331 .382 .529 .911 135 .412 129 64 0 0 *9/718
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 Jake Dunn 30 OF -0.7 56 201 178 28 44 8 3 0 28 1 18 .247 .320 .326 .646 68 .310 70 58 1 4 *9/56784
10 Charley Hayes IF -0.7 36 108 96 14 19 4 1 0 6 1 9 .198 .274 .260 .534 40 .261 41 25 1 2 45/36
11 Clarence Palm 32 C 0.3 22 68 56 6 18 1 0 1 10 0 10 .321 .424 .393 .817 114 .397 121 22 0 2 2
12 Curtis Harris 35 IF -0.3 16 45 43 1 8 2 0 0 5 0 2 .186 .222 .233 .455 19 .219 16 10 0 0 /564
13 Leon Ruffin 28 C -0.3 16 42 36 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 6 .139 .262 .139 .401 7 .224 19 5 0 0 2
14 Emory Long 27 IF -0.5 6 20 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .105 .150 .105 .255 -33 .134 -34 2 0 0 /54
15 Lee Carter 19 SS 0.1 4 12 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .417 .250 .667 77 .366 102 2 0 0 /6
16 Buddy Burbage* 33 OF 0.1 2 9 7 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 .571 .625 .857 1.482 283 .659 297 6 0 1 /7
17 Willie Williams 1B 0.1 2 7 6 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 .500 .571 .667 1.238 222 .568 221 4 0 0 /3
18 Bill Dean C 0.1 3 7 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .667 .500 1.167 207 .575 245 2 0 1 /2
19 Harold Robinson SS -0.1 4 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 41 .287 56 1 0 0 /6
20 Sy Morton 18 SS 0.2 2 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .333 .600 .333 .933 148 .499 181 1 0 0 /6
21 Bud Jones 0.1 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 .000 .667 .000 .667 85 .525 195 0 1 0
22 Coley Logan 27 SS -0.1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -110 0 0 0 /6
23 Fats Jenkins* 42 OF 0.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 39 .386 113 0 0 0 /9
24 Randy Sisco 20 3B 0.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 39 .386 113 0 0 0
25 George Proctor 22 0.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 .773 340 0 0 0
26 Lefty Harris 1B 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 0 /3
27 Joe Brown 23 C 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 0 /2
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 Henry McHenry 30 P 1.4 44 101 82 13 25 4 0 8 23 0 17 .305 .430 .646 1.076 177 .472 166 53 1 1 1/9 AS
29 Ches Buchanan 33 P -0.1 18 44 37 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 .108 .233 .135 .368 -2 .204 5 5 0 1 1
30 Sam Thompson 32 P 0.1 15 28 26 3 6 1 0 1 2 0 1 .231 .259 .385 .644 66 .290 57 10 0 1 1
31 Roy Welmaker# 26 P 0.2 13 17 16 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 .375 .412 .438 .849 121 .402 124 7 0 0 /13
32 Tommy Johnson 23 P 0.0 14 16 15 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .250 .267 .517 35 .248 33 4 0 0 1
33 Jim Missouri* 23 P -0.3 19 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -128 0 0 1 1
34 Henry Miller 22 P -0.2 13 14 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071 .071 .071 .143 -63 .068 -72 1 0 0 1
35 Rocky Ellis 29 P -0.1 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -25 .136 -33 1 0 0 /17
36 Webster McDonald* 40 P 0.0 5 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 4 .190 0 1 0 0 /1
Team Totals 5.0 63 2264 2005 319 551 93 32 27 280 16 217 .275 .348 .394 .741 93 .348 93 789 8 34
Non-Pitcher Totals 3.8 2020 1795 292 505 85 32 18 250 16 189 .281 .352 .394 .746 94 .350 94 708 6 30
Pitcher Totals 1.1 240 209 25 46 8 0 9 28 0 26 .220 .309 .388 .697 81 .324 77 81 1 4

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 Henry McHenry 30 SP 3.4 11 7 .611 4.12 23 17 5 11 0 2 148.2 152 81 68 8 39 86 0 0 2 638 127 3.33 1.285 9.2 0.5 2.4 5.2 2.21 AS
2 Ches Buchanan 33 SP 2.6 4 7 .364 3.89 17 13 3 8 0 0 108.2 110 58 47 7 38 35 2 0 1 463 134 4.30 1.362 9.1 0.6 3.1 2.9 0.92
3 Sam Thompson 32 SP 0.2 2 5 .286 5.16 12 7 2 5 0 0 59.1 74 45 34 5 21 31 2 0 2 280 102 4.22 1.601 11.2 0.8 3.2 4.7 1.48
4 Roy Welmaker* 26 SP -0.3 2 2 .500 5.46 9 5 4 1 0 0 31.1 36 29 19 2 7 13 0 0 0 145 97 3.67 1.372 10.3 0.6 2.0 3.7 1.86
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 Jim Missouri* 23 CL -0.1 1 3 .250 6.39 19 7 6 2 0 2 50.2 72 42 36 0 22 31 0 0 1 242 82 3.08 1.855 12.8 0.0 3.9 5.5 1.41
6 Tommy Johnson 23 RP 0.1 3 6 .333 5.95 12 5 6 1 0 1 42.1 51 33 28 2 21 11 1 0 0 197 88 4.66 1.701 10.8 0.4 4.5 2.3 0.52
7 Henry Miller 22 RP -1.4 3 4 .429 9.84 13 6 3 1 0 0 39.1 63 50 43 3 20 23 0 0 0 208 53 4.35 2.110 14.4 0.7 4.6 5.3 1.15
8 Webster McDonald 40 RP -0.4 0 1 .000 9.00 4 1 2 0 0 0 14.0 18 16 14 1 4 7 0 0 0 65 59 3.79 1.571 11.6 0.6 2.6 4.5 1.75
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
9 Rocky Ellis 29 0.2 1 0 1.000 5.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 10 5 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 38 108 4.67 1.333 10.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.00
10 Roy Parnell 36 0.2 0 1 .000 1.29 1 1 0 1 0 0 7.0 8 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 30 423 3.86 1.429 10.3 0.0 2.6 0.0 0.00
11 Darius Bea* 26 0.0 0 0 6.75 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 3 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 19 83 8.00 1.750 9.0 2.3 6.8 2.3 0.33
Team Totals 4.6 27 36 .429 5.21 63 63 32 31 0 5 514.1 598 365 298 30 179 240 5 0 6 2325 101 3.90 1.511 10.5 0.5 3.1 4.2 1.34
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