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* 26 C 0.3 47 172 158 18 42 8 1 0 17 4 12 .266 .318 .329 .647 81 .306 83 52 0 2 *2/579
2 Jim West# 36 1B 0.2 55 207 175 19 43 1 2 3 22 1 25 .246 .347 .326 .672 89 .325 94 57 2 5 *3
3 Mahlon Duckett 18 2B -0.6 48 172 162 16 30 4 3 0 12 6 8 .185 .228 .247 .475 33 .229 34 40 1 1 564
4 Pat Patterson# 29 SS 0.5 24 96 89 8 28 2 2 0 6 0 6 .315 .358 .382 .740 107 .347 107 34 0 1 6/54
5 David Campbell* 32 3B 0.3 39 152 135 14 35 4 1 1 12 3 14 .259 .333 .326 .659 85 .315 89 44 1 2 54
6 Ralph Johnson LF -0.1 17 45 40 4 7 2 0 0 4 1 3 .175 .233 .225 .458 29 .223 30 9 0 2 7/8
7 Sylvester Owens CF -1.1 30 109 103 2 12 1 0 0 4 2 6 .117 .165 .126 .291 -18 .148 -12 13 0 0 *8/7
8 Roy Parnell 37 RF 0.6 56 230 204 26 59 11 1 1 18 5 23 .289 .361 .368 .729 104 .345 107 75 0 3 *97/5
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 Larnie Jordan 27 IF 0.1 35 127 121 20 32 7 2 0 8 2 4 .264 .288 .355 .643 79 .296 77 43 0 2 64/5
10 Gene Benson* 27 OF 0.2 25 106 95 9 26 6 0 0 6 1 8 .274 .330 .337 .667 87 .315 89 32 0 3 8
11 Clarence Palm 33 C 0.6 15 51 41 6 13 1 0 1 3 1 10 .317 .451 .415 .866 144 .413 148 17 0 0 2
12 John Huber* 33 UT 0.3 19 50 48 6 15 2 2 0 6 0 2 .313 .340 .438 .778 116 .355 112 21 0 0 2/7
13 Zollie Wright 31 OF 0.1 10 40 36 3 9 1 0 0 3 0 4 .250 .325 .278 .603 70 .296 76 10 0 0 9
14 Lucius Dorsey 19 UT -0.6 12 39 37 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 .135 .179 .162 .342 -4 .169 0 6 0 0 /782
15 Hiawatha Shelby 19 OF -0.5 10 36 34 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 .059 .111 .118 .229 -36 .114 -33 4 0 0 7
16 Bud Jones 2B 0.1 10 31 29 2 7 3 1 0 3 1 2 .241 .290 .414 .704 95 .323 91 12 0 0 4
17 Johnny Lockett SS -0.5 9 30 30 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 .133 .133 .167 .300 -16 .138 -18 5 0 0 /6
18 Curtis Henderson 29 UT 0.0 5 19 17 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 .294 .333 .353 .686 92 .324 93 6 0 1 /75
19 Willie Williams IF -0.1 7 15 15 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .267 .267 .267 .533 50 .251 50 4 0 0 /54
20 Oscar Charleston* 44 1B 0.2 2 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 .500 .667 .500 1.167 230 .580 236 2 0 0 /3
21 Tom Young* 38 C 0.1 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 137 .422 152 1 0 0 /2
22 Murray Watkins* 25 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -108 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
23 Henry McHenry 31 P 0.2 31 78 72 7 14 2 1 2 10 0 3 .194 .227 .333 .560 55 .255 50 24 0 3 1/9 AS
24 Joe Fillmore 27 P 0.2 24 41 39 7 10 0 3 0 3 1 1 .256 .275 .410 .685 90 .307 83 16 0 1 1/3
25 Edsall Walker# 30 P 0.2 15 34 30 5 7 1 1 0 0 0 4 .233 .324 .333 .657 84 .313 87 10 0 0 1/7
26 Chet Brewer# 34 P 0.0 13 34 29 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .172 .226 .172 .398 13 .200 11 5 0 3 /178
27 Ches Buchanan 34 P -0.2 11 23 22 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .045 .087 .091 .178 -50 .090 -47 2 0 0 1
28 John Gibbons 19 P 0.0 6 12 12 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .167 .250 .417 15 .188 12 3 0 0 /1
29 Bernard Fernández 23 P -0.1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -103 0 0 0 /1
30 Henry Miller 23 P 0.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 0.3 56 1965 1786 184 420 61 21 8 149 29 146 .235 .294 .306 .601 68 .286 70 547 4 29
Non-Pitcher Totals 0.1 1737 1576 160 381 56 16 6 135 28 135 .242 .303 .309 .612 72 .292 74 487 4 22
Pitcher Totals 0.3 227 209 24 39 5 5 2 14 1 11 .187 .227 .287 .514 43 .239 41 60 0 7

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 31 SP 2.1 7 12 .368 3.63 20 18 2 15 2 0 144.0 136 78 58 5 48 67 2 1 3 617 121 3.37 1.278 8.5 0.3 3.0 4.2 1.40 AS
2 Joe Fillmore 27 SP -1.2 1 9 .100 5.61 12 10 1 8 0 0 78.2 106 70 49 2 38 38 3 0 0 381 79 3.74 1.831 12.1 0.2 4.3 4.3 1.00
3 Edsall Walker* 30 SP 0.2 3 6 .333 5.13 12 10 1 7 0 0 73.2 78 49 42 1 30 34 2 1 1 330 86 3.36 1.466 9.5 0.1 3.7 4.2 1.13
4 Ches Buchanan 34 SP -0.4 1 7 .125 5.82 11 9 2 6 1 0 68.0 83 52 44 4 22 29 0 0 0 315 76 3.69 1.544 11.0 0.5 2.9 3.8 1.32
5 Chet Brewer 34 SP 1.8 2 4 .333 3.20 8 6 2 6 0 0 56.1 49 21 20 2 25 21 2 0 0 243 138 3.96 1.314 7.8 0.3 4.0 3.4 0.84
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 John Gibbons 19 RP 0.0 1 1 .500 4.60 5 2 3 2 0 0 29.1 33 20 15 1 10 14 0 0 0 132 97 3.32 1.466 10.1 0.3 3.1 4.3 1.40
7 Henry Miller 23 RP 0.0 0 1 .000 5.40 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.1 7 6 5 0 6 5 0 0 0 40 85 3.77 1.560 7.6 0.0 6.5 5.4 0.83
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 Bernard Fernández 23 -0.2 0 1 .000 5.68 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 6 7 4 0 4 3 1 1 0 30 82 4.23 1.579 8.5 0.0 5.7 4.3 0.75
Team Totals 2.4 15 41 .268 4.59 56 56 12 44 3 0 464.2 498 303 237 15 183 211 10 3 4 2088 96 3.57 1.466 9.6 0.3 3.5 4.1 1.15
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