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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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* 27 C 0.3 35 126 118 13 31 4 0 2 21 0 8 .263 .310 .347 .657 87 .315 86 41 0 0 *2
2 Jim West# 37 1B 1.5 56 231 202 29 58 10 4 3 42 1 28 .287 .374 .421 .795 126 .378 124 85 0 1 *3/8 AS,AS
3 Pat Patterson# 30 2B 0.0 37 147 134 20 33 2 2 2 20 1 12 .246 .308 .336 .644 84 .309 83 45 0 1 4/57 AS,AS
4 Bus Clarkson 27 SS 2.7 58 244 209 51 67 19 5 8 43 6 34 .321 .416 .574 .990 181 .455 169 120 0 1 *6/3
5 Henry Spearman 32 3B 1.1 52 196 177 25 52 11 0 5 38 0 16 .294 .356 .441 .796 127 .376 123 78 1 2 *5
6 Roy Parnell 38 LF 0.8 55 226 197 42 59 10 3 1 27 2 23 .299 .381 .396 .777 122 .373 122 78 3 3 *7/93
7 Gene Benson* 28 CF 0.2 50 197 178 23 43 5 1 1 26 0 18 .242 .311 .298 .609 74 .300 77 53 0 1 *8/37
8 Homer Curry* 37 RF 0.7 54 217 181 47 54 9 2 0 19 2 34 .298 .409 .370 .779 123 .382 127 67 0 2 *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 Marvin Barker 30 OF -0.5 49 160 148 17 34 5 1 0 11 1 11 .230 .283 .277 .560 60 .273 62 41 0 1 *9/857
10 Mahlon Duckett 19 2B -0.5 41 143 126 15 19 0 1 0 7 0 13 .151 .230 .167 .397 14 .207 20 21 0 4 4/56
11 Clarence Palm 34 C 0.0 29 95 84 8 18 4 0 1 12 0 8 .214 .283 .298 .580 66 .283 66 25 0 3 2
12 Ziggy Marcell 25 C 0.1 6 17 14 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 3 .286 .412 .286 .697 100 .359 112 4 0 0 /2
13 David Campbell* 33 2B -0.2 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -167 0 0 1 /4
14 Edsall Walker# 31 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
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
15 Barney Brown* 34 P 0.2 34 82 72 9 16 2 0 0 4 1 7 .222 .291 .250 .541 55 .269 58 18 0 3 1/937 AS
16 Joe Fillmore 28 P 0.0 18 40 38 4 6 1 1 1 2 0 0 .158 .158 .316 .474 34 .213 22 12 0 2 1
17 Terris McDuffie 33 P 0.3 15 34 25 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 .200 .375 .200 .575 66 .315 85 5 0 2 1
18 Ches Buchanan 35 P -0.1 10 23 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .095 .174 .095 .269 -22 .149 -12 2 0 0 /1
19 Bob Evans 31 P -0.2 9 19 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .056 .056 .056 .111 -68 .053 -79 1 0 1 /1
20 Willie Jefferson 38 P 0.2 3 11 10 0 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 .500 .500 .600 1.100 213 .518 217 6 0 1 /1
21 Lefty Calhoun* 30 P -0.1 5 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -129 0 0 1 /1
22 Larry Kimbrough# 18 P -0.1 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
23 Bud Barbee 28 P 0.0 6 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 43 .240 42 1 0 0 /13
24 Henry McHenry 32 P 0.1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 461 .851 404 3 0 0 /1
25 Specs Roberts 34 P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 6.4 60 2231 1973 313 509 83 21 24 278 14 224 .258 .335 .358 .693 98 .334 97 706 4 30
Non-Pitcher Totals 6.1 2003 1771 293 472 79 19 23 268 13 208 .267 .345 .372 .716 104 .345 104 658 4 20
Pitcher Totals 0.2 228 202 20 37 4 2 1 10 1 16 .183 .243 .238 .481 37 .237 38 48 0 10

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 Brown* 34 SP 1.5 8 10 .444 2.91 22 16 4 13 1 2 154.2 148 79 50 8 45 76 0 0 1 663 135 3.14 1.248 8.6 0.5 2.6 4.4 1.69 AS
2 Joe Fillmore 28 SP 0.2 6 4 .600 4.08 18 12 4 9 0 1 108.0 100 64 49 4 34 62 1 0 0 468 96 2.88 1.241 8.3 0.3 2.8 5.2 1.82
3 Terris McDuffie 33 SP 1.0 7 3 .700 3.40 15 10 4 5 0 0 79.1 82 38 30 2 30 41 1 0 0 344 116 3.04 1.412 9.3 0.2 3.4 4.7 1.37
4 Ches Buchanan 35 SP -0.1 4 3 .571 4.39 10 6 3 4 0 0 53.1 56 34 26 3 15 11 1 0 0 227 90 3.79 1.331 9.5 0.5 2.5 1.9 0.73
5 Willie Jefferson 38 SP 0.0 2 1 .667 5.04 3 3 0 3 1 0 25.0 25 15 14 0 6 15 1 0 0 109 79 2.22 1.240 9.0 0.0 2.2 5.4 2.50
6 Lefty Calhoun* 30 SP 0.0 2 1 .667 3.86 5 3 1 1 0 0 21.0 20 13 9 1 8 6 0 0 0 92 104 3.77 1.333 8.6 0.4 3.4 2.6 0.75
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
7 Bob Evans 31 RP -0.3 1 4 .200 5.55 9 4 3 4 0 1 47.0 47 32 29 0 19 8 0 0 0 208 71 3.45 1.404 9.0 0.0 3.6 1.5 0.42
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 Larry Kimbrough# 18 0.7 1 0 1.000 1.29 2 1 1 1 0 0 14.0 12 2 2 1 5 4 0 0 0 56 314 4.00 1.214 7.7 0.6 3.2 2.6 0.80
9 Bud Barbee 28 -0.3 0 1 .000 5.40 4 3 0 0 0 0 11.2 12 10 7 0 7 5 0 0 0 54 75 3.52 1.629 9.3 0.0 5.4 3.9 0.71
10 Henry McHenry 32 -0.3 0 0 14.73 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 8 6 6 3 1 2 0 0 0 20 29 12.94 2.455 19.6 7.4 2.5 4.9 2.00
11 Specs Roberts 34 -0.3 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 5 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 10 15.33 4.500 27.0 6.8 13.5 6.8 0.50
12 Edsall Walker* 31 0.0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
Team Totals 2.2 31 27 .534 3.85 60 60 20 40 2 4 519.0 514 298 222 23 173 231 4 0 1 2252 103 3.28 1.324 8.9 0.4 3.0 4.0 1.34
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