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 Pos Awards
1 Mitchell Murray 28 C 1.6 48 168 150 28 50 8 0 6 35 4 18 .333 .405 .507 .911 149 .421 145 76 0 2/3
2 Willie Bobo* 26 1B 1.9 70 298 268 56 85 16 3 6 57 6 25 .317 .386 .466 .852 133 .396 130 125 5 *3/1
3 Eddie Watt 21 2B -0.6 51 179 166 16 36 6 1 1 15 1 9 .217 .274 .283 .557 53 .269 54 47 4
4 Willie Wells 19 SS 2.2 45 184 170 29 51 12 4 1 37 2 12 .300 .353 .435 .789 115 .366 112 74 2 6
5 Dewey Creacy 24 3B 0.1 55 194 181 24 46 5 7 1 24 3 12 .254 .304 .376 .680 86 .316 82 68 1 54/6
6 Charlie Blackwell* 29 LF -0.3 48 185 159 33 40 5 2 4 24 2 17 .252 .357 .384 .740 103 .354 105 61 9 78/9
7 Cool Papa Bell# 21 CF 1.3 65 262 242 52 73 12 3 1 33 12 20 .302 .355 .388 .743 104 .356 103 94 0 *8/193
8 Branch Russell* 28 RF 2.1 69 303 272 56 83 20 4 7 44 12 27 .305 .376 .485 .862 135 .402 131 132 4 964/578
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 Pos Awards
9 John Reese 29 OF -0.9 51 167 158 17 35 2 2 1 14 9 9 .222 .263 .278 .542 49 .266 48 44 0 97/84
10 Candy Jim Taylor 40 3B 0.8 40 125 110 16 41 9 1 1 16 8 14 .373 .448 .500 .948 160 .452 158 55 1 5/4
11 Robert Mitchell 24 C 0.5 39 114 100 20 29 4 2 2 17 9 13 .290 .377 .430 .807 121 .389 120 43 1 2/589
12 Ralph Cleage* 26 OF -0.8 23 75 72 7 17 2 2 0 9 0 2 .236 .267 .319 .586 60 .276 57 23 1 7/49
13 Wilson Redus 19 OF 0.0 11 47 44 11 12 2 2 0 12 0 3 .273 .319 .409 .728 99 .338 94 18 0 7
14 Eddie Holtz 24 2B 0.3 8 36 33 6 12 0 0 0 1 3 2 .364 .417 .364 .780 115 .390 120 12 1 /4
15 George Mitchell 24 UT 0.0 14 25 24 2 5 3 0 0 2 0 1 .208 .240 .333 .573 56 .266 51 8 0 /1872
16 Dave Thomas 24 UT -0.1 5 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 37 .238 35 2 0
17 George Womack 26 C 0.0 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -28 .198 11 0 1 /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 Pos Awards
18 William Ross 30 P 0.3 25 59 52 5 13 1 0 0 4 0 6 .250 .339 .269 .608 68 .307 76 14 1 1
19 Roosevelt Davis 19 P -0.2 25 42 40 4 6 0 1 0 2 0 2 .150 .190 .200 .390 7 .189 6 8 0 1
20 Fred Bell 22 P 0.2 22 38 36 3 10 1 1 0 4 0 2 .278 .316 .361 .677 85 .319 83 13 0 1
21 Deacon Meyers 24 P -0.3 20 33 29 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .034 .152 .034 .186 -47 .123 -34 1 2 1
22 Sam Crawford 32 P -0.1 8 15 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 10 .191 7 3 0 /1
23 Logan Hensley 24 P 0.0 6 14 14 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .214 .214 .286 .500 36 .231 31 4 0 /1
24 Lefty Robinson 33 P -0.1 4 12 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .167 .091 .258 -28 .143 -22 1 0 /1
25 John Finner 38 P 0.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 /1
26 A.D. Young P 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0
27 Bob Reddon P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
28 Ted Hamilton P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 8.1 70 2591 2361 396 654 109 35 31 351 71 197 .277 .341 .392 .733 101 .348 100 926 33
Non-Pitcher Totals 8.3 2349 2136 373 612 103 33 31 338 71 183 .287 .351 .409 .760 108 .360 107 874 30
Pitcher Totals -0.2 242 225 23 42 6 2 0 13 0 14 .187 .244 .231 .475 31 .234 33 52 3

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 William Ross 30 SP 1.9 8 9 .471 4.07 25 17 5 10 0 0 148.1 170 85 67 3 44 50 5 0 0 652 106 3.79 1.443 10.3 0.2 2.7 3.0 1.14
2 Fred Bell 22 SP 1.2 5 7 .417 4.01 15 12 3 7 0 0 85.1 78 48 38 2 41 35 4 1 4 374 107 4.27 1.395 8.2 0.2 4.3 3.7 0.85
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
3 Roosevelt Davis 19 RP 0.4 7 4 .636 4.62 25 12 7 6 0 0 120.2 142 82 62 7 31 51 3 0 2 551 93 3.96 1.434 10.6 0.5 2.3 3.8 1.65
4 Deacon Meyers 24 RP 0.5 4 3 .571 4.92 19 9 8 4 0 1 86.0 88 56 47 7 38 45 4 0 0 388 87 4.68 1.465 9.2 0.7 4.0 4.7 1.18
5 Sam Crawford 32 RP -0.2 3 3 .500 5.59 8 5 2 2 0 1 37.0 43 29 23 2 21 22 2 1 1 182 77 4.58 1.730 10.5 0.5 5.1 5.4 1.05
6 Logan Hensley 24 RP 0.2 4 1 .800 5.79 6 3 3 3 0 0 32.2 40 21 21 1 13 13 0 0 0 148 75 4.00 1.622 11.0 0.3 3.6 3.6 1.00
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 Cool Papa Bell* 21 0.4 2 1 .667 3.83 6 4 0 3 0 0 40.0 37 24 17 2 19 17 2 0 0 174 113 4.58 1.400 8.3 0.5 4.3 3.8 0.89
8 Lefty Robinson* 33 -0.1 1 2 .333 5.27 4 3 1 2 0 0 27.1 35 21 16 1 7 10 3 0 1 126 82 4.05 1.537 11.5 0.3 2.3 3.3 1.43
9 George Mitchell 24 0.0 1 1 .500 5.40 4 1 1 1 0 0 15.0 15 11 9 0 7 5 0 0 1 69 81 3.94 1.467 9.0 0.0 4.2 3.0 0.71
10 John Finner 38 -0.3 0 2 .000 7.50 3 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 21 13 10 0 2 3 0 0 0 59 59 3.21 1.917 15.8 0.0 1.5 2.3 1.50
11 A.D. Young -0.3 0 2 .000 10.61 3 2 0 0 0 0 9.1 13 11 11 0 2 8 0 0 0 44 42 2.13 1.607 12.5 0.0 1.9 7.7 4.00
12 Bob Reddon -0.1 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 12 56 7.71 3.500 18.0 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
13 Willie Bobo* 26 -0.3 0 0 36.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 4 5 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 10 16 22.21 4.000 36.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
14 Ted Hamilton -0.3 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 42.21 9.000 81.0 27.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 3.0 35 35 .500 4.81 70 70 31 38 0 2 617.0 693 412 330 27 228 259 25 2 9 2793 90 4.17 1.493 10.1 0.4 3.3 3.8 1.14
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