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 John Barnes* 21 C 1.3 59 198 184 28 56 12 0 3 36 4 12 .304 .354 .418 .772 105 .352 105 77 2 2/6
2 Willie Bobo* 27 1B 5.0 88 386 324 74 117 23 9 14 78 16 59 .361 .464 .617 1.081 186 .479 180 200 3 *3
3 Eddie Watt 22 2B 0.1 54 137 125 18 37 7 4 2 23 4 11 .296 .358 .464 .822 117 .371 115 58 1
4 Willie Wells 20 SS 3.6 88 401 341 83 98 19 8 8 51 18 56 .287 .394 .460 .854 127 .395 127 157 4 *6/3
5 Dewey Creacy 25 3B 3.2 84 364 334 70 108 22 6 14 74 18 28 .323 .379 .551 .930 145 .416 140 184 2 *5/9
6 Wilson Redus 20 LF 3.5 78 302 260 61 99 18 6 13 65 6 33 .381 .467 .646 1.113 194 .488 188 168 9 *7/94
7 Cool Papa Bell# 22 CF 4.9 88 423 384 93 133 30 7 10 53 42 38 .346 .407 .539 .946 150 .433 147 207 1 *8/3
8 Branch Russell* 29 RF 3.2 82 340 283 61 86 14 12 8 63 10 52 .304 .421 .523 .944 150 .424 148 148 5 *94/5
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 Pos Awards
9 Mitchell Murray 29 C 2.3 61 193 173 43 66 11 0 3 38 8 16 .382 .446 .497 .943 151 .433 153 86 4 2
10 Elmer Wilson 30 2B 0.7 52 140 131 16 34 8 3 5 20 1 7 .260 .307 .481 .788 107 .346 101 63 2 4
11 Roy Tyler 25 OF 0.2 29 90 85 16 29 5 1 0 8 2 5 .341 .378 .424 .801 113 .367 114 36 0
12 John Reese 30 OF 0.4 44 55 48 14 15 3 1 0 7 5 7 .313 .400 .417 .817 118 .389 121 20 0 9/784
13 Candy Jim Taylor 41 UT 0.3 37 50 44 5 11 0 0 2 9 4 5 .250 .340 .386 .726 93 .345 95 17 1 /519
14 Dick Ross OF 0.3 20 38 37 6 13 5 1 1 7 0 1 .351 .368 .622 .990 159 .431 151 23 0 /78
15 Charlie Blackwell* 30 0.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 434 .932 450 1 0
16 Milton Smith# 19 C 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 /2
17 Sam Bennett 41 C 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 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 Pos Awards
18 Roosevelt Davis 20 P -0.2 35 62 62 4 10 1 0 1 5 0 0 .161 .161 .226 .387 2 .173 -5 14 0 1
19 Logan Hensley 25 P 0.7 29 62 59 7 18 1 0 3 11 0 3 .305 .339 .475 .813 114 .364 111 28 0 1
20 Percy Miller* 28 P -0.1 41 60 56 6 9 3 0 1 2 2 3 .161 .217 .268 .485 28 .229 27 15 1 1/937
21 William Ross 31 P 0.1 27 59 53 5 10 1 0 0 2 0 6 .189 .271 .208 .479 29 .240 35 11 0 1
22 George Brown 29 P -0.2 20 24 22 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .091 .167 .091 .258 -30 .144 -26 2 0 1
23 Slim Branham 25 P 0.3 10 20 18 5 7 2 0 0 3 1 1 .389 .450 .500 .950 153 .440 155 9 1 1
24 Deacon Meyers 25 P 0.0 15 18 18 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 .222 .222 .389 .611 60 .266 51 7 0 1
25 Lefty Broyles 27 P 0.0 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 34 .233 32 1 0 /1
26 Fred Bell 23 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 /1
27 Eddie Wall 21 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.6 88 3430 3049 618 964 185 58 89 558 142 345 .316 .392 .502 .895 137 .405 135 1532 36
Non-Pitcher Totals 29.0 3119 2755 588 902 177 58 83 532 138 330 .327 .406 .524 .930 146 .420 144 1444 34
Pitcher Totals 0.6 310 293 30 61 8 0 6 26 4 15 .208 .252 .297 .549 46 .255 44 87 2
Standard Batting Table
Rk Player Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH SF Pos Awards
1 Cool Papa Bell# 22 7 29 29 5 8 1 0 0 0 2 0 .276 .276 .310 .586 9 0 0 0 0
2 Willie Wells 20 7 29 24 4 5 1 0 1 1 0 3 .208 .296 .375 .671 8 0 0 2 0
3 Willie Bobo* 27 7 28 25 2 9 1 0 0 3 0 3 .360 .429 .400 .829 10 0 0 0 0
4 Branch Russell* 29 7 26 21 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 4 .286 .400 .286 .686 6 0 0 1 0
5 Dewey Creacy 25 7 26 23 3 6 0 0 1 3 0 2 .261 .308 .391 .699 8 0 0 0 1
6 Mitchell Murray 29 7 24 22 4 2 1 0 1 3 0 2 .091 .167 .273 .439 5 0 0 0 0
7 Wilson Redus 20 7 20 20 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .300 .500 6 0 0 0 0
8 Charlie Watts 6 19 17 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .118 .167 .176 .343 3 0 0 1 0
9 Roosevelt Davis 20 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 /1
10 John Barnes* 21 2 5 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .600 .800 3 0 0 0 0
11 George Brown 29 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 /1
12 Percy Miller* 28 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 /1
13 Candy Jim Taylor 41 3 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 2 0 0 0 0
14 John Reese 30 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
15 William Ross 31 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 /1
16 Slim Branham 25 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 /1
17 Dick Ross 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
18 Elmer Wilson 30 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
19 Logan Hensley 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 7 231 210 24 47 5 2 3 17 2 15 .224 .274 .310 .584 62 0 0 5 1

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 Roosevelt Davis 20 SP 2.8 16 6 .727 3.85 35 19 11 10 1 1 163.2 168 77 70 8 23 53 4 0 1 679 117 3.71 1.167 9.2 0.4 1.3 2.9 2.30
2 Logan Hensley 25 SP 1.6 12 4 .750 4.32 28 20 5 7 0 0 162.2 161 89 78 8 64 74 1 0 2 703 104 4.16 1.383 8.9 0.4 3.5 4.1 1.16
3 William Ross 31 SP -0.1 8 8 .500 4.61 26 18 5 7 1 0 150.1 171 100 77 7 42 64 4 0 2 664 98 3.90 1.417 10.2 0.4 2.5 3.8 1.52
4 Slim Branham 25 SP 0.3 4 1 .800 4.53 10 7 2 2 0 0 51.2 54 31 26 3 33 13 4 0 1 238 100 5.63 1.684 9.4 0.5 5.7 2.3 0.39
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 Percy Miller* 28 RP -0.5 11 4 .733 5.07 33 11 14 2 0 1 119.0 124 84 67 7 39 78 6 0 2 530 89 3.82 1.370 9.4 0.5 2.9 5.9 2.00
6 George Brown 29 RP 0.7 3 3 .500 3.34 20 8 6 2 0 2 72.2 70 40 27 2 24 27 2 0 1 318 135 3.92 1.294 8.7 0.2 3.0 3.3 1.13
7 Deacon Meyers 25 RP 0.1 2 2 .500 4.01 12 3 8 1 0 1 49.1 51 31 22 8 15 19 1 0 0 220 113 5.54 1.338 9.3 1.5 2.7 3.5 1.27
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 Lefty Broyles* 27 0.3 1 0 1.000 3.94 5 2 3 1 0 1 16.0 16 7 7 2 7 5 0 0 0 68 117 5.54 1.438 9.0 1.1 3.9 2.8 0.71
9 Fred Bell 23 0.2 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 4.23 0.333 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.00
10 Eddie Wall* 21 0.1 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.23 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
Team Totals 5.4 57 28 .671 4.26 88 88 56 32 2 6 789.1 815 459 374 45 248 334 22 0 9 3434 106 4.15 1.347 9.3 0.5 2.8 3.8 1.35
Standard Pitching Table
Rk Player Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP WP BF FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
1 George Brown 29 2 1 .667 0.53 3 2 1 2 0 0 17.0 9 6 1 0 8 0 8 1 1 71 3.88 1.000 4.8 0.0 4.2 4.2 1.00
2 Percy Miller* 28 0 2 .000 4.70 4 0 3 0 0 0 15.1 17 10 8 2 5 0 7 1 0 71 5.19 1.435 10.0 1.2 2.9 4.1 1.40
3 Roosevelt Davis 20 1 1 .500 5.68 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.2 11 9 8 1 6 0 6 0 0 58 4.73 1.342 7.8 0.7 4.3 4.3 1.00
4 William Ross 31 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 4 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 32 3.86 0.875 4.5 0.0 3.4 2.3 0.67
5 Logan Hensley 25 0 0 5.40 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 6 4 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 22 6.63 1.400 10.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.00
6 Slim Branham 25 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 8 2.48 3.750 27.0 0.0 6.8 13.5 2.00
Team Totals 3 4 .429 3.34 7 7 5 2 0 0 59.1 51 32 22 4 24 0 26 3 1 262 4.60 1.264 7.7 0.6 3.6 3.9 1.08
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