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 31 C 1.3 66 216 189 23 50 10 1 3 28 4 26 .265 .356 .376 .732 97 .344 100 71 1 2
2 Willie Bobo* 29 1B 2.0 94 357 310 63 90 16 6 4 42 11 46 .290 .384 .419 .803 116 .374 119 130 1 *3/49
3 John Henry Russell 29 2B 2.5 87 308 290 48 87 10 5 11 47 8 16 .300 .341 .483 .824 120 .371 118 140 2 *4/5
4 Willie Wells 22 SS 7.6 97 424 364 91 133 21 5 29 105 13 55 .365 .455 .690 1.145 205 .503 203 251 5 *6/5
5 Dewey Creacy 27 3B 2.7 93 371 349 63 110 12 12 13 81 6 18 .315 .356 .530 .886 136 .395 134 185 4 *5/467
6 Wilson Redus 22 LF 3.5 97 396 375 65 140 19 10 18 83 7 17 .373 .407 .621 1.028 173 .456 174 233 4 *79/85
7 Cool Papa Bell# 24 CF 1.3 98 458 424 89 132 23 5 5 36 25 33 .311 .362 .425 .787 111 .369 112 180 1 *8/3
8 Branch Russell* 31 RF 3.3 97 438 394 78 126 17 10 10 53 10 41 .320 .388 .490 .878 135 .399 136 193 3 *9/546
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 Henry Williams 34 C 0.0 70 218 212 27 50 8 5 5 26 4 6 .236 .257 .392 .648 72 .291 65 83 0 2/4769
10 Mule Suttles 26 UT 2.1 36 116 98 31 44 9 4 9 37 1 18 .449 .534 .898 1.432 280 .610 273 88 0 39/74
11 Candy Jim Taylor 43 3B 0.6 35 55 51 4 21 4 0 0 10 1 4 .412 .455 .490 .945 154 .435 160 25 0 /517
12 Charles Zomphier 21 UT 0.0 11 20 19 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 .316 .350 .316 .666 81 .317 82 6 0 /745
13 Tomlin -0.1 6 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -10 .155 -23 1 0
14 Bill Gatewood 45 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -133 0 0
15 Milton Smith# 21 C -0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Pos Awards
16 Ted Trent 23 P -0.3 34 84 76 5 9 1 0 0 1 0 7 .118 .202 .132 .334 -8 .175 -10 10 1 1
17 Roosevelt Davis 22 P 0.1 34 61 58 6 13 1 1 0 4 0 3 .224 .262 .276 .538 45 .253 41 16 0 1
18 Luther McDonald 21 P -0.1 27 53 52 3 10 2 0 0 3 0 1 .192 .208 .231 .438 18 .204 9 12 0 1
19 John Williams 22 P 0.6 24 49 47 10 13 0 2 3 9 0 2 .277 .306 .553 .859 127 .377 121 26 0 1/7
20 Frank Stevens P -0.2 21 40 40 4 8 1 0 0 2 1 0 .200 .200 .225 .425 14 .197 4 9 0 1/789
21 Rattler Harrison 27 P 0.1 20 33 31 5 8 0 1 0 5 0 1 .258 .303 .323 .626 69 .293 67 10 1 1
22 Logan Hensley 27 P -0.2 6 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -124 0 0 /1
23 George Brown 31 P 0.1 11 10 9 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 .222 .300 .556 .856 126 .379 122 5 1 1
24 Tom Jackson P -0.1 9 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -124 0 0 /1
25 Willie Spearman 27 P 0.0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 .233 27 1 0 /1
26 Dizzy Dismukes 37 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -133 0 0 /1
27 Gilbert Edwards P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 26.7 99 3736 3417 621 1054 154 67 111 575 91 295 .308 .368 .490 .858 129 .389 129 1675 24
Non-Pitcher Totals 26.7 3377 3075 584 989 149 63 107 548 90 281 .322 .382 .515 .898 140 .406 140 1585 21
Pitcher Totals 0.1 352 335 36 64 5 4 4 27 1 14 .191 .230 .266 .496 33 .232 27 89 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 Ted Trent 23 SP 3.6 15 11 .577 3.08 34 25 5 16 2 0 228.0 192 105 78 9 90 146 12 0 5 949 129 3.67 1.237 7.6 0.4 3.6 5.8 1.62
2 Luther McDonald 21 SP 0.4 13 4 .765 4.17 26 15 10 8 0 1 138.0 174 82 64 5 33 41 1 0 2 611 96 3.71 1.500 11.3 0.3 2.2 2.7 1.24
3 John Williams 22 SP 1.7 7 4 .636 3.72 20 11 8 5 0 1 106.1 111 49 44 8 39 63 3 1 5 459 107 4.07 1.411 9.4 0.7 3.3 5.3 1.62
4 Frank Stevens* SP 0.3 4 1 .800 4.69 11 6 3 4 1 0 55.2 54 32 29 2 23 18 4 0 0 236 85 4.37 1.383 8.7 0.3 3.7 2.9 0.78
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 Roosevelt Davis 22 RP 1.2 10 8 .556 4.15 34 17 12 9 0 2 162.2 193 89 75 3 36 63 4 0 2 704 96 3.30 1.408 10.7 0.2 2.0 3.5 1.75
6 Rattler Harrison 27 RP 0.2 7 2 .778 4.38 16 8 6 3 0 0 72.0 84 43 35 5 35 33 2 0 3 332 91 4.62 1.653 10.5 0.6 4.4 4.1 0.94
7 George Brown 31 RP -1.3 1 3 .250 7.82 11 5 2 1 0 0 38.0 52 39 33 4 26 8 0 1 0 180 51 6.09 2.053 12.3 0.9 6.2 1.9 0.31
8 Tom Jackson RP -0.8 1 1 .500 8.22 9 4 1 0 0 0 23.0 29 23 21 1 24 6 3 1 1 122 49 6.66 2.304 11.3 0.4 9.4 2.3 0.25
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 Logan Hensley 27 0.2 1 3 .250 3.56 6 5 1 2 0 0 30.1 32 17 12 1 7 11 0 0 1 130 113 3.49 1.286 9.5 0.3 2.1 3.3 1.57
10 Candy Jim Taylor 43 0.3 1 1 .500 1.69 2 1 0 0 0 0 10.2 14 4 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 45 244 3.75 1.313 11.8 0.8 0.0 2.5
11 Willie Spearman 27 0.2 1 0 1.000 4.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 8 4 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 35 104 4.76 1.111 8.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.00
12 Dizzy Dismukes 37 0.0 0 0 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 7 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 75 2.43 2.333 21.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
13 Gilbert Edwards 0.1 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.09 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
Team Totals 6.0 61 38 .616 4.09 99 99 49 49 3 4 877.2 950 489 399 40 315 396 29 3 19 3821 98 3.96 1.441 9.7 0.4 3.2 4.1 1.26
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