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 Henry Williams 35 C 0.6 59 206 204 29 63 9 1 4 35 0 2 .309 .316 .422 .737 100 .334 96 86 0 2/7
2 Mule Suttles 27 1B 4.6 76 325 301 72 108 17 12 21 75 6 23 .359 .406 .704 1.110 198 .483 190 212 1 *3/9
3 John Henry Russell 30 2B 2.3 79 305 292 38 80 10 5 2 36 1 12 .274 .305 .363 .668 82 .307 80 106 1 *45
4 Willie Wells 23 SS 6.1 78 345 315 82 113 28 5 22 81 13 25 .359 .414 .689 1.103 196 .486 190 217 5 *6/7
5 Dewey Creacy 28 3B 2.1 78 326 298 41 98 23 5 10 54 1 24 .329 .387 .540 .927 150 .416 148 161 4 *54/6
6 Wilson Redus 23 LF 3.4 78 341 315 72 110 21 6 22 82 6 17 .349 .399 .663 1.062 185 .466 180 209 9 *7/9
7 Cool Papa Bell# 25 CF 3.1 79 371 338 81 112 21 6 6 41 19 32 .331 .391 .482 .873 137 .404 137 163 1 *8
8 Branch Russell* 32 RF 1.0 78 341 308 62 92 14 12 3 43 4 30 .299 .367 .451 .818 122 .372 121 139 3 *9/56
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 Clarence Palm 20 C 1.1 41 116 109 19 35 4 1 7 21 0 7 .321 .362 .569 .931 150 .414 146 62 0 2
10 Willie Bobo* 30 1B 0.5 12 25 22 6 12 2 0 0 7 2 3 .545 .600 .636 1.236 237 .573 242 14 0 /3
11 Candy Jim Taylor 44 3B -0.1 19 22 22 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 .318 .318 .318 .636 74 .297 73 7 0 /51
12 Mitchell Murray 32 C -0.1 5 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -71 .074 -67 0 0 /2
13 John Reese 33 3B 0.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -110 0 0 /5
14 W. Cobb 0.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 700 1.306 700 2 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 Pos Awards
15 Ted Trent 24 P 0.3 26 76 70 9 14 2 1 1 5 1 6 .200 .263 .300 .563 53 .263 53 21 0 1
16 John Williams 23 P 0.2 30 59 57 12 15 1 2 0 5 0 1 .263 .288 .351 .639 74 .293 71 20 1 1/7
17 Logan Hensley 28 P 0.1 24 50 50 8 11 2 0 1 3 0 0 .220 .220 .320 .540 46 .243 39 16 0 1
18 Luther McDonald 22 P 0.1 22 44 43 7 9 1 1 0 1 0 1 .209 .227 .279 .506 37 .232 32 12 0 1
19 Roosevelt Davis 23 P 0.5 24 36 34 4 10 1 0 2 4 0 2 .294 .333 .500 .833 125 .374 121 17 0 1
20 Richard Cannon 18 P -0.1 11 20 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .105 .150 .105 .255 -29 .130 -31 2 0 1
21 Turner 20 P 0.0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 174 .466 177 1 0 /1
22 Hastings P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 25.8 79 3024 2812 547 893 157 57 101 497 53 187 .318 .365 .522 .887 140 .399 136 1467 25
Non-Pitcher Totals 24.6 2736 2536 503 830 149 53 97 478 52 176 .327 .376 .543 .919 148 .412 145 1376 24
Pitcher Totals 1.1 287 275 43 62 7 4 4 19 1 11 .225 .258 .324 .581 58 .267 54 89 1
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 Pos Awards
1 Cool Papa Bell# 25 7 32 27 7 11 0 1 0 5 1 4 .407 .484 .481 .965 13 0 0 1
2 Branch Russell* 32 7 32 26 6 6 0 1 0 6 0 5 .231 .355 .308 .663 8 0 0 1
3 Willie Wells 23 7 31 26 7 8 1 1 3 9 0 4 .308 .419 .769 1.189 17 0 1 0
4 Wilson Redus 23 7 30 26 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 .154 .241 .231 .472 6 0 0 1
5 Mule Suttles 27 7 30 27 3 9 2 1 0 8 0 2 .333 .379 .481 .861 13 0 0 1
6 Dewey Creacy 28 7 29 27 2 8 1 0 1 4 0 1 .296 .321 .444 .766 11 0 0 1
7 John Henry Russell 30 7 22 21 5 6 1 0 0 2 1 1 .286 .318 .333 .652 7 0 0 0
8 Henry Williams 35 5 16 15 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 .200 .250 .200 .450 3 0 0 0
9 Clarence Palm 20 5 15 11 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .364 .533 .364 .897 4 0 2 0
10 Ted Trent 24 4 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 0 0 1 /1
11 Logan Hensley 28 2 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 1 /1
12 John Williams 23 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 /1
13 Candy Jim Taylor 44 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0
14 Luther McDonald 22 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 /1
15 Roosevelt Davis 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 9 264 229 39 61 7 4 4 39 2 25 .266 .346 .384 .731 84 0 3 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 Ted Trent 24 SP 5.5 19 3 .864 2.36 26 20 2 15 2 0 187.0 162 61 49 5 45 105 7 0 1 767 182 3.15 1.107 7.8 0.2 2.2 5.1 2.33
2 Logan Hensley 28 SP 1.9 11 4 .733 3.41 24 16 1 5 2 3 129.1 143 60 49 8 30 58 4 0 3 560 126 3.78 1.338 10.0 0.6 2.1 4.0 1.93
3 John Williams 23 SP -0.4 8 5 .615 5.14 22 15 0 6 1 2 119.0 137 78 68 5 33 60 5 0 7 531 83 3.58 1.429 10.4 0.4 2.5 4.5 1.82
4 Luther McDonald 22 SP 0.9 8 6 .571 3.57 21 12 3 8 0 0 106.0 119 56 42 4 23 27 3 0 1 461 120 3.80 1.340 10.1 0.3 2.0 2.3 1.17
5 Richard Cannon 18 SP -1.9 2 3 .400 8.25 11 7 2 0 0 55.2 72 60 51 4 46 20 7 0 5 286 52 6.16 2.120 11.6 0.6 7.4 3.2 0.43
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 Roosevelt Davis 23 RP 1.4 8 0 1.000 3.67 24 9 2 5 1 1 98.0 108 46 40 2 13 36 1 0 1 408 117 3.05 1.235 9.9 0.2 1.2 3.3 2.77
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 Turner 20 -0.5 1 0 1.000 11.57 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 14 11 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 39 39 8.09 2.429 18.0 2.6 3.9 0.0 0.00
8 Candy Jim Taylor 44 -0.2 0 0 11.57 2 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 43 4.37 2.571 19.3 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00
9 Hastings -0.3 0 1 .000 45.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 6 5 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 13 19.09 6.000 54.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 6.5 57 22 .722 4.03 79 79 9 41 6 6 705.1 766 381 316 31 194 306 28 0 18 3074 106 3.73 1.361 9.8 0.4 2.5 3.9 1.58
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 Ted Trent 24 2 1 .667 3.33 4 3 0 2 0 0 27.0 30 12 10 1 4 0 16 1 0 115 2.94 1.259 10.0 0.3 1.3 5.3 4.00
2 Logan Hensley 28 1 1 .500 4.00 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 19 9 8 1 7 0 7 2 0 80 4.53 1.444 9.5 0.5 3.5 3.5 1.00
3 John Williams 23 1 1 .500 3.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 12.0 12 6 4 0 4 0 3 1 0 51 3.84 1.333 9.0 0.0 3.0 2.3 0.75
4 Luther McDonald 22 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 7.42 2.000 18.0 3.0 0.0 0.0
5 Roosevelt Davis 23 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.09 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 4 3 .571 3.98 9 7 0 4 0 0 61.0 70 32 27 3 15 0 26 4 0 267 3.81 1.393 10.3 0.4 2.2 3.8 1.73
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