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 Raymond Taylor 29 C -0.4 23 60 53 2 8 1 0 0 5 0 5 .151 .224 .170 .394 19 .207 26 9 0 2 2
2 Ed Mayweather* 30 1B 1.6 29 114 87 21 32 6 1 1 19 1 24 .368 .513 .494 1.008 204 .490 195 43 2 1 3 AS
3 Marshall Riddle* 22 2B 0.7 20 80 70 7 23 3 3 1 10 2 7 .329 .390 .500 .890 168 .421 156 35 0 3 4 AS
4 John Lyles# 28 SS 0.5 28 117 102 21 28 3 1 0 13 6 10 .275 .345 .324 .669 102 .340 103 33 1 4 6/8597
5 Bobby Robinson 36 3B 0.3 18 63 47 9 12 3 0 0 10 0 11 .255 .417 .319 .736 122 .382 132 15 2 3 5/7
6 Bradford Bennett 23 LF -0.2 28 101 89 10 19 3 1 0 12 1 10 .213 .300 .270 .570 72 .288 76 24 1 1 7/9
7 Leslie Green* 26 CF 1.0 30 136 108 27 27 4 1 1 9 13 25 .250 .400 .333 .733 121 .386 127 36 2 1 8/79 AS
8 Buddy Armour* 25 RF 1.3 29 119 110 21 36 8 2 0 18 5 7 .327 .373 .436 .809 144 .393 135 48 1 1 69/8
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 Jimmy Ford 27 IF 0.4 31 118 112 16 33 5 2 0 13 2 5 .295 .325 .375 .700 111 .336 105 42 0 1 5/496
10 Bob Smith 33 UT -0.1 15 50 47 4 9 1 0 0 5 0 3 .191 .240 .213 .453 37 .229 42 10 0 0 2
11 Jack Bruton 28 UT -0.1 9 20 20 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 .150 .150 .200 .350 6 .166 5 4 0 0 /3917
12 Walter Burch 32 C -0.1 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0 /2
13 George Mitchell 40 UT -0.1 7 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -14 .139 -11 1 0 0 /137
14 Chesley Gray 26 C 0.0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -24 .191 20 0 0 0 /2
15 Sylvester Owens OF 0.1 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 302 .649 287 2 0 0 /8
16 Charley Hayes SS 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -85 0 0 0 /6
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
17 Eugene Smith# 24 P 0.1 22 59 52 5 9 1 0 0 2 0 7 .173 .271 .192 .463 40 .246 51 10 0 0 1/8
18 Lefty Calhoun* 28 P -0.4 16 24 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0 1/9 AS
19 Frank McAllister 22 P 0.0 12 23 21 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .143 .182 .143 .325 -2 .168 1 3 0 1 1/9
20 Fay Washington 25 P 0.2 4 7 6 1 3 0 1 0 3 1 1 .500 .571 .833 1.405 323 .653 279 5 0 0 /1
21 Charles Dunklin 25 P 0.0 7 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 .162 3 1 0 0 /1
22 Robert Dean 24 P 0.1 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .750 .500 1.250 277 .626 273 1 0 0 /1
23 Leroy Sutton 24 P 0.0 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 1 .255 55 0 0 0 /1
24 Charles Oakley 24 P 0.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -277 0 0 1 /1
25 Lefty Boone 20 P 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -85 0 0 0 /1
26 Samuel Burris 20 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Jimmie Armstead* 20 P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 4.9 31 1129 981 147 250 39 12 3 127 31 120 .255 .341 .328 .670 102 .336 103 322 9 19
Non-Pitcher Totals 4.9 1000 866 138 233 38 11 3 121 30 108 .269 .356 .349 .705 113 .352 112 302 9 17
Pitcher Totals 0.1 129 115 9 17 1 1 0 6 1 12 .148 .228 .174 .402 21 .213 29 20 0 2

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 Eugene Smith 24 SP 1.1 5 4 .556 3.26 15 11 1 7 1 0 88.1 74 44 32 2 44 60 10 2 3 396 127 3.77 1.336 7.5 0.2 4.5 6.1 1.36
2 Frank McAllister 22 SP -0.8 2 2 .500 6.21 11 7 1 3 0 1 42.0 45 36 29 2 22 28 3 0 1 194 67 4.08 1.595 9.6 0.4 4.7 6.0 1.27
3 Charles Dunklin 25 SP -0.2 1 2 .333 6.04 7 4 1 0 0 0 22.1 29 16 15 0 12 9 3 0 0 107 69 4.21 1.836 11.7 0.0 4.8 3.6 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
4 Lefty Calhoun* 28 CL 0.9 6 3 .667 2.89 15 4 10 2 1 2 53.0 45 24 17 1 11 31 3 0 0 222 144 2.87 1.057 7.6 0.2 1.9 5.3 2.82 AS
5 Fay Washington 25 RP -0.2 0 0 5.40 4 1 2 0 0 0 13.1 15 11 8 1 11 5 0 1 0 64 79 5.70 1.950 10.1 0.7 7.4 3.4 0.45
6 Leroy Sutton 24 RP 0.3 0 1 .000 2.13 4 2 1 0 0 0 12.2 13 5 3 1 5 11 0 0 0 59 199 3.48 1.421 9.2 0.7 3.6 7.8 2.20
7 Robert Dean 24 RP 0.2 0 1 .000 2.70 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 24 162 4.35 0.600 2.7 0.0 2.7 0.0 0.00
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
8 Charles Oakley 24 -0.3 1 0 1.000 13.50 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 6 6 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 19 34 2.70 2.100 16.2 0.0 2.7 5.4 2.00
9 Lefty Boone* 20 -0.4 0 1 .000 15.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 7 5 0 6 2 0 0 0 22 31 7.67 4.000 18.0 0.0 18.0 6.0 0.33
10 George Mitchell 40 0.1 0 0 3.86 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 124 1.29 0.857 7.7 0.0 0.0 7.7
11 Samuel Burris 20 0.0 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 109 3.50 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
12 Jimmie Armstead* 20 -0.2 0 1 .000 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 3 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 7 31 3.00 3.000 9.0 0.0 18.0 27.0 1.50
13 Jack Bruton 28 -0.3 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 4 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 12 12.00 9.000 54.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 0.2 15 15 .500 4.45 31 31 19 12 2 3 250.2 244 161 124 7 119 154 20 3 4 1141 95 3.80 1.448 8.8 0.3 4.3 5.5 1.29
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