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 SH Pos Awards
1 Herman Bell 25 C 0.0 13 45 32 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 .125 .333 .125 .458 38 .275 67 4 2 3 2
2 Lefty Turner 27 1B 0.0 14 48 46 2 7 1 2 0 5 0 1 .152 .170 .261 .431 30 .203 25 12 0 1 3
3 Rainey Bibbs# 29 2B 0.2 8 34 29 5 9 0 1 0 2 2 4 .310 .394 .379 .773 133 .389 131 11 0 1 /4
4 Curtis Henderson 28 SS 0.1 14 58 53 3 11 0 1 1 5 6 5 .208 .276 .302 .578 74 .297 75 16 0 0 /658 AS
5 Jimmy Shamberger 21 3B -0.2 8 31 30 3 5 1 1 0 2 1 1 .167 .194 .267 .460 39 .223 36 8 0 0 /56
6 Johnny Smith* 23 LF 0.0 16 62 58 8 13 0 1 0 4 1 4 .224 .274 .259 .533 61 .264 63 15 0 0 7/1
7 Sylvester Owens CF 0.1 6 22 18 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 .056 .190 .222 .413 24 .226 30 4 0 1 /8
8 Jimmy Wilson 20 RF -0.3 15 61 54 6 10 1 0 0 1 1 6 .185 .279 .204 .482 46 .253 56 11 1 0 /9458
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 Bad News Hall 25 UT 0.0 9 33 30 2 6 1 0 0 2 1 2 .200 .273 .233 .506 53 .261 60 7 1 0 /458
10 Bus Clarkson 25 SS 0.3 7 29 26 5 8 3 1 1 8 0 2 .308 .379 .615 .995 200 .460 176 16 1 0 /6 AS
11 Willie Spencer 26 UT 0.4 10 27 24 3 10 1 0 1 5 3 3 .417 .481 .583 1.065 221 .519 203 14 0 0 /2948
12 Jimmy Johnson 21 OF -0.1 9 26 25 3 5 2 0 0 2 2 1 .200 .231 .280 .511 54 .257 53 7 0 0 /918
13 Oscar Charleston* 43 UT 0.3 8 20 17 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 .353 .450 .412 .862 160 .429 157 7 0 0 /379
14 Rusty Payne 18 UT -0.1 6 19 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .063 .167 .063 .229 -31 .141 -16 1 1 1 /28
15 Bill Harvey* 32 1B 0.1 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 201 .545 196 1 0 0 /3
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
16 Johnny Wright 23 P -0.2 8 23 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .050 .095 .050 .145 -56 .083 -58 1 0 2 /18
17 Connie Johnson 17 P -0.1 5 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -112 0 0 1 /1 AS
18 Spoon Carter* 37 P -0.1 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -91 0 0 0 /1
19 Douglas Rhone 22 P 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 276 .553 229 4 0 0
20 Lefty Wilson 23 P 0.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0 /1
21 Clarence White 39 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -85 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 0.1 16 563 502 50 99 11 7 5 43 22 45 .197 .271 .277 .548 65 .277 66 139 6 10
Non-Pitcher Totals 0.6 517 460 48 97 11 7 4 39 22 44 .211 .288 .291 .580 75 .293 76 134 6 7
Pitcher Totals -0.5 46 42 2 2 0 0 1 4 0 1 .048 .070 .119 .189 -43 .092 -49 5 0 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 Johnny Wright 23 SP 1.6 1 6 .143 2.56 7 7 0 6 0 0 52.2 41 17 15 0 10 29 3 0 1 206 162 2.64 0.968 7.0 0.0 1.7 5.0 2.90
2 Connie Johnson 17 SP -0.4 1 2 .333 6.23 4 4 0 2 0 0 26.0 26 21 18 3 12 15 1 0 1 116 67 4.85 1.462 9.0 1.0 4.2 5.2 1.25 AS
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 Spoon Carter 37 RP 0.8 1 0 1.000 0.71 2 1 0 1 0 0 12.2 10 1 1 0 3 11 0 0 0 50 598 1.98 1.026 7.1 0.0 2.1 7.8 3.67
4 Jimmy Johnson* 21 RP -0.1 0 1 .000 5.40 2 1 1 1 0 0 10.0 9 7 6 0 6 8 0 0 0 50 79 3.20 1.500 8.1 0.0 5.4 7.2 1.33
5 Clarence White* 39 RP 0.2 0 0 3.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 4 2 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 23 146 2.17 0.833 6.0 0.0 1.5 6.0 4.00
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
6 Douglas Rhone 22 -0.1 0 1 .000 3.38 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 10 6 3 0 1 4 1 0 0 37 128 2.75 1.375 11.3 0.0 1.1 4.5 4.00
7 Johnny Smith* 23 0.4 1 0 1.000 1.29 1 1 0 1 0 0 7.0 3 1 1 0 4 7 0 0 0 28 338 2.72 1.000 3.9 0.0 5.1 9.0 1.75
8 Lefty Wilson* 23 -0.2 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.0 7 7 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 30 73 4.67 1.333 10.5 1.5 1.5 4.5 3.00
Team Totals 2.2 4 11 .267 3.51 16 16 2 13 0 0 128.1 110 62 50 4 38 81 5 0 2 540 121 3.15 1.153 7.7 0.3 2.7 5.7 2.13
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