Negro League player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black Baseball teams. 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 (NEW)

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Season Age Team Lg WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB GIDP HBP SH IBB Pos Awards
1937 22 BBB NAL 1.0 27 118 112 25 40 7 7 5 31 3 3 .357 .385 .679 1.063 189 .460 172 76 2 1 9/7
1938 23 2TM NAL 1.4 27 115 106 21 42 6 2 0 9 4 0 7 .396 .439 .491 .929 167 .431 159 52 1 1 9/8
1938 23 BBB NAL 1.3 24 102 94 20 39 6 2 0 9 4 7 .415 .461 .521 .982 182 .454 173 49 1 0 9/8
1938 23 MRS NAL 0.1 3 13 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 44 .236 42 3 0 1 /9
1939 24 2TM 2LG 0.8 28 114 111 24 42 6 3 1 16 3 3 .378 .395 .514 .908 146 .413 141 57 9/78
1939 24 CBR NAL 0.1 2 8 8 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 .375 .375 .500 .875 153 .419 146 4 /9
1939 24 HG NN2 0.8 26 106 103 23 39 5 3 1 14 2 3 .379 .396 .515 .911 145 .413 140 53 9/78
1940 25 HG NN2 0.6 53 241 217 42 64 7 4 2 21 9 22 .295 .360 .392 .752 96 .353 95 85 0 0 2 1 *9
1941 26 HG NN2 1.0 45 197 176 37 56 14 3 4 15 5 16 .318 .378 .500 .878 146 .400 142 88 0 1 4 0 9
1942 27 HG NN2 0.5 36 149 133 22 41 4 1 0 9 3 15 .308 .378 .353 .732 115 .356 116 47 1 9/4
1944 29 2TM NN2 -0.1 11 33 29 3 7 1 0 0 4 1 4 .241 .333 .276 .609 64 .306 69 8 0 0 0 0 /978
1944 29 HG NN2 -0.1 8 27 24 3 6 1 0 0 4 1 3 .250 .333 .292 .625 68 .311 72 7 0 0 0 0 /9
1944 29 NBY NN2 -0.1 3 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 45 .285 57 1 0 0 /78
7 Yrs 5.3 227 967 884 174 292 45 20 12 105 28 0 70 .330 .382 .467 .849 134 .391 129 413 0 4 9 1 9/874
162 Game Avg 3.7 162 690 631 124 208 32 14 9 75 20 50 .330 .382 .467 .849 134 .391 129 295
HG (5 Yrs) 2.8 168 720 653 127 206 31 11 7 63 20 59 .315 .373 .429 .802 119 .374 118 280 0 1 7 1 9/478
BBB (2 Yrs) 2.3 51 220 206 45 79 13 9 5 40 7 10 .383 .420 .607 1.027 186 .457 172 125 3 1 9/87
MRS (1 Yr) 0.1 3 13 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 44 .236 42 3 0 1 /9
NBY (1 Yr) -0.1 3 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 45 .285 57 1 0 0 /78
CBR (1 Yr) 0.1 2 8 8 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 .375 .375 .500 .875 153 .419 146 4 /9
NN2 (5 Yrs) 2.8 171 726 658 127 207 31 11 7 63 20 60 .315 .373 .427 .800 119 .373 117 281 0 1 7 1 9/784
NAL (3 Yrs) 2.5 56 241 226 47 85 14 9 5 42 8 0 10 .376 .410 .584 .994 178 .445 165 132 3 2 9/87
Standard Batting Table
Season Age Team Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH Pos Awards
1938 23 MRS NAL 2 7 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .200 .429 .200 .629 1 0 0 0
1939 24 HG NN2 7 27 27 4 10 1 1 0 1 1 0 .370 .370 .481 .852 13 0 0 0
1942 27 HG WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 10 35 33 7 11 1 1 0 1 3 2 .333 .371 .424 .796 14 0 0 0
162 Game Avg 162 567 535 113 178 16 16 0 16 49 32 .333 .371 .424 .796 227 0 0 0
HG (2 Yrs) 8 28 28 4 10 1 1 0 1 1 0 .357 .357 .464 .821 13 0 0 0
MRS (1 Yr) 2 7 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .200 .429 .200 .629 1 0 0 0
NN2 (1 Yr) 7 27 27 4 10 1 1 0 1 1 0 .370 .370 .481 .852 13 0 0 0
NAL (1 Yr) 2 7 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .200 .429 .200 .629 1 0 0 0
WS (1 Yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0

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Season Age Team Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Pos Awards
1937 22 BBB NAL 118 12 0 0 -3 -1 8 0.7 4 12 1.0 .526 .504 1.3 -0.3 15 9/7
1938 23 2TM NAL 115 9 0 0 4 -1 11 1.0 4 15 1.4 .537 .505 1.1 0.2 12 9/8
1938 23 BBB NAL 102 10 0 0 2 -1 11 1.0 3 14 1.3 .540 .506 1.1 0.1 12 9/8
1938 23 MRS NAL 13 -1 0 0 2 0 0 0.0 0 1 0.1 .511 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 /9
1939 24 2TM 2LG 114 7 0 0 0 -1 5 0.5 4 9 0.8 .517 .502 0.8 -0.1 9 9/78
1939 24 CBR NAL 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.1 .521 .500 0.1 0.0 1 /9
1939 24 HG NN2 106 6 0 0 0 -1 5 0.4 4 9 0.8 .516 .503 0.8 -0.1 9 9/78
1940 25 HG NN2 241 -2 0 0 3 -2 -1 0.0 8 7 0.6 .499 .500 0.3 0.1 4 *9
1941 26 HG NN2 197 11 0 0 -4 -2 5 0.4 7 11 1.0 .509 .503 1.3 -0.6 15 9
1942 27 HG NN2 149 3 0 0 0 -2 1 0.1 5 6 0.5 .504 .501 0.5 -0.2 6 9/4
1944 29 2TM NN2 33 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .481 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 /978
1944 29 HG NN2 27 -1 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .482 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 /9
1944 29 NBY NN2 6 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .478 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /78
7 Yrs 967 39 -1 0 -1 -10 28 2.5 31 59 5.3 .511 .502 5.2 -1.0 60 9/874
162 Game Avg 690 28 0 0 0 -7 20 1.8 22 42 3.7 .511 .502 3.7 -0.7 43
HG (5 Yrs) 720 17 0 0 -1 -7 9 0.8 23 32 2.8 .505 .501 2.8 -0.8 33 9/478
BBB (2 Yrs) 220 23 0 0 -1 -2 19 1.7 7 26 2.3 .532 .505 2.4 -0.3 27 9/87
MRS (1 Yr) 13 -1 0 0 2 0 0 0.0 0 1 0.1 .511 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 /9
NBY (1 Yr) 6 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .478 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /78
CBR (1 Yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.1 .521 .500 0.1 0.0 1 /9
NN2 (5 Yrs) 726 17 0 0 -1 -8 8 0.7 23 31 2.8 .504 .501 2.8 -0.9 33 9/784
NAL (3 Yrs) 241 22 0 0 1 -3 20 1.7 8 28 2.5 .531 .505 2.4 -0.1 27 9/87

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Batting Batting Ratios
Season Age Team Lg PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1937 22 BBB NAL 118 .460 172 .327 .321 4.2 2.5 50.0 9/7
1938 23 2TM NAL 115 .431 159 .396 .094 0.0 6.1 42.0 9/8
1938 23 BBB NAL 102 .454 173 .415 .106 0.0 6.9 42.6 9/8
1938 23 MRS NAL 13 .236 42 .250 .000 0.0 0.0 33.3 /9
1939 24 2TM 2LG 114 .413 141 .373 .135 0.9 2.6 52.3 9/78
1939 24 CBR NAL 8 .419 146 .375 .125 0.0 0.0 33.3 /9
1939 24 HG NN2 106 .413 140 .373 .136 0.9 2.8 53.7 9/78
1940 25 HG NN2 241 .353 95 .288 .097 0.8 9.1 47.6 *9
1941 26 HG NN2 197 .400 142 .302 .182 2.0 8.1 47.8 9
1942 27 HG NN2 149 .356 116 .308 .045 0.0 10.1 39.3 9/4
1944 29 2TM NN2 33 .306 69 .241 .034 0.0 12.1 27.3 /978
1944 29 HG NN2 27 .311 72 .250 .042 0.0 11.1 33.3 /9
1944 29 NBY NN2 6 .285 57 .200 .000 0.0 16.7 0.0 /78
7 Yrs 967 .391 129 .321 .137 1.2 7.2 45.8 9/874
MLB Average .331 100 .280 .112 1.3 8.7 34.1
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Batting Batting Ratios
Season Age Team Lg PA BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1938 23 MRS NAL 7 .200 .000 0.0 28.6 100.0
1939 24 HG NN2 27 .370 .111 0.0 0.0 40.0
1942 27 HG WS 1 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
3 Yrs 35 .333 .091 0.0 5.7 53.8
MLB Average .258 .109 1.7 7.2 34.8
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Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG Awards
1937 22 BBB NAL RF 26 26 214.2 42 34 4 4 0 .905 .946 1.59 1.61 1.46 1.00
1937 22 BBB NAL LF 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .938 4.00 1.60 4.00 1.00
1938 23 2TM NAL RF 26 26 205.0 48 42 2 4 1 .917 .932 1.93 1.36 1.69 0.71
1938 23 BBB NAL RF 23 23 182.1 38 35 1 2 0 .947 .932 1.78 1.36 1.57 0.71
1938 23 MRS NAL RF 3 3 22.2 10 7 1 2 1 .800 .932 3.18 1.35 2.67 0.70
1938 23 BBB NAL CF 2 1 11.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 .940 2.45 2.13 1.50 1.10
1939 24 2TM 2LG RF 25 0.00
1939 24 CBR NAL RF 2 0.00
1939 24 HG NN2 RF 23 0.00
1939 24 HG NN2 CF 1 0.00
1939 24 HG NN2 LF 1 0.00
1940 25 HG NN2 RF 53 53 444.0 83 75 2 6 0 .928 .963 1.56 1.52 1.45 1.28
1941 26 HG NN2 RF 45 44 364.2 59 51 2 6 1 .898 .941 1.31 1.57 1.18 1.27
1942 27 HG NN2 RF 34 0.00
1942 27 HG NN2 2B 1 0.00
1944 29 HG NN2 RF 6 6 52.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 .956 1.38 1.52 1.33 0.97
1944 29 NBY NN2 CF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .960 2.25 2.36 2.00 1.50
1944 29 NBY NN2 LF 1 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.35 0.00 1.00
1 Yr 1 0.00
RF (7 Yrs) RF 215 155 1280.1 240 210 10 20 2 .917 .948 1.55 1.52 1.02 0.81
CF (3 Yrs) CF 4 2 19.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 .947 2.37 2.23 1.25 0.93
LF (3 Yrs) LF 3 2 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .938 3.27 1.55 1.33 0.67
2B (1 Yr) 2B 1 0.00
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Standard Range Factor
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G Awards
1938 23 MRS NAL RF 2 2 45.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.80 2.00
1939 24 HG NN2 RF 7 0.0 0 0 0 0.00
2 Yrs 9 2 45.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.80 0.44

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was David Whatley born?

David Whatley was born on November 10, 1914.

Where was David Whatley born?

David Whatley was born in Griffin, GA.

How tall was David Whatley?

David Whatley was 5-10 (178 cm) tall.

How much did David Whatley weigh when playing?

David Whatley weighed 165 lbs (74 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did David Whatley play?

David Whatley played 7 seasons.

Is David Whatley in the Hall of Fame?

David Whatley has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did David Whatley play?

David Whatley was a Rightfielder.

How many hits did David Whatley have?

David Whatley had 292 hits over his career.

How many home runs did David Whatley have?

David Whatley had 12 home runs over his career.

What was David Whatley's average?

David Whatley had a .330 average over his career.

How many teams has David Whatley played for?

David Whatley played for 5 teams; the Birmingham Black Barons, Memphis Red Sox, Cleveland Bears, Homestead Grays and New York Black Yankees.

How many World Series has David Whatley won?

David Whatley never won a World Series.

When did David Whatley retire?

David Whatley last played in 1944.

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