Negro League team records include only league games. 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)

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 SH Pos Awards
1 John Huber* 34 C -0.4 20 61 60 8 11 2 0 0 4 1 1 .183 .197 .217 .413 27 .197 33 13 0 2/3197
2 Art Pennington# 19 1B 0.3 26 102 86 8 20 1 1 1 10 0 15 .233 .347 .302 .649 100 .323 107 26 1 /3784 AS,AS
3 Walter Cannady 40 2B 0.0 13 50 46 4 11 1 0 0 6 0 3 .239 .286 .261 .547 69 .268 74 12 1 4/3
4 Ralph Wyatt 24 SS 0.4 24 97 90 11 24 1 2 0 4 1 6 .267 .313 .322 .635 95 .303 96 29 1 6 AS
5 Alex Radcliff 36 3B -0.3 28 116 111 10 20 4 2 1 11 0 5 .180 .216 .279 .495 52 .234 55 31 0 *5
6 John Bissant 28 LF -0.3 13 44 43 6 8 0 0 0 3 1 1 .186 .205 .186 .391 21 .190 29 8 0 7
7 Cool Papa Bell# 39 CF 0.7 26 112 98 14 29 4 2 0 7 0 12 .296 .373 .378 .750 131 .361 130 37 2 8/3 AS,AS
8 Jimmie Crutchfield* 32 RF 0.1 25 94 83 5 19 1 1 0 8 0 11 .229 .319 .265 .584 81 .292 89 22 0 9/8
Rk Player Age Pos WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB SH Pos Awards
9 Jabbo Andrews* 34 -0.1 11 44 43 2 10 4 0 0 4 0 1 .233 .250 .326 .576 76 .270 76 14 0 /789
10 Clyde Spearman* 29 -0.3 12 41 35 5 5 0 0 0 2 1 4 .143 .231 .143 .374 16 .199 30 5 2 /97
11 Lester Lockett 30 MI 0.0 10 41 37 3 7 1 0 0 4 1 4 .189 .268 .216 .485 50 .245 61 8 0 /46
12 Henry Smith MI -0.1 9 39 36 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 .194 .237 .194 .431 33 .215 42 7 1 /46
13 Ernie Smith* 34 C 0.0 7 23 22 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .227 .261 .227 .488 51 .239 58 5 0 /2
14 George Britt 46 UT -0.1 9 22 21 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .238 .273 .238 .511 58 .250 64 5 0 /231
15 Ed Young 29 UT 0.1 6 20 20 2 7 1 0 0 4 1 0 .350 .350 .400 .750 130 .358 125 8 0 /23
16 Army Rhodes 24 1B -0.2 5 19 18 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 .167 .167 .222 .389 19 .181 19 4 1 /3
17 Ziggy Marcell 25 C 0.0 3 11 11 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .545 68 .260 70 3 0 /2
18 John Britton* 23 3B 0.0 2 9 9 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .222 .222 .222 .444 37 .225 42 2 0 /5
19 Jimmy Ford 29 2B -0.1 2 9 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222 -32 .106 -21 1 0 /4
20 Burrows 0.0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 54 .238 57 1 0 /9
21 Bob Smith 35 C 0.0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 54 .238 57 1 0 /2
22 Taylor C 0.0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 105 .318 103 1 0 /2
23 Subby Byas# 32 C 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 .744 346 0 0 /2
24 Cleo Benson 28 C 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -77 0 0 /2
25 Percy Howard C 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
26 Willie Ferrell 28 P 0.1 12 27 26 1 7 0 0 0 5 0 1 .269 .296 .269 .566 75 .275 78 7 0 /1937
27 Ollie West* 28 P 0.2 7 20 17 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 .235 .350 .235 .585 82 .302 94 4 0 /1
28 Charlie Shields* 19 P 0.1 6 17 16 3 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 .188 .188 .438 .625 90 .282 77 7 1 /17
29 Leroy Sutton 21 P 0.0 5 12 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 3 .159 11 2 0 /1
30 Samuel Thompson 34 P -0.1 4 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .100 .100 .100 .200 -38 .107 -26 1 0 /1
31 Willie Cornelius 35 P 0.1 7 8 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .375 .375 .375 .750 131 .357 127 3 0 /1
32 Gentry Jessup 27 P -0.1 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -82 0 0 /1
33 Tommy Johnson 27 P 0.0 3 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 128 .339 116 2 0 /1
34 Willie Burns* 26 P -0.1 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -82 0 0 /1
35 Dave Hoskins* 24 P 0.0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 208 .476 200 1 0 /1
36 Ulysses Evans 25 P 0.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 208 .476 200 1 0 /1
37 Francis Jackson 38 P 0.0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -84 0 0 /1
38 Willie Hudson* 24 P 0.1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 .744 592 0 1 /1
39 Henry Merchant* 24 P 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
40 Earl Little P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
41 P. Burgess P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 0.0 30 1081 997 98 223 22 10 2 83 9 73 .224 .277 .272 .548 69 .267 74 271 11
Non-Pitcher Totals -0.4 967 890 90 200 21 8 2 74 7 68 .225 .280 .273 .553 70 .270 75 243 9
Pitcher Totals 0.4 114 107 8 23 1 2 0 9 2 5 .215 .250 .262 .512 57 .248 64 28 2

Standard Pitching

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Rk Player Age Pos WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO HBP WP ERA+ WHIP H9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
1 Ollie West 28 SP -0.7 0 4 .000 5.98 7 4 2 0 0 43.2 52 36 29 10 14 2 0 65 1.420 10.7 2.1 2.9 1.40
2 Willie Ferrell* 28 SP -0.1 0 5 .000 4.01 6 5 2 0 0 33.2 42 23 15 11 14 0 0 98 1.574 11.2 2.9 3.7 1.27
3 Leroy Sutton 21 SP 0.4 1 3 .250 3.66 5 4 2 0 0 32.0 34 17 13 6 10 0 1 107 1.250 9.6 1.7 2.8 1.67
4 Charlie Shields* 19 SP -0.3 1 2 .333 5.10 5 4 3 0 0 30.0 39 23 17 15 21 2 2 77 1.800 11.7 4.5 6.3 1.40
5 Samuel Thompson 34 SP -0.1 0 4 .000 4.01 4 3 1 0 0 24.2 29 17 11 6 8 1 0 98 1.419 10.6 2.2 2.9 1.33
6 Willie Cornelius 35 SP -0.1 2 3 .400 4.70 6 5 1 0 0 23.0 31 16 12 6 9 0 0 84 1.609 12.1 2.3 3.5 1.50
Rk Player Age Pos WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO HBP WP ERA+ WHIP H9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
7 Gentry Jessup 27 RP 0.1 0 2 .000 4.15 5 1 0 0 0 13.0 16 7 6 4 5 0 0 96 1.538 11.1 2.8 3.5 1.25
8 Willie Burns* 26 RP -0.2 0 1 .000 6.97 3 1 0 0 0 10.1 13 9 8 7 1 0 1 58 1.935 11.3 6.1 0.9 0.14
9 George Britt 46 RP -0.2 0 0 5.19 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 16 8 5 4 5 0 0 78 2.308 16.6 4.2 5.2 1.25
10 Ulysses Evans 25 RP 0.3 0 0 1.50 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 2 1 1 5 4 0 0 275 1.167 3.0 7.5 6.0 0.80
Rk Player Age Pos WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO HBP WP ERA+ WHIP H9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
11 John Huber 34 0.1 1 0 1.000 3.72 2 1 0 0 0 9.2 7 5 4 8 5 0 0 108 1.552 6.5 7.4 4.7 0.63
12 Dave Hoskins 24 -0.2 0 1 .000 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 8 6 4 3 6 0 0 58 2.200 14.4 5.4 10.8 2.00
13 Francis Jackson 38 -0.1 0 0 8.31 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 4 4 4 1 2 0 0 51 1.154 8.3 2.1 4.2 2.00
14 Tommy Johnson 27 0.0 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 0 1 4.0 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 63 1.000 6.8 2.3 2.3 1.00
15 Henry Merchant* 24 0.0 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 66 1.500 10.1 3.4 3.4 1.00
16 P. Burgess 0.0 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 60 3.000 18.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
17 Willie Hudson* 24 -0.3 0 0 40.50 1 1 0 0 0 0.2 4 5 3 2 1 0 0 15 9.000 54.0 27.0 13.5 0.50
18 Earl Little -0.2 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 10 12.000 81.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals -1.7 5 25 .167 5.02 30 30 11 0 1 252.2 308 186 141 92 107 5 4 79 1.583 11.0 3.3 3.8 1.16
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