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)
Standard Batting Table 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 | Tommie Dukes* | 29 | C | -0.2 | 30 | 103 | 95 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 5 | .253 | .290 | .337 | .627 | 59 | .292 | 55 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
2 | Buck Leonard* | 28 | 1B | 1.6 | 35 | 156 | 124 | 35 | 43 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 2 | 29 | .347 | .471 | .581 | 1.051 | 167 | .471 | 167 | 72 | 0 | 3 | *3 | |
3 | Matt Carlisle | 26 | 2B | -0.1 | 38 | 164 | 147 | 26 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 11 | .286 | .340 | .347 | .687 | 76 | .324 | 77 | 51 | 1 | 5 | 46 | |
4 | Jelly Jackson | 26 | SS | -0.5 | 30 | 96 | 86 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .186 | .239 | .198 | .437 | 13 | .216 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
5 | Henry Spearman | 26 | 3B | 0.8 | 30 | 129 | 120 | 16 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 8 | .333 | .380 | .533 | .913 | 131 | .409 | 127 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
6 | Vic Harris* | 31 | LF | 0.8 | 30 | 139 | 121 | 32 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 12 | .355 | .414 | .463 | .876 | 123 | .407 | 127 | 56 | 0 | 6 | 7/54 | |
7 | Jerry Benjamin# | 26 | CF | 1.8 | 39 | 181 | 150 | 43 | 54 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 10 | 21 | .360 | .442 | .593 | 1.035 | 162 | .467 | 162 | 89 | 1 | 9 | *8/9 | |
8 | Rap Dixon | 33 | RF | 0.4 | 28 | 119 | 101 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 16 | .257 | .364 | .515 | .879 | 122 | .394 | 117 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 9/783 | |
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 | Ray Brown# | 28 | OF | 0.5 | 27 | 92 | 79 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 9 | .291 | .364 | .367 | .731 | 87 | .345 | 90 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1/978 | |
10 | Tarcat Terry | | IF | 0.0 | 20 | 70 | 64 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | .266 | .319 | .391 | .709 | 80 | .327 | 78 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 4/356 | |
11 | Pepper Bassett# | 25 | C | 0.5 | 17 | 62 | 57 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 4 | .351 | .393 | .509 | .902 | 129 | .407 | 128 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
12 | Curtis Henderson | 24 | SS | -0.1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .294 | .250 | .544 | 40 | .267 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 2 | /6 | |
13 | Joe Strong* | 33 | OF | -0.1 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .188 | .235 | .313 | .548 | 39 | .252 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | /917 | |
14 | Walter Burch | 28 | 3B | 0.1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .375 | .444 | .375 | .819 | 111 | .400 | 121 | 3 | 0 | 0 | /5 | |
15 | Fox Blevins | 26 | IF | 0.0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .429 | .200 | .629 | 65 | .354 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 0 | /56 | |
16 | Jimmy Binder | 33 | 3B | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | .189 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | /5 | |
17 | Joe Greene | 24 | C | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 412 | .943 | 440 | 1 | 0 | 0 | /2 | |
18 | Dotson | | C | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 648 | 1.285 | 640 | 2 | 0 | 0 | /2 | |
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 |
19 | Tom Parker | 24 | P | 0.2 | 20 | 48 | 45 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .289 | .289 | .444 | .733 | 85 | .324 | 75 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1/796 | |
20 | Willie Gisentaner* | 36 | P | 0.4 | 19 | 38 | 35 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .314 | .351 | .543 | .894 | 125 | .394 | 119 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1/97 | |
21 | Roy Welmaker# | 22 | P | 0.1 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .318 | .300 | .618 | 58 | .300 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
22 | Louis Dula | 24 | P | 0.1 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .294 | .333 | .471 | .804 | 103 | .361 | 98 | 8 | 0 | 1 | /1789 | |
23 | Edsall Walker# | 25 | P | 0.2 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .357 | .357 | .714 | 1.071 | 167 | .455 | 162 | 10 | 0 | 2 | /1 | |
24 | Arnold Waites | 21 | P | 0.0 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 28 | .236 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | /1 | |
| Team Totals | | | 6.7 | 39 | 1525 | 1335 | 247 | 403 | 68 | 23 | 27 | 213 | 22 | 135 | .302 | .368 | .448 | .816 | 107 | .375 | 107 | 598 | 5 | 50 | | |
| Non-Pitcher Totals | | | 5.2 | | 1280 | 1117 | 211 | 339 | 60 | 18 | 23 | 189 | 21 | 121 | .303 | .374 | .451 | .825 | 110 | .380 | 110 | 504 | 5 | 37 | | |
| Pitcher Totals | | | 1.5 | | 245 | 218 | 36 | 64 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 14 | .294 | .336 | .431 | .767 | 94 | .349 | 91 | 94 | 0 | 13 | | |
Standard Pitching Table Rk | Player | Age | Pos | WAR | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | HBP | WP | BF | ERA+ | FIP | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | SO/BB | Awards |
1 | Ray Brown | 28 | SP | 1.7 | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.74 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 86.2 | 77 | 46 | 36 | 4 | 26 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 359 | 130 | 3.95 | 1.188 | 8.0 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 1.50 | |
2 | Tom Parker | 24 | SP | 0.2 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.37 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 56 | 44 | 37 | 2 | 37 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 279 | 90 | 4.75 | 1.500 | 8.1 | 0.3 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 0.81 | |
3 | Roy Welmaker* | 22 | SP | 0.4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.50 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 54.0 | 62 | 36 | 27 | 2 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 252 | 108 | 4.44 | 1.611 | 10.3 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 0.92 | |
4 | Edsall Walker* | 25 | SP | -0.1 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.85 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29.2 | 34 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 138 | 101 | 5.61 | 1.685 | 10.3 | 1.2 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 1.19 | |
Rk | Player | Age | Pos | WAR | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | HBP | WP | BF | ERA+ | FIP | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | SO/BB | Awards |
5 | Willie Gisentaner* | 36 | CL | -0.5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.95 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 45.1 | 59 | 41 | 35 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 219 | 70 | 4.46 | 1.765 | 11.7 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 0.71 | |
6 | Arnold Waites | 21 | RP | -0.2 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.92 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26.0 | 34 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 122 | 71 | 5.16 | 1.654 | 11.8 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 1.33 | |
7 | Louis Dula | 24 | RP | 0.4 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.89 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 170 | 4.01 | 1.446 | 10.1 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 0.67 | |
8 | Joe Strong | 33 | RP | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.09 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 122 | 3.59 | 1.727 | 13.1 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | |
| Team Totals | | | 2.1 | 21 | 17 | .553 | 4.91 | 39 | 39 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 333.1 | 359 | 228 | 182 | 16 | 143 | 145 | 14 | 2 | 1500 | 99 | 4.48 | 1.506 | 9.7 | 0.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1.01 | |
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