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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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 Johnny Hayes* 38 C 0.1 14 46 42 2 11 1 0 0 3 0 4 .262 .326 .286 .612 78 .302 80 12 0 0 2
2 George Crowe* 27 1B 0.7 17 67 60 8 20 4 2 2 11 0 7 .333 .403 .567 .970 179 .448 174 34 0 0 3 AS
3 Joe Spencer 28 2B -0.9 20 65 58 5 8 0 0 0 2 0 6 .138 .219 .138 .357 4 .189 7 8 0 1 4/5
4 Walter Hardy 22 SS -0.5 21 82 76 7 14 0 1 1 3 0 6 .184 .244 .250 .494 43 .242 43 19 0 0 6/5
5 Marvin Barker 36 3B 0.2 23 86 81 9 24 4 1 1 9 0 3 .296 .321 .407 .729 110 .343 107 33 0 2 5/41 AS
6 Bud Barbee 34 LF -0.2 23 89 80 11 19 4 1 0 8 0 9 .238 .315 .313 .627 81 .306 83 25 0 0 73/2
7 Art Hefner* 34 CF -0.2 23 95 88 8 20 0 0 0 6 5 7 .227 .284 .227 .511 49 .263 51 20 0 0 8/597
8 Johnny Smith* 31 RF -0.3 22 86 81 8 26 1 1 0 7 0 5 .321 .360 .358 .718 108 .346 108 29 0 0 9/178
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 Rufus Baker 29 UT -0.2 20 61 56 3 12 2 0 0 5 0 2 .214 .254 .250 .504 46 .246 43 14 1 2 2/67
10 Ben Littles* OF -0.3 17 55 54 4 12 2 0 0 3 0 1 .222 .236 .259 .496 43 .237 39 14 0 0 9/7
11 Honey Lott 23 UT -0.3 17 51 49 3 8 0 0 1 4 0 1 .163 .180 .224 .404 17 .193 10 11 0 1 /4857
12 Fred Bankhead 35 IF -0.1 8 22 20 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 .200 .273 .200 .473 38 .241 42 4 0 0 /45
13 T.J. Brown 32 SS -0.1 2 8 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .250 .286 .536 55 .268 59 2 1 0 /6
14 Chris Vierira* 23 OF -0.2 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -111 0 0 0 /817
15 Claude Poole OF -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -113 0 0 0 /7
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 Bob Griffith 35 P 0.2 15 24 22 4 6 0 0 1 2 0 2 .273 .333 .409 .742 114 .354 114 9 0 0 /1978 AS
17 Charley Davidson 31 P -0.2 8 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .111 .000 .111 -67 .083 -59 0 0 0 /1
18 Neck Stanley* 43 P -0.1 8 14 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308 -11 .147 -26 2 0 1 /1
19 Frank Pearson 28 P -0.1 6 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 -62 .093 -71 0 0 1 /1
20 Albert Stephens 18 P -0.1 7 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -50 .124 -55 0 0 1 /1
21 Alex Newkirk* 31 P 0.0 6 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 16 .191 10 1 0 0 /17
22 Bill Dumpson 18 P 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -113 0 0 0 /1
23 Sonny Boy Jeffries 33 P 0.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 .744 350 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals -2.3 25 904 833 75 188 19 6 6 65 5 60 .226 .279 .285 .564 63 .275 62 237 2 9
Non-Pitcher Totals -2.2 824 763 69 179 19 6 5 63 5 53 .235 .286 .295 .581 68 .283 68 225 2 6
Pitcher Totals -0.1 80 70 6 9 0 0 1 2 0 7 .129 .208 .171 .379 10 .196 8 12 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 WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
1 Charley Davidson 31 SP 0.3 2 3 .400 4.36 8 6 1 2 0 0 43.1 53 27 21 3 16 10 2 0 196 79 4.44 1.592 11.0 0.6 3.3 2.1 0.63
2 Neck Stanley* 43 SP -0.4 1 3 .250 5.54 8 5 3 2 0 1 39.0 47 31 24 0 12 23 3 0 180 62 2.73 1.513 10.8 0.0 2.8 5.3 1.92
Rk Player Age Pos WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
3 Bob Griffith 35 RP 0.6 3 1 .750 4.33 9 4 4 2 1 0 35.1 43 19 17 3 15 18 0 0 160 79 4.12 1.642 11.0 0.8 3.8 4.6 1.20 AS
4 Frank Pearson 28 RP -0.1 0 3 .000 5.14 6 2 1 0 0 0 28.0 34 20 16 0 5 17 0 0 122 67 2.08 1.393 10.9 0.0 1.6 5.5 3.40
5 Albert Stephens 18 RP -0.6 0 4 .000 6.86 6 3 2 0 0 0 19.2 18 20 15 1 12 15 2 0 92 51 4.03 1.525 8.2 0.5 5.5 6.9 1.25
6 Johnny Smith* 31 RP -0.3 0 2 .000 7.47 4 1 2 0 0 0 15.2 21 14 13 3 6 4 3 0 73 47 6.46 1.723 12.1 1.7 3.4 2.3 0.67
Rk Player Age Pos WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
7 Marvin Barker 36 -0.4 0 1 .000 5.68 4 1 3 1 0 0 12.2 17 13 8 0 6 1 0 0 61 62 4.02 1.816 12.1 0.0 4.3 0.7 0.17 AS
8 Bill Dumpson 18 -0.2 0 1 .000 7.50 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.0 7 6 5 0 3 6 0 0 28 49 2.26 1.667 10.5 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
9 Sonny Boy Jeffries 33 0.1 0 0 3.38 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 4 3 2 1 3 1 0 0 24 109 6.51 1.313 6.8 1.7 5.1 1.7 0.33
10 Alex Newkirk 31 0.1 0 0 3.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 130 2.09 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
11 Chris Vierira* 23 -0.2 0 1 .000 20.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 5 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 13 22 7.26 5.250 33.8 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
Team Totals -0.9 6 19 .240 5.37 25 25 17 8 1 1 209.1 252 158 125 11 80 96 10 0 961 65 3.81 1.586 10.8 0.5 3.4 4.1 1.20
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