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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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 SF Pos Awards
1 Leon Ruffin 31 C -0.1 31 117 107 16 23 7 1 0 20 4 8 .215 .282 .299 .581 56 .287 58 32 2 0 0 2/9
2 Lennie Pearson 25 1B 1.0 33 142 123 27 34 8 4 4 21 5 18 .276 .369 .504 .873 134 .403 126 62 0 1 0 3/9 AS
3 Larry Doby* 19 2B 1.4 28 127 103 18 31 8 3 4 22 5 20 .301 .419 .553 .973 161 .449 153 57 1 3 0 4/6
4 Earl Richardson 18 SS -0.1 11 50 44 3 10 0 0 0 3 0 5 .227 .306 .227 .533 45 .277 53 10 0 1 0 6
5 Murray Watkins* 27 3B -0.6 33 154 139 22 32 1 0 0 9 6 11 .230 .287 .237 .524 42 .267 46 33 0 4 0 5/6
6 Bob Harvey* 25 LF -0.1 17 69 65 11 21 0 2 1 10 0 4 .323 .362 .431 .793 113 .374 110 28 0 0 0 7/9
7 Johnny Davis 26 CF 0.7 35 151 132 28 43 9 1 4 22 3 14 .326 .390 .500 .890 139 .412 134 66 0 5 0 8/7193
8 Ed Stone* 33 RF 0.1 12 49 40 7 11 1 1 0 4 4 8 .275 .408 .350 .758 105 .388 114 14 1 0 0 9/37
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 SF Pos Awards
9 Leon Day 26 UT -0.7 27 109 98 11 23 3 1 0 6 2 8 .235 .292 .286 .578 56 .283 58 28 0 3 0 41/87 AS
10 Cotton Williams 26 UT -0.5 19 67 64 8 15 2 1 0 6 0 2 .234 .258 .297 .554 49 .264 46 19 0 1 0 /61479
11 Wilmore Williams 25 UT -0.1 17 61 56 8 14 1 1 0 7 0 5 .250 .311 .304 .615 66 .302 69 17 0 0 0 9/287
12 James Brown* 24 OF 0.2 11 41 40 4 14 3 1 0 6 0 1 .350 .366 .475 .841 125 .391 120 19 0 0 0 /9718
13 Al Davis IF -0.5 11 39 30 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 .133 .278 .133 .411 12 .237 26 4 0 3 0 /56
14 Larry St. Thomas 24 UT 0.1 7 24 20 5 4 1 1 0 3 1 4 .200 .333 .350 .683 84 .337 87 7 0 0 0 /29
15 Mule Suttles 42 UT 0.1 8 15 13 3 4 2 0 1 5 0 2 .308 .400 .692 1.092 191 .479 170 9 0 0 0 /317
16 Joe Spencer 23 2B 0.1 3 12 11 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 .364 .417 .364 .780 111 .387 117 4 0 0 0 /4
17 John Fitzgerald 19 OF -0.1 4 11 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .273 .300 .573 54 .279 56 3 0 0 0 /7
18 Ed Butler SS 0.0 2 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -30 .195 8 0 0 0 0 /6
19 Jim Smith C 0.0 1 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .500 .667 1.167 212 .525 197 2 0 0 0 /2
20 Monte Irvin 24 OF 0.0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 .241 34 1 0 0 0 /8
21 Keeling SS 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /6
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 SF Pos Awards
22 Leniel Hooker 24 P -0.1 15 35 30 5 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 .167 .242 .200 .442 20 .228 22 6 0 2 0 1
23 Jimmy Hill* 25 P -0.1 13 26 23 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 .130 .231 .174 .405 10 .215 19 4 0 0 0 1
24 Fred Hobgood* 21 P 0.1 8 16 16 1 5 0 1 0 5 0 0 .313 .313 .438 .750 101 .344 93 7 0 0 0 /1
25 Jim Elam 23 P 0.2 9 13 12 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 .417 .462 .500 .962 159 .458 159 6 0 0 0 /13
26 Max Manning 24 P 0.0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 80 .322 80 1 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 0.9 35 1344 1190 191 310 51 18 14 158 30 127 .261 .334 .369 .703 89 .339 89 439 4 23 0
Non-Pitcher Totals 0.8 1251 1106 179 291 48 17 14 149 30 120 .263 .337 .375 .713 92 .343 92 415 4 21 0
Pitcher Totals 0.1 93 84 12 19 3 1 0 9 0 7 .226 .286 .286 .571 54 .281 55 24 0 2 0
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