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

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 GIDP HBP SH IBB Pos Awards
1 Pepper Bassett# 34 C -0.2 18 56 55 3 12 0 0 1 6 0 1 .218 .232 .273 .505 47 .237 50 15 0 0 0 2
2 Piper Davis 27 1B 1.0 25 103 91 14 34 3 2 2 15 2 9 .374 .430 .516 .946 176 .436 170 47 0 3 0 3/48
3 Buck Felder 29 2B -0.4 11 42 37 6 4 0 0 1 3 0 3 .108 .175 .189 .364 7 .180 12 7 0 2 0 4/5
4 Artie Wilson* 24 SS 1.1 27 121 110 17 38 6 0 0 12 2 8 .345 .395 .400 .795 133 .376 133 44 1 2 0 6
5 John Britton* 26 3B 0.5 16 69 65 13 22 4 1 0 9 2 3 .338 .368 .431 .798 133 .372 129 28 0 1 0 5
6 Lester Lockett 33 LF 0.3 26 106 98 13 26 5 2 0 11 0 4 .265 .301 .357 .658 92 .309 91 35 1 3 0 7/58 AS
7 Johnny Ray* 33 CF -0.3 10 43 37 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 3 .135 .200 .162 .362 7 .184 12 6 0 3 0 8
8 Ed Steele* 29 RF 1.6 27 114 99 17 39 5 8 2 18 2 8 .394 .450 .667 1.116 224 .499 209 66 2 5 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 GIDP HBP SH IBB Pos Awards
9 Herman Bell 30 C 0.0 13 34 28 4 5 1 1 0 3 0 3 .179 .258 .286 .544 59 .261 60 8 0 3 0 /2
10 Earl Bumpus* 31 UT 0.2 13 31 30 2 11 1 2 0 7 1 1 .367 .387 .533 .920 168 .420 156 16 0 0 0 /713
11 Joe Spencer 25 2B 0.0 11 27 25 2 3 1 1 0 4 0 2 .120 .185 .240 .425 24 .202 29 6 0 0 0 4
12 Tommy Sampson 32 IF -0.1 6 24 23 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 .261 .292 .261 .553 62 .268 68 6 0 0 0 /54
13 Quincy Smith# 27 OF 0.0 5 21 21 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .238 .238 .381 .619 79 .279 74 8 0 0 0 /87
14 Freddie Shepard* 29 OF 0.1 6 20 18 4 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 .278 .278 .500 .778 125 .347 115 9 0 2 0 /8579
15 Alfred Saylor# 33 1B -0.3 8 14 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071 .071 .071 .143 -58 .068 -49 1 0 0 0 /13
16 Bill Perkins 39 C -0.2 3 11 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .182 .182 .182 .364 7 .172 12 2 0 0 0 /2
17 Jack Riley UT 0.0 5 11 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 .100 .182 .300 .482 39 .221 40 3 0 0 0 /47
18 Leandy Young 36 OF 0.2 5 10 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .375 .500 .375 .875 158 .433 164 3 0 0 0 /7
19 Roy Phelps OF -0.1 3 10 10 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 73 .263 65 4 0 0 0 /8
20 Jim Starks 39 1B 0.0 3 8 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .375 .750 120 .355 119 3 0 0 0 /3
21 Walter Treherne 32 1B 0.0 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 17 .189 21 1 0 0 0 /3
22 James Dailey 1B 0.1 2 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000 190 .456 177 3 0 0 0 /3
23 John Henry Oliver 38 OF -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -89 0 0 0 0 /8
24 Jack McLaurin 25 OF 0.1 1 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 263 .570 243 3 0 0 0 /8
25 Collins Jones# 22 UT 0.0 3 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .500 .667 1.167 239 .520 215 2 0 0 0 /48
26 Bob Harvey* 27 OF -0.1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -88 0 0 0 0 /8
27 Bill Bradford* 31 OF -0.1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -88 0 0 0 0 /7
28 Ted Radcliffe 42 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0 0
29 Curtis Palmer OF 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0 0 /7
30 Harper 2B 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0 0 /4
Rk Player Age Pos WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB GIDP HBP SH IBB Pos Awards
31 Jimmie Newberry 26 P -0.2 12 26 24 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .083 .120 .125 .245 -28 .121 -23 3 1 0 1 0 1
32 Johnny Markham 36 P -0.2 10 17 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 .118 .118 .235 -31 .111 -24 2 0 0 0 /14
33 John Huber* 37 P 0.1 9 15 15 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 .267 .267 .400 .667 93 .302 87 6 0 0 0 /12
34 Alvin Gipson 31 P 0.0 5 11 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .545 60 .258 62 3 0 0 0 /1
35 Alonzo Boone 37 P 0.2 5 10 8 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 .250 .333 .625 .958 176 .430 162 5 0 1 0 /1
36 Frank Thompson* 26 P -0.1 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -88 0 0 0 0 /1
37 Willie Young* 32 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 2.9 27 993 911 120 246 35 23 6 101 10 52 .270 .312 .379 .691 102 .322 100 345 1 4 26 0
Non-Pitcher Totals 3.1 905 827 113 233 33 21 6 98 9 50 .282 .326 .394 .720 110 .335 108 326 4 24 0
Pitcher Totals -0.2 87 83 7 13 2 2 0 3 1 2 .157 .176 .229 .405 18 .190 21 19 1 0 2 0

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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
1 Jimmie Newberry 26 SP 0.9 3 4 .429 3.72 11 7 1 5 1 0 65.1 63 34 27 1 19 2 33 0 0 0 283 111 2.76 1.255 8.7 0.1 2.6 4.5 1.74
Rk Player Age Pos WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
2 Johnny Markham 36 RP -0.3 2 2 .500 5.45 7 4 2 2 0 1 34.2 43 26 21 1 12 0 14 0 0 0 156 76 3.31 1.587 11.2 0.3 3.1 3.6 1.17
3 John Huber 37 RP -0.2 1 3 .250 4.50 6 3 3 1 0 0 24.0 26 18 12 1 4 0 8 0 0 0 107 92 3.08 1.250 9.8 0.4 1.5 3.0 2.00
4 Alonzo Boone 37 RP 0.6 2 1 .667 3.00 5 2 3 2 0 0 21.0 17 8 7 0 7 0 15 1 0 2 90 139 2.41 1.143 7.3 0.0 3.0 6.4 2.14
Rk Player Age Pos WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
5 Alvin Gipson 31 0.6 1 2 .333 3.41 5 4 1 1 1 0 29.0 25 13 11 0 9 0 12 1 0 0 123 121 2.91 1.172 7.8 0.0 2.8 3.7 1.33
6 Frank Thompson* 26 0.0 1 1 .500 4.91 3 3 0 2 0 0 18.1 18 12 10 0 4 0 12 2 0 0 79 85 2.37 1.200 8.8 0.0 2.0 5.9 3.00
7 Alfred Saylor 33 0.0 0 2 .000 2.08 4 2 2 0 0 0 17.1 18 12 4 0 5 0 6 1 0 0 75 201 3.05 1.327 9.3 0.0 2.6 3.1 1.20
8 Earl Bumpus* 31 0.2 0 0 2.70 2 1 1 1 0 0 10.0 12 5 3 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 45 157 3.10 1.600 10.8 0.0 3.6 3.6 1.00
9 Willie Young* 32 0.0 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 3 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 20 99 4.70 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
Team Totals 1.8 10 16 .385 3.90 27 27 13 14 2 1 223.2 224 131 97 3 68 2 106 5 0 2 978 106 2.91 1.306 9.0 0.1 2.7 4.3 1.56
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