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. More about data coverage
Team Batting
Rk |
Pos |
Name |
Age |
G |
PA |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
SB |
CS |
BB |
SO |
BA |
OBP |
SLG |
OPS |
OPS+ |
TB |
GDP |
HBP |
SH |
SF |
IBB |
1 | C | Pythias Russ | 22 | 49 | 196 | 178 | 33 | 49 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 4 | | 15 | | .275 | .342 | .455 | .797 | 104 | 81 | | 3 | | | |
2 | 1B | Jim Brown# | 34 | 75 | 299 | 262 | 44 | 81 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 7 | | 32 | | .309 | .395 | .458 | .853 | 119 | 120 | | 5 | | | |
3 | 2B | Charley Williams? | 29 | 74 | 284 | 268 | 32 | 66 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 1 | | 14 | | .246 | .289 | .313 | .602 | 55 | 84 | | 2 | | | |
4 | SS | Sanford Jackson | 26 | 81 | 309 | 293 | 41 | 58 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 10 | | 15 | | .198 | .239 | .266 | .506 | 30 | 78 | | 1 | | | |
5 | 3B | Dave Malarcher# | 31 | 80 | 329 | 284 | 55 | 75 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | | 40 | | .264 | .365 | .310 | .675 | 76 | 88 | | 5 | | | |
6 | LF | Sandy Thompson* | 31 | 79 | 306 | 276 | 38 | 88 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 9 | | 26 | | .319 | .386 | .384 | .770 | 99 | 106 | | 4 | | | |
7 | CF | George Sweatt | 32 | 73 | 270 | 240 | 35 | 65 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 5 | | 26 | | .271 | .352 | .342 | .694 | 80 | 82 | | 4 | | | |
8 | RF | Jelly Gardner* | 30 | 68 | 284 | 247 | 57 | 82 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 6 | | 37 | | .332 | .419 | .413 | .832 | 115 | 102 | | 0 | | | |
Rk |
Pos |
Name |
Age |
G |
PA |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
SB |
CS |
BB |
SO |
BA |
OBP |
SLG |
OPS |
OPS+ |
TB |
GDP |
HBP |
SH |
SF |
IBB |
9 | OF | John Hines | 25 | 51 | 178 | 162 | 27 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 3 | | 15 | | .302 | .365 | .407 | .773 | 99 | 66 | | 1 | | | |
10 | 1B | Willie Ware | 26 | 33 | 107 | 104 | 12 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | | 3 | | .250 | .271 | .279 | .550 | 42 | 29 | | 0 | | | |
11 | 3B | John Shackelford* | 20 | 12 | 33 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 1 | | .219 | .242 | .281 | .524 | 35 | 9 | | 0 | | | |
12 | OF | Steel Arm Tyler? | 20 | 12 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 1 | | .077 | .111 | .077 | .188 | -51 | 2 | | 0 | | | |
13 | OF | Sam Crawford | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 418 | 1 | | 0 | | | |
Rk |
Pos |
Name |
Age |
G |
PA |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
SB |
CS |
BB |
SO |
BA |
OBP |
SLG |
OPS |
OPS+ |
TB |
GDP |
HBP |
SH |
SF |
IBB |
14 | P | Rube Curry | 27 | 26 | 65 | 62 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | | 3 | | .290 | .323 | .323 | .646 | 67 | 20 | | 0 | | | |
15 | P | Bill Foster# | 22 | 27 | 64 | 60 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | | 4 | | .250 | .297 | .333 | .630 | 62 | 20 | | 0 | | | |
16 | P | George Harney | 36 | 31 | 62 | 58 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | | 4 | | .310 | .355 | .466 | .820 | 110 | 27 | | 0 | | | |
17 | P | Webster McDonald* | 26 | 21 | 43 | 41 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | | 2 | | .171 | .209 | .268 | .478 | 22 | 11 | | 0 | | | |
18 | P | Robert Poindexter | 28 | 12 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | | 1 | | .190 | .227 | .190 | .418 | 9 | 4 | | 0 | | | |
19 | P | Willie Powell* | 22 | 10 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | 0 | | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | -53 | 2 | | 0 | | | |
| | Team Totals | 28.9 | 84 | 2901 | 2637 | 401 | 713 | 98 | 35 | 17 | 338 | 55 | | 239 | | .270 | .337 | .353 | .690 | 78 | 932 | | 25 | | | |
| | Rank in 8 NNL teams | | | | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | | 5 | | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | | 5 | | 5 | | | |
| | Non-Pitcher Totals | 29.2 | 84 | 2596 | 2347 | 376 | 647 | 93 | 32 | 14 | 302 | 55 | | 224 | | .276 | .345 | .360 | .706 | 82 | 846 | | 25 | | | |
| | Pitcher Totals | 26.8 | 84 | 305 | 290 | 25 | 66 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 0 | | 15 | | .228 | .266 | .297 | .562 | 45 | 86 | | 0 | | | |
Rk |
Pos |
Name |
Age |
G |
PA |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
SB |
CS |
BB |
SO |
BA |
OBP |
SLG |
OPS |
OPS+ |
TB |
GDP |
HBP |
SH |
SF |
IBB |
Team Pitching
Rk |
Pos |
Name |
Age |
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/W |
1 | SP | Bill Foster* | 22 | 13 | 4 | .765 | 1.80 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 174.2 | 115 | 42 | 35 | 4 | 56 | | 111 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 671 | 252 | 3.14 | 0.979 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 1.98 |
2 | SP | Rube Curry | 27 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.96 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 137.0 | 143 | 55 | 45 | 4 | 30 | | 53 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 572 | 154 | 3.40 | 1.263 | 9.4 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 1.77 |
3 | SP | Webster McDonald | 26 | 10 | 3 | .769 | 3.56 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 116.1 | 108 | 60 | 46 | 8 | 23 | | 77 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 484 | 128 | 3.40 | 1.126 | 8.4 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 3.35 |
4 | SP | Robert Poindexter | 28 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.26 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 58.0 | 50 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 24 | | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 238 | 140 | 4.56 | 1.276 | 7.8 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 0.92 |
5 | SP | Willie Powell | 22 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.75 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 63 | 33 | 29 | 1 | 25 | | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 246 | 96 | 3.23 | 1.600 | 10.3 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 6.5 | 1.60 |
Rk |
Pos |
Name |
Age |
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/W |
6 | CL | George Harney | 36 | 11 | 6 | .647 | 2.41 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 149.2 | 137 | 55 | 40 | 5 | 34 | | 72 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 616 | 189 | 3.30 | 1.143 | 8.2 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 2.12 |
7 | RP | Steel Arm Tyler | 20 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.27 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.1 | 42 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 8 | | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 360 | 2.92 | 1.415 | 10.7 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 1.75 |
| | Team Totals | 26.9 | 54 | 24 | .692 | 2.75 | 84 | 81 | 33 | 47 | 9 | 8 | 726.0 | 658 | 278 | 222 | 26 | 200 | | 389 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 2980 | 166 | 3.37 | 1.182 | 8.2 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 1.95 |
| | Rank in 8 NNL teams | | 3 | 7 | | 1 | | | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rk |
Pos |
Name |
Age |
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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/W |
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