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 | Tommie Dukes* | 25 | 41 | 156 | 145 | 21 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | | 10 | | .310 | .355 | .366 | .720 | 126 | 53 | | 0 | 1 | | |
2 | 1B | Jim West# | 27 | 32 | 116 | 105 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | | 11 | | .248 | .319 | .343 | .662 | 107 | 36 | | 0 | 0 | | |
3 | 2B | Jerry Benjamin# | 22 | 41 | 152 | 143 | 25 | 41 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 11 | | 5 | | .287 | .311 | .371 | .681 | 113 | 53 | | 0 | 4 | | |
4 | SS | Clarence Lewis | | 42 | 142 | 137 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | | 2 | | .153 | .165 | .168 | .333 | 5 | 23 | | 0 | 3 | | |
5 | 3B | Otis Henry | 29 | 40 | 158 | 150 | 20 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 5 | | 4 | | .247 | .266 | .347 | .613 | 91 | 52 | | 0 | 4 | | |
6 | LF | Homer Curry* | 27 | 42 | 159 | 146 | 23 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 13 | | 11 | | .301 | .350 | .411 | .761 | 138 | 60 | | 0 | 2 | | |
7 | CF | Rookie Jones? | | 42 | 156 | 145 | 17 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | | 8 | | .179 | .222 | .193 | .415 | 31 | 28 | | 0 | 3 | | |
8 | RF | Alex Herman? | 33 | 22 | 69 | 66 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | | 2 | | .258 | .279 | .348 | .628 | 96 | 23 | | 0 | 1 | | |
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 | IF | Cross? | | 15 | 53 | 46 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | | 5 | | .174 | .255 | .283 | .538 | 68 | 13 | | 0 | 2 | | |
10 | 1B | Lefty Johnson? | | 15 | 46 | 42 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | | .190 | .261 | .190 | .451 | 42 | 8 | | 0 | 0 | | |
11 | C | Raymond Taylor | 21 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | | .111 | .333 | .111 | .444 | 42 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | | |
12 | | Andrews? | | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | | .286 | .286 | .571 | .857 | 165 | 4 | | 0 | 0 | | |
13 | IF | Guy Ousley? | 21 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 163 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | | |
14 | 2B | Gardner? | | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | | 0 | 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 |
15 | P | Emery Adams | 20 | 20 | 50 | 49 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | | 0 | | .388 | .388 | .449 | .837 | 162 | 22 | | 0 | 1 | | |
16 | P | Harry Cunningham? | | 17 | 47 | 45 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | | .111 | .130 | .156 | .286 | -11 | 7 | | 0 | 1 | | |
17 | P | Harvey Peterson? | | 9 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | | .156 | .156 | .219 | .375 | 17 | 7 | | 0 | 0 | | |
18 | P | Bill Harvey* | 24 | 12 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | | 2 | | .381 | .435 | .667 | 1.101 | 242 | 14 | | 0 | 0 | | |
19 | P | Spoon Carter* | 29 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | | .182 | .182 | .273 | .455 | 41 | 3 | | 0 | 0 | | |
20 | P | Lefty Calhoun* | 20 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | |
21 | P | Murray Gillispie? | 24 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 151 | 2 | | 0 | 0 | | |
| | Team Totals | 26.1 | 50 | 1406 | 1315 | 177 | 318 | 35 | 24 | 3 | 105 | 47 | | 69 | | .242 | .280 | .312 | .591 | 85 | 410 | | 0 | 22 | | |
| | Rank in 12 NSL teams | | | | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | | 1 | | 4 | | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | | 4 | | 5 | | | |
| | Non-Pitcher Totals | 26.5 | 50 | 1270 | 1184 | 156 | 282 | 32 | 21 | 2 | 97 | 45 | | 66 | | .238 | .278 | .306 | .584 | 83 | 362 | | 0 | 20 | | |
| | Pitcher Totals | 22.3 | 50 | 136 | 131 | 21 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | | 3 | | .275 | .291 | .366 | .657 | 105 | 48 | | 0 | 2 | | |
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 | Harry Cunningham? | | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.96 | 16 | 13 | | 9 | 2 | 0 | 109.0 | 137 | 63 | 48 | | 25 | | 45 | 2 | | 0 | | 88 | | 1.486 | 11.3 | | 2.1 | 3.7 | 1.80 |
2 | SP | Homer Curry | 27 | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.69 | 12 | 10 | | 6 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 94 | 48 | 34 | | 15 | | 25 | 0 | | 0 | | 95 | | 1.313 | 10.2 | | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1.67 |
3 | SP | Emery Adams | 20 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.19 | 11 | 10 | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 68.2 | 71 | 39 | 32 | | 22 | | 28 | 3 | | 0 | | 83 | | 1.354 | 9.3 | | 2.9 | 3.7 | 1.27 |
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 |
4 | RP | Bill Harvey* | 24 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6.61 | 8 | 4 | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31.1 | 26 | 26 | 23 | | 13 | | 24 | 1 | | 0 | | 53 | | 1.245 | 7.5 | | 3.7 | 6.9 | 1.85 |
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 |
5 | | Spoon Carter | 29 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.44 | 3 | 2 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 20 | 5 | 4 | | 4 | | 9 | 3 | | 0 | | 246 | | 0.960 | 7.2 | | 1.4 | 3.2 | 2.25 |
6 | | Murray Gillispie* | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.70 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | | 2 | | 4 | 0 | | 0 | | 134 | | 0.900 | 6.3 | | 1.8 | 3.6 | 2.00 |
7 | | Lefty Calhoun* | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.86 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | | 3 | | 4 | 0 | | 0 | | 96 | | 1.143 | 6.4 | | 3.9 | 5.1 | 1.33 |
8 | | Lefty Johnson* | | 0 | 0 | | 1.50 | 2 | 2 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | | 4 | | 2 | 0 | | 0 | | 249 | | 1.833 | 10.5 | | 6.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 |
9 | | Harvey Peterson? | | 0 | 0 | | 6.35 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | | 2 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 59 | | 1.941 | 14.3 | | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| | Team Totals | 24.3 | 23 | 19 | .548 | 3.96 | 50 | 43 | | 25 | 2 | 1 | 345.2 | 376 | 195 | 152 | | 90 | | 141 | 9 | | 0 | | 89 | | 1.348 | 9.8 | | 2.3 | 3.7 | 1.57 |
| | Rank in 12 NSL teams | | 4 | 1 | | 7 | | | | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | | 7 | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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HR9 |
BB9 |
SO9 |
SO/W |
Top 12 Players