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 | Ted Radcliffe | 40 | 29 | 105 | 102 | 7 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | | 2 | | .275 | .288 | .294 | .583 | 80 | 30 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2 | 1B | Ed Young | 30 | 28 | 111 | 104 | 15 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | | 5 | | .298 | .336 | .423 | .759 | 134 | 44 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
3 | 2B | Art Pennington# | 20 | 31 | 127 | 118 | 18 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 1 | | 9 | | .237 | .291 | .373 | .664 | 105 | 44 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | SS | Ralph Wyatt | 25 | 27 | 122 | 110 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | | 11 | | .200 | .273 | .264 | .536 | 66 | 29 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
5 | 3B | Alex Radcliff | 37 | 30 | 126 | 122 | 13 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 | | 4 | | .369 | .389 | .467 | .856 | 164 | 57 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | LF | John Bissant | 29 | 28 | 113 | 103 | 18 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | | 9 | | .282 | .339 | .388 | .728 | 125 | 40 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
7 | CF | Lloyd Davenport* | 31 | 34 | 155 | 147 | 23 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 3 | | 8 | | .313 | .348 | .401 | .750 | 132 | 59 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | RF | Johnny Smith* | 26 | 23 | 99 | 94 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | | 4 | | .202 | .235 | .245 | .479 | 48 | 23 | | 0 | 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 |
9 | UT | Bill Charter? | | 21 | 87 | 85 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | | 2 | | .247 | .264 | .353 | .617 | 90 | 30 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | UT | Willie Cornelius | 36 | 16 | 48 | 42 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | | 4 | | .190 | .261 | .310 | .570 | 76 | 13 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
11 | 2B | Henry Smith | | 9 | 34 | 33 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 0 | | .212 | .212 | .212 | .424 | 31 | 7 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
12 | OF | Willie Ferrell? | 29 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 1 | | .200 | .231 | .280 | .511 | 58 | 7 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | UT | Charlie Shields* | 20 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | | .250 | .280 | .333 | .613 | 89 | 8 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | MI | Herbert Buster? | 28 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | | 0 | | .667 | .667 | 1.222 | 1.889 | 479 | 11 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15 | 3B | Charlie Harris? | | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 55 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | 2B | Gray? | | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 210 | 2 | | 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 |
17 | P | Gentry Jessup | 28 | 16 | 44 | 44 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | | 0 | | .295 | .295 | .386 | .682 | 110 | 17 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
18 | P | Leroy Sutton | 22 | 9 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | | .250 | .280 | .292 | .572 | 77 | 7 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
19 | P | Ollie West* | 29 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | | 0 | | .500 | .500 | .750 | 1.250 | 284 | 9 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20 | P | Eddie Locke* | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
21 | P | Francis Jackson? | 39 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 519 | 2 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| | Team Totals | 29.5 | 71 | 1281 | 1210 | 157 | 331 | 41 | 16 | 12 | 126 | 18 | | 61 | | .274 | .309 | .364 | .673 | 108 | 440 | | 1 | 9 | 0 | |
| | Rank in 6 NAL teams | | | | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | 5 | | 6 | | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | | 6 | | | |
| | Non-Pitcher Totals | 29.5 | 71 | 1147 | 1084 | 144 | 296 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 111 | 18 | | 56 | | .273 | .309 | .362 | .671 | 107 | 392 | | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| | Pitcher Totals | 29.8 | 71 | 134 | 126 | 13 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | | 5 | | .278 | .305 | .381 | .686 | 112 | 48 | | 0 | 3 | 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 | Gentry Jessup | 28 | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.34 | 14 | 10 | | 8 | 0 | 1 | 94.1 | 94 | 43 | 35 | 1 | 27 | | 47 | 2 | | 1 | 401 | 114 | 2.72 | 1.283 | 9.0 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 1.74 |
2 | SP | Willie Cornelius | 36 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.92 | 10 | 10 | | 6 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 65 | 35 | 27 | 1 | 22 | | 11 | 3 | | 0 | 273 | 98 | 3.72 | 1.403 | 9.4 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.50 |
3 | SP | Leroy Sutton | 22 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.79 | 9 | 5 | | 4 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 54 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 12 | | 13 | 2 | | 1 | 238 | 137 | 3.15 | 1.138 | 8.4 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.08 |
4 | SP | Ollie West | 29 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.60 | 5 | 5 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31.1 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 12 | | 18 | 2 | | 3 | 139 | 84 | 3.26 | 1.372 | 8.9 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 1.50 |
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 | | Charlie Shields* | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.04 | 3 | 2 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.2 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 10 | | 12 | 0 | | 0 | 111 | 127 | 2.91 | 1.521 | 9.9 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 1.20 |
6 | | Willie Ferrell* | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 29 | | 2.77 | 0.444 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 |
7 | | Ted Radcliffe | 40 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.04 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | | 5 | 0 | | 0 | 36 | 383 | 2.54 | 1.269 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 1.67 |
8 | | Francis Jackson? | 39 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 20 | | 3.45 | 1.000 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 0.50 |
9 | | Eddie Locke | 20 | 0 | 0 | | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | | 3 | 0 | | 0 | 10 | 51 | 1.15 | 2.000 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 13.5 | 3.00 |
10 | | Henry Smith | | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | Team Totals | 28.5 | 19 | 15 | .559 | 3.28 | 71 | 34 | | 23 | 2 | 1 | 294.0 | 287 | 141 | 107 | 4 | 90 | | 111 | 9 | | 5 | 1257 | 118 | 3.09 | 1.282 | 8.8 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.23 |
| | Rank in 6 NAL teams | | 4 | 4 | | 1 | | | | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rk |
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Name |
Age |
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W-L% |
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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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