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 | Bill Perkins | 33 | 20 | 79 | 76 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | | 3 | | .250 | .278 | .395 | .673 | 81 | 30 | | | | | |
2 | 1B | Curtis Harris | 34 | 46 | 174 | 173 | 23 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | | 1 | | .289 | .293 | .306 | .599 | 62 | 53 | | | | | |
3 | 2B | Pat Patterson# | 27 | 45 | 191 | 184 | 43 | 64 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 2 | | 7 | | .348 | .372 | .505 | .877 | 136 | 93 | | | | | |
4 | SS | Chester Williams | 33 | 48 | 211 | 201 | 37 | 68 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 1 | | 10 | | .338 | .370 | .413 | .783 | 112 | 83 | | | | | |
5 | 3B | Jud Wilson* | 43 | 42 | 136 | 113 | 18 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 0 | | 23 | | .292 | .412 | .398 | .810 | 120 | 45 | | | | | |
6 | LF | Roy Parnell | 35 | 38 | 146 | 134 | 27 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 2 | | 12 | | .313 | .370 | .425 | .795 | 115 | 57 | | | | | |
7 | CF | Gene Benson* | 25 | 50 | 194 | 180 | 29 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 1 | | 14 | | .283 | .335 | .450 | .785 | 111 | 81 | | | | | |
8 | RF | Clyde Spearman* | 26 | 28 | 110 | 95 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | | 15 | | .211 | .318 | .263 | .581 | 59 | 25 | | | | | |
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 | Jake Dunn | 29 | 48 | 179 | 172 | 24 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 0 | | 7 | | .256 | .285 | .343 | .628 | 69 | 59 | | | | | |
10 | 1B | Jim West# | 34 | 20 | 82 | 74 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | | 8 | | .365 | .427 | .527 | .954 | 157 | 39 | | | | | |
11 | C | Leon Ruffin | 27 | 14 | 45 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | | 3 | | .119 | .178 | .190 | .368 | 0 | 8 | | | | | |
12 | C | Clarence Palm | 31 | 13 | 42 | 40 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | | 2 | | .225 | .262 | .225 | .487 | 33 | 9 | | | | | |
13 | C | Bill Cooper* | 24 | 10 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | | 3 | | .435 | .500 | .783 | 1.283 | 243 | 18 | | | | | |
14 | 2B | Leroy Morney# | 30 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 21 | 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 |
15 | P | Henry McHenry | 29 | 25 | 53 | 53 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | | 0 | | .189 | .189 | .208 | .396 | 7 | 11 | | | | | |
16 | P | Jim Missouri* | 22 | 16 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | 1 | | .200 | .226 | .200 | .426 | 16 | 6 | | | | | |
17 | P | Rocky Ellis? | 28 | 18 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | | .125 | .192 | .125 | .317 | -13 | 3 | | | | | |
18 | P | Roy Welmaker# | 25 | 13 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | | .083 | .120 | .083 | .203 | -44 | 2 | | | | | |
19 | P | Samuel Thompson | 31 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | | .318 | .318 | .318 | .636 | 73 | 7 | | | | | |
20 | P | Webster McDonald* | 39 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | | 0 | | .182 | .182 | .318 | .500 | 33 | 7 | | | | | |
21 | P | Henry Miller | 21 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 1 | | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | -4 | 1 | | | | | |
22 | P | Spoon Carter* | 36 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | -42 | 0 | | | | | |
23 | P | Purnell Mincy* | 23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | | | | | |
| | Team Totals | 31.0 | 54 | 1819 | 1705 | 283 | 477 | 50 | 14 | 28 | 237 | 8 | | 114 | | .280 | .325 | .375 | .700 | 89 | 639 | | | | | |
| | Rank in 7 NN2 teams | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 4 | | 3 | | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | | 1 | | | | | |
| | Non-Pitcher Totals | 31.3 | 54 | 1624 | 1516 | 264 | 444 | 49 | 14 | 27 | 228 | 7 | | 108 | | .293 | .340 | .397 | .737 | 99 | 602 | | | | | |
| | Pitcher Totals | 28.3 | 54 | 195 | 189 | 19 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | | 6 | | .175 | .200 | .196 | .396 | 8 | 37 | | | | | |
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 | Jim Missouri* | 22 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.66 | 16 | 11 | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 84.1 | 87 | 65 | 53 | | 40 | | 43 | 1 | | 0 | | 84 | | 1.506 | 9.3 | | 4.3 | 4.6 | 1.08 |
2 | SP | Roy Welmaker* | 25 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.19 | 9 | 7 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52.1 | 62 | 43 | 36 | | 17 | | 36 | 0 | | 0 | | 77 | | 1.510 | 10.7 | | 2.9 | 6.2 | 2.12 |
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 |
3 | RP | Henry McHenry | 29 | 11 | 4 | .733 | 4.06 | 20 | 9 | | 8 | 0 | 1 | 106.1 | 107 | 54 | 48 | | 32 | | 40 | 2 | | 0 | | 116 | | 1.307 | 9.1 | | 2.7 | 3.4 | 1.25 |
4 | RP | Samuel Thompson | 31 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.16 | 13 | 6 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.2 | 66 | 43 | 34 | | 14 | | 26 | 1 | | 0 | | 77 | | 1.611 | 12.0 | | 2.5 | 4.7 | 1.86 |
5 | RP | Webster McDonald | 39 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.72 | 12 | 5 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45.2 | 50 | 31 | 29 | | 13 | | 15 | 1 | | 0 | | 83 | | 1.380 | 9.9 | | 2.6 | 3.0 | 1.15 |
6 | RP | Rocky Ellis | 28 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.52 | 11 | 3 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.1 | 45 | 35 | 27 | | 11 | | 15 | 0 | | 0 | | 63 | | 1.732 | 12.5 | | 3.1 | 4.2 | 1.36 |
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 |
7 | | Henry Miller | 21 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.97 | 9 | 4 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.2 | 37 | 25 | 21 | | 10 | | 15 | 0 | | 0 | | 80 | | 1.484 | 10.5 | | 2.8 | 4.3 | 1.50 |
8 | | Spoon Carter | 36 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.19 | 3 | 3 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 21 | 14 | 11 | | 9 | | 9 | 1 | | 0 | | 78 | | 1.875 | 11.8 | | 5.1 | 5.1 | 1.00 |
9 | | Purnell Mincy* | 23 | 0 | 0 | | 2.25 | 4 | 2 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | | 5 | | 6 | 0 | | 0 | | 218 | | 1.375 | 6.8 | | 5.6 | 6.8 | 1.20 |
| | Team Totals | 27.9 | 25 | 24 | .510 | 5.51 | 54 | 50 | | 18 | 2 | 2 | 426.1 | 481 | 313 | 261 | | 151 | | 205 | 6 | | 0 | | 86 | | 1.482 | 10.2 | | 3.2 | 4.3 | 1.36 |
| | Rank in 7 NN2 teams | | 3 | 1 | | 5 | | | | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | | 7 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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HBP |
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BF |
ERA+ |
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WHIP |
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HR9 |
BB9 |
SO9 |
SO/W |
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