Negro League player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against top-level independent Black clubs. 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

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Standard Batting

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Regular Season
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Standard Batting Table
Season Age Team Lg WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1942 18 NE NN2 0.6 23 88 79 18 25 4 2 1 8 3 7 .316 .372 .456 .828 136 .391 131 36 0 2 48/5
1943 19 NE NN2 1.6 28 127 103 18 31 8 3 4 22 5 20 .301 .419 .553 .973 159 .450 151 57 1 3 4/6
1944 20 NE NN2 -0.1 1 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 45 .285 57 1 0 0 /8
1945 Did not play - military service
1946 22 NE NN2 3.3 59 265 234 59 85 12 10 7 52 6 29 .363 .436 .590 1.025 185 .471 176 138 1 1 *4 AS,AS
1947 23 2TM 2LG 2.0 59 165 146 28 45 11 5 8 43 3 0 18 11 .308 .384 .616 1.001 172 .448 166 90 2 0 1 0 4H/36
1947 23 CLE AL -0.3 29 33 32 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .156 .182 .188 .369 4 .169 -13 6 2 0 0 0 H/436
1947 23 NE NN2 2.3 30 132 114 25 40 10 5 8 41 3 17 .351 .435 .737 1.172 215 .518 204 84 0 1 4
1948 24 CLE AL 4.6 121 500 439 83 132 23 9 14 66 9 9 54 77 .301 .384 .490 .873 135 .394 133 215 8 5 2 4 *89/H MVP-29
1949 25 CLE AL 3.8 147 650 547 106 153 25 3 24 85 10 9 91 90 .280 .389 .468 .857 128 .397 128 256 14 7 5 7 *89 AS
1950 26 CLE AL 6.7 142 609 503 110 164 25 5 25 102 8 6 98 71 .326 .442 .545 .986 156 .446 159 274 9 6 2 3 *8/H AS,MVP-8
1951 27 CLE AL 6.4 134 551 447 84 132 27 5 20 69 4 1 101 81 .295 .428 .512 .941 160 .431 162 229 10 3 0 5 *8/H AS
1952 28 CLE AL 7.0 140 611 519 104 143 26 8 32 104 5 2 90 111 .276 .383 .541 .924 163 .414 163 281 6 0 2 10 *8/H AS,MVP-12
1953 29 CLE AL 4.2 149 617 513 92 135 18 5 29 102 3 2 96 121 .263 .385 .487 .873 137 .404 137 250 7 6 2 6 *8/H AS
1954 30 CLE AL 5.7 153 675 577 94 157 18 4 32 126 3 1 85 94 .272 .364 .484 .847 129 .396 130 279 7 3 1 9 6 *8 AS,MVP-2
1955 31 CLE AL 3.6 131 560 491 91 143 17 5 26 75 2 0 61 100 .291 .369 .505 .874 130 .396 124 248 6 2 2 4 8 *8/H AS
1956 32 CHW AL 4.8 140 619 504 89 135 22 3 24 102 0 1 102 105 .268 .392 .466 .858 126 .405 131 235 7 4 4 5 6 *8/H
1957 33 CHW AL 2.2 119 477 416 57 120 27 2 14 79 2 3 56 79 .288 .373 .464 .837 127 .390 133 193 13 2 0 3 3 *8H
1958 34 CLE AL 1.5 89 276 247 41 70 10 1 13 45 0 2 26 49 .283 .348 .490 .838 130 .380 133 121 7 0 0 3 2 8H/79
1959 35 2TM AL -1.0 39 124 113 6 26 4 2 0 13 1 0 10 22 .230 .290 .301 .591 62 .299 65 34 1 0 0 1 0 97H/38
1959 35 DET AL -0.6 18 64 55 5 12 3 1 0 4 0 0 8 9 .218 .313 .309 .622 68 .291 57 17 0 0 0 1 0 7/9H
1959 35 CHW AL -0.3 21 60 58 1 14 1 1 0 9 1 0 2 13 .241 .267 .293 .560 55 .307 72 17 1 0 0 0 0 9/H378
WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
17 Yrs 56.8 1674 6920 5883 1080 1697 277 72 273 1093 64 36 945 1011 .288 .389 .499 .888 140 .408 141 2937 97 40 27 25 60 *849H76/35
162 Game Avg 5.5 162 670 569 105 164 27 7 26 106 6 91 .288 .389 .499 .888 140 .408 141 284 4 3
CLE (10 Yrs) 43.1 1235 5082 4315 808 1234 190 45 215 776 44 32 703 805 .286 .389 .500 .889 140 .407 141 2159 76 32 16 16 51 *89H/7436
NE (5 Yrs) 7.6 141 618 535 120 182 34 20 20 123 17 74 .340 .422 .591 1.013 178 .464 169 316 2 7 48/65
CHW (3 Yrs) 6.7 280 1156 978 147 269 50 6 38 190 3 4 160 197 .275 .378 .455 .833 122 .394 129 445 21 6 4 8 9 8H9/37
DET (1 Yr) -0.6 18 64 55 5 12 3 1 0 4 0 0 8 9 .218 .313 .309 .622 68 .291 57 17 0 0 0 1 0 7/9H
AL (13 Yrs) 49.2 1533 6302 5348 960 1515 243 52 253 970 47 36 871 1011 .283 .386 .490 .876 136 .403 138 2621 97 38 20 25 60 *89H7/436
NN2 (5 Yrs) 7.6 141 618 535 120 182 34 20 20 123 17 74 .340 .422 .591 1.013 178 .464 169 316 2 7 48/65
Standard Batting Table
Season Age Team Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1946 22 NE WS 7 31 22 7 5 1 1 1 5 3 9 .227 .452 .500 .952 10 0 0 0
1948 24 CLE WS 6 24 22 1 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 .318 .375 .500 .875 11 0 0 0 0 0 */89
1954 30 CLE WS 4 18 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .125 .222 .125 .347 2 0 0 0 0 1 */8
3 Yrs 17 73 60 8 14 2 1 2 7 3 0 13 8 .233 .370 .400 .770 23 0 0 0 0 1 /89
162 Game Avg 162 696 572 76 133 19 10 19 67 29 124 .233 .370 .400 .770 219 0 0 0
CLE (2 Yrs) 10 42 38 1 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 8 .237 .310 .342 .652 13 0 0 0 0 1 */89
NE (1 Yr) 7 31 22 7 5 1 1 1 5 3 9 .227 .452 .500 .952 10 0 0 0

Value Batting

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Season Age Team Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Pos Awards
1942 18 NE NN2 88 3 0 0 -1 0 3 0.3 3 6 0.6 .514 .502 0.6 0.0 7 48/5
1943 19 NE NN2 127 9 0 0 4 2 15 1.3 4 19 1.6 .545 .508 1.2 0.5 15 4/6
1944 20 NE NN2 6 0 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .421 .500 0.0 -0.1 0 /8
1945 Did not play - military service
1946 22 NE NN2 265 26 0 0 0 3 28 2.6 8 37 3.3 .544 .516 3.3 0.2 37 *4 AS,AS
1947 23 2TM 2LG 165 13 0 0 2 2 17 1.5 5 22 2.0 .525 .505 1.8 0.3 20 4H/36
1947 23 CLE AL 33 -4 0 0 0 0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .485 .497 -0.3 0.0 -3 H/436
1947 23 NE NN2 132 17 0 0 2 1 21 1.9 4 25 2.3 .563 .512 2.1 0.3 23 4
1948 24 CLE AL 500 19 1 3 11 -3 32 3.1 14 46 4.6 .526 .519 3.4 0.8 35 *89/H MVP-29
1949 25 CLE AL 650 21 0 2 0 -3 20 2.0 19 38 3.8 .513 .512 3.8 -0.3 38 *89 AS
1950 26 CLE AL 609 45 2 2 4 -1 52 4.9 19 71 6.7 .534 .530 6.2 0.3 67 *8/H AS,MVP-8
1951 27 CLE AL 551 39 3 2 4 -1 48 4.7 17 65 6.4 .535 .529 5.9 0.4 61 *8/H AS
1952 28 CLE AL 611 40 3 1 5 -1 48 5.1 19 67 7.0 .537 .532 6.4 0.5 62 *8/H AS,