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Josh Gibson tops the era with 197 recorded home runs. Career leaders, every season board from 1891 to 1948, and the championship series of record, from the era's recovered records.
| # | Player | H |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar Charleston | 1718 |
| 2 | Cool Papa Bell | 1592 |
| 3 | Turkey Stearnes | 1372 |
| 4 | Jud Wilson | 1351 |
| 5 | Willie Wells | 1319 |
| 6 | John Henry Lloyd | 1283 |
| 7 | Mule Suttles | 1168 |
| 8 | Biz Mackey | 1165 |
| 9 | Newt Allen | 1140 |
| 10 | Ben Taylor | 1112 |
at least one recorded season
| # | Player | HR |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh Gibson | 197 |
| 2 | Turkey Stearnes | 195 |
| 3 | Mule Suttles | 188 |
| 4 | Oscar Charleston | 183 |
| 5 | Willie Wells | 145 |
| 6 | Buck Leonard | 100 |
| 7 | Jud Wilson | 100 |
| 8 | John Beckwith | 97 |
| 9 | Wilson Redus | 89 |
| 10 | Edgar Wesley | 87 |
at least one recorded season
| # | Player | SB |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar Charleston | 311 |
| 2 | Cool Papa Bell | 302 |
| 3 | Willie Wells | 176 |
| 4 | Bingo DeMoss | 167 |
| 5 | Newt Allen | 166 |
| 6 | Frank Warfield | 165 |
| 7 | Clint Thomas | 164 |
| 8 | Joe Hewitt | 155 |
| 9 | Jimmie Lyons | 150 |
| 10 | Crush Holloway | 148 |
at least one recorded season
| # | Player | AVG |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heavy Johnson | ..370 |
| 2 | Josh Gibson | ..364 |
| 3 | Willard Brown | ..360 |
| 4 | Jud Wilson | ..357 |
| 5 | John Beckwith | ..350 |
| 6 | Oscar Charleston | ..350 |
| 7 | Dobie Moore | ..349 |
| 8 | Turkey Stearnes | ..347 |
| 9 | John Henry Lloyd | ..344 |
| 10 | Buck Leonard | ..343 |
at least 1000 career at-bats
| # | Player | W |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willie Foster | 125 |
| 2 | William Bell | 123 |
| 3 | Ray Brown | 123 |
| 4 | Bullet Rogan | 117 |
| 5 | Satchel Paige | 115 |
| 6 | Andy Cooper | 114 |
| 7 | Joe Williams | 109 |
| 8 | Dick Redding | 106 |
| 9 | Bill Byrd | 101 |
| 10 | Nip Winters | 100 |
at least one recorded season
| # | Player | SO |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satchel Paige | 1407 |
| 2 | Willie Foster | 1062 |
| 3 | Joe Williams | 1033 |
| 4 | Bill Holland | 933 |
| 5 | Dick Redding | 918 |
| 6 | Bullet Rogan | 904 |
| 7 | Ted Trent | 764 |
| 8 | Bill Byrd | 741 |
| 9 | Ray Brown | 726 |
| 10 | Sam Streeter | 706 |
at least one recorded season
| # | Player | ERA |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rube Foster | 2.24 |
| 2 | Dave Brown | 2.40 |
| 3 | Joe Williams | 2.57 |
| 4 | Satchel Paige | 2.61 |
| 5 | Walter Ball | 2.65 |
| 6 | Frank Wickware | 2.65 |
| 7 | Willie Foster | 2.66 |
| 8 | Juan Padrón | 2.74 |
| 9 | Bullet Rogan | 2.74 |
| 10 | Dick Whitworth | 2.76 |
at least 500 career innings
Batters qualify at PA >= 3.1 x their league-season's qualifying team games: the league's scheduled games where the player-level record is complete, or the recorded player-level equivalent (the league-season's player games sum over 9 lineup slots per team) where recovery is partial, per the source's Negro League data notes. The per-league base is receipted on every season page. Pitchers qualify on the W, ERA, SO and ERA+ boards at IP >= the same qualifying-team-games base as the batters (1 inning per qualifying team game, recovery-aware).
The staged tables cover 12 league codes across 54 seasons, 1891 to 1948. Negro National League I (1920-1931), Eastern Colored League (1923-1928), American Negro League (1929-1929), East-West League (1932-1932), Negro Southern League (1932-1932), Negro National League II (1933-1948), Negro American League (1937-1948): those are the leagues the source recognizes as major league caliber, with the spans the tables actually cover. 5 independent-team groupings (Independent Clubs, Western Independent Clubs, Eastern Independent Clubs, NAC, INT) carry the barnstorming and independent clubs of 1891-1936 the same way. Coverage is what the source recovered, not a smooth history: the Negro American League runs through 1948 in this release, and NAC (1907-1908) and INT (1909) keep their raw codes because the source readme names no league for them.
| Year | Round | Winner | Lg | Loser | Lg | W | L | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | NWS | KCM | NNL | HIL | ECL | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 1925 | NNC | KCM | NNL | SLS | NNL | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1925 | NWS | HIL | ECL | KCM | NNL | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1926 | NNC | CAG | NNL | KCM | NNL | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 1926 | NWS | CAG | NNL | ACB | ECL | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 1927 | NNC | CAG | NNL | BBB | NNL | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1927 | NWS | CAG | NNL | ACB | ECL | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 1928 | NNC | SLS | NNL | CAG | NNL | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 1930 | NNC | SLS | NNL | DS | NNL | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1932 | NSC | CAG | NSL | NEG | NSL | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1934 | NLC | PS | NN2 | CAG | NN2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 1935 | NLC | PC | NN2 | NYC | NN2 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1937 | ALC | KCM | NAL | CAG | NAL | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 1938 | ALC | MRS | NAL | BCA | NAL | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | ALC | KCM | NAL | SL3 | NAL | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1939 | NLC | BEG | NN2 | HG | NN2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 1939 | NLP1 | BEG | NN2 | NE | NN2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1939 | NLP2 | HG | NN2 | PS | NN2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1941 | NLC | HG | NN2 | NYC | NN2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1942 | NWS | KCM | NAL | HG | NN2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | ALC | BBB | NAL | CAG | NAL | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1943 | NWS | HG | NN2 | BBB | NAL | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 1944 | NWS | HG | NN2 | BBB | NAL | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1945 | NWS | CBE | NAL | HG | NN2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | NWS | NE | NN2 | KCM | NAL | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1947 | NWS | NYC | NN2 | CBE | NAL | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 1948 | ALC | BBB | NAL | KCM | NAL | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 1948 | NLC | HG | NN2 | BEG | NN2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1948 | NWS | HG | NN2 | BBB | NAL | 4 | 1 | 0 |