I’m thrilled to announce that we at Seamheads have launched the very first online Negro Leagues Database, powered by the Baseball Gauge. The site covers the Cuban Leagues from 1904-1912 and the Negro Leagues from 1916-1922. There are plans for adding more years in the future as the data is collected.
The database was created by amazing researchers such as Gary Ashwill and Scott Simkus. You won’t believe the amount of work that has been put it and the amount of knowledge these guys have on the subject. Check out their personal sites if you’re interested in learning more.
If you’re like me, as a baseball fan, you’ve always heard and read about players like Oscar Charleston, Smokey Joe Williams, Cristobal Torriente, Ben Taylor, and Bullet Joe Rogan. We now have the ability to look at their stats and compare them to their contemporaries.
Enjoy!
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Coolest thing EVER!!!
Are there any plans to include Negro League data alongside ML data, or will they stay separate? Just curious. Thanks for your amazing work, and a super special thanks to Mr. Ashwill and Simkus. Just fabulous.
I also notice that you have posted wOBA for the Negro Leagues… any chance it’s coming for Major Leaguers, as well? Just curious.
I don’t have any plans on merging the Negro Leagues and Major Leagues right now. Maybe in the future though.
About wOBA, I actually plan on adding it soon. That, and L/R splits.
This is a welcome addition to an already awesome site! Do the stats that are posted here include (or will include) any of the stats that were compiled by the team of researchers working on a special Negro Leagues project several years ago? I’ve emailed Cooperstown asking about the results of that project, but so far there is nothing that I’m aware of that is available to the general public.
Those are two separate projects. I don’t know why, but Cooperstown just doesn’t want to release that information.
Thanks!