Negro Leagues

Brooklyn Royal Giants

Active 1923–1927 · 35 players · 1 Hall of Famers

A defunct franchise with no continuous modern successor. Its players are attributed here to Brooklyn Royal Giants itself — never folded into an unrelated modern club, which would fabricate a lineage that never existed. See the full index of lost clubs.

Mount Rushmore

The four largest measured careers at this club, by StatVault VAL attributed to Brooklyn Royal Giants itself. A season counts here only when Brooklyn Royal Giants is the one club whose recorded span covers it — 13 contested seasons are credited to nobody rather than double-counted. 17 of 35 players on this roster carry a measurable VAL.

1Charlie Smith
1925–192713.2
2Irvin Brooks
1923–19275.8
3Willis Flournoy
1923–19275.7
4Dick Redding
1923–19274.6

Club Leaders · top 15

#	Player	Years	Club VAL
1	Charlie Smith	1925–1927	13.2
2	Irvin Brooks	1923–1927	5.8
3	Willis Flournoy±1	1923–1927	5.7
4	Dick Redding	1923–1927	4.6
5	Joe WilliamsHOF	1924	2.9
6	Eddie Douglass	1923–1925	2.7
7	Tom Finley	1927	2.7
8	Connie Rector	1923–1926	2.5
9	John Cason	1923–1927	2.4
10	Bob Scott±1	1923–1926	2.0
11	Cool Turner	1923–1927	1.6
12	Jesse Hubbard	1923–1926	1.4
13	Johnson Hill	1923–1927	1.2
14	Otis Starks±2	1923–1927	1.0
15	Bunny Downs±2	1923–1925	0.5

Hall of Famers

Joe Williams1999

Full Roster (35)

Player	Pos	Years
Bob Scott		1923–1926
Bunny Downs		1923–1925
Charlie Spearman		1923–1926
Connie Rector		1923–1926
Cool Turner		1923–1927
Dick Redding		1923–1927
Eddie Douglass		1923–1925
Irvin Brooks		1923–1927
Jesse Hubbard		1923–1926
John Cason		1923–1927
Johnson Hill		1923–1927
Nat Rogers		1923
Nate Johnson		1923
Otis Starks		1923–1927
String Bean Williams		1923
Tom Fiall		1923
Willie Woods		1923–1926
Willis Flournoy		1923–1927
Joe WilliamsHOF ’99	P	1924
Jules Thomas		1924–1926
Bill Holland		1925–1927
Charlie Smith		1925–1927
Johnie Watson		1925
Tex Burnett		1926–1927
Thompson		1926
Cleo Smith		1927
Country Brown		1927
Dick Seay		1927
Paul Arnold		1927
Rector		1927
Rich Gee		1927
Robert Hudspeth		1927
Tom Finley		1927
Wayne Carr		1927
Will Owens		1927