StatVault

Negro Leagues

Memphis Red Sox

Active 1924–1948 · 248 players · 5 Hall of Famers

A defunct franchise with no continuous modern successor. Its players are attributed here to Memphis Red Sox 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 Memphis Red Sox itself. A season counts here only when Memphis Red Sox is the one club whose recorded span covers it — 61 contested seasons are credited to nobody rather than double-counted. 39 of 248 players on this roster carry a measurable VAL.

  1. 1938–194813.8
  2. 1925–19309.3
  3. 1924–19286.9
  4. 1938–19466.7
Club Leaders · top 15
#PlayerYearsClub VAL
1Neil Robinson1938–194813.8
2Kid Lowe1925–19309.3
3Bob Miller±11924–19286.9
4Jelly Taylor1938–19466.7
5J. C. McHaskell1927–19296.0
6Sanford Jackson1924–19256.0
7Fred Bankhead1938–19475.9
8Milt Laurent1929–19305.2
9John Henry Russell1924–19255.1
10Cowan Hyde1927–19485.0
11Larry Brown±81924–19474.9
12Dave Thomas19284.8
13Dave Thomas19284.8
14Charley Williams19254.1
15Marlin Carter1938–19474.1

Hall of Famers

Full Roster (248)

PlayerPosYears
Alex Evans1924
B. McIntyre1924
Bill FosterHOF ’96P1924
Black1924
Bob Miller1924–1928
Carl Glass1924–1930
Earl Gurley1924–1928
Eppie Hamilton1924–1937
Eugene Hunter1924
Garnett Norman1924
Harry Salmon1924–1930
Hulon Stamps1924–1928
Jesse Edwards1924
John Henry Russell1924–1925
John Kemp1924–1928
L. Hamilton1924
Larry Brown1924–1947
Marion Cunningham1924–1925
Pinky Ward1924–1929
Red Charleston1924
Sanford Jackson1924–1925
Sensation Clark1924
Smith1924
Square Moore1924–1925
William Sheppard1924
Willie Spearman1924–1925
Bill Gatewood1925
Charles Wesley1925–1929
Charley Williams1925
Dizzy Dismukes1925
Kid Lowe1925–1930
Pythias Russ1925
Steel Arm Tyler1925–1928
A. Miller1927
B. Brown1927
Bill Pryor1927
Bobby Robinson1927–1928
Bobby Scott1927
Cliff Bell1927–1930
Clyde Augustus1927
Cowan Hyde1927–1948
Geechie Meredith1927
Howard1927
J. C. McHaskell1927–1929
Jim Starks1927
Joe Scott1927
Johnnie Oden1927–1929
Jute Bell1927–1928
Leo Birdine1927–1930
Nat Rogers1927–1945
Perry Hall1927
Saul Davis1927–1930
Smith1927
Tom Jackson1927–1928
Wesley Hicks1927–1928
Willie Miles1927
Biff Clark1928
Clarence White1928
Dave Thomas1928
Dave Thomas1928
Harry Kenyon1928–1929
Heavy Johnson1928–1930
Henry Harris1928–1929
Albert Merriwether1929
Alonzo Boone1929
Alto Lane1929
Andy Childs1929–1938
Anthony Cooper1929
Fred Dewitt1929
George Nash1929
Goose Curry1929–1943
Julius Green1929
Lou Dials1929
Milt Laurent1929–1930
Nelson Dean1929
Omer Newsome1929
Robert Poindexter1929
Will Owens1929
Willie Broadnax1929
Willie Cornelius1929–1930
Andy Love1930
Benny Fields1930
Bill Harris1930
Candy Jim Taylor1930
Charles Zomphier1930
Chester Williams1930
Dan Tye1930
Eddie Berry1930
George McAllister1930
Harry Cunningham1930–1937
J Miller1930
Jabbo Andrews1930
James Field1930
Jim West1930–1932
Jimmy Binder1930
Jimmy Morrison1930
Jimsey Roussell1930
John Barnes1930
John Henry Oliver1930–1945
John Huber1930–1947
John Wesley Johnson1930–1932
Johnny Robinson1930
Josh GibsonHOF ’72C1930
Murray Gillispie1930–1932
Roy S. Williams1930
Simpson1930
Alex Herman1932
Bill Harvey1932
Clarence Lewis1932
Emery Adams1932–1938
Fox Jones1932
Gardner1932
Guy Ousley1932
Harvey Peterson1932
Jerry Benjamin1932
Lefty Calhoun1932–1937
Otis Henry1932
Raymond Taylor1932–1938
Robert Cross1932
Spoon Carter1932–1948
Tommie Dukes1932
Bill Howard1937
Bob Madison1937–1938
Bob Smith1937–1943
Buck O'NeilHOF ’221B1937
Claude Hayslett1937–1938
Edgar Jackson1937
Floyd Kranson1937
Granville Lyons1937
Jimmy Ford1937–1945
Lefty Wilson1937–1940
Leo Sanders1937
Nick Bryant1937
Pen Gilliard1937
Pepper Morgan1937–1938
Pete McQueen1937
R. B. Bryant1937
Red Longley1937–1947
Vet Dunbar1937
William Newman1937–1940
Zearlee Maxwell1937–1938
Bill Hoskins1938–1941
Clifford Allen1938
David Whatley1938
Dixon1938
Donelly1938
Eugene Bremer1938–1940
Fred Bankhead1938–1947
Hoss Walker1938
Jelly Taylor1938–1946
Johnson1938
Jones1938
Leo Hannibal1938
Lloyd Davenport1938–1941
Marlin Carter1938–1947
Mays1938
Neil Robinson1938–1948
Porter Moss1938–1944
Provine Bradley1938–1939
Ted RadcliffeP1938–1942
Willie Jefferson1938–1939
Cliff Blackmon1939
Elbert Eatmon1939
Jimmy Reynolds1939
Matt Carlisle1939
Percy Forrest1939
Red Howard1939
Roosevelt Davis1939–1940
Sylvester Owens1939
T. J. Brown1939–1947
Walsh1939
Willie Davis1939
Babe Davis1940
Big Train Jackson1940
Bill Bradford1940–1942
Felix Evans1940–1948
Henry Nears1940
Hughes1940
Jesse Warren1940–1948
Johnnie Dawson1940
Junius Savage1940
Lafayette Dumas1940–1941
Lefty Boone1940
Ruben Jones1940
Verdell Mathis1940–1948
William Sumrall1940
Willie Hutchinson1940–1946
Robert Keyes1941–1945
Subby Byas1941–1942
Tice James1941
Adams1942
Fred McDaniel1942–1946
Gerves Fagan1942–1943
Henry Lipsey1942
Joe Brooks1942
Leandy Young1942
Norris Phillips1942
Rufus Hatten1942
Sam Segraves1942
Bill Barnes1943
Casey Jones1943–1948
Emmett Wilson1943
Henry Smith1943
Hodges1943
James Lockman1943
Jim Canada1943–1945
Pepper Sharpe1943–1948
Satchel PaigeHOF ’71P1943
Al Jones1944–1945
Buck Felder1944–1945
Edgar Chatman1944–1945
Les Henderson1944
Rufus Ligon1944–1945
Spike Garrett1944–1945
Steve Wylie1944
Willie Wells Jr.1944–1948
B. L. Brown1945
Daniels1945
Edgar Baker1945
Frank Pearson1945–1947
Joe Burt Scott1945–1948
Leamon Johnson1945
M. Johnson1945
Oscar Childs1945
Red Wiggins1945
Alex Radcliff1946
Allen Bryant1946
Dan BankheadP1946–1947
Leslie Green1946
Riley Stewart1946
Bob Boyd1B1947–1948
George Handy1947–1948
Herman Purcell1947
James Wilson1947
Jose Colas1947–1948
Ladd White1947
Laymon Ramsey1947
Pedro Formental1947
Candido Morales1948
Cecil Jordan1948
Harry Barnes1948
Johnnie Cowan1948
Nat Peeples1948
Orlando Varona1948
Raul Sanchez1948
Sack Morgan1948
Sam Woods1948
Willie WellsHOF ’97SS1948