Negro Leagues
New York Black Yankees
Active 1936–1948 · 206 players · 3 Hall of Famers
A defunct franchise with no continuous modern successor. Its players are attributed here to New York Black Yankees 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 New York Black Yankees itself. A season counts here only when New York Black Yankees is the one club whose recorded span covers it — 89 contested seasons are credited to nobody rather than double-counted. 21 of 206 players on this roster carry a measurable VAL.
- 1936–19396.9
- 1936–19414.9
- 1940–19484.4
- 1936–19483.4
Club Leaders · top 15
| # | Player | Years | Club VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barney Brown | 1936–1939 | 6.9 |
| 2 | Bill Holland | 1936–1941 | 4.9 |
| 3 | Johnny Hayes | 1940–1948 | 4.4 |
| 4 | Marvin Barker±2 | 1936–1948 | 3.4 |
| 5 | Felix McLaurin | 1945–1946 | 3.0 |
| 6 | George Scales±5 | 1936–1945 | 3.0 |
| 7 | Johnny Washington±1 | 1938–1940 | 3.0 |
| 8 | Henry Spearman±2 | 1938–1940 | 2.2 |
| 9 | Jim Starks | 1938–1946 | 2.2 |
| 10 | Bob Griffith | 1942–1948 | 2.0 |
| 11 | George Giles | 1936–1937 | 2.0 |
| 12 | Johnny Smith | 1946–1948 | 1.9 |
| 13 | Leslie Green | 1942 | 1.9 |
| 14 | Fats Jenkins±1 | 1936–1940 | 1.8 |
| 15 | Clint Thomas | 1937–1938 | 1.7 |