Negro Leagues
New York Lincoln Giants
Active 1923–1929 · 116 players · 3 Hall of Famers
A defunct franchise with no continuous modern successor. Its players are attributed here to New York Lincoln 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 New York Lincoln Giants itself. A season counts here only when New York Lincoln Giants is the one club whose recorded span covers it — 10 contested seasons are credited to nobody rather than double-counted. 25 of 116 players on this roster carry a measurable VAL.
- 1923–192918.4
- 1923–192918.0
- 1926–1929 · SS13.1HOF ’77
- 192911.1
Club Leaders · top 15
| # | Player | Years | Club VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Hudspeth±1 | 1923–1929 | 18.4 |
| 2 | George Scales±1 | 1923–1929 | 18.0 |
| 3 | Pop LloydHOF | 1926–1929 | 13.1 |
| 4 | Charlie Smith | 1929 | 11.1 |
| 5 | Bill Riggins | 1928–1929 | 10.4 |
| 6 | Rich Gee | 1923–1929 | 7.4 |
| 7 | Willie Gray | 1928–1929 | 5.7 |
| 8 | Gerard Williams | 1924 | 5.4 |
| 9 | Oliver Marcell | 1923–1925 | 5.4 |
| 10 | Orville Singer | 1923–1926 | 4.6 |
| 11 | Namon Washington | 1929 | 4.5 |
| 12 | Bennie Wilson | 1923–1924 | 4.4 |
| 13 | Harry Kenyon | 1924 | 4.1 |
| 14 | Bill Yancey | 1929 | 2.9 |
| 15 | Burdell Young | 1925–1928 | 2.9 |