Negro Leagues

Pittsburgh Crawfords

Active 1933–1938 · 81 players · 8 Hall of Famers

A defunct franchise with no continuous modern successor. Its players are attributed here to Pittsburgh Crawfords 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 Pittsburgh Crawfords itself. A season counts here only when Pittsburgh Crawfords is the one club whose recorded span covers it — 18 contested seasons are credited to nobody rather than double-counted. 16 of 81 players on this roster carry a measurable VAL.

1Josh Gibson
1933–1936 · C33.8
HOF ’72
2Oscar Charleston
1933–1938 · OF21.6
HOF ’76
3Satchel Paige
1933–1936 · P18.9
HOF ’71
4Judy Johnson
1933–1936 · 3B11.2
HOF ’75

Club Leaders · top 15

#	Player	Years	Club VAL
1	Josh GibsonHOF	1933–1936	33.8
2	Oscar CharlestonHOF	1933–1938	21.6
3	Satchel PaigeHOF	1933–1936	18.9
4	Judy JohnsonHOF±1	1933–1936	11.2
5	Sam Bankhead	1935–1938	11.1
6	Jimmie Crutchfield	1933–1936	10.0
7	Johnny Washington	1936–1938	5.7
8	Ted Page	1933–1934	5.5
9	Curtis Harris	1933–1935	4.3
10	Pat Patterson	1935–1937	4.3
11	John Henry Russell	1933	3.9
12	Dan Wilson	1936–1938	3.8
13	Leroy Morney	1934	2.4
14	Napoleon Hairston	1938	1.9
15	Buddy Burbage	1937	1.8

Hall of Famers

Biz Mackey2006 Cool Papa Bell1974 Josh Gibson1972 Jud Wilson2006 Judy Johnson1975 Oscar Charleston1976 Satchel Paige1971 Bill Foster1996

Full Roster (81)

Player	Pos	Years
Anthony Cooper		1933–1935
Bert Hunter		1933–1935
Bill Harvey		1933–1938
Bill Perkins		1933–1937
Biz MackeyHOF ’06	C	1933
Chester Williams		1933–1938
Clarence Lewis		1933
Cool Papa BellHOF ’74	OF	1933–1937
Curtis Harris		1933–1935
Dick Lundy		1933
Harry Kincannon		1933–1936
Jimmie Crutchfield		1933–1936
John Henry Russell		1933
Josh GibsonHOF ’72	C	1933–1936
Jud WilsonHOF ’06	3B	1933
Judy JohnsonHOF ’75	3B	1933–1936
Leroy Matlock		1933–1938
Obie Lackey		1933–1935
Oscar CharlestonHOF ’76	OF	1933–1938
Sam Streeter		1933–1936
Satchel PaigeHOF ’71	P	1933–1936
Spoon Carter		1933–1937
Ted Page		1933–1934
William Bell		1933–1935
Charlie Hughes		1934
Clarence Palm		1934
Granville Lyons		1934
Irving Vincent		1934
Leroy Morney		1934
Rap Dixon		1934–1937
Roosevelt Davis		1934–1938
Vic Harris		1934
Pat Patterson		1935–1937
Sam Bankhead		1935–1938
Ted Bond		1935
Bill FosterHOF ’96	P	1936
Bill Harris		1936
Dan Wilson		1936–1938
Dick Seay		1936
Ed Stone		1936
Harry Williams		1936–1938
Jim Lewis		1936–1937
Johnny Washington		1936–1938
Pete McQueen		1936
Ralph Burgin		1936
Theolic Smith		1936–1938
Barney Morris		1937–1938
Bill Evans		1937
Buddy Burbage		1937
Buddy Burbage		1937
Butler		1937
Charles Dunklin		1937
Charlie King		1937–1938
Chet Brewer		1937
Emmett Wilson		1937
Frank McAllister		1937
Henry Spearman		1937
Hoplins		1937
Irwin		1937
Jabbo Andrews		1937
Jim Starks		1937
Jimmy Binder		1937
Joe Strong		1937
Leon Ruffin		1937–1938
Lionel Decuir		1937
Marion Cain		1937–1938
Pepper Bassett		1937–1938
Tom Young		1937
Alex Crumbley		1938
Buzz Clarkson	SS	1938
Clyde Smith		1938
Fats Jenkins		1938
Fuzzy Walton		1938
Gene Benson		1938
George Giles		1938
Henry Richardson		1938
Johnny Taylor		1938
Mickey Casey		1938
Napoleon Hairston		1938
Purnell Mincy		1938
Roland Calhoun		1938