It's hard to know how many non-league games they played. But at least this gives an idea of the pace. Charleston still seems like the best candidate.
The missing data is not evenly distributed. That's why we have record of 99 games Willie Wells played in 1929 and only 46 games Mule Suttles played in 1930. For another, Suttles might have played more games in 1930 than Wells did in 1929.
MLB made the conscious decision to include only stats these players compiled against other Negro League teams. But in-season 'barnstorming tours' were more common then for economic reasons.
When Major League Baseball incorporated the 'official' statistics of Negro League players... the league acknowledged those statistics were incomplete.
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