1941 Birmingham Black Barons Statistics

1940 Season 1942 Season

Record: 28-17-0, Finished 2nd in Negro American League

Manager: Winfield Welch (28-20)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

League Register

Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Paul Hardy	30	22	68	62	8	18	0	2	1	9	1		5		.290	.343	.403	.747	124	25	0	0	1		0
2	1B	Lyman Bostock*	23	23	84	73	10	34	4	3	0	15	1		4		.466	.494	.603	1.096	229	44	0	0	7		0
3	2B	Tommy Sampson	28	26	97	88	11	26	3	3	0	18	1		4		.295	.326	.398	.724	117	35	1	0	5		0
4	SS	Ulysses Redd	26	17	61	54	6	13	0	1	0	3	0		5		.241	.305	.278	.583	76	15	0	0	2		0
5	3B	Lester Lockett	29	26	101	93	22	31	3	1	1	11	2		5		.333	.380	.419	.799	140	39	0	2	1		0
6	LF	Jesse Douglas*	25	26	105	96	12	25	3	2	0	8	1		5		.260	.304	.333	.637	91	32	0	1	3		0
7	CF	Jimmy Wilson	21	10	37	35	3	7	1	1	0	1	2		1		.200	.243	.286	.529	59	10	0	1	0		0
8	RF	Nora Listach	31	9	32	28	5	7	1	0	0	3	1		3		.250	.323	.286	.608	83	8	0	0	1		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Alfred Saylor#	29	16	48	44	5	16	0	0	0	8	0		4		.364	.417	.364	.780	135	16	0	0	0		0
10	IF	Hoss Walker	36	13	43	38	3	4	2	0	0	2	0		3		.105	.190	.158	.348	5	6	0	1	1		0
11	OF	Emanuel Sampson?	30	8	31	27	4	5	3	0	0	2	0		3		.185	.267	.296	.563	69	8	0	0	1		0
12	OF	Willie Nixon?	24	8	22	20	3	5	0	1	1	2	0		0		.250	.286	.500	.786	135	10	0	1	1		0
13	OF	Goose Tatum#	23	6	16	12	3	5	0	0	0	2	0		3		.417	.533	.417	.950	187	5	0	0	1		1
14	OF	Lloyd Davenport*	29	3	13	12	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		.083	.154	.167	.321	-4	2	0	0	0		0
15	C	Cap Tyson	38	3	8	8	1	3	0	1	0	1	0		0		.375	.375	.625	1.000	199	5	0	0	0		0
16	OF	Joe Spencer	21	2	8	7	0	4	1	0	0	1	1		0		.571	.571	.714	1.286	286	5	0	0	1		0
17	C	Spike Bland?		2	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0		.200	.200	.400	.600	79	2	0	0	0		0
18	OF	Johnnie Dawson?	26	3	5	5	1	4	0	0	0	2	0		0		.800	.800	.800	1.600	381	4	0	0	0		0
19	OF	Winfield Welch*	41	2	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.200	.000	.200	-38	0	0	0	0		0
20	OF	Eddie Snead	30	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.333	.000	.333	3	0	0	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
21	P	Dan Bankhead	21	11	27	20	2	4	1	0	0	2	0		2		.200	.304	.250	.554	67	5	0	1	4		0
22	P	Alvin Gipson	27	12	23	20	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	20	4	0	0	3		0
23	P	Johnny Markham	32	9	17	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.059	.059	.059	.118	-65	1	0	0	0		0
24	P	Gready McKinnis	27	6	12	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	20	2	0	0	2		0
25	P	John Ware?	20	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
26	P	Gentry Jessup	26	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
27	P	Lee Johnson?		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	27.4	45	874	783	104	220	24	15	3	91	10		50		.281	.330	.361	.691	108	283	1	7	34		1
		Rank in 6 NAL teams				2	2	2	3	2	2		4		3	3	2	2	2	2		2		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.5	45	792	713	100	209	23	15	3	89	10		48		.293	.343	.380	.723	117	271	1	6	25		1
		Pitcher Totals	25.8	45	82	70	4	11	1	0	0	2	0		2		.157	.192	.171	.363	9	12	0	1	9		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

League Register

Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Dan Bankhead	21	7	1	.875	1.95	11	7	3	5	2	0	69.1	41	18	15	1	17	0	38	5	1	0	269	183	2.83	0.837	5.3	0.1	2.2	4.9	2.24
2	SP	Alvin Gipson	27	0	6	.000	5.96	10	7	3	1	0	0	48.1	58	41	32	1	20	0	27	2	0	1	225	60	3.30	1.614	10.8	0.2	3.7	5.0	1.35
3	SP	Gready McKinnis*	27	3	0	1.000	1.04	6	4	1	3	1	0	34.2	24	7	4	1	13	0	21	2	0	1	138	345	3.24	1.067	6.2	0.3	3.4	5.5	1.62
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
4	RP	Johnny Markham	32	4	3	.571	3.50	8	4	4	3	2	0	36.0	39	16	14	0	4	0	24	0	0	0	152	102	1.78	1.194	9.8	0.0	1.0	6.0	6.00
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5		Alfred Saylor	29	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	9	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	35	124	2.34	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
6		Gentry Jessup	26	0	0		12.46	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.1	7	6	6	0	3	0	4	2	0	0	26	31	4.40	2.308	14.5	0.0	6.2	8.3	1.33
7		John Ware?	20	0	0		6.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	8	10	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	19	67	4.12	3.000	24.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
8		Lee Johnson?		0	1	.000	15.43	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.1	7	10	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	20	27	6.64	4.286	27.0	0.0	11.6	0.0	0.00
9		Hoss Walker	36	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7		-0.22	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	13.5
		Team Totals	25.9	15	11	.577	3.44	45	26	13	13	5	0	209.0	194	111	80	3	61	0	120	12	1	3	891	105	2.87	1.220	8.4	0.1	2.6	5.2	1.97
		Rank in 6 NAL teams		2	5		3				2	1	6	2	5	5	4	3	3		3
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W