1943 Birmingham Black Barons Statistics

1942 Season 1944 Season

Record: 45-35-0, Finished 3rd in Negro American League

Postseason:
Won NAL Championship Series (3-2) over Chicago American Giants
Lost World Series (4-3-1) to Homestead Grays

Manager: Winfield Welch (60-49-2)

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

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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	32	33	112	103	9	22	1	0	0	2	2		8		.214	.270	.223	.494	53	23		0	1	0
2	1B	Alphonse Dunn	31	26	96	85	11	17	3	2	1	10	3		9		.200	.284	.318	.602	86	27		1	1	0
3	2B	Tommy Sampson	30	40	175	161	24	47	2	3	0	16	6		11		.292	.337	.342	.679	110	55		0	3	0
4	SS	Piper Davis	25	39	161	142	28	41	12	2	2	24	3		16		.289	.365	.444	.808	149	63		1	2	0
5	3B	Hoss Walker	38	37	142	128	14	22	2	1	0	8	2		7		.172	.232	.203	.435	35	26		3	4	0
6	LF	Lester Lockett	31	38	160	150	15	37	4	2	1	25	1		9		.247	.289	.320	.609	88	48		0	1	0
7	CF	Felix McLaurin#	21	33	146	125	27	38	4	1	1	13	5		20		.304	.400	.376	.776	140	47		0	1	0
8	RF	Clyde Spearman*	30	42	181	156	26	47	1	4	0	17	7		19		.301	.384	.359	.743	130	56		2	4	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	OF	Leroy Morney#	34	18	68	60	7	10	2	0	0	5	0		7		.167	.265	.200	.465	44	12		1	0	0
10	1B	Alfred Saylor#	31	18	57	51	7	14	1	0	0	3	0		5		.275	.339	.294	.633	96	15		0	1	0
11	1B	Leonard Lindsay*	34	13	51	46	2	10	2	0	0	3	0		4		.217	.280	.261	.541	68	12		0	1	0
12	C	Herman Bell	28	10	30	27	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		2		.148	.207	.148	.355	10	4		0	1	0
13	OF	Bill Charter?		4	11	11	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0		.091	.091	.182	.273	-16	2		0	0	0
14	OF	Ed Steele*	27	2	8	8	1	2	0	0	1	2	0		0		.250	.250	.625	.875	167	5		0	0	0
15	C	Ted Radcliffe	40	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		.333	.500	.333	.833	160	1		0	0	0
16	OF	Johnny Williams	25	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.500	.000	.500	60	0		0	0	0
17	SS	Leamon Johnson*	26	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.500	.000	.500	60	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
18	P	John Huber*	35	18	39	36	2	8	1	0	0	3	0		2		.222	.263	.250	.513	59	9		0	1	0
19	P	Alvin Gipson	29	14	35	33	1	7	1	0	0	3	0		0		.212	.212	.242	.455	40	8		0	2	0
20	P	Gready McKinnis	29	14	34	32	4	5	0	0	0	0	0		1		.156	.182	.156	.338	5	5		0	1	0
21	P	Johnny Markham	34	8	22	21	2	5	1	0	0	1	0		0		.238	.238	.286	.524	62	6		0	1	0
22	P	Jimmie Newberry	24	5	12	10	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		1		.200	.333	.200	.533	66	2		1	0	0
23	P	Jim Daniels?		3	9	9	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0		.111	.111	.222	.333	2	2		0	0	0
24	P	Dan Bankhead	23	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0	0
		Team Totals	30.1	72	1559	1401	185	341	39	15	6	139	29		124		.243	.309	.305	.614	90	428		9	25	0
		Rank in 6 NAL teams				2	2	2	3	4	3		2		2		4	3	4	4		3		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.0	72	1349	1207	166	299	34	15	6	127	29		115		.248	.317	.316	.633	96	381		8	19	0
		Pitcher Totals	30.9	72	210	194	19	42	5	0	0	12	0		9		.216	.255	.242	.497	54	47		1	6	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

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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	Gready McKinnis*	29	4	6	.400	3.63	13	9		6	0	0	79.1	72	33	32	3	26		39	5		0	350	105	3.33	1.235	8.2	0.3	2.9	4.4	1.50
2	SP	Alvin Gipson	29	2	7	.222	3.75	12	10		7	0	0	74.1	70	37	31	1	15		62	1		0	305	102	1.81	1.143	8.5	0.1	1.8	7.5	4.13
3	SP	Johnny Markham	34	5	1	.833	2.39	8	7		5	0	0	49.0	42	16	13	1	8		15	1		0	197	160	2.86	1.020	7.7	0.2	1.5	2.8	1.88
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	Alfred Saylor	31	3	2	.600	2.69	10	5		5	0	0	60.1	63	20	18	1	15		31	3		1	256	142	2.74	1.293	9.4	0.1	2.2	4.6	2.07
5	RP	John Huber	35	3	3	.500	3.68	8	4		3	1	0	44.0	38	20	18	1	15		28	1		0	184	104	2.77	1.205	7.8	0.2	3.1	5.7	1.87
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
6		Jimmie Newberry	24	0	3	.000	6.18	5	4		1	0	0	27.2	30	24	19	1	12		7	0		0	127	62	3.92	1.518	9.8	0.3	3.9	2.3	0.58
7		Jim Daniels?		1	1	.500	4.76	3	3		1	1	0	17.0	10	11	9	0	15		12	2		0	75	82	4.24	1.471	5.3	0.0	7.9	6.4	0.80
8		Dan Bankhead	23	0	0		6.00	1	0		0	0	0	3.0	4	3	2	0	2		2	0		0	15	72	3.32	2.000	12.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	1.00
9		Johnny Williams	25	0	1	.000	10.80	1	0		0	0	0	1.2	4	5	2	0	3		1	0		0	14	44	6.85	4.200	21.6	0.0	16.2	5.4	0.33
10		Ted Radcliffe	40	0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0
		Team Totals	30.4	18	24	.429	3.64	72	42		28	2	0	356.1	333	169	144	8	111		197	13		1	1523	106	2.88	1.246	8.4	0.2	2.8	5.0	1.77
		Rank in 6 NAL teams		1	3		3				1	3	4	2	5	4	5	5	4		2
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