Birmingham Black Barons Team History - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Birmingham Black Barons

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773 - 808 - 30 (.489)

3 League Championships

Top Hitter

Artie
Wilson

Top Pitcher

Harry
Salmon

Leaders

Stolen Bases

#	Player	Years	SB
1	Geechie Meredith	1923-1929	50
2	Sandy Thompson	1924-1928	32
3	Roy Parnell	1927-1928	30
4	Clarence Smith	1929-1930	26
5	George McAllister	1923-1932	26
6	Ruben Jones	1923-1928	22
7	Terris McDuffie	1930-1930	18
8	Artie Wilson	1944-1948	16
9	Tommy Sampson	1940-1947	15
10	Piper Davis	1942-1948	15

Innings

#	Player	Years	IP
1	Harry Salmon	1923-1932	802.0
2	Sam Streeter	1924-1930	619.1
3	Robert Poindexter	1924-1928	595.2
4	Satchel Paige	1927-1930	501.1
5	Leo Birdine	1927-1932	309.0
6	Alvin Gipson	1941-1946	265.0
7	Jimmie Newberry	1943-1948	235.0
8	Alfred Saylor	1941-1945	227.2
9	Jute Bell	1929-1930	214.0
10	Johnny Markham	1941-1945	212.2

Opponent's Batting

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Results:

#	Player	Year	Team	Role	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Sam Streeter*	1924	BBB	SP	26	821	768	81	200	25	12	9	12		26	128		6	21		15	.260	.290	.359	.649
2	Robert Poindexter	1924	BBB	RP	27	716	624	86	163	17	6	5	9		55	121		10	27		15	.261	.331	.332	.663
3	Robert Poindexter	1925	BBB	RP	30	699		111	164						64	68		3
4	Bill McCall*	1924	BBB	RP	27	646	577	88	155	15	12	8	21		37	92		6	25		13	.269	.319	.378	.697
5	Leo Birdine	1928	BBB	SP	27	605	548	86	156	25	7	5	6		37	35		7	13		12	.285	.338	.383	.721
6	Charlie Beverly*	1925	BBB	RP	29	604		120	175						49	44		3
7	Harry Salmon	1928	BBB	SP	22	598	559	69	163	28	11	9	11		18	74		1	20		9	.292	.315	.429	.744
8	Satchel Paige	1928	BBB	RP	25	532	494	47	113	12	3	2	7		25	121		3	10		6	.229	.270	.277	.547
9	Harry Salmon	1925	BBB	SP	18	505		78	133						25	59		1
10	Alfred Saylor	1944	BBB	SP	17	484	454	66	130	13	6	5	4	0	17	37	0	3	8	2	16	.286	.315	.374	.690
11	Robert Poindexter	1928	BBB	SP	18	471	420	71	122	20	8	7	24		33	41		3	15		2	.290	.346	.426	.773
12	Sam Crawford	1925	BBB	RP	21	419		65	94						40	38		2
13	Gready McKinnis*	1943	BBB	SP	16	415	371	52	89	13	4	3	15		34	47		5	5			.240	.312	.321	.633
14	George Nash*	1928	BBB	RP	18	403	366	47	83	10	2	6	16		21	55		5	11		9	.227	.278	.314	.592
15	Harry Salmon	1923	BBB	SP	14	377	349	29	82			0			18	43		4				.235	.280
16	Alfred Saylor	1943	BBB	RP	13	357	325	29	86	7	4	1	3		23	37		3	4			.265	.319	.320	.639
17	Cliff Blackmon	1938	BBB	RP	13	354	300	65	81	14	5	2	13		43	42		1	10		8	.270	.363	.370	.733
18	Jimmie Newberry	1948	BBB	RP	17	334	312	30	84	10	3	2	4		15	48	0	2	5		4	.269	.307	.340	.647
19	Alonzo Perry	1948	BBB	SP	13	330	296	50	84	13	7	6	4		26	34	0	4	4		5	.284	.350	.436	.786
20	Alvin Gipson	1943	BBB	SP	13	319	297	37	72	9	9	1	3		16	64		1	5			.242	.283	.343	.627
21	Bill Greason	1948	BBB	RP	11	308	273	35	69	14	3	2	5		31	47	1	1	3		7	.253	.331	.348	.679
22	Johnny Markham	1943	BBB	SP	11	294	272	20	60	5	3	1	5		17	18		1	4			.221	.269	.272	.541
23	Jimmie Newberry	1945	BBB	RP	11	283	256	34	63	9	5	1	1		19	33	2	0	8		4	.246	.298	.332	.630
24	Johnny Juran	1923	BBB	SP	10	282	248	23	59			0			24	28		4				.238	.315
25	Dan Bankhead	1941	BBB	RP	11	269	241	18	41	4	2	1	5		17	38	0	5	6		1	.170	.240	.216	.455
26	Alvin Gipson	1944	BBB	SP	11	266	238	30	57	7	6	0	4	0	19	34	0	3	6		8	.239	.304	.319	.623
27	Jack Bruton	1937	BBB	SP	8	264	247	44	82	5	12	6	11	0	15	34	0	1	1		3	.332	.373	.522	.895
28	Bill Powell	1948	BBB	SP	9	257	236	26	54	6	0	3	6		20	48	0	0	1		3	.229	.289	.292	.581
29	Willie Ferrell*	1937	BBB	SP	10	256	222	49	64	9	9	3	3	0	22	24	0	4	8		5	.288	.363	.450	.813
30	John Huber	1943	BBB	RP	10	233	210	20	41	7	0	1	2		19	33		1	5			.195	.265	.243	.508
31	Jim Willis	1928	BBB	SP	7	231	206	39	61	9	5	5	7		15	21		3	7		2	.296	.353	.461	.814
32	John Richardson^	1924	BBB	RP	11	228	198	36	51	5	4	3	4		17	19		7	6		6	.258	.338	.369	.707
33	Blanch Moody	1940	BBB	SP	12	227	211	32	67	6	3	1	5		11	20	0	1	4		4	.318	.354	.389	.743
34	Alvin Gipson	1941	BBB	SP	10	225	198	41	58	10	5	1	5		20	27	0	2	5		5	.293	.364	.409	.773
35	Curtis Green	1923	BBB	SP	8	217	203	31	52			2			6	10		2				.256	.284
36	Red Howard*	1940	BBB	RP	15	217	198	24	46	4	2	0	2		17	24	0	1	1		1	.232	.296	.273	.569
37	Eli Juran*	1923	BBB	SP	8	212	186	36	48			1			20	26		0				.258	.330
38	Eddie Snead*	1940	BBB	RP	10	201	184	26	61	4	1	1	3		15	16	0	0	2		6	.332	.382	.380	.762
39	Johnny Juran	1924	BBB	SP	10	188	155	27	40	2	3	3	4		22	10		1	10		3	.258	.354	.368	.722
40	Jim Jeffries*	1928	BBB	RP	9	184	160	29	47	8	1	0	3		17	8		1	6		2	.294	.365	.356	.721
41	Dan Bankhead	1940	BBB	SP	8	178	162	21	37	4	4	1	2		12	23	0	2	2		5	.228	.290	.321	.611
42	Fred Daniels	1923	BBB	SP	7	176	145	21	28			2			22	21		3				.193	.312
43	Red Howard*	1937	BBB	SP	5	172	154	36	44	2	3	4	1	0	14	25	0	0	4		2	.286	.345	.416	.761
44	Gentry Jessup	1940	BBB	SP	8	168	145	30	43	5	1	1	3		17	18	0	1	5		2	.297	.374	.366	.740
45	Dick Burton	1938	BBB	RP	10	166	149	26	37	8	0	1	9		13	15		0	4		2	.248	.309	.322	.631
46	Elbert Eatmon^	1938	BBB	RP	10	165	143	26	45	5	3	0	7		19	14		0	3		2	.315	.395	.392	.787
47	John Huber	1944	BBB	SP	6	162	144	19	28	6	1	1	7	0	12	15	0	2	4	0	3	.194	.266	.271	.537
48	Johnny Markham	1945	BBB	RP	7	156	144	26	43	2	0	1	2		12	14	0	0	1		6	.299	.353	.333	.686
49	Dizzy Dismukes	1924	BBB	SP	7	152	138	19	40	8	1	1	4		7	10		1	6		4	.290	.329	.384	.713
50	Johnny Markham	1941	BBB	RP	8	152	146	16	39	3	2	0	2		4	24	0	0	2		2	.267	.287	.315	.602
51	Saul Davis	1925	BBB	RP	7	151		22	38						18	6		2
52	Buck	1923	BBB	SP	4	148	129	29	40			0			11	9		1				.310	.369
53	Gready McKinnis*	1941	BBB	SP	6	138	121	7	24	5	1	1	2		13	21	0	2	2		5	.198	.287	.281	.568
54	Harry Salmon	1924	BBB	SP	4	138	127	19	42	6	5	1	1		5	13		1	5		1	.331	.361	.480	.841
55	Lefty Robinson*	1925	BBB	RP	10	134		28	38						13	15		1
56	Jimmie Newberry	1947	BBB	RP	7	132	123	17	34	3	6	0	2		7	16	0	1	1		1	.276	.321	.398	.719
57	Jimmie Newberry	1943	BBB	SP	5	127	113	24	30	4	3	1	4		12	7		0	2			.265	.336	.381	.717
58	Alvin Gipson	1945	BBB	SP	5	123	111	13	25	4	2	0	3		9	12	0	1	2		2	.225	.289	.297	.587
59	Ben Henderson	1937	BBB	SP	5	120	108	27	36	8	1	2	5	0	10	20	0	1	1		3	.333	.395	.481	.876
60	Alonzo Perry	1947	BBB	RP	5	109	93	17	26	5	1	1	3		15	9	0	0	1		2	.280	.380	.387	.767
61	Elbert Eatmon^	1937	BBB	RP	5	107	98	18	27	3	1	1	4	0	8	12	0	0	1		1	.276	.330	.357	.687
62	John Huber	1945	BBB	RP	6	107	100	18	26	5	1	1	0		4	8	0	0	3		1	.260	.288	.360	.648
63	Bill Powell	1947	BBB	SP	3	107	97	8	26	2	0	2	0		8	22		0	2		3	.268	.324	.351	.674
64	Bo Mitchell	1938	BBB	SP	3	106	91	23	27	3	1	3	1		11	10		1	3		0	.297	.379	.451	.829
65	Bo Mitchell	1937	BBB	SP	3	101	98	5	21	3	1	0	0	0	2	15	0	0	1		1	.214	.230	.265	.495
66	Fay Washington	1944	BBB	SP	3	100	85	10	17	3	0	2	5	0	14	21	0	1	0		3	.200	.320	.306	.626
67	Sammy Williams	1948	BBB	SP	4	99	91	15	30	7	1	2	0		7	14	0	0	1		5	.330	.378	.495	.872
68	Jimmie Newberry	1946	BBB	SP	3	97	91	10	20	4	0	1	0		4	17	0	0	2		1	.220	.253	.297	.549
69	John Finner	1925	BBB	RP	5	95		23	24						8	8		0
70	Nat Pollard	1947	BBB	SP	3	95	85	17	30	2	3	2	2		6	5		2	2		2	.353	.409	.518	.926
71	Frank Stevens*	1925	BBB	RP	6	92		23	26						11	5		0
72	Alonzo Boone	1945	BBB	RP	5	90	82	8	17	6	1	0	2		7	15	0	1	0		2	.207	.278	.305	.583
73	Julius Osley	1938	BBB	RP	8	89	77	10	20	2	1	0	3		11	9		0	1		2	.260	.352	.312	.664
74	Bill Powell	1946	BBB	SP	3	86	75	12	23	2	2	0	1		9	9	0	2	0		1	.307	.395	.387	.782
75	Earl Bumpus*	1944	BBB	SP	2	84	76	12	19	1	0	0	1	0	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.321	.263	.585
76	Jehosie Heard*	1947	BBB	SP	4	80	70	10	19	3	2	1	2		8	8		1	1		1	.271	.354	.414	.769
77	Johnny Markham	1944	BBB	RP	3	79	72	12	22	3	1	3	0	0	5	8	0	0	1	1	0	.306	.346	.500	.846
78	Frank Thompson*	1945	BBB	SP	3	79	71	12	18	3	1	0	3		4	12	0	2	2		1	.254	.312	.324	.636
79	Square Moore	1925	BBB	SP	3	78		6	14						6	13		0
80	Jehosie Heard*	1946	BBB	SP	2	77	73	5	18	1	1	1	1		4	17	0	0	0		1	.247	.286	.329	.614
81	Jim Daniels^	1943	BBB	SP	3	75	58	11	10	3	2	0	2		15	12		2	0			.172	.360	.293	.653
82	Alfred Saylor	1945	BBB	RP	4	75	66	12	18	5	0	0	1		5	6	0	1	2		4	.273	.333	.348	.682
83	Juan Padrón*	1923	BBB	SP	2	64	60	6	15			0			0	6		0				.250	.250
84	Lefty Robinson*	1923	BBB	SP	3	63	60	18	22			0			2	2		0				.367	.387
85	Sam Streeter*	1928	BBB	RP	2	63	58	14	18	3	0	1	7		4	7		0	1		1	.310	.355	.414	.769
86	Sam Streeter*	1927	BBB	SP	34	60	55	122	233	1	1	2	3		42	127		3	3		0	.327	.351	.491	.842
87	Nat Pollard	1946	BBB	RP	3	54	52	9	17	3	0	0	0		2	5	0	0	0		0	.327	.352	.385	.736
88	Robert Poindexter	1927	BBB	RP	35	53	48	107	205	3	2	2	6		53	78		3	3		1	.292	.320	.563	.883
89	Jimmie Newberry	1944	BBB	RP	3	52	45	4	8	1	0	0	2	0	6	6	1	0	1		0	.178	.275	.200	.475
90	Fred Daniels	1925	BBB	RP	5	51		12	13						12	5		0
91	Owen Smaulding^	1928	BBB	SP	3	51	47	14	21	5	0	1	4		3	2		1	0		1	.447	.490	.617	1.107
92	Sam Streeter*	1925	BBB	RP	3	49		11	17						1	5		0
93	Alonzo Boone	1944	BBB	RP	2	48	42	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	0	1	1	0	2	.190	.277	.190	.467
94	Curtis Hollingsworth*	1947	BBB	RP	4	46	42	6	13	2	0	1	1		1	3		2	1		0	.310	.356	.429	.784
95	Earl Bumpus*	1945	BBB	RP	2	45	41	5	12	1	0	0	1		4	4	0	0	0		2	.293	.356	.317	.673
96	Gentry Jessup	1943	BBB	SP	1	44	38	5	10	3	0	0	1		3	3		2	1			.263	.349	.342	.691
97	Alvin Gipson	1946	BBB	SP	2	43	37	10	13	4	1	0	0		3	8	0	1	2		1	.351	.415	.514	.928
98	Satchel Paige	1927	BBB	RP	22	43	40	43	88	0	0	1	1		29	100		2	1		1	.225	.262	.300	.562
99	Thurston^	1938	BBB	RP	1	43	34	3	5	0	0	0	1		7	2		0	2		1	.147	.293	.147	.440
100	Samuel Burris^	1940	BBB	RP	5	42	35	11	11	2	0	1	0		6	3	0	1	0		0	.314	.429	.457	.886

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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