Birmingham Black Barons

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Record:
666 - 725 - 24 (.479)

3 League Championships

Top Hitter

Roy
Parnell

Top Pitcher

Harry
Salmon

Leaders

Plate Appearances

#	Player	Years	PA
1	Geechie Meredith	1923-1929	1735
2	George McAllister	1923-1932	1684
3	Sandy Thompson	1924-1928	1066
4	Poindexter Williams	1923-1929	1025
5	Ruben Jones	1923-1928	881
6	Mule Suttles	1923-1925	722
7	Roy Parnell	1927-1928	718
8	Dewitt Owens	1927-1930	666
9	Charles Wesley	1923-1929	663
10	Piper Davis	1942-1948	662

Games Started

#	Player	Years	GS
1	Harry Salmon	1923-1932	88
2	Robert Poindexter	1924-1928	68
3	Sam Streeter	1924-1930	66
4	Satchel Paige	1927-1930	52
5	Leo Birdine	1927-1932	40
6	Alvin Gipson	1941-1946	31
7	Jute Bell	1929-1930	27
8	Gready McKinnis	1941-1944	24
9	Jimmie Newberry	1943-1948	21
10	Columbus Vance	1927-1930	20

Teams

Year	Team	Lg	Rank	W	L	T	W%	LG	WS	Manager	Ballpark
1948	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	2	51	27	1	.654	✔		Piper Davis	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1948	Birmingham Black Barons	ALC	1	4	3	1	.571			Piper Davis	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1948	Birmingham Black Barons	WS	2	1	4	0	.200			Piper Davis	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1947	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	3	47	37	0	.560			Tommy Sampson	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1946	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	2	35	27	0	.565			Tommy Sampson	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1945	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	3	47	43	3	.522			Winfield Welch	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1944	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	1	41	30	0	.577	✔		Winfield Welch	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1944	Birmingham Black Barons	WS	2	1	4	0	.200			Winfield Welch	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1943	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	3	60	49	2	.550	✔		Winfield Welch	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1943	Birmingham Black Barons	ALC	1	3	2	0	.600			Winfield Welch	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL), Crampton Bowl (Montgomery, AL)
1943	Birmingham Black Barons	WS	2	3	4	1	.429			Winfield Welch	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL), Crampton Bowl (Montgomery, AL)
1942	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	4	28	27	0	.509			Winfield Welch	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1941	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	2	28	20	0	.583			Winfield Welch	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1940	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	6	12	24	0	.333			Candy Jim Taylor	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1938	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	7	13	48	0	.213			Dizzy Dismukes	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1937	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	5	18	26	0	.409			A. M. Walker	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1932	Birmingham Black Barons	NSL	6	12	15	0	.444			Poindexter Williams	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1930	Birmingham Black Barons	NNL	5	46	48	2	.489			Clarence Smith, Bill Gatewood	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1929	Birmingham Black Barons	NNL	5	36	58	2	.383			Charles Wesley, Clarence Smith	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1928	Birmingham Black Barons	NNL	5	46	53	0	.465			Poindexter Williams, Charles Wesley	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1927	Birmingham Black Barons	NNL	4	53	44	3	.546			Ruben Jones	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1927	Birmingham Black Barons	NNC	2	1	4	0	.200			Ruben Jones	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1925	Birmingham Black Barons	NNL	7	27	59	1	.314			William Patterson, Sam Crawford	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1924	Birmingham Black Barons	NNL	5	37	44	4	.457			Sam Crawford, Charles Wesley, Dizzy Dismukes, Joe Hewitt	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
1923	Birmingham Black Barons	IND	5	16	25	4	.390			Poindexter Williams	Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
19	1			666	725	24	.479	3	0

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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