John Britton

John A. Britton Jr.
(Jack)

Born: April 21, 1919 in Mount Vernon, GA
Died: December 2, 1990 in Chicago, IL
(71 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: R

Ht: 5'8"

Wt: 160

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Notes:

• Buried: Oak Woods Cemetery (Chicago, IL)
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1940	SNS	NAL	21	1B	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0				0			.143	.143	.143	.286	-11
1942	CAG	NAL	23	3B	2	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	2	1		0				0			.222	.222	.222	.444	41
1943	CC	NAL	24	3B	32	130	123	17	39	3	2	0	12	4		6			0	1	0		.317	.349	.374	.723	127
1944	BBB	NAL/WS	25	3B	36	155	143	17	44	5	1	1	19	0		8			1	3	0		.308	.349	.378	.726	134
1945	BBB	NAL	26	3B	14	61	57	10	21	3	1	0	6	2		3		0	0	1			.368	.400	.456	.856	154
1946	BBB	NAL	27	3B	10	46	43	6	10	1	1	0	5	2		1		0	1	1			.233	.267	.302	.569	67
1947	BBB	NAL	28	3B	14	66	61	6	12	0	0	0	4	0		1			0	4			.197	.210	.197	.406	9
1948	BBB	MULT	29	3B	36	164	154	21	35	6	1	0	21	1		4			3	3			.227	.261	.279	.540	47
8	4			3B	148	638	597	79	164	18	6	1	69	10		23		0	5	13	0		.275	.307	.330	.637	91
162 Game Average						698	653	86	180	20	7	1	76	13		25		0	6	14	0		.275	.307	.330	.637	91

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	St. Louis-New Orleans-Harrisburg Stars			RF	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0				0			.143	.143	.143	.286	-11
1	Chicago American Giants			3B	2	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	2	1		0				0			.222	.222	.222	.444	41
1	Indianapolis Clowns			3B	32	130	123	17	39	3	2	0	12	4		6			0	1	0		.317	.349	.374	.723	127
5	Birmingham Black Barons			3B	110	492	458	60	122	15	4	1	55	5		17		0	5	12	0		.266	.300	.323	.623	84

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1940	SNS	NAL	7	.139	.314	0.0%	9.1%					0.0%	0.6%	.000	.073
1942	CAG	NAL	9	.212	.300	0.0%	6.9%					0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
1943	CC	NAL	130	.345	.306	4.6%	7.0%					0.0%	0.5%	.057	.075
1944	BBB	NAL/WS	155	.345	.299	5.2%			6.8%			0.6%	0.5%	.070	.068
1945	BBB	NAL	61	.394	.314	4.9%	6.8%					0.0%	0.6%	.088	.089
1946	BBB	NAL	46	.271	.330	2.2%	8.1%					0.0%	0.5%	.070	.079
1947	BBB	NAL	66	.187	.355	1.5%	9.5%					0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105
1948	BBB	MULT	164	.254	.346	2.4%			9.0%			0.0%	1.0%	.052	.108
8	4		638	.300	.322	3.6%	7.8%					0.2%	0.7%	.055	.087

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1	St. Louis-New Orleans-Harrisburg Stars		7	.139	.314	0.0%	9.1%					0.0%	0.6%	.000	.073
1	Chicago American Giants		9	.212	.300	0.0%	6.9%					0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
1	Indianapolis Clowns		130	.345	.306	4.6%	7.0%					0.0%	0.5%	.057	.075
5	Birmingham Black Barons		492	.293	.327	3.5%	8.0%					0.2%	0.7%	.057	.090

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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, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

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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