John Britton - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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

About Graph

About Graph

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Notes:

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

Batting

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+
1945	VEZ/BBB	MEX/NAL	26	3B	45	202	183	31	55	8	4	0	19	4		15	3	0	1	3			.301	.357	.388	.745	100
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
1946	BBB	NAL	27	3B	10	46	43	6	10	1	1	0	5	2		1		0	1	1			.233	.267	.302	.569	66
1947	BBB	NAL	28	3B	14	66	61	6	12	0	0	0	4	0		1			0	4			.197	.210	.197	.406	8
1944	BBB	WS/NAL	25	3B	36	155	143	17	44	5	1	1	19	0		8			1	3	0		.308	.349	.378	.726	132
1948	BBB	MULT	29	3B	37	170	160	21	36	6	1	0	22	1		4			3	3			.225	.257	.275	.532	45
7	4			3B	176	778	722	100	198	23	9	1	83	12		35	3	0	6	15	0		.274	.313	.335	.648	88
162 Game Average						716	665	92	182	21	8	1	76	13		32	17	0	6	14	0		.274	.313	.335	.648	88

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+
7	Negro Leagues				147	645	604	82	165	19	6	1	73	10		23		0	5	13	0		.273	.305	.329	.635	89
1	vs Latin Leagues				29	133	118	18	33	4	3	0	10	2		12	3		1	2			.280	.351	.364	.716	83

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	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	113	506	472	63	124	16	4	1	59	5		17		0	5	12	0		.263	.296	.320	.615	80
1	Azules de Veracruz			3B	29	133	118	18	33	4	3	0	10	2		12	3		1	2			.280	.351	.364	.716	83

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
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	WS/NAL	155		.345	.301		5.2%				6.8%					0.6%	0.5%		.070	.069
1945	VEZ/BBB	MEX/NAL	202		.351	.353		7.4%			1.5%	9.7%		5.00			0.0%	0.8%		.087	.105
1946	BBB	NAL	46		.271	.331		2.2%	8.1%								0.0%	0.5%		.070	.079
1947	BBB	NAL	66		.187	.356		1.5%	9.5%								0.0%	0.9%		.000	.105
1948	BBB	MULT	170		.250	.347		2.4%				8.9%					0.0%	1.0%		.050	.109
7	4		778		.307	.332		4.5%	8.4%		2.3%	6.1%		4.00	1.82		0.1%	0.7%		.061	.091

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
7	Negro Leagues		645		.299	.324		3.6%	7.8%								0.2%	0.7%		.056	.087
1	vs Latin Leagues		133		.342	.371		9.0%	11.2%		2.3%	6.1%		4.00	1.82		0.0%	0.9%		.085	.113

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
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		506		.289	.329		3.4%	8.0%								0.2%	0.7%		.057	.091
1	Azules de Veracruz		133		.342	.371		9.0%	11.2%		2.3%	6.1%		4.00	1.82		0.0%	0.9%		.085	.113

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