1928 Birmingham Black Barons

47 - 55

45 - 54 in the Negro National League I

1923 / 1929 (Team History)

Managed by:
Poindexter Williams (3-11)
Charles Wesley (44-44)

Roy
Parnell

Satchel
Paige

• Home Ballpark: Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
• 1 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• R. T. Jackson (President)

1928 Birmingham Black Barons

Glossary

Left Field	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Chuffie Alexander	26	1.5	0.4	1.3
Anthony Cooper	23	0.0	-0.5	0.6

Center Field	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Roy Parnell	24	1.8	2.6	-0.5
Sandy Thompson	33	0.5	0.2	0.3

Right Field	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Ruben Jones	34	0.4	0.3	0.1
Jim Jeffries	35	-0.5	-0.3	-0.2
Lou Dials	24	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1
A. Mullen		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1
Johnson		0.0	0.0	0.0
Leon Morgan	22	0.0	0.0	0.1

Shortstop	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Dewitt Owens	27	-1.4	-0.8	-1.1

Second Base	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Geechie Meredith	28	0.1	1.5	-1.6
Charles Wesley	31	-0.3	-0.2	0.3
Red Haley	27	-0.2	0.1	-0.3

Third Base	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Ray Sheppard	25	1.8	0.9	0.6
Johnnie Oden	25	-0.4	-0.5	0.0

First Base	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
George McAllister	28	1.2	1.4	0.2

Manager	W-L	W%
Poindexter Williams	3-11	.214
Charles Wesley	44-44	.500

Catcher	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Bill Perkins	22	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2
Poindexter Williams	30	-0.1	-0.1	0.0
Perry Hall	30	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1
Lewis Means	29	-0.2	0.0	-0.2

Starting Pitcher	Age	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Harry Salmon	33	151.0	2.8	3.0	-0.2
Leo Birdine	33	136.2	0.0	1.0	-0.3
Satchel Paige	21	132.0	4.9	4.6	0.4
Robert Poindexter	30	102.1	0.5	0.0	0.5
George Nash	21	97.0	1.7	2.0	-0.3
Jim Willis	22	49.0	-0.3	-0.4	0.2
Sam Streeter	27	12.1	-0.4	-0.4	0.0
Owen Smaulding	31	8.2	-0.6	-0.6	0.0
Nelson Dean	29	0.0	-0.2	-0.2	0.0

Relief Pitcher	Age	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Hayes		4.1	0.0	0.0	0.0