1925 Birmingham Black Barons

27 - 59 - 1

27 - 59 - 1 in the Negro National League I

1923 / 1927 (Team History)

Managed by:
William Patterson (3-13)
Sam Crawford (24-46-1)

Top Hitter

Poindexter
Williams

Top Pitcher

Square
Moore

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	88	5th	ERA+	82	7th
OPS	.682	5th	ERA	6.60	7th
BA	.268	4th	BA
OBP	.309	6th	K/BB	1.07	6th
SLG	.372	5th	K%	9.2%	5th
BB%	5.5%	8th	BB%	8.6%	7th
K%			HR%
ISO	.104	5th	WHIP	1.53	7th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
• 2 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Joe Rush (President)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Poindexter Williams	27	69	263	242	28	81	14	7	6	49	4	15	6	.335	.374	.525	.898	146
1B	Mule Suttles	24	68	278	242	45	80	6	5	10	59	5	30	6	.331	.404	.521	.925	154
2B	Geechie Meredith	25	70	284	261	35	55	7	4	0	22	10	13	10	.211	.248	.268	.516	43
3B	Felton Stratton	29	57	260	239	39	66	11	4	1	26	6	5	16	.276	.291	.368	.659	81
SS	Grady Orange^	25	53	199	179	13	35	4	1	0	15	1	7	13	.196	.226	.229	.455	26
LF	Charlie Blackwell*	30	65	296	260	62	79	10	4	8	44	10	32	4	.304	.380	.465	.846	133
CF	Sandy Thompson*	30	67	281	260	48	88	11	7	3	42	9	15	6	.338	.375	.469	.844	132
RF	Ruben Jones*	31	76	319	298	40	85	11	8	2	46	8	14	7	.285	.317	.396	.713	96

SS	Saul Davis	24	41	129	116	14	38	3	1	2	16	6	5	8	.328	.355	.422	.778	114
3B	Wilson Joseph^	27	40	115	104	10	18	3	0	1	6	1	3	8	.173	.196	.231	.427	18
C	John Pardee^		12	45	39	4	7	0	0	0	4	1	3	3	.179	.238	.179	.418	17
C	Herman Roth	29	4	14	14	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	59
LF	Jesse Edwards		5	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.154	.000	.154	-54
C	Bunk Henderson^		5	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	-54
CF	LeRoy Taylor*	22	3	12	12	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	85
1B	Pythias Russ	21	3	11	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	1
C	Eppie Hamilton	25	3	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	85
2B	Clyde Horne^		1	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1B	Edward Salters^		1	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	208
SS	Arthur Jones^		4	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	84

SP	Robert Poindexter	27	42	97	93	11	22	3	0	0	6	0	3	1	.237	.260	.269	.529	47
SP	Sam Crawford	33	35	76	72	7	10	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	.139	.173	.153	.326	-9
SP	Harry Salmon*	30	20	57	53	7	9	2	0	0	1	0	1	3	.170	.185	.208	.393	9
SP	Charlie Beverly*	25	30	53	51	6	11	3	0	0	7	0	2	0	.216	.245	.275	.520	44
SP	Fred Daniels	32	10	17	16	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	.188	.235	.250	.485	34
SP	John Finner	39	6	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.091	.000	.091	-73
SP	Lefty Robinson^	34	10	10	10	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	92
SP	Frank Stevens^		8	9	9	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	52
SP	Square Moore	24	3	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-7
RP	Sam Streeter	24	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Willie Foster**	21	1	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	1.500	2.167	482
	31		815	2899	2647	376	710	92	42	33	353	61	158	94	.268	.309	.372	.682	88

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Ruben Jones*	31	RF	319	.316	.321	4.4%	8.1%	0.6%	1.4%	.111	.122
Charlie Blackwell*	30	LF	296	.378	.321	10.8%	8.1%	2.7%	1.4%	.162	.122
Geechie Meredith	25	2B	284	.232	.321	4.6%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.057	.122
Sandy Thompson*	30	CF	281	.373	.321	5.3%	8.1%	1.1%	1.4%	.131	.122
Mule Suttles	24	1B	278	.406	.321	10.8%	8.1%	3.6%	1.4%	.190	.122
Poindexter Williams	27	C	263	.390	.321	5.7%	8.1%	2.3%	1.4%	.190	.122
Felton Stratton	29	3B	260	.280	.321	1.9%	8.1%	0.4%	1.4%	.092	.122
Grady Orange^	25	SS	199	.200	.321	3.5%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.034	.122
Saul Davis	24	SS	129	.333	.321	3.9%	8.1%	1.6%	1.4%	.095	.122
Wilson Joseph^	27	3B	115	.183	.321	2.6%	8.1%	0.9%	1.4%	.058	.122
Robert Poindexter	27	SP	97	.245	.321	3.1%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.032	.122
Sam Crawford	33	SP	76	.156	.321	3.9%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.014	.122
Harry Salmon*	30	SP	57	.172	.321	1.8%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.038	.122
Charlie Beverly*	25	SP	53	.241	.321	3.8%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.059	.122
John Pardee^		C	45	.194	.321	6.7%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.122
Fred Daniels	32	SP	17	.229	.321	5.9%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.063	.122
Herman Roth	29	C	14	.266	.321	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.122
Jesse Edwards		LF	13	.115	.321	15.4%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.122
Bunk Henderson^		C	12	.077	.321	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.122
LeRoy Taylor*	22	CF	12	.310	.321	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.122
Pythias Russ	21	1B	11	.169	.321	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.122
John Finner	39	SP	11	.068	.321	9.1%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.122
Lefty Robinson^	34	SP	10	.314	.321	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.100	.122
Frank Stevens^		SP	9	.246	.321	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.111	.122
Square Moore	24	SP	7	.133	.321	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.122
Clyde Horne^		2B	6	.000	.321	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.122
Eppie Hamilton	25	C	6	.310	.321	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.122
Sam Streeter	24	RP	5	.000	.321	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.122
Arthur Jones^		SS	5	.335	.321	20.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.122
Edward Salters^		1B	5	.521	.321	20.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.122
Willie Foster**	21	SP	4	.588	.321	25.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.4%	1.000	.122
31			2899	.301	.321	5.5%	8.1%	1.1%	1.4%	.104	.122