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)

Top Hitter

Roy
Parnell

Top Pitcher

Satchel
Paige

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	84	7th	ERA+	102	5th
OPS	.654	7th	ERA	4.18	5th
BA	.262	7th	BA	.276	3rd
OBP	.299	7th	K/BB	2.12	2nd
SLG	.355	5th	K%	11.5%	1st
BB%	3.9%	8th	BB%	5.4%	2nd
K%			HR%	1.2%	6th
ISO	.093	4th	WHIP	1.33	3rd

Notes:

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

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Bill Perkins	22	80	280	252	32	57	4	7	2	20	2	13	3	12	.226	.272	.321	.594	66
1B	George McAllister*	28	87	371	312	47	87	9	6	4	36	5	31	2	26	.279	.348	.385	.732	106
2B	Geechie Meredith	28	83	342	311	46	95	12	4	1	34	15	16	5	10	.305	.349	.379	.729	105
3B	Ray Sheppard^	25	57	218	198	26	55	12	5	3	25	6	4	5	11	.278	.309	.434	.744	107
3B	Ray Sheppard^	25	57	218	198	26	55	12	5	3	25	6	4	5	11	.278	.309	.434	.744	107
SS	Dewitt Owens^	27	80	280	257	18	58	9	1	0	16	6	10	0	13	.226	.255	.268	.523	47
LF	Chuffie Alexander^	26	66	251	232	28	62	11	5	1	21	6	6	1	12	.267	.289	.371	.659	84
CF	Roy Parnell	24	79	331	296	45	93	19	7	7	46	9	18	4	13	.314	.362	.497	.858	139
RF	Ruben Jones*	34	14	51	47	8	15	3	0	1	7	1	2	1	1	.319	.360	.447	.807	126

3B	Johnnie Oden	25	40	145	133	11	28	1	2	0	9	3	7	1	4	.211	.255	.248	.503	42
2B	Charles Wesley	31	47	143	134	16	36	4	1	0	14	1	2	0	7	.269	.279	.313	.593	66
LF	Anthony Cooper	23	40	135	130	9	29	4	0	1	11	2	4	0	1	.223	.246	.277	.523	47
CF	Sandy Thompson*	33	16	60	56	5	18	4	0	0	7	1	2	0	2	.321	.345	.393	.738	107
C	Poindexter Williams	30	22	50	47	1	12	2	0	0	11	0	2	0	1	.255	.286	.298	.584	64
RF	Jim Jeffries*	35	20	36	36	4	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.194	.194	.222	.417	17
C	Perry Hall	30	15	29	28	2	7	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	41
2B	Red Haley*	27	9	22	20	2	5	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	.250	.318	.450	.768	114
RF	Lou Dials*	24	4	13	10	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	.100	.250	.300	.550	54
RF	A. Mullen^		6	12	12	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	41
C	Lewis Means	29	3	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	13
RF	Giles^		2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RF	Leon Morgan^	22	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RF	Johnson^		1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Leo Birdine^	33	42	107	103	10	20	1	2	0	7	0	1	2	1	.194	.217	.243	.460	29
SP	Satchel Paige	21	34	70	70	10	22	0	3	0	6	1	0	0	0	.314	.314	.400	.714	100
SP	Harry Salmon*	33	31	69	62	5	12	1	1	0	4	1	1	0	6	.194	.206	.242	.448	26
SP	Robert Poindexter	30	26	50	45	11	17	3	0	0	5	2	2	0	3	.378	.404	.444	.849	138
SP	George Nash^	21	18	40	39	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.103	.103	.128	.231	-35
SP	Jim Willis^	22	7	18	15	5	5	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	1	.333	.412	.400	.812	129
SP	Sam Streeter	27	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Owen Smaulding	31	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Hayes^		2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Powell^		2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Nelson Dean^	29	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	33		997	3369	3070	370	804	114	52	23	318	71	131	30	138	.262	.299	.355	.654	84

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
George McAllister*	28	1B	371	.318	.320	8.4%	6.4%		1.1%	1.1%	.106	.108
Geechie Meredith	28	2B	342	.330	.320	4.7%	6.4%		0.3%	1.1%	.074	.108
Roy Parnell	24	CF	331	.372	.320	5.4%	6.4%		2.1%	1.1%	.182	.108
Bill Perkins	22	C	280	.264	.320	4.6%	6.4%		0.7%	1.1%	.095	.108
Dewitt Owens^	27	SS	280	.234	.320	3.6%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.043	.108
Chuffie Alexander^	26	LF	251	.286	.320	2.4%	6.4%		0.4%	1.1%	.103	.108
Ray Sheppard^	25	3B	218	.319	.320	1.8%		6.4%	1.4%	1.1%	.157	.108
Ray Sheppard^	25	3B	218	.319	.320	1.8%	6.4%		1.4%	1.1%	.157	.108
Johnnie Oden	25	3B	145	.234	.320	4.8%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.038	.108
Charles Wesley	31	2B	143	.261	.320	1.4%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.045	.108
Anthony Cooper	23	LF	135	.242	.320	3.0%	6.4%		0.7%	1.1%	.054	.108
Leo Birdine^	33	SP	107	.213	.320	0.9%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.049	.108
Satchel Paige	21	SP	70	.324	.320	0.0%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.086	.108
Harry Salmon*	33	SP	69	.189	.320	1.4%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.048	.108
Sandy Thompson*	33	CF	60	.330	.320	3.3%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.071	.108
Ruben Jones*	34	RF	51	.363	.320	3.9%	6.4%		2.0%	1.1%	.128	.108
Poindexter Williams	30	C	50	.269	.320	4.0%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.043	.108
Robert Poindexter	30	SP	50	.369	.320	4.0%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.067	.108
George Nash^	21	SP	40	.103	.320	0.0%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.026	.108
Jim Jeffries*	35	RF	36	.192	.320	0.0%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.028	.108
Perry Hall	30	C	29	.225	.320	0.0%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.000	.108
Red Haley*	27	2B	22	.344	.320	9.1%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.200	.108
Jim Willis^	22	SP	18	.364	.320	5.6%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.067	.108
Lou Dials*	24	RF	13	.240	.320	15.4%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.200	.108
A. Mullen^		RF	12	.233	.320	0.0%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.000	.108
Lewis Means	29	C	8	.210	.320	12.5%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.000	.108
Sam Streeter	27	SP	6	.000	.320	0.0%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.000	.108
Owen Smaulding	31	SP	4	.000	.320	0.0%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.000	.108
Giles^		RF	3	.000	.320	0.0%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.000	.108
Powell^		PH	2	.000	.320	0.0%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.000	.108
Leon Morgan^	22	RF	2	.000	.320	0.0%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.000	.108
Johnson^		RF	2	.000	.320	0.0%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.000	.108
Hayes^		RP	1	.000	.320	0.0%	6.4%		0.0%	1.1%	.000	.108
Nelson Dean^	29	SP		.000	.320		6.4%			1.1%		.108
33			3369	.290	.320	3.9%	6.4%		0.7%	1.1%	.093	.108