1937 Birmingham Black Barons

19 - 26

17 - 24 in the Negro American League

1923 / 1938 (Team History)

Managed by:
A. M. Walker (19-26)

David
Whatley

Bo
Mitchell

• Home Ballpark: Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
• W. L. Moore (Owner)

Batting

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
RF	David Whatley*	22	27	118	112	25	40	7	7	5	31	3	3	2	1	.357	.385	.679	1.063	186
3B	Parnell Woods	25	27	123	109	27	33	4	4	3	21	2	11	1	2	.303	.372	.495	.867	135
CF	Sylvester Owens		28	117	109	12	25	2	3	0	14	2	4	1	3	.229	.263	.303	.566	54
SS	Melvin Coleman^	26	20	69	62	15	18	1	2	0	5	0	6	1	0	.290	.362	.371	.733	101
CF	Johnny Ray*	25	16	71	60	14	27	0	2	0	10	2	8	2	1	.450	.529	.517	1.045	186
2B	Fred Bankhead	24	25	101	91	8	27	2	1	0	8	1	7	0	3	.297	.347	.341	.688	88
C	Harry Barnes	21	23	82	77	17	20	6	1	0	9	1	5	0	0	.260	.305	.364	.669	82
SP	Jack Bruton^	25	14	50	46	11	13	5	1	0	4	0	3	0	1	.283	.327	.435	.761	106
SP	Willie Ferrell^	23	14	36	33	4	9	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	.273	.294	.394	.688	87
LF	Melzar Williams	23	19	83	78	16	22	2	1	1	16	5	5	0	0	.282	.325	.372	.697	90
1B	Jim Canada*	25	13	55	48	12	15	5	0	0	9	2	5	0	2	.313	.377	.417	.794	117
1B	Bill Carter^		11	50	47	10	18	3	0	0	4	0	2	0	1	.383	.408	.447	.855	133
RP	Elbert Eatmon^	22	5	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	-39
SP	Ben Henderson^		5	11	8	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.250	.455	.375	.830	129
RP	Floyd Holston^		1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	95
SP	Red Howard*	27	10	28	25	4	7	1	0	1	7	2	2	0	1	.280	.333	.440	.773	110
SS	Clarence Lamar	22	10	42	38	7	8	1	0	0	3	1	3	0	1	.211	.268	.237	.505	39
1B	A. D. Lewis*	22	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SP	Bo Mitchell^		3	10	10	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	119
RP	Julius Osley^	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
LF	Quicksey^		3	7	7	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	135
PH	Sullivan^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	22		277	1068	972	187	292	42	23	10	146	21	70	7	19	.300	.352	.422	.774	110

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Parnell Woods	25	3B	123	.386	.335	8.9%	7.8%	2.4%	0.9%	.193	.115
David Whatley*	22	RF	118	.457	.335	2.5%	7.8%	4.2%	0.9%	.321	.115
Sylvester Owens		CF	117	.257	.335	3.4%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.073	.115
Fred Bankhead	24	2B	101	.318	.335	6.9%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.044	.115
Melzar Williams	23	LF	83	.324	.335	6.0%	7.8%	1.2%	0.9%	.090	.115
Harry Barnes	21	C	82	.310	.335	6.1%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.104	.115
Johnny Ray*	25	CF	71	.485	.335	11.3%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.067	.115
Melvin Coleman^	26	SS	69	.348	.335	8.7%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.081	.115
Jim Canada*	25	1B	55	.358	.335	9.1%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.104	.115
Jack Bruton^	25	SP	50	.339	.335	6.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.152	.115
Bill Carter^		1B	50	.390	.335	4.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.064	.115
Clarence Lamar	22	SS	42	.242	.335	7.1%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.026	.115
Willie Ferrell^	23	SP	36	.295	.335	2.8%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.121	.115
Red Howard*	27	SP	28	.339	.335	7.1%	7.8%	3.6%	0.9%	.160	.115
Ben Henderson^		SP	11	.410	.335	27.3%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.125	.115
Elbert Eatmon^	22	RP	10	.094	.335	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.115
Bo Mitchell^		SP	10	.377	.335	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.115
Quicksey^		LF	7	.403	.335	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.115
Floyd Holston^		RP	3	.505	.335	66.7%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.115
Julius Osley^	22	RP	1	.000	.335	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.115
Sullivan^		PH	1	.000	.335	0.0%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.115
A. D. Lewis*	22	1B		.000	.335		7.8%		0.9%		.115
22			1068	.350	.335	6.6%	7.8%	0.9%	0.9%	.121	.115

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