1940 Birmingham Black Barons - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1940 Birmingham Black Barons


20 - 34


17 - 30 in the Negro American League

1923 / 1941 (Team History)

Managed by:
Candy Jim Taylor (20-34)

Top Hitter


Tommy
Sampson

Top Pitcher


Red
Howard

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting Pitching
OPS+
92
4th ERA+
88
6th
OPS
.633
3rd ERA
4.69
7th
BA
.251
3rd BA
.282
7th
OBP
.307
6th K/BB
1.32
5th
SLG
.326
3rd K%
9.9%
7th
BB%
6.5%
7th BB%
7.5%
2nd
K%
HR%
0.5%
3rd
ISO
.075
4th WHIP
1.45
4th

Notes:


• Home Ballpark: Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
• 1 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Tom Hayes (Owner)


Roster
Pos Uni Bats Throws
25
CF
35
5'8"
161
11/25/1914 (Wilmot, AR)
5/16/1989 (Los Angeles, CA)
32
LF
110
6'4"
198
L
L
12/23/1907 (Burnsville, AL)
7/30/1964 (death place unknown)
20
SP
23
45.1
6'1"
184
R
R
5/3/1920 (Empire, AL)
5/2/1976 (Houston, TX)
20
SP
2
5.0
6'4"
169
9/17/1919 (Birmingham, AL)
4/18/1999 (Birmingham, AL)
22
C
2
6'0"
170
R
R
5/5/1918 (Ruleville, MS)
5/7/2003 (El Paso, TX)
22
1B
103
6'0"
187
L
R
3/11/1918 (Birmingham, AL)
1/23/2005 (Birmingham, AL)
20
RP
2
8.0
5'8"
155
7/21/1919 (Centralia, IL)
6/19/1982 (death place unknown)
27
3B
104
5'9"
165
R
2/3/1913 (Muskogee, OK)
11/22/1987 (Tulsa, OK)
27
2B
11
5'10"
160
R
R
5/31/1913 (Pleasant Hill, AL)
10/24/1993 (Birmingham, AL)
29
RP
1
3.1
5'11"
170
7/11/1910 (Cairo, IL)
9/15/1986 (Tyler, TX)
29
C
85
5'10"
162
R
R
9/17/1910 (Meridian, MS)
8/28/1979 (Chicago, IL)
30
C
10
5'8"
165
R
R
1/12/1910 (Portsmouth, VA)
4/19/2000 (Los Angeles, CA)
30
RP
21
51.0
5'10"
198
L
L
3/10/1910 (Birmingham, AL)
12/30/1969 (Birmingham, AL)
25
SP
13
34.2
6'2"
180
R
R
7/11/1914 (Westfield, NC)
3/23/1998 (Springfield, MA)
3B
1
42
SS
5
6'1"
235
B
R
7/27/1897 (Caldwell County, TX)
9/22/1965 (Los Angeles, CA)
35
1B
46
2.1
5'11"
185
R
R
6/20/1905 (Groveton, TX)
10/1974 (Tulsa, OK)
SS
10
R
28
SP
22
51.1
5'8"
150
R
3/17/1912 (Boyce, LA)
10/27/1940 (Eloy, AZ)
23
RF
103
5'7"
165
10/29/1916 (York, AL)
12/14/1979 (Cleveland, OH)
25
SS
87
5'10"
165
R
R
11/13/1914 (Baton Rouge, LA)
11/17/2002 (Baton Rouge, LA)
27
2B
109
6'1"
180
R
R
8/31/1912 (Calhoun, AL)
1/24/2002 (Elizabeth City, NC)
26
SS
2
6'0"
155
R
3/10/1914 (Vian, OK)
8/4/1999 (Muskogee, OK)
29
SP
21
44.2
5'8"
168
R
L
7/30/1910 (Fowl River, AL)
8/26/1975 (Mobile, AL)
56
PH
2
5'5"
165
R
R
2/1/1884 (Anderson, SC)
4/3/1948 (Chicago, IL)
CF
85
C
5
R
R
37
C
12
5'9"
170
R
R
2/10/1903 (Bolton, MS)
3/28/1973 (Chicago, IL)
22
1B
4
5'11"
172
L
L
4/27/1918 (Tuscaloosa, AL)
6/9/1992 (Pontiac, MI)
27
CF
16
5'4"
158
B
R
1/10/1913 (Yazoo City, MS)
2/26/1991 (St. Louis, MO)
28
3B
14
5'10"
188
R
R
2/6/1912 (Cordova, AL)
7/23/1977 (Cleveland, OH)

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