1943 Birmingham Black Barons

62 - 49 - 3

44 - 34 - 3 in the Negro American League

1923 / 1944 (Team History)

Managed by:
Winfield Welch (62-48-3)
Larry Brown (0-1)

Top Hitter

Piper
Davis

Top Pitcher

Alfred
Saylor

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	93	4th	ERA+	106	3rd
OPS	.626	4th	ERA	3.49	3rd
BA	.248	4th	BA	.240	1st
OBP	.315	2nd	K/BB	1.74	2nd
SLG	.311	5th	K%	13.1%	2nd
BB%	8.2%	2nd	BB%	7.5%	4th
K%			HR%	0.5%	4th
ISO	.063	5th	WHIP	1.26	1st

Notes:

• Champions of the Negro American League
• First Half Champions of the Negro American League
• Home Ballpark: Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
• Tom Hayes (Owner & President) , Winfield Welch (General Manager)

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	Paul Hardy	32	33	112	103	9	22	1	0	0	2	2	8	0	1	.214	.270	.223	.494	52
1B	Alphonse Dunn	31	28	104	89	12	20	3	2	1	12	3	12	1	2	.225	.324	.337	.661	103
2B	Tommy Sampson	30	42	184	168	25	49	2	3	0	16	7	11	0	5	.292	.335	.339	.674	107
3B	Hoss Walker	35	38	146	132	14	23	2	1	0	9	2	7	3	4	.174	.232	.205	.437	34
SS	Piper Davis	25	41	170	149	32	45	14	2	2	26	3	19	1	1	.302	.385	.463	.848	160
LF	Lester Lockett	31	40	169	158	17	41	4	2	2	29	2	10	0	1	.259	.304	.348	.652	100
CF	Felix McLaurin**	21	34	151	130	28	40	4	1	1	12	6	20	0	1	.308	.400	.377	.777	139
RF	Clyde Spearman*	30	43	187	160	27	48	1	4	0	18	7	21	2	4	.300	.388	.356	.744	129

LF	Leroy Morney**	34	19	73	65	8	11	3	0	0	6	0	7	1	0	.169	.260	.215	.476	46
1B	Leonard Lindsay*	34	14	55	50	2	12	2	0	0	4	0	4	0	1	.240	.296	.280	.576	77
C	Herman Bell	28	11	34	30	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	.133	.212	.133	.345	7
LF	Ed Steele*	27	3	12	12	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.417	.583	77
RF	Babe Charter^	32	4	11	11	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.182	.273	-17
C	Ted Radcliffe	40	2	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	104
SS	Leamon Johnson	26	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	58

SP	Alfred Saylor**	31	18	57	51	7	14	1	0	0	3	0	5	0	1	.275	.339	.294	.633	95
SP	John Huber*	35	19	43	40	3	9	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	.225	.262	.250	.512	57
SP	Alvin Gipson	29	14	35	34	1	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.206	.206	.235	.441	35
SP	Gready McKinnis	29	14	33	32	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.156	.156	.156	.313	-4
SP	Johnny Markham	34	8	22	21	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.238	.238	.286	.524	60
SP	Jimmie Newberry	24	5	12	10	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	65
SP	Jim Daniels^		3	9	9	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.222	.333	1
SP	Gentry Jessup	28	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	157
RP	Dan Bankhead	23	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Johnny Williams	25	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	58
	25		438	1637	1468	199	364	42	15	7	150	32	134	9	26	.248	.315	.311	.626	93

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Clyde Spearman*	30	RF	187	.358	.313	11.2%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.056	.076
Tommy Sampson	30	2B	184	.318	.313	6.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.048	.076
Piper Davis	25	SS	170	.402	.313	11.2%	7.3%	1.2%	0.5%	.161	.076
Lester Lockett	31	LF	169	.312	.313	5.9%	7.3%	1.2%	0.5%	.089	.076
Felix McLaurin**	21	CF	151	.379	.313	13.2%	7.3%	0.7%	0.5%	.069	.076
Hoss Walker	35	3B	146	.214	.313	4.8%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.030	.076
Paul Hardy	32	C	112	.246	.313	7.1%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.010	.076
Alphonse Dunn	31	1B	104	.318	.313	11.5%	7.3%	1.0%	0.5%	.112	.076
Leroy Morney**	34	LF	73	.244	.313	9.6%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.046	.076
Alfred Saylor**	31	SP	57	.309	.313	8.8%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.020	.076
Leonard Lindsay*	34	1B	55	.279	.313	7.3%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.040	.076
John Huber*	35	SP	43	.246	.313	4.7%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.025	.076
Alvin Gipson	29	SP	35	.204	.313	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.029	.076
Herman Bell	28	C	34	.179	.313	8.8%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.076
Gready McKinnis	29	SP	33	.146	.313	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.076
Johnny Markham	34	SP	22	.238	.313	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.048	.076
Jimmie Newberry	24	SP	12	.288	.313	8.3%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.076
Ed Steele*	27	LF	12	.268	.313	0.0%	7.3%	8.3%	0.5%	.250	.076
Babe Charter^	32	RF	11	.125	.313	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.091	.076
Jim Daniels^		SP	9	.153	.313	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.111	.076
Ted Radcliffe	40	C	8	.334	.313	12.5%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.076
Gentry Jessup	28	SP	4	.427	.313	25.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.076
Leamon Johnson	26	SS	2	.373	.313	50.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.076
Dan Bankhead	23	RP	2	.000	.313	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.076
Johnny Williams	25	RP	2	.373	.313	50.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.076
25			1637	.303	.313	8.2%	7.3%	0.4%	0.5%	.063	.076