1943 Birmingham Black Barons

59 - 49 - 2

45 - 35 - 2 in the Negro American League

1923 / 1944 (Team History)

Managed by:
Winfield Welch (59-49-2)

Top Hitter

Piper
Davis

Top Pitcher

Alfred
Saylor

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	91	4th	ERA+	101	3rd
OPS	.614	4th	ERA	3.64	3rd
BA	.243	4th	BA	.241	1st
OBP	.309	3rd	K/BB	1.77	3rd
SLG	.305	5th	K%	12.9%	2nd
BB%	8.0%	2nd	BB%	7.3%	4th
K%			HR%	0.5%	5th
ISO	.062	6th	WHIP	1.25	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	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Paul Hardy	32	33	112	103	9	22	1	0	0	2	2	8	0	1	0	.214	.270	.223	.494	53
1B	Alphonse Dunn	31	26	96	85	11	17	3	2	1	10	3	9	1	1	0	.200	.284	.318	.602	86
2B	Tommy Sampson	30	40	175	161	24	47	2	3	0	16	6	11	0	3	0	.292	.337	.342	.679	110
3B	Hoss Walker	38	37	142	128	14	22	2	1	0	8	2	7	3	4	0	.172	.232	.203	.435	35
SS	Piper Davis	25	39	161	142	28	41	12	2	2	24	3	16	1	2	0	.289	.365	.444	.808	150
LF	Lester Lockett	31	38	160	150	15	37	4	2	1	25	1	9	0	1	0	.247	.289	.320	.609	89
CF	Felix McLaurin**	21	33	146	125	27	38	4	1	1	13	5	20	0	1	0	.304	.400	.376	.776	141
RF	Clyde Spearman*	30	42	181	156	26	47	1	4	0	17	7	19	2	4	0	.301	.384	.359	.743	131

LF	Leroy Morney**	34	18	68	60	7	10	2	0	0	5	0	7	1	0	0	.167	.265	.200	.465	45
1B	Leonard Lindsay*	34	13	51	46	2	10	2	0	0	3	0	4	0	1	0	.217	.280	.261	.541	68
C	Herman Bell	28	10	30	27	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	.148	.207	.148	.355	11
RF	Bill Charter^		4	11	11	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.182	.273	-16
LF	Ed Steele*	27	2	8	8	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.625	.875	168
C	Ted Radcliffe	40	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	160
SS	Leamon Johnson*	26	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	60

SP	Alfred Saylor**	31	18	57	51	7	14	1	0	0	3	0	5	0	1	0	.275	.339	.294	.633	97
SP	John Huber*	35	18	39	36	2	8	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	.222	.263	.250	.513	59
SP	Alvin Gipson	29	14	35	33	1	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	.212	.212	.242	.455	41
SP	Gready McKinnis	29	14	34	32	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.156	.182	.156	.338	5
SP	Johnny Markham	34	8	22	21	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.238	.238	.286	.524	62
SP	Jimmie Newberry	24	5	12	10	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	67
SP	Jim Daniels^		3	9	9	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.222	.333	2
RP	Johnny Williams	25	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	60
RP	Dan Bankhead	23	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	24		420	1559	1401	185	341	39	15	6	139	29	124	9	25	0	.243	.309	.305	.614	91

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Clyde Spearman*	30	RF	181	.356	.310	10.5%	7.1%	0.0%	0.5%	.058	.076
Tommy Sampson	30	2B	175	.323	.310	6.3%	7.1%	0.0%	0.5%	.050	.076
Piper Davis	25	SS	161	.381	.310	9.9%	7.1%	1.2%	0.5%	.155	.076
Lester Lockett	31	LF	160	.293	.310	5.6%	7.1%	0.6%	0.5%	.073	.076
Felix McLaurin**	21	CF	146	.378	.310	13.7%	7.1%	0.7%	0.5%	.072	.076
Hoss Walker	38	3B	142	.214	.310	4.9%	7.1%	0.0%	0.5%	.031	.076
Paul Hardy	32	C	112	.246	.310	7.1%	7.1%	0.0%	0.5%	.010	.076
Alphonse Dunn	31	1B	96	.291	.310	9.4%	7.1%	1.0%	0.5%	.118	.076
Leroy Morney**	34	LF	68	.242	.310	10.3%	7.1%	0.0%	0.5%	.033	.076
Alfred Saylor**	31	SP	57	.309	.310	8.8%	7.1%	0.0%	0.5%	.020	.076
Leonard Lindsay*	34	1B	51	.263	.310	7.8%	7.1%	0.0%	0.5%	.043	.076
John Huber*	35	SP	39	.246	.310	5.1%	7.1%	0.0%	0.5%	.028	.076
Alvin Gipson	29	SP	35	.204	.310	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.5%	.030	.076
Gready McKinnis	29	SP	34	.163	.310	2.9%	7.1%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.076
Herman Bell	28	C	30	.178	.310	6.7%	7.1%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.076
Johnny Markham	34	SP	22	.237	.310	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.5%	.048	.076
Jimmie Newberry	24	SP	12	.287	.310	8.3%	7.1%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.076
Bill Charter^		RF	11	.125	.310	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.5%	.091	.076
Jim Daniels^		SP	9	.153	.310	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.5%	.111	.076
Ed Steele*	27	LF	8	.403	.310	0.0%	7.1%	12.5%	0.5%	.375	.076
Ted Radcliffe	40	C	4	.426	.310	25.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.076
Johnny Williams	25	RP	2	.372	.310	50.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.076
Leamon Johnson*	26	SS	2	.372	.310	50.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.076
Dan Bankhead	23	RP	2	.000	.310	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.076
24			1559	.297	.310	8.0%	7.1%	0.4%	0.5%	.062	.076