1945 Birmingham Black Barons - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1945 Birmingham Black Barons


62 - 48 - 3


47 - 33 - 2 in the Negro American League

1923 / 1946 (Team History)

Managed by:
Winfield Welch (62-48-3)

Top Hitter


Ed
Steele

Top Pitcher


Jimmie
Newberry

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting Pitching
OPS+
104
2nd ERA+
105
3rd
OPS
.691
2nd ERA
3.90
3rd
BA
.270
2nd BA
.253
2nd
OBP
.312
4th K/BB
1.56
2nd
SLG
.379
1st K%
10.8%
3rd
BB%
5.2%
6th BB%
7.0%
1st
K%
HR%
0.3%
1st
ISO
.109
1st WHIP
1.31
3rd

Notes:


• Home Ballpark: Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
Tom Hayes (Owner & President)


Roster
Pos Uni Bats Throws
34
C
56
6'3"
225
B
R
8/5/1910 (Baton Rouge, LA)
2/27/1981 (Los Angeles, CA)
30
C
34
5'11"
177
R
R
4/18/1915 (Birmingham, AL)
9/27/1970 (Birmingham, AL)
37
SP
10
21.0
6'1"
184
R
R
1/13/1908 (Decatur, AL)
4/8/1982 (Cleveland, OH)
31
LF
3
6'0"
182
L
R
9/6/1913 (Madison, AL)
26
3B
69
5'8"
160
L
R
4/21/1919 (Mount Vernon, GA)
12/2/1990 (Chicago, IL)
31
LF
31
10.0
6'2"
200
L
L
2/15/1914 (Evansville, IN)
5/14/1985 (Uniontown, KY)
1B
5
27
1B
103
6'3"
188
R
R
7/3/1917 (Piper, AL)
5/21/1997 (Birmingham, AL)
29
2B
42
5'4"
140
R
R
9/25/1915 (Galveston, TX)
1/9/1999 (Chattanooga, TN)
31
SP
11
29.0
5'10"
168
R
R
5/7/1914 (Shreveport, LA)
3/25/1987 (Shreveport, LA)
2B
1
27
CF
3
6'1"
238
L
R
5/28/1918 (Saint Michaels, MD)
6/27/1992 (Montclair, NJ)
37
SP
15
24.0
5'9"
170
L
R
4/26/1908 (Lexington, KY)
1/31/1964 (Hartselle, AL)
22
2B
4
5'11"
175
B
R
10/15/1922 (Macon, GA)
11/11/1991 (Detroit, MI)
33
LF
106
5'10"
185
R
R
3/25/1912 (Princeton, IN)
10/4/2005 (Chicago, IL)
36
SP
17
34.2
5'10"
180
R
R
10/1/1908 (Shreveport, LA)
3/10/1975 (Los Angeles, CA)
25
CF
4
5'5"
151
8/1/1919 (Jacksonville, FL)
26
SP
26
65.1
5'10"
170
R
R
6/9/1919 (Bonham, AL)
6/23/1983 (Bremen Township, IL)
CF
4
R
R
LF
1
39
C
11
5'10"
176
R
R
6/26/1906 (Dawson, GA)
1/24/1958 (Birmingham, AL)
CF
10
R
R
42
PH
1
5'11"
186
R
R
7/7/1902 (Mobile, AL)
8/11/2005 (Chicago, IL)
33
CF
43
5'8"
160
L
R
6/28/1957 (Nashville, TN)
2B
11
32
3B
24
6'1"
180
R
R
8/31/1912 (Calhoun, AL)
1/24/2002 (Elizabeth City, NC)
33
SP
14
17.1
6'3"
175
B
R
12/31/1911 (Blytheville, AR)
4/8/1955 (Cleveland, OH)
29
CF
20
5'10"
158
L
R
6/12/1916 (Wetumpka, AL)
12/5/1999 (Birmingham, AL)
27
CF
21
5'11"
160
B
R
1/18/2002 (Terre Haute, IN)
25
2B
27
5'9"
151
R
R
8/4/1919 (Gretna, LA)
5/17/2003 (Gretna, LA)
39
1B
8
6'2"
217
R
R
4/23/1906 (Springfield, MO)
29
RF
114
5'10"
185
L
R
8/8/1915 (Dallas County, AL)
10/1/1978 (Birmingham, AL)
26
SP
7
18.1
5'4"
140
L
L
10/26/1918 (Merryville, LA)
2/1983 (Memphis, TN)
32
1B
5
5'6"
145
R
L
6/1979 (New York, NY)
24
SS
121
5'10"
162
L
R
10/28/1920 (Jefferson County, AL)
10/31/2010 (Portland, OR)
36
LF
10
5'10"
184
R
R
6/10/1909 (Dallas, TX)
2/4/1997 (Berkeley, CA)
32
SP
1
4.0
5'10"
172
L
L
7/12/1912 (Birmingham, AL)
8/8/2002 (Birmingham, AL)

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