Birmingham Black Barons Team History - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Birmingham Black Barons


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Record:
643 - 709 - 26 (.476)

2 League Championships

Top Hitter


Tommy
Sampson

Top Pitcher


Harry
Salmon

Leaders

Runs Scored

# Player Years R
1
1923-1929
230
2
1923-1932
223
3
1924-1928
154
4
1927-1928
133
5
1923-1928
126
6
1942-1948
112
7
1923-1925
111
8
1923-1929
107
9
1940-1947
101
10
1942-1948
99

Games Started

# Player Years GS
1
1923-1932
88
2
1924-1928
68
3
1924-1930
66
4
1927-1930
52
5
1927-1932
40
6
1941-1946
35
7
1929-1930
27
8
1941-1944
25
9
1941-1945
24
10
1943-1948
23


Advanced Batting

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Hall of Famers:



Bats:





# Years Pos
1
1927-1928
LF
718
.429
6.0%
2.5%
.206
2
1923-1925
LF
722
.378
7.1%
1.9%
.148
3
1923-1929
C
1025
.358
6.3%
1.5%
.138
4
1940-1946
2B
697
.356
5.0%
0.3%
.076
5
1942-1946
1B
502
.349
8.4%
1.2%
.122
6
1924-1928
CF
1066
.340
7.1%
0.5%
.090
7
1923-1928
RF
881
.323
4.3%
1.2%
.113
8
1923-1932
1B
1684
.317
8.3%
0.6%
.082
9
1928-1945
C
523
.309
5.7%
1.3%
.112
10
1923-1929
2B
1735
.304
6.1%
0.8%
.093
11
1923-1929
2B
663
.293
3.6%
0.2%
.053
12
1938-1946
LF
620
.291
5.6%
0.3%
.068
13
1927-1930
SS
666
.256
3.9%
0.2%
.047
14
1928-1930
LF
522
.256
2.7%
1.0%
.084
15
1923-1925
3B
593
.250
3.0%
0.3%
.073
* = Left-handed hitter       ** = Switch-hitter       ^ = Unknown

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