Birmingham Black Barons

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Record:
397 - 474 - 16 (.456)

2 League Championships

Top Hitter

Tommy
Sampson

Top Pitcher

Harry
Salmon

Leaders

Plate Appearances

#	Player	Years	PA
1	Geechie Meredith	1923-1928	1109
2	George McAllister	1923-1928	883
3	Mule Suttles	1923-1925	733
4	Sandy Thompson	1924-1928	675
5	Piper Davis	1942-1948	612
6	Felton Stratton	1923-1925	599
7	Tommy Sampson	1940-1947	598
8	Charles Wesley	1923-1928	596
9	Reuben Jones	1923-1928	581
10	Lester Lockett	1938-1946	531

Innings

#	Player	Years	IP
1	Robert Poindexter	1924-1928	421.2
2	Harry Salmon	1923-1928	376.2
3	Alvin Gipson	1941-1946	243.0
4	Sam Streeter	1924-1928	223.1
5	Jimmie Newberry	1943-1948	186.2
6	Alfred Saylor	1943-1945	179.0
7	Johnny Markham	1941-1945	178.1
8	Bill McCall	1924-1924	168.0
9	Gready McKinnis	1941-1944	164.1
10	Leo Birdine	1928-1928	136.2

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#	Year	Team	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	1928	Birmingham Black Barons	714.1	1.33	11.8%	5.5%	2.15	1.1%
2	1924	Birmingham Black Barons	697.1	1.26	13.5%	6.1%	2.22
3	1925	Birmingham Black Barons	656.1	1.53	9.2%	8.6%	1.07
4	1943	Birmingham Black Barons	427.2	1.25	12.1%	7.8%	1.56	0.4%
5	1923	Birmingham Black Barons	389.0	1.27	9.2%	6.9%	1.32	0.4%
6	1944	Birmingham Black Barons	255.0	1.33	9.9%	8.2%	1.21	1.5%
7	1942	Birmingham Black Barons	250.0	1.26	11.7%	6.7%	1.73
8	1938	Birmingham Black Barons	219.1	1.58	10.4%	10.9%	0.95	0.6%
9	1945	Birmingham Black Barons	192.1	1.30	10.9%	7.9%	1.39
10	1940	Birmingham Black Barons	184.2	1.39	11.7%	5.9%	2.00
11	1937	Birmingham Black Barons	179.0	1.50	11.8%	7.0%	1.68	1.6%
12	1941	Birmingham Black Barons	144.0	1.30	13.9%	7.3%	1.89
13	1946	Birmingham Black Barons	76.0	1.26	15.3%	5.3%	2.88

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Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

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