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

Stolen Bases

#	Player	Years	SB
1	Geechie Meredith	1923-1929	50
2	Sandy Thompson	1924-1928	32
3	Roy Parnell	1927-1928	30
4	Clarence Smith	1929-1930	26
5	George McAllister	1923-1932	26
6	Ruben Jones	1923-1928	22
7	Terris McDuffie	1930-1930	18
8	Artie Wilson	1944-1948	16
9	Piper Davis	1942-1948	15
10	Ed Steele	1942-1948	15

Wins

#	Player	Years	W
1	Harry Salmon	1923-1932	58
2	Sam Streeter	1924-1930	39
3	Satchel Paige	1927-1930	36
4	Robert Poindexter	1924-1928	28
5	Dan Bankhead	1940-1944	15
6	Johnny Markham	1941-1945	14
7	Leo Birdine	1927-1932	13
8	Jimmie Newberry	1943-1948	13
9	Alfred Saylor	1941-1945	11
10	Bill Powell	1946-1948	10

Batting

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#	Player	Years	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Roy Parnell	1927-1928	LF	162	680	617	126	226	42	17	17	118	70		41			5	18			.367	.411	.573	.984	172
2	Tommy Sampson	1940-1946	2B	162	668	615	95	195	14	13	2	78	31		34		0	8	12	0	3	.316	.358	.393	.751	132
3	Bill Perkins	1928-1945	C	162	584	527	73	141	13	11	8	60	22		34		0	3	20			.267	.315	.379	.694	92
4	Piper Davis	1942-1946	1B	162	672	605	91	166	28	11	8	76	28		56		0	3	8	0		.274	.339	.396	.735	127
5	Geechie Meredith	1923-1929	2B	162	664	598	88	157	19	10	5	67	64		41			5	21			.263	.314	.357	.671	89
6	Mule Suttles	1923-1925	LF	162	636	576	98	182	29	10	12	109	38		45			6	11			.317	.370	.465	.834	137
7	Poindexter Williams	1923-1929	C	162	550	500	57	156	26	10	8	96	21		35			1	13			.311	.357	.449	.806	122
8	Felton Stratton	1923-1925	3B	162	672	619	74	143	20	9	2	66	27		20			4	31			.231	.258	.304	.562	57
9	Anthony Cooper	1928-1930	LF	162	583	544	59	130	11	9	6	58	58		16			0	23			.238	.259	.322	.582	60
10	George McAllister*	1923-1932	1B	162	696	606	92	168	20	9	4	62	31		57			2	30			.277	.341	.359	.701	99
11	Ruben Jones*	1923-1928	RF	162	623	574	89	167	25	8	8	93	70		27			2	21			.291	.324	.404	.728	104
12	Sandy Thompson*	1924-1928	CF	162	672	602	97	183	28	8	3	72	66		48			3	20			.305	.358	.395	.753	109
13	Charles Wesley	1923-1929	2B	162	607	568	79	157	13	7	1	56	16		22			0	16			.277	.304	.330	.634	84
14	Lester Lockett	1938-1946	LF	162	648	597	80	147	20	7	2	78	9		37		0	3	11	0	0	.247	.294	.315	.609	86
15	Dewitt Owens^	1927-1930	SS	162	586	539	52	133	18	3	1	40	30		23			0	25			.247	.277	.294	.572	60

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

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