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Birmingham Black Barons

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773 - 808 - 30 (.489)

3 League Championships

Top Hitter

Artie
Wilson

Top Pitcher

Harry
Salmon

Leaders

Runs Scored

#	Player	Years	R
1	Geechie Meredith	1923-1929	230
2	George McAllister	1923-1932	223
3	Sandy Thompson	1924-1928	154
4	Roy Parnell	1927-1928	133
5	Ruben Jones	1923-1928	126
6	Piper Davis	1942-1948	112
7	Mule Suttles	1923-1925	111
8	Poindexter Williams	1923-1929	107
9	Tommy Sampson	1940-1947	101
10	Ed Steele	1942-1948	99

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

Opponent's Batting

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#	Player	Year	Team	Role	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Robert Poindexter	1928	BBB	SP	18	471	420	71	122	20	8	7	24		33	41		3	15		2	.290	.346	.426	.773
2	Bill McCall*	1924	BBB	RP	27	646	577	88	155	15	12	8	21		37	92		6	25		13	.269	.319	.378	.697
3	George Nash*	1928	BBB	RP	18	403	366	47	83	10	2	6	16		21	55		5	11		9	.227	.278	.314	.592
4	Gready McKinnis*	1943	BBB	SP	16	415	371	52	89	13	4	3	15		34	47		5	5			.240	.312	.321	.633
5	Cliff Blackmon	1938	BBB	RP	13	354	300	65	81	14	5	2	13		43	42		1	10		8	.270	.363	.370	.733
6	Sam Streeter*	1924	BBB	SP	26	821	768	81	200	25	12	9	12		26	128		6	21		15	.260	.290	.359	.649
7	Jack Bruton	1937	BBB	SP	8	264	247	44	82	5	12	6	11	0	15	34	0	1	1		3	.332	.373	.522	.895
8	Harry Salmon	1928	BBB	SP	22	598	559	69	163	28	11	9	11		18	74		1	20		9	.292	.315	.429	.744
9	Dick Burton	1938	BBB	RP	10	166	149	26	37	8	0	1	9		13	15		0	4		2	.248	.309	.322	.631
10	Robert Poindexter	1924	BBB	RP	27	716	624	86	163	17	6	5	9		55	121		10	27		15	.261	.331	.332	.663
11	Elbert Eatmon^	1938	BBB	RP	10	165	143	26	45	5	3	0	7		19	14		0	3		2	.315	.395	.392	.787
12	John Huber	1944	BBB	SP	6	162	144	19	28	6	1	1	7	0	12	15	0	2	4	0	3	.194	.266	.271	.537
13	Satchel Paige	1928	BBB	RP	25	532	494	47	113	12	3	2	7		25	121		3	10		6	.229	.270	.277	.547
14	Sam Streeter*	1928	BBB	RP	2	63	58	14	18	3	0	1	7		4	7		0	1		1	.310	.355	.414	.769
15	Jim Willis	1928	BBB	SP	7	231	206	39	61	9	5	5	7		15	21		3	7		2	.296	.353	.461	.814
16	Leo Birdine	1928	BBB	SP	27	605	548	86	156	25	7	5	6		37	35		7	13		12	.285	.338	.383	.721
17	Robert Poindexter	1927	BBB	RP	35	53	48	107	205	3	2	2	6		53	78		3	3		1	.292	.320	.563	.883
18	Bill Powell	1948	BBB	SP	9	257	236	26	54	6	0	3	6		20	48	0	0	1		3	.229	.289	.292	.581
19	Dan Bankhead	1941	BBB	RP	11	269	241	18	41	4	2	1	5		17	38	0	5	6		1	.170	.240	.216	.455
20	Alvin Gipson	1941	BBB	SP	10	225	198	41	58	10	5	1	5		20	27	0	2	5		5	.293	.364	.409	.773
21	Bill Greason	1948	BBB	RP	11	308	273	35	69	14	3	2	5		31	47	1	1	3		7	.253	.331	.348	.679
22	Ben Henderson	1937	BBB	SP	5	120	108	27	36	8	1	2	5	0	10	20	0	1	1		3	.333	.395	.481	.876
23	Johnny Markham	1943	BBB	SP	11	294	272	20	60	5	3	1	5		17	18		1	4			.221	.269	.272	.541
24	Blanch Moody	1940	BBB	SP	12	227	211	32	67	6	3	1	5		11	20	0	1	4		4	.318	.354	.389	.743
25	Fay Washington	1944	BBB	SP	3	100	85	10	17	3	0	2	5	0	14	21	0	1	0		3	.200	.320	.306	.626
26	Dizzy Dismukes	1924	BBB	SP	7	152	138	19	40	8	1	1	4		7	10		1	6		4	.290	.329	.384	.713
27	Elbert Eatmon^	1937	BBB	RP	5	107	98	18	27	3	1	1	4	0	8	12	0	0	1		1	.276	.330	.357	.687
28	Alvin Gipson	1944	BBB	SP	11	266	238	30	57	7	6	0	4	0	19	34	0	3	6		8	.239	.304	.319	.623
29	Johnny Juran	1924	BBB	SP	10	188	155	27	40	2	3	3	4		22	10		1	10		3	.258	.354	.368	.722
30	Jimmie Newberry	1943	BBB	SP	5	127	113	24	30	4	3	1	4		12	7		0	2			.265	.336	.381	.717
31	Jimmie Newberry	1948	BBB	RP	17	334	312	30	84	10	3	2	4		15	48	0	2	5		4	.269	.307	.340	.647
32	Alonzo Perry	1948	BBB	SP	13	330	296	50	84	13	7	6	4		26	34	0	4	4		5	.284	.350	.436	.786
33	John Richardson^	1924	BBB	RP	11	228	198	36	51	5	4	3	4		17	19		7	6		6	.258	.338	.369	.707
34	Alfred Saylor	1944	BBB	SP	17	484	454	66	130	13	6	5	4	0	17	37	0	3	8	2	16	.286	.315	.374	.690
35	Owen Smaulding^	1928	BBB	SP	3	51	47	14	21	5	0	1	4		3	2		1	0		1	.447	.490	.617	1.107
36	Willie Ferrell*	1937	BBB	SP	10	256	222	49	64	9	9	3	3	0	22	24	0	4	8		5	.288	.363	.450	.813
37	Alvin Gipson	1943	BBB	SP	13	319	297	37	72	9	9	1	3		16	64		1	5			.242	.283	.343	.627
38	Alvin Gipson	1945	BBB	SP	5	123	111	13	25	4	2	0	3		9	12	0	1	2		2	.225	.289	.297	.587
39	Jim Jeffries*	1928	BBB	RP	9	184	160	29	47	8	1	0	3		17	8		1	6		2	.294	.365	.356	.721
40	Gentry Jessup	1940	BBB	SP	8	168	145	30	43	5	1	1	3		17	18	0	1	5		2	.297	.374	.366	.740
41	Julius Osley	1938	BBB	RP	8	89	77	10	20	2	1	0	3		11	9		0	1		2	.260	.352	.312	.664
42	Alonzo Perry	1947	BBB	RP	5	109	93	17	26	5	1	1	3		15	9	0	0	1		2	.280	.380	.387	.767
43	Alfred Saylor	1943	BBB	RP	13	357	325	29	86	7	4	1	3		23	37		3	4			.265	.319	.320	.639
44	Eddie Snead*	1940	BBB	RP	10	201	184	26	61	4	1	1	3		15	16	0	0	2		6	.332	.382	.380	.762
45	Sam Streeter*	1927	BBB	SP	34	60	55	122	233	1	1	2	3		42	127		3	3		0	.327	.351	.491	.842
46	Frank Thompson*	1945	BBB	SP	3	79	71	12	18	3	1	0	3		4	12	0	2	2		1	.254	.312	.324	.636
47	Dan Bankhead	1940	BBB	SP	8	178	162	21	37	4	4	1	2		12	23	0	2	2		5	.228	.290	.321	.611
48	Alonzo Boone	1945	BBB	RP	5	90	82	8	17	6	1	0	2		7	15	0	1	0		2	.207	.278	.305	.583
49	Jim Daniels^	1943	BBB	SP	3	75	58	11	10	3	2	0	2		15	12		2	0			.172	.360	.293	.653
50	Charles Dunklin	1938	BBB	RP	2	23	19	7	5	0	0	0	2		3	5		1	0		0	.263	.391	.263	.654
51	Jehosie Heard*	1947	BBB	SP	4	80	70	10	19	3	2	1	2		8	8		1	1		1	.271	.354	.414	.769
52	Red Howard*	1940	BBB	RP	15	217	198	24	46	4	2	0	2		17	24	0	1	1		1	.232	.296	.273	.569
53	John Huber	1943	BBB	RP	10	233	210	20	41	7	0	1	2		19	33		1	5			.195	.265	.243	.508
54	Johnny Markham	1941	BBB	RP	8	152	146	16	39	3	2	0	2		4	24	0	0	2		2	.267	.287	.315	.602
55	Johnny Markham	1945	BBB	RP	7	156	144	26	43	2	0	1	2		12	14	0	0	1		6	.299	.353	.333	.686
56	Gready McKinnis*	1941	BBB	SP	6	138	121	7	24	5	1	1	2		13	21	0	2	2		5	.198	.287	.281	.568
57	Jimmie Newberry	1944	BBB	RP	3	52	45	4	8	1	0	0	2	0	6	6	1	0	1		0	.178	.275	.200	.475
58	Jimmie Newberry	1947	BBB	RP	7	132	123	17	34	3	6	0	2		7	16	0	1	1		1	.276	.321	.398	.719
59	Nat Pollard	1947	BBB	SP	3	95	85	17	30	2	3	2	2		6	5		2	2		2	.353	.409	.518	.926
60	Alonzo Boone	1944	BBB	RP	2	48	42	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	0	1	1	0	2	.190	.277	.190	.467
61	Earl Bumpus*	1944	BBB	SP	2	84	76	12	19	1	0	0	1	0	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.321	.263	.585
62	Earl Bumpus*	1945	BBB	RP	2	45	41	5	12	1	0	0	1		4	4	0	0	0		2	.293	.356	.317	.673
63	Fred Daniels	1924	BBB	SP	1	27	19	1	2	1	0	0	1		7	4		0	1		0	.105	.346	.158	.504
64	Jehosie Heard*	1946	BBB	SP	2	77	73	5	18	1	1	1	1		4	17	0	0	0		1	.247	.286	.329	.614
65	Curtis Hollingsworth*	1947	BBB	RP	4	46	42	6	13	2	0	1	1		1	3		2	1		0	.310	.356	.429	.784
66	Red Howard*	1937	BBB	SP	5	172	154	36	44	2	3	4	1	0	14	25	0	0	4		2	.286	.345	.416	.761
67	Gentry Jessup	1941	BBB	SP	2	26	20	6	7	1	0	0	1		3	4	0	2	1		0	.350	.480	.400	.880
68	Gentry Jessup	1943	BBB	SP	1	44	38	5	10	3	0	0	1		3	3		2	1			.263	.349	.342	.691
69	Bo Mitchell	1938	BBB	SP	3	106	91	23	27	3	1	3	1		11	10		1	3		0	.297	.379	.451	.829
70	Murray^	1938	BBB	SP	1	9	9	1	2	1	0	0	1		0	2		0	0		0	.222	.222	.333	.556
71	Jimmie Newberry	1945	BBB	RP	11	283	256	34	63	9	5	1	1		19	33	2	0	8		4	.246	.298	.332	.630
72	Satchel Paige	1927	BBB	RP	22	43	40	43	88	0	0	1	1		29	100		2	1		1	.225	.262	.300	.562
73	Nat Pollard	1948	BBB	RP	2	23	19	6	6	3	1	0	1		3	2	0	0	1		1	.316	.409	.579	.988
74	Bill Powell	1946	BBB	SP	3	86	75	12	23	2	2	0	1		9	9	0	2	0		1	.307	.395	.387	.782
75	Harry Salmon	1924	BBB	SP	4	138	127	19	42	6	5	1	1		5	13		1	5		1	.331	.361	.480	.841
76	Alfred Saylor	1945	BBB	RP	4	75	66	12	18	5	0	0	1		5	6	0	1	2		4	.273	.333	.348	.682
77	Thurston^	1938	BBB	RP	1	43	34	3	5	0	0	0	1		7	2		0	2		1	.147	.293	.147	.440
78	Johnny Williams	1943	BBB	RP	1	14	11	5	4	1	1	0	1		3	1		0	0			.364	.500	.636	1.136
79	Orinthal Anderson	1947	BBB	RP	2	25	23	8	11	4	1	1	0		2	3	0	0	0		1	.478	.520	.870	1.390
80	Jimmie Armstead*	1938	BBB	SP	1	23	18	5	7	1	0	0	0		2	2		2	1		0	.389	.500	.444	.944
81	Dan Bankhead	1943	BBB	RP	1	15	13	3	4	1	0	0	0		2	2		0	0			.308	.400	.385	.785
82	Dan Bankhead	1944	BBB	RP	2	38	35	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	3	15	0	0	0		0	.171	.237	.200	.437
83	Sam Barber^	1940	BBB	SP	1	20	19	2	5	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0		1	.263	.300	.263	.563
84	Samuel Burris^	1940	BBB	RP	5	42	35	11	11	2	0	1	0		6	3	0	1	0		0	.314	.429	.457	.886
85	Spoon Carter	1938	BBB	SP	1	33	32	5	7	2	1	0	0		1	4		0	0		0	.219	.242	.344	.586
86	Specs Ellis*	1944	BBB	SP	2	30	25	8	11	3	0	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	1		2	.440	.517	.680	1.197
87	Alvin Gipson	1946	BBB	SP	2	43	37	10	13	4	1	0	0		3	8	0	1	2		1	.351	.415	.514	.928
88	Pete Gregory^	1940	BBB	RP	1	12	12	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0		0	.167	.167	.250	.417
89	Perry Hall	1928	BBB	RP	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	.000	.000	.000	.000
90	Hayes^	1928	BBB	RP	2	19	17	3	6	2	0	0	0		0	4		0	2		0	.353	.353	.471	.824
91	Jehosie Heard*	1948	BBB	RP	8	31	29	4	10	0	0	0	0		1	5	0	0	1		0	.345	.367	.345	.711
92	Curtis Hollingsworth*	1946	BBB	RP	1	9	9	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	0		0	.333	.333	.333	.667
93	Floyd Holston^	1937	BBB	RP	1	10	9	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0		1	.222	.300	.556	.856
94	John Huber	1945	BBB	RP	6	107	100	18	26	5	1	1	0		4	8	0	0	3		1	.260	.288	.360	.648
95	Tom Hunter^	1944	BBB	RP	1	8	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0		0	.400	.625	.400	1.025
96	Pee Wee Jenkins	1944	BBB	RP	1	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
97	Lee Johnson^	1941	BBB	RP	2	20	16	10	7	1	3	0	0		3	0	0	0	1		0	.438	.526	.875	1.401
98	Johnny Markham	1944	BBB	RP	3	79	72	12	22	3	1	3	0	0	5	8	0	0	1	1	0	.306	.346	.500	.846
99	Fred McBride	1940	BBB	RP	1	12	10	2	3	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0		0	.300	.417	.300	.717
100	Gready McKinnis*	1944	BBB	SP	1	22	17	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0		1	.235	.409	.294	.703

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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