John Britton

John A. Britton Jr.
(Jack)

Born: April 21, 1919 in Mount Vernon, GA
Died: December 2, 1990 in Chicago, IL
(71 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: R

Ht: 5'8"

Wt: 160

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Notes:

• Buried: Oak Woods Cemetery (Chicago, IL)
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1940	SNS	NAL	21	1B	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0				0			.143	.143	.143	.286	-13
1942	CAG	NAL	23	3B	2	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	2	1		0				0			.222	.222	.222	.444	37
1943	CC	NAL	24	3B	32	130	123	17	39	3	2	0	12	4		6			0	1	0		.317	.349	.374	.723	124
1944	BBB	NAL/WS	25	3B	27	116	110	13	34	3	2	1	17	1		5			0	1	0		.309	.339	.400	.739	130
1945	BBB	NAL	26	3B	13	57	53	9	20	1	1	0	7	2		3			0	1			.377	.411	.434	.845	148
1946	BBB	NAL	27	3B	9	41	39	6	10	1	1	0	4	2		1			0	1			.256	.275	.333	.608	79
1947	BBB	NAL	28	3B	11	50	46	5	9	0	0	0	3	0		1			0	3			.196	.213	.196	.408	15
1948	BBB	MULT	29	3B	30	138	131	18	28	6	1	0	20	1		3			2	2			.214	.243	.275	.517	41
8	4			3B	128	548	518	70	143	14	7	1	65	11		19			2	9	0		.276	.304	.336	.640	90
162 Game Average						694	656	89	181	18	9	1	82	14		24			3	11	0		.276	.304	.336	.640	90

Year	Team	Lg	Age	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	St. Louis-New Orleans-Harrisburg Stars			LF	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0				0			.143	.143	.143	.286	-13
1	Chicago American Giants			3B	2	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	2	1		0				0			.222	.222	.222	.444	37
1	Indianapolis Clowns			3B	32	130	123	17	39	3	2	0	12	4		6			0	1	0		.317	.349	.374	.723	124
5	Birmingham Black Barons			3B	90	402	379	51	101	11	5	1	51	6		13			2	8	0		.266	.294	.330	.624	82

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1940	SNS	NAL	7	.139	.318	0.0%	9.2%					0.0%	0.6%	.000	.074
1942	CAG	NAL	9	.212	.308	0.0%	7.1%					0.0%	0.7%	.000	.078
1943	CC	NAL	130	.345	.310	4.6%	7.2%					0.0%	0.5%	.057	.075
1944	BBB	NAL/WS	116	.350	.306	4.3%			7.0%			0.9%	0.5%	.091	.070
1945	BBB	NAL	57	.392	.318	5.3%	7.1%					0.0%	0.6%	.057	.090
1946	BBB	NAL	41	.284	.329	2.4%	8.3%					0.0%	0.5%	.077	.076
1947	BBB	NAL	50	.189	.338	2.0%	8.9%					0.0%	0.8%	.000	.095
1948	BBB	MULT	138	.242	.344	2.2%			8.3%			0.0%	1.0%	.061	.108
8	4		548	.301	.323	3.5%	7.7%					0.2%	0.7%	.060	.086

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1	St. Louis-New Orleans-Harrisburg Stars		7	.139	.318	0.0%	9.2%					0.0%	0.6%	.000	.074
1	Chicago American Giants		9	.212	.308	0.0%	7.1%					0.0%	0.7%	.000	.078
1	Indianapolis Clowns		130	.345	.310	4.6%	7.2%					0.0%	0.5%	.057	.075
5	Birmingham Black Barons		402	.292	.327	3.2%	7.8%					0.2%	0.7%	.063	.090

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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

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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