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	-11
1942	CAG	NAL	23	3B	2	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	2	1		0				0			.222	.222	.222	.444	40
1943	CC	NAL	24	3B	32	130	123	17	39	3	2	0	12	4		6			0	1	0		.317	.349	.374	.723	128
1944	BBB	NAL/WS	25	3B	27	116	110	13	34	3	2	1	17	1		5			0	1	0		.309	.339	.400	.739	139
1945	BBB	NAL	26	3B	13	57	53	9	20	1	1	0	7	2		3			0	1			.377	.411	.434	.845	153
1946	BBB	NAL	27	3B	9	41	39	6	10	1	1	0	4	2		1			0	1			.256	.275	.333	.608	77
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	33	153	144	20	33	6	1	0	20	2		3			3	3			.229	.260	.285	.545	48
8	4			3B	131	563	531	72	148	14	7	1	65	12		19			3	10	0		.279	.307	.337	.645	94
162 Game Average						696	657	89	183	17	9	1	80	15		23			5	12	0		.279	.307	.337	.645	94

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			RF	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0				0			.143	.143	.143	.286	-11
1	Chicago American Giants			3B	2	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	2	1		0				0			.222	.222	.222	.444	40
1	Indianapolis Clowns			3B	32	130	123	17	39	3	2	0	12	4		6			0	1	0		.317	.349	.374	.723	128
5	Birmingham Black Barons			3B	93	417	392	53	106	11	5	1	51	7		13			3	9	0		.270	.299	.332	.631	86

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1940	SNS	NAL	7	.139	.313	0.0%	9.0%					0.0%	0.6%	.000	.073
1942	CAG	NAL	9	.212	.301	0.0%	6.9%					0.0%	0.7%	.000	.077
1943	CC	NAL	130	.345	.305	4.6%	7.0%					0.0%	0.5%	.057	.074
1944	BBB	NAL/WS	116	.350	.296	4.3%			6.8%			0.9%	0.5%	.091	.067
1945	BBB	NAL	57	.392	.313	5.3%	6.9%					0.0%	0.6%	.057	.088
1946	BBB	NAL	41	.284	.332	2.4%	8.4%					0.0%	0.5%	.077	.077
1947	BBB	NAL	50	.189	.339	2.0%	8.9%					0.0%	0.8%	.000	.096
1948	BBB	MULT	153	.254	.345	2.0%			8.2%			0.0%	0.9%	.056	.108
8	4		563	.303	.320	3.4%	7.6%					0.2%	0.7%	.058	.085

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	.313	0.0%	9.0%					0.0%	0.6%	.000	.073
1	Chicago American Giants		9	.212	.301	0.0%	6.9%					0.0%	0.7%	.000	.077
1	Indianapolis Clowns		130	.345	.305	4.6%	7.0%					0.0%	0.5%	.057	.074
5	Birmingham Black Barons		417	.295	.325	3.1%	7.7%					0.2%	0.7%	.061	.089

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

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.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

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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