John Britton - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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

About Graph

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Notes:

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

Batting

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+
1942	CAG	NAL	23	3B	4	17	17	2	3	0	0	0	2	1		0			0	0			.176	.176	.176	.353	8
1943	CC	NAL	24	3B	33	136	128	17	39	3	2	0	11	4		7			0	1			.305	.341	.359	.700	118
1944	BBB	NAL/WS	25	3B	36	155	145	17	44	5	1	1	19	0	0	8		0	1	1	0		.303	.344	.372	.717	126
1945	BBB/VEZ	MEX/NAL	26	3B	45	203	184	31	58	8	4	0	19	4		15	3		1	3			.315	.370	.402	.772	101
1946	BBB	NAL	27	3B	10	46	43	6	10	1	1	0	5	2		1			1	1			.233	.267	.302	.569	66
1947	BBB	NAL	28	3B	14	66	62	6	12	0	0	0	4	0		1			0	3			.194	.206	.194	.400	7
1948	BBB	MULT	29	3B	38	175	164	21	36	6	1	0	22	1	0	4		0	4	3			.220	.256	.268	.524	43
7	4			3B	180	798	743	100	202	23	9	1	82	12	0	36	3	0	7	12	0		.272	.312	.331	.643	84
162 Game Average						718	669	90	182	21	8	1	74	11	0	32	17	0	6	11	0		.272	.312	.331	.643	84

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+
7	Negro Leagues				151	665	625	82	169	19	6	1	72	10	0	24		0	6	10	0		.270	.304	.325	.629	86
1	vs Latin Leagues				29	133	118	18	33	4	3	0	10	2		12	3		1	2			.280	.351	.364	.716	76

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	Chicago American Giants			3B	4	17	17	2	3	0	0	0	2	1		0			0	0			.176	.176	.176	.353	8
1	Indianapolis Clowns			3B	33	136	128	17	39	3	2	0	11	4		7			0	1			.305	.341	.359	.700	118
5	Birmingham Black Barons			3B	114	512	480	63	127	16	4	1	59	5	0	17		0	6	9	0		.265	.298	.321	.619	80
1	Azules de Veracruz			3B	29	133	118	18	33	4	3	0	10	2		12	3		1	2			.280	.351	.364	.716	76

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1942	CAG	NAL	17		.168	.308		0.0%	6.9%			0.1%			98.20		0.0%	0.7%		.000	.089
1943	CC	NAL	136		.335	.309		5.1%	7.2%								0.0%	0.5%		.055	.075
1944	BBB	NAL/WS	155		.346	.306		5.2%				7.0%					0.6%	0.4%		.069	.069
1945	BBB/VEZ	MEX/NAL	203		.364	.363		7.4%			1.5%	10.0%		5.00			0.0%	0.8%		.087	.107
1946	BBB	NAL	46		.271	.331		2.2%	8.1%								0.0%	0.5%		.070	.079
1947	BBB	NAL	66		.187	.356		1.5%	9.6%								0.0%	0.9%		.000	.105
1948	BBB	MULT	175		.248	.346		2.3%				9.0%					0.0%	1.0%		.049	.109
7	4		798		.306	.335		4.5%	8.5%		2.3%	4.5%		4.00	16.54		0.1%	0.7%		.059	.093

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
7	Negro Leagues		665		.298	.326		3.6%	7.9%								0.2%	0.7%		.054	.088
1	vs Latin Leagues		133		.342	.385		9.0%	11.6%		2.3%	6.0%		4.00	1.93		0.0%	0.9%		.085	.118

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1	Chicago American Giants		17		.168	.308		0.0%	6.9%								0.0%	0.7%		.000	.089
1	Indianapolis Clowns		136		.335	.309		5.1%	7.2%								0.0%	0.5%		.055	.075
5	Birmingham Black Barons		512		.293	.331		3.3%	8.1%								0.2%	0.7%		.056	.091
1	Azules de Veracruz		133		.342	.385		9.0%	11.6%		2.3%	6.0%		4.00	1.93		0.0%	0.9%		.085	.118

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