Earl Bumpus - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Earl Bumpus

Earnest Earl Bumpus
(Big Jim)

Born: February 15, 1914 in Evansville, IN
Died: May 14, 1985 in Uniontown, KY
(71 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 6'2"

Wt: 200

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Notes:

• Buried: Uniontown City Cemetery (Uniontown, KY)

Pitching

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1944	BBB/KCM	NAL/WS	30	RF	2	2	.500	6	5		3	0	1	36.0	26	18	36	0	21	17	2	0	1	166	4.50	69
1945	BBB	NAL	31	LF	0	0		2	1		1	0	0	10.0	5	3	12	0	4	4	0	0	0	45	2.70	152
1947	CAG	NAL	33	LF	0	5	.000	10	4		3	0	1	41.1	34	28	57	0	25	22	2	0	2	209	6.10	79
1948	CAG	NAL	34	1B	1	1	.500	2	1		0	0	0	10.2	9	9	17	1	6	7	0	0	0	51	7.59	63
4	3			RP	3	8	.273	20	11		7	0	2	98.0	74	58	122	1	56	50	4	0	3	471	5.33	77
162 Game Average					7	18	.273	44	24		15	0	4	215.0	162	127	268	2	123	110	9	0	7	1033	5.33	77

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Kansas City Monarchs			RF	1	1	.500	4	3		1	0	1	18.0	14	13	17	0	14	10	0	0	0	82	6.50	51
2	Birmingham Black Barons			LF	1	1	.500	4	3		3	0	0	28.0	17	8	31	0	11	11	2	0	1	129	2.57	122
2	Chicago American Giants			RP	1	6	.143	12	5		3	0	1	52.0	43	37	74	1	31	29	2	0	2	260	6.40	76

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1944	BBB/KCM	NAL/WS	30	RF	36.0		1.58	1.27		10.2%	13.2%		12.7%	7.8%		0.81	1.69		0.0%	0.5%
1945	BBB	NAL	31	LF	10.0		1.60	1.37		8.9%	12.3%		8.9%	7.8%		1.00	1.57		0.0%	0.7%
1947	CAG	NAL	33	LF	41.1		1.98	1.59		10.5%	12.2%		12.0%	9.7%		0.88	1.25		0.0%	0.9%
1948	CAG	NAL	34	1B	10.2		2.16	1.57		13.7%	12.8%		11.8%	9.1%		1.17	1.41		2.0%	1.0%
4	3			RP	98.0		1.82	1.45		10.6%	12.6%		11.9%	8.8%		0.89	1.47		0.2%	0.7%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1	Kansas City Monarchs			RF	18.0		1.72	1.26		12.2%	12.5%		17.1%	7.3%		0.71	1.71		0.0%	0.3%
2	Birmingham Black Barons			LF	28.0		1.50	1.31		8.5%	13.2%		8.5%	8.0%		1.00	1.64		0.0%	0.7%
2	Chicago American Giants			RP	52.0		2.02	1.58		11.2%	12.3%		11.9%	9.6%		0.94	1.29		0.4%	0.9%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1944	BBB/KCM	NAL/WS	30	RF	6	166	143	26	36	4	1	0	1	0	21	17	0	1	1	0	2	.252	.352	.294	.645
1945	BBB	NAL	31	LF	2	45	41	5	12	1	0	0	1		4	4	0	0	0		2	.293	.356	.317	.673
1947	CAG	NAL	33	LF	10	209	176	34	57	7	4	0	4		25	22	1	2	6		3	.324	.414	.409	.823
1948	CAG	NAL	34	1B	2	51	45	9	17	4	1	1	0		6	7	0	0	0		2	.378	.451	.578	1.029
4	3			RP	20	471	405	74	122	16	6	1	6	0	56	50	1	3	7	0	9	.301	.390	.378	.768

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Kansas City Monarchs			RF	4	82	67	14	17	3	1	0	0	0	14	10	0	0	1		2	.254	.383	.328	.711
2	Birmingham Black Barons			LF	4	129	117	17	31	2	0	0	2	0	11	11	0	1	0	0	2	.265	.333	.282	.615
2	Chicago American Giants			RP	12	260	221	43	74	11	5	1	4		31	29	1	2	6		5	.335	.421	.443	.865

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