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)

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+
1944	KCM/BBB	NAL/WS	30	SP	11	24	24	2	2	1	0	0	1	0		0			0	0	0		.083	.083	.125	.208	-33
1945	BBB	NAL	31	LF	13	31	30	2	11	1	2	0	7	1		1		0	0	0			.367	.387	.533	.920	172
1947	CAG	NAL	33	1B	17	58	49	6	10	2	0	0	9	0		8			0	1			.204	.316	.245	.561	52
1948	CAG	NAL	34	1B	4	13	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		2			0	0			.091	.231	.091	.322	-11
4	3			LF	45	126	114	11	24	4	2	0	18	1		11		0	0	1	0		.211	.280	.281	.561	59
162 Game Average						454	410	40	86	14	7	0	65	5		40		0	0	4	0		.211	.280	.281	.561	59

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	Kansas City Monarchs			RP	9	17	17	2	2	1	0	0	1	0		0				0			.118	.118	.176	.294	-6
2	Birmingham Black Barons			LF	15	38	37	2	11	1	2	0	7	1		1		0	0	0	0		.297	.316	.432	.748	122
2	Chicago American Giants			1B	21	71	60	7	11	2	0	0	10	0		10			0	1			.183	.300	.217	.517	41

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1944	KCM/BBB	NAL/WS	24	.098	.297	0.0%			6.8%			0.0%	0.5%	.042	.067
1945	BBB	NAL	31	.421	.314	3.2%	6.8%					0.0%	0.6%	.167	.089
1947	CAG	NAL	58	.287	.351	13.8%	9.4%					0.0%	0.8%	.041	.102
1948	CAG	NAL	13	.193	.350	15.4%	8.9%					0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
4	3		126	.274	.331	8.7%	8.2%					0.0%	0.7%	.070	.092

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1	Kansas City Monarchs		17	.138	.297	0.0%	6.7%					0.0%	0.4%	.059	.069
2	Birmingham Black Barons		38	.343	.311	2.6%	6.9%					0.0%	0.6%	.135	.084
2	Chicago American Giants		71	.269	.351	14.1%	9.3%					0.0%	0.8%	.033	.104

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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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