1945 Birmingham Black Barons

62 - 48 - 3

37 - 27 - 2 in the Negro American League

1923 / 1946 (Team History)

Managed by:
Winfield Welch (62-48-3)

Ed
Steele

Jimmie
Newberry

• Home Ballpark: Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
• Tom Hayes (Owner & President)

1945 Birmingham Black Barons

Glossary

Left Field	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Lester Lockett	33	0.5	0.2	0.4
Earl Bumpus	31	0.2	0.3	-0.2
Leandy Young	36	0.2	0.1	0.1
Bill Bradford	31	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
Curtis Palmer		0.0	0.0	0.0

Center Field	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Johnny Ray	33	-0.3	-0.3	0.0
Quincy Smith	27	0.0	0.0	0.0
Freddie Shepard	29	0.2	0.1	0.1
Roy Phelps		-0.1	0.0	-0.1
Jack McLaurin	25	0.1	0.1	0.0
John Henry Oliver	38	0.0	0.0	0.1
Bob Harvey	27	-0.1	0.0	0.0

Right Field	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Ed Steele	29	1.7	1.8	0.0

Shortstop	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Artie Wilson	24	1.3	0.8	0.3

Second Base	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Felder	29	-0.5	-0.3	-0.2
Joe Spencer	25	0.1	-0.1	0.2
Jack Riley		0.0	0.0	0.0
Collins Jones	22	0.0	0.1	0.0
Harper		0.0	0.0	0.0

Third Base	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
John Britton	26	0.8	0.7	0.2
Tommy Sampson	32	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2

First Base	Age	WAR	Off
Piper Davis	27	1.0	1.1
Jim Starks	39	0.0	0.0
Walter Treherne	32	-0.1	-0.1
James Dailey		0.1	0.1

Manager	W-L	W%
Winfield Welch	62-48	.564

Catcher	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Pepper Bassett	34	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1
Herman Bell	30	0.1	-0.1	0.1
Bill Perkins	39	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2

Starting Pitcher	Age	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Jimmie Newberry	26	65.1	0.7	0.9	-0.2
Johnny Markham	36	34.2	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1
Alvin Gipson	31	29.0	0.6	0.6	0.0
Alfred Saylor	33	25.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
John Huber	37	24.0	-0.1	-0.2	0.1
Alonzo Boone	37	21.0	0.8	0.6	0.2
Frank Thompson	26	18.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
Willie Young	32	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Relief Pitcher	Age	IP	WAR	Pit	Off