1927 Birmingham Black Barons

53 - 45 - 3

53 - 45 - 3 in the Negro National League I

1923 / 1928 (Team History)

Managed by:
Ruben Jones (53-44-3)

Top Hitter

Roy
Parnell

Top Pitcher

Harry
Salmon

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	103	4th	ERA+	95	6th
OPS	.737	4th	ERA	3.96	3rd
BA	.293	2nd	BA	.264	3rd
OBP	.336	5th	K/BB	1.75	2nd
SLG	.401	4th	K%	12.6%	1st
BB%	5.1%	8th	BB%	7.2%	3rd
K%			HR%	0.9%	2nd
ISO	.108	4th	WHIP	1.31	3rd

Notes:

• Second Half Champions of the Negro National League I
• Home Ballpark: Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
• 1 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Oscar Adams (President) , R. T. Jackson (Secretary)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Poindexter Williams	29	78	248	232	29	84	12	9	2	50	5	7	1	8	.362	.383	.517	.901	148
1B	George McAllister*	27	93	399	352	58	103	17	6	1	33	10	31	4	12	.293	.357	.384	.740	105
2B	Geechie Meredith	27	74	268	237	33	57	4	8	4	32	5	12	3	16	.241	.286	.376	.661	82
3B	J. H. Hamilton^	29	57	220	209	23	58	11	2	2	23	3	7	0	4	.278	.301	.378	.679	87
SS	Dewitt Owens^	26	68	264	240	25	65	7	0	1	26	3	11	0	13	.271	.303	.313	.615	71
LF	Roy Parnell	23	89	376	341	88	143	24	10	12	75	22	23	6	6	.419	.465	.654	1.119	207
CF	Sandy Thompson*	32	96	396	347	49	99	16	1	1	38	13	27	5	17	.285	.346	.346	.691	92
RF	Ruben Jones*	33	76	294	267	52	81	14	3	5	49	8	12	2	13	.303	.338	.434	.773	113

3B	Johnnie Oden	24	57	194	180	14	32	3	0	0	10	0	7	2	5	.178	.217	.194	.411	15
C	Clarence Palm	19	54	168	155	22	44	6	3	8	27	2	9	0	4	.284	.323	.516	.839	129
RF	Chuffie Alexander^	25	46	143	133	14	34	3	1	0	10	2	3	1	6	.256	.277	.293	.571	58
3B	Bobby Robinson	23	20	84	75	6	17	0	1	0	4	2	5	1	3	.227	.284	.253	.537	50
CF	Pinky Ward^		17	65	56	8	25	5	0	1	6	1	5	2	2	.446	.508	.589	1.097	203
RF	Earl Gurley*	28	10	34	28	4	8	0	1	0	4	0	3	0	3	.286	.355	.357	.712	98
2B	Bob Miller		9	31	25	7	8	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	3	.320	.393	.320	.713	100
1B	John Shanks^	27	9	26	24	1	6	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	.250	.280	.250	.530	48
LF	Leo Birdine^	32	9	14	14	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	96
3B	Charles Zomphier^	21	3	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.091	.000	.091	-73
RF	Fendall Williams^	26	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-26

SP	Sam Streeter	26	42	106	100	5	30	3	3	1	8	0	3	0	3	.300	.320	.420	.740	104
SP	Harry Salmon*	32	31	79	76	8	20	1	1	0	6	1	3	0	0	.263	.291	.303	.594	65
SP	Robert Poindexter	29	36	69	63	11	13	4	1	1	5	0	5	0	1	.206	.265	.349	.614	69
SP	Satchel Paige	20	21	46	44	3	12	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.364	.636	75
SP	Bill Gatewood	45	17	29	20	6	4	1	0	0	2	0	5	1	3	.200	.385	.250	.635	79
SP	Fred Daniels	34	12	20	19	1	5	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	.263	.300	.263	.563	57
SP	Columbus Vance**	22	4	11	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	52
SP	Nelson Dean^	28	4	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-7
SP	Ernie Phillips^		2	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	85
	28		1035	3612	3273	476	958	131	53	39	424	79	185	28	126	.293	.336	.401	.737	103

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
George McAllister*	27	1B	399	.336	.325	7.8%	7.3%	0.3%	1.2%	.091	.113
Sandy Thompson*	32	CF	396	.314	.325	6.8%	7.3%	0.3%	1.2%	.061	.113
Roy Parnell	23	LF	376	.492	.325	6.1%	7.3%	3.2%	1.2%	.235	.113
Ruben Jones*	33	RF	294	.337	.325	4.1%	7.3%	1.7%	1.2%	.131	.113
Geechie Meredith	27	2B	268	.284	.325	4.5%	7.3%	1.5%	1.2%	.135	.113
Dewitt Owens^	26	SS	264	.275	.325	4.2%	7.3%	0.4%	1.2%	.042	.113
Poindexter Williams	29	C	248	.394	.325	2.8%	7.3%	0.8%	1.2%	.155	.113
J. H. Hamilton^	29	3B	220	.305	.325	3.2%	7.3%	0.9%	1.2%	.100	.113
Johnnie Oden	24	3B	194	.195	.325	3.6%	7.3%	0.0%	1.2%	.017	.113
Clarence Palm	19	C	168	.365	.325	5.4%	7.3%	4.8%	1.2%	.232	.113
Chuffie Alexander^	25	RF	143	.256	.325	2.1%	7.3%	0.0%	1.2%	.038	.113
Sam Streeter	26	SP	106	.327	.325	2.8%	7.3%	0.9%	1.2%	.120	.113
Bobby Robinson	23	3B	84	.251	.325	6.0%	7.3%	0.0%	1.2%	.027	.113
Harry Salmon*	32	SP	79	.278	.325	3.8%	7.3%	0.0%	1.2%	.039	.113
Robert Poindexter	29	SP	69	.278	.325	7.2%	7.3%	1.4%	1.2%	.143	.113
Pinky Ward^		CF	65	.487	.325	7.7%	7.3%	1.5%	1.2%	.143	.113
Satchel Paige	20	SP	46	.275	.325	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	1.2%	.091	.113
Earl Gurley*	28	RF	34	.306	.325	8.8%	7.3%	0.0%	1.2%	.071	.113
Bob Miller		2B	31	.313	.325	9.7%	7.3%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.113
Bill Gatewood	45	SP	29	.296	.325	17.2%	7.3%	0.0%	1.2%	.050	.113
John Shanks^	27	1B	26	.244	.325	3.8%	7.3%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.113
Fred Daniels	34	SP	20	.271	.325	5.0%	7.3%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.113
Leo Birdine^	32	LF	14	.318	.325	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	1.2%	.143	.113
Columbus Vance**	22	SP	11	.255	.325	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.113
Charles Zomphier^	21	3B	11	.067	.325	9.1%	7.3%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.113
Nelson Dean^	28	SP	7	.134	.325	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.113
Ernie Phillips^		SP	6	.312	.325	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.113
Fendall Williams^	26	RF	4	.186	.325	25.0%	7.3%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.113
28			3612	.328	.325	5.1%	7.3%	1.1%	1.2%	.108	.113