1940 Birmingham Black Barons

21 - 38

18 - 31 in the Negro American League

1923 / 1941 (Team History)

Managed by:
Candy Jim Taylor (21-38)

Top Hitter

Tommy
Sampson

Top Pitcher

Red
Howard

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	95	3rd	ERA+	88	5th
OPS	.644	3rd	ERA	4.65	7th
BA	.255	3rd	BA	.281	7th
OBP	.309	5th	K/BB	1.31	4th
SLG	.335	2nd	K%	10.0%	7th
BB%	6.4%	7th	BB%	7.7%	3rd
K%			HR%	0.5%	3rd
ISO	.080	2nd	WHIP	1.45	5th

Notes:

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

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	Paul Hardy	29	25	88	75	7	16	3	1	0	8	1	9	1	3	.213	.306	.280	.586	78
1B	Lyman Bostock*	22	27	106	100	14	25	4	0	0	10	1	6	0	0	.250	.292	.290	.582	76
2B	Tommy Sampson	27	27	112	104	20	35	4	3	0	13	3	5	2	1	.337	.378	.433	.811	146
3B	Sammy Burton^	27	29	104	92	13	23	1	2	1	9	1	10	0	2	.250	.324	.337	.660	100
SS	Ulysses Redd	25	27	90	86	8	19	1	2	0	5	1	2	1	1	.221	.247	.279	.526	59
LF	Jabbo Andrews*	32	29	113	99	12	23	3	1	3	18	2	12	1	1	.232	.321	.374	.695	111
CF	Dan Thomas^	32	26	88	83	11	18	2	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	.217	.261	.241	.502	52
RF	Willie Nixon^	23	28	106	89	18	25	6	2	2	16	0	12	1	4	.281	.373	.461	.833	152

1B	Fred McBride	35	16	46	44	7	11	1	0	1	5	0	2	0	0	.250	.283	.341	.624	89
CF	Buddy Allen^	25	10	38	36	7	12	1	0	0	5	0	1	1	0	.333	.368	.361	.730	121
CF	Emmett Wilson**	27	4	16	14	3	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	.286	.375	.357	.732	122
SS	James Mickey^		5	15	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.067	.067	.133	-60
3B	Parnell Woods	28	3	14	14	2	5	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	.357	.357	.500	.857	160
C	Cap Tyson	37	4	12	12	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.417	.417	.500	.917	178
2B	Johnnie Cowan	27	3	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	-45
C	Buster Haywood	30	5	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	21
C	Jake Tolbert		1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1B	Eddie Vines*	22	2	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	203
C	Leroy Bass	22	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	203
SS	Leo Sanders^	26	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
3B	Jones^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

RP	Red Howard*	30	16	24	22	2	5	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	.227	.292	.318	.610	85
SP	Dan Bankhead	20	11	23	21	2	9	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	.429	.455	.429	.883	168
SP	Blanch Moody^	28	12	22	19	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	.158	.200	.158	.358	8
SP	Eddie Snead	29	12	21	19	3	6	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	1	.316	.350	.579	.929	181
SP	Gentry Jessup	25	8	13	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Samuel Burris^	20	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	203
SP	Sam Barber^	20	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	506
RP	Pete Gregory^	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1.000
PH	Candy Jim Taylor	56	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	30		343	1093	998	133	254	28	14	8	108	14	70	9	16	.255	.309	.335	.644	95

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Jabbo Andrews*	32	LF	113	.338	.323	10.6%	9.2%	2.7%	0.6%	.141	.078
Tommy Sampson	27	2B	112	.389	.323	4.5%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.096	.078
Lyman Bostock*	22	1B	106	.289	.323	5.7%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.040	.078
Willie Nixon^	23	RF	106	.386	.323	11.3%	9.2%	1.9%	0.6%	.180	.078
Sammy Burton^	27	3B	104	.321	.323	9.6%	9.2%	1.0%	0.6%	.087	.078
Ulysses Redd	25	SS	90	.254	.323	2.2%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.058	.078
Dan Thomas^	32	CF	88	.253	.323	5.7%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.024	.078
Paul Hardy	29	C	88	.288	.323	10.2%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.067	.078
Fred McBride	35	1B	46	.303	.323	4.3%	9.2%	2.2%	0.6%	.091	.078
Buddy Allen^	25	CF	38	.361	.323	2.6%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.028	.078
Red Howard*	30	RP	24	.300	.323	8.3%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.091	.078
Dan Bankhead	20	SP	23	.416	.323	4.3%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.078
Blanch Moody^	28	SP	22	.168	.323	4.5%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.078
Eddie Snead	29	SP	21	.411	.323	4.8%	9.2%	4.8%	0.6%	.263	.078
Emmett Wilson**	27	CF	16	.370	.323	0.0%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.071	.078
James Mickey^		SS	15	.065	.323	0.0%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.078
Parnell Woods	28	3B	14	.404	.323	0.0%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.143	.078
Gentry Jessup	25	SP	13	.000	.323	0.0%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.078
Cap Tyson	37	C	12	.441	.323	0.0%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.083	.078
Johnnie Cowan	27	2B	11	.089	.323	0.0%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.078
Buster Haywood	30	C	10	.196	.323	0.0%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.078
Jake Tolbert		C	5	.000	.323	0.0%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.078
Eddie Vines*	22	1B	4	.489	.323	0.0%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.078
Sam Barber^	20	SP	2	.978	.323	0.0%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.078
Leo Sanders^	26	SS	2	.000	.323	0.0%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.078
Leroy Bass	22	C	2	.489	.323	0.0%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.078
Candy Jim Taylor	56	PH	2	.000	.323	0.0%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.078
Samuel Burris^	20	RP	2	.489	.323	0.0%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.078
Jones^		3B	1	.000	.323	0.0%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.078
Pete Gregory^	29	RP	1	.768	.323	100.0%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%		.078
30			1093	.312	.323	6.4%	9.2%	0.7%	0.6%	.080	.078