1928 Birmingham Black Barons Statistics

1927 Season 1929 Season

Record: 46-53-0, Finished 5th in Negro National League

Managers: Poindexter Williams (4-10) and Charles Wesley (42-43)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

League Register

Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Bill Perkins	22	79	264	248	32	57	4	7	2	20	2		13		.230	.277	.327	.603	64	81		3
2	1B	George McAllister*	29	86	341	309	47	87	9	6	4	36	5		30		.282	.349	.388	.737	101	120		2
3	2B	Geechie Meredith	28	82	329	308	46	94	12	4	1	34	15		16		.305	.350	.380	.729	99	117		5
4	SS	Dewitt Owens?	27	80	267	257	18	58	9	1	0	16	6		10		.226	.255	.268	.523	43	69		0
5	3B	Ray Sheppard?	25	57	207	198	26	55	12	5	3	25	6		4		.278	.309	.434	.744	101	86		5
6	LF	Chuffie Alexander?	26	66	239	232	28	62	11	5	1	21	6		6		.267	.289	.371	.659	79	86		1
7	CF	Roy Parnell	24	79	318	296	45	93	19	7	7	46	9		18		.314	.362	.497	.858	132	147		4
8	RF	Anthony Cooper	23	39	131	127	9	27	4	0	1	11	2		4		.213	.237	.268	.504	37	34		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	3B	Johnnie Oden	25	39	137	129	11	28	1	2	0	9	3		7		.217	.263	.256	.519	42	33		1
10	UT	Charles Wesley	31	46	133	131	16	35	4	1	0	14	1		2		.267	.278	.313	.591	61	41		0
11	OF	Sandy Thompson*	33	16	58	56	5	18	4	0	0	7	1		2		.321	.345	.393	.738	101	22		0
12	OF	Ruben Jones*	34	14	50	47	8	15	3	0	1	7	1		2		.319	.360	.447	.807	119	21		1
13	C	Poindexter Williams	30	22	49	47	1	12	2	0	0	11	0		2		.255	.286	.298	.584	59	14		0
14	UT	Perry Hall	30	15	28	28	2	7	0	0	0	3	2		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	37	7		0
15	MI	Red Haley*	27	9	22	20	2	5	0	2	0	1	0		2		.250	.318	.450	.768	108	9		0
16	OF	A. Mullen?		6	12	12	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	37	3		0
17	OF	Lou Dials*	24	4	12	10	1	1	0	1	0	1	1		2		.100	.250	.300	.550	50	3		0
18	C	Lewis Means	29	3	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1		.143	.250	.143	.393	10	1		0
19	OF	Giles?		2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
20	OF	Leon Morgan?	22	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
21		Powell?		2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
22	OF	Johnson?		1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
23	P	Leo Birdine?	33	42	102	99	10	19	1	2	0	7	0		1		.192	.216	.242	.458	25	24		2
24	P	Satchel Paige	21	33	66	66	10	22	0	3	0	6	1		0		.333	.333	.424	.758	105	28		0
25	P	Harry Salmon*	33	31	60	59	4	11	1	1	0	4	0		1		.186	.200	.237	.437	19	14		0
26	P	Robert Poindexter	30	26	47	45	11	17	3	0	0	5	2		2		.378	.404	.444	.849	131	20		0
27	P	George Nash?	21	18	39	39	2	4	1	0	0	2	0		0		.103	.103	.128	.231	-37	5		0
28	P	Jim Jeffries*	35	20	36	36	4	7	1	0	0	3	0		0		.194	.194	.222	.417	13	8		0
29	P	Jim Willis?		7	17	15	5	5	1	0	0	3	0		1		.333	.412	.400	.812	122	6		1
30	P	Sam Streeter	27	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
31	P	Owen Smaulding?	31	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
32	P	Hayes?		2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
		Team Totals	26.9	99	2992	2841	343	743	102	47	20	293	64		126		.262	.299	.352	.650	77	999		25
		Rank in 8 NNL teams				1	6	3	4	2	3		3		7	3	7	7	5	7		3		5
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.6	99	2614	2471	297	658	94	41	20	263	61		121		.266	.306	.362	.668	82	894		22
		Pitcher Totals	29.2	99	378	370	46	85	8	6	0	30	3		5		.230	.246	.284	.530	44	105		3
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

League Register

Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Harry Salmon	33	9	7	.563	3.27	22	16		11	3	0	143.0	163	69	52	9	18		74	1		1	598	124	3.21	1.266	10.3	0.6	1.1	4.7	4.11
2	SP	Leo Birdine	33	9	8	.529	4.41	27	18		8	0	0	136.2	156	86	67	5	37		35	7		0	605	92	3.96	1.412	10.3	0.3	2.4	2.3	0.95
3	SP	Satchel Paige	21	11	4	.733	2.32	25	15		10	1	4	132.0	113	47	34	2	25		121	3		2	532	175	2.03	1.045	7.7	0.1	1.7	8.3	4.84
4	SP	Robert Poindexter	30	4	9	.308	4.49	18	13		6	0	0	102.1	122	71	51	7	33		41	3		0	471	90	4.17	1.515	10.7	0.6	2.9	3.6	1.24
5	SP	George Nash*	21	5	8	.385	3.06	18	11		5	0	0	97.0	83	47	33	6	21		55	5		3	403	132	3.51	1.072	7.7	0.6	1.9	5.1	2.62
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	RP	Jim Jeffries*	35	0	4	.000	4.93	9	4		2	0	0	42.0	47	29	23	0	17		8	1		1	184	83	3.94	1.524	10.1	0.0	3.6	1.7	0.47
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7		Jim Willis		2	4	.333	6.06	7	5		4	0	0	49.0	61	39	33	5	15		21	3		0	231	67	4.60	1.551	11.2	0.9	2.8	3.9	1.40
8		Sam Streeter*	27	0	1	.000	7.30	2	1		1	0	0	12.1	18	14	10	1	4		7	0		0	63	57	3.92	1.784	13.1	0.7	2.9	5.1	1.75
9		Owen Smaulding?	31	0	1	.000	10.38	3	3		0	0	0	8.2	21	14	10	1	3		2	1		0	51	41	5.45	2.769	21.8	1.0	3.1	2.1	0.67
10		Hayes?		0	0		4.15	2	0		0	0	1	4.1	6	3	2	0	0		4	0		0	19	106	1.18	1.385	12.5	0.0	0.0	8.3
11		Charles Wesley	31	0	1	.000	27.00	1	1		0	0	0	1.1	5	5	4	1	1		1	0		0	12	19	13.53	4.500	33.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	1.00
12		Roy Parnell	24	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0		0	0		0	5	62	3.03	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
13		Perry Hall	30	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	2		3.03	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	28.5	40	47	.460	3.94	99	87		47	4	5	730.1	797	425	320	37	174		369	24		7	3176	103	3.49	1.330	9.8	0.5	2.1	4.5	2.12
		Rank in 8 NNL teams		5	2		5				4	5	2	1	8	7	6	8	5		1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W