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1943 Birmingham Black Barons

62 - 49 - 3

44 - 34 - 3 in the Negro American League

1923 / 1944 ( Team History )

Managed by:
Winfield Welch (62-48-3)
Larry Brown (0-1)

Top Hitter

Piper
Davis

Top Pitcher

Alfred
Saylor

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting

Pitching

OPS+

93

4th

ERA+

105

3rd

OPS

.626

4th

ERA

3.49

3rd

BA

.248

4th

BA

.240

1st

OBP

.315

2nd

K/BB

1.74

2nd

SLG

.311

5th

K%

13.1%

2nd

BB%

8.2%

2nd

BB%

7.5%

4th

K%

0.6%

5th

HR%

0.5%

4th

ISO

.063

5th

WHIP

1.26

1st

Notes:

Champions of the Negro American League
First Half Champions of the Negro American League
Home Ballpark: Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
Tom Hayes (Owner & President) , Winfield Welch (General Manager)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA
C	Paul Hardy	32	33	112	103	9	22	1	0	0	2	2	8	0	1	.214	.270	.223	.494	52
1B	Alphonse Dunn	31	28	104	89	12	20	3	2	1	12	3	12	1	2	.225	.324	.337	.661	103
2B	Tommy Sampson	30	42	184	168	25	49	2	3	0	16	7	11	0	5	.292	.335	.339	.674	107
3B	Hoss Walker	31	38	146	132	14	23	2	1	0	9	2	7	3	4	.174	.232	.205	.437	34
SS	Piper Davis	25	41	170	149	32	45	14	2	2	26	3	19	1	1	1	.302	.385	.463	.848	160
LF	Lester Lockett	31	40	169	158	17	41	4	2	2	29	2	10	0	1	.259	.304	.348	.652	100
CF	Felix McLaurin **	21	34	151	130	28	40	4	1	1	12	6	20	0	1	.308	.400	.377	.777	139
RF	Clyde Spearman *	30	43	187	160	27	48	1	4	0	18	7	21	2	4	.300	.388	.356	.744	129

LF	Leroy Morney **	34	19	73	65	8	11	3	0	0	6	0	7	1	0	.169	.260	.215	.476	46
1B	Leonard Lindsay *	34	14	55	50	2	12	2	0	0	4	0	4	0	1	.240	.296	.280	.576	77
C	Herman Bell	28	11	34	30	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	.133	.212	.133	.345	7
LF	Ed Steele *	27	3	12	12	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.417	.583	77
RF	Bill Charter ^	4	11	11	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.182	.273	-17
C	Ted Radcliffe	40	2	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	104
SS	Leamon Johnson	26	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	58

SP	Alfred Saylor **	31	18	57	51	7	14	1	0	0	3	0	5	0	1	.275	.339	.294	.633	95
SP	John Huber *	35	19	43	40	3	9	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	.225	.262	.250	.512	57
SP	Alvin Gipson	29	14	35	34	1	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.206	.206	.235	.441	35
SP	Gready McKinnis	29	14	33	32	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.156	.156	.156	.313	-4
SP	Johnny Markham	34	8	22	21	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.238	.238	.286	.524	60
SP	Jimmie Newberry	24	5	12	10	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	65
SP	Jim Daniels ^	3	9	9	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.222	.333	1
SP	Gentry Jessup	28	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	157
RP	Johnny Williams	25	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	58
RP	Dan Bankhead	23	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	25		438	1637	1468	199	364	42	15	7	150	32	134	1	9	26	.248	.315	.311	.626	93

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
Clyde Spearman *	30	RF	187		.358	.313		11.2%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		0.0%	0.5%		.056	.076
Tommy Sampson	30	2B	184		.318	.313		6.0%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		0.0%	0.5%		.048	.076
Piper Davis	25	SS	170		.401	.313		11.2%	7.3%		0.6%	0.2%		19.00	33.65		1.2%	0.5%		.161	.076
Lester Lockett	31	LF	169		.312	.313		5.9%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		1.2%	0.5%		.089	.076
Felix McLaurin **	21	CF	151		.378	.313		13.2%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		0.7%	0.5%		.069	.076
Hoss Walker	31	3B	146		.214	.313		4.8%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		0.0%	0.5%		.030	.076
Paul Hardy	32	C	112		.246	.313		7.1%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		0.0%	0.5%		.010	.076
Alphonse Dunn	31	1B	104		.318	.313		11.5%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		1.0%	0.5%		.112	.076
Leroy Morney **	34	LF	73		.244	.313		9.6%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		0.0%	0.5%		.046	.076
Alfred Saylor **	31	SP	57		.309	.313		8.8%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		0.0%	0.5%		.020	.076
Leonard Lindsay *	34	1B	55		.279	.313		7.3%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		0.0%	0.5%		.040	.076
John Huber *	35	SP	43		.246	.313		4.7%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		0.0%	0.5%		.025	.076
Alvin Gipson	29	SP	35		.204	.313		0.0%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		0.0%	0.5%		.029	.076
Herman Bell	28	C	34		.179	.313		8.8%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		0.0%	0.5%		.000	.076
Gready McKinnis	29	SP	33		.146	.313		0.0%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		0.0%	0.5%		.000	.076
Johnny Markham	34	SP	22		.238	.313		0.0%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		0.0%	0.5%		.048	.076
Jimmie Newberry	24	SP	12		.288	.313		8.3%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		0.0%	0.5%		.000	.076
Ed Steele *	27	LF	12		.268	.313		0.0%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		8.3%	0.5%		.250	.076
Bill Charter ^	RF	11		.125	.313		0.0%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		0.0%	0.5%		.091	.076
Jim Daniels ^	SP	9		.153	.313		0.0%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		0.0%	0.5%		.111	.076
Ted Radcliffe	40	C	8		.334	.313		12.5%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		0.0%	0.5%		.000	.076
Gentry Jessup	28	SP	4		.427	.313		25.0%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		0.0%	0.5%		.000	.076
Leamon Johnson	26	SS	2		.373	.313		50.0%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		0.0%	0.5%		.000	.076
Dan Bankhead	23	RP	2		.000	.313		0.0%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		0.0%	0.5%		.000	.076
Johnny Williams	25	RP	2		.373	.313		50.0%	7.3%		0.2%		33.65		0.0%	0.5%		.000	.076
25			1637		.303	.313		8.2%	7.3%		0.6%	0.2%		19.00	33.65		0.4%	0.5%		.063	.076