1927 Birmingham Black Barons Batting Statistics

1928 Season

Record: 53-44-3, Finished 4th in Negro National League

Postseason: Lost NNL Championship Series (4-1) to Chicago American Giants

Manager: Ruben Jones (53-44-3)

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

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Team Batting

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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	Poindexter Williams	29	76	234	226	27	82	12	8	2	47	3		8		.363	.385	.513	.898	141	116		0
2	1B	George McAllister*	28	91	380	345	56	100	17	6	1	39	8		34		.290	.355	.383	.738	100	132		1
3	2B	Geechie Meredith	27	72	254	239	33	57	4	8	4	32	5		15		.238	.283	.372	.656	76	89		0
4	SS	Dewitt Owens?	26	67	247	238	25	65	7	0	1	20	3		9		.273	.300	.315	.615	67	75		0
5	3B	Johnnie Oden	24	56	185	177	14	31	3	0	0	9	0		8		.175	.211	.192	.403	10	34		0
6	LF	Roy Parnell	23	87	360	334	86	141	24	10	11	75	19		25		.422	.464	.653	1.117	199	218		1
7	CF	Sandy Thompson*	32	94	380	346	49	97	15	1	1	36	13		33		.280	.345	.338	.683	86	117		1
8	RF	Ruben Jones*	33	75	275	266	51	81	14	3	5	54	8		9		.305	.327	.436	.763	105	116		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	IF	J.H. Hamilton?		56	216	209	23	58	11	2	2	22	3		7		.278	.301	.378	.679	83	79		0
10	C	Clarence Palm	19	54	164	156	22	44	5	3	8	27	2		8		.282	.317	.506	.823	120	79		0
11	MI	Chuffie Alexander?	25	45	132	127	14	34	3	1	0	13	2		5		.268	.295	.307	.603	63	39		0
12	3B	Bobby Robinson	23	19	76	72	6	17	0	1	0	4	1		4		.236	.276	.264	.540	47	19		0
13		Pinky Ward?		16	60	53	8	25	4	0	1	5	1		7		.472	.533	.604	1.137	207	32		0
14	2B	Earl Gurley*	28	10	31	29	4	8	0	1	0	3	0		2		.276	.323	.345	.667	81	10		0
15	IF	Bob Miller		8	26	23	6	7	0	0	0	3	1		3		.304	.385	.304	.689	89	7		0
16	1B	Hank Shanks?		9	24	24	1	6	0	0	0	2	1		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	36	6		0
17	3B	Charles Zomphier?	21	3	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.091	.000	.091	-73	0		0
18		Dock Williams?		1	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.250	.000	.250	-27	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
19	P	Sam Streeter	26	41	101	98	5	29	3	3	1	9	0		3		.296	.317	.418	.735	98	41		0
20	P	Harry Salmon*	32	31	78	76	8	20	2	1	0	8	1		2		.263	.282	.316	.598	62	24		0
21	P	Robert Poindexter	29	35	65	61	11	12	4	1	1	6	0		4		.197	.246	.344	.590	58	21		0
22	P	Satchel Paige	20	20	41	41	3	10	0	2	0	3	0		0		.244	.244	.341	.585	57	14		0
23	P	Bill Gatewood	45	16	23	20	6	4	0	0	0	2	0		3		.200	.304	.200	.504	39	4		0
24	P	Fred Daniels	34	12	20	19	1	5	0	0	0	4	0		1		.263	.300	.263	.563	54	5		0
25	P	Leo Birdine?	32	9	15	14	5	4	0	1	0	1	0		1		.286	.333	.429	.762	105	6		0
26	P	Columbus Vance#	22	4	11	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		.273	.273	.273	.545	48	3		0
27	P	Nelson Dean?	28	4	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.143	.143	.143	.286	-22	1		0
28	P	Ernie Phillips?		2	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	81	2		0
		Team Totals	27.4	100	3426	3230	468	943	128	52	38	424	71		193		.292	.332	.399	.732	97	1289		3
		Rank in 8 NNL teams				2	3	2	4	3	3		2		6		2	5	4	4		2		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.2	100	3059	2877	427	853	119	44	36	391	70		179		.296	.338	.406	.744	101	1168		3
		Pitcher Totals	29.0	100	367	353	41	90	9	8	2	33	1		14		.255	.283	.343	.626	69	121		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