1927 Birmingham Black Barons 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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Negro League team records include only league games. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black Baseball teams. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. More about data coverage

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	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

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	Sam Streeter*	26	14	13	.519	2.85	31	20		16	1	0	221.0	215	108	70		40		117	3		1		131		1.154	8.8		1.6	4.8	2.93
2	SP	Harry Salmon	32	15	6	.714	2.94	28	18		14	1	0	177.1	156	76	58		38		86	6		2		127		1.094	7.9		1.9	4.4	2.26
3	SP	Robert Poindexter	29	10	13	.435	4.18	32	21		8	0	0	157.0	191	98	73		51		67	3		1		89		1.541	10.9		2.9	3.8	1.31
4	SP	Fred Daniels	34	1	4	.200	6.42	11	9		2	1	0	40.2	46	37	29		29		11	6		4		59		1.844	10.2		6.4	2.4	0.38
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
5	RP	Satchel Paige	20	7	2	.778	2.39	20	10		5	3	1	98.0	79	37	26		27		93	2		1		157		1.082	7.3		2.5	8.5	3.44
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		Bill Gatewood	45	1	1	.500	4.27	9	6		3	0	1	52.2	56	29	25		16		14	1		3		88		1.367	9.6		2.7	2.4	0.88
7		Columbus Vance	22	3	0	1.000	2.08	4	4		2	0	0	30.1	26	9	7		9		18	3		0		182		1.154	7.7		2.7	5.3	2.00
8		Nelson Dean	28	0	0		5.50	4	4		0	0	0	18.0	21	12	11		4		11	0		0		69		1.389	10.5		2.0	5.5	2.75
9		Ernie Phillips?		0	2	.000	8.03	2	2		0	0	0	12.1	14	12	11		12		10	0		0		48		2.108	10.2		8.8	7.3	0.83
10		Roy Parnell	23	0	1	.000	5.06	3	1		0	0	0	10.2	13	10	6		5		6	2		0		77		1.688	11.0		4.2	5.1	1.20
11		Leo Birdine	32	0	0		4.15	2	1		0	0	0	8.2	5	5	4		6		2	0		0		94		1.269	5.2		6.2	2.1	0.33
		Team Totals	28.7	51	42	.548	3.48	100	96		50	6	2	826.2	822	433	320		237		435	26		12		108		1.281	8.9		2.6	4.7	1.84
		Rank in 8 NNL teams		4	4		3				3	3	5	2	5	5	5		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