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

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

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. Negro Leagues Data: Frequently Asked Questions (NEW)

Top 12 Players

Please note that players may not be in the uniform of the correct team in these images.

Standard Batting

✨Upgraded✨

Regular Season

Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	Pos	Awards
1	Bill Perkins	22	C	-0.3	79	264	248	32	57	4	7	2	20	2	13	.230	.277	.327	.603	64	.278	62	81	3	*2/79
2	George McAllister*	29	1B	0.9	86	341	309	47	87	9	6	4	36	5	30	.282	.349	.388	.737	101	.341	102	120	2	*3
3	Geechie Meredith	28	2B	0.5	82	329	308	46	94	12	4	1	34	15	16	.305	.350	.380	.729	99	.343	100	117	5	49/786
4	Dewitt Owens	27	SS	-1.2	80	267	257	18	58	9	1	0	16	6	10	.226	.255	.268	.523	43	.245	41	69	0	*6/49
5	Ray Sheppard	25	3B	1.3	57	207	198	26	55	12	5	3	25	6	4	.278	.309	.434	.744	101	.337	97	86	5	56
6	Chuffie Alexander	26	LF	0.6	66	239	232	28	62	11	5	1	21	6	6	.267	.289	.371	.659	79	.301	75	86	1	78/954
7	Roy Parnell	24	CF	1.7	79	318	296	45	93	19	7	7	46	9	18	.314	.362	.497	.858	132	.387	130	147	4	*879/1
8	Anthony Cooper	23	RF	-0.6	39	131	127	9	27	4	0	1	11	2	4	.213	.237	.268	.504	37	.234	34	34	0	79
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	Pos	Awards
9	Johnnie Oden	25	3B	-0.5	39	137	129	11	28	1	2	0	9	3	7	.217	.263	.256	.519	42	.246	42	33	1	5
10	Charles Wesley	31	UT	0.0	46	133	131	16	35	4	1	0	14	1	2	.267	.278	.313	.591	61	.272	58	41	0	4/9735681
11	Sandy Thompson*	33	OF	0.3	16	58	56	5	18	4	0	0	7	1	2	.321	.345	.393	.738	101	.339	100	22	0	8/9
12	Ruben Jones*	34	OF	0.3	14	50	47	8	15	3	0	1	7	1	2	.319	.360	.447	.807	119	.368	119	21	1	9/7
13	Poindexter Williams	30	C	0.0	22	49	47	1	12	2	0	0	11	0	2	.255	.286	.298	.584	59	.274	59	14	0	2
14	Perry Hall	30	UT	-0.2	15	28	28	2	7	0	0	0	3	2	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	37	.241	33	7	0	/25971
15	Red Haley*	27	MI	-0.1	9	22	20	2	5	0	2	0	1	0	2	.250	.318	.450	.768	108	.344	102	9	0	/456
16	A. Mullen		OF	-0.1	6	12	12	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	37	.233	33	3	0	/9
17	Lou Dials*	24	OF	-0.1	4	12	10	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	.100	.250	.300	.550	50	.269	50	3	0	/97
18	Lewis Means	29	C	-0.1	3	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.143	.250	.143	.393	10	.222	18	1	0	/2
19	Giles		OF	-0.1	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-110	0	0	/9
20	Leon Morgan	22	OF	0.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-112	0	0	/9
21	Johnson		OF	-0.1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-112	0	0	/9
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	Pos	Awards
22	Leo Birdine	33	P	-0.6	42	102	99	10	19	1	2	0	7	0	1	.192	.216	.242	.458	25	.214	21	24	2	1/978
23	Satchel Paige	21	P	0.6	33	66	66	10	22	0	3	0	6	1	0	.333	.333	.424	.758	105	.341	102	28	0	1/3
24	Harry Salmon*	33	P	-0.2	31	60	59	4	11	1	1	0	4	0	1	.186	.200	.237	.437	19	.201	13	14	0	1/978
25	Robert Poindexter	30	P	0.6	26	47	45	11	17	3	0	0	5	2	2	.378	.404	.444	.849	131	.394	133	20	0	1
26	George Nash	21	P	-0.3	18	39	39	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	.103	.103	.128	.231	-37	.105	-47	5	0	1
27	Jim Jeffries*	35	P	-0.3	20	36	36	4	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	.194	.194	.222	.417	13	.192	7	8	0	/1987
28	Jim Willis		P	0.2	7	17	15	5	5	1	0	0	3	0	1	.333	.412	.400	.812	122	.385	128	6	1	/1
29	Sam Streeter	27	P	-0.1	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-113	0	0	/1
30	Owen Smaulding	31	P	-0.1	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-114	0	0	/1
31	Hayes		P	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-108	0	0	/1
	Team Totals			2.0	87	2990	2839	343	743	102	47	20	293	64	126	.262	.299	.352	.651	77	.301	76	999	25
	Non-Pitcher Totals			2.3		2612	2469	297	658	94	41	20	263	61	121	.267	.307	.362	.669	82	.309	81	894	22
	Pitcher Totals			-0.2		378	370	46	85	8	6	0	30	3	5	.230	.246	.284	.530	44	.244	40	105	3

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