1929 Birmingham Black Barons Statistics

1928 Season 1930 Season

Record: 33-56-1, Finished 6th in Negro National League

Managers: Charles Wesley (28-39-2) and Clarence Smith (8-19)

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	31	64	238	216	29	61	9	2	6	45	1		22		.282	.349	.426	.775	101	92		0
2	1B	Dave Thomas*	24	80	310	283	46	76	13	5	6	42	2		26		.269	.332	.413	.746	93	117		1
3	2B	Geechie Meredith	29	80	343	306	63	86	13	4	5	38	5		37		.281	.359	.399	.757	97	122		0
4	SS	Ray Sheppard?	26	31	125	116	14	39	9	3	0	15	4		9		.336	.384	.466	.850	120	54		0
5	3B	Porter Dallas	25	42	155	148	10	44	5	1	0	12	2		7		.297	.329	.345	.674	76	51		0
6	LF	Leo Birdine?	34	58	187	182	19	49	6	3	2	10	2		4		.269	.289	.368	.657	70	67		1
7	CF	Jimsey Roussell	28	46	168	159	28	40	5	1	2	24	3		9		.252	.292	.333	.625	62	53		0
8	RF	Clarence Smith		68	273	264	39	96	10	7	6	54	16		9		.364	.385	.523	.907	134	138		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	1B	George McAllister*	30	80	320	285	51	86	11	2	3	34	8		34		.302	.378	.386	.764	100	110		1
10	SS	Anthony Cooper	24	38	130	127	16	38	3	1	1	15	4		3		.299	.315	.362	.678	76	46		0
11	3B	Johnnie Oden	26	32	121	113	14	29	1	0	2	13	0		8		.257	.306	.319	.624	63	36		0
12	IF	Charles Wesley	32	25	72	69	4	15	0	1	0	5	1		3		.217	.250	.246	.496	30	17		0
13	C	Eppie Hamilton	29	18	53	52	8	16	1	1	2	13	0		1		.308	.321	.481	.802	106	25		0
14	SS	George Fiall?	29	11	39	34	5	7	0	0	0	0	0		5		.206	.308	.206	.514	36	7		0
15		Earl Gurley*	30	8	33	31	2	7	1	2	0	5	0		2		.226	.273	.387	.660	70	12		0
16	C	L. Thomas?		9	27	25	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		2		.080	.148	.080	.228	-39	2		0
17	UT	Johnson?		5	12	12	0	2	0	1	0	4	0		0		.167	.167	.333	.500	27	4		0
18	SS	Pete Moore?	25	3	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		.143	.250	.143	.393	5	1		0
19	3B	Verne Perkins		1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		.333	.500	.333	.833	121	1		0
20	2B	A.J. Dykes?		1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	162	1		0
21	C	Marshall?		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0
22	P	Harry Salmon*	34	47	103	101	13	19	1	1	0	7	1		2		.188	.204	.218	.422	10	22		0
23	P	Satchel Paige	22	34	100	98	8	16	1	1	1	6	0		2		.163	.180	.224	.404	5	22		0
24	P	Jute Bell	29	23	68	66	6	12	1	0	0	5	1		2		.182	.206	.197	.403	6	13		0
25	P	Diamond Pipkins*	21	17	28	28	4	12	3	0	0	4	1		0		.429	.429	.536	.964	150	15		0
		Team Totals	28.2	90	2919	2727	383	755	93	36	36	351	51		189		.277	.324	.377	.701	82	1028		3
		Rank in 7 NNL teams				2	4	3	4	3	3		4		5		4	4	4	4		4		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.8	90	2433	2252	333	647	81	31	33	319	46		179		.287	.340	.395	.735	91	889		2
		Pitcher Totals	30.2	90	486	475	50	108	12	5	3	32	5		10		.227	.245	.293	.537	39	139		1
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	Satchel Paige	22	11	9	.550	3.68	29	18		14	0	2	185.2	188	104	76		43		189	2		6		116		1.244	9.1		2.1	9.2	4.40
2	SP	Leo Birdine	34	4	13	.235	5.91	28	19		9	0	0	147.2	207	134	97		45		43	0		1		73		1.707	12.6		2.7	2.6	0.96
3	SP	Harry Salmon	34	10	11	.476	4.00	27	19		11	3	2	139.2	144	75	62		16		84	1		1		107		1.146	9.3		1.0	5.4	5.25
4	SP	Jute Bell	29	5	10	.333	6.02	19	17		11	1	0	131.2	153	107	88		40		29	5		3		71		1.466	10.5		2.7	2.0	0.73
5	SP	Diamond Pipkins*	21	2	6	.250	7.92	15	9		1	0	0	63.2	88	76	56		31		28	3		1		54		1.869	12.4		4.4	4.0	0.90
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		Dave Thomas*	24	0	0		17.18	1	0		0	0	0	3.2	5	7	7		5		2	0		0		27		2.727	12.3		12.3	4.9	0.40
		Team Totals	28.4	32	49	.395	5.17	90	82		46	4	4	672.0	785	503	386		180		375	11		12		83		1.436	10.5		2.4	5.0	2.08
		Rank in 7 NNL teams		5	1		6				3	4	3	2	6	7	7		3		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