1940 Birmingham Black Barons Statistics

1941 Season

Record: 17-30-0, Finished 6th in Negro American League

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

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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	Paul Hardy	29	24	85	72	6	14	3	1	0	8	1		9		.194	.293	.264	.557	67	19	0	1	3		0
2	1B	Lyman Bostock*	22	26	103	97	13	25	4	0	0	10	1		6		.258	.301	.299	.600	80	29	0	0	0		0
3	2B	Tommy Sampson	27	26	109	101	19	34	4	3	0	13	3		5		.337	.380	.436	.815	144	44	0	2	1		0
4	SS	Ulysses Redd	25	26	87	84	7	18	0	2	0	4	1		1		.214	.233	.262	.494	48	22	0	1	1		0
5	3B	Sammy Burton?	27	29	104	92	13	23	1	2	1	9	1		10		.250	.324	.337	.660	98	31	0	0	2		0
6	LF	Jabbo Andrews*	32	28	110	96	11	21	2	0	3	16	2		12		.219	.312	.333	.645	93	32	0	1	1		0
7	CF	Dan Thomas?		25	85	80	10	16	1	0	0	5	0		5		.200	.247	.213	.460	38	17	0	0	0		0
8	RF	Willie Nixon?	23	27	103	86	17	24	6	2	2	15	0		12		.279	.374	.465	.839	151	40	0	1	4		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	CI	Fred McBride	35	16	46	44	7	11	1	0	1	5	0		2		.250	.283	.341	.624	87	15	0	0	0		0
10	UT	Buddy Allen?	25	9	35	33	7	12	1	0	0	5	0		1		.364	.400	.394	.794	138	13	0	1	0		0
11	OF	Emmett Wilson#	27	4	16	14	3	4	1	0	0	0	3		0		.286	.375	.357	.732	119	5	0	2	0		0
12	IF	James Mickey?		5	15	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.067	.067	.067	.133	-60	1	0	0	0		0
13	UT	Parnell Woods	28	3	14	14	2	5	0	1	0	2	1		0		.357	.357	.500	.857	156	7	0	0	0		0
14	UT	Cap Tyson	37	4	12	12	1	5	1	0	0	2	0		0		.417	.417	.500	.917	174	6	0	0	0		0
15	IF	Johnnie Cowan	27	3	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.091	.091	.091	.182	-46	1	0	0	0		0
16	C	Buster Haywood	30	5	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	20	2	0	0	0		0
17	C	Jake Tolbert		1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
18	CI	Eddie Vines*	22	2	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	199	2	0	0	0		0
19	C	Leroy Bass	22	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	199	1	0	0	0		0
20		Candy Jim Taylor	56	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
21	SS	Leo Sanders?	26	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
22	3B	Jones?		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	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
23	P	Dan Bankhead	20	11	23	21	2	9	0	0	0	3	0		1		.429	.455	.429	.883	164	9	0	0	1		0
24	P	Blanch Moody?	28	12	22	19	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		1		.158	.200	.158	.358	7	3	0	0	2		0
25	P	Red Howard*	30	15	21	19	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		2		.211	.286	.211	.496	49	4	0	0	0		0
26	P	Eddie Snead	29	12	21	19	3	6	0	1	1	3	0		1		.316	.350	.579	.929	178	11	0	0	1		0
27	P	Gentry Jessup	25	8	13	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
28	P	Sam Barber?	20	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	499	2	0	0	0		0
29	P	Samuel Burris?	20	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	199	1	0	0	0		0
30	P	Pete Gregory?	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			1.000				0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	27.0	47	1066	972	126	244	25	12	8	103	14		69		.251	.307	.326	.633	89	317	0	9	16		0
		Rank in 7 NAL teams				3	5	3	4	2	2		6		6	6	3	6	3	3		3		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.2	47	961	877	117	219	25	11	7	95	14		63		.250	.307	.327	.634	90	287	0	9	12		0
		Pitcher Totals	26.1	47	105	95	9	25	0	1	1	8	0		6		.263	.307	.316	.623	86	30	0	0	4		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	Blanch Moody	28	4	3	.571	4.73	12	8	2	2	0	0	51.1	67	32	27	1	11	0	20	1	0	2	227	88	3.17	1.519	11.7	0.2	1.9	3.5	1.82
2	SP	Dan Bankhead	20	4	1	.800	3.57	8	6	1	4	0	0	45.1	37	21	18	1	12	0	23	2	0	0	178	117	3.20	1.081	7.3	0.2	2.4	4.6	1.92
3	SP	Gentry Jessup	25	1	4	.200	5.45	8	6	1	1	0	0	34.2	43	30	21	1	17	0	18	1	0	0	168	77	3.89	1.731	11.2	0.3	4.4	4.7	1.06
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
4	CL	Red Howard*	30	2	6	.250	3.88	15	4	10	1	0	4	51.0	46	24	22	0	17	0	24	1	0	2	217	108	3.11	1.235	8.1	0.0	3.0	4.2	1.41
5	RP	Eddie Snead*	29	2	1	.667	4.43	10	5	3	1	0	1	44.2	61	26	22	1	15	0	16	0	0	0	201	94	3.58	1.701	12.3	0.2	3.0	3.2	1.07
6	RP	Samuel Burris?	20	0	2	.000	12.38	5	0	3	0	0	0	8.0	11	11	11	1	6	0	3	1	0	1	42	35	6.50	2.125	12.4	1.1	6.8	3.4	0.50
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		Sam Barber?	20	0	0		3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	20	124	3.20	1.200	9.0	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.00
8		Pete Gregory?	29	0	0		2.70	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	171	2.40	0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	2.7
9		Fred McBride	35	0	0		7.71	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	12	62	4.71	2.143	11.6	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.50
		Team Totals	26.4	13	17	.433	4.62	47	30	21	9	0	5	245.2	275	149	126	5	81	0	107	6	0	5	1077	91	3.45	1.449	10.1	0.2	3.0	3.9	1.32
		Rank in 7 NAL teams		6	2		6				7	6	1	3	6	5	6	3	2		5
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