1946 Birmingham Black Barons Statistics

1945 Season 1947 Season

Record: 46-37-2, Finished 2nd in Negro American League

Manager: Tommy Sampson (34-26)

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	Pepper Bassett#	35	9	37	35	2	8	0	0	0	2	1		2		.229	.270	.229	.499	47	8		0	0		0
2	1B	Lyman Bostock*	28	8	33	31	4	12	1	1	0	4	0		0		.387	.387	.484	.871	156	15		0	2		0
3	2B	Piper Davis	28	10	45	36	7	10	2	2	0	0	1		8		.278	.409	.444	.854	151	16		0	1		0
4	SS	Artie Wilson*	25	10	47	40	7	13	0	0	0	0	3		7		.325	.426	.325	.751	121	13		0	0		0
5	3B	John Britton*	27	10	46	43	6	10	1	1	0	5	2		1		.233	.267	.302	.569	67	13		1	1		0
6	LF	Lee Moody	29	4	15	15	0	4	1	0	0	4	1		0		.267	.267	.333	.600	76	5		0	0		0
7	CF	John Thomas?		3	13	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		.231	.231	.231	.462	36	3		0	0		0
8	RF	Ed Steele*	30	9	40	27	8	7	1	1	0	4	3		7		.259	.487	.370	.858	153	10		5	1		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
9	OF	Emanuel Sampson?	35	7	20	18	3	3	0	0	0	1	1		2		.167	.250	.167	.417	23	3		0	0		0
10	OF	Freddie Shepard*	30	5	16	16	3	6	1	0	1	3	0		0		.375	.375	.625	1.000	193	10		0	0		0
11	UT	Jimmy Reynolds#	25	5	15	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		.154	.267	.154	.421	24	2		1	0		0
12	OF	Lester Lockett	34	2	9	7	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		1		.286	.375	.286	.661	95	2		0	1		0
13	IF	Tommy Sampson	33	3	8	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		1		.200	.500	.200	.700	107	1		2	0		0
14	OF	Collins Jones#	23	1	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1		.250	.400	.250	.650	92	1		0	0		0
15	C	Herman Bell	31	1	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
16	OF	Willie McNeely?		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
17	P	Bill Powell*	27	3	9	9	1	2	1	0	0	2	0		0		.222	.222	.333	.556	63	3		0	0		0
18	P	Jimmie Newberry	27	3	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.111	.111	.111	.222	-35	1		0	0		0
19	P	Jay Heard*	26	2	9	8	2	4	0	0	0	2	0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	194	4		0	1		0
20	P	Alvin Gipson	32	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.167	.167	.167	.333	-2	1		0	0		0
21	P	Nat Pollard	31	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
22	P	Curtis Hollingsworth?	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0	0		0
		Team Totals	28.9	85	391	344	46	90	8	5	1	31	12		31		.262	.339	.323	.661	95	111		9	7		1
		Rank in 6 NAL teams				6	5	6	6	4	6		4		5	2	3	2	3	3		6		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.1	85	354	308	43	82	7	5	1	27	12		31		.266	.351	.331	.682	101	102		9	6		1
		Pitcher Totals	27.7	85	37	36	3	8	1	0	0	4	0		0		.222	.222	.250	.472	39	9		0	1		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
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	RP	Nat Pollard	31	0	0		6.17	3	0	2	0	0	0	11.2	17	9	8	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	54	69	2.24	1.629	13.1	0.0	1.5	3.9	2.50
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
2		Jimmie Newberry	27	1	2	.333	2.25	3	3	0	2	0	0	24.0	20	10	6	1	4	0	17	0	0	0	97	186	2.21	1.000	7.5	0.4	1.5	6.4	4.25
3		Bill Powell	27	2	1	.667	5.40	3	3	0	2	0	0	18.1	23	12	11	0	9	0	9	2	0	1	86	78	3.40	1.745	11.3	0.0	4.4	4.4	1.00
4		Jay Heard*	26	2	0	1.000	2.00	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	18	5	4	1	4	0	17	0	0	0	77	210	2.08	1.222	9.0	0.5	2.0	8.5	4.25
5		Alvin Gipson	32	0	2	.000	10.00	2	2	0	1	0	0	9.0	13	10	10	0	3	0	8	1	0	0	43	43	2.14	1.778	13.0	0.0	3.0	8.0	2.67
6		Curtis Hollingsworth*	29	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9		0.58	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	9.0
		Team Totals	27.9	5	5	.500	4.23	85	10	3	7	0	0	83.0	94	46	39	2	22	0	58	3	0	1	366	100	2.40	1.398	10.2	0.2	2.4	6.3	2.64
		Rank in 6 NAL teams		2	5		4				4	4	6	6	1	1	1	2	1		6
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