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1926 Birmingham Barons

1926 > Class A > 1926 Southern Association
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: John Dobbs
Represented: Birmingham, AL
Ballpark: Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1925 / 1927

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BA	SLG	TB
1	Doug Baird	34	95	457	142	19	9	4	.311	.418	191
2	John Chapman	26	92	377	116	19	4	10	.308	.459	173
3	Bill Conroy	27	104	389	114	23	8	1	.293	.401	156
4	General Crowder*	27	30	69	19	4	0	2	.275	.420	29
5	George Cunningham	31	38	56	12	1	0	1	.214	.286	16	Stats for 2 teams
6	Babe Ganzel	25	135	511	175	36	9	7	.342	.489	250
7	Grant Gillis	25	146	510	145	22	9	5	.284	.392	200
8	Bump Hadley	21	32	65	21	1	0	0	.323	.338	22
9	Tex Jeanes	25	63	243	71	5	2	1	.292	.342	83
10	Leroy Jones*	22	20	72	18	1	1	0	.250	.292	21
11	Ted Jourdan*	30	45	163	39	10	2	0	.239	.325	53
12	Ralph Judd*	24	26	28	10	0	0	1	.357	.464	13
13	Harry Kelley	20	28	45	10	2	1	0	.222	.311	14
14	Jim Lyle	25	12	24	5	2	0	0	.208	.292	7
15	Eugene Martin*	28	29	99	20	3	1	0	.202	.253	25
16	Otto Merz?	37	21	24	5	0	0	0	.208	.208	5
17	Ernie Neitzke	31	131	478	140	22	12	4	.293	.414	198	Stats for 2 teams
18	Dink O'Brien	31	57	62	13	0	0	1	.210	.258	16
19	Curly Ogden	25	14	31	4	0	0	0	.129	.129	4
20	Emilio Palmero*	31	18	29	5	0	0	0	.172	.172	5
21	Bunny Roser*	24	42	143	44	8	3	2	.308	.448	64
22	Joe Schepner	30	52	333	94	13	3	0	.282	.339	113
23	Ralph Stewart*	23	39	48	14	2	2	0	.292	.417	20
24	Thomas?	--	21	32	4	1	0	0	.125	.156	5
25	Sam West*	21	84	341	116	17	7	16	.340	.572	195
26	Yam Yaryan	33	133	510	188	30	13	20	.369	.596	304
	26 Players	27.7

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	General Crowder	27	17	4	.810	3.84	28	178.0	166	85	76	78	1.371	8.4	3.9
2	George Cunningham	31	9	7	.563	5.05	29	123.0	156	79	69	52	1.691	11.4	3.8	Stats for 2 teams
3	Bump Hadley	21	14	7	.667	3.83	29	162.0	138	78	69	114	1.556	7.7	6.3
4	Ralph Judd	24	8	3	.727	7.17	22	64.0	95	54	51	17	1.750	13.4	2.4
5	Harry Kelley	20	4	9	.308	4.23	27	117.0	155	71	55	34	1.615	11.9	2.6
6	Jim Lyle	25	3	1	.750	3.72	12	58.0	58	37	24	9	1.155	9.0	1.4
7	Otto Merz?	37	5	3	.625	4.66	21	83.0	100	57	43	32	1.590	10.8	3.5
8	Curly Ogden	25	6	4	.600	4.56	14	81.0	92	45	41	28	1.481	10.2	3.1
9	Emilio Palmero*	31	8	2	.800	2.27	18	91.0	93	30	23	24	1.286	9.2	2.4
10	Andy Rush	36	2	2	.500		7	26.0	28	15		12	1.538	9.7	4.2
11	Ralph Stewart	23	7	8	.467	5.68	33	152.0	202	113	96	65	1.757	12.0	3.8
12	Thomas?	--	4	7	.364	5.28	21	92.0	118	63	54	52	1.848	11.5	5.1
	12 Players	26.4

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
Yam Yaryan	133		576	84	11		.984	4.96
Dink O'Brien	57		76	12	3		.967	1.54

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Bill Conroy	104		899	66	17		.983	9.28
Ted Jourdan	45		400	29	4		.991	9.53

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
John Chapman	92		240	118	31		.920	3.89

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Doug Baird	95		75	202	18		.939	2.92
Joe Schepner	52		47	90	11		.926	2.63

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Grant Gillis	146		351	430	62		.926	5.35

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Babe Ganzel	135	298	22	6	.982	2.37
Ernie Neitzke	131	270	26	9	.970	2.26	Stats for 2 teams
Sam West	84	186	7	12	.941	2.30
Tex Jeanes	63	163	9	4	.977	2.73
Bunny Roser	42	87	12	3	.971	2.36
Eugene Martin	29	66	3	2	.972	2.38
Leroy Jones	20	29	2	1	.969	1.55

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Doug Baird	34	R	R	5' 9.0"	148	Sep 27, 1891	St. Charles, MO, US
John Chapman	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Oct 15, 1899	Centralia, PA, US
Bill Conroy	27	R	R	5' 8.0"	160	Jan 9, 1899	Chicago, IL, US
General Crowder	27	L	R	5' 10.0"	170	Jan 11, 1899	Winston-Salem, NC, US
George Cunningham	31	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Jul 13, 1894	Sturgeon Lake, MN, US
Babe Ganzel	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	172	May 22, 1901	Malden, MA, US
Grant Gillis	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Jan 24, 1901	Grove Hill, AL, US
Bump Hadley	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Jul 5, 1904	Lynn, MA, US
Tex Jeanes	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	176	Dec 19, 1900	Maypearl, TX, US
Leroy Jones	22	L	R	5' 11.0"	168	Oct 2, 1903
Ted Jourdan	30	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Sep 5, 1895	New Orleans, LA, US
Ralph Judd	24	L	R	5' 10.0"	170	Dec 7, 1901	Perrysburg, OH, US
Harry Kelley	20	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	Feb 13, 1906	Parkin, AR, US
Jim Lyle	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Jul 24, 1900	Lake, MS, US
Eugene Martin	28	L	L			Apr 16, 1898
Otto Merz	37					1889
Ernie Neitzke	31	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	Nov 13, 1894	Toledo, OH, US
Dink O'Brien	31	R	R	5' 8.0"	160	Sep 13, 1894	San Francisco, CA, US
Curly Ogden	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Jan 24, 1901	Ogden, PA, US
Emilio Palmero	31	L	L	5' 11.0"	157	Jun 13, 1895	Guanabacoa, La Habana, CU
Bunny Roser	24	L	L	5' 11.0"	175	Nov 15, 1901	St. Louis, MO, US
Andy Rush	36	R	R	6' 3.0"	180	Dec 26, 1889	Hartland, KS, US
Joe Schepner	30	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Aug 10, 1895	Aliquippa, PA, US
Ralph Stewart	23	L	R	5' 10.0"	170	1903
Thomas	--					Unknown
Sam West	21	L	L	5' 11.0"	165	Oct 5, 1904	Longview, TX, US
Yam Yaryan	33	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	Nov 5, 1892	Knowlton, IA, US

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