1929 Birmingham Black Barons Statistics

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League Record: 32-57, Finished 6th in Negro National League

Overall Record: 35-59-1 (includes all games against top Black clubs)

Games with Player Stats: 85 (33-52) of 95 (89.5% of overall games)

Managers: Charles Wesley (27-41-1) and Clarence Smith (8-18)

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

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Negro League teams are presented with both league-only and overall records against top Black clubs. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black clubs. 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

Top 12 Players

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Standard Batting

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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	Poindexter Williams	31	C	1.3	67	248	227	31	66	10	2	6	46	2	21	.291	.351	.432	.783	103	.354	102	98	0	2/9
2	Dave Thomas*	24	1B	0.8	84	327	301	47	78	13	5	7	41	3	22	.259	.318	.405	.723	87	.327	85	122	4	37/918
3	Geechie Meredith	29	2B	0.7	82	349	313	64	89	15	4	5	41	7	34	.284	.358	.406	.764	98	.350	100	127	2	*4/692738
4	Ray Sheppard	26	SS	0.1	31	120	115	14	38	9	3	0	13	4	3	.330	.358	.461	.819	112	.370	110	53	2	6/5
5	Porter Dallas	25	3B	-0.4	44	163	153	11	46	6	1	0	13	3	10	.301	.344	.353	.696	82	.323	82	54	0	5
6	Leo Birdine	34	LF	0.1	58	183	178	18	49	6	2	2	14	2	3	.275	.295	.365	.660	71	.298	67	65	2	197/8
7	Jimsey Roussell	28	CF	-1.2	51	190	180	31	44	6	3	2	21	5	10	.244	.284	.344	.629	63	.288	59	62	0	8
8	Clarence Smith	32	RF	2.4	71	287	277	39	97	10	7	6	53	17	8	.350	.373	.502	.875	126	.397	125	139	2	*978/42
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	George McAllister*	30	UT	0.8	84	341	304	55	91	11	3	3	34	8	35	.299	.375	.385	.760	98	.354	102	117	2	379/4856
10	Anthony Cooper	24	SS	0.2	37	130	124	15	36	3	1	1	16	5	6	.290	.323	.355	.678	76	.314	75	44	0	6/9728
11	Johnnie Oden	26	3B	-0.4	31	115	110	13	29	1	0	2	13	0	5	.264	.296	.327	.623	62	.288	59	36	0	5
12	Charles Wesley	32	UT	-0.7	28	83	80	4	18	0	1	0	6	1	3	.225	.253	.250	.503	31	.235	26	20	0	4/6539
13	Eppie Hamilton	30	C	0.1	18	52	52	8	17	1	1	2	11	0	0	.327	.327	.500	.827	112	.365	108	26	0	2/7
14	Earl Gurley*	30	OF	-0.3	12	42	39	4	8	1	2	1	9	0	3	.205	.262	.410	.672	72	.297	64	16	0	/897
15	George Fiall	29	SS	0.2	12	42	36	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	6	.222	.333	.222	.556	47	.283	56	8	0	6/9
16	Johnson		UT	-0.3	6	17	17	1	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	.235	.235	.353	.588	51	.258	40	6	0	/25
17	L. Thomas		C	-0.4	7	16	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.063	.063	.125	-67	.058	-86	1	0	/27
18	Pete Moore	25	SS	-0.1	3	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.250	.143	.393	5	.209	8	1	0	/6
19	Claude Johnson	35	3B	-0.2	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-123	0	0
20	A.J. Dykes	28	2B	0.1	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	161	.464	170	1	0	/4
21	Marshall		C	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	/2
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	Harry Salmon*	34	P	-0.6	49	110	107	14	19	1	1	0	6	1	3	.178	.200	.206	.406	6	.189	-3	22	0	1/987
23	Satchel Paige	22	P	-0.2	36	105	104	9	19	1	1	1	7	0	1	.183	.190	.240	.431	11	.195	0	25	0	1/97
24	Jute Bell	29	P	-0.4	24	68	66	7	12	1	0	0	4	1	2	.182	.206	.197	.403	5	.190	-2	13	0	1/79
25	Diamond Pipkins*	21	P	0.5	17	27	27	4	12	3	0	0	4	0	0	.444	.444	.556	1.000	159	.452	163	15	0	1
	Team Totals			2.1	85	3032	2842	396	783	98	38	38	354	59	176	.276	.321	.377	.698	81	.320	79	1071	14
	Non-Pitcher Totals			2.8		2539	2360	344	672	86	34	35	319	55	167	.285	.335	.394	.730	89	.334	88	931	12
	Pitcher Totals			-0.7		493	482	52	111	12	4	3	35	4	9	.230	.247	.290	.538	40	.245	33	140	2

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB	Awards
1	Satchel Paige	22	SP	3.8	13	9	.591	4.31	31	20	10	15	1	2	202.1	213	111	97	13	45	*195*	2	0	6	866	105	*2.95*	1.275	9.5	0.6	2.0	*8.7*	4.33
2	Harry Salmon	34	SP	3.6	9	14	.391	3.75	30	21	10	12	3	2	158.1	162	82	66	9	19	94	3	0	1	670	121	3.31	1.143	9.2	0.5	*1.1*	5.3	*4.95*
3	Leo Birdine	34	SP	-1.9	4	13	.235	6.80	27	19	7	9	0	0	145.2	211	135	110	9	43	39	2	0	1	693	67	4.54	1.744	13.0	0.6	2.7	2.4	0.91
4	Jute Bell	29	SP	-0.5	5	10	.333	6.42	18	16	2	11	1	0	129.0	150	104	92	11	42	27	7	0	3	597	71	5.17	1.488	10.5	0.8	2.9	1.9	0.64
5	Diamond Pipkins*	21	SP	-2.0	2	6	.250	8.03	15	9	4	1	0	0	61.2	79	73	55	4	29	28	3	0	1	304	57	4.83	1.751	11.5	0.6	4.2	4.1	0.97
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB	Awards
6	Dave Thomas*	24		-0.3	0	0		17.18	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	5	7	7	1	5	2	0	0	0	21	29	9.89	2.727	12.3	2.5	12.3	4.9	0.40
	Team Totals			2.7	33	52	.388	5.48	85	85	33	48	5	4	700.2	820	512	427	47	183	385	17	0	12	3151	83	3.97	1.431	10.5	0.6	2.4	4.9	2.10