1937 Birmingham Black Barons Statistics

1938 Season

Record: 17-24-0, Finished 5th 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

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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	Harry Barnes	21	23	82	77	17	20	6	1	0	9	1		5		.260	.305	.364	.669	84	28		0	0
2	1B	Jim Canada*	25	13	55	48	12	15	5	0	0	9	2		5		.313	.377	.417	.794	119	20		0	2
3	2B	Fred Bankhead	24	25	101	91	8	27	2	1	0	8	1		7		.297	.347	.341	.688	91	31		0	3
4	SS	Melvin Coleman?	26	20	69	62	15	18	1	2	0	5	0		6		.290	.362	.371	.733	103	23		1	0
5	3B	Parnell Woods	25	27	123	109	27	33	4	4	3	21	2		11		.303	.372	.495	.867	138	54		1	2
6	LF	Melzar Williams	23	19	83	78	16	22	2	1	1	16	5		5		.282	.325	.372	.697	92	29		0	0
7	CF	Johnny Ray*	25	16	71	60	14	27	0	2	0	10	2		8		.450	.529	.517	1.045	190	31		2	1
8	RF	David Whatley*	22	27	118	112	25	40	7	7	5	31	3		3		.357	.385	.679	1.063	189	76		2	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	UT	Sylvester Owens?		28	117	109	12	25	2	3	0	14	2		4		.229	.263	.303	.566	56	33		1	3
10	IF	Bill Carter?		11	50	47	10	18	3	0	0	4	0		2		.383	.408	.447	.855	136	21		0	1
11	IF	Jack Bruton?	25	14	50	46	11	13	5	1	0	4	0		3		.283	.327	.435	.761	109	20		0	1
12	MI	Clarence Lamar	22	10	42	38	7	8	1	0	0	3	1		3		.211	.268	.237	.505	41	9		0	1
13	OF	Quicksey?		3	7	7	2	3	0	0	0	2	0		0		.429	.429	.429	.857	137	3		0	0
14		Sullivan?		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
15		A.D. Lewis		0	0
16	1B	A.D. Lewis*	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0	0
17	P	Willie Ferrell?	23	14	36	33	4	9	2	1	0	2	0		1		.273	.294	.394	.688	89	13		0	2
18	P	Red Howard*	27	10	28	25	4	7	1	0	1	7	2		2		.280	.333	.440	.773	112	11		0	1
19	P	Ben Henderson?		5	11	8	2	2	1	0	0	1	0		3		.250	.455	.375	.830	131	3		0	0
20	P	Bo Mitchell?		3	10	10	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		.400	.400	.400	.800	122	4		0	0
21	P	Elbert Eatmon?	22	5	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.111	.111	.111	.222	-38	1		0	1
22	P	Floyd Holston?		1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2		.000	.667	.000	.667	98	0		0	0
23	P	Julius Osley?	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
		Team Totals	23.8	41	1068	972	187	292	42	23	10	146	21		70		.300	.352	.422	.774	113	410		7	19
		Rank in 8 NAL teams				4	4	4	4	4	4		4		5	5	1	1	1	1		4		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	23.7	41	919	839	165	256	33	21	9	132	19		59		.305	.356	.427	.782	115	358		7	14
		Pitcher Totals	24.6	41	149	133	22	36	9	2	1	14	2		11		.271	.326	.391	.717	97	52		0	5
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

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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	Jack Bruton	25	3	4	.429	5.49	8	7	1	6	0	0	60.2	82	44	37	6	15	0	34	1	0	2	264	82	4.16	1.599	12.2	0.9	2.2	5.0	2.27
2	SP	Willie Ferrell*	23	3	4	.429	5.69	10	8	2	5	0	0	55.1	64	49	35	3	22	0	24	4	0	0	256	79	4.45	1.554	10.4	0.5	3.6	3.9	1.09
3	SP	Red Howard*	27	3	2	.600	7.65	5	5	0	3	0	0	37.2	44	36	32	4	14	0	25	0	0	2	172	59	4.37	1.540	10.5	1.0	3.3	6.0	1.79
4	SP	Bo Mitchell?		2	1	.667	1.33	3	3	0	3	1	0	27.0	21	5	4	0	2	0	15	0	0	0	101	340	2.31	0.852	7.0	0.0	0.7	5.0	7.50
5	SP	Ben Henderson		2	2	.500	8.63	5	4	0	2	0	0	24.0	36	27	23	2	10	0	20	1	0	0	120	53	3.99	1.917	13.5	0.8	3.8	7.5	2.00
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	RP	Elbert Eatmon?	22	1	1	.500	5.87	5	1	4	0	0	0	23.0	27	18	15	1	8	0	12	0	0	1	107	77	3.77	1.522	10.6	0.4	3.1	4.7	1.50
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		Julius Osley	22	0	0		6.75	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	3	3	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	16	75	7.70	2.625	10.1	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
8		Floyd Holston?		0	0		7.71	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	10	67	8.34	1.286	7.7	3.9	3.9	7.7	2.00
9		Bill Carter?		0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	24.4	14	14	.500	5.80	41	28	9	19	1	0	232.2	279	184	150	17	76	0	132	6	0	5	1046	78	4.07	1.526	10.8	0.7	2.9	5.1	1.74
		Rank in 8 NAL teams		4	3		6				4	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	4		4
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