1940 Birmingham Black Barons Statistics

1941 Season

Record: 11-21-0, 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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Negro League team records include only league games. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black Baseball teams. 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. More about data coverage

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	17	61	51	4	12	3	1	0	6	1		8		.235	.339	.333	.672	105	17			2
2	1B	Lyman Bostock*	22	20	78	74	9	18	1	1	0	9	0		4		.243	.282	.284	.566	73	21			0
3	2B	Tommy Sampson	27	19	81	77	12	24	2	1	0	13	2		3		.312	.338	.364	.701	114	28			1
4	SS	Ulysses Redd	25	20	67	63	5	9	0	0	0	0	1		3		.143	.182	.143	.325	-1	9			1
5	3B	Sammy Burton?		22	83	77	12	21	1	2	1	10	1		6		.273	.325	.377	.702	114	29			0
6	LF	Jabbo Andrews*	32	20	78	67	4	12	1	0	0	6	2		10		.179	.286	.194	.480	47	13			1
7	CF	Dan Thomas?		17	54	49	5	9	1	0	0	2	0		5		.184	.259	.204	.463	42	10			0
8	RF	Willie Nixon?	23	20	76	68	10	16	4	1	1	6	0		6		.235	.297	.368	.665	103	25			2
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	12	35	34	3	8	0	0	0	2	0		1		.235	.257	.235	.492	50	8			0
10		Buddy Allen?	25	6	25	24	5	8	1	0	0	4	0		1		.333	.360	.375	.735	124	9			0
11		Jimmy Wilson	20	4	16	14	2	4	1	0	0	0	3		2		.286	.375	.357	.732	124	5			0
12	UT	Cap Tyson	37	4	12	12	2	5	1	0	0	1	0		0		.417	.417	.500	.917	180	6			0
13	3B	Parnell Woods	28	2	10	10	1	3	0	0	0	1	1		0		.300	.300	.300	.600	83	3			0
14	IF	James Mickey?		3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0			0
15	C	Buster Haywood	30	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		.143	.143	.143	.286	-13	1			0
16	CI	Eddie Vines*	22	2	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		.500	.600	.500	1.100	236	2			0
17	C	Jake Tolbert		1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0			0
18	2B	Johnnie Cowan	27	1	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	53	1			0
19		Candy Jim Taylor	56	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0			0
20	SS	Leo Sanders?	26	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0			0
21		Red Bass	22	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	511	1			0
22		Julius Jones		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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	Eddie Snead	29	10	19	18	3	6	0	1	1	2	0		0		.333	.333	.611	.944	188	11			1
24	P	Red Howard*	30	12	17	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		.125	.176	.125	.301	-8	2			0
25	P	Dan Bankhead	20	8	15	15	2	5	0	0	0	2	0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	104	5			0
26	P	Blanch Moody?	28	9	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.083	.083	.083	.167	-49	1			1
27	P	Gentry Jessup	25	6	9	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0			0
28	P	Samuel Burris?	20	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	205	1			1
29	P	Sam Barber?	20	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	511	2			0
30	P	John Gregory?		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0			0
		Team Totals	26.9	32	788	727	83	171	16	7	3	65	12		51		.235	.285	.289	.574	75	210			10
		Rank in 7 NAL teams				4	5	4	5	4	4		6		6		4	6	5	5		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.0	32	710	653	76	154	16	6	2	60	12		50		.236	.290	.288	.578	77	188			7
		Pitcher Totals	26.1	32	78	74	7	17	0	1	1	5	0		1		.230	.240	.297	.537	64	22			3
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	Eddie Snead*	29	3	1	.750	3.83	8	5		1	0	1	40.0	56	20	17		9		16	0		0		100		1.625	12.6		2.0	3.6	1.78
2	SP	Blanch Moody	28	2	3	.400	5.75	9	5		1	0	0	36.0	41	24	23		7		16	3		0		66		1.333	10.3		1.8	4.0	2.29
3	SP	Dan Bankhead	20	2	1	.667	3.99	5	4		1	0	0	29.1	22	15	13		11		17	1		0		96		1.125	6.8		3.4	5.2	1.55
4	SP	Gentry Jessup	25	0	3	.000	5.84	6	4		1	0	0	24.2	30	21	16		8		13	0		0		66		1.541	10.9		2.9	4.7	1.63
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
5	CL	Red Howard*	30	1	5	.167	4.05	12	3		1	0	2	40.0	46	22	18		7		27	1		0		94		1.325	10.4		1.6	6.1	3.86
6	RP	Samuel Burris?	20	0	1	.000	4.82	4	0		0	0	0	9.1	9	5	5		3		3	2		0		82		1.286	8.7		2.9	2.9	1.00
7	RP	John Gregory?		0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1		0		1	0		0		59		1.000	9.0		0.0	9.0
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
8		Sam Barber?	20	0	0		2.08	1	1		0	0	0	4.1	4	1	1		2		1	0		0		199		1.385	8.3		4.2	2.1	0.50
		Team Totals	26.4	8	14	.364	4.58	32	22		5	0	3	184.2	209	109	94		47		94	7		0		84		1.386	10.2		2.3	4.6	2.00
		Rank in 7 NAL teams		6	2		7				7	5	1	4	5	3	6		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