1948 Birmingham Black Barons Statistics

1947 Season

Record: 63-28-2, Finished 2nd in Negro American League

Postseason:
Won NAL Championship Series (4-3-1) over Kansas City Monarchs
Lost World Series (4-1) to Homestead Grays

Manager: Piper Davis (51-27-1)

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

Negro American League Pennant

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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	Herman Bell	33	20	66	57	13	16	2	0	0	6	1		5		.281	.349	.316	.665	79	18		1	3
2	1B	Joe Scott*	30	25	104	87	14	23	4	2	3	16	1		13		.264	.379	.460	.838	124	40		3	1
3	2B	Piper Davis	30	28	117	107	25	42	8	2	1	17	6		7		.393	.444	.533	.977	161	57		3	0
4	SS	Artie Wilson*	27	29	136	120	31	52	7	6	0	17	6		15		.433	.500	.592	1.092	191	71		1	0
5	3B	John Britton*	29	29	134	128	18	31	6	1	0	20	1		3		.242	.265	.305	.570	52	39		1	2
6	LF	Jim Zapp	24	18	63	57	13	16	5	0	2	11	0		5		.281	.349	.474	.823	119	27		1	0
7	CF	Bobby Robinson#	35	29	123	111	15	29	2	3	0	21	5		9		.261	.322	.333	.656	76	37		1	2
8	RF	Ed Steele*	32	29	123	98	27	35	6	2	3	18	7		20		.357	.488	.551	1.039	178	54		5	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
9	C	Pepper Bassett#	37	15	57	50	5	14	4	0	1	6	1		5		.280	.357	.420	.777	107	21		1	1
10	OF	Willie Mays	17	13	48	43	6	10	2	1	0	6	1		4		.233	.313	.326	.638	71	14		1	0
11	UT	Alonzo Perry*	26	17	39	34	4	10	0	0	2	8	0		4		.294	.368	.471	.839	123	16		0	1
12	UT	Wiley Griggs	23	8	18	16	4	3	1	0	0	0	0		2		.188	.278	.250	.528	42	4		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
13	P	Jimmie Newberry	29	13	28	22	2	7	1	1	0	5	0		2		.318	.423	.455	.878	135	10		2	2
14	P	Bill Powell*	29	7	21	19	7	7	0	0	0	2	0		1		.368	.400	.368	.768	107	7		0	1
15	P	Bill Greason	23	9	19	14	4	4	1	0	0	1	0		4		.286	.444	.357	.802	116	5		0	1
16	P	Samuel Williams*	25	3	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	1
17	P	Jay Heard*	28	7	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
18	P	Nat Pollard	33	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
		Team Totals	29.5	93	1106	972	190	299	49	18	12	154	29		99		.308	.383	.432	.815	118	420		20	15
		Rank in 6 NAL teams				3	2	2	2	2	2		2		3	4	1	1	1	1		2		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.9	93	989	874	171	271	47	17	10	138	29		88		.310	.385	.437	.822	120	382		18	9
		Pitcher Totals	26.8	93	117	98	19	28	2	1	2	16	0		11		.286	.369	.388	.757	103	38		2	6
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	Alonzo Perry	26	5	2	.714	4.41	11	9	1	5	0	0	63.1	75	44	31	5	22	0	28	3	0	2	292	110	4.08	1.532	10.7	0.7	3.1	4.0	1.27
2	SP	Bill Powell	29	5	1	.833	2.79	7	7	0	5	2	0	51.2	45	19	16	3	17	0	40	0	0	0	214	174	2.95	1.200	7.8	0.5	3.0	7.0	2.35
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
3	RP	Jimmie Newberry	29	6	2	.750	2.62	13	4	6	1	0	1	58.1	70	25	17	1	12	0	33	1	0	3	257	184	2.52	1.406	10.8	0.2	1.9	5.1	2.75
4	RP	Bill Greason	23	3	2	.600	4.44	8	5	2	4	1	1	46.2	53	29	23	0	22	0	34	1	0	1	216	109	2.78	1.607	10.2	0.0	4.2	6.6	1.55
5	RP	Jay Heard*	28	2	0	1.000	4.26	7	1	5	0	0	0	6.1	10	4	3	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	30	119	1.65	1.737	14.2	0.0	1.4	7.1	5.00
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		Samuel Williams	25	1	0	1.000	4.50	3	2	0	0	0	0	14.0	16	10	7	2	6	0	10	0	0	0	61	109	4.47	1.571	10.3	1.3	3.9	6.4	1.67
7		Nat Pollard	33	0	0		10.38	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	6	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	23	50	3.91	2.077	12.5	0.0	6.2	4.2	0.67
		Team Totals	26.9	22	7	.759	3.75	93	29	14	15	3	2	244.2	275	137	102	11	83	0	152	5	0	6	1093	129	3.18	1.463	10.1	0.4	3.1	5.6	1.83
		Rank in 6 NAL teams		2	6		1				3	1	2	3	4	3	3	4	3		2
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