1943 Birmingham Black Barons Statistics

National Arena League (NAL)
Team Record: 37-24
Finished 3rd in the NAL
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Won League Championship Series
- Defeated Chicago American Giants 3-2
- Lost to Homestead Grays 4-3
Manager: Winfield Welch (62-48)
Manager: Larry Brown (0-1)

1943 Birmingham Black Barons Roster
1943 Birmingham Black Barons Results

The Birmingham Black Barons of the National Arena League ended the 1943 season with a record of 37 wins and 24 losses, finishing third in the NAL.

Winfield Welch and Larry Brown coached the team. The 1943 Birmingham Black Barons won the League Championship Series.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
Johnny Markham	5	1	.833	2.20	8	7	1	5	0	49.0	42	16	12	1	11	0	16	1	0	200
John Huber	4	3	.571	3.58	9	5	4	4	1	50.3	47	24	20	1	16	0	33	1	0	212
Gready McKinnis	4	6	.400	3.40	14	9	1	6	0	82.0	72	33	31	3	25	0	43	5	0	358
Alfred Saylor	3	2	.600	2.66	10	5	5	5	0	61.0	63	20	18	1	15	0	31	3	1	259
Alvin Gipson	2	7	.222	3.67	12	10	2	7	0	73.7	70	36	30	1	18	1	62	1	0	307
Gentry Jessup	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	9.0	7	2	2	0	4	0	3	0	0	37
Jim Daniels	1	1	.500	4.76	3	3	0	1	1	17.0	10	11	9	0	15	0	12	2	0	75
Dan Bankhead	0	0		6.00	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	3	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	15
Johnny Williams	0	1	.000	10.80	1	0	0	0	0	1.7	4	5	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	14
Jimmie Newberry	0	3	.000	6.18	5	4	1	1	0	27.7	30	23	19	1	12	0	7	0	0	126
Totals	20	24	.455	3.49	64	44	14	30	2	374.3	349	173	145	8	121	1	210	13	1	1603

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
Tommy Sampson	42	184	168	25	49	2	3	0	16	7	11	0	.292	.335	.339	.674	57	0	5
Clyde Spearman	43	187	160	27	48	1	4	0	18	7	21	0	.300	.388	.356	.744	57	2	4
Piper Davis	41	170	149	32	45	14	2	2	26	3	19	1	.302	.385	.463	.848	69	1	1
Lester Lockett	40	169	158	17	41	4	2	2	29	2	10	0	.259	.304	.348	.652	55	0	1
Felix McLaurin	34	151	130	28	40	4	1	1	12	6	20	0	.308	.400	.377	.777	49	0	1
Hoss Walker	38	146	132	14	23	2	1	0	9	2	7	0	.174	.232	.205	.437	27	3	4
Paul Hardy	33	112	103	9	22	1	0	0	2	2	8	0	.214	.270	.223	.494	23	0	1
Alphonse Dunn	28	104	89	12	20	3	2	1	12	3	12	0	.225	.324	.337	.661	30	1	2
Alfred Saylor	18	57	51	7	14	1	0	0	3	0	5	0	.275	.339	.294	.633	15	0	1
Leonard Lindsay	14	55	50	2	12	2	0	0	4	0	4	0	.240	.296	.280	.576	14	0	1
Leroy Morney	19	73	65	8	11	3	0	0	6	0	7	0	.169	.260	.215	.476	14	1	0
John Huber	19	43	40	3	9	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	.225	.262	.250	.512	10	0	1
Alvin Gipson	14	35	34	1	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	.206	.206	.235	.441	8	0	1
Johnny Markham	8	22	21	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.238	.238	.286	.524	6	0	1
Gready McKinnis	14	33	32	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.156	.156	.313	5	0	1
Herman Bell	11	34	30	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	.133	.212	.133	.345	4	0	1
Ted Radcliffe	2	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	2	0	0
Jimmie Newberry	5	12	10	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	2	1	0
Ed Steele	3	12	12	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	.167	.167	.417	.583	5	0	0
Gentry Jessup	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0
Jim Daniels	3	9	9	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.111	.111	.222	.333	2	0	0
Babe Charter	4	11	11	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.091	.091	.182	.273	2	0	0
Dan Bankhead	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Leamon Johnson	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0
Johnny Williams	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0
Totals	438	1637	1468	199	364	42	15	7	150	32	134	1	.248	.315	.311	.626	457	9	26

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS%
Alphonse Dunn	1B	18	18	152.7	158	6	4	3	.976	9.668	9.111	0	0
Leonard Lindsay	1B	14	14	122.0	135	7	2	12	.986	1.475	1.143	0	0
Alfred Saylor	1B	8	8	66.0	78	2	3	2	.964	1.909	1.000	0	0
Piper Davis	1B	3	3	26.7	19	1	1	1	.952	6.750	6.667	0	0
Leroy Morney	1B	1	1	7.0	10	0	0	0	1.000	12.857	1.000	0	0
Tommy Sampson	2B	41	41	343.3	99	122	19	14	.921	5.793	5.390	0	0
Leroy Morney	2B	3	2	21.0	5	3	2	0	.800	3.429	2.667	0	0
Hoss Walker	2B	1	1	8.0	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	4.000	0	0
Piper Davis	2B	1	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0	0
Hoss Walker	3B	29	28	241.0	32	40	6	1	.923	2.689	2.483	0	0
Lester Lockett	3B	16	14	117.3	21	27	5	0	.906	3.682	3.000	0	0
Tommy Sampson	3B	1	1	8.0	1	4	0	0	1.000	5.625	5.000	0	0
Piper Davis	3B	1	1	8.0	0	3	1	0	.750	3.375	3.000	0	0
Paul Hardy	C	30	27	241.3	156	34	5	2	.974	7.086	6.333	1	16	0.0
Herman Bell	C	11	10	78.0	57	7	2	1	.970	7.385	5.818	0	8	0.0
John Huber	C	6	5	39.0	23	3	0	0	1.000	6.000	4.333	0	2	0.0
Ted Radcliffe	C	2	2	16.0	10	2	0	0	1.000	6.750	6.000	0	0
Clyde Spearman	OF	43	43	360.3	69	2	1	0	.986	1.773	1.651	0	0
Felix McLaurin	OF	34	34	285.3	68	3	7	1	.910	2.239	2.088	0	0
Lester Lockett	OF	27	26	225.0	48	4	1	0	.981	2.080	1.926	0	0
Leroy Morney	OF	16	14	120.3	22	1	4	0	.852	1.720	1.438	0	0
Alphonse Dunn	OF	8	7	60.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	.300	.250	0	0
Ed Steele	OF	3	3	25.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.520	2.333	0	0
Babe Charter	OF	3	3	23.0	8	1	0	0	1.000	3.522	3.000	0	0
Paul Hardy	OF	2	2	17.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.059	1.000	0	0
Piper Davis	OF	1	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.800	1.000	0	0
Johnny Williams	OF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0
Gready McKinnis	P	14	9	82.0	2	18	2	2	.909	2.195	1.429	0	0
Alvin Gipson	P	12	9	73.7	1	15	0	0	1.000	1.955	1.333	0	0
Alfred Saylor	P	10	5	61.0	2	14	0	2	1.000	2.361	1.600	0	0
John Huber	P	9	5	50.3	1	14	1	1	.938	2.682	1.667	0	0
Johnny Markham	P	8	7	49.0	0	11	0	0	1.000	2.020	1.375	0	0
Jimmie Newberry	P	5	4	27.7	0	6	2	0	.750	1.952	1.200	0	0
Jim Daniels	P	3	3	17.0	0	4	1	0	.800	2.118	1.333	0	0
Gentry Jessup	P	1	1	9.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	2.000	0	0
Dan Bankhead	P	1	1	3.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	1.000	0	0
Johnny Williams	P	1	0	1.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0
Piper Davis	SS	36	36	307.7	72	99	18	11	.905	5.002	4.750	0	0
Hoss Walker	SS	9	8	62.7	14	14	6	1	.824	4.021	3.111	0	0
Leamon Johnson	SS	1	0	4.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.250	1.000	0	0
Totals		434	396	3369.0	1126	473	93	54	.945	4.272	3.684	1	26	0.0

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Totals		4	4	.500	2.47	13	9	4	5	2	0	87.3	73	37	24	0	33	0	27	2	1	0	370

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Totals		89	345	308	22	73	8	2	0	18	5	0	29	0	.237	.307	.276	.583	85	0	2	6	0	0

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
Totals			89	81	786.0	262	115	22	12	.945	4.317	4.236

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