1944 Birmingham Black Barons Statistics

National Arena League (NAL)
Team Record: 50-24
Finished 1st in the NAL
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Won League Championship Series
- Lost to Homestead Grays 4-1
Manager: Winfield Welch (71-42)

1944 Birmingham Black Barons Roster
1944 Birmingham Black Barons Results

The Birmingham Black Barons of the National Arena League ended the 1944 season with a record of 50 wins and 24 losses, finishing first in the NAL.

Winfield Welch coached the team. The 1944 Birmingham Black Barons won the League Championship Series.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BF
Alfred Saylor	5	6	.455	3.77	15	11	3	8	0	0	102.7	115	56	43	5	13	0	32	2	427
Dan Bankhead	2	0	1.000	1.86	2	1	1	1	1	0	9.7	6	2	2	0	3	0	15	0	38
Alvin Gipson	2	6	.250	3.79	11	8	2	5	1	1	61.7	57	30	26	0	19	0	34	3	266
Alonzo Boone	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	31
Earl Bumpus	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	8	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	37
Jimmie Newberry	1	0	1.000	3.18	3	1	2	1	0	0	11.3	8	4	4	0	6	1	6	0	52
Fay Washington	1	2	.333	2.92	3	3	0	1	0	0	24.7	17	10	8	2	14	0	21	1	100
Johnny Williams	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
Johnny Markham	0	0		3.52	2	0	2	0	0	0	7.7	9	4	3	0	1	0	3	0	34
Pee Wee Jenkins	0	0		13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
Gready McKinnis	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	3	2	0	5	0	1	0	22
Specs Ellis	0	1	.000	10.13	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.3	11	8	6	1	4	0	2	0	30
Tom Hunter	0	1	.000	27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	5	3	0	1	0	0	2	8
John Huber	0	3	.000	4.03	5	4	1	1	0	0	29.0	25	19	13	1	8	0	9	2	129
Totals	13	20	.394	3.65	49	33	13	19	3	1	278.3	269	145	113	9	76	1	127	10	1187

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF
Artie Wilson	31	140	132	22	50	7	5	0	14	2	6	0	.379	.410	.508	.918	67	1	1	0
John Britton	33	144	132	16	42	5	1	1	18	0	8	1	.318	.357	.394	.751	52	1	1	2
Ed Steele	32	131	112	25	40	6	4	3	23	3	14	0	.357	.442	.563	1.004	63	3	2	0
Tommy Sampson	30	124	112	18	38	4	2	0	13	1	7	0	.339	.393	.411	.804	46	3	2	0
Piper Davis	32	130	123	15	26	3	2	2	13	1	7	0	.211	.254	.317	.571	39	0	0	0
Felix McLaurin	27	110	99	13	22	0	1	1	5	3	8	0	.222	.287	.273	.560	27	1	2	0
Lester Lockett	28	101	94	12	20	4	1	0	11	0	5	0	.213	.253	.277	.529	26	0	2	0
Ted Radcliffe	22	85	76	12	15	3	0	0	11	0	5	0	.197	.247	.237	.484	18	0	4	0
Leandy Young	12	38	37	4	10	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.270	.270	.324	.595	12	0	1	0
Johnie Scott	7	24	24	3	9	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	12	0	0	0
John Huber	9	26	26	3	8	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	.308	.308	.423	.731	11	0	0	0
Leroy Morney	15	43	40	3	8	1	0	0	4	0	3	0	.200	.256	.225	.481	9	0	0	0
Alvin Gipson	11	26	26	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	6	0	0	0
Alfred Saylor	15	42	40	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.150	.175	.325	7	0	2	0
Dan Bankhead	2	5	5	4	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	.800	.800	1.200	2.000	6	0	0	0
Pepper Bassett	9	28	28	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	2	0	0	0
English	2	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0
Gready McKinnis	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Johnny Williams	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Fay Washington	3	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Raymond Taylor	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Alonzo Boone	1	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0
Earl Bumpus	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Specs Ellis	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0
Harrington	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Jimmie Newberry	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	2	0
Tom Hunter	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Johnny Markham	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Pee Wee Jenkins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	337	1237	1141	155	307	41	18	7	129	10	64	1	.269	.313	.355	.667	405	9	21	2

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS%
Piper Davis	1B	27	27	226.3	278	19	8	18	.974	11.810	11.000	0	0
Leroy Morney	1B	5	4	36.0	41	4	1	2	.978	11.250	9.000	0	0
Harrington	1B	1	1	9.0	12	1	1	1	.929	13.000	13.000	0	0
English	1B	1	1	7.0	8	0	0	1	1.000	1.286	8.000	0	0
Tommy Sampson	2B	30	30	248.3	68	102	13	23	.929	6.161	5.667	0	0
Piper Davis	2B	3	3	25.0	12	8	1	0	.952	7.200	6.667	0	0
Leroy Morney	2B	1	0	5.0	1	2	0	1	1.000	5.400	3.000	0	0
John Britton	3B	33	33	278.3	35	69	7	7	.937	3.363	3.152	0	0
Ted Radcliffe	C	22	21	181.3	96	19	3	1	.975	5.708	5.227	0	12	0.0
Pepper Bassett	C	9	8	67.0	37	6	3	0	.935	5.776	4.778	2	2	0.0
John Huber	C	3	3	28.0	24	1	0	1	1.000	8.036	8.333	0	5	0.0
Raymond Taylor	C	1	1	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	1	0.0
Ed Steele	OF	32	31	262.3	34	3	5	0	.881	1.269	1.156	0	0
Lester Lockett	OF	27	24	212.3	35	3	2	0	.950	1.611	1.407	0	0
Felix McLaurin	OF	25	24	196.3	52	2	1	1	.982	2.475	2.160	0	0
Leandy Young	OF	9	9	72.0	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.375	1.222	0	0
Johnie Scott	OF	6	6	51.0	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.412	1.333	0	0
Leroy Morney	OF	5	5	41.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.537	1.400	0	0
Alfred Saylor	P	15	11	102.7	2	24	2	1	.929	2.279	1.733	0	0
Alvin Gipson	P	11	8	61.7	0	13	0	0	1.000	1.897	1.182	0	0
John Huber	P	5	4	29.0	1	7	2	0	.800	2.483	1.600	0	0
Fay Washington	P	3	3	24.7	0	9	3	1	.750	3.284	3.000	0	0
Jimmie Newberry	P	3	1	11.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.794	.333	0	0
Dan Bankhead	P	2	1	9.7	0	5	0	0	1.000	4.655	2.500	0	0
Earl Bumpus	P	1	1	9.0	0	2	1	0	.667	2.000	2.000	0	0
Alonzo Boone	P	1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0
Johnny Markham	P	2	0	7.7	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.348	1.000	0	0
Specs Ellis	P	2	2	5.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.688	.500	0	0
Gready McKinnis	P	1	1	4.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0
Johnny Williams	P	1	0	2.7	0	1	0	1	1.000	3.375	1.000	0	0
Tom Hunter	P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0
Pee Wee Jenkins	P	1	0	0.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	13.500	1.000	0	0
Artie Wilson	SS	31	31	262.3	71	104	7	20	.962	6.004	5.645	0	0
Piper Davis	SS	2	2	16.0	2	4	2	3	.750	3.375	3.000	0	0
Totals		322	297	2505.0	835	413	62	82	.953	4.484	3.876	2	20	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		1	4	.200	3.68	6	5	1	4	1	0	44.0	46	27	18	3	21	4	22	3	0	3	199

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		49	188	176	12	36	5	0	0	9	3	1	9	8	.205	.246	.233	.479	41	0	1	1	1	0

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
Totals			46	45	396.0	132	61	8	8	.960	4.386	4.196

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