1948 Birmingham Black Barons Statistics
National Arena League (NAL)
Team Record: 56-22
Finished 1st in the NAL
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Won League Championship Series
- Defeated Kansas City Monarchs 4-3
- Lost to Homestead Grays 4-1
Manager: Piper Davis (67-40)
1948 Birmingham Black Barons RosterTeam Record: 56-22
Finished 1st in the NAL
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Won League Championship Series
- Defeated Kansas City Monarchs 4-3
- Lost to Homestead Grays 4-1
Manager: Piper Davis (67-40)
1948 Birmingham Black Barons Results
The Birmingham Black Barons of the National Arena League ended the 1948 season with a record of 56 wins and 22 losses, finishing first in the NAL.
Piper Davis coached the team. The 1948 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 | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmie Newberry | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.62 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 58.3 | 70 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 257 |
| Bill Powell | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.79 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 51.7 | 45 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 214 |
| Alonzo Perry | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.55 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 63.3 | 75 | 44 | 32 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 292 |
| Bill Greason | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.86 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 46.7 | 53 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 216 |
| Jehosie Heard | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.26 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Sammy Williams | 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 |
| Nat Pollard | 0 | 0 | 10.38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Totals | 22 | 7 | .759 | 3.68 | 51 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 244.7 | 275 | 137 | 100 | 11 | 83 | 0 | 152 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1093 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artie Wilson | 29 | 136 | 120 | 31 | 52 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | .433 | .500 | .592 | 1.092 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Piper Davis | 28 | 117 | 107 | 25 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .393 | .444 | .533 | .977 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Steele | 29 | 125 | 98 | 27 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 0 | .357 | .496 | .551 | 1.047 | 54 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Britton | 29 | 134 | 128 | 18 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .242 | .265 | .305 | .570 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Robinson | 29 | 123 | 111 | 15 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .261 | .322 | .333 | .656 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Scott | 25 | 104 | 87 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | .264 | .379 | .460 | .838 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Zapp | 18 | 63 | 57 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .281 | .349 | .474 | .823 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herman Bell | 20 | 66 | 57 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .281 | .349 | .316 | .665 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pepper Bassett | 15 | 57 | 50 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .280 | .357 | .420 | .777 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alonzo Perry | 17 | 39 | 34 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .294 | .368 | .471 | .839 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Mays | 13 | 48 | 43 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .233 | .313 | .326 | .638 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Powell | 7 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .368 | .400 | .368 | .768 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmie Newberry | 13 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .318 | .423 | .455 | .878 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Greason | 9 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .286 | .444 | .357 | .802 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wiley Griggs | 8 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .188 | .278 | .250 | .528 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nat Pollard | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jehosie Heard | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Williams | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 301 | 1108 | 972 | 190 | 299 | 49 | 18 | 12 | 154 | 29 | 0 | 101 | 1 | .308 | .384 | .432 | .816 | 420 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Scott | 1B | 25 | 25 | 210.7 | 214 | 11 | 10 | 15 | .957 | 9.612 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Piper Davis | 1B | 3 | 3 | 22.0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 9.409 | 7.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alonzo Perry | 1B | 2 | 1 | 12.0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Piper Davis | 2B | 26 | 24 | 209.7 | 68 | 84 | 13 | 13 | .921 | 6.525 | 5.846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wiley Griggs | 2B | 6 | 5 | 35.0 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 5.657 | 3.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Britton | 3B | 29 | 29 | 243.7 | 28 | 41 | 4 | 3 | .945 | 2.549 | 2.379 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Piper Davis | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herman Bell | C | 16 | 16 | 128.7 | 96 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 7.065 | 6.313 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pepper Bassett | C | 13 | 13 | 116.0 | 80 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .967 | 6.828 | 6.769 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ed Steele | OF | 29 | 29 | 244.7 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .881 | 1.361 | 1.276 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norman Robinson | OF | 29 | 29 | 244.7 | 59 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .938 | 2.244 | 2.103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Zapp | OF | 16 | 16 | 128.0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 2.180 | 1.938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Mays | OF | 12 | 12 | 98.7 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.642 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wiley Griggs | OF | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jehosie Heard | OF | 1 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alonzo Perry | OF | 2 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Britton | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alonzo Perry | P | 11 | 9 | 63.3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 1.847 | 1.182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmie Newberry | P | 13 | 4 | 58.3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 2.160 | 1.077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Powell | P | 7 | 7 | 51.7 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.439 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Greason | P | 8 | 5 | 46.7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.929 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sammy Williams | P | 3 | 2 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .643 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jehosie Heard | P | 7 | 1 | 6.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.842 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nat Pollard | P | 2 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Artie Wilson | SS | 29 | 29 | 244.7 | 52 | 82 | 6 | 15 | .957 | 4.929 | 4.621 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 292 | 261 | 2202.0 | 734 | 295 | 55 | 52 | .949 | 4.206 | 3.524 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 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 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.04 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 71 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 327 |
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 | 96 | 346 | 300 | 32 | 75 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 5 | .250 | .344 | .313 | .657 | 94 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
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