1917 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: A
Team Record: 87-66
Finished 3rd in the SL
Manager: Carlton Molesworth (87-66)
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 115,090, Avg. 1,504

1917 Birmingham Barons Roster

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern League ended the 1917 season with a record of 87 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the SL.

Carlton Molesworth served as manager.

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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
Carmen Hill	26	12	.684	2.19	42						320.0	253	102	78		85
Elmer Ponder	19	16	.543	0.00	38						266.0	224	90			93
Ralph Comstock	14	8	.636	0.00	24						216.0	152	64			60
Karl Black	13	10	.565	2.79	40						216.0	192	91	67		56
Marcus Milligan	6	5	.545	0.00	13						90.0	69	28			27
Totals	78	51	.605	1.18	157	0	0	0	0	0	1108.0	890	375	145	0	321	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
Doc Johnston	152	557	557		154	33	9	4						.276	.276	.390	.666	217
Howdy Caton	148	520	520		133	22	7	3						.256	.256	.342	.598	178
Cecil Coombs	155	521	521		133	20	8	2						.255	.255	.336	.591	175
Bill Webb	132	448	448		125	19	11	1						.279	.279	.377	.656	169
Alfred Ellis	106	404	404		119	21	13	2						.295	.295	.426	.720	172
Les Sheehan	151	525	525		118	14	6	1						.225	.225	.280	.505	147
Billy Southworth	103	358	358		102	12	4	3						.285	.285	.366	.651	131
Danny Clark	83	310	310		87	11	6	4						.281	.281	.394	.674	122
Ed McDonald	119	382	382		81	9	2	0						.212	.212	.246	.458	94
Red Smith	89	266	266		71	8	1	4						.267	.267	.350	.617	93
Howie Haworth	89	286	286		71	5	1	0						.248	.248	.273	.521	78
Pat Duncan	35	106	106		31	5	0	0						.292	.292	.340	.632	36
Carmen Hill	46	117	117		31	4	1	1						.265	.265	.342	.607	40
Karl Black	42	89	89		19	1	1	0						.213	.213	.247	.461	22
Ralph Comstock	24	80	80		16	1	1	1						.200	.200	.275	.475	22
Elmer Ponder	38	97	97		15	1	0	0						.155	.155	.165	.320	16
Marcus Milligan	19	36	36		7	0	0	1						.194	.194	.278	.472	10
Totals	1531	5102	5102	0	1313	186	71	27	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.257	.338	.595	1722	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Doc Johnston	1B	152	1431	87	20		.987	9.987
Les Sheehan	1B	70	610	38	17		.974	9.257
Danny Clark	2B	83	184	205	15		.963	4.687
Bill Webb	2B	65	161	165	23		.934	5.015
Ed McDonald	3B	112	162	178	28		.924	3.036
Red Smith	C	89	298	81	12		.969	4.258
Howie Haworth	C	89	318	96	18		.958	4.652
Cecil Coombs	OF	155	338	31	13		.966	2.381
Alfred Ellis	OF	106	253	24	16		.945	2.613
Billy Southworth	OF	103	199	12	10		.955	2.049
Pat Duncan	OF	35	29	8	1		.974	1.057
Howdy Caton	SS	149	355	428	77		.910	5.255
Totals		1208	4338	1353	250	0	.958	4.711

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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