1928 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: A
Team Record: 99-54
Finished 1st in the SA
Manager: John Dobbs (99-54)
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 261,824, Avg. 3,423

1928 Birmingham Barons Roster

Playoffs - Birmingham Barons 4 games, Memphis Chickasaws 0

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1928 season with a record of 99 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the SA.

John Dobbs 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
Ed Wells	25	7	.781	2.78	38						291.0	296	110	90		71
Luther Roy	19	5	.792	3.85	44						257.0	292	132	110		90
Bill Morrell	14	7	.667	3.75	34						180.0	200	92	75		48
Ralph Judd	12	6	.667	3.87	30						135.0	143	72	58		54
Fred Sheridan	4	5	.444	5.01	16						70.0	95	50	39		26
George Milstead	3	2	.600	3.73	11						41.0	49		17		16
Bob Hasty	1	3	.250	5.00	8						45.0	44	30	25		24
Totals	78	35	.690	3.66	181	0	0	0	0	0	1019.0	1119	486	414	0	329	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
Mule Shirley	155	590	590		202	32	17	9						.342	.342	.500	.842	295
Stuffy Stewart	152	629	629		200	24	10	4						.318	.318	.407	.725	256
Elliot Bigelow	134	489	489		193	28	13	8						.395	.395	.554	.949	271
Mel Simons	150	612	612		189	28	8	5						.309	.309	.405	.714	248
Jimmy Johnston	137	500	500		169	25	8	5						.338	.338	.450	.788	225
Max Rosenfeld	138	488	488		168	17	13	7						.344	.344	.475	.820	232
Ernie Smith	149	520	520		159	28	11	5						.306	.306	.431	.737	224
Yam Yaryan	105	365	365		142	24	12	16						.389	.389	.652	1.041	238
Roy Carlyle	69	205	205		72	10	9	3						.351	.351	.532	.883	109
Pete Cooper	80	221	221		67	12	7	0						.303	.303	.421	.724	93
Pelham Ballenger	51	133	133		46	5	6	2						.346	.346	.519	.865	69
Ed Wells	46	115	115		43	6	1	2						.374	.374	.496	.870	57
Ralph Judd	53	71	71		31	0	0	0						.437	.437	.437	.873	31
Luther Roy	44	94	94		27	2	0	1						.287	.287	.340	.628	32
Bill Morrell	35	63	63		10	1	1	1						.159	.159	.254	.413	16
Fred Sheridan	17	28	28		7	0	1	0						.250	.250	.321	.571	9
George Milstead	13	19	19		5	0	1	0						.263	.263	.368	.632	7
Totals	1528	5142	5142	0	1730	242	118	68	0	0	0	0	0	.336	.336	.469	.806	2412	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Mule Shirley	1B	155	1430	73	20		.987	9.697
Stuffy Stewart	2B	151	375	441	29		.966	5.404
Jimmy Johnston	3B	118	112	220	20		.943	2.814
Pelham Ballenger	3B	43	38	53	8		.919	2.116
Yam Yaryan	C	98	383	47	14		.968	4.388
Pete Cooper	C	72	235	51	7		.976	3.972
Mel Simons	OF	150	337	12	13		.964	2.327
Elliot Bigelow	OF	134	236	13	6		.976	1.858
Max Rosenfeld	OF	123	311	20	10		.971	2.691
Roy Carlyle	OF	44	75	5	3		.964	1.818
Ernie Smith	SS	146	349	479	47		.946	5.671
Totals		1234	3881	1414	177	0	.968	4.291

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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