1929 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: A
Team Record: 93-60
Finished 1st in the SA
Manager: John Dobbs (93-60)
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 202,571, Avg. 2,648

1929 Birmingham Barons Roster

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1929 season with a record of 93 wins and 60 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
Bob Hasty	22	11	.667	3.58	36						236.0	215	105	94		84
Willie Ludolph	21	8	.724	3.62	36						239.0	260	106	96		69
Ray Francis	15	10	.600	3.48	32						212.0	241	112	82		44
Clay Van Alstyne	12	7	.632	4.76	35						155.0	169	99	82		81
Ray Caldwell	4	2	.667	1.79	9	7					65.3	63	16	13		12
C. Moore	4	7	.364	3.36	29						126.0	100	68	47		63
Bill Morrell	2	7	.222	5.23	22						98.0	127	75	57		25
Totals	80	52	.606	3.75	199	7	0	0	0	0	1131.3	1175	581	471	0	378	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
Guy Sturdy	156	603	603		179	19	21	14						.297	.297	.468	.765	282
Butch Weis	148	510	510		176	25	11	7						.345	.345	.478	.824	244
Ernie Smith	156	554	554		171	27	14	10						.309	.309	.462	.771	256
Andrew Moore	142	492	492		150	17	17	7						.305	.305	.451	.756	222
Bill Black	132	489	489		148	23	16	8						.303	.303	.464	.767	227
Urbane Pickering	156	528	528		147	22	16	15						.278	.278	.466	.744	246
Frank Gibson	95	295	295		85	9	5	1						.288	.288	.363	.651	107
Yam Yaryan	73	221	221		74	10	4	3						.335	.335	.457	.792	101
Herschel Bennett	81	274	274		68	6	2	4						.248	.248	.328	.577	90
Clayton	35	76	76		22	1	0	1						.289	.289	.342	.632	26
Willie Ludolph	41	78	78		21	4	2	0						.269	.269	.372	.641	29
Pete Cooper	16	47	47		20	2	1	1						.426	.426	.574	1.000	27
Ray Francis	36	81	81		16	1	0	0						.198	.198	.210	.407	17
Stuffy Stewart	10	41	41		15	1	1	0						.366	.366	.439	.805	18
Clay Van Alstyne	35	58	58		15	2	3	1						.259	.259	.448	.707	26
Bob Hasty	34	78	78		15	4	1	0						.192	.192	.269	.462	21
C. Moore	28	51	51		12	4	2	0						.235	.235	.392	.627	20
Bill Morrell	22	30	30		2	0	0	0						.067	.067	.067	.133	2
Totals	1396	4506	4506	0	1336	177	116	72	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.296	.435	.732	1961	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Guy Sturdy	1B	156	1368	93	20		.986	9.365
Bill Black	2B	132	320	357	22		.969	5.129
Urbane Pickering	3B	143	191	296	33		.937	3.406
Frank Gibson	C	90	316	53	10		.974	4.100
Yam Yaryan	C	68	213	37	8		.969	3.676
Pete Cooper	C	16	42	6	1		.980	3.000
Butch Weis	OF	145	280	17	10		.967	2.048
Andrew Moore	OF	134	358	24	14		.965	2.851
Herschel Bennett	OF	58	167	8	1		.994	3.017
Ernie Smith	SS	156	392	500	42		.955	5.718
Clayton	SS	35	42	33	5		.938	2.143
Totals		1133	3689	1424	166	0	.969	4.513

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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