John Britton

John A. Britton Jr.
(Jack)

Born: April 21, 1919 in Mount Vernon, GA
Died: December 2, 1990 in Chicago, IL
(71 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: R

Ht: 5'8"

Wt: 160

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Notes:

• Buried: Oak Woods Cemetery (Chicago, IL)
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Artie Wilson	SS	5	1944	1948	BBB	7.9	5.7	1.4	0.0	0.8
2	Ed Steele	RF	5	1944	1948	BBB	5.4	6.4	-0.5	0.0	-0.5
3	Piper Davis	2B	5	1944	1948	BBB	5.1	3.7	1.4	0.0	0.1
4	Silvio García	SS	1	1945	1945	VEZ	5.0	3.3	1.2	0.0	0.5
5	Jimmie Newberry	RP	6	1943	1948	BBB/IC	4.9	-0.2	0.0	5.2	0.0
6	Pedro Formental	CF	1	1945	1945	VEZ	4.6	3.9	0.7	0.1	0.0
7	Ramón Bragaña	SP	1	1945	1945	VEZ	3.8	0.2	-0.3	3.9	0.0
8	Bill Powell	SP	3	1946	1948	BBB	3.5	0.1	0.0	3.4	0.0
9	Salvador Hernández	C	1	1945	1945	VEZ	2.5	2.3	-0.1	0.0	0.2
10	Tommy Sampson	2B	4	1944	1947	BBB	2.0	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.2
11	Chile Gómez	2B	1	1945	1945	VEZ	1.9	0.3	1.4	0.0	0.3
12	Roosevelt Davis	SP	1	1943	1943	IC	1.9	-0.1	0.0	2.0	0.0
13	Fred Wilson	RF	1	1943	1943	IC	1.8	0.6	0.4	0.9	-0.1
14	Alonzo Boone	RP	2	1944	1945	BBB	1.7	0.2	0.0	1.5	0.0
15	Jehosie Heard	SP	3	1946	1948	BBB	1.5	0.1	0.0	1.5	0.0
16	Julio Moreno	SP	1	1945	1945	VEZ	1.4	0.2	0.0	1.2	0.0
17	Bill Greason	SP	1	1948	1948	BBB	1.2	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
18	Cool Papa Bell	CF	1	1942	1942	CAG	1.0	1.6	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
19	Dan Wilson	LF	1	1941	1941	SNH	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.0	-0.1
20	Clarence Lamar	2B	1	1943	1943	IC	1.0	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.1
21	Buddy Armour	CF	1	1941	1941	SNH	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0
22	Jimmie Crutchfield	RF	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.0	-0.1
23	Leroy Sutton	SP	2	1941	1942	CAG/SNH	0.9	-0.2	0.0	1.1	0.0
24	Felix McLaurin	CF	1	1944	1944	BBB	0.9	0.1	0.8	0.0	0.0
25	Buster Haywood	C	1	1943	1943	IC	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.1
26	Dan Bankhead	RP	1	1944	1944	BBB	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.0
27	Charlie Shields	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.6	0.3	-0.1	0.4	0.0
28	Art Pennington	LF	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.5	0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
29	Goose Tatum	1B	1	1943	1943	IC	0.5	0.8	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
30	Joe Scott	1B	1	1948	1948	BBB	0.5	0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
31	Alvin Gipson	SP	3	1944	1946	BBB	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
32	Jim Zapp	LF	1	1948	1948	BBB	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.0	-0.1
33	Curtis Hollingsworth	RP	2	1946	1947	BBB	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
34	Alonzo Perry	SP	2	1947	1948	BBB	0.4	0.1	-0.1	0.4	0.0
35	Leonard Lindsay	1B	1	1943	1943	IC	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.1
36	Oliverio Ortiz	SP	1	1945	1945	VEZ	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
37	Walter Cannady	2B	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
38	Dave Harper	RF	1	1943	1943	IC	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
39	Freddie Shepard	CF	2	1945	1946	BBB	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
40	Ed Young	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
41	Henry Merchant	RF	2	1942	1943	CAG/IC	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
42	Lyman Bostock	1B	1	1946	1946	BBB	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
43	Humberto Favela	RF	1	1945	1945	VEZ	0.2	0.7	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
44	Earl Ashby	C	1	1947	1947	BBB	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
45	Leandy Young	LF	3	1942	1945	BBB/CAG	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
46	Alex Radcliff	3B	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
47	Eli Chism	LF	1	1947	1947	BBB	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
48	Smith	RP	1	1943	1943	IC	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
49	Jesse Warren	3B	1	1941	1941	SNH	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
50	Bradford Bennett	RF	1	1941	1941	SNH	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
51	Thad Christopher	LF	1	1943	1943	IC	0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
52	Johnie Scott	LF	1	1944	1944	BBB	0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
53	Sylvester Snead	2B	1	1943	1943	IC	0.2	1.1	-1.1	0.0	0.1
54	George Mitchell	RP	1	1941	1941	SNH	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
55	Ulysses Evans	RP	2	1942	1943	CAG/IC	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
56	Johnny Williams	RP	1	1944	1944	BBB	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
57	Jimmy Ford	2B	2	1941	1942	CAG/SNH	0.1	0.7	-0.6	0.0	0.1
58	Kelsey	LF	1	1943	1943	IC	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
59	Ted Radcliffe	C	3	1942	1945	BBB/CAG	0.1	-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.1
60	Jack McLaurin	CF	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
61	James Dailey	1B	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
62	Ollie West	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0
63	Ziggy Marcell	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
64	Joe Spencer	2B	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
65	Earl Bumpus	LF	2	1944	1945	BBB	0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.1	0.0
66	Willie Mays	CF	1	1948	1948	BBB	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
67	Tom Parker	RF	1	1941	1941	SNH	0.0	0.4	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
68	Ed Mayweather	1B	1	1941	1941	SNH	0.0	0.5	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
69	Cliff Fields	CF	1	1941	1941	SNH	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
70	Jim Starks	1B	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	John Henry Oliver	CF	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
72	Willie McNeely	LF	1	1946	1946	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
73	Willie Hudson	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Samuel Burris	RF	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
75	James Bizzle	LF	1	1947	1947	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Harrington	1B	1	1944	1944	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	Raymond Taylor	C	3	1941	1944	MULT	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
78	English	1B	1	1944	1944	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Jack Riley	LF	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Subby Byas	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Frank McAllister	SP	1	1941	1941	SNH	0.0	0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0
82	Deison	RF	1	1943	1943	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Herman Bell	C	4	1945	1948	BBB	0.0	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1
84	Candy Jim Taylor	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	James Barnhill	LF	1	1941	1941	SNH	0.0	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0
86	Bobby Scott	1B	1	1941	1941	SNH	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Cleo Benson	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Andrew Buford	C	1	1941	1941	SNH	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Silas Griffin	3B	1	1947	1947	BBB	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Wadel Miller	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Henry Smith	SS	2	1942	1943	CAG/IC	0.0	-0.7	0.4	0.0	0.2
92	Quincy Smith	CF	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Leovigildo Xiqués	-	1	1945	1945	VEZ	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
94	José Ayala	-	1	1945	1945	VEZ	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Willie Cornelius	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0
96	Frank Thompson	RP	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Percy Howard	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Willie Young	RP	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Jim West	1B	1	1947	1947	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Sam Segraves	LF	1	1943	1943	IC	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
101	Collins Jones	CF	4	1943	1946	BBB/IC	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
102	Curtis Palmer	-	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Harper	2B	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Glover	LF	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
105	Francisco Mora	SP	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Richard King	1B	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Bob Harvey	CF	1	1945	1945	BBB	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Piccard	C	1	1941	1941	SNH	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Walter Burch	C	1	1941	1941	SNH	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Cliff Blackmon	RP	1	1941	1941	SNH	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Pee Wee Jenkins	-	1	1944	1944	BBB	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
112	Marshall Riddle	2B	1	1941	1941	SNH	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.1
113	Walter Treherne	1B	1	1945	1945	BBB	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Wiley Griggs	2B	1	1948	1948	BBB	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Roy Phelps	CF	1	1945	1945	BBB	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
116	Francis Jackson	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
117	Luis Pillot	RP	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
118	Bill Bradford	-	1	1945	1945	BBB	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
119	Gready McKinnis	-	1	1944	1944	BBB	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
120	Clyde Nelson	3B	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	P. Burgess	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
122	Eddie Locke	RP	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
123	Sammy Williams	RP	2	1947	1948	BBB	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
124	John Bissant	LF	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
125	Mario Collazo	LF	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-0.1	-0.3	0.3	0.0	-0.1
126	Fay Washington	SP	2	1941	1944	BBB/SNH	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
127	Peanuts Davis	RP	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
128	Clyde Spearman	RF	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
129	Lester Lockett	LF	4	1942	1946	BBB/CAG	-0.1	0.3	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
130	Bad News Hall	RF	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
131	Emanuel Sampson	LF	1	1946	1946	BBB	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
132	John Lyles	SS	1	1941	1941	SNH	-0.2	0.2	-0.5	0.0	0.1
133	Harry Jeffries	C	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
134	Félix Zulueta	RP	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
135	Dave Hoskins	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
136	Jimmy Reynolds	1B	1	1946	1946	BBB	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
137	Nat Pollard	RP	3	1946	1948	BBB	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
138	Clemon Rooney	-	1	1941	1941	SNH	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
139	George Daniels	RP	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
140	Willie Ferrell	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
141	Jack Bruton	RF	1	1941	1941	SNH	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
142	Army Rhodes	1B	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.2	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
143	Pepper Bassett	C	6	1943	1948	BBB/IC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.7	0.3	0.2
144	Bill Perkins	C	1	1945	1945	BBB	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
145	Lee Moody	LF	2	1946	1947	BBB	-0.3	-0.4	0.2	0.0	-0.1
146	Ernie Smith	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
147	Ralph Wyatt	SS	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.3	0.1	-0.6	0.0	0.2
148	Barney Higdon	-	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
149	Juan Luna	3B	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
150	Raúl Navarro	-	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
151	John Thomas	CF	2	1946	1947	BBB	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
152	Leroy Morney	SS	2	1943	1944	BBB/IC	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
153	Bruce Wright	2B	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
154	Hosea Allen	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
155	Brennan King	-	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
156	Bob Smith	C	1	1941	1941	SNH	-0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
157	Tom Hunter	-	1	1944	1944	BBB	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
158	Sam Thompson	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0
159	Tommy Johnson	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
160	Norman Robinson	CF	2	1947	1948	BBB	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.0
161	Leniel Hooker	SP	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
162	Willie Burns	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
163	Specs Ellis	RP	2	1943	1944	BBB/IC	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
164	Jaime Canchola	-	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
165	Enrique Caballero	RF	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-0.5	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
166	John Huber	RP	3	1942	1945	BBB/CAG	-0.5	0.0	-0.5	0.0	0.0
167	Gentry Jessup	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
168	Lefty Boone	RP	1	1941	1941	SNH	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
169	Buck Felder	2B	1	1945	1945	BBB	-0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
170	Charlie Harris	2B	2	1942	1943	CAG/IC	-0.5	-0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.0
171	Eugene Smith	RP	1	1941	1941	SNH	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
172	Armando Torres	RP	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
173	Jabbo Andrews	LF	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.6	0.1	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
174	Johnny Markham	RP	2	1944	1945	BBB	-0.6	-0.2	0.0	-0.5	0.0
175	George Britt	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.7	0.1	-0.3	-0.4	0.0
176	Enrique Fernández	-	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-0.7	-1.1	0.6	0.0	-0.2
177	Orinthal Anderson	RF	1	1947	1947	BBB	-0.7	0.0	-0.3	-0.3	0.0
178	José Castro	SP	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-0.7	-0.2	-0.6	0.1	-0.1
179	Preacher Henry	RP	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
180	Lefty Calhoun	-	1	1941	1941	SNH	-0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
181	Johnny Ray	CF	2	1943	1945	BBB/IC	-1.0	-0.6	-0.4	0.0	0.0
182	Jesús Torrijos	-	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-1.2	-0.9	-0.2	0.0	0.0
183	Alfred Saylor	SP	2	1944	1945	BBB	-1.2	-0.5	-0.1	-0.6	0.0
184	Fidel Reséndez	1B	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-1.3	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	-0.3
185	Raúl Méndez	3B	1	1945	1945	VEZ	-1.7	-0.3	-1.4	0.0	0.0

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