1942 Birmingham Black Barons

48 - 45 - 1

25 - 23 in the Negro American League

1923 / 1943 (Team History)

Managed by:
Winfield Welch (48-45-1)

Top Hitter

Tommy
Sampson

Top Pitcher

Johnny
Markham

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	93	3rd	ERA+	117	2nd
OPS	.646	4th	ERA	3.22	2nd
BA	.261	3rd	BA	.247	2nd
OBP	.318	3rd	K/BB	1.51	4th
SLG	.327	4th	K%	10.0%	5th
BB%	6.8%	4th	BB%	6.7%	2nd
K%			HR%	0.6%	3rd
ISO	.067	4th	WHIP	1.26	2nd

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
• Tom Hayes (Owner)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Paul Hardy	31	25	85	77	12	21	7	0	0	5	1	6	0	2	.273	.325	.364	.689	106
1B	Luther Gilyard^	32	12	38	34	1	7	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	3	.206	.229	.235	.464	39
2B	Tommy Sampson	29	35	143	135	28	45	3	2	2	13	4	5	2	1	.333	.366	.430	.796	137
3B	Leroy Morney**	33	32	124	107	19	27	4	0	1	19	9	13	1	3	.252	.339	.318	.657	97
SS	Hoss Walker	34	27	107	93	10	18	1	0	1	7	3	7	2	5	.194	.265	.237	.501	50
LF	Felix McLaurin**	20	16	67	63	9	21	1	0	1	7	5	4	0	0	.333	.373	.397	.770	130
CF	Lloyd Davenport*	30	27	110	94	20	29	5	0	0	15	4	13	2	1	.309	.404	.362	.765	130
RF	Bill Bradford*	28	23	70	63	7	16	2	1	0	2	2	6	0	1	.254	.319	.317	.636	90

RF	Johnny Smith*	25	16	58	56	9	16	2	1	1	12	2	2	0	0	.286	.310	.411	.721	114
3B	Lester Lockett	30	12	48	45	8	13	0	1	0	7	1	2	1	0	.289	.333	.333	.667	99
LF	Jesse Warren	27	11	45	36	11	11	2	2	0	5	2	6	0	3	.306	.405	.472	.877	161
C	Ted Radcliffe	39	16	44	42	3	11	1	0	0	6	0	1	0	1	.262	.279	.286	.565	69
3B	Clarence Lamar	27	11	40	37	5	8	3	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	.216	.256	.297	.554	65
RF	Sonny Harris**	27	12	38	31	4	5	0	0	0	5	0	3	1	3	.161	.257	.161	.418	27
1B	Lyman Bostock*	24	8	30	26	2	8	2	1	0	3	0	4	0	0	.308	.400	.462	.862	157
SS	Joe Spencer	22	9	27	25	3	7	1	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	.280	.333	.320	.653	96
1B	Alphonse Dunn	30	5	22	18	4	9	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	.500	.550	.556	1.106	231
LF	Goose Tatum**	24	7	20	19	2	3	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	.158	.200	.263	.463	38
3B	Eddie Snead	31	3	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	-15
LF	Bennett^		5	9	8	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	.125	.222	.500	.722	112
2B	Jesse Douglas*	26	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1B	Jesse Matthews^		1	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	20
C	Johnnie Dawson^	27	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
3B	Alex Radcliff	36	1	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-37
RF	Ed Steele*	26	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	199
C	Harry Barnes	26	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Nat Rogers*	48	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2B	Piper Davis	24	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Tipton^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Diamond Pipkins*	34	14	32	31	5	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	.355	.355	.387	.742	121
SP	Johnny Markham	33	14	24	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.048	.091	.048	.139	-58
SP	Dan Bankhead	22	9	24	21	2	7	1	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	.333	.417	.381	.798	139
SP	Gready McKinnis	28	11	18	17	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.176	.222	.235	.458	37
SP	Alvin Gipson	28	13	18	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.059	.059	.059	.118	-65
SP	Specs Ellis^		3	8	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.167	.375	.167	.542	65
SP	Wadel Miller^		2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	50
RP	Robert Keys^	29	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Winfield Welch*	42	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Herb Shaw*	23	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	199
	39		394	1299	1170	166	305	41	8	7	138	41	88	11	30	.261	.318	.327	.646	93

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Tommy Sampson	29	2B	143	.371	.315	3.5%	7.1%	1.4%	0.7%	.096	.091
Leroy Morney**	33	3B	124	.314	.315	10.5%	7.1%	0.8%	0.7%	.065	.091
Lloyd Davenport*	30	CF	110	.371	.315	11.8%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.053	.091
Hoss Walker	34	SS	107	.238	.315	6.5%	7.1%	0.9%	0.7%	.043	.091
Paul Hardy	31	C	85	.320	.315	7.1%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.091	.091
Bill Bradford*	28	RF	70	.303	.315	8.6%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.063	.091
Felix McLaurin**	20	LF	67	.366	.315	6.0%	7.1%	1.5%	0.7%	.063	.091
Johnny Smith*	25	RF	58	.334	.315	3.4%	7.1%	1.7%	0.7%	.125	.091
Lester Lockett	30	3B	48	.320	.315	4.2%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.044	.091
Jesse Warren	27	LF	45	.382	.315	13.3%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.167	.091
Ted Radcliffe	39	C	44	.263	.315	2.3%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.024	.091
Clarence Lamar	27	3B	40	.257	.315	2.5%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.081	.091
Luther Gilyard^	32	1B	38	.205	.315	2.6%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.029	.091
Sonny Harris**	27	RF	38	.205	.315	7.9%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.091
Diamond Pipkins*	34	SP	32	.339	.315	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.032	.091
Lyman Bostock*	24	1B	30	.404	.315	13.3%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.154	.091
Joe Spencer	22	SS	27	.316	.315	7.4%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.040	.091
Johnny Markham	33	SP	24	.071	.315	4.2%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.091
Dan Bankhead	22	SP	24	.387	.315	12.5%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.048	.091
Alphonse Dunn	30	1B	22	.476	.315	4.5%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.056	.091
Goose Tatum**	24	LF	20	.219	.315	5.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.105	.091
Alvin Gipson	28	SP	18	.053	.315	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.091
Gready McKinnis	28	SP	18	.222	.315	5.6%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.059	.091
Eddie Snead	31	3B	11	.155	.315	9.1%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.091
Bennett^		LF	9	.319	.315	11.1%	7.1%	11.1%	0.7%	.375	.091
Specs Ellis^		SP	8	.306	.315	25.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.091
Jesse Matthews^		1B	5	.190	.315	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.091
Jesse Douglas*	26	2B	5	.000	.315	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.091
Alex Radcliff	36	3B	5	.150	.315	20.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.091
Johnnie Dawson^	27	C	5	.000	.315	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.091
Wadel Miller^		SP	4	.238	.315	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.091
Ed Steele*	26	RF	2	.475	.315	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.091
Winfield Welch*	42	SP	2	.000	.315	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.091
Herb Shaw*	23	PH	2	.475	.315	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.091
Nat Rogers*	48	PH	2	.000	.315	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.091
Robert Keys^	29	RP	2	.000	.315	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.091
Piper Davis	24	2B	2	.000	.315	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.091
Harry Barnes	26	C	2	.000	.315	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.091
Tipton^		PH	1	.000	.315	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.091
39			1299	.304	.315	6.8%	7.1%	0.5%	0.7%	.067	.091