1927 Birmingham Black Barons

52-43 • 0.547 Win% • 4th in NNL

📊 Season Record

52 Wins
43 Losses
0.547 Win %
4th Rank
475 R 439 RA
Diff +36

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

475 Runs Scored
439 Runs Allowed
+36 Run Diff
39 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1927 NNL Average

Batting Avg .292 5% above the 1927 league average (.277)
OBP .330 1% below the 1927 league average (.332)
SLG .328 3% above the 1927 league average (.318)
Team ERA 3.87 4% better than the 1927 league average (4.04)
Runs Scored 475 22% above the 1927 league average (390 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumRickwood Field
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Home Games 49

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Pinky Ward 0.446 2 Roy Parnell 0.423 3 Poindexter Williams 0.362 4 Ruben Jones 0.303 5 Sam Streeter 0.296

Home Runs

1 Roy Parnell 12 2 Clarence Palm 8 3 Ruben Jones 5 4 Geechie Meredith 4 5 J. H. Hamilton 2

RBI

1 Roy Parnell 75 2 Poindexter Williams 50 3 Ruben Jones 49 4 Sandy Thompson 38 5 George McAllister 32
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
George McAllister 92 350 58 102 0 0 1 32 31 0 10 0.291
Sandy Thompson 95 345 49 98 0 0 1 38 27 0 13 0.284
Roy Parnell 88 338 88 143 0 0 12 75 23 0 22 0.423
Ruben Jones 76 267 52 81 0 0 5 49 12 0 8 0.303
Dewitt Owens 67 238 25 65 0 0 1 26 11 0 3 0.273
Geechie Meredith 74 237 33 57 0 0 4 32 12 0 5 0.241
Poindexter Williams 77 229 28 83 0 0 2 50 7 0 5 0.362
J. H. Hamilton 57 209 23 58 0 0 2 23 7 0 3 0.278
Johnnie Oden 56 178 14 31 0 0 0 10 7 0 0 0.174
Clarence Palm 54 155 22 44 0 0 8 27 9 0 2 0.284
Chuffie Alexander 45 130 14 34 0 0 0 10 3 0 2 0.262
Sam Streeter 41 98 5 29 0 0 1 8 3 0 0 0.296
Harry Salmon 31 76 8 20 0 0 0 6 3 0 1 0.263
Bobby Robinson 20 75 6 17 0 0 0 4 5 0 2 0.227
Robert Poindexter 35 61 11 12 0 0 1 5 5 0 0 0.197
Pinky Ward 17 56 8 25 0 0 1 6 5 0 1 0.446
Satchel Paige 21 44 3 12 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.273
Earl Gurley 10 28 4 8 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0.286
Bob Miller 9 25 7 8 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 0.320
John Shanks 9 24 1 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0.250
Bill Gatewood 16 20 6 4 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0.200
Fred Daniels 12 19 1 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0.263
Leo Birdine 9 14 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.286
Columbus Vance 4 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.273
Charles Zomphier 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Nelson Dean 4 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.167
Ernie Phillips 2 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Fendall Williams 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Columbus Vance 2.35 2 Harry Salmon 2.95 3 Satchel Paige 3.01 4 Sam Streeter 3.47 5 Bill Gatewood 4.50

Wins

1 Harry Salmon 15 2 Sam Streeter 14 3 Robert Poindexter 10 4 Satchel Paige 8 5 Columbus Vance 3

Strikeouts

1 Sam Streeter 122 2 Satchel Paige 100 3 Harry Salmon 90 4 Robert Poindexter 67 5 Columbus Vance 19
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Sam Streeter 14 13 3.47 31 21 0 223.0 49 122
Harry Salmon 15 6 2.95 28 18 0 176.2 40 90
Robert Poindexter 10 13 4.79 31 20 0 157.2 57 67
Satchel Paige 8 2 3.01 21 11 1 104.2 30 100
Bill Gatewood 1 1 4.50 9 6 1 52.0 16 14
Fred Daniels 1 4 6.46 11 9 0 39.0 29 11
Columbus Vance 3 0 2.35 4 4 0 30.2 7 19
Nelson Dean 0 0 5.50 4 4 0 18.0 4 11
Ernie Phillips 0 2 8.49 2 2 0 11.2 12 10
Roy Parnell 0 1 8.18 3 1 0 11.0 5 6
Leo Birdine 0 0 5.19 2 1 0 8.2 6 2

🏆 Postseason Results

NNC
Lost to CAG 4-1

👥 Roster (28)

Chuffie Alexander Leo Birdine Fred Daniels Nelson Dean Bill Gatewood Earl Gurley J. H. Hamilton Ruben Jones George McAllister Geechie Meredith Bob Miller Johnnie Oden +16 more

28 players

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