1928 Birmingham Black Barons

45-54 • 0.455 Win% • 5th in NNL

📊 Season Record

45 Wins
54 Losses
0.455 Win %
5th Rank
344 R 430 RA
Diff -86

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

344 Runs Scored
430 Runs Allowed
-86 Run Diff
20 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1928 NNL Average

Batting Avg .260 6% below the 1928 league average (.277)
OBP .292 10% below the 1928 league average (.325)
SLG .281 10% below the 1928 league average (.313)
Team ERA 4.18 3% better than the 1928 league average (4.31)
Runs Scored 344 6% below the 1928 league average (365 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumRickwood Field
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Home Games 49

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Sandy Thompson 0.321 2 Satchel Paige 0.314 3 Roy Parnell 0.314 4 Geechie Meredith 0.305 5 George McAllister 0.279

Home Runs

1 Roy Parnell 7 2 George McAllister 4 3 Ray Sheppard 3 4 Bill Perkins 2 5 Chuffie Alexander 1

RBI

1 Roy Parnell 46 2 George McAllister 36 3 Geechie Meredith 34 4 Ray Sheppard 25 5 Chuffie Alexander 21
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
George McAllister 87 312 47 87 0 0 4 36 31 0 5 0.279
Geechie Meredith 83 311 46 95 0 0 1 34 16 0 15 0.305
Roy Parnell 79 296 45 93 0 0 7 46 18 3 9 0.314
Dewitt Owens 80 257 18 58 0 0 0 16 10 1 6 0.226
Bill Perkins 80 252 32 57 0 0 2 20 13 2 2 0.226
Chuffie Alexander 66 232 28 62 0 0 1 21 6 1 6 0.267
Ray Sheppard 57 198 26 55 0 0 3 25 4 1 6 0.278
Charles Wesley 47 134 16 36 0 0 0 14 2 0 1 0.269
Johnnie Oden 40 133 11 28 0 0 0 9 7 0 3 0.211
Anthony Cooper 40 130 9 29 0 0 1 11 4 0 2 0.223
Leo Birdine 42 103 10 20 0 0 0 7 1 1 0 0.194
Satchel Paige 34 70 10 22 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 0.314
Harry Salmon 31 62 5 12 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0.194
Sandy Thompson 16 56 5 18 0 0 0 7 2 0 1 0.321
Ruben Jones 14 47 8 15 0 0 1 7 2 0 1 0.319
Poindexter Williams 22 47 1 12 0 0 0 11 2 0 0 0.255
Robert Poindexter 26 45 11 17 0 0 0 5 2 0 2 0.378
George Nash 18 39 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.103
Jim Jeffries 20 36 4 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.194
Perry Hall 15 28 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0.250
Red Haley 9 20 2 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0.250
Jim Willis 7 15 5 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0.333
A. Mullen 6 12 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.250
Lou Dials 4 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0.100
Lewis Means 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.143
Sam Streeter 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Owen Smaulding 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Giles 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Johnson 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Leon Morgan 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Powell 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hayes 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Nelson Dean 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Satchel Paige 2.39 2 George Nash 3.25 3 Harry Salmon 3.52 4 Robert Poindexter 4.66 5 Leo Birdine 4.74

Wins

1 Satchel Paige 11 2 Leo Birdine 9 3 Harry Salmon 9 4 George Nash 5 5 Robert Poindexter 4

Strikeouts

1 Satchel Paige 121 2 Harry Salmon 76 3 George Nash 55 4 Robert Poindexter 41 5 Leo Birdine 35
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Harry Salmon 9 8 3.52 23 17 0 151.0 19 76
Leo Birdine 9 8 4.74 26 17 0 136.2 37 35
Satchel Paige 11 4 2.39 25 15 4 132.0 25 121
Robert Poindexter 4 9 4.66 18 13 0 102.1 33 41
George Nash 5 8 3.25 18 11 0 97.0 21 55
Jim Willis 2 4 6.43 7 5 0 49.0 15 21
Jim Jeffries 0 4 5.14 9 4 0 42.0 17 8
Sam Streeter 0 1 7.30 2 1 0 12.1 4 7
Owen Smaulding 0 1 10.38 3 3 0 8.2 3 2
Hayes 0 0 6.23 2 0 1 4.1 0 4
Charles Wesley 0 1 27.00 1 1 0 1.1 1 1
Roy Parnell 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0
Perry Hall 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.2 0 0
Nelson Dean 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0.0 0 0

👥 Roster (33)

Chuffie Alexander Leo Birdine Anthony Cooper Nelson Dean Lou Dials Giles Red Haley Perry Hall Hayes Jim Jeffries Johnson Ruben Jones +21 more

33 players

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