1938 Birmingham Black Barons

12-36 • 0.250 Win% • 7th in NAL

📊 Season Record

12 Wins
36 Losses
0.250 Win %
7th Rank
104 R 171 RA
Diff -67

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⚡ Quick Stats

104 Runs Scored
171 Runs Allowed
-67 Run Diff
4 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1938 NAL Average

Batting Avg .230 12% below the 1938 league average (.260)
OBP .289 8% below the 1938 league average (.316)
SLG .243 14% below the 1938 league average (.284)
Team ERA 5.05 16% worse than the 1938 league average (4.34)
Runs Scored 104 37% below the 1938 league average (165 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumRickwood Field
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Home Games 24

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 David Whatley 0.415 2 Henry McCall 0.304 3 Melzar Williams 0.274 4 Sylvester Owens 0.211 5 Parnell Woods 0.209

Home Runs

1 Fred Bankhead 1 2 Horace Davis 1 3 Henry McCall 1 4 Bob Smith 1

RBI

1 Henry McCall 16 2 Sylvester Owens 11 3 Fred Bankhead 10 4 David Whatley 9 5 Melzar Williams 9
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Fred Bankhead 28 102 12 21 0 0 1 10 11 5 4 0.206
David Whatley 24 94 20 39 0 0 0 9 7 7 4 0.415
Henry McCall 23 92 11 28 0 0 1 16 2 0 1 0.304
Sylvester Owens 25 90 8 19 0 0 0 11 5 1 2 0.211
Parnell Woods 23 86 12 18 0 0 0 5 8 2 4 0.209
Melzar Williams 21 84 7 23 0 0 0 9 4 2 3 0.274
Harry Barnes 17 48 4 9 0 0 0 6 5 0 1 0.188
Andrew Sephus 14 39 6 4 0 0 0 0 11 1 2 0.103
Bert Johnson 14 37 3 8 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 0.216
Lester Lockett 9 31 3 1 0 0 0 2 5 3 0 0.032
Cliff Blackmon 13 30 5 5 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0.167
Bob Smith 8 26 3 6 0 0 1 4 5 1 1 0.231
Elbert Eatmon 10 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.071
Jimmy Ford 3 13 2 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.385
Dick Burton 10 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.083
Bo Mitchell 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Carter 4 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Julius Osley 8 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Cap Tyson 7 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.333
Leo Sims 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Thurston 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Horace Davis 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0.250
Tice James 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Scott 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jabbo Andrews 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Jim Canada 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Spoon Carter 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000
G. Davis 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Carl Smith 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Jimmie Armstead 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Charles Dunklin 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bennie Fields 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Earl Little 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Murray 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Dick Burton 4.71 2 Elbert Eatmon 4.76 3 Cliff Blackmon 5.96

Wins

1 Cliff Blackmon 2 2 Elbert Eatmon 2 3 Dick Burton 1

Strikeouts

1 Cliff Blackmon 42 2 Dick Burton 15 3 Elbert Eatmon 14 4 Bo Mitchell 10 5 Julius Osley 9
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Cliff Blackmon 2 6 5.96 13 7 0 77.0 43 42
Dick Burton 1 4 4.71 10 5 0 36.1 13 15
Elbert Eatmon 2 0 4.76 10 5 0 34.0 19 14
Bo Mitchell 0 3 7.66 3 3 0 22.1 11 10
Julius Osley 0 4 2.75 8 3 0 19.2 11 9
Thurston 0 1 1.74 1 0 0 10.1 7 2
Spoon Carter 0 1 4.50 1 1 0 8.0 1 4
Jimmie Armstead 0 1 1.69 1 1 0 5.1 2 2
Charles Dunklin 0 1 4.15 2 1 0 4.1 3 5
Murray 0 1 4.50 1 1 0 2.0 0 2

👥 Roster (34)

Jabbo Andrews Jimmie Armstead Fred Bankhead Harry Barnes Cliff Blackmon Dick Burton Jim Canada Bill Carter Spoon Carter G. Davis Horace Davis Charles Dunklin +22 more

34 players

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