1942 Birmingham Black Barons

25-23 • 0.521 Win% • 4th in NAL

📊 Season Record

25 Wins
23 Losses
0.521 Win %
4th Rank
166 R 137 RA
Diff +29

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⚡ Quick Stats

166 Runs Scored
137 Runs Allowed
+29 Run Diff
7 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1942 NAL Average

Batting Avg .260 1% above the 1942 league average (.258)
OBP .312 1% above the 1942 league average (.309)
SLG .278 1% below the 1942 league average (.280)
Team ERA 3.22 22% better than the 1942 league average (4.14)
Runs Scored 166 equal to the 1942 league average (166 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumRickwood Field
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Home Games 24

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Felix McLaurin 0.333 2 Tommy Sampson 0.333 3 Lloyd Davenport 0.309 4 Johnny Smith 0.286 5 Paul Hardy 0.273

Home Runs

1 Tommy Sampson 2 2 Bennett 1 3 Felix McLaurin 1 4 Leroy Morney 1 5 Johnny Smith 1

RBI

1 Leroy Morney 19 2 Lloyd Davenport 15 3 Tommy Sampson 13 4 Johnny Smith 12 5 Lester Lockett 7
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Tommy Sampson 35 135 28 45 0 0 2 13 5 1 4 0.333
Leroy Morney 32 107 19 27 0 0 1 19 13 1 9 0.252
Lloyd Davenport 27 94 20 29 0 0 0 15 13 0 4 0.309
Hoss Walker 27 93 10 18 0 0 1 7 7 0 3 0.194
Paul Hardy 25 77 12 21 0 0 0 5 6 1 1 0.273
Bill Bradford 23 63 7 16 0 0 0 2 6 0 2 0.254
Felix McLaurin 16 63 9 21 0 0 1 7 4 1 5 0.333
Johnny Smith 16 56 9 16 0 0 1 12 2 0 2 0.286
Lester Lockett 12 45 8 13 0 0 0 7 2 0 1 0.289
Ted Radcliffe 16 42 3 11 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0.262
Clarence Lamar 11 37 5 8 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0.216
Jesse Warren 11 36 11 11 0 0 0 5 6 0 2 0.306
Luther Gilyard 12 34 1 7 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0.206
Sonny Harris 12 31 4 5 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0.161
Diamond Pipkins 14 31 5 11 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.355
Lyman Bostock 8 26 2 8 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0.308
Joe Spencer 9 25 3 7 0 0 0 5 2 0 3 0.280
Dan Bankhead 9 21 2 7 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0.333
Johnny Markham 14 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.048
Goose Tatum 7 19 2 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0.158
Alphonse Dunn 5 18 4 9 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0.500
Alvin Gipson 13 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.059
Gready McKinnis 11 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.176
Eddie Snead 3 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.100
Bennett 5 8 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0.125
Specs Ellis 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.167
Johnnie Dawson 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jesse Douglas 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
Jesse Matthews 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.200
Wadel Miller 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Alex Radcliff 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Harry Barnes 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Piper Davis 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Robert Keys 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Nat Rogers 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Herb Shaw 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Ed Steele 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.500
Winfield Welch 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tipton 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Johnny Markham 2.25 2 Diamond Pipkins 3.19 3 Gready McKinnis 4.31 4 Alvin Gipson 4.65

Wins

1 Diamond Pipkins 7 2 Dan Bankhead 2 3 Alvin Gipson 2 4 Johnny Markham 2 5 Gready McKinnis 2

Strikeouts

1 Johnny Markham 33 2 Gready McKinnis 33 3 Alvin Gipson 24 4 Diamond Pipkins 16 5 Dan Bankhead 12
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Diamond Pipkins 7 2 3.19 11 8 0 62.0 16 16
Johnny Markham 2 2 2.25 13 5 2 60.0 8 33
Gready McKinnis 2 6 4.31 11 10 0 56.1 18 33
Alvin Gipson 2 4 4.65 13 5 1 40.2 15 24
Dan Bankhead 2 1 2.81 5 4 0 25.2 14 12
Specs Ellis 1 1 2.70 3 2 0 20.0 4 7
Eddie Snead 1 0 0.00 1 1 0 9.0 2 1
Wadel Miller 0 1 3.38 1 1 0 8.0 3 0
Robert Keys 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 6.0 3 1
Ted Radcliffe 1 0 3.86 2 0 0 4.2 0 0
Winfield Welch 0 1 4.50 1 1 0 4.0 2 1

👥 Roster (39)

Dan Bankhead Harry Barnes Bennett Lyman Bostock Bill Bradford Lloyd Davenport Piper Davis Johnnie Dawson Jesse Douglas Alphonse Dunn Specs Ellis Luther Gilyard +27 more

39 players

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