1944 Birmingham Black Barons

50-24 • 0.676 Win% • 1st in NAL

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📊 Season Record

50 Wins

24 Losses

0.676 Win %

                        1st
                        Rank
                    

155 R 145 RA

Diff +10

📁 Franchise Info

Birmingham Black Barons Inactive

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⚡ Quick Stats

155 Runs Scored

145 Runs Allowed

+10 Run Diff

7 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1944 NAL Average

Batting Avg .269 6% above the 1944 league average (.253)

OBP .307 1% above the 1944 league average (.305)

SLG .287 8% above the 1944 league average (.265)

Team ERA 3.65 8% worse than the 1944 league average (3.37)

Runs Scored 155 18% above the 1944 league average (131 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumRickwood Field

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Home Games 37

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Artie Wilson 0.379 2 Ed Steele 0.357 3 Tommy Sampson 0.339 4 John Britton 0.318 5 Felix McLaurin 0.222

Home Runs

1 Ed Steele 3 2 Piper Davis 2 3 John Britton 1 4 Felix McLaurin 1

RBI

1 Ed Steele 23 2 John Britton 18 3 Artie Wilson 14 4 Piper Davis 13 5 Tommy Sampson 13

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
John Britton	33	132	16	42	1	18	8	1	0	0.318
Artie Wilson	31	132	22	50	0	14	6	0	2	0.379
Piper Davis	32	123	15	26	2	13	7	0	1	0.211
Tommy Sampson	30	112	18	38	0	13	7	0	1	0.339
Ed Steele	32	112	25	40	3	23	14	0	3	0.357
Felix McLaurin	27	99	13	22	1	5	8	0	3	0.222
Lester Lockett	28	94	12	20	0	11	5	0	0	0.213
Ted Radcliffe	22	76	12	15	0	11	5	0	0	0.197
Leroy Morney	15	40	3	8	0	4	3	0	0	0.200
Alfred Saylor	15	40	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.150
Leandy Young	12	37	4	10	0	1	0	0	0	0.270
Pepper Bassett	9	28	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.071
Alvin Gipson	11	26	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	0.231
John Huber	9	26	3	8	0	3	0	0	0	0.308
Johnie Scott	7	24	3	9	0	5	0	0	0	0.375
Fay Washington	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Dan Bankhead	2	5	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0.800
Alonzo Boone	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Earl Bumpus	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
English	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.250
Harrington	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Johnny Markham	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Raymond Taylor	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Johnny Williams	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Specs Ellis	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Tom Hunter	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Gready McKinnis	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Jimmie Newberry	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.000
Pee Wee Jenkins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BB	SO
Alfred Saylor	5	6	3.77	15	11	0	102.2	13	32
Alvin Gipson	2	6	3.79	11	8	1	61.2	19	34
John Huber	0	3	4.03	5	4	0	29.0	8	9
Fay Washington	1	2	2.92	3	3	0	24.2	14	21
Jimmie Newberry	1	0	3.18	3	1	0	11.1	6	6
Dan Bankhead	2	0	1.86	2	1	0	9.2	3	15
Alonzo Boone	1	0	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	1	3
Earl Bumpus	1	0	2.00	1	1	0	9.0	1	1
Johnny Markham	0	0	3.52	2	0	0	7.2	1	3
Specs Ellis	0	1	10.13	2	2	0	5.1	4	2
Gready McKinnis	0	1	4.50	1	1	0	4.0	5	1
Johnny Williams	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2.2	0	0
Tom Hunter	0	1	27.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0
Pee Wee Jenkins	0	0	13.50	1	0	0	0.2	0	0

🏆 Postseason Results

NWS

Lost to HG 4-1

👥 Roster (29)

Dan Bankhead Pepper Bassett Alonzo Boone John Britton Earl Bumpus Piper Davis Specs Ellis English Alvin Gipson Harrington John Huber Tom Hunter +17 more

29 players