⭐ Division Winner

1948 Birmingham Black Barons

56-22 • 0.718 Win% • 1st in NAL

📊 Season Record

56 Wins
22 Losses
0.718 Win %
1st Rank
190 R 137 RA
Diff +53

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⚡ Quick Stats

190 Runs Scored
137 Runs Allowed
+53 Run Diff
12 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1948 NAL Average

Batting Avg .307 12% above the 1948 league average (.275)
OBP .372 9% above the 1948 league average (.340)
SLG .344 13% above the 1948 league average (.305)
Team ERA 3.68 31% better than the 1948 league average (5.32)
Runs Scored 190 29% above the 1948 league average (147 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumRickwood Field
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Home Games 39

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Artie Wilson 0.433 2 Piper Davis 0.393 3 Ed Steele 0.357 4 Herman Bell 0.281 5 Jim Zapp 0.281

Home Runs

1 Joe Scott 3 2 Ed Steele 3 3 Alonzo Perry 2 4 Jim Zapp 2 5 Pepper Bassett 1

RBI

1 Norman Robinson 21 2 John Britton 20 3 Ed Steele 18 4 Piper Davis 17 5 Artie Wilson 17
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
John Britton 29 128 18 31 0 0 0 20 3 0 1 0.242
Artie Wilson 29 120 31 52 0 0 0 17 15 0 6 0.433
Norman Robinson 29 111 15 29 0 0 0 21 9 0 5 0.261
Piper Davis 28 107 25 42 0 0 1 17 7 0 6 0.393
Ed Steele 29 98 27 35 0 0 3 18 22 0 7 0.357
Joe Scott 25 87 14 23 0 0 3 16 13 0 1 0.264
Herman Bell 20 57 13 16 0 0 0 6 5 0 1 0.281
Jim Zapp 18 57 13 16 0 0 2 11 5 1 0 0.281
Pepper Bassett 15 50 5 14 0 0 1 6 5 0 1 0.280
Willie Mays 13 43 6 10 0 0 0 6 4 0 1 0.233
Alonzo Perry 17 34 4 10 0 0 2 8 4 0 0 0.294
Jimmie Newberry 13 22 2 7 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0.318
Bill Powell 7 19 7 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.368
Wiley Griggs 8 16 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.188
Bill Greason 9 14 4 4 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0.286
Sammy Williams 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jehosie Heard 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Nat Pollard 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jimmie Newberry 2.62 2 Bill Powell 2.79 3 Bill Greason 3.86 4 Alonzo Perry 4.55

Wins

1 Jimmie Newberry 6 2 Alonzo Perry 5 3 Bill Powell 5 4 Bill Greason 3 5 Jehosie Heard 2

Strikeouts

1 Bill Powell 40 2 Bill Greason 34 3 Jimmie Newberry 33 4 Alonzo Perry 28 5 Sammy Williams 10
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Alonzo Perry 5 2 4.55 11 9 0 63.1 22 28
Jimmie Newberry 6 2 2.62 13 4 1 58.1 12 33
Bill Powell 5 1 2.79 7 7 0 51.2 17 40
Bill Greason 3 2 3.86 8 5 1 46.2 22 34
Sammy Williams 1 0 4.50 3 2 0 14.0 6 10
Jehosie Heard 2 0 4.26 7 1 0 6.1 1 5
Nat Pollard 0 0 10.38 2 1 0 4.1 3 2

🏆 Postseason Results

ALC
BBB def. KCM 4-3
NWS
Lost to HG 4-1

👥 Roster (18)

Pepper Bassett Herman Bell John Britton Piper Davis Bill Greason Wiley Griggs Jehosie Heard Willie Mays Jimmie Newberry Alonzo Perry Nat Pollard Bill Powell +6 more

18 players

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