George Britt

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

W–L 55–44
ERA 4.15
WHIP 1.37
SO 465
Pitcher PIV 10915.4
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
5'8" / 175 lb
Born
7/6/1895 in Lexington, KY, USA
Died
1981 in Erie, PA, USA
Awards
All-Star
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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
223.0 209.0 16.0 43.0 5.0 0 0 5.0 9.0 3.0 2.0 .206 .242 .230 .472

Pitching

W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
13 12 28 15 16 1 234.2 239 158 59 12 82 110 2.26 1.37

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1927 4.0 4.0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
1936 1.0 1.0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1937 6.0 5.0 1.0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 .400 .500 .400 .900
1945 4.0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1.0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Listed seasons · 4 15 12 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .333 — — —

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Season W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
1927 1 0 1 1 0 0 9.0 7 1 0 0 0 4 0.00 0.78
1936 0 1 1 1 0 0 8.0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
1943 0 0 0 0 3 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Listed seasons · 3 1 1 2 2 3 1 20.0 7 10 0 0 0 4 0.00 0.35

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
55 44 151 101 63 3 5 878.7 903 405 32 297 465 4.15 10915.4

Career ERA 4.15 vs. league average 4.08 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1917 ABC WES 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6.7 5 2 4 2 2.70 — 0.0
1917 CAG WES 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 8 0 2 6 0.00 2.69 (+100%) 0.0
1920 DM NNL 6 5 14 10 8 1 0 91.3 73 32 29 48 3.15 3.45 (+8%) 370.5
1921 COB NNL 7 10 22 15 12 0 1 133.0 143 79 42 81 5.35 4.02 (-33%) 1816.6
1923 BBS ECL 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 8.7 11 6 3 4 6.23 — 0.0
1924 BBS ECL 10 8 21 15 10 1 0 122.7 148 65 51 71 4.77 4.13 (-16%) 76.4
1925 BBS ECL 5 3 18 9 6 0 1 113.7 94 38 34 57 3.01 4.55 (+34%) 3072.6
1926 BBS ECL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.7 4 1 1 5 1.17 — 0.0
1928 HG EAS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 3 5 3 9.00 — 0.0
1929 HIL ANL 1 1 7 3 1 0 1 36.7 37 18 11 18 4.42 4.60 (+4%) 908.6
1929 HG ANL 5 4 11 10 5 1 0 62.7 85 37 22 32 5.31 4.60 (-16%) 1462.5
1930 HG IND 9 3 16 12 8 0 1 104.3 95 34 31 58 2.93 4.80 (+39%) 2209.7
1931 HG IND 5 2 9 6 5 0 1 61.3 48 17 14 33 2.49 4.10 (+39%) 1290.2
1932 HG EWL 2 3 10 8 4 0 0 43.7 50 21 15 25 4.33 4.13 (-5%) 243.5
1933 HG NN2 1 0 5 4 2 0 0 33.3 33 11 11 10 2.97 3.86 (+23%) 138.4
1934 ND NN2 1 2 6 4 0 0 0 24.3 27 16 10 8 5.92 4.29 (-38%) -673.6
1938 SEN NN2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 3.0 10 10 4 1 30.00 — 0.0
1940 HG NN2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 9 8 3 0 18.00 — 0.0
1942 CAG NAL 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 9.7 21 7 5 3 6.52 3.57 (-83%) 0.0
Career · 19 seasons 55 44 151 101 63 3 5 878.2 903 405 297 465 4.15 — 10,915

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
323 816 94 210 32 7 2 76 13 48 1 .257 .305 .321 .626 -772

Career AVG .257 vs. league average .275 across their career seasons — 6.3% below league average.

Career OBP .305 vs. league average .338 across their career seasons — 9.8% below league average.

Career SLG .321 vs. league average .384 across their career seasons — 16.4% below league average.

Career OPS .626 vs. league average .722 across their career seasons — 13.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1917 ABC WES 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 — — — — 0.0
1917 CAG WES 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 — — — — 0.0
1920 DM NNL 23 61 6 17 2 1 0 7 1 3 0 .279 .271 (+2%) .331 (avg) .363 (-5%) .694 (-2%) -19.3
1921 COB NNL 31 87 11 22 3 1 1 11 2 8 0 .253 .286 (-12%) .344 (-4%) .395 (-13%) .739 (-9%) -109.6
1921 ABC NNL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 — — — — -109.6
1923 BBS ECL 32 105 19 26 4 1 0 10 2 3 0 .248 .282 (-12%) .344 (-20%) .390 (-22%) .734 (-21%) -371.6
1924 BBS ECL 31 69 11 21 3 2 0 7 1 3 0 .304 .283 (+7%) .345 (-3%) .389 (+4%) .734 (+1%) -14.2
1925 BBS ECL 35 89 11 27 4 0 0 2 5 10 0 .303 .288 (+5%) .349 (+7%) .407 (-14%) .756 (-5%) -36.3
1926 BBS ECL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1928 HG EAS 9 26 5 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .269 — — — — 0.0
1929 HIL ANL 14 34 0 10 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 .294 — — — — 0.0
1929 HG ANL 19 36 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .167 — — — — 0.0
1930 HG IND 18 48 6 7 4 0 1 3 0 2 0 .146 — — — — -345.4
1931 HG IND 14 44 4 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .205 — — — — 0.0
1932 HG EWL 30 72 7 23 6 1 0 12 0 6 0 .319 .275 (+16%) .335 (+11%) .391 (+10%) .726 (+10%) 124.2
1933 HG NN2 6 16 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 — — — — 0.0
1934 ND NN2 14 23 3 9 2 0 0 8 1 3 0 .391 — — — — 0.0
1938 SEN NN2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1940 HG NN2 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1941 JRC NAL 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 — — — — 0.0
1942 JRC NAL 5 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .091 — — — — 0.0
1942 CAG NAL 13 27 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 .259 — — — — 0.0
1942 CCB NAL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 — — — — 0.0
1943 CBE NAL 6 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .067 — — — — 0.0
1944 CBE NAL 9 24 3 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .333 — — — — 0.0
Career · 25 seasons 323 816 94 210 32 7 2 76 13 48 1 .257 — — — — -882

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home234061200.300
Away26421401.095

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home638.145410130.94
Away813.020169511.08

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1945-05-07 CVBBIRW 000000000
1944-08-20 CVBCIAW 100000000
1944-08-20 CVBCIAW 423000000
1944-07-23 CVBKCML 200000000
1944-07-23 CVBKCMW 501000000
1944-07-09 CVBMEML 000000000
1944-06-24 CVBCAGW 000000000
1944-05-28 CVBBIRW 000000000
1944-05-28 CVBBIRL 301000000
1944-05-21 CVBBIRW 200000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1943-07-06 CVBCI2 — 2.0000000
1943-05-21 CVBMEM — 0.0000000
1943-05-20 CVBMEM SV 1.0000000
1942-08-28 CCBMEM W 0.0000000
1942-08-22 CCBMEM W 7.0940000
1942-07-19 CAGKCM — 5.0960200
1938-05-31 WBSHOM L 1.2588412
1938-05-29 WBSHOM — 0.0000000
1938-05-22 WBSNY5 — 1.1320000
1924-08-03 BLSBRG L 9.01174631

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 35 22 233 9 9 11
2B 13 6 20 18 5 1
3B 31 21 17 34 8 2
C 62 47 202 48 7 1
OF 24 12 25 1 0 0
P 151 101 47 239 37 11
SS 6 3 3 4 3 1

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1917 ABC P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1917 CAG P 1 0 1 2 1 1
1920 DM 2B 3 1 6 6 0 1
1920 DM 3B 1 0 0 1 0 0
1920 DM C 2 1 5 5 0 0
1920 DM OF 2 0 0 0 0 0
1920 DM P 14 10 8 35 2 3
1921 COB 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0
1921 COB OF 10 9 20 1 0 0
1921 COB P 22 15 9 60 7 3
1921 ABC C 1 1 2 1 0 0
1923 BBS 1B 14 13 138 2 7 6
1923 BBS 2B 5 4 12 9 5 0
1923 BBS C 7 7 21 5 1 1
1923 BBS OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1923 BBS P 2 1 0 2 0 0
1924 BBS 1B 7 4 41 3 0 1
1924 BBS 3B 1 0 0 1 0 0
1924 BBS OF 1 0 1 0 0 0
1924 BBS P 21 15 9 27 8 0
1925 BBS 1B 7 0 0 0 0 0
1925 BBS 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0
1925 BBS C 1 0 0 0 0 0
1925 BBS OF 4 0 0 0 0 0
1925 BBS P 18 9 2 3 0 0
1925 BBS SS 1 0 0 0 0 0
1926 BBS P 1 0 0 1 0 0
1926 BBS SS 1 1 1 1 1 0
1928 HG 2B 1 1 2 2 0 0
1928 HG 3B 3 3 1 2 0 0
1928 HG C 5 4 15 4 0 0
1928 HG P 1 0 0 2 0 0
1929 HIL 1B 2 2 17 1 0 1
1929 HIL 3B 5 3 3 3 2 1
1929 HIL C 3 2 10 4 1 0
1929 HIL P 7 3 3 4 1 1
1929 HIL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0
1929 HG 3B 2 0 2 0 0 0
1929 HG C 5 3 14 5 1 0
1929 HG OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1929 HG P 11 10 1 18 5 2
1930 HG C 2 2 8 0 0 0
1930 HG P 16 13 2 32 4 0
1931 HG C 1 0 3 1 0 0
1931 HG OF 2 2 3 0 0 0
1931 HG P 9 6 5 20 1 0
1931 HG SS 3 2 2 3 2 1
1932 HG 1B 1 1 8 1 0 1
1932 HG 3B 13 11 4 19 5 1
1932 HG C 4 2 5 3 0 0
1932 HG OF 2 0 0 0 0 0
1932 HG P 10 8 3 14 1 0
1933 HG 3B 1 1 4 1 0 0
1933 HG P 5 5 3 8 4 1
1934 ND 2B 1 0 0 1 0 0
1934 ND 3B 4 3 2 7 1 0
1934 ND OF 1 1 1 0 0 0
1934 ND P 6 4 1 6 1 0
1938 SEN P 2 1 0 1 2 0
1940 HG C 4 3 14 3 0 0
1940 HG P 1 1 0 1 0 0
1941 JRC C 1 1 8 1 0 0
1942 JRC C 5 4 34 4 1 0
1942 CAG 1B 4 2 29 2 2 2
1942 CAG C 5 5 13 2 1 0
1942 CAG P 3 0 0 3 0 0
1942 CCB C 1 0 2 1 0 0
1943 CBE C 6 4 15 3 0 0
1944 CBE C 9 8 33 6 2 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 151
Catcher 62
First Base 35
Second Base 13
Third Base 31
Shortstop 6
Left Field 11
Center Field 10
Right Field 3

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Frequently Asked Questions about George Britt

Was George Britt a pitcher?
Yes. George Britt pitched in the major leagues, recording 55 wins and 465 strikeouts.
How many home runs did George Britt hit?
George Britt hit 2 career home runs with 210 hits.