1940 Birmingham Black Barons

16-29 • .356 Win% • 6th in NAL

📊 Season Record

16 Wins
29 Losses
.356 Win %
6th Rank
133 R 152 RA
Diff -19

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⚡ Quick Stats

133 Runs Scored
152 Runs Allowed
-19 Run Diff
8 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1940 NAL Average

Batting Avg .254 2% above the 1940 league average (.248)
OBP .309 4% below the 1940 league average (.322)
SLG .334 3% above the 1940 league average (.324)
Team ERA 4.65 12% worse than the 1940 league average (4.15)
Runs Scored 133 6% below the 1940 league average (141 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumRickwood Field
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Home Games (est.) 22 ≈

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1940

Batting Avg

1 Tommy Sampson 0.337 2 Willie Nixon 0.281 3 Lyman Bostock 0.250 4 Sammy Burton 0.250 5 Jabbo Andrews 0.232

Home Runs

1 Jabbo Andrews 3 2 Willie Nixon 2 3 Sammy Burton 1 4 Fred McBride 1 5 Eddie Snead 1

RBI

1 Jabbo Andrews 18 2 Willie Nixon 16 3 Tommy Sampson 13 4 Lyman Bostock 10 5 Sammy Burton 9
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Tommy Sampson 27 104 20 35 4 3 0 13 5 0 3 0.337
Lyman Bostock 27 100 14 25 4 0 0 10 6 0 1 0.250
Jabbo Andrews 29 99 12 23 3 1 3 18 12 0 2 0.232
Sammy Burton 29 92 13 23 1 2 1 9 10 0 1 0.250
Willie Nixon 28 89 18 25 6 2 2 16 12 0 0 0.281
Ulysses Redd 27 86 8 19 1 2 0 5 2 0 1 0.221
Dan Thomas 26 83 11 18 2 0 0 5 5 0 0 0.217
Paul Hardy 25 75 7 16 3 1 0 8 9 0 1 0.213
Fred McBride 16 44 7 11 1 0 1 5 2 0 0 0.250
Buddy Allen 10 36 7 12 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0.333
Red Howard 16 22 2 5 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0.227
Dan Bankhead 11 21 2 9 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0.429
Blanch Moody 12 19 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.158
Eddie Snead 12 19 3 6 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0.316
James Mickey 5 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.067
Emmett Wilson 4 14 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.286
Parnell Woods 3 14 2 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0.357
Gentry Jessup 8 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Cap Tyson 4 12 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.417
Johnnie Cowan 3 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.091
Buster Haywood 5 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.200
Jake Tolbert 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eddie Vines 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Sam Barber 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Leroy Bass 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Samuel Burris 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Leo Sanders 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Candy Jim Taylor 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jones 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pete Gregory 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1940

ERA

1 Dan Bankhead 3.57 2 Red Howard 3.93 3 Eddie Snead 4.63 4 Blanch Moody 4.73 5 Gentry Jessup 5.45

Wins

1 Dan Bankhead 4 2 Blanch Moody 4 3 Red Howard 3 4 Eddie Snead 2 5 Gentry Jessup 1

Strikeouts

1 Red Howard 27 2 Dan Bankhead 23 3 Blanch Moody 20 4 Gentry Jessup 18 5 Eddie Snead 16
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Red Howard 3 6 3.93 16 5 4 55.0 50 24 20 27
Blanch Moody 4 3 4.73 12 8 0 51.1 67 27 11 20
Dan Bankhead 4 1 3.57 8 6 0 45.1 37 18 12 23
Eddie Snead 2 1 4.63 10 5 1 44.2 61 23 15 16
Gentry Jessup 1 4 5.45 8 6 0 34.2 43 21 17 18
Samuel Burris 0 2 12.38 5 0 0 8.0 11 11 6 3
Sam Barber 0 0 3.60 1 1 0 5.0 5 2 1 1
Pete Gregory 0 0 2.70 1 0 0 3.1 2 1 0 1
Fred McBride 0 0 7.71 1 0 0 2.1 3 2 2 1

👥 Roster (30)

Buddy Allen Jabbo Andrews Dan Bankhead Sam Barber Leroy Bass Lyman Bostock Samuel Burris Sammy Burton Johnnie Cowan Pete Gregory Paul Hardy Buster Haywood +18 more

30 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1940 Birmingham Black Barons

What was the 1940 Birmingham Black Barons record?
The 1940 Birmingham Black Barons finished 16-29 (.356 win pct).
Who led the 1940 Birmingham Black Barons in home runs?
Jabbo Andrews led the 1940 Birmingham Black Barons with 3 home runs.
What was the 1940 Birmingham Black Barons team ERA?
The 1940 Birmingham Black Barons posted a team ERA of 4.65.
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