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1941 Birmingham Black Barons Roster (40-man)

1940 Season 1942 Season

Record: 28-17-0, Finished 2nd in Negro American League

Manager: Winfield Welch (28-20)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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Negro League team records include only league games. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black Baseball teams. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. More about data coverage

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR
Dan Bankhead	21	us US	R	R	6' 1"	184	May 3, 1920	2	11		11		11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2.6	All-Star
Spike Bland							Unknown	1st	2		2		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.0
Lyman Bostock	23	us US	L	R	6' 0"	187	Mar 11, 1918	2	23		23		0	0	15	0	0	0	2	3	3	8			1.4	All-Star
Lloyd Davenport	29	us US	L	L	5' 6"	155	Oct 28, 1911	6	3		3		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3			0.0
Johnnie Dawson	26	us US					Nov 8, 1914	3	3		3		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2			0.2
Jesse Douglas	25	us US	L	R	5' 8"	170	Mar 27, 1916	2	26		26		0	0	0	1	0	3	12	10	0	22			0.1
Alvin Gipson	27	us US	R	R	5' 10"	168	May 7, 1914	1st	12		12		10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1			-1.2
Paul Hardy	30	us US	R	R	5' 10"	162	Sep 17, 1910	9	22		22		0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.6
Gentry Jessup	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Jul 11, 1914	2	2		2		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.3
Lee Johnson							Unknown	1st	2		2		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.6
Nora Listach	31	us US	R	R	5' 10"	172	Mar 22, 1910	1st	9		9		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9			-0.1
Lester Lockett	29	us US	R	R	5' 10"	185	Mar 25, 1912	4	26		26		0	0	0	0	23	0	4	0	0	4			0.7
Johnny Markham	32	us US	R	R	5' 10"	180	Oct 1, 1908	5	9		9		8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.3
Gready McKinnis	27	us US	R	L	6' 2"	170	Aug 11, 1913	1st	6		6		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1.5
Willie Nixon	24	us US			5' 7"	165	Oct 29, 1916	2	8		8		0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	7			0.2
Ulysses Redd	26	us US	R	R	5' 10"	165	Nov 13, 1914	2	17		17		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0			0.1
Emanuel Sampson	30	us US			5' 11"	168	Sep 17, 1910	2	8		8		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8			-0.1
Tommy Sampson	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Aug 31, 1912	2	26		26		0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.8	All-Star
Alfred Saylor	29	us US	B	R	6' 3"	175	Dec 31, 1911	1st	16		16		1	3	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.6
Eddie Snead	30	us US	R	L	5' 8"	168	Jul 30, 1910	2	3		3		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2			0.0
Joe Spencer	21	us US	R	R	5' 9"	151	Aug 4, 1919	1st	2		2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2			0.1
Goose Tatum	23	us US	B	R	6' 3"	195	May 3, 1918	1st	6		6		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4			0.2
Cap Tyson	38	us US	R	R	5' 9"	170	Feb 10, 1903	3	3		3		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.1
Hoss Walker	36	us US	R	R	5' 11"	190	Sep 10, 1904	12	13		13		1	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	0			0.0
John Ware	20	us US			6' 1"	192	Dec 2, 1920	1st	1		1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.4
Winfield Welch	41	us US	L	L	5' 10"	150	Sep 9, 1899	1st	2		2		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1			-0.1
Jimmy Wilson	21	us US	R	R	5' 10"	169	Jan 28, 1920	2	10		10		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	10			0.0
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR