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200 Greatest Birmingham Black Barons
200
Greatest Birmingham Black Barons
1
Hall of Stats Inductees
1
Hall of Fame Inductees
4
Hall of Merit Inductees
0
Best Pitchers
0
Catchers
0
First Basemen
0
Second Basemen
0
Third Basemen
0
Shortstops
0
Left Fielders
1
Center Fielders
0
Right Fielders
0
Designated Hitters
Satchel Paige
p, 1927–1965
29
Sam Streeter
p, 1921–1936
27
Artie Wilson
ss, 1944–1951
26
Piper Davis
2b, 1942–1948
25
Ed Steele
rf, 1942–1948
23
Harry Salmon
p, 1924–1935
20
Roy Parnell
lf, 1927–1943
17
Tommy Sampson
2b, 1940–1948
16
Poindexter Williams
c, 1921–1933
15
David Whatley
rf, 1937–1944
10
Mule Suttles
1b, 1924–1944
9
Bill Powell
p, 1946–1948
9
Robert Poindexter
p, 1924–1929
8
Jimmie Newberry
p, 1943–1948
8
Sandy Thompson
lf, 1923–1932
7
Clarence Smith
rf, 1921–1933
7
Dan Bankhead
p, 1940–1951
7
Felix McLaurin
cf, 1942–1946
6
Lester Lockett
lf, 1937–1948
6
Lyman Bostock
1b, 1940–1948
6
Lloyd Davenport
cf, 1935–1945
5
Ray Sheppard
3b, 1924–1932
5
Andy Drake
c, 1932–1939
4
George Nash
p, 1928–1933
4
Paul Hardy
c, 1932–1943
4
Johnny Ray
cf, 1937–1945
4
Alfred Saylor
p, 1941–1945
4
Gready McKinnis
p, 1941–1945
4
Charlie Blackwell
rf, 1920–1928
4
Clyde Spearman
rf, 1935–1946
3
Johnny Markham
p, 1930–1945
3
George McAllister
1b, 1924–1934
3
Bo Mitchell
p, 1937–1938
3
Leonard Henderson
3b, 1930–1932
3
Bob Smith
c, 1930–1944
3
Bill Perkins
c, 1928–1948
3
Pinky Ward
cf, 1924–1932
3
Clarence Palm
c, 1927–1946
2
Bill McCall
p, 1922–1931
2
Dave Thomas
1b, 1929–1946
2
Eli Chism
lf, 1946–1947
2
Alonzo Boone
p, 1929–1947
2
Eddie Snead
p, 1940–1942
2
Jay Heard
p, 1946–1954
2
Geechie Meredith
2b, 1924–1930
2
Ruben Jones
rf, 1924–1934
2
Leroy Morney
ss, 1932–1944
2
Saul Davis
ss, 1925–1934
2
Nat Rogers
rf, 1923–1945
2
Jim Zapp
lf, 1945–1948
2
Parnell Woods
3b, 1937–1945
2
Jabbo Andrews
lf, 1930–1942
2
Bill Greason
p, 1948–1954
2
Alonzo Perry
p, 1946–1948
2
Jim West
1b, 1930–1948
2
Columbus Vance
p, 1927–1933
2
Square Moore
p, 1924–1928
2
Willie Nixon
rf, 1940–1941
2
Jesse Warren
3b, 1940–1948
2
Jesse Douglas
2b, 1940–1945
2
Shirley Petway
c, 1932–1944
2
Sammy Burton
3b, 1940
2
Raymond Austin
p, 1930–1932
2
Fred Bankhead
2b, 1937–1948
1
George Dixon
c, 1920–1934
1
Diamond Pipkins
p, 1929–1942
1
John Britton
3b, 1940–1948
1
Terris McDuffie
lf, 1930–1945
1
Willie Cornelius
p, 1929–1946
1
Alvin Gipson
p, 1941–1946
1
Jack Bruton
rf, 1937–1948
1
Milt Laurent
2b, 1929–1932
1
Joe Scott
1b, 1948
1
Leandy Young
lf, 1940–1945
1
Red Howard
p, 1937–1946
1
Bill Carter
, 1930–1938
1
Cap Tyson
c, 1938–1941
1
Melvin Coleman
ss, 1937
1
Jimmie Crutchfield
cf, 1930–1945
1
Charles Wesley
rf, 1921–1930
1
Earl Ashby
c, 1945–1948
1
John Huber
c, 1941–1947
1
Freddie Shepard
, 1943–1948
1
Dizzy Dismukes
p, 1920–1932
1
Specs Ellis
p, 1940–1944
1
Earl Bumpus
lf, 1944–1948
1
Julius Osley
p, 1937–1938
1
Bill Foster
p, 1923–1937
1
Goose Tatum
1b, 1941–1948
1
Otto Mitchell
2b, 1930
1
Chuffy Alexander
lf, 1927–1932
1
J.H. Hamilton
2b, 1924–1927
1
Sam Barber
p, 1940
1
Joe Spencer
2b, 1942–1948
1
Bubbles Anderson
2b, 1922–1925
1
Buddy Allen
cf, 1940
1
Bill Gatewood
p, 1920–1927
0
Eppie Hamilton
c, 1924–1937
0
Nora Listach
rf, 1941
0
Henry McCall
1b, 1937–1945
0
Curtis Hollingsworth
p, 1946–1947
0
Jim Canada
1b, 1937–1945
0
Jimmy Ford
2b, 1937–1945
0
Nat Trammell
1b, 1930
0
Samuel Burris
p, 1940
0
Eddie Vines
, 1940
0
John Shackelford
3b, 1924–1930
0
Jimmy Reynolds
1b, 1946
0
Jack McLaurin
c, 1945–1948
0
Willie Ferrell
p, 1937–1943
0
Jimmy Wilson
cf, 1940–1941
0
Johnny Juran
p, 1924
0
Collins Jones
ss, 1943–1946
0
James Dailey
1b, 1945
0
Thurston
p, 1938
0
Porter Dallas
3b, 1929–1932
0
Quicksey
lf, 1937
0
Joe Hewitt
ss, 1920–1931
0
Cowan Hyde
rf, 1927–1948
0
Claude Johnson
3b, 1922–1930
0
Floyd Holston
p, 1937
0
Carl Smith
ss, 1938
0
Horace Davis
2b, 1938
0
Bert Johnson
rf, 1932–1938
0
Bill Bradford
rf, 1938–1945
0
Jim Starks
1b, 1927–1946
0
Tom Garrett
cf, 1930
0
Fay Washington
p, 1940–1945
0
Bob Miller
2b, 1924–1932
0
Cunningham
p, 1932
0
Sam Bankhead
ss, 1932–1948
0
James Bizzle
lf, 1947
0
Edward Salters
rf, 1925–1937
0
Andrew Cephas
ss, 1938
0
Richard Cannon
p, 1928–1932
0
Bill Charter
1b, 1943–1946
0
Clarence Lamar
ss, 1937–1943
0
Spike Bland
c, 1941
0
Samuel Williams
p, 1947–1948
0
A.J. Dykes
2b, 1929
0
Verne Perkins
3b, 1929
0
Jimmie Armstead
rf, 1938–1946
0
Spoon Carter
p, 1932–1948
0
Arthur Jones
, 1925–1926
0
Leaman Johnson
ss, 1941–1945
0
Murray
p, 1938
0
Marshall
c, 1929
0
A.D. Lewis
1b, 1937
0
Herbert Gay
p, 1929–1930
0
LeRoy Taylor
rf, 1925–1934
0
Leon Morgan
rf, 1928
0
Hayes
p, 1928
0
Raymond Taylor
c, 1932–1944
0
John Gregory
p, 1940
0
Quincy Smith
lf, 1943–1945
0
Johnnie Cowan
2b, 1940–1948
0
Herman Roth
c, 1923–1925
0
English
c, 1944
0
Ben Henderson
p, 1937
0
Dock Williams
, 1927
0
Jim Willis
p, 1928–1939
0
Willie Mays
cf, 1948–1973
0
Red Haley
2b, 1928
0
Rufus Battle
c, 1924
0
John Moore
ss, 1929
0
Earl Gurley
lf, 1922–1932
0
Roger Harris
rf, 1942
0
Willie Young
p, 1945
0
Lewis Means
c, 1924–1928
0
Pee Wee Jenkins
p, 1944–1948
0
Johnny Williams
p, 1943–1948
0
Johnson
rf, 1928
0
Johnie Scott
lf, 1944–1948
0
Cool Turner
ss, 1923–1932
0
Giles
rf, 1928
0
Nelson Dean
p, 1925–1932
0
Walter Trehearn
1b, 1944–1945
0
Jack Riley
2b, 1945
0
Johnny Smith
rf, 1940–1948
0
Jesse Matthews
1b, 1942
0
Leo Sanders
ss, 1937–1942
0
Harvey Peterson
lf, 1932
0
Johnson
c, 1929
0
George Fiall
ss, 1924–1929
0
Lou Dials
rf, 1927–1933
0
Leonard Lindsay
1b, 1935–1947
0
Harper
2b, 1945
0
Curtis Palmer
lf, 1945
0
Winfield Welch
lf, 1941
0
Alex Radcliff
3b, 1926–1946
0
William McNeely
lf, 1946
0
A. Mullen
rf, 1928
0
Roy Phelps
cf, 1945
0
Pythias Russ
ss, 1925–1929
0
Nat Pollard
p, 1946–1948
0
Jim Daniels
p, 1943
0
Hank Shanks
1b, 1927
0
John Oliver
lf, 1945
0
Wiley Griggs
2b, 1948
0
Scott
cf, 1938
0
Greatest Birmingham Black Barons
by Hall Rating
Satchel Paige
Sam Streeter
Artie Wilson
Piper Davis
Ed Steele
All-Time Team
by Hall Rating with the Birmingham Black Barons
(known issues and limitations)
C
:
Poindexter Williams
(15)
1B
:
Mule Suttles
(9)
2B
:
Piper Davis
(25)
3B
:
Ray Sheppard
(5)
SS
:
Artie Wilson
(26)
LF
:
Roy Parnell
(17)
CF
:
Felix McLaurin
(6)
RF
:
Ed Steele
(23)
P
:
Satchel Paige
(29)
Bench
2B
:
Tommy Sampson
(16)
RF
:
David Whatley
(10)
LF
:
Sandy Thompson
(7)
RF
:
Clarence Smith
(7)
LF
:
Lester Lockett
(6)
1B
:
Lyman Bostock
(6)
CF
:
Lloyd Davenport
(5)
Bullpen
P
:
Sam Streeter
(27)
P
:
Harry Salmon
(20)
P
:
Bill Powell
(9)
P
:
Robert Poindexter
(8)
P
:
Jimmie Newberry
(8)
P
:
Dan Bankhead
(7)
P
:
George Nash
(4)
P
:
Alfred Saylor
(4)
P
:
Gready McKinnis
(4)