Negro Leagues
Birmingham Black Barons
Active 1924–1948 · 282 players · 4 Hall of Famers
A defunct franchise with no continuous modern successor. Its players are attributed here to Birmingham Black Barons itself — never folded into an unrelated modern club, which would fabricate a lineage that never existed. See the full index of lost clubs.
Mount Rushmore
The four largest measured careers at this club, by StatVault VAL attributed to Birmingham Black Barons itself. A season counts here only when Birmingham Black Barons is the one club whose recorded span covers it — 129 contested seasons are credited to nobody rather than double-counted. 47 of 282 players on this roster carry a measurable VAL.
- 1924–193021.7
- 1927–192820.6
- 1927–1930 · P18.7HOF ’71
- 1942–194811.7
Club Leaders · top 15
| # | Player | Years | Club VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Streeter±1 | 1924–1930 | 21.7 |
| 2 | Roy Parnell | 1927–1928 | 20.6 |
| 3 | Satchel PaigeHOF | 1927–1930 | 18.7 |
| 4 | Ed Steele | 1942–1948 | 11.7 |
| 5 | Poindexter Williams | 1924–1929 | 11.7 |
| 6 | Clarence Smith | 1929–1930 | 10.5 |
| 7 | Artie Wilson | 1944–1948 | 9.4 |
| 8 | George McAllister±2 | 1924–1932 | 7.9 |
| 9 | Piper Davis±1 | 1942–1948 | 7.8 |
| 10 | Sandy Thompson±3 | 1924–1928 | 6.5 |
| 11 | Dan Bankhead | 1940–1944 | 6.0 |
| 12 | Tommy Sampson | 1940–1947 | 6.0 |
| 13 | Mule SuttlesHOF | 1924–1925 | 5.8 |
| 14 | Geechie Meredith±1 | 1924–1929 | 5.7 |
| 15 | Johnny Markham | 1941–1945 | 5.7 |