1931 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: A
Team Record: 97-55
Finished 1st in the SA
Manager: Clyde Milan (97-55)
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 175,877, Avg. 2,314

1931 Birmingham Barons Roster

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1931 season with a record of 97 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the SA.

Clyde Milan served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Bob Hasty	21	13	.618	3.67	37	33					289.0	281	125	118		78
Jim Walkup	20	5	.800	2.86	30	29					249.0	255	95	79		30
Ray Caldwell	19	7	.731	3.45	30	29					248.0	260	113	95		36
Clay Touchstone	15	11	.577	4.76	29	28					223.0	255	126	118		60
James Edwards	12	10	.545	4.18	27	18					142.0	155	72	66		49
Henry Shoaf	7	5	.583	3.74	28	13					142.0	153	70	59		26
Totals	94	51	.648	3.72	181	150	0	0	0	0	1293.0	1359	601	535	0	279	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Butch Weis	154	566	566		209	33	14	20						.369	.369	.583	.952	330
Jess Cortazzo	152	564	564		176	23	10	0						.312	.312	.388	.700	219
Charlie Gooch	142	570	570		174	30	6	1						.305	.305	.384	.689	219
Scrappy Moore	138	558	558		167	20	6	9						.299	.299	.405	.704	226
Billy Bancroft	139	559	559		155	25	2	6						.277	.277	.361	.639	202
Joe Prerost	146	524	524		151	28	12	5						.288	.288	.416	.704	218
Woody Abernathy	118	427	427		133	17	12	10						.311	.311	.478	.789	204
Pete Susko	103	377	377		127	23	10	6						.337	.337	.499	.836	188
William Eisemann	86	254	254		64	9	3	2						.252	.252	.335	.587	85
Ellis Taylor	63	175	175		46	3	1	1						.263	.263	.309	.571	54
Arthur Hord	56	154	154		44	2	3	0						.286	.286	.338	.623	52
Clay Touchstone	29	92	92		26	5	3	0						.283	.283	.402	.685	37
Jim Walkup	30	99	99		25	4	2	0						.253	.253	.333	.586	33
Ray Berres	36	93	93		21	4	0	0						.226	.226	.269	.495	25
Ray Caldwell	30	99	99		19	3	0	1						.192	.192	.253	.444	25
Bob Hasty	37	105	105		17	3	0	1						.162	.162	.219	.381	23
Henry Shoaf	28	44	44		13	0	0	0						.295	.295	.295	.591	13
James Edwards	27	54	54		11	1	0	0						.204	.204	.222	.426	12
John Campbell	18	15	15		4	0	0	0						.267	.267	.267	.533	4
Totals	1532	5329	5329	0	1582	233	84	62	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.297	.407	.704	2169	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Pete Susko	1B	84	813	41	5		.994	1.167
Woody Abernathy	1B	69	677	40	7		.990	1.391
Billy Bancroft	2B	134	320	403	31		.959	5.396
Arthur Hord	2B	24	39	63	7		.936	4.250
Charlie Gooch	3B	140	108	240	24		.935	2.486
William Eisemann	C	85	272	55	9		.973	3.847
Ellis Taylor	C	57	138	19	3		.981	2.754
Ray Berres	C	36	89	12	5		.953	2.806
Butch Weis	OF	154	351	14	9		.976	2.370
Joe Prerost	OF	139	322	17	10		.971	2.439
Scrappy Moore	OF	136	398	19	11		.974	3.066
Bob Hasty	P	37						.000
Jim Walkup	P	30						.000
Ray Caldwell	P	30						.000
Clay Touchstone	P	29						.000
Henry Shoaf	P	28						.000
James Edwards	P	27						.000
Jess Cortazzo	SS	152	346	492	28		.968	5.513
Totals		1391	3873	1415	149	0	.973	3.802

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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