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Birmingham Black Barons logo

 Team Overview
Team: Birmingham Black Barons
League Affiliation: Negro Southern League (1920-1923)
Negro National League (1923-19??)
Major League Affiliation:  
Years of Operation: 1920-1963
Stadium: Rickwood Field (1920-1963)
Owners: Tom Hayes (1939-19??)
Managers: Tommy Sampson (19??)
Lorenzo "Piper" Davis (1948)
Yearly Record:
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
Notable Achievements: Won three pennants (1940, 1945 & 1948)

 Other Logos
A common secondary logo that is used for the Black Barons today is shown below. I have not yet verified that it is an official logo.

Birmingham Black Barons logo

 Further Reading 

Good Wood: A Fan's History of Rickwood Field by Ben Cook, ISBN 0-9636128-3-2
The Journal of Biddy Owens by Walter Dean Myers, Scholastic Inc., ISBN 0-4390-9503-4

 Other Sites of Interest     
Birmingham Barons
Rickwood Field

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Last Update: December 06, 2007