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Team Advanced Batting Table
Batting Batting Ratios Win Probability Baserunning
Tm rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% SO% BB% WPA cWPA RE24 RS% SB% XBT%
Baltimore Elite Giants.32697.253.0910.6%8.9%39%
Homestead Grays.32998.240.0941.0%10.7%39%
New York Black Yankees.29177.227.0640.7%8.2%33%
Newark Eagles.344108.254.1131.6%9.2%43%
New York Cubans.26259.212.0510.1%6.9%33%
Philadelphia Stars.32797.250.0901.1%9.1%43%
League Average.32094.243.0891.0%9.1%40%
.32094.243.0891.0%9.1%40%

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Player Advanced Batting Table
Batting Batting Ratios
Rk Player Age Team PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1 Henry Kimbro* 30 BEG 228 .370 124 .268 .122 0.9 13.2 42.7 *8/7
2 Tommy Butts 22 BEG 226 .267 62 .209 .020 0.0 10.6 38.5 *6
3 Sammy Hughes 31 BEG 224 .340 106 .269 .101 0.9 7.6 52.9 *4
4 Jerry Benjamin# 32 HG 223 .324 93 .244 .085 0.9 9.0 42.6 *8/7
5 Ed Stone* 32 2TM 220 .391 136 .261 .168 2.7 12.3 40.0 *9/8546
5 Ed Stone* 32 NE 212 .395 138 .261 .170 2.8 12.7 41.1 *9/8546
5 Ed Stone* 32 HG 8 .290 76 .250 .125 0.0 0.0 0.0 /9
6 Lennie Pearson 24 2TM 217 .467 181 .308 .254 5.1 10.1 42.3 3/4758 AS,AS
6 Lennie Pearson 24 NE 208 .466 180 .305 .254 5.3 10.1 41.9 3/4578
6 Lennie Pearson 24 HG 9 .493 194 .375 .250 0.0 11.1 50.0 /7
7 Buster Clarkson 27 3TM 216 .466 179 .309 .254 3.7 12.0 48.8 *6/73
7 Buster Clarkson 27 NE 8 .340 105 .250 .250 0.0 0.0 150.0 /7
7 Buster Clarkson 27 PS 199 .487 192 .323 .267 4.0 13.1 46.8 *6/3
7 Buster Clarkson 27 HG 9 .120 -31 .111 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 /6
8 Howard Easterling# 30 HG 208 .320 94 .225 .124 1.9 8.2 46.6 5/9867
9 Wild Bill Wright# 28 BEG 208 .389 135 .314 .124 0.5 9.1 35.1 *9/7 AS,AS
10 Jim West# 37 PS 203 .363 119 .261 .128 1.5 11.3 33.3 *3/8 AS,AS
11 Willie Wells 37 NE 200 .402 142 .331 .094 1.5 9.5 57.7 *6/8 AS,AS
12 Josh Gibson 30 HG 198 .475 185 .283 .253 5.1 17.7 43.6 2/937 AS,AS
13 Henry Spearman 32 2TM 196 .378 128 .285 .124 2.6 8.2 32.3 *5
13 Henry Spearman 32 BEG 31 .331 100 .267 .129 3.2 0.0 37.5 /5
13 Henry Spearman 32 PS 165 .386 133 .289 .123 2.4 9.7 31.6 *5
14 Roy Parnell 38 PS 188 .358 116 .282 .073 0.5 11.7 51.5 *7/93
15 Homer Curry* 37 PS 185 .358 116 .285 .051 0.0 14.1 54.9 *9/78
16 George Scales 41 BEG 180 .339 105 .240 .095 1.1 12.2 36.8 3/594
17 Gene Benson* 28 PS 177 .264 61 .216 .065 0.6 5.1 46.7 *8/37
18 Bill Hoskins* 28 BEG 176 .395 138 .306 .157 1.1 8.0 29.0 *7/38
19 Felton Snow 36 BEG 174 .298 81 .217 .131 0.6 6.9 48.9 5/48
20 Sam Bankhead 31 HG 173 .346 109 .262 .087 0.6 12.1 36.7 6/7938 AS,AS
21 Clarence Isreal 24 NE 167 .282 70 .208 .049 0.0 11.4 49.0 5/4
22 Roy Campanella 20 BEG 164 .357 116 .290 .096 0.6 8.5 41.1 2/978
23 Matt Carlisle 32 HG 164 .299 76 .220 .071 0.0 9.8 44.7 4/579
24 Vic Harris* 37 HG 162 .327 98 .259 .069 0.6 9.9 30.2 7/48 AS
25 Chester Williams 36 HG 157 .261 59 .206 .050 0.0 8.3 23.8 64
26 David Whatley* 27 HG 149 .356 116 .308 .045 0.0 10.1 39.3 9/4
27 Leon Day 25 2TM 144 .398 140 .336 .098 0.7 8.3 37.5 81/74 AS,AS
27 Leon Day 25 NE 140 .399 141 .339 .094 0.7 8.6 38.2 8/174
27 Leon Day 25 HG 4 .340 106 .250 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 /1
28 Charlie Parks 25 NE 143 .361 118 .260 .135 2.1 9.1 22.2 2/357
29 Jud Wilson* 46 HG 140 .382 130 .234 .119 1.4 20.0 45.3 35
30 Dan Wilson# 26 NBY 134 .299 82 .268 .047 0.0 5.2 39.0 7/648 AS,AS
31 Tom Parker 30 NBY 131 .291 77 .227 .075 0.8 7.6 24.3 *9/1857
32 Leslie Green* 28 NBY 129 .356 115 .273 .073 0.0 14.0 45.8 *8/79
33 Harry Williams 37 NBY 127 .263 57 .244 .016 0.0 3.1 38.2 56/43
34 Marvin Barker 30 PS 125 .259 58 .231 .034 0.0 4.8 48.5 9/857
35 Mahlon Duckett 19 PS 125 .182 9 .150 .018 0.0 4.8 60.9 4/56
36 Leon Ruffin 30 NE 124 .288 75 .248 .035 0.0 7.3 43.2 2/35
37 Pat Patterson# 30 PS 121 .307 86 .241 .088 1.7 5.8 50.0 4/57 AS,AS
38 Ray Dandridge 28 NE 120 .255 55 .181 .038 0.0 11.7 36.4 4/65
39 Johnny Hayes* 32 NBY 120 .368 123 .276 .071 0.8 15.0 28.9 *2
40 Buck Leonard* 34 HG 119 .314 90 .220 .050 0.0 16.0 39.0 3/7
41 Bill Cooper* 27 PS 117 .304 84 .257 .055 0.9 6.0 31.4 2
42 Bob Clarke 39 BEG 106 .247 51 .216 .010 0.0 6.6 25.0 2
43 Ray Brown# 34 HG 104 .276 67 .200 .115 1.0 5.8 44.0 1/9738
44 James Brown* 23 NE 102 .241 47 .161 .096 1.0 6.9 45.5 7/98
45 Johnny Davis 25 NE 100 .399 141 .294 .126 2.0 13.0 28.9 7/98
46 Jim Williams 36 NYC 99 .312 90 .256 .066 1.0 7.1 23.3 *9
47 Dave Thomas* 37 NYC 95 .313 89 .250 .136 0.0 4.2 38.5 3
48 Heberto Blanco 21 NYC 92 .314 90 .253 .072 0.0 8.7 51.7 46 AS,AS
49 Bradford Bennett 25 NBY 89 .358 116 .238 .190 4.5 4.5 17.4 3/75928
50 Larry Doby* 18 NE 88 .378 127 .300 .123 1.1 8.0 54.8 48/5
51 Dick Seay 37 NBY 88 .303 84 .241 .075 1.1 6.8 20.0 4
52 Jimmy Ford 29 NBY 83 .270 64 .194 .042 0.0 12.0 37.5 5/42
53 Barney Brown* 34 PS 78 .226 35 .208 .028 0.0 2.6 35.3 1/937 AS
54 Tetelo Vargas 36 NYC 76 .335 103 .269 .090 0.0 9.2 32.0 7/8 AS,AS
55 Javier Pérez 40 NYC 70 .294 78 .250 .063 0.0 5.7 35.0 4/5
56 Roosevelt Cox 28 NYC 69 .126 -23 .121 .000 0.0 1.4 55.6 5
57 Bill Byrd# 34 BEG 67 .400 141 .339 .085 0.0 10.4 37.0 1/897
58 Clarence Palm 34 PS 67 .359 116 .246 .121 1.5 13.4 21.7 2
59 Jim Starks 36 NBY 66 .194 20 .119 .034 0.0 10.6 42.9 3
60 Horacio Martínez 29 NYC 58 .250 53 .212 .000 0.0 8.6 18.8 6
61 Lincoln Williams 24 NYC 57 .205 25 .157 .000 0.0 8.8 30.8 8
62 Roy Partlow* 30 HG 50 .280 70 .229 .104 0.0 4.0 38.5 1/79
63 Carl Whitney* 28 2TM 50 .365 118 .220 .167 2.0 14.0 43.8 /789
63 Carl Whitney* 28 NE 3 .000 -92 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /7
63 Carl Whitney* 28 NBY 47 .389 131 .237 .179 2.1 14.9 43.8 /789
64 Eugene Smith# 26 NBY 47 .262 60 .163 .136 2.1 6.4 40.0 1/9
65 Leniel Hooker 23 NE 45 .085 -43 .089 .000 0.0 0.0 50.0 1
66 Ameal Brooks* 35 NYC 44 .247 51 .179 .026 0.0 11.4 41.7 /23748
67 Alphonse Dunn 30 NYC 42 .211 26 .162 .027 0.0 7.1 22.2 /78
68 Buster Haywood 32 NYC 42 .257 56 .189 .054 0.0 9.5 9.1 2
69 Max Manning 23 NE 42 .103 -36 .098 .024 0.0 0.0 25.0 1
70 Lefty Turner 29 BEG 41 .169 5 .108 .000 0.0 9.8 62.5 3
71 Robert Gaston 32 HG 39 .312 89 .242 .030 0.0 12.8 23.1 2/1
72 Bill Harvey* 34 BEG 38 .328 98 .188 .152 2.6 13.2 54.5 1/3
73 Roy Welmaker# 28 HG 36 .153 -7 .121 .000 0.0 5.6 33.3 1/7
74 Jonas Gaines 27 BEG 33 .166 -10 .172 .000 0.0 0.0 40.0 1 AS,AS
75 Jimmy Hill* 24 NE 33 .214 32 .167 .000 0.0 9.1 50.0 1
76 Charlie Thomas 23 NE 33 .198 22 .188 .000 0.0 3.0 28.6 /87
77 Larnie Jordan 28 NBY 32 .431 158 .414 .000 0.0 9.4 33.3 /6
78 Fred Hobgood* 20 NE 31 .226 30 .167 .000 0.0 9.7 57.1 1
79 Granville Lyons 33 BEG 31 .223 37 .200 .033 0.0 3.2 42.9 /3
80 Joe Fillmore 28 PS 30 .135 -15 .103 .034 0.0 3.3 50.0 1
81 Terris McDuffie 33 PS 30 .336 103 .217 .000 0.0 23.3 41.7 1
82 Emery Adams 30 BEG 29 .364 119 .333 .037 0.0 6.9 9.1 1/9
83 Murray Watkins* 26 NE 28 .191 15 .125 .000 0.0 10.7 16.7 /65
84 Johnny Wright 25 HG 28 .199 23 .185 .000 0.0 3.6 33.3 1/8
85 Tom Glover 29 BEG 27 .221 36 .192 .038 0.0 3.7 16.7 1
86 Frank McAllister 24 NBY 27 .036 -72 .037 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 /136789
87 Dave Barnhill# 28 NYC 26 .291 76 .250 .083 0.0 3.8 28.6 1 AS,AS
88 Chesley Gray 28 NBY 26 .261 58 .269 .000 0.0 0.0 28.6 /572
89 Bill Barnes 21 BEG 25 .128 -23 .087 .043 0.0 4.0 0.0 1/9
90 Bob Griffith 29 NBY 21 .294 78 .286 .048 0.0 0.0 33.3 1/7
91 Fran Matthews* 25 NE 21 .317 92 .167 .222 0.0 14.3 66.7 /3
92 José María Fernández 46 NYC 20 .182 13 .158 .000 0.0 5.0 25.0 /2
93 Lou Louden 22 NYC 20 .230 41 .211 .000 0.0 5.0 20.0 /72
94 Spencer Davis 34 NBY 19 .165 0 .000 .000 0.0 21.1 0.0 /6
95 Ches Buchanan 34 PS 18 .057 -70 .059 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 /1
96 Monte Irvin 23 NE 18 .764 353 .588 .444 5.6 0.0 60.0 /8
97 Ziggy Marcell 25 PS 17 .359 116 .286 .000 0.0 17.6 42.9 /2
98 Barney Morris* 32 NYC 17 .180 6 .188 .000 0.0 0.0 33.3 /1
99 Garnett Blair* 20 HG 15 .466 184 .462 .000 0.0 6.7 28.6 /1
100 J.C. Hamilton* 29 HG 15 .219 35 .200 .067 0.0 0.0 66.7 /19
101 Fireman Anderson* 29 NYC 14 .069 -52 .071 .000 0.0 0.0 100.0 /1
102 Jesse Brown* 28 BEG 14 .234 44 .214 .071 0.0 0.0 33.3 /13
103 Bob Evans 31 2TM 14 .080 -69 .083 .000 0.0 0.0 100.0 1
103 Bob Evans 31 NBY 2 .000 -92 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /1
103 Bob Evans 31 PS 12 .096 -64 .100 .000 0.0 0.0 100.0 /1
104 Lefty Calhoun* 30 2TM 13 .000 -110 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 1
104 Lefty Calhoun* 30 NBY 6 .000 -94 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /1
104 Lefty Calhoun* 30 PS 7 .000 -126 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /1
105 Spoon Carter* 39 HG 12 .274 66 .250 .083 0.0 0.0 33.3 /1
106 Mule Suttles 41 NE 12 .545 219 .364 .333 8.3 0.0 25.0 /3
107 Edsall Walker# 31 3TM 12 .160 1 .167 .000 0.0 0.0 50.0 /1
107 Edsall Walker# 31 NBY 8 .120 -23 .125 .000 0.0 0.0 100.0 /1
107 Edsall Walker# 31 PS 0 /1
107 Edsall Walker# 31 HG 4 .240 48 .250 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 /1
108 Wilmer Fields 19 HG 11 .087 -42 .091 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 /79
109 Willie Burns* 26 2TM 9 .302 83 .222 .222 0.0 0.0 50.0 /19
109 Willie Burns* 26 NBY 4 .000 -92 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /9
109 Willie Burns* 26 NE 5 .544 223 .400 .400 0.0 0.0 50.0 /1
110 Ed Mayweather* 32 NBY 8 .245 42 .167 .000 0.0 12.5 0.0 /3
111 Thomas Saxon NYC 8 .309 87 .167 .000 0.0 25.0 0.0 /15
112 Frank Williams* 23 HG 8 .245 42 .167 .000 0.0 12.5 50.0 /458
113 Curtis Henderson 30 NBY 7 .412 148 .429 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 /65
114 Neck Stanley* 37 NBY 7 .137 -13 .143 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 /1
115 Johnny Flowers NBY 6 .160 0 .167 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 /56
116 Carrenza Howard 28 NYC 6 .286 74 .200 .000 0.0 16.7 0.0 /1
117 Willie Jefferson 38 PS 6 .641 282 .667 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 /1
118 Leamon Johnson* 25 NBY 6 .126 -21 .000 .000 0.0 16.7 100.0 /64
119 Martin Crue* 22 NYC 5 .343 108 .250 .000 0.0 20.0 50.0 /1
120 Andy Porter 31 BEG 5 .000 -92 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /1
121 Lefty Boone 22 NBY 4 .000 -92 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /1
122 David Campbell* PS 4 .000 -156 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /4
123 Greene Farmer# 22 NBY 4 .000 -92 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /7
124 Bud Barbee 28 PS 3 .320 95 .333 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 /13
125 Lucius Dorsey 20 NE 3 .000 -92 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /7
126 Gordon NE 2 .000 -92 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /5
127 Johnny Holmes NE 2 .859 404 .500 1.000 0.0 0.0 100.0 /7
128 Lithet NYC 2 .000 -92 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /7
129 Henry McHenry 32 PS 2 .859 404 .500 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 /1
130 Shybaker NBY 2 .000 -92 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /1
131 Roy Williams 34 BEG 2 .000 -92 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /1
132 Culp NYC 1 .000 -92 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /4
133 Glass NE 1 .961 462 1.000 .000 0.0 0.0 100.0 /9
134 Moore NBY 1 .000 -92 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /1
135 Charlie Shields* 19 NYC 1 .000 -92 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /1
136 Larry Kimbrough# 18 PS 0 /1
137 Specs Roberts 34 PS 0 /1
League Average .320 100 .243 .089 1.0 9.1 39.5
Player Advanced Batting Table
Batting Batting Ratios
Rk Player Age Team PA BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1 Jerry Benjamin# 32 HG 19 .211 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 Howard Easterling# 30 HG 19 .267 .188 5.3 10.5 28.6
3 Vic Harris* 37 HG 18 .118 .000 0.0 5.6 0.0
4 Buck Leonard* 34 HG 18 .250 .000 0.0 5.6 50.0
5 Josh Gibson 30 HG 15 .077 .000 0.0 13.3 66.7
6 Ray Brown# 34 HG 12 .444 .222 0.0 25.0 14.3
7 Matt Carlisle 32 HG 10 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
8 Chester Williams 36 HG 10 .200 .000 0.0 0.0 50.0
9 Jud Wilson* 46 HG 10 .286 .143 0.0 30.0 20.0
10 Sam Bankhead 31 HG 8 .286 .000 0.0 0.0 50.0
11 Roy Partlow* 30 HG 4 .250 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Roy Welmaker# 28 HG 4 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
13 Robert Gaston 32 HG 3 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
14 Johnny Wright 25 HG 3 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
15 David Whatley* 27 HG 1 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
16 Spoon Carter* 39 HG 0
League Average .190 .043 0.6 7.8 27.5

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