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Standard Batting Table Rk | Player | Age | Pos | WAR | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ | rOBA | Rbat+ | TB | HBP | Pos | Awards |
1 | Poindexter Williams | 31 | C | 1.0 | 64 | 238 | 216 | 29 | 61 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 1 | 22 | .282 | .349 | .426 | .775 | 101 | .352 | 101 | 92 | 0 | 2/9 | |
2 | Dave Thomas* | 24 | 1B | 0.4 | 80 | 310 | 283 | 46 | 76 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 2 | 26 | .269 | .332 | .413 | .746 | 93 | .338 | 92 | 117 | 1 | 37/918 | |
3 | Geechie Meredith | 29 | 2B | 1.3 | 80 | 343 | 306 | 63 | 86 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 5 | 37 | .281 | .359 | .399 | .757 | 97 | .349 | 99 | 122 | 0 | *4/692738 | |
4 | Ray Sheppard | 26 | SS | 0.9 | 31 | 125 | 116 | 14 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 9 | .336 | .384 | .466 | .850 | 120 | .385 | 121 | 54 | 0 | 6/5 | |
5 | Porter Dallas | 25 | 3B | 0.1 | 42 | 155 | 148 | 10 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | .297 | .329 | .345 | .674 | 76 | .311 | 75 | 51 | 0 | 5 | |
6 | Leo Birdine | 34 | LF | 0.2 | 58 | 187 | 182 | 19 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | .269 | .289 | .368 | .657 | 70 | .296 | 65 | 67 | 1 | 197/8 | |
7 | Jimsey Roussell | 28 | CF | -0.4 | 46 | 168 | 159 | 28 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 9 | .252 | .292 | .333 | .625 | 62 | .287 | 60 | 53 | 0 | 8 | |
8 | Clarence Smith | | RF | 2.0 | 68 | 273 | 264 | 39 | 96 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 54 | 16 | 9 | .364 | .385 | .523 | .907 | 134 | .411 | 134 | 138 | 0 | *978/42 | |
Rk | Player | Age | Pos | WAR | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ | rOBA | Rbat+ | TB | HBP | Pos | Awards |
9 | George McAllister* | 30 | 1B | 1.0 | 80 | 320 | 285 | 51 | 86 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 8 | 34 | .302 | .378 | .386 | .764 | 100 | .356 | 103 | 110 | 1 | 379/4856 | |
10 | Anthony Cooper | 24 | SS | 0.1 | 38 | 130 | 127 | 16 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | .299 | .315 | .362 | .678 | 76 | .310 | 74 | 46 | 0 | 6/9728 | |
11 | Johnnie Oden | 26 | 3B | -0.1 | 32 | 121 | 113 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | .257 | .306 | .319 | .624 | 63 | .293 | 62 | 36 | 0 | 5 | |
12 | Charles Wesley | 32 | IF | -0.4 | 25 | 72 | 69 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .217 | .250 | .246 | .496 | 30 | .232 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 4/6539 | |
13 | Eppie Hamilton | 29 | C | 0.2 | 18 | 53 | 52 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | .308 | .321 | .481 | .802 | 106 | .355 | 102 | 25 | 0 | 2/7 | |
14 | George Fiall | 29 | SS | -0.1 | 11 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .206 | .308 | .206 | .514 | 36 | .262 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 6/9 | |
15 | Earl Gurley* | 30 | | -0.1 | 8 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .226 | .273 | .387 | .660 | 70 | .294 | 63 | 12 | 0 | /897 | |
16 | L. Thomas | | C | -0.4 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .080 | .148 | .080 | .228 | -39 | .124 | -44 | 2 | 0 | /27 | |
17 | Johnson | | UT | -0.1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 27 | .212 | 11 | 4 | 0 | /25 | |
18 | Pete Moore | 25 | SS | -0.1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 5 | .209 | 9 | 1 | 0 | /6 | |
19 | Verne Perkins | | 3B | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 121 | .418 | 142 | 1 | 0 | /5 | |
20 | A.J. Dykes | | 2B | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 162 | .464 | 170 | 1 | 0 | /4 | |
21 | Marshall | | C | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | /2 | |
22 | Harry Salmon* | 34 | P | -0.6 | 47 | 103 | 101 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .188 | .204 | .218 | .422 | 10 | .195 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 1/987 | |
23 | Satchel Paige | 22 | P | -0.4 | 34 | 100 | 98 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .163 | .180 | .224 | .404 | 5 | .185 | -6 | 22 | 0 | 1/97 | |
24 | Jute Bell | 29 | P | -0.3 | 23 | 68 | 66 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .182 | .206 | .197 | .403 | 6 | .190 | -2 | 13 | 0 | 1/79 | |
25 | Diamond Pipkins* | 21 | P | 0.4 | 17 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .429 | .429 | .536 | .964 | 150 | .436 | 153 | 15 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | | | 5.1 | 82 | 2919 | 2727 | 383 | 755 | 93 | 36 | 36 | 351 | 51 | 189 | .277 | .324 | .377 | .701 | 82 | .322 | 81 | 1028 | 3 | | |
| Non-Pitcher Totals | | | 5.7 | | 2433 | 2252 | 333 | 647 | 81 | 31 | 33 | 319 | 46 | 179 | .287 | .340 | .395 | .735 | 91 | .337 | 91 | 889 | 2 | | |
| Pitcher Totals | | | -0.6 | | 486 | 475 | 50 | 108 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 5 | 10 | .227 | .245 | .293 | .537 | 39 | .245 | 33 | 139 | 1 | | |
Standard Pitching Table Rk | Player | Age | Pos | WAR | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HBP | WP | ERA+ | WHIP | H9 | BB9 | SO9 | SO/BB | Awards |
1 | Satchel Paige | 22 | SP | 2.7 | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.68 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 185.2 | 188 | 104 | 76 | 43 | 189 | 2 | 6 | 116 | 1.244 | 9.1 | 2.1 | 9.2 | 4.40 | |
2 | Leo Birdine | 34 | SP | -2.3 | 4 | 13 | .235 | 5.91 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 147.2 | 207 | 134 | 97 | 45 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 1.707 | 12.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 0.96 | |
3 | Harry Salmon | 34 | SP | 2.3 | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4.00 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 139.2 | 144 | 75 | 62 | 16 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 1.146 | 9.3 | 1.0 | 5.4 | 5.25 | |
4 | Jute Bell | 29 | SP | -1.0 | 5 | 10 | .333 | 6.02 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 131.2 | 153 | 107 | 88 | 40 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 71 | 1.466 | 10.5 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 0.73 | |
5 | Diamond Pipkins* | 21 | SP | -2.3 | 2 | 6 | .250 | 7.92 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63.2 | 88 | 76 | 56 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 1.869 | 12.4 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 0.90 | |
Rk | Player | Age | Pos | WAR | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HBP | WP | ERA+ | WHIP | H9 | BB9 | SO9 | SO/BB | Awards |
6 | Dave Thomas* | 24 | | -0.3 | 0 | 0 | | 17.18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2.727 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 4.9 | 0.40 | |
| Team Totals | | | -0.8 | 32 | 49 | .395 | 5.17 | 82 | 82 | 46 | 4 | 4 | 672.0 | 785 | 503 | 386 | 180 | 375 | 11 | 12 | 83 | 1.436 | 10.5 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 2.08 | |
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