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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 | SH | IBB | Pos | Awards |
1 | Josh Gibson | 25 | C | 3.8 | 39 | 183 | 156 | 60 | 65 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 73 | 2 | 25 | .417 | .500 | .974 | 1.474 | 273 | .595 | 249 | 152 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2/357 | |
2 | Buck Leonard* | 29 | 1B | 2.9 | 42 | 199 | 170 | 54 | 64 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 55 | 2 | 25 | .376 | .462 | .729 | 1.191 | 204 | .505 | 194 | 124 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | AS |
3 | Matt Carlisle | 27 | 2B | 1.0 | 52 | 231 | 201 | 37 | 56 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 18 | .279 | .338 | .383 | .721 | 87 | .330 | 87 | 77 | 0 | 12 | 0 | *4/6 | |
4 | Jelly Jackson | 27 | SS | -0.1 | 47 | 183 | 162 | 23 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 8 | .247 | .287 | .265 | .552 | 44 | .262 | 43 | 43 | 1 | 12 | 0 | *6 | |
5 | Javier Pérez | 35 | 3B | 0.6 | 49 | 233 | 203 | 37 | 58 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 22 | .286 | .356 | .369 | .725 | 89 | .337 | 92 | 75 | 0 | 8 | 0 | *5/632 | |
6 | Vic Harris* | 32 | LF | 1.9 | 48 | 229 | 202 | 59 | 66 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 24 | .327 | .398 | .545 | .943 | 142 | .417 | 139 | 110 | 0 | 3 | 0 | *7/358 | |
7 | Jerry Benjamin# | 27 | CF | 1.4 | 52 | 259 | 219 | 59 | 65 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 13 | 30 | .297 | .386 | .429 | .816 | 112 | .380 | 115 | 94 | 2 | 8 | 0 | *8/459 | AS |
8 | Jim Williams | 31 | RF | 1.5 | 46 | 208 | 187 | 30 | 67 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 6 | 10 | .358 | .394 | .449 | .843 | 118 | .384 | 121 | 84 | 1 | 10 | 0 | *9/8 | |
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 | SH | IBB | Pos | Awards |
9 | Tommie Dukes* | 30 | C | 0.7 | 28 | 110 | 100 | 22 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 7 | .320 | .370 | .540 | .910 | 133 | .399 | 129 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2/379 | |
10 | Willie Wells | 32 | SS | -0.3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .059 | .158 | .059 | .217 | -41 | .128 | -33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /6 | AS |
11 | Ray Dandridge | 23 | 3B | 0.1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .563 | .938 | 140 | .416 | 138 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | /5 | AS |
12 | Jimmy Binder | 34 | 3B | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 161 | .465 | 185 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | /5 | |
13 | Bill Harris | 28 | 3B | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | .000 | -107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /5 | |
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 | SH | IBB | Pos | Awards |
14 | Ray Brown# | 29 | P | 1.1 | 35 | 102 | 87 | 25 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 11 | .322 | .398 | .506 | .904 | 133 | .405 | 133 | 44 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1/7895 | |
15 | Tom Parker | 25 | P | 0.7 | 19 | 46 | 42 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 3 | .405 | .444 | .667 | 1.111 | 184 | .484 | 180 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/78 | |
16 | Louis Dula | 25 | P | -0.1 | 19 | 44 | 39 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .154 | .214 | .205 | .419 | 10 | .203 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1/96 | |
17 | Edsall Walker# | 26 | P | 0.2 | 16 | 33 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .267 | .290 | .433 | .724 | 85 | .319 | 79 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
18 | Roy Welmaker# | 23 | P | 0.3 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .412 | .412 | .647 | 1.059 | 170 | .459 | 171 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | /1 | |
19 | George Walker | 22 | P | 0.0 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 30 | .233 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
20 | Joe Strong* | 34 | P | 0.0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 5 | .211 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
21 | Arnold Waites | 22 | P | 0.0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | -13 | .155 | -18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
22 | Terris McDuffie | 28 | P | -0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | .000 | -111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
23 | Leon Day | 20 | P | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | .000 | -107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /1 | AS |
24 | Clifford Allen | | P | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
| Team Totals | | | 15.7 | 52 | 2156 | 1887 | 444 | 594 | 104 | 33 | 57 | 406 | 28 | 190 | .315 | .380 | .495 | .875 | 125 | .390 | 123 | 935 | 8 | 71 | 2 | | |
| Non-Pitcher Totals | | | 13.5 | | 1877 | 1638 | 388 | 522 | 93 | 30 | 50 | 361 | 28 | 171 | .319 | .386 | .504 | .889 | 129 | .396 | 127 | 825 | 8 | 60 | 2 | | |
| Pitcher Totals | | | 2.1 | | 279 | 249 | 56 | 72 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 19 | .289 | .340 | .442 | .781 | 101 | .351 | 100 | 110 | 0 | 11 | 0 | | |
Standard Pitching Table Rk | Player | Age | Pos | WAR | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ERA+ | FIP | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | SO/BB | Awards |
1 | Ray Brown | 29 | SP | 2.3 | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3.21 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 126.0 | 109 | 54 | 45 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 534 | 156 | 3.42 | 1.159 | 7.8 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 2.00 | |
2 | Edsall Walker* | 26 | SP | 0.3 | 7 | 1 | .875 | 3.75 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 74.1 | 59 | 44 | 31 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 317 | 134 | 3.87 | 1.265 | 7.1 | 0.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 0.97 | |
3 | Tom Parker | 25 | SP | -0.4 | 7 | 1 | .875 | 5.55 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 70 | 43 | 37 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 273 | 90 | 3.84 | 1.567 | 10.5 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 1.71 | |
4 | Roy Welmaker* | 23 | SP | 1.1 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.31 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 154 | 218 | 3.43 | 1.077 | 7.2 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 5.8 | 2.27 | |
Rk | Player | Age | Pos | WAR | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ERA+ | FIP | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | SO/BB | Awards |
5 | George Walker | 22 | CL | -0.4 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.31 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39.0 | 48 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 95 | 3.82 | 1.590 | 11.1 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 1.57 | |
6 | Louis Dula | 25 | RP | 1.4 | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 80.1 | 65 | 35 | 29 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 335 | 154 | 3.91 | 1.145 | 7.3 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 1.22 | |
Rk | Player | Age | Pos | WAR | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ERA+ | FIP | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | SO/BB | Awards |
7 | Joe Strong | 34 | | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 120 | 4.14 | 1.412 | 11.1 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.00 | |
8 | Arnold Waites | 22 | | -0.1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 123 | 3.59 | 1.769 | 10.4 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 7.6 | 1.38 | |
9 | Terris McDuffie | 28 | | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.35 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 387 | 4.10 | 1.050 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 12.2 | 1.80 | |
10 | Leon Day | 20 | | -0.3 | 0 | 0 | | 15.43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 35 | 10.06 | 2.143 | 17.4 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 9.6 | 5.00 | AS |
11 | Clifford Allen | | | -0.1 | 0 | 0 | | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 21.20 | 12.000 | 54.0 | 0.0 | 54.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |
| Team Totals | | | 4.2 | 40 | 11 | .784 | 3.91 | 52 | 52 | 25 | 27 | 3 | 9 | 460.1 | 431 | 250 | 200 | 19 | 167 | 0 | 257 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1981 | 129 | 3.79 | 1.299 | 8.4 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 1.54 | |
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