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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 | Pos | Awards |
1 | Eudie Napier* | 35 | C | 1.0 | 31 | 96 | 85 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 8 | .306 | .372 | .435 | .808 | 133 | .381 | 133 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 2/7 | |
2 | Buck Leonard* | 40 | 1B | 1.4 | 37 | 150 | 122 | 23 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 26 | .279 | .413 | .443 | .856 | 147 | .410 | 150 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 3 | AS |
3 | Clarence Bruce | 23 | 2B | -0.6 | 32 | 117 | 112 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .214 | .235 | .241 | .476 | 38 | .229 | 33 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 4/5 | |
4 | Sam Bankhead | 37 | SS | 1.4 | 42 | 186 | 155 | 32 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 21 | .258 | .354 | .348 | .702 | 103 | .347 | 107 | 54 | 2 | 8 | 64 | |
5 | Charles Gary | 28 | 3B | 0.4 | 20 | 66 | 62 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .242 | .288 | .355 | .643 | 85 | .310 | 82 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
6 | Luke Easter* | 32 | LF | 2.3 | 41 | 174 | 144 | 34 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 2 | 27 | .319 | .434 | .549 | .982 | 183 | .456 | 180 | 79 | 2 | 1 | 7/3589 | AS,AS |
7 | Luis Márquez | 22 | CF | 2.1 | 41 | 185 | 162 | 32 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 18 | .290 | .378 | .426 | .804 | 132 | .395 | 133 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 8/456 | AS,AS |
8 | Bob Thurman* | 31 | RF | 0.7 | 39 | 151 | 139 | 25 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 11 | .317 | .371 | .439 | .810 | 134 | .383 | 132 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 9/813 | |
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 | Pos | Awards |
9 | Wilmer Fields | 25 | 3B | -0.1 | 36 | 117 | 113 | 17 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 4 | .274 | .299 | .372 | .671 | 93 | .315 | 90 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 5/1978 | AS |
10 | Tom Parker | 36 | OF | -0.7 | 34 | 114 | 105 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 8 | .219 | .274 | .248 | .522 | 51 | .257 | 52 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 9/1738 | |
11 | Ervin Fowlkes | 26 | SS | -0.6 | 16 | 53 | 47 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .106 | .192 | .106 | .299 | -13 | .163 | -10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
12 | Luther Clifford | 24 | C | 0.1 | 17 | 49 | 45 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .222 | .271 | .422 | .693 | 99 | .323 | 94 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
13 | Bob Boston | 29 | UT | -0.1 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | -4 | .166 | -11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | /935 | |
14 | Robert Gaston | 38 | C | -0.4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | -42 | .096 | -66 | 1 | 0 | 1 | /2 | |
15 | Victoriano Sosa | 29 | C | -0.1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 13 | .222 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | /2 | |
16 | Bob Trice | 21 | OF | -0.1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | -17 | .136 | -25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | /91 | |
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 | Pos | Awards |
17 | R.T. Walker | 33 | P | -0.2 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | .000 | -112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
18 | Frank Thompson* | 29 | P | 0.2 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .900 | 162 | .442 | 170 | 4 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
19 | Willie Smith | | P | -0.1 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | -42 | .096 | -50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
20 | Clarence Evans | 28 | P | -0.1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | -67 | .083 | -59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
21 | Garnett Blair* | 26 | P | 0.1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .429 | .333 | .762 | 122 | .379 | 130 | 2 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
22 | Ted Alexander | 35 | P | -0.1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | .000 | -111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
23 | Larry Kimbrough# | 24 | P | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 93 | .318 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
24 | Lefty Bell | 27 | P | 0.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | .000 | -113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
| Team Totals | | | 6.7 | 42 | 1569 | 1395 | 209 | 359 | 54 | 18 | 20 | 172 | 38 | 144 | .257 | .332 | .365 | .697 | 101 | .337 | 102 | 509 | 13 | 17 | | |
| Non-Pitcher Totals | | | 6.9 | | 1505 | 1335 | 205 | 351 | 54 | 18 | 20 | 172 | 38 | 140 | .263 | .339 | .375 | .714 | 106 | .345 | 107 | 501 | 13 | 17 | | |
| Pitcher Totals | | | -0.1 | | 64 | 60 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | -7 | .166 | -6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | | |
Standard Batting Table Rk | Player | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | GIDP | HBP | SH | Pos | Awards |
1 | Luis Márquez | 22 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .238 | .429 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | |
2 | Sam Bankhead | 37 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .278 | .563 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | |
3 | Luke Easter* | 32 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .421 | .476 | .737 | 1.213 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
4 | Buck Leonard* | 40 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .278 | .381 | .333 | .714 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
5 | Clarence Bruce | 23 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .158 | .167 | .325 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
6 | Bob Thurman* | 31 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .353 | .389 | .353 | .742 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
7 | Wilmer Fields | 25 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .154 | .313 | .231 | .543 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | |
8 | Eudie Napier* | 35 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .357 | .100 | .457 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | |
9 | Tom Parker | 36 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
10 | Ted Alexander | 35 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | |
11 | Luther Clifford | 24 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
12 | Willie Pope* | | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
13 | Garnett Blair* | 26 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
14 | R.T. Walker | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
15 | Bob Trice | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Team Totals | | 9 | 180 | 159 | 21 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 16 | .220 | .303 | .308 | .612 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 2 | | |
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 | SO | HBP | WP | BF | ERA+ | FIP | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | SO/BB | Awards |
1 | Tom Parker | 36 | SP | 1.2 | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.78 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 74.1 | 55 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 35 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 307 | 122 | 3.59 | 1.211 | 6.7 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 1.17 | |
2 | Wilmer Fields | 25 | SP | 0.8 | 6 | 1 | .857 | 3.05 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 56.0 | 56 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 235 | 112 | 2.99 | 1.214 | 9.0 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 2.17 | AS |
3 | Bob Thurman* | 31 | SP | -0.7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.07 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 49.2 | 57 | 36 | 28 | 1 | 26 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 229 | 67 | 3.40 | 1.671 | 10.3 | 0.2 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 1.19 | |
4 | R.T. Walker | 33 | SP | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.54 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40.2 | 34 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 169 | 97 | 3.27 | 1.230 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 0.94 | |
5 | Frank Thompson* | 29 | SP | -1.0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.23 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 38.1 | 40 | 33 | 18 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 175 | 81 | 3.51 | 1.539 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 0.89 | |
Rk | Player | Age | Pos | WAR | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | HBP | WP | BF | ERA+ | FIP | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | SO/BB | Awards |
6 | Willie Smith | | RP | -0.9 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.01 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.2 | 36 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 128 | 49 | 4.59 | 1.987 | 12.6 | 0.4 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 0.47 | |
7 | Lefty Bell* | 27 | RP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | | 4.32 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 83 | 3.48 | 1.440 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 0.75 | |
Rk | Player | Age | Pos | WAR | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | HBP | WP | BF | ERA+ | FIP | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | SO/BB | Awards |
8 | Ted Alexander | 35 | | 0.4 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.61 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20.2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 133 | 3.77 | 0.968 | 6.1 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 0.83 | |
9 | Garnett Blair | 26 | | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.77 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 196 | 3.50 | 0.984 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 0.67 | |
10 | Clarence Evans | 28 | | -0.1 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.58 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 85 | 76 | 3.83 | 1.868 | 13.2 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 0.57 | |
11 | Larry Kimbrough | 24 | | -0.4 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 58 | 2.93 | 1.412 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.00 | |
12 | Bob Trice | 21 | | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | | 1.26 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.8 | | |
| Team Totals | | | 0.2 | 25 | 17 | .595 | 3.79 | 42 | 42 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 358.2 | 344 | 208 | 151 | 8 | 150 | 157 | 8 | 3 | 1557 | 91 | 3.49 | 1.377 | 8.6 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 1.05 | |
Standard Pitching Table Rk | Player | Age | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | WP | BF | FIP | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | SO/BB | Awards |
1 | Ted Alexander | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.08 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 1.04 | 1.327 | 9.9 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 2.00 | |
2 | Tom Parker | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2.98 | 1.111 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.25 | |
3 | Garnett Blair | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 3.86 | 1.895 | 9.9 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 0.80 | |
4 | R.T. Walker | 33 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.71 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3.40 | 1.929 | 11.6 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 1.00 | |
5 | Bob Thurman* | 31 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.42 | 1.667 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | |
6 | Bob Trice | 21 | 0 | 0 | | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3.51 | 1.875 | 10.1 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 1.00 | |
| Team Totals | | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.51 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 43.0 | 44 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 189 | 2.44 | 1.488 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 1.20 | |
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