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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 | Earl Taborn | 25 | C | 0.9 | 44 | 170 | 147 | 15 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 21 | .299 | .387 | .367 | .754 | 103 | .365 | 108 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
2 | Tom Cooper | | 1B | 0.5 | 31 | 128 | 107 | 17 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 16 | .290 | .387 | .393 | .780 | 109 | .372 | 113 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 3/2947 | |
3 | Curt Roberts | 18 | 2B | -0.2 | 46 | 196 | 180 | 25 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 14 | .244 | .299 | .311 | .610 | 63 | .293 | 66 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 4/37 | |
4 | Gene Baker | 23 | SS | 0.3 | 46 | 200 | 181 | 39 | 45 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 15 | .249 | .306 | .425 | .732 | 94 | .333 | 88 | 77 | 0 | 4 | 6/4 | |
5 | Herb Souell# | 35 | 3B | 0.8 | 46 | 211 | 196 | 41 | 56 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 14 | .286 | .336 | .418 | .755 | 101 | .349 | 98 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 5 | AS,AS |
6 | Elston Howard | 19 | LF | 0.0 | 20 | 84 | 80 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .286 | .425 | .711 | 88 | .319 | 81 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
7 | Willard Brown | 33 | CF | 2.6 | 46 | 197 | 174 | 43 | 71 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 54 | 8 | 22 | .408 | .477 | .684 | 1.161 | 208 | .517 | 193 | 119 | 1 | 0 | 8 | AS,AS |
8 | Hank Thompson* | 22 | RF | 2.1 | 47 | 206 | 175 | 50 | 59 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 12 | 27 | .337 | .431 | .554 | .986 | 162 | .453 | 155 | 97 | 2 | 2 | 97/4658 | |
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 | Johnie Scott* | 34 | OF | 0.7 | 33 | 129 | 110 | 24 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 16 | .300 | .398 | .400 | .798 | 114 | .389 | 118 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 79/8 | |
10 | Buck O'Neil | 36 | 1B | -0.5 | 25 | 96 | 89 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | .213 | .271 | .225 | .496 | 34 | .247 | 41 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
11 | Charley Hall# | 24 | OF | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /9 | |
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 |
12 | Jim LaMarque* | 27 | P | 0.7 | 18 | 55 | 45 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 7 | .333 | .434 | .467 | .901 | 141 | .426 | 143 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1/8 | AS,AS |
13 | Hilton Smith | 41 | P | 0.3 | 13 | 30 | 28 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .321 | .345 | .464 | .809 | 115 | .369 | 110 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1/9 | |
14 | Ford Smith# | 29 | P | -0.1 | 13 | 27 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .222 | .308 | .530 | 41 | .245 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 0 | /13 | |
15 | Gene Collins* | 23 | P | 0.3 | 12 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .300 | .391 | .450 | .841 | 125 | .397 | 125 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | Gene Richardson* | 20 | P | -0.2 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .056 | .105 | .111 | .216 | -42 | .109 | -38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
17 | Connie Johnson | 25 | P | -0.1 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .222 | .389 | 3 | .182 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
18 | Leonard Johnson | 28 | P | -0.1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | .000 | -101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
19 | Tincy Jamerson | 17 | P | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
| Team Totals | | | 8.0 | 47 | 1799 | 1604 | 306 | 461 | 100 | 29 | 21 | 257 | 51 | 166 | .287 | .358 | .425 | .783 | 109 | .366 | 108 | 682 | 11 | 18 | | |
| Non-Pitcher Totals | | | 7.2 | | 1619 | 1441 | 278 | 422 | 87 | 28 | 20 | 236 | 50 | 155 | .293 | .365 | .434 | .798 | 113 | .373 | 111 | 625 | 8 | 15 | | |
| Pitcher Totals | | | 0.8 | | 180 | 163 | 28 | 39 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 11 | .239 | .299 | .350 | .649 | 73 | .307 | 74 | 57 | 3 | 3 | | |
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 | Hank Thompson* | 22 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .231 | .355 | .346 | .701 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
2 | Herb Souell# | 35 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .276 | .250 | .526 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | |
3 | Willard Brown | 33 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .357 | .379 | .571 | .951 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
4 | Elston Howard | 19 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .286 | .385 | .670 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | |
5 | Gene Baker | 23 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .174 | .296 | .304 | .601 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | |
6 | Johnie Scott* | 34 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .304 | .360 | .348 | .708 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
7 | Earl Taborn | 25 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .263 | .333 | .316 | .649 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | |
8 | Buck O'Neil | 36 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .250 | .450 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
9 | Jim LaMarque* | 27 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | |
10 | Curt Roberts | 18 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .400 | .333 | .733 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
11 | Tom Cooper | | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | |
12 | Ford Smith# | 29 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
13 | Gene Richardson* | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
14 | Gene Collins* | 23 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
15 | Connie Johnson | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | |
16 | Hilton Smith | 41 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Team Totals | | 8 | 255 | 230 | 26 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 17 | .243 | .301 | .330 | .632 | 72 | 0 | 2 | 6 | | |
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