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Top 12 Players

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Standard Batting

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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 Leon Ruffin 25 C -0.4 22 68 65 4 16 2 1 0 7 0 1 .246 .258 .308 .565 46 .257 42 20 0 2 2/3
2 Johnny Washington* 21 1B 0.0 30 112 108 13 33 4 1 2 15 0 3 .306 .324 .417 .741 91 .333 88 45 0 1 3/49
3 Dan Wilson# 21 2B 0.1 38 146 132 26 38 5 2 0 12 3 12 .288 .347 .356 .703 83 .327 86 47 0 2 47/986
4 Chester Williams 31 SS 0.2 35 150 140 11 39 6 2 0 16 5 6 .279 .308 .350 .658 71 .303 69 49 0 4 6/4 AS
5 Henry Spearman 27 3B 0.5 28 123 113 17 38 7 0 4 15 0 9 .336 .385 .504 .890 129 .398 127 57 0 1 5/69
6 Sam Bankhead 26 LF 0.0 8 35 33 5 9 2 0 0 1 0 2 .273 .314 .333 .648 68 .302 70 11 0 0 /72
7 Emmett Wilson# 24 CF -0.1 25 96 85 14 25 3 3 0 10 2 6 .294 .341 .400 .741 92 .336 91 34 0 5 8/9
8 Buddy Burbage* 30 RF -0.4 30 135 126 18 34 8 1 2 15 3 3 .270 .287 .397 .684 76 .304 70 50 0 6 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 Pos Awards
9 Pepper Bassett# 26 C 0.7 21 70 65 11 24 5 0 2 13 0 3 .369 .397 .538 .936 140 .416 139 35 0 2 2/3 AS
10 Bill Harvey* 29 OF 0.3 22 63 53 9 15 5 1 1 7 1 7 .283 .377 .472 .849 119 .381 119 25 1 2 7/1
11 Theolic Smith# 24 UT 0.4 20 51 42 8 11 0 1 1 3 0 6 .262 .354 .381 .735 91 .342 93 16 0 3 1/4679
12 Pat Patterson# 25 IF 0.1 10 45 39 8 11 3 0 1 8 0 5 .282 .364 .436 .800 107 .364 107 17 0 1 /54
13 Oscar Charleston* 40 1B -0.2 15 45 41 4 9 2 0 1 6 0 2 .220 .273 .341 .614 58 .281 56 14 1 1 3
14 Jimmy Binder 34 UT -0.5 11 40 39 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 .128 .150 .154 .304 -21 .144 -24 6 0 0 /475
15 Cool Papa Bell# 34 OF 0.2 8 39 36 9 13 2 0 2 7 1 3 .361 .410 .583 .994 155 .435 151 21 0 0 /8
16 Jim Starks 31 IF 0.5 7 32 26 6 12 2 0 3 8 1 5 .462 .548 .885 1.433 265 .598 253 23 0 1 /34
17 Jabbo Andrews* 29 UT -0.2 10 32 28 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 .107 .219 .143 .362 -4 .193 5 4 1 0 /783
18 Butler 3B -0.3 6 26 26 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 .231 .231 .269 .500 29 .228 26 7 0 0 /5
19 Harry Williams 32 UT 0.3 5 19 16 5 6 0 1 0 4 0 2 .375 .444 .500 .944 145 .430 149 8 0 1 /24
20 Tom Young* 34 UT -0.1 10 11 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .200 .273 .200 .473 25 .238 32 2 0 0 /28
21 Rap Dixon 34 OF -0.3 5 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222 -42 .103 -65 1 0 1 /7
22 Bill Evans# 38 OF -0.1 2 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -35 .116 -58 1 0 1 /7
23 Bill Perkins 31 C 0.1 1 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200 213 .558 223 3 0 0 /2
24 Irwin C 0.0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 74 .310 66 1 0 1 /2
25 Hoplins OF 0.0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 30 .233 29 1 0 0 /9
26 Lionel Decuir 22 C 0.0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -29 .196 7 0 1 0 /2
27 Spoon Carter* 34 OF 0.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -111 0 0 0 /17
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
28 Barney Morris* 27 P 0.1 14 35 31 3 9 0 0 0 5 0 2 .290 .333 .290 .624 64 .300 67 9 0 2 1/9 AS
29 Roosevelt Davis 32 P 0.0 7 18 15 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 .200 .294 .200 .494 31 .253 37 3 0 1 /1
30 Jim Lewis P -0.1 9 14 13 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .077 .143 .154 .297 -23 .145 -24 2 0 0 /1
31 Leroy Matlock* 30 P 0.0 3 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .400 .000 .400 14 .302 70 0 0 0 /1
32 Joe Strong* 34 P -0.1 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -112 0 0 0 /1
33 Marion Cain 23 P 0.1 3 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 220 .550 219 3 0 0 /1
34 Charles Dunklin 22 P -0.1 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -111 0 0 0 /1
35 Charlie King 24 P 0.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 0 /1
36 Frank McAllister 19 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 0 /1
37 Chet Brewer# 30 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 1.0 39 1464 1335 183 371 61 13 19 162 16 87 .278 .324 .386 .710 84 .323 83 515 4 38
Non-Pitcher Totals 0.6 1323 1213 169 345 59 12 18 151 16 74 .284 .328 .397 .725 87 .329 86 482 4 32
Pitcher Totals 0.5 141 122 14 26 2 1 1 11 0 13 .213 .289 .270 .559 46 .269 49 33 0 6

Standard Pitching

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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 Barney Morris 27 SP 1.7 4 4 .500 4.68 13 9 3 6 1 0 77.0 86 45 40 2 24 0 54 1 0 3 334 107 3.11 1.429 10.1 0.2 2.8 6.3 2.25 AS
2 Theolic Smith 24 SP -0.3 5 5 .500 6.22 12 10 1 5 0 0 63.2 83 57 44 7 26 0 29 1 0 2 300 81 4.99 1.712 11.7 1.0 3.7 4.1 1.12
3 Roosevelt Davis 32 SP 0.6 2 4 .333 5.04 7 6 1 5 0 0 44.2 50 30 25 2 8 0 22 2 0 0 195 100 3.47 1.299 10.1 0.4 1.6 4.4 2.75
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
4 Bill Harvey* 29 RP 0.4 1 4 .200 5.58 9 3 4 2 0 0 50.0 53 37 31 7 25 1 20 2 0 0 228 90 5.84 1.560 9.5 1.3 4.5 3.6 0.80
5 Jim Lewis* RP 0.5 1 2 .333 5.36 9 1 6 0 0 0 43.2 48 31 26 3 10 0 7 0 0 0 184 94 4.46 1.328 9.9 0.6 2.1 1.4 0.70
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
6 Leroy Matlock* 30 0.0 0 1 .000 6.14 3 2 1 0 0 1 14.2 14 12 10 1 5 0 4 0 0 0 61 83 4.57 1.295 8.6 0.6 3.1 2.5 0.80
7 Marion Cain 23 -0.3 0 3 .000 8.79 3 3 0 2 0 0 14.1 24 16 14 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 69 58 3.69 2.023 15.1 0.0 3.1 2.5 0.80
8 Charles Dunklin 22 -0.2 0 0 10.29 2 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 10 9 8 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 36 51 5.77 2.143 12.9 1.3 6.4 6.4 1.00
9 Joe Strong 34 -0.4 0 1 .000 12.15 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.2 11 11 9 1 5 0 3 1 0 0 36 43 6.95 2.400 14.9 1.4 6.8 4.1 0.60
10 Chet Brewer 30 -0.3 0 1 .000 15.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 8 7 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 22 34 8.20 2.250 13.5 2.3 6.8 2.3 0.33
11 Spoon Carter 34 -0.5 0 0 33.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 11 11 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 24 17 11.54 5.000 33.0 3.0 12.0 0.0 0.00
12 Charlie King 24 -0.3 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 10 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 21 9.20 4.125 33.8 3.4 3.4 0.0 0.00
13 Frank McAllister 19 0.0 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 64 0.20 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
Team Totals 0.9 13 25 .342 6.35 39 39 19 20 1 1 333.1 409 278 235 27 121 1 152 7 0 5 1517 80 4.50 1.590 11.0 0.7 3.3 4.1 1.26
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