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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 | Pos | Awards |
1 | John Barnes* | 22 | C | 1.0 | 58 | 192 | 179 | 28 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 13 | .313 | .359 | .413 | .773 | 107 | .353 | 108 | 74 | 2/6 | |
2 | Willie Bobo* | 27 | 1B | 4.5 | 87 | 378 | 323 | 74 | 116 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 84 | 14 | 55 | .359 | .452 | .616 | 1.068 | 184 | .471 | 177 | 199 | *3 | |
3 | Charlie Watts | | 2B | 1.0 | 54 | 141 | 124 | 18 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 17 | .298 | .383 | .468 | .851 | 127 | .383 | 126 | 58 | 4/6 | |
4 | Willie Wells | 20 | SS | 3.2 | 87 | 391 | 338 | 83 | 98 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 18 | 53 | .290 | .386 | .459 | .845 | 126 | .388 | 126 | 155 | *6/3 | |
5 | Dewey Creacy | 25 | 3B | 3.4 | 83 | 360 | 331 | 71 | 107 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 72 | 17 | 29 | .323 | .378 | .550 | .928 | 146 | .414 | 140 | 182 | *5/9 | |
6 | Wilson Redus | 20 | LF | 3.5 | 77 | 296 | 258 | 60 | 96 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 62 | 5 | 38 | .372 | .453 | .624 | 1.077 | 186 | .472 | 179 | 161 | *7/94 | |
7 | Cool Papa Bell# | 22 | CF | 3.6 | 87 | 410 | 380 | 94 | 132 | 33 | 6 | 10 | 58 | 30 | 30 | .347 | .395 | .545 | .940 | 150 | .425 | 145 | 207 | *8/3 | |
8 | Branch Russell* | 29 | RF | 2.7 | 81 | 329 | 278 | 62 | 85 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 63 | 8 | 51 | .306 | .413 | .518 | .931 | 149 | .416 | 145 | 144 | *94/5 | |
Rk | Player | Age | Pos | WAR | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ | rOBA | Rbat+ | TB | Pos | Awards |
9 | Mitchell Murray | 29 | C | 2.0 | 61 | 196 | 176 | 42 | 66 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 6 | 20 | .375 | .439 | .483 | .922 | 147 | .421 | 149 | 85 | 2 | |
10 | Elmer Wilson | 30 | 2B | 0.5 | 51 | 136 | 131 | 16 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 5 | .260 | .287 | .481 | .768 | 103 | .333 | 96 | 63 | 4 | |
11 | Eddie Tyler | | PH | 0.3 | 29 | 88 | 85 | 16 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | .341 | .364 | .435 | .799 | 114 | .361 | 113 | 37 | 97 | |
12 | John Reese | 30 | 2B | 0.4 | 42 | 57 | 47 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | .319 | .439 | .447 | .885 | 138 | .416 | 142 | 21 | 9/7814 | |
13 | Candy Jim Taylor | 41 | 3B | 0.1 | 36 | 47 | 43 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | .233 | .298 | .372 | .670 | 79 | .314 | 79 | 16 | /519 | |
14 | Dick Ross | | PH | 0.3 | 18 | 41 | 40 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .325 | .341 | .575 | .916 | 142 | .399 | 134 | 23 | /78 | |
15 | Milton Smith# | 18 | C | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | .000 | -107 | 0 | /2 | |
16 | Sam Bennett | 41 | C | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | .000 | -107 | 0 | /2 | |
Rk | Player | Age | Pos | WAR | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ | rOBA | Rbat+ | TB | Pos | Awards |
17 | Roosevelt Davis | 20 | P | -0.1 | 35 | 63 | 61 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .164 | .190 | .230 | .420 | 12 | .194 | 11 | 14 | 1 | |
18 | Logan Hensley | 25 | P | 0.7 | 27 | 61 | 58 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | .310 | .344 | .483 | .827 | 120 | .369 | 116 | 28 | 1 | |
19 | Percy Miller* | 28 | P | -0.1 | 41 | 58 | 56 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .161 | .190 | .268 | .458 | 22 | .210 | 19 | 15 | 1/937 | |
20 | William Ross | 31 | P | -0.1 | 25 | 57 | 54 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .185 | .228 | .222 | .450 | 22 | .215 | 24 | 12 | 1 | |
21 | George Brown | | P | -0.1 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .095 | .174 | .095 | .269 | -26 | .149 | -17 | 2 | 1 | |
22 | Slim Branham | 25 | P | 0.4 | 11 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .389 | .476 | .500 | .976 | 163 | .451 | 164 | 9 | 1 | |
23 | Deacon Meyers | 25 | P | 0.1 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .389 | .611 | 61 | .266 | 54 | 7 | 1 | |
24 | Broyles | | P | 0.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 35 | .232 | 34 | 1 | /1 | |
25 | Fred Bell* | 23 | P | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 46 | .372 | 118 | 0 | /1 | |
| Team Totals | | | 27.0 | 87 | 3371 | 3026 | 617 | 955 | 187 | 55 | 87 | 557 | 116 | 345 | .316 | .386 | .500 | .886 | 136 | .399 | 133 | 1513 | | |
| Non-Pitcher Totals | | | 26.3 | | 3064 | 2735 | 587 | 894 | 178 | 55 | 81 | 533 | 112 | 329 | .327 | .399 | .521 | .920 | 145 | .413 | 142 | 1425 | | |
| Pitcher Totals | | | 0.7 | | 307 | 291 | 30 | 61 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 16 | .210 | .251 | .302 | .553 | 48 | .256 | 48 | 88 | | |
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 | SF | Pos | Awards |
1 | Cool Papa Bell# | 22 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .276 | .276 | .310 | .586 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
2 | Willie Wells | 20 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .208 | .296 | .375 | .671 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | |
3 | Willie Bobo* | 27 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .360 | .429 | .400 | .829 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
4 | Branch Russell* | 29 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .400 | .286 | .686 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | |
5 | Dewey Creacy | 25 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .261 | .308 | .391 | .699 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | |
6 | Mitchell Murray | 29 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .091 | .167 | .273 | .439 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
7 | Wilson Redus | 20 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
8 | Charlie Watts | | 6 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .118 | .167 | .176 | .343 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | |
9 | Eddie Tyler | | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
10 | Roosevelt Davis | 20 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
11 | John Barnes* | 22 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .600 | .800 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
12 | George Brown | | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
13 | Percy Miller* | 28 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
14 | Candy Jim Taylor | 41 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
15 | John Reese | 30 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
16 | William Ross | 31 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
17 | Slim Branham | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | |
18 | Dick Ross | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
19 | Elmer Wilson | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
20 | Logan Hensley | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Team Totals | | 7 | 238 | 217 | 24 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 15 | .226 | .275 | .309 | .583 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | | |
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