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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	BA	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	IBB
1	George Hetz	22	JAM,DHM	PONY,CARL	D,B	.697	DET	90	191	132	34	92	21	1	2	45	4		54	28	.788	.917	1.705	121		3	2
2	Pud Miller	28	HCK	NCSL	D	.425		119	495	426	115	181	32	1	40	136	2		68	55	.505	.786	1.291	335		1	0
3	Orville Kitts	23	MRT	MTSS	D	.424		83	374	323	94	137	21	4	19	107	11		48	19	.501	.690	1.192	223		2	1
4	Len Feriancek	21	PNG	MTSS	D	.421		125	569	513	107	216	40	1	25	136	9		52	35	.476	.649	1.125	333		2	2
5	Don Brennan	24	DBN,THX	GASL,EVAN	D,C	.420		83	284	207	82	87	20	1	12	54	8		62	33	.557	.700	1.258	145		2	13
6	Ken Cox	22	HAZ	MTSS	D	.415	BRO	72	317	275	73	114	29	5	7	57	4		39	34	.492	.633	1.125	174		3	0
7	Max Macon	35	HAZ	MTSS	D	.409	BRO	117	533	455	139	186	54	4	17	148	15		75	11	.493	.657	1.151	299		1	2
8	John Radulovich	28	BTR	EVAN	C	.409		132	596	521	129	213	41	4	31	143	6		70	15	.483	.681	1.165	355		5	0
9	Paul Owens	27	OLE	PONY	D	.407		111	527	459	129	187	32	9	17	101	17		65	34	.482	.627	1.109	288		1	2
10	Zeke Bonura	42	MDL	LONG	C	.404		48	147	109	30	44	10	0	5	23	0		35	10	.558	.633	1.191	69		3	0
11	Charles Quimby	34	TAL	ALFL	D	.404		97		324	108	131	21	5	13	97	10					.620		201			4
12	Ted Beck	25	STJ,OMA	WA,WL	C,A	.395	STL	58	161	147	20	58	9	1	2	18	3		6	14	.422	.510	.932	75		1	7
13	Stanley Roseboro	23	KLF,SJO	FARW,CALL	D,C	.393	PHI-BOS	104	478	410	124	161	18	21	2	60	37		62	23	.475	.554	1.028	227		2	4
14	Glenn Burns	22	LAM	WTNM	C	.392		141	656	587	125	230	55	7	27	197	6		63	41	.456	.647	1.103	380	17	6	0
15	Harry Elliott	27	ALX,SHV	EVAN,TL	C,AA	.392		145	660	586	126	230	56	4	23	150	25		71	17	.460	.619	1.079	363		2	1
16	Freddie Barocco	30	HMD	EVAN	C	.390		119	572	459	147	179	34	9	15	96	17		104	20	.505	.601	1.107	276		3	6
17	James Burns	31	MRT	MTSS	D	.388		103	450	392	93	152	31	7	3	82	3		56	5	.464	.526	.990	206		0	2
18	Oliver Bass	29	SHL	WCAR	D	.387		110	496	460	91	178	27	15	18	157	1		29	20	.431	.628	1.060	289		7	0
19	Vincent Furfaro	20	ROA	PIED	B	.387	BOS	29	124	106	19	41	3	4	6	29	2		14	15	.463	.660	1.123	70		1	3
20	Henry Miller	24	SHL	WCAR	D	.387		112	502	462	96	179	25	10	15	106	15		31	35	.435	.582	1.017	269		8	1
21	Harry Walker	32	CLB,SLN	AA,NL	AAA,Maj	.386	STL	118	386	324	69	125	25	1	6	41	10	0	57	19	.480	.525	1.005	170	4	2	3	0
22	Crawford Howard	31	AMA	WTNM	C	.385		142	657	569	151	219	39	7	32	156	8		83	58	.466	.647	1.112	368	7	3	2
23	Pat Stasey	34	BIG	LONG	C	.384		128	587	487	107	187	48	5	14	118	2		96	39	.488	.589	1.077	287		3	1
24	Don Stokes	29	LAM	WTNM	C	.384		141	652	557	126	214	59	6	18	55	16		93	2	.473	.609	1.082	339	13	1	1
25	Hiroshi Oshita	28	FLY	JPPL	Fgn	.383		89	371	321	56	123	15	5	26	63	5	7	47	18	.465	.704	1.169	226	4	2	1
26	Muscle Shoals	34	KPT	APPY	D	.383		118	526	415	113	159	23	5	30	129	4		100	53	.513	.680	1.193	282		11	0
27	Claude Young	19	DBN	GASL	D	.382		72	332	301	69	115	24	2	15	76	4		25	20	.438	.625	1.063	188		5	1
28	Ducky Detweiler	32	CDL	GAFL	D	.381	PHA	38	137	113	20	43	14	2	1	28	3		22	9	.481	.566	1.048	64		0	2
29	Andy Gilbert	36	SPL	OHIN	D	.381	NYG	99	417	323	97	123	24	4	16	89	14		90	40	.519	.628	1.148	203		3	1
30	William Halstead	27	PNG	MTSS	D	.381		121	526	475	100	181	26	6	34	142	5		46	58	.440	.676	1.116	321		4	1
31	John Lybrand	23	HPT	NCSL	D	.380	BOS	122	556	497	103	189	34	7	14	114	8		49	21	.445	.561	1.006	279		9	1
32	Earl Motsinger	24	BSG	MTSS	D	.380		115	498	437	93	166	36	5	15	101	4		60	21	.455	.588	1.043	257		0	1
33	Lou Fitzgerald	31	SHW	SOSL	D	.379		138		496		188	21	12	2							.482		239
34	Jim Greengrass	23	MKG	CENL	A	.379	NYY	99	437	377	84	143	22	9	18	90	8		54	46	.460	.629	1.088	237		2	4
35	Stan Goletz	33	BVL	GULF	B	.378		153	681	547	137	207	32	3	37	137	2		126	66	.501	.651	1.152	356		8	0
36	Buster Kinard	37	SUF	VIRL	D	.378		109	465	413	70	156	26	5	12	93	9		43	20	.443	.552	.995	228		5	4
37	Jimmy Cleverly	25	FSM	WA	C	.377	CLE	56	267	215	53	81	13	3	1	28	40		50	16	.494	.479	.973	103		0	2
38	Tetsuharu Kawakami	31	YOM	JPCL	Fgn	.377		97	424	374	74	141	27	2	15	81	14	6	48	6	.450	.580	1.031	217	9	2	0
39	William McMillan	21	GLJ	CAML	C	.377		96	414	337	67	127	23	9	7	69	42		73	44	.488	.561	1.049	189		0	4
40	John Tayoan	33	SAA	LONG	C	.377		138	615	554	118	209	39	9	11	89	3		56	22	.436	.540	.976	299		2	3
41	Lon Goldstein	33	TEM	BSTL	B	.376		104	458	412	68	155	33	5	7	90	6		43	16	.438	.532	.969	219		2	1
42	Lee Jenkins	26	JES	GASL	D	.376		125	617	551	135	207	35	11	3	50	41		56	40	.436	.495	.932	273		3	7
43	Chuck Harmon	27	OLE	PONY	D	.375		113	515	467	107	175	37	10	15	143	24		45	32	.432	.593	1.025	277		2	1
44	Walter Kowalski	28	NCA	MATL	C	.375		112	543	451	134	169	24	10	24	134	8		83	50	.481	.632	1.113	285		9	0
45	Chase Riddle	25	OZA	ALFL	D	.375		81		320	78	120	21	5	7	81	29					.538		172			2
46	Leo Eastham	32	ODS	LONG	C	.374		137	632	481	157	180	32	12	17	81	39		148	38	.522	.597	1.119	287		1	2
47	Max Ross	23	MAR	OHIN	D	.374	BOS	94	414	334	86	125	23	7	20	105	2		76	41	.494	.665	1.159	222		3	1
48	Robert Peters	24	LTN	WCAR	D	.373		113	548	480	105	179	27	8	1	65	41		58	37	.442	.469	.910	225		1	9
49	Claude Shoemake	33	ROM	GAAL	D	.373		110	500	458	93	171	37	2	26	135	7		38	6	.424	.633	1.057	290		2	2
50	Billy Smith	21	HGR	ISLG	B	.373	BSN	126	545	429	92	160	36	5	7	88	4		103	25	.502	.529	1.031	227		8	5
51	Don Stafford	28	NWC	WCAR	D	.372		106	474	401	82	149	32	13	8	90	8		63	22	.465	.576	1.041	231		7	3
52	Frank Campos	27	CHR,WS1	TRIS,AL	B,Maj	.371	WSH	131	507	507	4	188	42	11	6	3	0	0	0	1	.371	.533	.903	270	0	0	0	0
53	Dick Wilson	28	MOD	CALL	C	.371	PIT	146	671	552	144	205	55	2	40	151	16		112	53	.481	.696	1.176	384		4	3
54	Stan Andrews	34	FTL	FLIN	B	.370		54	202	184	24	68	10	0	3	24	0		12	12	.420	.473	.893	87		4	2
55	Tony Lupien	34	JAM	PONY	D	.370	DET	108	481	378	91	140	20	11	9	100	8		97	8	.501	.553	1.054	209		2	4
56	Wally Schroeder	26	TXC	GULF	B	.370		115	507	427	93	158	34	13	14	101	5		78	36	.468	.609	1.077	260		1	1
57	Carl Cooper	34	LGA	GAAL	D	.369	NYY	92	392	314	82	116	17	4	17	90	8		71	7	.494	.611	1.105	192		6	1
58	Dave Garcia	30	OSH	WISL	D	.369	NYG	118	509	426	97	157	27	3	23	127	7		77	31	.468	.608	1.076	259		3	3
59	Marvin Stendel	21	MAR	OHIN	D	.369	BOS	130	613	502	158	185	38	9	19	125	29		99	48	.482	.594	1.076	298		11	1
60	John Stowe	36	ROM	GAAL	D	.369		104	492	450	101	166	39	4	6	27	3		31	30	.412	.513	.925	231		2	9
61	Bo Waddle	26	MGN	WCAR	D	.369		107	483	423	108	156	42	8	24	107	13		56	24	.446	.676	1.122	286		3	1
62	Zeke Bella	20	AMS,BNG	CAML,EL	C,A	.368	NYY	79	360	296	84	109	15	8	2	40	9		54	28	.472	.493	.965	146		4	6
63	Ellis Daugherty	22	REN	FARW	D	.368		117	538	408	108	150	30	16	12	119	13		119	76	.518	.608	1.126	248		8	3
64	Jess Grimes	25	ROS	LONG	C	.368		75	194	174	30	64	13	1	2	26	1		14	17	.421	.489	.910	85		2	4
65	William Herring	22	VRN	LONG	C	.367		55	238	215	35	79	8	6	2	37	4		18	14	.419	.488	.907	105		1	4
66	Kazuo Kasahara	31	NAK	JPPL	Fgn	.366		75	233	213	17	78	14	5	2	28	4	2	18	8	.418	.507	.925	108	3	1	1
67	Charles Ballord	28	SHL	WCAR	D	.365		112	522	408	137	149	47	12	8	94	5		105	23	.503	.598	1.101	244		8	1
68	Joseph Campbell	22	GFN,PTA,FAY	GAAL,GULF,CARL	D,B	.365	PHA	101	454	395	82	144	25	6	15	106	7		55	17	.447	.572	1.019	226		4	0
69	Jack Denison	20	PCY	KOML	D	.365	BRO	115	552	458	133	167	23	13	1	58	45		90	38	.471	.478	.949	219		2	2
70	Wayne Blackburn	36	OWN	KITL	D	.364		110	523	363	116	132	23	3	0	50	26		154	30	.553	.444	.997	161			6
71	Lantz Blaney	20	BLD	APPY	D	.364	BSN	122	572	505	109	184	27	3	7	96	15		60	37	.436	.471	.907	238		4	3
72	Eduardo DeHogues	27	MBO	MTSS	D	.364		121	544	434	101	158	27	14	16	103	6		106	43	.492	.601	1.093	261		3	1
73	Ernie Oravetz	19	ORL	FLOR	D	.364	WSH	135	643	516	122	188	19	9	1	48	36		121	29	.489	.442	.931	228		5	1
74	Sergio Aguilar	--	NRT	MTSS	D	.363		84	359	342	57	124	16	6	1	47	3		15	26	.393	.453	.846	155		2	0
75	Ray Jablonski	24	WSM	CARL	B	.363	STL	139	623	551	100	200	45	3	28	127	4		59	46	.428	.608	1.036	335		4	9
76	Butch McCord	25	PRS	MSOH	D	.363		121	585	476	132	173	38	12	16	118	22		102	19	.481	.595	1.076	283		6	1
77	Sidney Hathaway	21	JOH	APPY	D	.362	STL	118	524	431	103	156	24	12	6	69	26		85	53	.472	.515	.987	222		5	3
78	Danny Hayling	23	HAZ	MTSS	D	.362	BRO	37	111	105	22	38	8	1	0	25	2		1	23	.380	.457	.837	48		2	3
79	Dick Bouknight	32	RKH	TRIS	B	.361	CHC	93		316		114	26	0	1							.453		143
80	John Davenport	28	BDF,ELZ	PONY,APPY	D	.361	PHI	131	579	487	101	176	31	12	15	109	4		91	46	.463	.567	1.030	276		1	0
81	Ev Hall	24	DNV	MSOH	D	.361		116	512	452	83	163	28	3	11	81	46		56	15	.433	.509	.942	230		2	2
82	Bill Jankowski	25	WMT,SDY,BMT	ISLG,EL,TL	B,A,AA	.361	PHI-NYY	61	200	183	20	66	11	3	2	24	3		14	17	.412	.486	.898	89		2	1
83	Art Lilly	35	ELP	SWIL	C	.361		129	573	451	130	163	45	11	12	103	15		102	26	.494	.590	1.084	266		16	4
84	Herbert McLeod	22	DLD	FLOR	D	.361		55	255	219	40	79	7	5	0	35	3		32	17	.447	.438	.885	96		2	2
85	Don Wheeler	28	CSP,MEM	WL,SOUA	A,AA	.361	CHW	61	191	147	30	53	7	0	5	33	1		44	11	.508	.510	1.018	75		0	0
86	Lowell Black	20	PRS	MSOH	D	.360		93	424	344	87	124	20	11	5	68	14		70	33	.475	.526	1.001	181		5	5
87	Joseph Brunacki	20	AUB,HAM,ROC	BORD,PONY,IL	C,D,AAA	.360	STL	103	456	394	454	142	19	9	5	86	20		56	28	.444	.487	.931	192		3	3
88	Joe Taylor	25	FHM,WIN	PROV,MDAK	C,Ind	.360		43	183	172	25	62	9	1	10	29	1		7	19	.396	.599	.994	103		3	1
89	Tony Daniels	27	MOV	NCSL	D	.359		123	561	513	91	184	35	3	15	97	6		32	24	.404	.526	.930	270		7	9
90	Babe Ellis	32	GRW	TRIS	B	.359		126		471		169	40	4	10							.524		247
91	Nino Escalera	21	MKG,SYR	CENL,IL	A,AAA	.359	NYY	130	590	502	117	180	27	1	16	72	28		78	48	.451	.512	.962	257		6	4
92	Stephen Follett	23	SAA	LONG	C	.359		129	568	501	104	180	27	9	15	116	14		61	33	.430	.539	.969	270		1	5
93	Horace Garner	27	EAU	NORL	C	.359	BSN	117	522	409	109	147	30	6	15	90	44		92	76	.494	.572	1.066	234		17	4
94	Bob Hedington	30	BVL	GULF	B	.359		143	630	535	112	192	31	2	29	121	3		89	51	.454	.587	1.041	314		4	2
95	George Hughes	24	VLY	GAAL	D	.359		115	541	468	110	168	27	14	0	62	12		60	24	.437	.476	.914	223		5	8
96	Al Rivenbark	23	HDL	ALFL	D	.359		109		471	127	169	28	10	5	91	23					.493		232			3
97	Robert West	23	ROS	LONG	C	.359		122	584	471	109	169	24	5	1	57	22		105	41	.477	.437	.914	206		1	7
98	Babe Barna	36	NVL	SOUA	AA	.358	CHC	131	537	438	92	157	29	5	19	94	1		99	53	.477	.578	1.054	253		0	0
99	Fred Bell	30	TEM	BSTL	B	.358		148	675	604	118	216	38	6	28	129	5		62	42	.418	.579	.998	350		1	8
100	Fred Biangardi	25	MAO	WCAR	D	.358		74	296	240	60	86	21	3	11	63	12		53	35	.476	.608	1.085	146		1	2

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