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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Charlie Bennett | 34 | 82 | 270 | 247 | 42 | 57 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 7 | 21 | 43 | .231 | .296 | .328 | .624 | 70 | 81 | 2 | |||||
| 2 | 1B | Dan Brouthers* | 31 | 126 | 565 | 485 | 105 | 181 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 118 | 22 | 66 | 6 | .373 | .462 | .507 | .969 | 164 | 246 | 14 | |||||
| 3 | 2B | Hardy Richardson | 34 | 132 | 589 | 536 | 122 | 163 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 79 | 47 | 48 | 44 | .304 | .367 | .437 | .803 | 119 | 234 | 5 | |||||
| 4 | SS | Joe Quinn | 24 | 112 | 474 | 444 | 57 | 116 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 69 | 24 | 25 | 21 | .261 | .308 | .327 | .635 | 73 | 145 | 5 | |||||
| 5 | 3B | Billy Nash | 24 | 128 | 562 | 481 | 84 | 132 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 76 | 26 | 79 | 44 | .274 | .379 | .343 | .722 | 98 | 165 | 2 | |||||
| 6 | OF | King Kelly | 31 | 125 | 574 | 507 | 120 | 149 | 41 | 5 | 9 | 78 | 68 | 65 | 40 | .294 | .376 | .448 | .824 | 124 | 227 | 2 | |||||
| 7 | OF | Tom Brown* | 28 | 90 | 422 | 362 | 93 | 84 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 63 | 59 | 56 | .232 | .341 | .304 | .645 | 77 | 110 | 1 | |||||
| 8 | OF | Dick Johnston | 26 | 132 | 582 | 539 | 80 | 123 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 67 | 34 | 41 | 60 | .228 | .285 | .301 | .586 | 60 | 162 | 2 | |||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 9 | UT | Charlie Ganzel | 27 | 73 | 292 | 275 | 30 | 73 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 13 | 15 | 11 | .265 | .308 | .324 | .632 | 72 | 89 | 2 | |||||
| 10 | SS | Pop Smith | 32 | 59 | 235 | 208 | 21 | 54 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 11 | 23 | 30 | .260 | .345 | .361 | .705 | 92 | 75 | 4 | |||||
| 11 | IF | Irv Ray* | 25 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .303 | .378 | .333 | .712 | 95 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| 12 | UT | Jerry Hurley | 26 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 13 | P | John Clarkson | 27 | 73 | 273 | 262 | 36 | 54 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 59 | .206 | .238 | .286 | .524 | 43 | 75 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | P | Charley Radbourn | 34 | 35 | 133 | 122 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 19 | .189 | .256 | .221 | .477 | 31 | 27 | 2 | |||||
| 15 | P | Kid Madden? | 22 | 24 | 89 | 86 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | .291 | .315 | .302 | .617 | 69 | 26 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | P | Bill Daley? | 21 | 9 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .150 | .190 | .200 | .390 | 7 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | P | Bill Sowders | 24 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .235 | .278 | .235 | .513 | 41 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 28.7 | 133 | 5140 | 4628 | 826 | 1251 | 196 | 54 | 42 | 667 | 331 | 471 | 450 | .270 | .343 | .363 | .706 | 93 | 1681 | 41 | |||||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | John Clarkson | 27 | 49 | 19 | .721 | 2.73 | 73 | 72 | 1 | 68 | 8 | 1 | 620.0 | 589 | 280 | 188 | 16 | 203 | 284 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 2736 | 153 | 1.277 | 8.6 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 1.40 | |
| 2 | SP | Charley Radbourn | 34 | 20 | 11 | .645 | 3.67 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 277.0 | 282 | 151 | 113 | 14 | 72 | 99 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1163 | 114 | 1.278 | 9.2 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 1.38 | |
| 3 | SP | Kid Madden* | 22 | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4.40 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 178.0 | 194 | 131 | 87 | 7 | 71 | 64 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 769 | 95 | 1.489 | 9.8 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 0.90 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 4 | Bill Daley* | 21 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.31 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 34 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 43 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 260 | 97 | 1.604 | 6.4 | 0.2 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 0.93 | ||
| 5 | Bill Sowders | 24 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 42.0 | 53 | 35 | 24 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 177 | 81 | 1.810 | 11.4 | 0.6 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 0.43 | ||
| 6 | Billy Nash | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||
| Team Totals | 27.5 | 83 | 45 | .648 | 3.36 | 133 | 133 | 12 | 121 | 10 | 4 | 1166.0 | 1152 | 626 | 435 | 41 | 413 | 497 | 45 | 0 | 31 | 5109 | 125 | 1.342 | 8.9 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 1.20 | |||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Bennett | 34 | 82 | 516 | 419 | 74 | 23 | 9 | .955 | 6.01 | 22 | C | |||
| Dan Brouthers | 31 | 126 | 1336 | 1243 | 58 | 35 | 78 | .974 | 10.33 | 1B | ||||
| Tom Brown | 28 | 90 | 88 | 0 | 2 | 202 | 169 | 13 | 20 | 1 | .901 | 2.02 | OF | |
| John Clarkson | 27 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 236 | 37 | 172 | 27 | 8 | .886 | 2.75 | P-OF-3B | |
| Bill Daley | 21 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 3 | .958 | 2.56 | P | ||||
| Charlie Ganzel | 27 | 79 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 409 | 292 | 87 | 30 | 19 | .927 | 4.80 | 11 | C-OF-1B-SS-3B |
| Jerry Hurley | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.00 | 0 | C-OF |
| Dick Johnston | 26 | 132 | 0 | 132 | 0 | 315 | 267 | 22 | 26 | 6 | .917 | 2.19 | OF | |
| King Kelly | 31 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 308 | 211 | 53 | 44 | 6 | .857 | 1.94 | 13 | OF-C |
| Kid Madden | 22 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 9 | 35 | 4 | 2 | .917 | 1.83 | P-OF | |
| Billy Nash | 24 | 129 | 529 | 205 | 274 | 50 | 25 | .905 | 3.71 | 3B-P | ||||
| Joe Quinn | 24 | 112 | 547 | 174 | 314 | 59 | 36 | .892 | 4.36 | SS-2B-3B | ||||
| Charley Radbourn | 34 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 19 | 58 | 2 | 6 | .975 | 2.14 | P-OF-3B | |
| Irv Ray | 25 | 9 | 28 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 2 | .857 | 2.67 | SS-3B | ||||
| Hardy Richardson | 34 | 132 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 687 | 320 | 316 | 51 | 45 | .926 | 4.82 | 2B-OF | |
| Pop Smith | 32 | 59 | 327 | 121 | 170 | 36 | 23 | .890 | 4.93 | SS | ||||
| Bill Sowders | 24 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | P | ||||
| Team Totals | 28.7 | 133 | 5610 | 3503 | 1694 | 413 | 269 | .926 | 4.19 | 46 | ||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary |