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1928 Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929

85-67, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Donie Bush (85-67)
Scored 837 runs, Allowed 704 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-64

Ballparks: Forbes Field · Attendance: 495,070 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 106


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1927 / 1929 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Charlie Hargreaves 31 79 283 260 15 74 8 2 1 32 1 12 9 .285 .319 .342 .661 70 89 1 11
2 1B George Grantham* 28 124 522 440 93 142 24 9 10 85 9 59 37 .323 .408 .486 .894 129 214 4 19
3 2B Sparky Adams 33 135 628 539 91 149 14 6 0 38 8 64 18 .276 .357 .325 .682 76 175 4 21
4 SS Glenn Wright 27 108 443 407 63 126 20 8 8 66 3 21 53 .310 .343 .457 .800 104 186 0 15
5 3B Pie Traynor 29 144 640 569 91 192 38 12 3 124 12 28 10 .337 .370 .462 .832 113 263 1 42
6 OF Fred Brickell* 21 81 226 202 34 65 4 4 3 41 5 20 18 .322 .383 .426 .809 108 86 0 3
7 OF Lloyd Waner* 22 152 719 659 121 221 22 14 5 61 8 40 13 .335 .377 .434 .811 108 286 4 17
8 OF Paul Waner* 25 152 698 602 142 223 50 19 6 86 6 77 16 .370 .446 .547 .992 154 329 5 13
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 MI Dick Bartell 20 72 269 233 27 71 8 4 1 36 4 21 18 .305 .377 .386 .763 97 90 6 11
10 OF Clyde Barnhart 32 61 211 196 18 58 6 2 4 30 3 11 9 .296 .333 .408 .741 90 80 0 4
11 OF Pete Scott 30 60 203 177 33 55 10 4 5 33 1 18 14 .311 .378 .497 .875 123 88 1 7
12 OF Adam Comorosky 22 51 198 176 22 52 6 3 2 34 1 15 6 .295 .354 .398 .752 93 70 1 6
13 C Rollie Hemsley 21 50 140 133 14 36 2 3 0 18 1 4 10 .271 .292 .331 .623 60 44 0 3
14 C Earl Smith* 31 32 103 85 8 21 6 0 2 11 0 11 7 .247 .333 .388 .722 85 33 0 3
15 C Johnny Gooch# 30 31 84 80 7 19 2 1 0 5 0 3 6 .238 .265 .288 .553 42 23 0 5
16 IF Eddie Mulligan 33 27 50 43 4 10 2 0 0 1 0 3 4 .233 .283 .279 .562 45 12 0 4
17 IF Mack Hillis 26 11 38 36 6 9 2 3 1 7 1 0 6 .250 .250 .556 .806 102 20 0 2
18 1B Joe Harris 37 16 28 23 2 9 2 1 0 2 0 4 2 .391 .500 .565 1.065 173 13 1 0
19 SS Cobe Jones# 20 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 158 1 0 0
20 1B Bill Windle* 23 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 653 2 0 0
21 C John O'Connell 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
22 P Burleigh Grimes 34 48 140 131 17 42 8 1 0 16 1 4 15 .321 .341 .397 .738 89 52 0 5
23 P Carmen Hill 32 36 93 86 5 20 0 3 0 13 0 2 16 .233 .250 .302 .552 41 26 0 4
24 P Ray Kremer 35 34 88 78 4 14 3 0 0 9 0 7 29 .179 .247 .218 .465 20 17 0 3
25 P Fred Fussell* 32 28 62 58 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .121 .164 .121 .285 -26 7 1 1
26 P Erv Brame* 26 35 54 49 6 13 4 0 1 11 0 4 3 .265 .321 .408 .729 86 20 0 1
27 P Joe Dawson 31 31 48 43 4 12 2 1 0 3 0 4 6 .279 .340 .372 .713 83 16 0 1
28 P Johnny Miljus 33 21 27 26 4 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 .308 .333 .308 .641 66 8 0 0
29 P Bill Burwell* 33 4 10 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 15 2 0 1
30 P Homer Blankenship 25 5 8 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .500 .875 123 4 0 0
31 P Walt Tauscher 26 17 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -14 1 0 0
32 P Les Bartholomew 25 6 7 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 .143 .143 .286 .429 8 2 0 0
33 P Lee Meadows* 33 4 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 158 2 0 0
34 P Elmer Tutwiler 23 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
35 P Glenn Spencer 22 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.4 152 6037 5371 837 1659 246 100 52 768 64 435 352 .309 .364 .421 .785 101 2261 29 202
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 1 1 5 1 6 5 7 7 1 1 3 1 3 4
Non-Pitcher Totals 26.9 152 5487 4864 792 1534 227 95 51 710 63 411 256 .315 .372 .433 .805 106 2104 28 186
Pitcher Totals 32.1 152 550 507 45 125 19 5 1 58 1 24 96 .247 .282 .310 .592 52 157 1 16
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Burleigh Grimes 34 25 14 .641 2.99 48 37 9 28 4 3 330.2 311 146 110 11 77 97 9 1 3 1377 136 1.173 8.5 0.3 2.1 2.6 1.26
2 SP Carmen Hill 32 16 10 .615 3.53 36 31 4 16 1 2 237.0 229 110 93 16 81 73 4 0 4 1008 115 1.308 8.7 0.6 3.1 2.8 0.90
3 SP Ray Kremer 35 15 13 .536 4.64 34 31 1 17 1 0 219.0 253 124 113 16 68 61 4 0 5 963 88 1.466 10.4 0.7 2.8 2.5 0.90
4 SP Fred Fussell* 32 8 9 .471 3.61 28 20 4 9 2 1 159.2 183 79 64 6 41 43 1 0 5 689 113 1.403 10.3 0.3 2.3 2.4 1.05
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 RP Joe Dawson 31 7 7 .500 3.29 31 7 17 1 0 3 128.2 116 54 47 5 56 36 1 0 2 548 124 1.337 8.1 0.3 3.9 2.5 0.64
6 RP Erv Brame 26 7 4 .636 5.08 24 11 7 6 0 0 95.2 110 62 54 5 44 22 1 0 1 436 80 1.610 10.3 0.5 4.1 2.1 0.50
7 RP Johnny Miljus 33 5 7 .417 5.30 21 10 7 3 0 1 69.2 90 48 41 2 33 26 3 0 1 334 77 1.766 11.6 0.3 4.3 3.4 0.79
8 RP Walt Tauscher 26 0 0 4.91 17 0 9 0 0 1 29.1 28 20 16 0 12 7 3 0 1 124 84 1.364 8.6 0.0 3.7 2.1 0.58
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
9 Les Bartholomew* 25 0 0 7.15 6 0 3 0 0 0 22.2 31 18 18 2 9 6 0 0 1 103 58 1.765 12.3 0.8 3.6 2.4 0.67
10 Homer Blankenship 25 0 2 .000 5.82 5 2 2 1 0 0 21.2 27 15 14 1 9 6 0 0 0 98 71 1.662 11.2 0.4 3.7 2.5 0.67
11 Bill Burwell 33 1 0 1.000 5.23 4 1 1 0 0 0 20.2 18 12 12 2 8 2 0 0 0 87 79 1.258 7.8 0.9 3.5 0.9 0.25
12 Lee Meadows 33 1 1 .500 8.10 4 2 1 1 0 0 10.0 18 11 9 0 5 3 0 0 0 54 52 2.300 16.2 0.0 4.5 2.7 0.60
13 Glenn Spencer 22 0 0 1.59 4 0 4 0 0 0 5.2 4 3 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 25 273 1.235 6.4 0.0 4.8 3.2 0.67
14 Elmer Tutwiler 23 0 0 4.91 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 91 1.091 9.8 0.0 0.0 2.5
Team Totals 32.1 85 67 .559 3.95 152 152 70 82 8 11 1354.0 1422 704 594 66 446 385 26 1 23 5861 104 1.380 9.5 0.4 3.0 2.6 0.86
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 5 6 2 4 5 7 3 6 5 4 4 6
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Sparky Adams 33 134 132 130 776 317 440 19 68 .976 5.61 2B-SS-OF
Clyde Barnhart 32 49 45 41 102 96 3 3 0 .971 2.02 OF-3B
Dick Bartell 20 65 63 56 373 158 199 16 40 .957 5.33 2B-SS-3B
Les Bartholomew 25 6 0 0 6 0 5 1 1 .833 0.83 P
Homer Blankenship 25 5 2 1 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.80 P
Erv Brame 26 24 11 6 21 2 18 1 0 .952 0.83 P
Fred Brickell 21 50 43 39 118 107 6 5 1 .958 2.26 OF
Bill Burwell 33 4 1 0 10 1 8 1 0 .900 2.25 P
Adam Comorosky 22 49 46 42 124 118 2 4 1 .968 2.45 OF
Joe Dawson 31 31 7 1 21 6 15 0 0 1.000 0.68 P
Fred Fussell 32 28 20 9 31 4 25 2 1 .935 1.04 P
Johnny Gooch 30 30 22 16 117 92 20 5 3 .957 3.61 3 16 11 41% 45% C
George Grantham 28 120 118 114 1208 1118 73 17 84 .986 9.84 1B-2B-3B
Burleigh Grimes 34 48 37 28 119 9 106 4 6 .966 2.40 P
Charlie Hargreaves 31 77 70 59 288 230 47 11 7 .962 3.60 2 38 27 42% 45% C
Joe Harris 37 6 4 4 41 36 5 0 7 1.000 6.83 1B
Rollie Hemsley 21 50 32 27 157 127 24 6 4 .962 3.08 3 20 14 41% 45% C
Carmen Hill 32 36 31 16 56 7 44 5 2 .911 1.42 P
Mack Hillis 26 9 7 7 41 14 25 2 4 .951 4.33 2B-3B
Cobe Jones 20 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 SS
Ray Kremer 35 34 31 17 42 7 33 2 0 .952 1.18 P
Lee Meadows 33 4 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Johnny Miljus 33 21 10 3 17 2 15 0 1 1.000 0.81 P
Eddie Mulligan 33 10 10 8 38 18 18 2 7 .947 3.60 3B-2B
John O'Connell 24 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 1 100% 45% C
Pete Scott 30 51 49 41 198 186 8 4 6 .980 3.88 OF-1B
Earl Smith 31 29 28 18 92 78 11 3 2 .967 3.18 2 16 6 27% 45% C
Glenn Spencer 22 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 P
Walt Tauscher 26 17 0 0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.41 P
Pie Traynor 29 144 144 143 498 175 296 27 15 .946 3.27 3B
Elmer Tutwiler 23 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Lloyd Waner 22 152 152 149 442 418 15 9 4 .980 2.85 OF
Paul Waner 25 152 152 147 567 533 22 12 17 .979 3.58 OF-1B
Bill Windle 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1B
Glenn Wright 27 102 99 97 535 195 301 39 59 .927 4.82 SS-OF-1B
Team Totals 27.6 152 1368 1220 6063 4059 1803 201 340 .967 3.78 10 90 59 40% 45%
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 7 7
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Sparky Adams 33 135 628 -15 -1 0 3 5 -8 -0.9 18 10 1.0 .494 .495 0.8 0.8 7 Traded *46/O9
Clyde Barnhart 32 61 211 -3 -0 0 0 -2 -5 -0.6 7 1 0.1 .491 .497 0.1 -0.2 1 O7/95
Dick Bartell 20 72 269 -0 -0 0 -3 3 -0 -0.1 8 8 0.8 .499 .500 1.1 0.0 11 $2,750 46/5
Les Bartholomew 25 6 7 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .494 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /1
Homer Blankenship 25 5 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .521 .501 0.1 0.0 1 /1
Erv Brame* 26 35 54 -1 0 0 0 6 5 0.5 2 6 0.5 .514 .503 0.5 -0.0 6 1
Fred Brickell* 21 81 226 3 -0 0 1 -2 1 0.1 7 8 0.8 .501 .500 0.7 -0.2 7 O7/98
Bill Burwell* 33 4 10 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .496 .500 -0.0 0.0 0 /1
Adam Comorosky 22 51 198 -1 -0 0 1 -2 -3 -0.3 6 4 0.3 .495 .498 0.3 -0.1 3 O78/9
Joe Dawson 31 31 48 -1 0 0 0 5 4 0.4 1 6 0.4 .513 .502 0.4 -0.0 5 1
Fred Fussell* 32 28 62 -11 0 0 0 7 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .484 .497 -0.4 -0.0 -2 Traded 1
Johnny Gooch# 30 31 84 -7 0 0 -1 1 -7 -0.7 3 -4 -0.5 .477 .496 -0.3 -0.0 -3 2
George Grantham* 28 124 522 20 -1 0 1 -5 15 1.5 16 31 3.1 .512 .509 3.1 -0.5 30 Traded *3/45
Burleigh Grimes 34 48 140 -2 -0 0 0 15 12 1.2 4 17 1.2 .525 .508 1.2 -0.0 17 Traded 1
Charlie Hargreaves 31 79 283 -11 0 0 -1 2 -10 -1.0 9 -1 -0.1 .488 .494 0.0 0.1 0 Traded 2
Joe Harris 37 16 28 3 0 0 1 -0 4 0.3 1 4 0.4 .522 .502 0.3 0.1 3 Waivers /3
Rollie Hemsley 21 50 140 -8 -0 0 -1 1 -8 -0.8 4 -4 -0.4 .484 .495 -0.2 0.0 -3 2
Carmen Hill 32 36 93 -8 0 0 0 10 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 -0.0 5 1
Mack Hillis 26 11 38 -1 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .508 .501 0.1 0.1 1 /45
Cobe Jones# 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .520 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /6
Ray Kremer 35 34 88 -10 0 0 0 9 -1 -0.1 3 2 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 2 1
Lee Meadows* 33 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .518 .500 0.1 0.0 1 Traded /1
Johnny Miljus 33 21 27 -1 0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 2 0.2 .508 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 1
Eddie Mulligan 33 27 50 -4 0 0 -1 0 -4 -0.4 2 -3 -0.3 .484 .497 -0.2 -0.1 -2 /54
John O'Connell 24 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .472 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /2
Pete Scott 30 60 203 6 -0 0 0 -2 4 0.3 6 10 1.0 .506 .502 1.0 -0.3 10 Traded O79/3
Earl Smith* 31 32 103 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 3 2 0.2 .497 .499 0.2 0.1 2 Purchased 2
Glenn Spencer 22 4 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .496 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /1
Walt Tauscher 26 17 7 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 -0.0 -0 1
Pie Traynor 29 144 640 11 -1 0 1 4 16 1.5 19 35 3.5 .511 .510 3.5 0.5 34 Purchased *5
Elmer Tutwiler 23 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .491 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /1
Lloyd Waner* 22 152 719 9 -1 0 -2 -4 3 0.2 20 23 2.2 .502 .502 2.6 -0.6 25 Free Agency *O87
Paul Waner* 25 152 698 51 -1 0 5 -7 48 4.7 20 69 6.8 .531 .530 6.4 -0.3 64 Conditional Deal *O93
Bill Windle* 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .570 .500 0.1 0.0 1 /3
Glenn Wright 27 108 443 0 -0 0 -5 7 2 0.1 14 16 1.5 .502 .501 2.1 0.1 20 6/3O9
Team Total 27.4 1664 6037 13 -4 0 0 58 67 5.8 182 249 22.5 .504 .501 23.5 -0.6 249 $2,750
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Les Bartholomew* 25 22.2 6 0 18 7.15 4.89 0.00 0.00 101.8 4.98 -6 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .414 .497
Homer Blankenship 25 21.2 5 2 15 6.23 4.62 0.00 0.00 97.0 4.48 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .419 .498
Erv Brame 26 95.2 24 11 62 5.83 4.53 0.00 0.00 103.0 4.66 -13 -1.2 1.0 -0.1 -0.5 -4 .449 .492
Bill Burwell 33 20.2 4 1 12 5.23 4.57 0.00 0.00 100.0 4.57 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.0 0 .462 .499
Joe Dawson 31 129.0 31 7 54 3.77 4.63 0.00 0.00 102.8 4.76 14 1.5 1.0 -0.1 2.5 26 .547 .509
Fred Fussell* 32 159.2 28 20 79 4.45 4.77 0.00 0.00 102.3 4.88 7 0.7 1.0 -0.1 2.0 22 .526 .504 Traded
Burleigh Grimes 34 330.2 48 37 146 3.97 4.62 0.00 0.00 102.8 4.75 27 2.9 1.0 -0.2 5.5 57 .560 .518 Traded
Carmen Hill 32 237.0 36 31 110 4.18 4.53 0.00 0.00 103.9 4.71 13 1.4 1.0 -0.1 3.2 35 .538 .508
Ray Kremer 35 219.0 34 31 124 5.10 4.52 0.00 0.00 102.6 4.64 -12 -1.2 1.0 -0.1 0.6 8 .466 .493
Lee Meadows 33 10.0 4 2 11 9.90 4.64 0.00 0.00 102.0 4.74 -6 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -5 .371 .497 Traded
Johnny Miljus 33 69.2 21 10 48 6.20 4.62 0.00 0.00 100.5 4.65 -12 -1.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.6 -6 .444 .493
Glenn Spencer 22 5.2 4 0 3 4.76 4.93 0.00 0.00 102.4 5.04 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .504 .500
Walt Tauscher 26 29.1 17 0 20 6.14 4.49 0.00 0.00 101.5 4.55 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .470 .497
Elmer Tutwiler 23 3.2 2 0 2 4.91 4.34 0.00 0.00 100.8 4.37 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.0 0 .488 .500
Team Total 32.1 1354.1 264 152 704 4.68 4.60 0.00 0.00 102.6 4.72 2 0.7 1.0 -0.7 11.4 125 .503 .500
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1927 / 1929 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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