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Team Advanced Pitching

Team Advanced Pitching Table
Batting Against Pitching Ratios Win Probability
Tm BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip HR% SO% BB% WPA cWPA RE24
Birmingham Black Barons0.6%10.9%6.9%
Chicago American Giants0.4%11.5%9.1%
Cleveland Buckeyes0.9%9.5%8.3%
Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns1.0%10.6%8.0%
Kansas City Monarchs0.8%16.2%7.4%
Memphis Red Sox0.7%9.0%7.6%
League Average0.7%12.0%7.9%
0.7%12.0%7.9%

Player Advanced Pitching

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Player Advanced Pitching Table
Pitching Ratios
Rk Player Age Team IP HR% K% BB% Awards
1 Booker McDaniel 31 KCM 152.2 0.6 18.7 5.6 AS
2 Jim LaMarque* 24 KCM 91.0 1.3 19.1 6.2
3 Gentry Jessup 30 CAG 79.0 0.0 13.2 7.4 AS
4 Hilton Smith 38 KCM 77.0 0.6 13.2 6.0
5 Eugene Bremer 28 CBE 73.0 0.7 8.1 5.1 AS
6 Walter McCoy 25 CAG 65.1 0.7 21.2 10.8
7 Jimmie Newberry 26 BBB 65.1 0.4 11.7 6.7
8 Lázaro Medina 22 CC 56.0 1.2 13.8 6.5
9 Johnny Williams 27 CC 54.2 1.6 11.8 6.1
10 Satchel Paige 38 KCM 53.1 0.0 22.2 6.9
11 Willie Cornelius 38 CAG 51.0 0.4 7.4 6.6
12 George Jefferson 22 CBE 42.2 1.6 6.8 10.0
13 Gready McKinnis* 31 CAG 42.2 0.0 10.6 7.1
14 Frank Pearson 25 MRS 40.2 0.0 10.7 3.6
15 Steve Wylie 34 KCM 39.0 1.1 10.6 14.8
16 Al Jones MRS 37.2 0.6 5.1 5.6
17 Johnny Markham 36 BBB 34.2 0.6 9.0 7.7
18 Verdell Mathis* 31 MRS 34.0 0.0 11.0 2.8 AS
19 Roosevelt Davis 40 2TM 32.2 0.8 10.3 7.1
19 Roosevelt Davis 40 CC 6.1 0.0 4.0 20.0
19 Roosevelt Davis 40 CBE 26.1 1.0 11.9 4.0
20 John Brown 26 CBE 30.0 0.8 13.3 14.1
21 Ollie West 31 CAG 29.1 0.0 6.7 14.8
22 Alvin Gipson 31 BBB 29.0 0.0 9.8 7.3
23 Edgar Chatman 28 MRS 28.1 0.8 11.3 9.7
24 Alfred Saylor 33 BBB 25.1 2.8 9.3 6.5
25 Felix Evans 34 MRS 24.1 0.0 10.4 12.2
26 John Huber 37 BBB 24.0 0.9 7.5 3.7
27 Willie McMeans CAG 22.2 1.8 7.2 7.2
28 Willie Jefferson 41 CBE 21.1 0.0 15.0 6.3
29 Alonzo Boone 37 BBB 21.0 0.0 16.7 7.8
30 Ángel García* 22 CC 20.2 0.0 13.3 8.4
31 Amos Watson 19 CC 19.2 0.0 8.9 10.9
32 Clarence Locke 34 CAG 18.2 1.1 10.8 6.5
33 Frank Thompson* 26 BBB 18.1 0.0 15.2 5.1
34 Eddie Locke 22 KCM 16.2 1.4 8.2 12.3
35 Jack Matchett 37 KCM 15.2 1.3 5.3 9.2
36 Robert Keyes 32 MRS 12.2 3.0 1.5 16.7
37 Edgar Baker* MRS 12.0 1.6 22.6 9.7
38 Earl Bumpus* 31 BBB 10.0 0.0 8.9 8.9
39 Oscar Childs MRS 9.1 2.0 5.9 7.8
40 Jimmie Bennett 25 CC 9.0 0.0 7.5 5.0
41 Rufus Ligon* 42 MRS 9.0 0.0 2.6 2.6
42 Johnny Smith* 28 CAG 8.2 0.0 6.5 3.2
43 Fay Washington 30 CC 8.1 0.0 4.4 17.8
44 Lee Davis KCM 8.0 0.0 5.7 14.3
45 Jimmie Crutchfield 35 CAG 7.2 0.0 10.7 10.7
46 Charlie Shields* 22 CAG 7.0 0.0 0.0 23.1
47 Henry Merchant* 27 CC 5.1 3.6 3.6 0.0
48 Frank Carswell 27 CBE 5.0 0.0 13.6 4.5
49 R. Smith CAG 5.0 0.0 0.0 20.0
50 Red Wiggins MRS 5.0 0.0 0.0 9.1
51 Ollie Smith 27 CC 4.2 0.0 0.0 11.1
52 Nap Gulley* 20 CBE 4.0 0.0 4.2 12.5
53 Willie Young* 32 BBB 4.0 0.0 10.0 20.0
54 M. Johnson MRS 3.0 5.3 5.3 26.3
55 Rayford Finch* 20 CBE 2.0 0.0 0.0 10.0
56 Lovell Harden 27 CBE 2.0 0.0 0.0 28.6
57 Walter Thomas 33 KCM 1.1 0.0 8.3 8.3
58 Phelbert Lawson 25 CBE 0.2 16.7 16.7 33.3
59 Leroy Sutton 29 CC 0.2 0.0 0.0 25.0
League Average 0.7 12.0 7.9
Player Advanced Pitching Table
Batting Against Pitching Ratios
Rk Player Age Team IP OBP BAbip HR% K% BB% Awards
1 Eugene Bremer 28 CBE 9.0 4.500 -7.000 0.0 2.8 5.6
2 Frank Carswell 27 CBE 9.0 1.750 -3.000 0.0 3.0 9.1
3 George Jefferson 22 CBE 9.0 1.600 -1.000 0.0 8.8 14.7
4 Willie Jefferson 41 CBE 9.0 4.000 -1.500 0.0 12.1 6.1
League Average 2.462 -2.111 0.0 6.6 8.8

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