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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	Moe Franklin	24	BEC	MTNS	D	.439		94	435	385	91	169	31	13	26	110	13		38	17	.497	.790	1.286	304		6	6
2	George Washington	31	STP	AA	AA	.426	CHW	34	140	129	22	55	8	1	3	23	2		9	6	.471	.574	1.045	74		2	0
3	Neal Arlett	19	TUC,SFR	AZTX,PCL	D,AA	.425		51	211	181	44	77	6	5	0	24	8		23	11	.490	.514	1.004	93		0	7
4	Buck Leonard	30	HG	NN2	Maj	.416	HG	46	197	166	44	69	12	5	9	56	1		26		.495	.711	1.206	118		0	5
5	James Milner	20	MOV	NCSL	D	.406		59	254	244	51	99	13	7	2	33	12	4	5	15	.422	.541	.963	132		2	3
6	John Newman	24	OWN,CLM,SPB	KITL,SALL	D,B	.406	CIN-CLE	116	244	202	48	82	23	2	8	60	7		41	20	.506	.658	1.165	133		0	1
7	Claude Capps	27	REI	BIST	D	.397		30	136	121	32	48	9	1	2	25	1		12	3	.451	.537	.988	65		0	3
8	David Whatley	23	BBB,MRS	NAL	Maj	.396	BBB-MRS	27	115	106	21	42	6	2	0	9	4		7		.439	.491	.929	52		1	1
9	Earl Martin	30	BEC	MTNS	D	.392		101	452	390	97	153	38	7	13	94	13		55	13	.472	.626	1.098	244		4	3
10	Butch Moran	21	ROG	ARMO	D	.392	CIN	105	457	406	107	159	43	12	22	114	8		42	51	.457	.719	1.176	292		7	2
11	Joe Rossomando	23	BSS	BIST	D	.390		116	515	441	103	172	37	5	18	111	11		64	30	.472	.619	1.091	273		4	6
12	Red Barnes	34	DAN	BIST	D	.387		75	357	287	78	111	34	6	15	88	6		66	16	.506	.704	1.209	202		3	1
13	Buddy Rosar	23	NWK	IL	AA	.387	NYY	91	367	323	80	125	26	2	15	79	5		40	10	.460	.619	1.080	200		4	0
14	Whitey Kurowski	20	PMO	MATL	C	.386	STL	129	578	542	133	209	41	6	14	112	34		22	47	.417	.561	.978	304		7	7
15	Donald Reeves	26	BC	NAL	Maj	.386	BCA	41	143	132	28	51	3	4	5	35	7		10		.434	.583	1.017	77		1	0
16	Chuck Harig	24	AUB,SYR	CAML,IL	C,AA	.385	CIN	112	468	421	95	162	33	9	20	109	12		37	16	.447	.648	1.095	273		10	0
17	Gordon Houston	22	TXA,OKC	ETXL,TL	C,A1	.384		108	492	427	100	164	32	7	18	70	25		49	31	.457	.618	1.075	264		8	8
18	Harry Williams	33	PC	NN2	Maj	.384	PC	38	163	146	34	56	13	5	4	32	3		14		.438	.623	1.061	91		0	3
19	Frank Scalise	24	GFK	NORL	D	.382		61	235	212	43	81	13	1	5	37	9		21	19	.438	.524	.961	111		0	2
20	Manuel Cortinas	25	CPC	TXVL	D	.381	SLB		554	478	125	182	31	18	20	132	15		69	47	.464	.646	1.110	309		5	2
21	Bill Carrier	31	LXG	NCSL	D	.380	PHA	52	238	221	47	84	14	2	14	52	6	0	14	23	.422	.652	1.074	144		2	1
22	Bobby Estalella	27	CHR	PIED	B	.378	WSH	121	558	431	134	163	30	9	38	123	28	4	117	66	.520	.754	1.274	325		10	0
23	Ray Mack	21	FMH,CLE	NORL,AL	D,Maj	.378	CLE	96	414	384	79	145	32	7	24	98	20	0	27	51	.423	.685	1.108	263		3	0	0
24	Phil Morris	29	AYD	COPL	D	.377		91		374	60	141	29	4	6	67	9					.524		196
25	Jack Baer	23	CKD,LRK	CSTL,SOUA	C,A1	.376	BOS	91	374	343	55	129	26	4	1	53	6		27	46	.423	.484	.907	166		1	3
26	William Homan	22	AUB,MTL	CAML,IL	C,AA	.375	PIT	105	541	472	113	177	37	8	15	122	16		64	18	.451	.583	1.033	275		1	4
27	Earle Brucker	37	PHA	AL	Maj	.374	PHA	53	191	171	26	64	21	1	3	35	1	1	19	16	.437	.561	.998	96		0	1	1
28	Gordon Donaldson	21	HOB,ALX	WTNM,EVAN	D	.374	DET	116	472	439	111	164	24	9	20	97	25		26	56	.416	.606	1.022	266		6	1
29	Barney Hearn	25	CWL	CAML	C	.373		116	525	453	95	169	16	13	12	76	17		54	45	.447	.545	.993	247		7	11
30	Pete Kraus	20	FOS	OHSL	D	.372	STL	98		368	100	137	31	8	12	78	11					.598		220			2
31	Art Doll	25	HFD,BSN	EL,NL	A,Maj	.370	BSN	68	148	135	23	50	12	4	3	25	0	0	12	13	.422	.585	1.007	79	0	0	1	0
32	Lewis D'Antoni	24	BLD	MTNS	D	.369		102	510	423	114	156	42	10	11	65	7		77	36	.468	.593	1.062	251		2	8
33	Danny Litwhiler	21	ALX	EVAN	D	.369		76	332	295	62	109	17	4	10	71	2		32	27	.436	.556	.992	164		3	2
34	Alf Anderson	24	NBE	COPL	D	.368		98		397	101	146	39	2	10	43	31					.552		219
35	Josh Gibson	26	HG	NN2	Maj	.368	HG	50	218	182	59	67	12	5	13	58	3		31		.463	.703	1.166	128		1	4
36	Tommy Holmes	21	BNG	EL	A	.368	NYY	135	622	543	110	200	41	9	6	62	14	3	64	28	.441	.510	.951	277		7	8
37	Johnny Lindell	21	OLD,NWK	PCL,IL	AA	.368	NYY	64		144	24	53	8	3	4	27	2					.549		79			0
38	Lou Novikoff	22	MOL	IIIL	B	.367	CHC	125	560	507	110	186	26	23	19	114	5		49	27	.426	.621	1.047	315		3	1
39	William Seal	20	FYT	ARMO	D	.367		107	479	431	94	158	28	10	13	84	21		41	55	.425	.568	.994	245		3	4
40	Mike Simon	26	TUC	AZTX	D	.367		130	581	532	90	195	35	7	8	121	17		46	28	.420	.504	.924	268		3	0
41	Cecil Smyly	19	HOB	WTNM	D	.367	DET	128		529	182	194	35	7	29	120	28			82		.624		330		3	0
42	Ray Dandridge	24	NE	NN2	Maj	.366	NE	30	125	112	25	41	9	2	1	20	0		11		.423	.509	.932	57		0	2
43	George Staller	22	DAY,ELM	MATL,EL	C,A	.366	BRO	124	527	492	84	180	26	8	3	92	43		31	39	.406	.470	.875	231		2	2
44	Chester Wieczorek	23	PMO	MATL	C	.366	STL	129	584	528	124	193	46	5	28	130	15		53	57	.426	.631	1.057	333		3	0
45	Ted Williams	19	MNE	AA	AA	.366	BOS	148	647	528	130	193	30	9	43	142	6		114	75	.481	.701	1.182	370		4	1
46	Charlie Keller	21	NWK	IL	AA	.365	NYY	150	693	578	149	211	36	8	22	129	9		108	56	.466	.569	1.035	329		1	6
47	Roy Partee	20	BBE	AZTX	D	.365		125	581	512	106	187	38	8	9	107	9		49	54	.425	.523	.948	268		4	16
48	Lee Riley	31	BEA	NESL	D	.365	BRO	115	524	425	117	155	30	15	17	122	15		82	28	.480	.626	1.106	266		12	5
49	Ray Scantling	24	REI	BIST	D	.365		118	552	460	130	168	27	5	33	147	4		85	40	.470	.661	1.131	304		6	1
50	Malcolm Stevens	16	LUB	WTNM	D	.365	CHW	128		499	124	182	34	11	31	132	3			69		.663		331		6	7
51	Leo Marion	25	WLO	IIIL	B	.364	CIN	98	443	363	62	132	26	1	0	70	7		72	19	.471	.441	.912	160		2	6
52	Chuck Workman	23	SPL,CLE	MATL,AL	C,Maj	.364	CLE	133	617	538	123	196	38	10	18	105	26	0	64	47	.438	.572	1.010	308		6	9	0
53	Steve Carter	21	HRL	TXVL	D	.363			668	571	148	207	45	17	11	124	25		86	54	.451	.559	1.010	319		6	5
54	Frank Silvanic	20	AKR	MATL	C	.363	NYY	116	521	443	122	161	35	11	35	122	2		73	79	.457	.729	1.186	323		3	2
55	Harry Stoeber	20	SPL	MATL	C	.363	CLE	129	577	548	111	199	36	3	17	115	7		23	47	.392	.533	.925	292		3	3
56	Ed Hall	32	HEN	ETXL	C	.362		108	631	542	119	196	42	12	15	125	13		80	24	.447	.566	1.014	307		4	5
57	Sammy Hughes	27	BEG	NN2	Maj	.362	BEG	29	129	116	28	42	8	4	3	26	3		11		.422	.578	.999	67		1	1
58	Rabbit Leary	26	REI	BIST	D	.362		93	434	362	107	131	25	2	22	95	19		68	34	.465	.624	1.090	226		2	2
59	Paul O'Dea	17	FMH	NORL	D	.362	CLE	53	232	221	38	80	15	5	3	40	3		9	14	.392	.516	.908	114		2	0
60	Steve Summerhill	23	UNS	ALFL	D	.362		127	571	517	89	187	33	12	4	108	21		44	40	.414	.495	.909	256		2	8
61	Selby Keller	26	REI	BIST	D	.361		32	141	122	34	44	9	2	1	18	1		19	5	.447	.492	.939	60		0	0
62	Hack Miller	25	LUB,LGV	WTNM,ETXL	D,C	.361	CHW	123		443	126	160	44	6	27	125	19			67		.670		297		5	10
63	Eddie Weston	29	MYD	BIST	D	.360		117	542	480	110	173	42	8	24	144	12		53	45	.428	.631	1.060	303		4	5
64	Pete Donald	22	AKR	MATL	C	.359	NYY	88	381	351	75	126	19	5	3	75	3		27	30	.408	.467	.875	164		2	1
65	Guy Sturdy	38	MSH	ETXL	C	.359		88	379	312	63	112	22	0	12	82	4		63	21	.468	.545	1.013	170		1	3
66	Darr Shealy	34	THM	NCSL	D	.357		107	461	420	73	150	52	3	8	114	5	0	29	22	.401	.552	.954	232		2	10
67	Mel Wasley	21	DUL	NORL	D	.357	STL	120	537	471	110	168	39	4	31	115	11		52	19	.432	.654	1.085	308		10	4
68	Ernie Wingard	37	DOT	ALFL	D	.357		128	579	499	96	178	25	9	10	10	11		74	47	.441	.503	.944	251		1	5
69	Don Lang	23	ALB,CIN,SYR	EL,NL,IL	A,Maj,AA	.356	CIN	57	210	177	34	63	12	6	4	34	1	0	30	23	.452	.559	1.011	99	3	1	2	0
70	Roy Pinkston	24	THM	NCSL	D	.356		102	448	404	89	144	31	7	15	110	6	1	34	46	.409	.579	.988	234		2	8
71	Augie Bergamo	21	PAD	KITL	D	.355	STL	125	591	513	113	182	35	6	1	46	17		62	39	.432	.452	.884	232		8	8
72	Harry Daughtry	28	MYD	BIST	D	.355		118	560	490	108	174	41	4	7	87	4		64	3	.430	.498	.928	244		0	6
73	Nick Etten	24	JCK,PHA	SALL,AL	B,Maj	.355	PHA	166	713	602	104	214	46	17	2	93	7	4	106	39	.454	.498	.953	300		3	2	0
74	George Hausmann	22	CPC	TXVL	D	.355	SLB		641	557	157	198	38	14	14	120	33		74	31	.434	.549	.983	306		3	7
75	Leonardo Alanís	39	MLL	TXVL	D	.354			493	367	106	130	28	5	20	91	19		90	32	.497	.621	1.118	228		14	22
76	Bill Endicott	19	ABY	GAFL	D	.354	STL	108	502	441	96	156	28	4	0	62	40		46	18	.417	.435	.853	192		2	13
77	Alfred Joyner	28	SNH	COPL	D	.354		72		243	50	86	12	1	6	36	0					.486		118
78	William Prout	25	CBS	SALL	B	.354	STL	140	609	554	88	196	37	3	8	110	3	4	48	36	.405	.475	.880	263		0	7
79	Henry Spearman	28	HG,WBS,NBY	NN2	Maj	.354	HG-SEN-NBY	32	143	127	18	45	11	1	0	22	0		14		.418	.457	.875	58		0	2
80	Dick West	22	CNG,DOV,CIN	SOUA,ESHL,NL	A1,D,Maj	.354	CIN	121	501	457	81	162	30	16	22	95	22	0	42	68	.410	.635	1.045	290	0	1	1	0
81	Frank Falconi	23	ELP	AZTX	D	.353		124	544	467	98	165	26	15	3	95	18		63	48	.434	.493	.927	230		4	10
82	John Fry	20	MTV	BIST	D	.353		89	377	329	65	116	9	4	2	66	31		42	52	.429	.422	.851	139		2	4
83	Woodrow MacDonald	--	AUB	CAML	C	.353		108	507	405	86	143	18	3	5	54	7		96	51	.480	.449	.930	182		3	3
84	Tony Maisano	24	SNH	COPL	D	.353		101		354	81	125	26	2	16	78	6					.573		203
85	Eugene Nafie	20	SHL	NCSL	D	.353	STL	106	485	425	120	150	26	9	27	103	11	1	59	78	.433	.647	1.080	275		1	0
86	Haruyasu Nakajima	28	KYO,KYO	JPBF,JPBS	Fgn	.353		73	331	300	49	106	14	3	11	63	5		29	16	.412	.530	.942	159		1	1
87	Cecil Payne	30	MYD	BIST	D	.353		108	481	439	80	155	46	12	4	97	4		35	8	.405	.540	.944	237		3	4
88	Jake Plummer	29	RKM,WKB,HFD	PIED,EL	B,A	.353	BOS-BSN	86	241	207	47	73	10	3	8	48	0	0	28	29	.430	.546	.976	113		0	6
89	Nat Rogers	44	MRS	NAL	Maj	.353	MRS	27	107	102	19	36	5	3	2	19	2		3		.371	.520	.891	53		0	2
90	Sam Scaling	32	DHM	PIED	B	.353	CIN	38	169	150	16	53	16	2	0	24	2	1	12	19	.405	.487	.892	73		1	6
91	Harry Schmiel	24	SPG	WA	C	.353	STL	101	455	385	87	136	22	8	7	92	23		63	22	.448	.506	.954	195		3	4
92	Willard Brown	23	KCM	NAL	Maj	.352	KCM	50	204	193	39	68	17	4	8	51	20		11		.387	.606	.993	117		0	0
93	Chris Flanagan	20	ABB	EVAN	D	.352		129	554	505	86	178	16	18	7	18	15		41	40	.403	.497	.900	251		2	6
94	Sid Gordon	20	MFD	ESHL	D	.352	NYG	112	488	412	104	145	18	9	25	83	16		72	35	.449	.621	1.071	256		1	3
95	Armando Rami	--	FIN	OHSL	D	.352	SLB	89		381	59	134	24	5	2	69	3					.457		174			1
96	William Beams	23	REI	BIST	D	.351		90	411	333	96	117	27	6	20	76	29		75	62	.473	.649	1.122	216		2	1
97	Guy Curtright	25	HEN	ETXL	C	.351		112	557	442	143	155	23	7	18	58	42		107	54	.483	.557	1.039	246		6	2
98	Erv Dusak	17	MNT	ARMO	D	.351	STL	67	302	248	63	87	22	1	18	63	6		50	52	.467	.665	1.132	165		4	0
99	Bob Finley	22	CAN	MATL	C	.351	BOS	120	480	439	74	154	32	7	20	89	3		29	67	.403	.592	.995	260		9	3
100	Erastus Grigg	22	ELZ	APPY	D	.351	BOS	83	342	322	59	113	14	3	6	51	7		13	21	.380	.469	.849	151		2	5

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