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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	Cool Papa Bell	37	TRR,VEZ	MEX	Ind	.437		89	430	382	119	167	29	15	12	79	28		45	24	.496	.686	1.182	262		0	3
2	Pete Donald	24	HUN	MTNS	D	.428		73		283		121	19	3	3							.548		155
3	Ed Schweda	22	LUB	WTNM	D	.422	CHW	114		469		198	39	15	11							.640		300
4	Herb Fash	25	OLE	PONY	D	.407	BRO	66		275		112	25	5	5							.589		162
5	Chet Cichosz	26	WAU	NORL	D	.403	PHI	102		372		150	30	5	21							.680		253
6	Harry Rice	38	FDL	WISL	D	.402		47		102		41	4	1	3							.549		56
7	Frank McElyea	21	OWN	KITL	D	.400	BSN	120		520		208	49	12	12							.610		317
8	Gene Woodling	17	MFL	OHSL	D	.398	CLE	85		332		132	29	6	4							.557		185
9	Jack Cassini	20	TIF	OHSL	D	.396		99		391		155	17	5	4							.496		194
10	Marvin McNulty	25	BLD,BIR	MTNS,SOUA	D,A1	.393	CIN	52		183		72	10	2	14							.699		128
11	Gordon Nell	32	BOR	WTNM	D	.389		133		529		206	48	15	40							.764		404
12	Gus Preusser	21	FMH	NORL	D	.389	CLE	52		113		44	5	1	1							.478		54
13	Dale Alexander	37	THV	GAFL	D	.388	WSH	91		330	78	128	31	5	14	96	6					.639		211
14	Danny Amaral	29	MYD,JAC	BIST,SEAL	D,B	.387		86		349		135	32	2	23							.688		240
15	Mel Duezabou	21	IDF	PION	C	.386	NYY	74		277		107	16	14	8							.632		175
16	Dutch Prather	33	PAM	WTNM	D	.384		125		461		177	47	5	27							.683		315
17	Joe Brovia	18	ELP	AZTX	C	.383	CLE	104		415		159	21	19	3							.547		227
18	Thomas Burnette	24	MTV	BIST	D	.380	PHI	59		216		82	18	4	13							.681		147
19	Mike Powers	34	BWG	KITL	D	.380	BRO	124		492		187	60	8	11							.602		296
20	Frank Houska	27	STJ	WA	C	.379	CHC	134		522		198	30	15	6							.529		276
21	Buck Leonard	32	HG	NN2	Maj	.378	HG	54	228	185	49	70	14	5	8	42	1		39		.491	.638	1.129	118		2	2
22	Foster Smith	27	BAT	PONY	D	.377		33		146		55	16	3	9							.712		104
23	Woody Bottoms	23	MTA	BIST	D	.376		61		218		82	7	3	1							.450		98
24	Dick Bouknight	21	JOH	APPY	D	.376	STL	118		455		171	38	7	11							.563		256
25	Albert Zachary	26	UTI	CAML	C	.376		63		157		59	10	4	6							.605		95
26	Stanley Mazgay	18	FIN	OHSL	D	.374		113		468		175	40	12	22							.652		305
27	Robert Ogle	21	GRR	MICH	C	.374	BRO	106		457		171	46	8	4							.536		245
28	Ted Pawelek	20	FLT,ANN	KITL,SEAL	D,B	.374	DET-BRO	106		366		137	21	3	5							.489		179
29	Smead Jolley	38	SPO	WINT	B	.373		145		601		224	56	5	25							.607		365
30	Joe Mowry	32	WPG	NORL	D	.373		118		474		177	41	2	18							.582		276
31	Eddie Howard	24	BAT	PONY	D	.372		94		371		138	21	6	2							.477		177
32	Eddie Zydowsky	20	HSP,TUL	CSTL,TL	C,A1	.371	DET-CHC	134		542		201	44	13	25							.638		346
33	Monte Irvin	21	NE	NN2	Maj	.370	NE	40	166	146	32	54	11	4	4	36	3		16		.439	.582	1.021	85		2	2
34	James Gruzdis	26	REI,WKB	BIST,EL	D,A	.369	CLE	100		371		137	29	4	17							.606		225
35	Steve Niedziela	22	LUB	WTNM	D	.369	CHW	133		537		198	37	13	13							.559		300
36	Hooper Triplett	20	CBS	SALL	B	.369	STL	130		483		178	36	12	15							.586		283
37	James Walker	22	HOP,GVL	KITL,CSTL	D,C	.369		125		472		174	41	9	18							.608		287
38	Ab Wright	33	MNE	AA	AA	.369		146		578		213	35	9	39							.663		383
39	Arnold Andersen	34	LDS,SRK	BIST,VIRL	D	.368	CLE	87		321		118	20	2	9							.526		169
40	Babe Ellis	21	THV	GAFL	D	.368	WSH	125		551		203	35	16	5							.517		285
41	Sherwood McKenzie	25	THV,MAC	GAFL,SALL	D,B	.368	WSH-BRO	154		628		231	30	10	5							.471		296
42	Rudy Novak	23	GBY	WISL	D	.368		95		372		137	22	9	20							.637		237
43	Herb Welch	41	HOP	KITL	D	.368		43		152		56	14	2	1							.507		77
44	Cy Whaley	23	ELZ	APPY	D	.368	BOS	115		448		165	28	9	14							.565		253
45	Jesse Williams	27	KCM	NAL	Maj	.368	KCM	40	154	136	24	50	6	3	1	28	5		11		.423	.478	.901	65		2	5
46	Richard Shoff	25	FLI	MICH	C	.367	CLE	107		452		166	38	4	12							.549		248
47	Johnny Washington	25	NBY	NN2	Maj	.367	NBY	32	135	128	31	47	11	1	2	21	3		4		.391	.516	.907	66		1	2
48	Lew Flick	25	ELZ	APPY	D	.366	BOS	114		495		181	27	23	14							.598		296
49	Milton Stroner	28	YOR,CLM	ISLG,SALL	B	.366	BSN-CIN	29		101		37	6	0	9							.693		70
50	Clyde Vollmer	18	BSS	BIST	D	.366	BRO	119		473		173	45	3	21							.607		287
51	Lawrence Mancini	23	OLE	PONY	D	.365	BRO	105		477		174	29	5	25							.604		288
52	Mike Schemer	22	SBY	NCSL	D	.365	NYG	110		427		156	27	4	0							.447		191
53	Milt Bocek	27	GST	TARH	D	.364	STL	108		431		157	31	13	13							.587		253
54	Martín Dihigo	35	VEZ	MEX	Ind	.364		78	324	302	60	110	17	6	9	73	9		17	25	.402	.550	.952	166		2	3
55	Emil Mailho	31	ATA	SOUA	A1	.364		152		555		202	56	8	10							.548		304
56	Theolic Smith	27	MXD	MEX	Ind	.364		80	338	291	55	106	22	4	3	53	4		42	20	.446	.498	.944	145		1	4
57	Worthington Day	18	ASH	MTNS	D	.363		126		490		178	24	11	14							.543		266
58	Buck Etchison	25	WLH	MTNS	D	.363		124		452		164	31	12	24							.644		291
59	Oris Hockett	30	NVL	SOUA	A1	.363	BRO	130		521		189	33	4	14							.522		272
60	Lou Novikoff	24	LOS	PCL	AA	.363	CHC	174		714		259	44	6	41							.613		438
61	John Novosel	22	TPK	WA	C	.363	SLB	123		474		172	43	9	4							.517		245
62	Lloyd Rice	--	FED	ESHL	D	.363	PHA	97		342		124	22	1	7							.494		169
63	Cecil Tyson	25	MTV,WSM	BIST,PIED	D,B	.363	PHI	110		424		154	37	6	5							.514		218
64	Elmer Valo	19	WMT,PHA	ISLG,AL	B,Maj	.363	PHA	126	463	460	6	167	31	16	6	0	2	0	3	0	.367	.539	.906	248	0	0	0	0
65	Angel Castro	23	VEZ	MEX	Ind	.362		65	281	254	51	92	28	6	3	42	9		24	20	.419	.555	.974	141		1	2
66	Gordon Goodell	27	TLL,CNG	ALSL,SOUA	D,A1	.362		108		409		148	14	4	34							.665		272
67	Frank Colman	22	WMT	ISLG	B	.361	PHA	73		205		74	8	3	5							.502		103
68	Willie Duke	30	LRK	SOUA	A1	.361	BOS	151		573		207	39	6	8							.492		282
69	Dixie Howell	20	OTO,BLT,WMT,REA	CAML,IL,ISLG	C,AA,B	.361	PHI-PHA	47		147		53	7	2	7							.578		85
70	Harry Strohm	38	LFY	EVAN	D	.361	SLB	126		479		173	44	6	2							.491		235
71	Gerald Burmeister	23	LNS,DEC	MICH,IIIL	C,B	.360	STL	106		422		152	35	5	15							.573		242
72	Wally Gilbert	39	WAU	NORL	D	.360	PHI	115		411		148	39	2	10							.538		221
73	Wild Bill Wright	26	MXD,SRA	MEX	Ind	.360		87	398	350	94	126	30	10	8	67	29		47	14	.437	.571	1.009	200		1	0
74	Johnny Cindric	27	LIM	OHSL	D	.359		116		423		152	32	6	39							.740		313
75	Red Howell	31	BLT	IL	AA	.359	PHI	152		557		200	35	4	29							.592		330
76	Joe Lehan	24	BWG	KITL	D	.359	BRO	125		496		178	45	7	6							.514		255
77	David Smith	25	SPG	WA	C	.359	STL	116		474		170	38	5	11							.530		251
78	Frenchy Bordagaray	30	KCY	AA	AA	.358	NYY	154		598		214	39	8	4							.470		281
79	Robert Jones	24	FOS,TOL	OHSL,AA	D,AA	.358	STL-SLB	107		385		138	31	5	7							.519		200
80	Sammy Hale	43	MDL	WTNM	D	.357		111		387		138	39	1	13							.563		218
81	Alexander Johnson	22	MYD	BIST	D	.357		114		498		178	43	10	17							.586		292
82	Tennis Mounts	20	LGN	MTNS	D	.357		116		498		178	34	4	24							.586		292
83	Pat Patterson	22	LAM	WTNM	D	.357		95		235		84	22	1	11							.600		141
84	Bobby Adams	18	OGD	PION	C	.356	CIN	105		444		158	16	13	1							.457		203
85	Bill Carrier	33	KAN	NCSL	D	.356		109		405		144	28	6	8							.514		208
86	Edward Lee	--	FTL	FECL	D	.356	PIT	36		132		47	4	0	0							.386		51
87	John Lucas	24	WTH	WL	D	.356	STL	105		419		149	14	13	6							.494		207
88	Grover Seitz	32	PAM	WTNM	D	.356		136		517		184	36	7	9							.505		261
89	Debs Garms	33	PIT	NL	Maj	.355	PIT	103	385	358	76	127	23	7	5	57	3	7	23	6	.395	.500	.895	179	3	1	3	1
90	Neb Stewart	22	SBO,PHI	BIST,NL	D,Maj	.355	PHI	122	469	468	3	166	34	7	23	0	0	0	1	5	.356	.605	.961	283	1	0	0	0
91	Earl Carnahan	22	WLS	COPL	D	.354		129		505		179	40	10	13							.550		278
92	Greyson Davis	23	GRE	APPY	D	.354	CHC	118		446		158	25	19	13							.583		260
93	Danny Escobar	23	WEN,OLD	WINT,PCL	B,AA	.354	NYY	133		486		172	47	10	25							.646		314
94	Charlie Glunt	20	STJ	WA	C	.354	CHC	131		534		189	35	9	5							.481		257
95	Jimmy Jordan	32	HUT,LON	WA,PONY	C,D	.354	PIT	122		509		180	36	5	2							.456		232
96	Phil Morris	31	WLS	COPL	D	.354		126		523		185	39	4	3							.461		241
97	Len Rice	21	TUC	AZTX	C	.354	CIN	123		480		170	24	18	9							.535		257
98	Lloyd Summers	26	PAM	WTNM	D	.354		122		432		153	29	6	8							.505		218
99	Thurman Tucker	22	CKD,OKC	CSTL,TL	C,A1	.354		137		534		189	31	18	8							.524		280
100	Tony Firpo	24	TAC	WINT	B	.353		115		473		167	27	9	12							.524		248

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