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Top 12 Players

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Rk Player Age Pos WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB HBP SH Pos Awards
1 Mitchell Murray 36 C 1.0 38 135 119 14 29 5 1 0 16 0 12 .244 .323 .303 .626 91 .308 94 36 2 2 *2
2 Joe Scott 25 1B 1.3 39 155 149 24 54 7 5 1 22 7 6 .362 .387 .497 .884 168 .417 159 74 0 0 *3
3 Dave Thomas 32 2B 0.6 29 112 101 15 29 6 0 0 7 15 6 .287 .339 .347 .686 109 .349 110 35 2 3
4 Connie Day 34 SS 0.5 31 121 104 13 27 5 0 0 11 5 12 .260 .342 .308 .650 98 .324 102 32 1 4 46
5 Jimmy Binder 29 3B 0.1 42 176 165 16 38 5 4 0 9 5 8 .230 .274 .309 .583 77 .281 77 51 2 1 *5/4689
6 Jim Williams 26 LF 0.4 42 155 143 14 37 4 3 0 21 8 5 .259 .298 .329 .627 91 .307 90 47 3 4 *789
7 Sanford Jackson 32 CF 1.2 25 103 97 16 33 1 6 0 9 4 3 .340 .366 .474 .841 155 .394 147 46 1 2 8/2
8 Henry Baker 31 RF -0.4 22 89 77 9 16 0 1 1 5 4 8 .208 .282 .273 .555 69 .279 72 21 0 4 9/37
Rk Player Age Pos WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB HBP SH Pos Awards
9 Jabbo Andrews* 24 OF 0.3 13 50 46 6 12 1 2 0 4 1 2 .261 .306 .370 .676 105 .319 102 17 1 1 9/68
10 Bob Williams OF 0.4 13 40 33 6 9 0 2 0 4 1 6 .273 .385 .394 .779 137 .373 136 13 0 1 7/58
11 Dusty Decker 20 UT 0.2 12 37 31 4 9 0 2 0 2 1 3 .290 .371 .419 .791 140 .375 138 13 1 2 /6879
12 John Lyles# 20 UT -0.1 7 19 18 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 .167 .211 .167 .377 15 .189 22 3 0 0 /62
13 Will Owens 30 UT 0.4 6 19 18 4 8 0 2 0 4 1 1 .444 .474 .667 1.140 245 .527 227 12 0 0 /6179
14 Candy Jim Taylor 48 3B -0.4 10 18 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .059 .111 .059 .170 -48 .096 -36 1 1 0 /51
15 Elton Gladney 22 SS -0.4 5 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .063 .000 .063 -80 .046 -66 0 0 0 /6
16 Eddie Dwight 27 OF -0.1 4 14 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .214 .154 .368 13 .191 23 2 1 0 /78
17 Binson SS -0.2 4 13 13 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .231 .231 .231 .462 41 .220 41 3 0 0 /6
18 Wade Johnston* 34 UT -0.2 2 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200 -39 .095 -36 1 0 0 /73
19 Henry Milton* 21 SS 0.0 2 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 52 .238 52 2 0 0 /6
20 Buster Spann 25 2B 0.0 2 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 2 .159 -13 1 0 1 /4
21 Dennis Gilchrist 23 SS 0.2 2 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .429 .333 .762 133 .378 138 2 0 0 /6
22 Rabe Bassham 35 C -0.1 2 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 22 .191 22 1 0 0 /2
23 Chester Williams 26 SS 0.0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 52 .238 51 1 0 0 /6
24 Brammell C 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0 /2
Rk Player Age Pos WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB HBP SH Pos Awards
25 Sam Thompson 24 P 0.1 16 43 39 5 7 2 0 0 2 0 3 .179 .238 .231 .469 43 .231 46 9 0 1 1/7
26 Lefty Smart P -0.2 19 40 36 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 .139 .184 .167 .351 7 .175 8 6 0 2 1/789
27 Albert Davis P 17 37 36 4 12 4 1 0 3 0 1 .333 .351 .500 .851 158 .395 148 18 0 0
28 Columbus Vance# 27 P 0.1 9 18 18 1 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 .333 .333 .444 .778 136 .361 127 8 0 0 /178
29 Ewing Waddy* 21 P 0.0 8 13 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .083 .154 .083 .237 -27 .130 -15 1 0 0 /1
30 Logan Hensley 32 P 0.1 3 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .167 .286 .333 .619 88 .301 90 2 0 0 /1
31 Leo Hannibal 21 P 0.1 4 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714 116 .331 109 3 0 0 /1
32 Porter Moss 22 P 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0 /1
33 Bob Graves P 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 4.7 42 1483 1357 159 352 43 30 2 134 52 83 .259 .309 .340 .649 97 .314 96 461 15 28
Non-Pitcher Totals 4.6 1314 1199 146 318 34 28 2 123 52 75 .265 .317 .345 .662 101 .321 100 414 15 25
Pitcher Totals 0.1 169 158 13 34 9 2 0 11 0 8 .215 .253 .297 .550 67 .263 65 47 0 3

Standard Pitching

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Rk Player Age Pos WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
1 Sam Thompson 24 SP 2.5 7 5 .583 2.67 15 11 3 10 1 1 104.2 94 42 31 3 24 52 3 1 3 442 142 3.27 1.127 8.1 0.3 2.1 4.5 2.17
2 Albert Davis SP -0.9 1 7 .125 4.87 11 9 1 3 0 0 57.1 82 46 31 1 10 14 3 1 3 263 78 3.54 1.605 12.9 0.2 1.6 2.2 1.40
3 Ewing Waddy* 21 SP -1.0 1 3 .250 6.61 8 5 2 1 0 0 32.2 50 32 24 0 12 10 0 0 1 158 58 3.61 1.898 13.8 0.0 3.3 2.8 0.83
4 Columbus Vance 27 SP -0.1 2 2 .500 5.22 5 4 0 2 0 0 29.1 38 20 17 1 11 9 1 0 0 138 73 4.18 1.670 11.7 0.3 3.4 2.8 0.82
5 Logan Hensley 32 SP 0.1 1 1 .500 3.00 3 3 0 0 0 0 21.0 20 12 7 0 5 14 1 0 0 87 128 2.64 1.190 8.6 0.0 2.1 6.0 2.80
6 Leo Hannibal 21 SP 0.1 1 0 1.000 5.12 4 3 1 0 0 0 19.1 25 11 11 1 9 8 2 0 0 90 75 4.67 1.759 11.6 0.5 4.2 3.7 0.89
Rk Player Age Pos WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
7 Lefty Smart* RP 1.4 4 6 .400 2.78 12 6 5 6 1 0 64.2 57 27 20 0 20 30 4 0 0 281 136 3.31 1.191 7.9 0.0 2.8 4.2 1.50
8 Candy Jim Taylor 48 RP 0.3 0 0 1.59 2 0 2 0 0 0 5.2 6 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 24 255 3.30 1.235 9.5 0.0 1.6 1.6 1.00
Rk Player Age Pos WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
9 Porter Moss 22 -0.1 0 0 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 4 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 23 57 4.52 1.800 10.8 0.0 5.4 1.8 0.33
10 Bob Graves -0.3 0 0 13.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 7 8 7 0 4 0 1 0 0 26 30 6.33 2.357 13.5 0.0 7.7 0.0 0.00
11 Will Owens 30 -0.3 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 6 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 14 34 5.12 3.500 22.5 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
Team Totals 1.8 17 24 .415 4.05 42 42 15 22 2 1 346.1 390 209 156 6 101 140 15 2 9 1546 94 3.54 1.418 10.1 0.2 2.6 3.6 1.39
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