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Top 12 Players

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Standard Batting

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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 Paul Hardy 31 C 0.2 25 85 77 12 21 7 0 0 5 1 6 .273 .325 .364 .689 105 .325 104 28 0 2 2
2 Luther Gilyard 32 1B -0.3 12 38 34 1 7 1 0 0 4 0 1 .206 .229 .235 .464 38 .222 38 8 0 3 3
3 Tommy Sampson 29 2B 1.6 35 143 135 28 45 3 2 2 13 4 5 .333 .366 .430 .796 136 .371 131 58 2 1 4/3 AS,AS
4 Hoss Walker 34 SS -0.2 27 107 93 10 18 1 0 1 7 3 7 .194 .265 .237 .501 50 .250 57 22 2 5 6
5 Lester Lockett 30 3B 0.2 12 48 45 8 13 0 1 0 7 1 2 .289 .333 .333 .667 98 .318 100 15 1 0 5
6 Jesse Warren 27 LF 0.4 11 45 36 11 11 2 2 0 5 2 6 .306 .405 .472 .877 160 .413 155 17 0 3 /736
7 Lloyd Davenport* 30 CF 0.7 27 110 94 20 29 5 0 0 15 4 13 .309 .404 .362 .765 128 .373 132 34 2 1 8/9 AS
8 Bill Bradford* 28 RF 0.1 23 70 63 7 16 2 1 0 2 2 6 .254 .319 .317 .636 89 .307 92 20 0 1 9/7
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 Leroy Morney# 33 UT 0.4 32 124 107 19 27 4 0 1 19 9 13 .252 .339 .318 .657 96 .329 101 34 1 3 /5673948
10 Felix McLaurin# 20 OF 0.5 16 67 63 9 21 1 0 1 7 5 4 .333 .373 .397 .770 129 .373 126 25 0 0 /78
11 Johnny Smith* 25 UT 0.4 16 58 56 9 16 2 1 1 12 2 2 .286 .310 .411 .721 113 .335 108 23 0 0 /7938
12 Ted Radcliffe 39 C 0.0 16 44 42 3 11 1 0 0 6 0 1 .262 .279 .286 .565 68 .269 70 12 0 1 2/13
13 Clarence Lamar 27 3B 0.0 11 40 37 5 8 3 0 0 4 0 1 .216 .256 .297 .554 64 .264 66 11 1 1 /5
14 Sonny Harris# 27 OF -0.1 12 38 31 4 5 0 0 0 5 0 3 .161 .257 .161 .418 26 .222 38 5 1 3
15 Lyman Bostock* 24 1B 0.1 8 30 26 2 8 2 1 0 3 0 4 .308 .400 .462 .862 156 .403 148 12 0 0 /3
16 Joe Spencer 22 UT 0.0 9 27 25 3 7 1 0 0 5 3 2 .280 .333 .320 .653 95 .327 98 8 0 0 /65
17 Alphonse Dunn 30 UT 0.4 5 22 18 4 9 1 0 0 3 0 1 .500 .550 .556 1.106 229 .523 230 10 1 2 /39
18 Goose Tatum# 24 UT -0.1 7 20 19 2 3 2 0 0 4 0 1 .158 .200 .263 .463 37 .218 41 5 0 0 /97
19 Eddie Snead 31 UT -0.1 3 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 .100 .182 .100 .282 -15 .173 4 1 0 0 /47
20 Bennett OF 0.0 5 9 8 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .125 .222 .500 .722 111 .318 99 4 0 0 /78
21 Jesse Matthews 1B -0.1 1 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 19 .190 24 1 0 0 /3
22 Jesse Douglas* 26 UT -0.1 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .050 -85 0 0 0 /47
23 Alex Radcliff 36 3B -0.1 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -38 .150 1 0 0 0 /5
24 Johnnie Dawson 27 C -0.1 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -87 0 0 0 /2
25 Ed Steele* 26 OF 0.0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 198 .475 189 1 0 0 /9
26 Herb Shaw* 23 0.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 198 .475 189 1 0 0
27 Nat Rogers* 48 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -85 0 0 0
28 Piper Davis 24 2B -0.1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -85 0 0 0 /4
29 Harry Barnes 26 C 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -85 0 0 0 /2
30 Tipton 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0
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
31 Diamond Pipkins* 34 P 0.3 14 32 31 5 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 .355 .355 .387 .742 120 .349 118 12 0 1 1
32 Johnny Markham 33 P -0.2 14 24 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .048 .091 .048 .139 -58 .077 -54 1 0 2 1
33 Dan Bankhead 22 P 0.2 9 24 21 2 7 1 0 0 2 1 3 .333 .417 .381 .798 138 .387 139 8 0 0 /137
34 Alvin Gipson 28 P -0.2 13 18 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .059 .059 .059 .118 -65 .062 -62 1 0 1 1 AS
35 Gready McKinnis 28 P 0.0 11 18 17 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .176 .222 .235 .458 36 .221 43 4 0 0 1
36 Specs Ellis P 0.1 3 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .375 .167 .542 64 .306 92 1 0 0 /17
37 Wadel Miller P 0.0 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 49 .237 52 1 0 0
38 Winfield Welch* 42 P 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -85 0 0 0
39 Robert Keyes 29 P 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -85 0 0 0
Team Totals 3.9 37 1299 1170 166 305 41 8 7 138 41 88 .261 .318 .327 .646 92 .312 94 383 11 30
Non-Pitcher Totals 3.7 1166 1048 157 280 38 8 7 130 39 81 .267 .326 .339 .665 98 .321 99 355 11 26
Pitcher Totals 0.3 128 117 9 24 3 0 0 7 2 7 .205 .250 .231 .481 43 .236 47 27 0 4

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 Diamond Pipkins* 34 SP 1.1 7 2 .778 3.19 11 8 2 2 0 0 62.0 62 27 22 1 16 16 4 0 1 267 128 3.24 1.258 9.0 0.1 2.3 2.3 1.00
2 Gready McKinnis* 28 SP 0.4 2 6 .250 4.31 11 10 1 3 0 0 56.1 50 31 27 3 18 33 2 0 1 238 95 3.16 1.207 8.0 0.5 2.9 5.3 1.83
3 Dan Bankhead 22 SP 0.3 2 1 .667 2.81 5 4 0 1 1 0 25.2 26 13 8 0 14 12 1 0 0 116 147 3.39 1.558 9.1 0.0 4.9 4.2 0.86
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
4 Johnny Markham 33 CL 1.6 2 2 .500 2.25 13 5 6 4 1 2 60.0 47 21 15 0 8 33 3 0 1 245 181 2.03 0.917 7.1 0.0 1.2 5.0 4.13
5 Alvin Gipson 28 RP 0.0 2 4 .333 4.65 13 5 6 1 0 1 40.2 52 25 21 2 15 24 0 0 1 194 88 3.14 1.648 11.5 0.4 3.3 5.3 1.60 AS
6 Ted Radcliffe 39 RP 0.1 1 0 1.000 3.86 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 114 2.58 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 Specs Ellis* 0.4 1 1 .500 2.70 3 2 1 2 0 0 20.0 17 8 6 1 4 7 0 0 0 81 153 3.13 1.050 7.7 0.5 1.8 3.2 1.75
8 Eddie Snead* 31 0.5 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 36 3.02 0.889 6.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.50
9 Wadel Miller -0.2 0 1 .000 3.38 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 9 7 3 1 3 0 2 0 0 38 126 6.08 1.500 10.1 1.1 3.4 0.0 0.00
10 Robert Keyes 29 0.3 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 5 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 25 3.74 1.333 7.5 0.0 4.5 1.5 0.33
11 Winfield Welch* 42 0.0 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 1 0 0 4.0 6 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 18 99 3.58 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 2.3 0.50
Team Totals 4.4 19 18 .514 3.22 37 37 19 16 2 3 296.1 287 137 106 8 85 128 12 0 4 1275 128 3.05 1.255 8.7 0.2 2.6 3.9 1.51
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