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Standard Batting Table 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 | Frazier Robinson | 38 | C | -0.7 | 59 | 209 | 193 | 16 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 9 | .187 | .227 | .244 | .470 | 36 | .227 | 32 | 47 | 1 | 6 | *2 | |
2 | Johnny Washington* | 32 | 1B | 0.7 | 56 | 235 | 215 | 23 | 64 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 16 | .298 | .346 | .372 | .718 | 108 | .342 | 107 | 80 | 0 | 4 | *3 | |
3 | Jim Gilliam# | 19 | 2B | 3.1 | 58 | 261 | 218 | 48 | 63 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 35 | .289 | .390 | .367 | .757 | 119 | .369 | 124 | 80 | 1 | 7 | *4 | AS,AS |
4 | Tommy Butts | 28 | SS | 1.7 | 51 | 226 | 191 | 44 | 58 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 24 | .304 | .390 | .361 | .751 | 118 | .366 | 123 | 69 | 3 | 8 | 6 | AS |
5 | Ed Finney | 23 | 3B | 0.9 | 50 | 187 | 163 | 25 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 19 | .276 | .352 | .325 | .677 | 96 | .338 | 99 | 53 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
6 | Lester Lockett | 36 | LF | 3.0 | 58 | 255 | 235 | 41 | 85 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 4 | 16 | .362 | .402 | .536 | .939 | 170 | .436 | 168 | 126 | 0 | 4 | *7 | AS,AS |
7 | Henry Kimbro* | 36 | CF | 2.8 | 59 | 270 | 201 | 54 | 56 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 59 | .279 | .457 | .373 | .830 | 141 | .412 | 152 | 75 | 7 | 3 | *8 | |
8 | Frank Russell | 27 | RF | 1.3 | 57 | 225 | 211 | 33 | 66 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 3 | .313 | .329 | .422 | .751 | 116 | .351 | 113 | 89 | 2 | 9 | 95/63 | |
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 | Butch McCord* | 22 | OF | 0.4 | 26 | 84 | 73 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | .260 | .341 | .356 | .698 | 102 | .337 | 104 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 9/7 | |
10 | Hoss Walker | 43 | SS | 0.0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .357 | .250 | .607 | 77 | .311 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 0 | /6 | |
11 | Bill Perkins | 42 | C | 0.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | .248 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /2 | |
12 | Joe Campini* | 28 | C | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 479 | .850 | 430 | 1 | 0 | 0 | /2 | |
13 | Red Wright | | C | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | .000 | -100 | 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 |
14 | Bob Romby* | 29 | P | 0.3 | 31 | 67 | 59 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .186 | .273 | .305 | .578 | 67 | .286 | 68 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1/9 | |
15 | Bill Byrd# | 40 | P | 0.7 | 28 | 66 | 58 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8 | .310 | .394 | .345 | .739 | 114 | .363 | 119 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | Joe Black | 24 | P | 0.3 | 19 | 50 | 43 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .209 | .292 | .256 | .547 | 59 | .274 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1/39 | AS |
17 | Jonas Gaines | 33 | P | -0.3 | 15 | 33 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .205 | -40 | .113 | -53 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
18 | Ernest Burke* | 24 | P | 0.2 | 10 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .286 | .280 | .566 | 64 | .283 | 67 | 7 | 3 | 1 | /1 | |
19 | Al Wilmore | 23 | P | 0.0 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | -18 | .154 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | /14 | |
20 | Toots Ferrell | 18 | P | 0.1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 90 | .340 | 105 | 1 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
21 | Clyde Sowell | 16 | P | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
| Team Totals | | | 14.3 | 59 | 2234 | 1944 | 321 | 543 | 83 | 28 | 9 | 264 | 47 | 213 | .279 | .357 | .365 | .722 | 109 | .349 | 111 | 709 | 22 | 55 | | |
| Non-Pitcher Totals | | | 13.1 | | 1972 | 1716 | 295 | 496 | 76 | 28 | 7 | 235 | 44 | 191 | .289 | .366 | .378 | .744 | 115 | .359 | 117 | 649 | 17 | 48 | | |
| Pitcher Totals | | | 1.2 | | 262 | 228 | 26 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 3 | 22 | .206 | .290 | .263 | .553 | 60 | .277 | 62 | 60 | 5 | 7 | | |
Standard Batting Table Rk | Player | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | GIDP | HBP | SH | Pos | Awards |
1 | Tommy Butts | 28 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .267 | .389 | .333 | .722 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
2 | Henry Kimbro* | 36 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .615 | .722 | .692 | 1.415 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
3 | Johnny Washington* | 32 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .412 | .444 | .588 | 1.033 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
4 | Jim Gilliam# | 19 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .375 | .467 | .842 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | |
5 | Lester Lockett | 36 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .063 | .118 | .188 | .305 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
6 | Ed Finney | 23 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | |
7 | Frazier Robinson | 38 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
8 | Frank Russell | 27 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
9 | Bill Byrd# | 40 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
10 | Butch McCord* | 22 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
11 | Joe Black | 24 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
12 | Bob Romby* | 29 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
13 | Ernest Burke* | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
14 | Jonas Gaines | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
15 | Bill Perkins | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Team Totals | | 4 | 153 | 133 | 18 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 17 | .271 | .353 | .346 | .699 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 3 | | |
Standard Pitching Table Rk | Player | Age | Pos | WAR | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | HBP | WP | BF | ERA+ | FIP | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | SO/BB | Awards |
1 | Bill Byrd | 40 | SP | 2.5 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 1.75 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 123.1 | 104 | 40 | 24 | 2 | 22 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 487 | 194 | 2.25 | 1.022 | 7.6 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 5.8 | 3.59 | |
2 | Joe Black | 24 | SP | 2.9 | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1.91 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 113.1 | 82 | 32 | 24 | 3 | 36 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 446 | 179 | 2.58 | 1.041 | 6.5 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 6.8 | 2.36 | AS |
3 | Bob Romby* | 29 | SP | 1.6 | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.10 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 90.0 | 64 | 32 | 21 | 1 | 41 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 365 | 162 | 2.82 | 1.167 | 6.4 | 0.1 | 4.1 | 6.8 | 1.66 | |
4 | Jonas Gaines* | 33 | SP | 0.7 | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.92 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 83.1 | 74 | 36 | 27 | 1 | 26 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 347 | 117 | 2.47 | 1.200 | 8.0 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 6.4 | 2.27 | |
5 | Ernest Burke | 24 | SP | -0.2 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.43 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 65.2 | 78 | 35 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 285 | 100 | 2.79 | 1.371 | 10.7 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1.67 | |
Rk | Player | Age | Pos | WAR | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | HBP | WP | BF | ERA+ | FIP | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | SO/BB | Awards |
6 | Toots Ferrell | 18 | RP | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.2 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 107 | 2.52 | 1.200 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 4.3 | 2.67 | |
Rk | Player | Age | Pos | WAR | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | HBP | WP | BF | ERA+ | FIP | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | SO/BB | Awards |
7 | Al Wilmore | 23 | | -0.6 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.32 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 65 | 3.58 | 1.364 | 7.8 | 0.4 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 1.27 | |
8 | Clyde Sowell | 16 | | -0.7 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 20.77 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 18 | 7.60 | 4.385 | 24.9 | 0.0 | 14.5 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |
| Team Totals | | | 6.4 | 36 | 21 | .632 | 2.60 | 59 | 59 | 21 | 38 | 4 | 6 | 518.2 | 450 | 210 | 150 | 8 | 158 | 333 | 8 | 5 | 2132 | 131 | 2.63 | 1.172 | 7.8 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 5.8 | 2.11 | |
Standard Pitching Table Rk | Player | Age | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | WP | BF | FIP | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | SO/BB | Awards |
1 | Bill Byrd | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.88 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 1.92 | 0.628 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 5.7 | 9.00 | |
2 | Joe Black | 24 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3.20 | 1.333 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | |
3 | Bob Romby* | 29 | 0 | 0 | | 3.86 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 2.62 | 1.571 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 10.3 | 2.00 | |
4 | Jonas Gaines* | 33 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.71 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8.12 | 2.357 | 11.6 | 1.9 | 9.6 | 5.8 | 0.60 | |
| Team Totals | | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.60 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 147 | 3.22 | 1.229 | 7.5 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 1.71 | |
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