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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 Pos Awards
1 Pythias Russ 22 C 1.1 49 196 178 33 49 9 7 3 33 4 15 .275 .342 .455 .797 104 .358 100 81 3 2
2 Jim Brown# 34 1B 0.9 75 299 262 44 81 16 4 5 46 7 32 .309 .395 .458 .853 119 .391 121 120 5 32/7
3 Charley Williams 29 2B -0.5 74 285 268 32 66 9 3 1 25 1 14 .246 .291 .313 .605 56 .283 54 84 3 46/7
4 Sanford Jackson 26 SS -1.7 81 309 293 41 58 9 4 1 30 10 15 .198 .239 .266 .506 30 .240 25 78 1 67/584
5 Dave Malarcher# 31 3B 1.6 80 329 284 55 75 8 1 1 27 9 40 .264 .365 .310 .675 76 .329 83 88 5 *54
6 Sandy Thompson* 31 LF 0.7 79 306 276 38 88 11 2 1 46 9 26 .319 .386 .384 .770 99 .362 103 106 4 *79/8
7 George Sweatt 32 CF 0.2 73 270 240 35 65 9 4 0 37 5 26 .271 .352 .342 .694 80 .329 83 82 4 84/397
8 Jelly Gardner* 30 RF 1.9 68 284 247 57 82 12 4 0 18 6 37 .332 .419 .413 .832 115 .391 121 102 0 *98/7
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 Pos Awards
9 John Hines 25 UT 0.4 51 178 162 27 49 7 2 2 30 3 15 .302 .365 .407 .773 99 .357 100 66 1 82/793
10 Willie Ware 26 1B -0.6 33 107 104 12 26 3 0 0 9 1 3 .250 .271 .279 .550 42 .257 39 29 0 3
11 John Shackelford* 20 3B -0.2 12 33 32 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 .219 .242 .281 .524 35 .242 28 9 0 5
12 Steel Arm Tyler 20 OF -0.5 12 27 26 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .077 .111 .077 .188 -51 .098 -61 2 0 /17
13 Sam Crawford 34 OF 0.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 418 .937 457 1 0 /9
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 Pos Awards
14 Rube Curry 27 P 0.2 26 65 62 6 18 0 1 0 10 0 3 .290 .323 .323 .646 67 .305 67 20 0 1/7
15 Bill Foster# 22 P 0.2 27 64 60 6 15 2 0 1 5 0 4 .250 .297 .333 .630 62 .294 60 20 0 1
16 George Harney 36 P 0.5 31 62 58 6 18 2 2 1 7 0 4 .310 .355 .466 .820 110 .370 107 27 0 1/7
17 Webster McDonald* 26 P -0.1 21 43 41 5 7 1 0 1 6 0 2 .171 .209 .268 .478 22 .220 15 11 0 1
18 Willie Powell* 22 P -0.3 10 22 22 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182 -53 .085 -68 2 0 1
19 Robert Poindexter 28 P -0.1 12 22 21 1 4 0 0 0 5 0 1 .190 .227 .190 .418 9 .205 5 4 0 1
Team Totals 3.9 81 2902 2637 401 713 98 35 17 338 55 239 .270 .337 .353 .690 78 .324 79 932 26
Non-Pitcher Totals 3.9 2597 2347 376 647 93 32 14 302 55 224 .276 .345 .360 .706 82 .331 84 846 26
Pitcher Totals 0.0 305 290 25 66 5 3 3 36 0 15 .228 .266 .297 .562 45 .262 41 86 0
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Rk Player Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1 Jelly Gardner* 30 19 85 61 11 15 2 0 0 6 4 2 22 6 .246 .440 .279 .719 17 0 0 1 1 0
2 Sandy Thompson* 31 19 82 71 8 17 2 1 0 10 4 3 5 9 .239 .289 .296 .585 21 0 0 6 0 0
3 John Hines 25 19 80 69 9 21 0 2 0 9 4 1 5 9 .304 .355 .362 .718 25 0 1 4 1 0
4 Jim Brown# 34 19 79 70 5 14 4 1 0 6 0 1 8 10 .200 .282 .286 .568 20 1 0 1 0 0
5 Dave Malarcher# 31 19 79 64 13 17 0 1 0 3 5 3 9 4 .266 .365 .297 .662 19 0 1 5 0 0
6 George Sweatt 32 19 78 66 9 17 3 1 0 9 2 3 12 3 .258 .372 .333 .705 22 2 0 0 0 0
7 Charley Williams 29 19 72 62 3 5 0 0 0 2 2 0 8 7 .081 .186 .081 .266 5 0 0 2 0 0
8 Sanford Jackson 26 19 69 65 10 20 3 1 0 10 3 2 1 3 .308 .324 .385 .708 25 0 1 1 1 0
9 Bill Foster# 22 7 20 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .059 .000 .059 0 0 0 3 0 0 /1
10 Rube Curry 27 7 17 17 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .118 .118 .176 .294 3 0 0 0 0 0 /1
11 George Harney 36 6 14 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 .111 .357 .222 .579 2 1 1 0 1 0 /1
12 Willie Powell* 22 4 10 8 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .125 .300 .250 .550 2 0 0 0 0 0 /1
13 Webster McDonald* 26 4 8 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625 3 0 0 0 0 0 /1
14 John Shackelford* 20 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 James Bray 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sam Crawford 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 20 697 590 72 133 18 7 0 59 24 16 76 62 .225 .316 .280 .596 165 4 4 23 4 0

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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 Bill Foster* 22 SP 8.3 13 4 .765 1.80 27 17 6 12 5 1 174.2 115 42 35 4 56 111 7 0 0 671 260 3.18 0.979 5.9 0.2 2.9 5.7 1.98
2 Rube Curry 27 SP 4.2 10 4 .714 3.09 21 17 3 10 2 1 137.0 143 55 47 4 30 53 5 1 1 572 152 3.44 1.263 9.4 0.3 2.0 3.5 1.77
3 Webster McDonald 26 SP 2.3 10 3 .769 3.71 21 13 5 8 0 1 116.1 108 60 48 8 23 77 8 1 1 484 127 3.44 1.126 8.4 0.6 1.8 6.0 3.35
4 Robert Poindexter 28 SP 1.9 4 2 .667 3.26 12 8 3 4 1 1 58.0 50 22 21 4 24 22 3 0 1 238 145 4.60 1.276 7.8 0.6 3.7 3.4 0.92
5 Willie Powell 22 SP 0.6 4 4 .500 5.07 10 10 0 1 0 0 55.0 63 33 31 1 25 40 1 0 1 246 93 3.27 1.600 10.3 0.2 4.1 6.5 1.60
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
6 George Harney 36 CL 5.1 11 6 .647 2.47 28 12 14 11 1 4 149.2 137 55 41 5 34 72 6 0 0 616 191 3.34 1.143 8.2 0.3 2.0 4.3 2.12
7 Steel Arm Tyler 20 RP 1.4 2 1 .667 1.53 7 4 2 1 0 0 35.1 42 11 6 0 8 14 0 0 0 153 310 2.95 1.415 10.7 0.0 2.0 3.6 1.75
Team Totals 23.7 54 24 .692 2.84 81 81 33 47 9 8 726.0 658 278 229 26 200 389 30 2 4 2980 166 3.41 1.182 8.2 0.3 2.5 4.8 1.95
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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 Foster* 22 3 2 .600 1.76 8 6 2 5 2 1 51.0 46 20 10 1 21 0 29 2 0 217 3.54 1.314 8.1 0.2 3.7 5.1 1.38
2 Rube Curry 27 3 1 .750 2.70 6 5 1 2 1 0 40.0 38 14 12 1 6 0 15 2 0 159 3.24 1.100 8.6 0.2 1.4 3.4 2.50
3 George Harney 36 2 2 .500 3.30 5 4 0 2 0 0 30.0 32 21 11 0 13 0 8 2 1 135 4.03 1.500 9.6 0.0 3.9 2.4 0.62
4 Willie Powell 22 1 1 .500 2.59 4 2 2 2 1 0 24.1 21 8 7 0 7 0 10 1 1 101 3.23 1.151 7.8 0.0 2.6 3.7 1.43
5 Webster McDonald 26 0 2 .000 3.86 3 2 1 1 0 1 18.2 24 15 8 0 8 0 3 4 0 90 4.68 1.714 11.6 0.0 3.9 1.4 0.38
6 Sam Crawford 34 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.07 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 9 8 .529 2.62 20 19 7 12 4 2 165.0 162 78 48 2 55 0 65 11 2 706 3.64 1.315 8.8 0.1 3.0 3.5 1.18
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