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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 Pos Awards
1 James Bray 28 C 1.4 56 157 135 18 44 6 4 2 27 2 20 .326 .420 .474 .894 141 .411 144 64 2 2/7
2 Jim Brown# 35 1B 1.2 76 309 279 46 80 15 5 0 32 9 30 .287 .356 .376 .732 97 .343 99 105 0 32
3 Charley Williams 30 2B -0.1 89 330 309 23 73 10 0 2 39 7 20 .236 .285 .288 .573 55 .271 53 89 1 *4/65
4 Pythias Russ 23 SS 3.5 86 350 322 51 103 30 3 4 51 20 26 .320 .374 .469 .843 126 .391 127 151 2 62/34
5 Dave Malarcher# 32 3B 1.3 88 368 312 56 78 7 3 1 24 19 54 .250 .364 .301 .665 81 .332 88 94 2 *5/4
6 Steel Arm Davis* 31 LF 4.1 84 357 327 59 128 21 9 3 63 15 23 .391 .443 .538 .981 163 .448 167 176 7 *79/84
7 George Sweatt 33 CF 0.7 88 337 298 43 77 21 5 2 46 10 37 .258 .344 .383 .727 96 .340 97 114 2 *839/47
8 John Hines 26 RF -0.3 55 216 199 26 50 10 1 1 27 9 17 .251 .310 .327 .637 72 .304 71 65 0 9/28
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 Sanford Jackson 27 UT -0.4 79 316 297 40 79 6 2 0 18 8 17 .266 .310 .300 .610 65 .289 64 89 2 68/59
10 Eddie Miller 26 UT -0.9 33 75 71 8 11 2 1 0 2 1 4 .155 .200 .211 .411 11 .195 3 15 0 13/45679
11 Nat Rogers* 33 OF 0.1 16 62 56 7 18 3 2 0 9 0 5 .321 .387 .446 .834 124 .384 126 25 1 7/9
12 Larry Brown# 25 C 0.3 13 37 32 3 11 2 0 0 3 0 5 .344 .432 .406 .839 127 .397 134 13 0 2
13 Lou Dials* 23 OF 0.1 7 22 19 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 .263 .364 .316 .679 84 .330 90 6 0 /97
14 Alex Radcliff 21 2B 0.0 2 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .600 .333 .933 157 .482 189 1 0 /4
15 Earl Gurley* 28 OF 0.1 1 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 233 .560 241 3 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
16 Bill Foster# 23 P 0.0 40 85 82 11 19 1 1 0 8 0 3 .232 .259 .268 .527 42 .247 37 22 0 1/79
17 Willie Powell* 23 P 0.0 20 59 56 6 12 1 0 0 2 0 3 .214 .254 .232 .486 32 .234 28 13 0 1
18 George Harney 37 P -0.4 29 56 55 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 1 .127 .143 .164 .306 -18 .143 -31 9 0 1/29
19 Webster McDonald* 27 P -0.1 20 51 48 2 9 0 0 0 3 0 3 .188 .235 .188 .423 15 .208 11 9 0 1
20 Rube Curry 28 P -0.4 19 47 45 5 6 2 0 0 4 0 2 .133 .170 .178 .348 -6 .166 -16 8 0 1/7
Team Totals 10.2 89 3243 2949 410 813 141 36 15 362 100 275 .276 .341 .363 .705 90 .332 91 1071 19
Non-Pitcher Totals 11.1 2945 2663 384 760 135 35 15 344 100 263 .285 .354 .379 .733 98 .345 99 1010 19
Pitcher Totals -0.8 298 286 26 53 6 1 0 18 0 12 .185 .218 .213 .431 17 .206 10 61 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 Jim Brown# 35 14 60 56 12 16 1 0 2 8 2 1 2 4 .286 .305 .411 .716 21 0 0 1 1 0
2 Dave Malarcher# 32 14 60 46 10 10 1 0 0 2 5 1 8 1 .217 .345 .239 .585 11 0 1 5 0 0
3 Pythias Russ 23 14 60 55 11 16 3 0 1 9 2 0 2 2 .291 .310 .400 .710 21 0 0 2 1 0
4 Steel Arm Davis* 31 14 58 56 15 21 2 3 3 14 5 0 2 6 .375 .397 .679 1.075 35 0 0 0 0 0
5 Charley Williams 30 14 54 46 7 9 0 0 1 5 3 2 7 4 .196 .302 .261 .563 11 0 0 1 0 0
6 Larry Brown# 25 13 51 40 7 8 2 1 1 12 0 0 6 6 .200 .319 .375 .694 14 0 1 4 0 0
7 George Sweatt 33 12 48 43 6 10 4 0 0 8 0 0 2 3 .233 .283 .326 .608 14 1 1 2 0 0
8 Sanford Jackson 27 11 38 35 5 8 0 1 0 6 1 1 1 4 .229 .243 .286 .529 10 1 0 1 1 0
9 Nat Rogers* 33 9 36 31 8 12 2 2 1 5 2 1 4 1 .387 .472 .677 1.150 20 0 1 0 0 0
10 Bill Foster# 23 7 16 14 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .214 .267 .429 .695 6 1 0 1 0 0 /1
11 George Harney 37 4 13 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .083 .154 .083 .237 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
12 Willie Powell* 23 5 13 12 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .417 .417 .417 .833 5 0 0 1 0 0 /1
13 James Bray 28 5 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Webster McDonald* 27 3 7 7 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .571 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 0 /1
15 Rube Curry 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
16 Eddie Miller 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 14 524 461 85 122 19 7 9 73 20 6 38 36 .265 .324 .395 .719 173 3 4 18 3 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* 23 SP 7.3 21 5 .808 2.21 32 24 7 20 6 2 211.1 182 66 52 5 62 127 6 1 2 871 180 3.16 1.155 7.8 0.2 2.6 5.4 2.05
2 George Harney 37 SP 4.0 8 9 .471 2.58 27 15 11 10 2 4 160.1 163 63 46 5 27 78 5 0 1 673 154 3.12 1.185 9.1 0.3 1.5 4.4 2.89
3 Willie Powell 23 SP 3.6 12 4 .750 2.63 18 18 0 10 4 0 140.1 124 55 41 4 40 78 6 1 0 573 152 3.34 1.169 8.0 0.3 2.6 5.0 1.95
4 Webster McDonald 27 SP 3.5 9 5 .643 2.45 17 13 4 10 1 0 121.1 107 44 33 3 17 54 4 0 1 487 163 3.04 1.022 7.9 0.2 1.3 4.0 3.18
5 Rube Curry 28 SP 2.3 5 4 .556 2.83 15 13 1 6 2 1 101.2 110 42 32 4 25 30 2 0 1 431 141 3.81 1.328 9.7 0.4 2.2 2.7 1.20
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 Eddie Miller 26 RP -0.2 4 2 .667 5.57 13 6 5 3 0 0 64.2 85 44 40 1 23 27 2 0 0 296 72 3.62 1.670 11.8 0.1 3.2 3.8 1.17
Team Totals 20.5 59 29 .670 2.75 89 89 28 59 15 7 799.2 771 314 244 22 194 394 25 2 5 3331 145 3.29 1.207 8.7 0.2 2.2 4.4 2.03
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 Foster* 23 4 2 .667 2.57 7 4 2 4 1 0 42.0 40 13 12 0 13 0 25 3 0 183 3.05 1.262 8.6 0.0 2.8 5.4 1.92
2 Willie Powell 23 2 0 1.000 2.30 5 5 0 2 0 0 31.1 23 10 8 1 12 0 14 0 0 125 3.76 1.117 6.6 0.3 3.4 4.0 1.17
3 George Harney 37 2 2 .500 1.91 5 2 2 2 1 0 28.1 25 11 6 0 8 0 15 0 0 116 2.88 1.165 7.9 0.0 2.5 4.8 1.88
4 Webster McDonald 27 1 0 1.000 2.87 3 3 0 1 0 0 15.2 21 9 5 1 3 0 10 1 0 71 3.41 1.532 12.1 0.6 1.7 5.7 3.33
5 Rube Curry 28 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.09 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Eddie Miller 26 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.09 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 9 4 .692 2.33 14 14 5 9 2 1 119.2 109 43 31 2 36 0 64 4 0 502 3.24 1.212 8.2 0.2 2.7 4.8 1.78
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