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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 Mitchell Murray 33 C -0.2 32 95 87 9 17 5 0 0 5 1 7 .195 .263 .253 .516 35 .246 34 22 1 2
2 Steel Arm Davis* 33 1B 0.7 73 275 257 41 72 14 6 5 47 10 18 .280 .327 .440 .767 98 .347 95 113 0 39/8
3 Saul Davis 28 2B -0.8 47 168 159 23 33 3 2 1 12 4 8 .208 .250 .270 .520 35 .243 31 43 1 4/6579
4 Pythias Russ 25 SS 3.7 64 251 235 53 86 11 11 3 55 15 12 .366 .406 .545 .951 145 .430 145 128 4 62
5 Harry Jeffries 30 3B -0.4 55 188 176 19 40 3 0 2 19 2 11 .227 .277 .278 .555 45 .261 43 49 1 52/79
6 Sandy Thompson* 34 LF 0.7 72 273 258 30 77 10 2 0 32 6 14 .298 .337 .353 .690 80 .319 80 91 1 *7/9
7 Jelly Gardner* 33 CF 2.3 73 303 260 50 84 10 5 0 31 9 43 .323 .419 .400 .819 114 .384 121 104 0 *8/97
8 Malvin Powell 21 RF -0.8 43 145 139 12 33 5 2 0 13 1 6 .237 .269 .302 .571 48 .262 44 42 0 9/178
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 Charley Williams 32 IF -0.7 76 292 279 21 77 7 3 0 26 5 12 .276 .308 .323 .631 64 .292 62 90 1 456
10 Jim Brown# 37 1B -0.3 48 164 153 20 40 6 3 2 24 4 11 .261 .311 .379 .690 79 .314 76 58 0 3/9254678
11 Sanford Jackson 29 UT 0.1 23 82 79 10 23 0 0 0 8 2 3 .291 .317 .291 .608 59 .286 59 23 0 5/897
12 Eddie Miller 28 IF -0.1 16 62 57 8 15 1 1 0 5 2 4 .263 .323 .316 .638 67 .302 68 18 1 6/153
13 Larry Brown# 27 C 0.2 6 23 21 3 6 2 1 0 4 0 2 .286 .348 .476 .824 112 .367 109 10 0 /2
14 Cool Papa Bell# 26 OF -0.4 4 18 17 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .176 .222 .176 .399 5 .196 1 3 0 /8
15 Mule Suttles 28 UT 0.1 4 16 13 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 .231 .375 .385 .760 98 .358 103 5 0 /37
16 Willie Wells 24 SS 0.7 4 16 16 4 8 2 1 0 4 1 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 221 .557 225 12 0 /6
17 John Hines 28 C -0.1 4 12 11 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .091 .167 .182 .348 -9 .169 -16 2 0 /2
18 Ed Rile* 29 1B 0.2 3 11 9 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 .333 .455 .667 1.121 188 .483 182 6 0 /3
19 Francis Nance 25 UT 0.0 4 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -72 .074 -75 0 0 /64
20 Willie Gay 20 OF 0.0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 31 .232 23 1 0 /9
21 Alex Radcliff 23 SS -0.1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -6 .248 35 0 0 /6
22 Sam Crawford 37 C -0.2 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -123 0 0
23 Ameal Brooks* 22 C 0.0 2 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 328 .738 343 3 0 /2
24 Walter Harper 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -131 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 Pos Awards
25 Bill Foster# 25 P -0.1 30 59 55 9 10 1 0 0 2 1 4 .182 .237 .200 .437 15 .213 12 11 0 1/83
26 Frog Holsey 23 P 0.3 23 49 46 4 13 1 0 0 3 1 3 .283 .327 .304 .631 65 .297 66 14 0 1
27 Yellow Horse Morris 27 P 0.1 22 48 43 2 9 1 0 0 5 0 4 .209 .292 .233 .524 38 .259 41 10 1 1
28 Jack Marshall 34 P -0.1 15 32 32 3 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 .188 .188 .188 .375 -2 .174 -13 6 0 1/3
29 Webster McDonald* 29 P -0.1 5 17 17 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .176 .176 .235 .412 6 .185 -6 4 0 /1
30 Herbert Gay 20 P -0.1 10 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .091 .000 .091 -74 .068 -80 0 0 1
31 Hubert Lockhart 30 P -0.1 2 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -123 0 0 /1
32 Robert Poindexter 31 P 0.0 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 31 .232 23 1 0 /1
33 Ted Radcliffe 26 P 0.0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 161 .464 170 1 0 /1
34 Roosevelt Davis 24 P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 4.5 76 2644 2461 333 667 88 38 13 306 64 172 .271 .321 .354 .675 76 .313 75 870 11
Non-Pitcher Totals 4.7 2417 2247 311 624 84 38 13 291 62 160 .278 .329 .366 .695 81 .321 80 823 10
Pitcher Totals -0.1 226 213 22 43 4 0 0 15 2 12 .202 .248 .221 .468 23 .225 20 47 1

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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* 25 SP 2.9 9 7 .563 3.52 25 17 7 13 2 3 145.2 130 69 57 3 51 87 2 0 2 589 129 3.51 1.243 8.0 0.2 3.2 5.4 1.71
2 Frog Holsey 23 SP 1.4 10 7 .588 4.34 23 14 6 10 2 1 132.2 155 74 64 8 42 53 6 0 1 577 104 4.41 1.485 10.5 0.5 2.8 3.6 1.26
3 Yellow Horse Morris 27 SP 4.4 8 5 .615 2.19 15 13 1 11 3 0 119.0 100 37 29 3 32 28 4 0 0 484 207 4.11 1.109 7.6 0.2 2.4 2.1 0.88
4 Jack Marshall 34 SP 0.3 5 6 .455 4.78 14 10 2 5 0 0 90.1 109 58 48 3 47 41 1 0 1 405 95 4.46 1.727 10.9 0.3 4.7 4.1 0.87
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
5 Malvin Powell 21 RP -0.5 3 2 .600 6.33 10 5 3 3 0 0 54.0 67 42 38 6 22 21 5 0 1 251 72 5.51 1.648 11.2 1.0 3.7 3.5 0.95
6 Herbert Gay 20 RP -0.1 1 1 .500 5.97 10 5 4 1 0 0 31.2 30 23 21 3 24 9 2 0 1 145 76 6.47 1.705 8.5 0.9 6.8 2.6 0.38
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 Webster McDonald 29 2.5 4 1 .800 0.81 5 5 0 4 2 0 44.1 27 6 4 0 10 16 0 0 0 165 561 3.30 0.835 5.5 0.0 2.0 3.2 1.60
8 Eddie Miller 28 0.3 0 2 .000 2.50 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 13 9 5 0 4 3 0 0 0 74 184 3.68 0.944 6.5 0.0 2.0 1.5 0.75
9 Hubert Lockhart* 30 0.1 1 1 .500 3.77 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.1 16 9 6 0 5 3 1 0 0 63 123 4.18 1.465 10.0 0.0 3.1 1.9 0.60
10 Robert Poindexter 31 0.0 0 2 .000 5.79 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.0 17 9 9 0 2 3 1 0 0 56 80 3.56 1.357 10.9 0.0 1.3 1.9 1.50
11 Ted Radcliffe 26 0.5 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 23 3.64 0.900 5.4 0.0 2.7 2.7 1.00
12 Roosevelt Davis 24 -0.2 0 0 36.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 17 6.34 6.000 45.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 11.5 42 34 .553 3.82 76 76 24 51 9 4 671.2 673 340 285 26 242 266 22 0 6 2841 119 4.23 1.362 9.0 0.3 3.2 3.6 1.10
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