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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 Mitchell Murray 34 C 0.7 35 116 109 11 38 8 0 1 12 0 7 .349 .388 .450 .837 122 .385 123 49 0 2
2 Jim Brown# 38 1B 0.2 56 185 175 30 54 8 6 3 27 4 10 .309 .346 .474 .820 116 .366 113 83 0 3/2719
3 Charley Williams 33 2B -0.1 77 275 263 22 69 3 2 1 34 1 12 .262 .295 .300 .595 59 .279 60 79 0 *4/2
4 Eddie Miller 29 SS -0.4 64 242 212 24 48 5 2 0 16 1 28 .226 .322 .269 .591 59 .291 67 57 2 6/51
5 Harry Jeffries 31 3B -0.5 56 180 169 18 35 2 1 0 7 2 10 .207 .256 .231 .486 30 .234 33 39 1 52
6 Sandy Thompson* 35 LF -0.4 73 272 244 35 63 7 2 0 25 0 27 .258 .335 .303 .638 71 .308 77 74 1 *79/5
7 Sanford Jackson 30 CF 1.2 78 322 298 47 78 9 5 0 20 5 20 .262 .317 .326 .642 71 .301 74 97 4 85/69
8 Steel Arm Davis* 34 RF 1.6 76 275 245 39 81 14 5 7 59 8 26 .331 .404 .514 .918 143 .414 141 126 4 39/718
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 Malvin Powell 22 OF 0.1 45 136 128 19 34 4 1 1 15 3 8 .266 .309 .336 .645 72 .299 73 43 0 97/813
10 Jelly Gardner* 34 OF 0.0 34 123 100 17 23 3 0 0 9 1 19 .230 .374 .260 .634 72 .323 87 26 4 78/95
11 Rap Dixon 27 OF 0.8 32 122 102 26 28 7 4 3 26 4 19 .275 .393 .510 .903 139 .407 136 52 1 8/7
12 José María Fernández 34 C 1.2 32 112 103 13 41 5 2 0 27 0 8 .398 .446 .485 .932 148 .431 151 50 1 2/3
13 Saul Davis 29 IF 0.0 23 75 66 10 13 3 0 0 5 2 8 .197 .293 .242 .536 44 .266 52 16 1 /654
14 Chester Williams 24 MI -0.2 9 30 30 4 5 1 1 0 3 0 0 .167 .167 .267 .433 14 .190 5 8 0 /64
15 John Hines 29 UT 0.0 6 27 24 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 3 .208 .296 .292 .588 57 .283 62 7 0 /72569
16 George McAllister* 31 1B -0.1 6 25 21 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143 .280 .238 .518 39 .260 48 5 1 /3
17 Cool Turner 28 IF 0.1 4 15 14 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 .357 .400 .500 .900 138 .409 138 7 0 /546
18 James Bray 31 C 0.1 5 14 14 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .357 .357 .429 .786 108 .359 108 6 0 /2
19 Lewis Anderson C -0.3 7 13 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .083 .154 .083 .237 -35 .130 -31 1 0 /2
20 Jabbo Andrews* 22 OF -0.1 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -109 0 0 /7
21 Biff Clark 26 OF 0.0 3 7 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .429 .333 .762 105 .374 116 2 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
22 Bill Foster# 26 P 0.1 33 75 71 6 17 3 0 0 6 0 4 .239 .280 .282 .562 50 .266 51 20 0 1/39
23 George Mitchell 30 P 0.3 37 67 62 7 16 4 1 0 8 0 5 .258 .313 .355 .668 78 .310 78 22 0 1/38
24 Frog Holsey 24 P 0.1 23 51 48 4 10 2 1 0 2 0 3 .208 .255 .292 .547 45 .255 44 14 0 1
25 Luther McDonald 24 P -0.1 26 50 50 5 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 .240 .240 .260 .500 33 .231 30 13 0 1/8
26 Yellow Horse Morris 28 P 0.3 13 26 21 4 5 0 1 1 3 0 5 .238 .385 .476 .861 128 .391 127 10 0 1/7
27 Dave Knight P 0.0 5 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .182 .250 .182 .432 17 .218 23 2 0 /1
28 George Harney 40 P 0.0 3 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .222 .125 .347 -5 .187 4 1 0 /1
29 Bun Hayes 26 P 0.0 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 7 .187 4 1 0 /1
30 Murray Gillispie 22 P 0.0 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 33 .234 32 1 0 /1
31 Johnson P 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 .751 343 0 0
32 Carl Glass* 32 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 /1
33 Joe Fleet 28 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 /1
34 Cliff Bell 33 P 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 /1
Team Totals 4.3 81 2877 2626 352 696 94 35 17 312 31 231 .265 .329 .347 .676 80 .317 83 911 20
Non-Pitcher Totals 3.7 2574 2343 325 631 84 32 16 289 31 211 .269 .335 .353 .688 83 .322 86 827 20
Pitcher Totals 0.6 303 283 27 65 10 3 1 23 0 20 .230 .281 .297 .577 54 .272 55 84 0

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 Bill Foster* 26 SP 4.9 11 8 .579 2.89 26 15 11 12 1 2 159.0 146 68 51 7 55 132 6 0 3 672 158 3.62 1.264 8.3 0.4 3.1 7.5 2.40
2 Frog Holsey 24 SP 1.8 6 10 .375 4.70 21 15 5 12 1 1 138.0 152 84 72 3 43 62 0 0 0 591 97 3.88 1.413 9.9 0.2 2.8 4.0 1.44
3 Luther McDonald 24 SP 1.9 5 9 .357 4.89 22 15 5 8 0 0 127.0 154 75 69 6 30 37 2 0 0 547 93 4.35 1.449 10.9 0.4 2.1 2.6 1.23
4 George Mitchell 30 SP -0.1 4 7 .364 5.50 18 14 3 6 0 0 109.2 137 85 67 8 63 49 3 0 1 509 83 5.42 1.824 11.2 0.7 5.2 4.0 0.78
5 Yellow Horse Morris 28 SP -0.3 3 4 .429 5.80 12 8 3 2 0 1 59.0 69 49 38 2 22 21 1 0 1 267 79 4.46 1.542 10.5 0.3 3.4 3.2 0.95
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 Steel Arm Davis* 34 RP 0.1 0 0 5.19 5 0 3 0 0 0 8.2 7 6 5 0 8 6 2 0 1 43 91 5.64 1.731 7.3 0.0 8.3 6.2 0.75
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 Dave Knight -0.3 1 2 .333 3.71 4 4 0 2 0 0 26.2 38 25 11 3 13 3 2 0 0 132 124 6.48 1.913 12.8 1.0 4.4 1.0 0.23
8 George Harney 40 0.4 1 2 .333 3.98 3 3 0 1 0 0 20.1 28 11 9 0 11 10 0 0 0 99 116 4.20 1.918 12.4 0.0 4.9 4.4 0.91
9 Murray Gillispie* 22 -0.1 0 2 .000 6.06 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.1 20 14 11 0 6 5 0 0 1 70 77 4.05 1.592 11.0 0.0 3.3 2.8 0.83
10 Bun Hayes 26 0.1 0 1 .000 5.40 2 2 0 1 0 0 13.1 16 9 8 1 11 6 0 0 0 62 87 6.11 2.025 10.8 0.7 7.4 4.1 0.55
11 Johnson 0.1 0 0 3.72 2 1 1 0 0 0 9.2 7 6 4 0 6 2 0 0 0 41 127 5.01 1.345 6.5 0.0 5.6 1.9 0.33
12 Malvin Powell 22 -0.5 0 2 .000 20.25 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 14 13 12 2 5 6 2 0 0 35 24 10.12 3.563 23.6 3.4 8.4 10.1 1.20
13 Joe Fleet 28 -0.2 0 1 .000 12.46 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 5 7 6 0 2 2 1 0 0 19 39 4.71 1.615 10.4 0.0 4.2 4.2 1.00
14 Cliff Bell 33 -0.4 0 2 .000 12.46 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 11 9 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 29 39 4.25 3.231 22.8 0.0 6.2 6.2 1.00
15 Carl Glass* 32 0.1 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 5.06 2.500 18.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
16 Jim Brown 38 0.1 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 8.06 1.500 0.0 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
17 Eddie Miller 29 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Team Totals 7.4 31 50 .383 4.72 81 81 33 45 2 4 704.1 809 461 369 32 280 344 19 0 7 3131 97 4.45 1.546 10.3 0.4 3.6 4.4 1.23
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