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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 SH Pos Awards
1 Frank Duncan 37 C 0.7 16 66 53 9 16 3 1 2 11 2 9 .302 .422 .509 .931 166 .429 159 27 2 2 2 AS
2 Luther Gilyard 28 1B 0.0 18 59 52 8 11 2 1 0 3 0 6 .212 .293 .288 .582 67 .282 71 15 0 1 3
3 Rainey Bibbs# 27 2B 0.3 28 117 109 13 28 2 1 0 15 4 5 .257 .289 .294 .583 67 .278 69 32 0 3 4
4 Ormond Sampson 28 SS 0.1 18 69 64 4 16 1 1 0 10 1 3 .250 .284 .297 .580 66 .273 67 19 0 2 6/2
5 Alex Radcliff 32 3B 0.8 38 162 152 25 39 7 5 1 20 4 9 .257 .302 .388 .691 97 .319 93 59 1 0 5/6714 AS
6 Wilson Redus 33 LF 0.6 39 166 147 21 45 5 2 3 15 6 15 .306 .374 .429 .803 129 .376 126 63 1 3 7/9
7 Willie Simms* 29 CF -0.3 20 96 86 13 20 3 1 0 7 3 9 .233 .305 .291 .596 71 .290 76 25 0 1 8
8 Herman Dunlap* 30 RF 0.1 30 127 113 13 28 1 2 0 5 4 9 .248 .303 .292 .595 71 .287 74 33 0 5 9/78
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 Ed Young 25 CI 0.5 29 112 102 18 27 3 2 2 16 1 6 .265 .318 .392 .710 103 .329 100 40 2 2 3/529
10 Subby Byas# 28 UT 0.5 31 110 101 17 28 7 0 1 13 5 9 .277 .336 .376 .713 104 .340 103 38 0 0 23/4
11 Turkey Stearnes* 37 OF 0.7 20 82 73 16 21 4 1 2 11 6 8 .288 .366 .452 .818 133 .386 128 33 1 0 8
12 Billy Horne 22 MI 0.1 18 69 61 9 16 3 1 1 10 0 5 .262 .318 .393 .712 103 .330 100 24 0 3 4/6
13 Joe Sparks 27 IF 0.2 21 62 51 10 11 1 1 2 8 1 9 .216 .344 .392 .736 111 .346 110 20 1 1 6/45
14 Jesse Houston 28 UT 0.0 19 44 42 4 7 1 1 0 3 0 2 .167 .205 .238 .443 26 .209 30 10 0 0 1/45
15 Ernie Smith* 30 UT 0.2 11 42 39 8 13 2 0 0 8 4 0 .333 .350 .385 .735 110 .355 109 15 1 2 /92
16 Paul Hardy 27 C -0.2 8 17 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .067 .176 .067 .243 -29 .144 -8 1 0 0 /2
17 Pen Gilliard* 34 UT 0.0 6 10 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 69 .304 76 2 0 1 /713
18 Johnny Reed 22 UT -0.1 3 7 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 31 .242 48 1 0 0 /159
19 Andrews 2B 0.1 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .500 .600 .500 1.100 217 .528 213 2 0 0 /4
20 Jack Marshall 29 3B 0.1 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 89 .339 104 1 0 0 /5
21 Howard Easterling# 26 OF 0.1 1 5 4 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 .750 .800 1.000 1.800 413 .791 364 4 0 0 /8
22 Brinson OF -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -89 0 0 0 /9
23 Carter SS 0.2 1 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .667 .750 .667 1.417 308 .660 288 2 0 0 /6
24 Zell Miles 28 OF 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -93 0 0 0 /9
25 Smith 0.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 474 .944 450 1 0 0
26 John Lyles# 26 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -93 0 0 0
27 Vaughn 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -93 0 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 SH Pos Awards
28 Willie Cornelius 31 P 0.3 23 44 36 4 6 1 1 1 4 0 5 .167 .286 .333 .619 77 .295 79 12 1 2 1 AS
29 Tommy Johnson 23 P -0.3 20 38 34 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .059 .111 .059 .170 -51 .094 -44 2 0 2 1
30 Ted Trent 34 P -0.2 16 20 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .053 .053 .053 .105 -70 .050 -71 1 0 1 1
31 Leland Davis P -0.1 12 14 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .077 .143 .077 .220 -36 .121 -21 1 0 0 /1
32 Percy Forrest 21 P 0.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -90 0 0 0 /1
33 George White P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 4.2 41 1563 1402 202 349 47 21 15 168 42 120 .249 .313 .345 .657 88 .312 88 483 10 31
Non-Pitcher Totals 4.4 1397 1252 194 331 45 19 14 159 42 110 .264 .328 .364 .692 98 .328 98 456 9 26
Pitcher Totals -0.3 163 147 8 17 2 2 1 9 0 10 .116 .177 .177 .354 2 .175 7 26 1 5

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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 Tommy Johnson 23 SP 2.2 6 3 .667 2.74 20 12 5 2 1 0 102.0 108 47 31 2 32 37 2 0 4 441 156 3.63 1.373 9.5 0.2 2.8 3.3 1.16
2 Ted Trent 34 SP 1.2 3 6 .333 3.88 16 11 3 3 1 0 67.1 70 34 29 3 13 46 1 0 0 280 110 2.93 1.233 9.4 0.4 1.7 6.1 3.54
3 Jesse Houston 28 SP 0.2 2 4 .333 5.09 12 7 3 3 0 1 53.0 59 35 30 3 25 26 1 0 3 239 84 4.32 1.585 10.0 0.5 4.2 4.4 1.04
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
4 Willie Cornelius 31 CL 4.0 11 1 .917 2.19 22 9 9 9 0 3 115.0 93 39 28 2 31 92 6 0 1 471 194 2.69 1.078 7.3 0.2 2.4 7.2 2.97 AS
5 Leland Davis RP -0.4 2 1 .667 8.44 4 1 2 0 0 0 10.2 20 13 10 0 7 4 0 0 0 60 52 4.32 2.531 16.9 0.0 5.9 3.4 0.57
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 Percy Forrest 21 -0.2 0 1 .000 5.68 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 8 7 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 31 79 5.15 1.579 11.4 1.4 2.8 4.3 1.50
7 Johnny Reed 22 -0.1 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 5 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 23 51 3.70 1.800 10.8 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
8 George White 0.1 0 0 1.93 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 237 3.74 0.857 5.8 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.00
9 Alex Radcliff 32 0.0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7.60 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 AS
10 Pen Gilliard* 34 -0.1 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 33 12.10 6.000 27.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 6.9 24 16 .600 3.43 41 41 22 17 2 4 365.0 368 183 139 11 115 211 11 0 8 1568 125 3.37 1.323 9.1 0.3 2.8 5.2 1.83
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