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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 SH Pos Awards
1 Herb Barnhill 31 C 0.0 30 100 94 8 24 3 0 0 11 0 5 .255 .300 .287 .587 72 .286 77 27 1 0 2/3
2 Art Pennington# 22 1B 1.5 35 151 128 23 42 6 2 3 26 7 23 .328 .430 .477 .907 165 .431 159 61 0 0 3/45796
3 Jesse Douglas* 29 2B 0.8 32 142 132 23 40 2 1 1 14 5 10 .303 .352 .356 .708 107 .340 108 47 0 0 4/56
4 Ralph Wyatt 27 SS 0.6 35 147 133 25 38 1 3 2 22 1 11 .286 .340 .383 .724 111 .342 110 51 0 3 6/58
5 Clyde Nelson 23 3B -0.1 29 118 103 20 23 4 0 1 18 0 13 .223 .316 .291 .608 78 .301 85 30 1 1 5/793
6 John Bissant 31 LF 0.3 33 137 122 30 33 7 2 0 13 1 14 .270 .346 .361 .706 107 .338 108 44 0 1 7/4
7 Jimmie Crutchfield* 35 CF -0.1 38 160 146 15 34 6 1 0 14 0 13 .233 .300 .288 .588 72 .288 78 42 1 0 8
8 Johnny Smith* 28 RF 1.0 38 161 151 24 51 5 4 2 33 1 9 .338 .375 .464 .839 144 .390 138 70 0 1 9/71
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 Wilbert King 30 2B 0.3 17 60 53 13 13 0 4 0 3 0 6 .245 .322 .396 .718 109 .337 106 21 0 1 4/59
10 Tommie Dukes* 38 C -0.1 16 56 55 7 14 1 2 0 8 0 1 .255 .268 .345 .613 79 .285 76 19 0 0 2/3
11 Henry McCall* 37 1B 0.1 9 37 34 2 11 2 0 0 4 1 2 .324 .361 .382 .743 118 .353 117 13 0 1 /3
12 Willie McMeans UT 0.0 11 21 15 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 .133 .350 .133 .483 45 .283 74 2 0 1 /137
13 Clyde McNeal 16 UT -0.3 7 19 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .118 .211 .118 .328 -3 .179 15 2 0 0 /76
14 Clarence Locke 34 1B -0.3 9 18 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .056 .056 .056 .111 -67 .053 -58 1 0 0 /13
15 Sam Jackson* 25 1B 0.0 4 11 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .545 60 .260 61 3 0 0 /3
16 Babe Charter 34 3B 0.1 2 6 6 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 193 .476 187 3 0 0 /5
17 Ollie Waldon* 34 0.1 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 333 .672 304 2 0 0
18 Shanks SS 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0 /6
19 Fred Johnson 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0
20 Chico Renfroe 22 2B 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0
21 James Coachman C 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
22 Jesse Williams* 28 C 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
23 Raymond Lott 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
24 Gentry Jessup 30 P -0.1 12 32 31 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 .194 .194 .194 .387 13 .184 15 6 0 1 1 AS
25 Willie Cornelius 38 P 0.6 17 31 25 5 11 2 1 0 6 0 5 .440 .533 .600 1.133 231 .525 220 15 0 1 1/7
26 Walter McCoy 25 P -0.2 13 26 24 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .042 .115 .042 .157 -53 .094 -35 1 0 0 1
27 Gready McKinnis 31 P -0.1 9 15 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 .133 .133 .267 -22 .127 -16 2 0 0 /1
28 Ollie West* 31 P 0.1 9 13 11 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .273 .385 .273 .657 94 .335 105 3 0 0 /17
29 Charlie Shields* 22 P 2 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 95 .317 93 1 0 1
30 R. Smith P 0.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -285 0 0 1 /1
Team Totals 4.2 39 1473 1334 211 359 40 20 9 180 16 123 .269 .332 .349 .682 99 .327 101 466 3 13
Non-Pitcher Totals 3.8 1326 1206 195 332 37 19 9 168 16 109 .275 .337 .360 .697 104 .333 105 434 3 8
Pitcher Totals 0.3 144 125 15 26 2 1 0 12 0 14 .208 .288 .240 .528 55 .265 63 30 0 5

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 Gentry Jessup 30 SP 1.9 6 4 .600 3.19 10 10 0 7 1 0 79.0 65 33 28 0 24 43 0 0 0 326 134 2.54 1.127 7.4 0.0 2.7 4.9 1.79 AS
2 Willie Cornelius 38 SP -1.5 3 2 .600 7.76 11 7 1 3 0 0 51.0 71 53 44 1 16 18 1 0 1 244 55 3.27 1.706 12.5 0.2 2.8 3.2 1.13
3 Gready McKinnis* 31 SP 0.8 2 4 .333 3.38 9 6 3 2 2 1 42.2 32 20 16 0 12 18 1 0 0 170 127 2.79 1.031 6.8 0.0 2.5 3.8 1.50
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 Walter McCoy 25 RP 0.3 5 2 .714 3.99 12 6 6 4 0 0 65.1 55 39 29 2 30 59 0 0 1 278 107 2.69 1.301 7.6 0.3 4.1 8.1 1.97
5 Ollie West 31 RP 0.3 1 1 .500 3.99 8 2 4 1 0 0 29.1 24 16 13 0 20 9 2 0 0 135 108 4.36 1.500 7.4 0.0 6.1 2.8 0.45
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 Willie McMeans -0.3 1 3 .250 5.96 5 3 2 2 0 0 22.2 35 18 15 2 8 8 2 0 0 111 72 4.49 1.897 13.9 0.8 3.2 3.2 1.00
7 Clarence Locke 34 -0.5 1 2 .333 6.27 4 3 1 1 0 0 18.2 28 18 13 1 6 10 0 0 0 93 69 3.31 1.821 13.5 0.5 2.9 4.8 1.67
8 Johnny Smith* 28 0.3 0 0 3.12 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.2 7 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 31 142 2.61 0.923 7.3 0.0 1.0 2.1 2.00
9 Jimmie Crutchfield 35 0.3 0 1 .000 1.17 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.2 6 2 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 28 379 3.11 1.174 7.0 0.0 3.5 3.5 1.00
10 Charlie Shields* 22 -0.5 0 1 .000 11.57 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 12 9 0 9 0 1 0 1 39 39 7.01 2.429 10.3 0.0 11.6 0.0 0.00
11 R. Smith -0.1 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 25 51 5.72 1.800 7.2 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 1.0 19 20 .487 4.70 39 39 19 20 3 1 337.0 335 219 176 6 134 170 7 0 3 1480 91 3.20 1.392 8.9 0.2 3.6 4.5 1.27
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