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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 Raymond Taylor 31 C -0.8 23 75 67 3 4 3 1 0 2 0 5 .060 .125 .134 .259 -23 .131 -14 9 0 3 2
2 Archie Ware* 24 1B 1.0 44 172 159 16 43 5 3 2 34 5 10 .270 .326 .377 .703 108 .332 107 60 3 0 3
3 Billy Horne 26 2B 0.3 43 186 171 27 47 7 4 1 19 7 13 .275 .326 .380 .706 109 .335 107 65 0 2 4/67
4 Tice James 27 SS -0.5 39 145 135 10 30 6 3 0 9 3 9 .222 .276 .311 .587 74 .279 76 42 1 0 6
5 Parnell Woods 30 3B 1.2 34 140 132 21 42 10 3 1 19 3 7 .318 .353 .462 .815 141 .375 133 61 0 1 5 AS,AS
6 Duke Cleveland* 25 LF 0.3 34 140 125 25 36 4 0 1 13 3 12 .288 .364 .344 .708 111 .342 114 43 3 0 7/98
7 Sam Jethroe# 25 CF 1.4 42 172 164 28 55 14 4 2 27 6 5 .335 .363 .506 .869 156 .400 146 83 2 1 8/7945 AS,AS
8 Thad Christopher* 29 RF -0.2 31 106 93 16 19 5 0 1 11 2 9 .204 .288 .290 .579 72 .282 78 27 2 2 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 SH Pos Awards
9 John Lyles# 30 UT 0.0 30 109 90 18 17 1 1 0 3 2 12 .189 .318 .222 .540 62 .280 77 20 5 2 /56947
10 Joe Brown 25 C -0.2 25 84 79 9 17 2 0 0 7 0 3 .215 .253 .241 .494 47 .240 53 19 1 1 2/3
11 Emmett Wilson# 29 OF 0.3 16 68 59 12 16 5 1 1 10 3 6 .271 .338 .441 .779 130 .366 125 26 0 3 8/7
12 Sonny Harris# 27 OF 0.4 7 25 21 4 10 2 1 0 3 1 2 .476 .542 .667 1.208 258 .552 241 14 1 1 /79
13 George Brown OF -0.1 3 10 10 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 76 .263 67 4 0 0 /79
14 Lloyd Davenport* 30 OF 0.0 2 9 7 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 .286 .444 .429 .873 160 .420 158 3 0 0 /8 AS
15 Sam Segraves 22 OF -0.1 3 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -26 .119 -17 1 0 0 /7
16 Walter Burch 34 C 0.1 2 7 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857 155 .407 150 3 0 0 /12
17 Marshall Riddle* 24 3B -0.1 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .042 -86 0 0 0 /5
18 Gene Smith 30 3B 0.0 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 198 .475 189 2 0 0 /5 AS
19 Johnnie Cowan 29 IF 0.0 2 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 198 .475 189 2 0 0 /45
20 George Britt 46 C 0.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 496 .949 477 1 0 0 /2
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
21 Alonzo Boone 34 P -0.2 12 32 30 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .100 .129 .133 .262 -22 .128 -15 4 0 1 1
22 Eugene Bremer 25 P 0.2 13 31 31 5 9 4 0 0 4 0 0 .290 .290 .419 .710 109 .325 103 13 0 0 /19 AS,AS
23 Willie Jefferson 38 P 0.1 12 31 28 4 5 1 0 0 3 0 2 .179 .258 .214 .472 41 .239 53 6 1 0 /1
24 Smoky Owens 30 P 0.2 13 24 22 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .318 .318 .364 .682 102 .320 100 8 0 2 /179
25 Ray Robinson P 0.1 9 18 15 3 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 .133 .278 .133 .411 24 .242 48 2 0 0 /1
26 Herman Watts* 22 P 0.1 5 10 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .400 .333 .733 119 .360 123 3 0 0 /18
27 James Cooper 23 P -0.1 4 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222 -34 .105 -24 1 0 0 /1
28 Willie Cornelius 35 P 0.0 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 49 .237 52 1 0 0 /1
29 Lefty Boone 22 P 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -85 0 0 0 /1
30 Willie Hubert 29 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0 /1
31 Dode Smith P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0 /1
32 R.T. Walker 31 P 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 0
Team Totals 3.5 45 1635 1495 209 380 72 22 9 171 38 102 .254 .310 .350 .660 96 .314 96 523 19 19
Non-Pitcher Totals 3.1 1471 1342 194 349 65 22 9 162 36 95 .260 .318 .361 .679 101 .322 101 485 18 16
Pitcher Totals 0.4 164 153 15 31 7 0 0 9 2 7 .203 .242 .248 .491 46 .238 51 38 1 3

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 Alonzo Boone 34 SP 1.1 4 2 .667 2.72 12 8 3 4 0 0 79.1 74 40 24 3 28 53 5 1 0 350 150 2.98 1.286 8.4 0.3 3.2 6.0 1.89
2 Willie Jefferson 38 SP 1.3 6 3 .667 3.03 12 11 1 6 0 0 74.1 79 35 25 5 14 34 3 0 0 315 135 3.22 1.251 9.6 0.6 1.7 4.1 2.43
3 Eugene Bremer 25 SP 1.5 7 1 .875 2.51 9 6 3 6 1 0 64.2 56 27 18 2 16 35 1 0 1 272 163 2.68 1.113 7.8 0.3 2.2 4.9 2.19 AS,AS
4 Ray Robinson* SP -1.1 2 5 .286 7.42 9 8 1 4 0 0 47.1 65 45 39 2 12 30 3 2 0 221 55 2.81 1.627 12.4 0.4 2.3 5.7 2.50
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
5 Smoky Owens 30 RP 0.8 2 4 .333 3.14 11 5 4 5 0 2 57.1 49 29 20 3 20 19 5 0 1 246 130 3.90 1.203 7.7 0.5 3.1 3.0 0.95
6 Herman Watts* 22 RP -0.9 0 1 .000 8.31 5 1 3 0 0 0 21.2 29 26 20 1 17 10 2 0 1 112 50 4.88 2.123 12.0 0.4 7.1 4.2 0.59
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 James Cooper 23 -0.9 0 3 .000 10.13 4 2 1 0 0 0 18.2 37 26 21 3 9 9 0 0 2 101 41 5.15 2.464 17.8 1.4 4.3 4.3 1.00
8 Willie Cornelius 35 -0.4 0 2 .000 7.71 3 2 1 0 0 0 11.2 17 12 10 1 9 5 0 0 1 58 54 5.15 2.229 13.1 0.8 6.9 3.9 0.56
9 Walter Burch 34 0.0 0 0 4.15 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 6 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 22 106 3.50 1.846 12.5 0.0 4.2 2.1 0.50
10 Lefty Boone* 22 -0.1 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 4 4 0 7 4 0 0 1 23 49 5.83 3.000 11.3 0.0 15.8 9.0 0.57
11 Willie Hubert 29 -0.3 0 1 .000 17.18 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 10 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 26 2.58 2.727 24.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Dode Smith* -0.1 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 3 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 15 76 4.24 1.667 9.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
13 R.T. Walker 31 0.0 0 1 .000 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 9 107 3.58 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
Team Totals 1.1 21 24 .467 4.43 45 45 19 25 1 2 392.0 431 259 193 20 138 204 20 3 7 1766 93 3.41 1.452 9.9 0.5 3.2 4.7 1.48
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