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Standard Batting Table 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 | Eppie Hamilton | 28 | C | 0.4 | 28 | 102 | 98 | 7 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | .327 | .353 | .367 | .720 | 97 | .336 | 98 | 36 | 1 | 2 | |
2 | Willie Bobo* | 30 | 1B | -0.5 | 17 | 60 | 57 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .193 | .233 | .263 | .496 | 35 | .232 | 33 | 15 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | Babe Melton | 30 | 2B | 2.1 | 57 | 208 | 198 | 37 | 70 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 42 | 5 | 8 | .354 | .385 | .621 | 1.006 | 170 | .442 | 164 | 123 | 2 | 42/769835 | |
4 | Saul Davis | 27 | SS | 1.0 | 42 | 169 | 163 | 24 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 6 | .288 | .314 | .387 | .700 | 90 | .326 | 88 | 63 | 0 | 46/5 | |
5 | Harry Jeffries | | 3B | 1.3 | 32 | 127 | 117 | 22 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | .359 | .409 | .504 | .914 | 148 | .421 | 148 | 59 | 4 | 5/2 | |
6 | Tack Summers | 28 | LF | 0.0 | 58 | 241 | 221 | 36 | 57 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 17 | .258 | .320 | .317 | .636 | 74 | .300 | 76 | 70 | 3 | 75/9 | |
7 | Ernest Duff | 28 | CF | 0.7 | 47 | 188 | 178 | 36 | 58 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 7 | .326 | .362 | .455 | .817 | 122 | .374 | 121 | 81 | 3 | 89/3 | |
8 | Orville Singer | 29 | RF | 1.3 | 38 | 152 | 147 | 18 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 3 | .347 | .368 | .469 | .838 | 127 | .381 | 126 | 69 | 2 | 89/4 | |
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 | Frank Stevens | | UT | 0.8 | 35 | 87 | 82 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | .329 | .368 | .476 | .843 | 129 | .383 | 127 | 39 | 1 | 1/9783 | |
10 | Pete Willett | | IF | 0.3 | 25 | 82 | 79 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | .291 | .317 | .405 | .722 | 96 | .330 | 94 | 32 | 1 | 65 | |
11 | Ted Stockard | 25 | SS | -0.3 | 19 | 80 | 76 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | .276 | .313 | .329 | .641 | 75 | .300 | 75 | 25 | 1 | 6/5 | |
12 | Heavy Johnson | 33 | OF | 0.5 | 20 | 80 | 75 | 16 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 5 | .387 | .425 | .547 | .972 | 163 | .439 | 162 | 41 | 0 | 9/381 | |
13 | John Wesley Johnson | | 1B | -0.5 | 17 | 52 | 47 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .170 | .250 | .213 | .463 | 27 | .230 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 3/1 | |
14 | Charlie Wouldridge | 30 | UT | -0.2 | 16 | 52 | 44 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | .227 | .346 | .227 | .573 | 59 | .293 | 71 | 10 | 0 | /379 | |
15 | Charles Zomphier | 22 | IF | -0.5 | 13 | 51 | 44 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | .205 | .314 | .273 | .586 | 61 | .288 | 67 | 12 | 1 | /4356 | |
16 | George Dixon* | 32 | C | -0.1 | 19 | 51 | 45 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | .222 | .314 | .244 | .558 | 54 | .277 | 61 | 11 | 0 | 2/3 | |
17 | Perry Hall | 30 | UT | 0.2 | 10 | 39 | 37 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .324 | .359 | .486 | .845 | 129 | .383 | 127 | 18 | 1 | 4/7 | |
18 | Bobby Williams | 32 | IF | -0.1 | 9 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .258 | .303 | .258 | .561 | 54 | .271 | 57 | 8 | 0 | /65 | |
19 | Chancelor Edwards | 27 | C | -0.5 | 10 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .107 | .138 | .107 | .245 | -32 | .122 | -36 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
20 | Sam Crawford | 36 | UT | -0.3 | 12 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .217 | .308 | .217 | .525 | 46 | .269 | 54 | 5 | 2 | /4178 | |
21 | Goldie | | UT | -0.3 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .105 | .190 | .158 | .348 | -4 | .189 | -1 | 3 | 1 | /379 | |
22 | Fred Dewitt | 27 | 1B | -0.3 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .067 | .222 | .067 | .289 | -18 | .177 | -2 | 1 | 1 | /3 | |
23 | John Barnes* | 25 | C | -0.2 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | -58 | .108 | -46 | 0 | 1 | /2 | |
24 | Will Owens | 26 | UT | 0.2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .500 | .429 | .929 | 156 | .442 | 164 | 3 | 0 | /6459 | |
25 | Frank Duncan* | 40 | 3B | -0.2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | .000 | -113 | 0 | 0 | /5 | |
26 | Chester Blanchard | 24 | IF | 0.1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .714 | .714 | .714 | 1.429 | 291 | .666 | 304 | 5 | 0 | /56 | |
27 | James Womack | | 1B | -0.1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 9 | .186 | 3 | 1 | 0 | /3 | |
28 | Clem Turner | 22 | UT | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 448 | .932 | 465 | 2 | 0 | /23 | |
29 | Orange | | OF | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | /7 | |
30 | Homer Curry* | 23 | P | 1.4 | 40 | 114 | 108 | 15 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | .352 | .386 | .500 | .886 | 140 | .402 | 139 | 54 | 2 | 19/78 | |
31 | Nelson Dean | 29 | P | -0.5 | 28 | 56 | 52 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .058 | .125 | .058 | .183 | -49 | .103 | -48 | 3 | 0 | 1/9 | |
32 | William Ross | 34 | P | 0.3 | 14 | 30 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .357 | .400 | .464 | .864 | 135 | .396 | 135 | 13 | 0 | 1/7 | |
33 | Johnnie Bob Dixon | 29 | P | 0.1 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .235 | .278 | .294 | .572 | 56 | .269 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
34 | Square Moore | 27 | P | -0.2 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | .000 | -113 | 0 | 0 | /19 | |
35 | Tom Jackson | | P | 0.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 9 | .186 | 3 | 1 | 0 | /1 | |
36 | George Boggs* | 29 | P | 0.1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 131 | .418 | 149 | 1 | 0 | /1 | |
37 | Kirby | | P | 0.1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 265 | .622 | 274 | 2 | 0 | /1 | |
38 | Tom Cox | | P | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | .000 | -112 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
39 | Bill Williams | | P | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | .000 | -108 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
40 | Owen Smaulding | 31 | P | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | /1 | |
| Team Totals | | | 6.1 | 62 | 2236 | 2095 | 278 | 606 | 95 | 36 | 17 | 253 | 36 | 113 | .289 | .334 | .393 | .727 | 98 | .336 | 97 | 824 | 28 | | |
| Non-Pitcher Totals | | | 4.1 | | 1904 | 1782 | 240 | 520 | 79 | 31 | 15 | 220 | 36 | 97 | .292 | .337 | .396 | .733 | 99 | .339 | 99 | 706 | 25 | | |
| Pitcher Totals | | | 2.0 | | 332 | 313 | 38 | 86 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 16 | .275 | .316 | .377 | .693 | 88 | .320 | 87 | 118 | 3 | | |
Standard Pitching Table Rk | Player | Age | Pos | WAR | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | HBP | WP | BF | ERA+ | FIP | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | SO/BB | Awards |
1 | Nelson Dean | 29 | SP | 1.5 | 5 | 15 | .250 | 4.14 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 143.1 | 173 | 86 | 66 | 6 | 23 | 70 | 9 | 2 | 633 | 98 | 3.27 | 1.367 | 10.9 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 3.04 | |
2 | Homer Curry | 23 | SP | 0.3 | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.66 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 125.2 | 143 | 86 | 65 | 11 | 29 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 565 | 87 | 4.53 | 1.369 | 10.2 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 1.24 | |
3 | Frank Stevens* | | SP | -0.9 | 3 | 6 | .333 | 6.17 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 81.2 | 98 | 69 | 56 | 4 | 39 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 385 | 66 | 4.33 | 1.678 | 10.8 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 1.08 | |
4 | William Ross | 34 | SP | 0.7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.45 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 57.1 | 60 | 33 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 260 | 118 | 4.08 | 1.448 | 9.4 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 0.61 | |
Rk | Player | Age | Pos | WAR | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | HBP | WP | BF | ERA+ | FIP | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | SO/BB | Awards |
5 | Johnnie Bob Dixon | 29 | RP | -2.2 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 12.13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39.1 | 72 | 59 | 53 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 212 | 34 | 5.90 | 2.288 | 16.5 | 1.4 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 0.78 | |
6 | John Wesley Johnson | | RP | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | | 7.88 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 27 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 84 | 52 | 3.91 | 2.125 | 15.2 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 1.14 | |
Rk | Player | Age | Pos | WAR | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | HBP | WP | BF | ERA+ | FIP | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | SO/BB | Awards |
7 | Square Moore | 27 | | -1.0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 9.58 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20.2 | 37 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 111 | 43 | 5.35 | 2.081 | 16.1 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.00 | |
8 | Tom Jackson | | | -0.5 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.44 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 50 | 3.31 | 1.969 | 15.2 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 5.1 | 2.00 | |
9 | George Boggs* | 29 | | -0.1 | 0 | 0 | | 4.05 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 105 | 4.98 | 1.650 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 0.25 | |
10 | Tom Cox | | | -0.1 | 0 | 0 | | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 48 | 1.43 | 1.200 | 10.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | | |
11 | Sam Crawford | 36 | | -0.4 | 0 | 0 | | 11.57 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 38 | 3.67 | 2.571 | 21.2 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |
12 | Kirby | | | -0.2 | 0 | 0 | | 8.31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 53 | 6.03 | 1.615 | 14.5 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | |
13 | Heavy Johnson | 33 | | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | | 1.70 | 1.000 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | | |
14 | Bill Williams | | | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 122 | 4.75 | 1.714 | 11.6 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1.00 | |
15 | Owen Smaulding | 31 | | -0.1 | 0 | 0 | | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 7.53 | 4.500 | 27.0 | 0.0 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |
| Team Totals | | | -3.1 | 18 | 44 | .290 | 5.66 | 62 | 62 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 521.1 | 667 | 418 | 328 | 32 | 155 | 204 | 39 | 8 | 2430 | 72 | 4.16 | 1.577 | 11.5 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 1.32 | |
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