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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 Hen Jordan 30 C 0.7 39 134 129 9 39 4 1 2 19 1 5 .302 .328 .395 .724 96 .334 94 51 0 2
2 Edgar Wesley* 33 1B 1.0 58 236 218 29 62 12 4 5 40 8 18 .284 .339 .445 .784 112 .361 108 97 0 *3
3 Dick Jackson 27 2B 0.6 55 207 202 29 58 5 8 2 26 2 5 .287 .304 .421 .725 95 .327 90 85 0 49/6
4 George Fiall 24 SS 0.4 53 203 181 18 40 3 2 0 12 3 19 .221 .305 .260 .565 54 .278 61 47 3 65
5 Ewing Russell 18 3B -0.3 11 37 34 5 6 1 0 0 2 1 3 .176 .243 .206 .449 23 .225 26 7 0 5
6 Fats Jenkins* 26 LF 2.2 58 262 227 61 77 9 0 0 27 13 33 .339 .427 .379 .806 120 .392 128 86 2 *7/8
7 Oscar Charleston* 27 CF 5.0 58 252 222 67 91 27 5 15 65 22 28 .410 .480 .779 1.259 238 .558 224 173 2 *8/39
8 Rap Dixon 21 RF 0.6 48 186 170 20 48 3 2 4 29 5 13 .282 .344 .394 .738 100 .345 100 67 3 *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 Pos Awards
9 John George SS -0.3 24 91 87 8 20 2 0 1 7 2 3 .230 .264 .287 .551 50 .260 49 25 1 6/5
10 Claude Johnson 30 2B -0.3 19 79 68 7 13 3 0 0 8 0 11 .191 .304 .235 .539 48 .274 57 16 0 4
11 Nat Rogers* 30 UT 0.2 17 63 56 9 14 1 1 0 4 1 5 .250 .333 .304 .637 74 .309 79 17 2 2/546
12 Cleo Smith* 24 IF -0.1 14 59 55 5 11 1 1 0 5 0 4 .200 .254 .255 .509 38 .245 39 14 0 /5
13 Pepper Daniels 21 C 0.1 15 44 42 7 12 5 0 0 5 0 2 .286 .318 .405 .723 95 .333 92 17 0 2
14 Rufus Battle 27 C -0.5 10 27 26 4 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 .115 .148 .115 .264 -28 .133 -29 3 0 2
15 Elmer Wicks 28 IF -0.2 3 13 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .231 .091 .322 -10 .189 5 1 0 /56
16 Ed Poles 22 IF 0.0 3 9 8 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 60 .294 68 2 0 /54
17 Charles Banks 25 3B -0.2 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -9 .157 -15 1 0 /5
18 Fred Williams C 0.0 4 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -42 .151 -18 0 0 /2
19 Jesse Barber* 36 OF -0.1 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 9 .189 6 1 0 /7
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
20 Darltie Cooper 21 P 0.1 33 69 67 7 16 1 2 1 9 1 2 .239 .261 .358 .619 67 .281 62 24 0 1/5968
21 Ping Gardner 25 P 0.3 18 55 51 8 14 2 0 0 3 1 4 .275 .327 .314 .641 75 .306 77 16 0 1
22 Charlie Henry 24 P -0.3 15 34 34 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 .118 .118 .147 .265 -28 .122 -36 5 0 1
23 Charles Corbett 34 P 0.1 14 33 33 4 9 2 1 0 5 0 0 .273 .273 .394 .667 79 .300 73 13 0 1
24 Fred Bell 22 P 0.3 10 24 22 6 8 0 2 1 7 1 2 .364 .417 .682 1.098 194 .483 182 15 0 /189
25 Slim Branham 24 P 0.1 7 14 13 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 .231 .286 .385 .670 81 .308 77 5 0 /1
26 Willie Haynes 23 P -0.1 3 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -109 0 0 /1
27 Jim Jeffries* 31 P 0.0 2 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 47 .283 62 1 0 /1
Team Totals 9.3 59 2160 1983 311 554 84 29 31 281 61 164 .279 .338 .398 .736 99 .344 99 789 13
Non-Pitcher Totals 9.0 1918 1751 281 499 76 24 29 254 58 154 .285 .347 .405 .753 104 .352 103 710 13
Pitcher Totals 0.4 242 232 30 55 8 5 2 27 3 10 .237 .269 .341 .609 65 .280 61 79 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 Ping Gardner 25 SP 1.4 8 6 .571 4.22 17 14 3 12 0 0 134.1 134 73 63 7 45 60 14 0 2 581 104 4.31 1.333 9.0 0.5 3.0 4.0 1.33
2 Darltie Cooper 21 SP 1.1 9 9 .500 4.00 21 13 8 9 0 1 126.0 123 71 56 4 32 48 4 0 0 543 110 3.71 1.230 8.8 0.3 2.3 3.4 1.50
3 Charlie Henry 24 SP 1.5 2 6 .250 3.59 13 9 3 4 0 1 82.2 79 38 33 6 32 30 1 0 2 357 123 4.62 1.343 8.6 0.7 3.5 3.3 0.94
4 Charles Corbett 34 SP -0.1 4 4 .500 4.76 12 8 3 7 0 0 81.1 84 54 43 0 28 20 4 0 0 357 93 3.89 1.377 9.3 0.0 3.1 2.2 0.71
5 Slim Branham 24 SP -0.6 2 3 .400 5.45 6 6 0 1 0 0 34.2 40 31 21 2 18 10 1 0 1 160 81 5.02 1.673 10.4 0.5 4.7 2.6 0.56
6 Fred Bell 22 SP 0.2 3 1 .750 4.20 6 4 2 3 0 0 30.0 29 18 14 0 14 12 5 0 1 135 106 4.31 1.433 8.7 0.0 4.2 3.6 0.86
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 Willie Haynes 23 -0.4 1 0 1.000 9.00 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.0 18 13 13 0 7 4 4 0 1 65 50 5.13 1.923 12.5 0.0 4.8 2.8 0.57
8 Jim Jeffries* 31 -0.5 0 1 .000 10.50 2 2 0 1 0 0 12.0 26 15 14 2 7 3 1 0 0 66 43 6.87 2.750 19.5 1.5 5.3 2.3 0.43
Team Totals 2.6 29 30 .492 4.50 59 59 19 37 0 2 514.0 533 313 257 21 183 187 34 0 7 2264 98 4.28 1.393 9.3 0.4 3.2 3.3 1.02
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