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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 Josh Gibson 27 C 2.4 29 124 108 36 43 5 3 12 42 3 15 .398 .476 .833 1.309 242 .557 224 90 1 2/3 AS,AS
2 Buck Leonard* 31 1B 2.1 33 141 121 36 44 11 1 11 48 2 20 .364 .454 .744 1.198 214 .516 200 90 0 3 AS,AS
3 Sam Bankhead 28 2B 1.1 36 155 141 32 41 4 3 2 22 5 13 .291 .355 .404 .759 101 .354 102 57 1 4/5
4 Jelly Jackson 29 SS 0.2 36 139 122 27 23 3 4 2 16 1 16 .189 .288 .328 .616 63 .290 64 40 1 6
5 Henry Spearman 29 3B 0.6 34 137 126 25 40 4 5 3 25 0 10 .317 .372 .500 .872 130 .395 126 63 1 5
6 Vic Harris* 34 LF 0.3 33 149 129 18 34 7 3 2 22 0 20 .264 .362 .411 .773 105 .362 106 53 0 7/3 AS
7 Jerry Benjamin# 29 CF 0.5 20 92 78 19 19 1 1 0 8 6 13 .244 .359 .282 .641 72 .328 82 22 1 8
8 David Whatley* 24 RF 1.0 29 115 111 25 47 7 4 1 18 2 4 .423 .443 .586 1.029 172 .464 169 65 0 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 Ray Brown# 31 OF 0.3 20 79 74 16 21 4 0 2 11 1 5 .284 .329 .419 .748 98 .342 95 31 0 /1893
10 Tom Parker 27 OF 0.4 17 48 42 9 15 1 1 2 11 0 6 .357 .438 .571 1.009 166 .456 162 24 0 /1798
11 Babe Davis 30 OF 0.1 8 34 33 5 9 0 0 1 4 0 1 .273 .294 .364 .658 74 .303 71 12 0 /87
12 Jim Williams 33 OF 0.1 4 16 15 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 .333 .375 .467 .842 123 .387 121 7 0 /97 AS,AS
13 Eudie Napier* 26 C 0.1 3 12 9 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 .333 .500 .444 .944 153 .458 163 4 1 /2
14 Robert Gaston 29 C 0.0 5 12 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .333 .273 .606 63 .302 70 3 1 /2
15 Harry Williams 34 3B -0.3 4 12 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .083 .000 .083 -76 .063 -72 0 0 /5
16 Thompson OF 0.1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 78 .314 79 1 0 /9
17 Joe Brown 22 C -0.1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -112 0 0
18 Wyatt Turner 30 C 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -111 0 0 /2
19 Tommie Dukes* 32 0.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 433 .943 457 1 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 Pos Awards
20 Roy Partlow* 27 P 0.1 15 34 33 7 9 1 0 1 5 0 1 .273 .294 .394 .688 82 .314 78 13 0 /17 AS
21 Edsall Walker# 28 P 0.2 11 32 30 1 7 1 0 1 5 0 2 .233 .281 .367 .648 71 .298 68 11 0 1
22 Specs Roberts 31 P 0.0 7 22 20 4 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 .200 .273 .200 .473 27 .241 34 4 0 /1
23 Willie Ferrell 25 P 0.0 2 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 .135 -30 1 0 /1
24 Roy Welmaker# 25 P 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -111 0 0 /1
Team Totals 9.4 36 1371 1232 272 370 52 25 40 243 20 132 .300 .371 .481 .852 125 .388 122 592 7
Non-Pitcher Totals 8.6 1225 1097 249 333 49 24 36 219 20 121 .304 .376 .490 .867 129 .394 126 538 7
Pitcher Totals 0.7 145 134 22 36 3 1 4 24 0 11 .269 .324 .396 .720 91 .333 89 53 0
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Rk Player Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH Pos Awards
1 Josh Gibson 27 7 29 23 4 7 0 0 3 6 0 6 .304 .448 .696 1.144 13 0 0 0
2 Sam Bankhead 28 7 28 24 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 4 .250 .357 .250 .607 6 0 0 0
3 David Whatley* 24 7 27 27 4 10 1 1 0 1 1 0 .370 .370 .481 .852 13 0 0 0
4 Henry Spearman 29 7 26 26 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308 4 0 0 0
5 Buck Leonard* 31 7 25 20 3 9 1 0 1 3 1 4 .450 .542 .650 1.192 12 0 0 1
6 Vic Harris* 34 6 24 21 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 .238 .333 .333 .667 7 0 0 0
7 Jelly Jackson 29 7 22 19 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 .211 .286 .211 .496 4 0 0 1
8 Tom Parker 27 4 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308 2 0 0 1 /1
9 Ray Brown# 31 6 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .222 .125 .347 1 0 0 0 /1
10 Roy Partlow* 27 3 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444 2 0 0 0 /1
11 Edsall Walker# 28 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 /1
12 Specs Roberts 31 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 10 223 199 19 50 4 1 4 12 3 21 .251 .323 .342 .664 64 0 0 3

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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 Edsall Walker* 28 SP 0.5 5 3 .625 3.88 11 9 2 7 0 0 72.0 69 39 31 3 25 40 0 0 0 314 127 3.54 1.306 8.6 0.4 3.1 5.0 1.60
2 Roy Partlow* 27 SP 1.9 5 2 .714 2.78 11 7 3 6 2 1 64.2 44 21 20 1 23 37 1 0 0 255 176 3.24 1.036 6.1 0.1 3.2 5.1 1.61 AS
3 Ray Brown 31 SP 0.1 6 1 .857 4.55 7 7 0 6 0 0 59.1 69 36 30 1 16 14 0 0 0 262 108 3.63 1.433 10.5 0.2 2.4 2.1 0.88
4 Specs Roberts 31 SP 0.9 5 0 1.000 3.83 7 6 1 5 0 1 47.0 41 20 20 8 19 26 1 0 0 193 128 5.45 1.277 7.9 1.5 3.6 5.0 1.37
5 Tom Parker 27 SP 0.1 3 3 .500 4.93 6 5 1 1 0 0 38.1 36 23 21 2 19 26 1 0 1 167 100 3.96 1.435 8.5 0.5 4.5 6.1 1.37
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 Roy Welmaker* 25 RP -0.2 0 0 9.64 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 8 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 54 3.07 1.714 15.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 Ferrell* 25 -0.1 1 1 .500 5.60 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.2 20 12 11 0 7 6 0 0 0 79 89 3.58 1.528 10.2 0.0 3.6 3.1 0.86
Team Totals 3.2 25 10 .714 4.09 36 36 9 27 2 2 303.2 287 156 138 15 109 149 3 0 1 1292 120 3.84 1.304 8.5 0.4 3.2 4.4 1.37
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Rk Player Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB IBB SO HBP WP WHIP H9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
1 Roy Partlow* 27 1 1 .500 1.59 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.0 11 3 3 2 0 7 0 0 0.765 5.8 1.1 3.7 3.50
2 Edsall Walker* 28 0 1 .000 3.46 2 2 0 1 0 0 13.0 14 6 5 8 0 5 0 0 1.692 9.7 5.5 3.5 0.63
3 Ray Brown 31 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 7 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 1.000 7.0 2.0 6.0 3.00
4 Specs Roberts 31 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 15 10 6 4 0 2 0 0 2.111 15.0 4.0 2.0 0.50
5 Tom Parker 27 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 10 7 4 1 0 2 0 0 1.375 11.3 1.1 2.3 2.00
Team Totals 2 4 .333 2.89 10 7 0 6 1 0 56.0 57 26 18 17 0 22 0 0 1.321 9.2 2.7 3.5 1.29
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