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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 Josh Gibson 30 C 3.9 62 266 212 57 72 9 4 14 66 4 51 .340 .472 .618 1.090 210 .497 196 131 2 1 *2/937 AS,AS
2 Buck Leonard* 34 1B -0.1 38 149 125 19 27 6 1 0 21 3 24 .216 .342 .280 .622 78 .315 87 35 0 0 *3/7
3 Matt Carlisle 32 2B 0.2 55 199 170 33 46 6 4 0 18 13 24 .271 .364 .353 .717 105 .358 107 60 1 4 *4/579
4 Sam Bankhead 31 SS 2.1 58 250 219 35 62 5 4 3 48 9 30 .283 .372 .384 .756 116 .366 116 84 1 0 *6/7938 AS,AS
5 Howard Easterling# 30 3B 1.6 67 290 258 51 67 12 4 7 36 2 27 .260 .337 .419 .755 115 .356 111 108 3 2 *5/9867
6 Vic Harris* 37 LF 0.5 52 205 183 26 48 2 3 2 35 3 17 .262 .335 .339 .674 92 .326 94 62 3 2 *7/48 AS
7 Jerry Benjamin# 32 CF 0.8 67 306 267 53 73 7 1 2 28 15 33 .273 .358 .330 .687 97 .344 100 88 2 4 *8/7
8 David Whatley* 27 RF 0.7 51 213 189 39 59 9 2 1 14 3 19 .312 .384 .397 .781 123 .375 123 75 3 2 *9/4
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 SH Pos Awards
9 Chester Williams 36 MI 0.0 56 214 197 21 45 8 1 0 20 5 14 .228 .283 .279 .562 61 .275 62 55 1 2 *64
10 Jud Wilson* 48 1B 0.8 53 185 149 36 39 4 1 4 34 0 31 .262 .402 .383 .785 124 .386 128 57 4 1 *35
11 Robert Gaston 32 C 0.1 20 75 62 8 21 3 0 0 10 0 12 .339 .446 .387 .833 138 .411 143 24 0 1 2/1
12 Wilmer Fields 19 OF 0.0 8 26 24 4 6 4 0 0 4 0 2 .250 .308 .417 .724 106 .340 101 10 0 0 /79
13 Lennie Pearson 24 OF 0.1 2 8 8 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .625 1.000 183 .457 170 5 0 0 /7 AS,AS
14 Ed Stone* 32 OF -0.1 2 8 8 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625 77 .289 70 3 0 0 /9
15 Bus Clarkson 27 SS -0.2 2 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -29 .134 -29 1 0 0 /6
16 Frank Williams* 23 UT -0.1 3 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -5 .160 -5 1 0 0 /458
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
17 Ray Brown# 34 P 0.2 36 121 112 13 25 6 1 1 9 0 7 .223 .275 .321 .596 70 .286 69 36 1 1 1/9738
18 Roy Partlow* 30 P -0.2 25 65 62 8 11 1 1 0 5 1 1 .177 .203 .226 .429 22 .206 21 14 1 1 1/79
19 Roy Welmaker# 28 P -0.1 21 52 47 4 8 1 0 0 5 0 2 .170 .204 .191 .396 13 .195 10 9 0 3 1/7
20 Johnny Wright 25 P 0.0 18 28 27 2 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 .185 .214 .185 .399 14 .202 17 5 0 0 1/8
21 Spoon Carter* 39 P 0.0 12 25 25 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 14 .192 13 5 0 0 /1
22 Garnett Blair* 20 P 0.2 7 19 17 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 .353 .389 .353 .742 112 .362 114 6 0 1 /1
23 J.C. Hamilton* 29 P 0.0 7 16 15 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 .200 .250 .267 .517 47 .251 48 4 0 0 /19
24 Edsall Walker# 31 P 0.0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 43 .240 42 1 0 0 /1
25 Leon Day 25 P 0.0 1 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 112 .338 100 2 0 0 /1 AS,AS
Team Totals 10.4 71 2742 2398 419 637 88 27 34 361 60 297 .266 .352 .367 .719 105 .349 106 881 22 25
Non-Pitcher Totals 10.3 2408 2085 384 572 78 25 33 335 58 284 .274 .367 .383 .750 114 .363 115 799 20 19
Pitcher Totals 0.1 334 313 35 65 10 2 1 26 2 13 .208 .244 .262 .506 44 .245 43 82 2 6
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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 Jerry Benjamin# 32 4 19 19 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 .211 .211 .211 .421 4 0 0 0
2 Howard Easterling# 30 4 19 16 3 5 0 0 1 1 0 2 .313 .421 .500 .921 7 0 1 0
3 Vic Harris* 37 4 18 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .118 .167 .118 .284 2 0 0 0
4 Buck Leonard* 34 4 18 16 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 4 0 1 0
5 Josh Gibson 30 4 15 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .077 .200 .077 .277 1 0 0 0
6 Ray Brown# 34 3 12 9 1 4 2 0 0 4 0 3 .444 .583 .667 1.250 6 0 0 0 /1
7 Matt Carlisle 32 3 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1
8 Chester Williams 36 3 10 10 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 2 0 0 0
9 Jud Wilson* 48 4 10 7 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 .286 .500 .429 .929 3 0 0 0
10 Sam Bankhead 31 2 8 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 2 0 0 1
11 Roy Partlow* 30 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 /1
12 Roy Welmaker# 28 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 /*1
13 Robert Gaston 32 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
14 Johnny Wright 25 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 /1
15 David Whatley* 27 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
16 Spoon Carter* 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 4 154 138 12 27 3 0 1 11 1 12 .196 .270 .239 .509 32 0 2 2

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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 Ray Brown 34 SP 2.1 13 6 .684 3.49 20 16 2 13 0 0 141.2 141 63 55 5 49 60 2 0 0 617 113 3.27 1.341 9.0 0.3 3.1 3.8 1.22
2 Roy Welmaker* 28 SP 0.5 9 6 .600 4.21 18 16 3 10 0 0 119.2 130 66 56 8 27 61 0 0 1 513 93 3.10 1.312 9.8 0.6 2.0 4.6 2.26
3 Roy Partlow* 30 SP 3.1 9 2 .818 2.28 15 12 2 9 1 1 106.2 83 33 27 5 36 60 0 0 0 438 173 3.07 1.116 7.0 0.4 3.0 5.1 1.67
4 Spoon Carter 39 SP -1.0 2 4 .333 6.10 12 7 4 3 0 0 62.0 79 49 42 4 16 23 2 1 0 280 65 3.54 1.532 11.5 0.6 2.3 3.3 1.44
5 Garnett Blair 20 SP 1.1 3 1 .750 1.88 7 5 2 2 1 0 43.0 42 15 9 0 13 19 1 0 0 186 210 2.67 1.279 8.8 0.0 2.7 4.0 1.46
6 J.C. Hamilton* 29 SP 0.1 2 0 1.000 3.60 5 3 2 1 0 0 20.0 25 11 8 1 6 9 1 0 0 93 111 3.38 1.550 11.3 0.5 2.7 4.1 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
7 Johnny Wright 25 CL 1.4 4 2 .667 3.46 17 7 10 4 0 3 78.0 75 32 30 2 22 43 0 0 1 327 114 2.65 1.244 8.7 0.2 2.5 5.0 1.95
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
8 Wilmer Fields 19 0.4 2 0 1.000 2.25 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.0 14 6 4 0 6 11 1 0 0 68 179 2.51 1.250 7.9 0.0 3.4 6.2 1.83
9 Edsall Walker* 31 0.4 0 1 .000 1.93 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.1 5 2 2 0 3 5 0 0 0 36 212 2.47 0.857 4.8 0.0 2.9 4.8 1.67
10 Sam Bankhead 31 0.2 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 9 3 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 36 136 2.58 1.222 9.0 0.0 2.0 3.0 1.50 AS,AS
11 Leon Day 25 0.5 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 5 1 1 0 1 12 0 0 0 31 409 0.24 0.667 5.0 0.0 1.0 12.0 12.00 AS,AS
Team Totals 8.7 46 22 .676 3.47 71 71 25 45 2 4 614.1 608 281 237 25 181 306 7 1 2 2625 114 3.03 1.284 8.9 0.4 2.7 4.5 1.69
Standard Pitching Table
Rk Player Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP WP BF FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
1 Roy Welmaker* 28 0 1 .000 5.06 3 1 0 1 0 0 10.2 14 11 6 0 3 0 9 0 0 47 1.73 1.594 11.8 0.0 2.5 7.6 3.00
2 Ray Brown 34 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 16 9 6 2 2 0 7 0 0 46 4.58 2.000 16.0 2.0 2.0 7.0 3.50
3 Roy Partlow* 30 0 1 .000 4.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 11 6 4 0 5 0 5 0 0 43 3.13 1.778 11.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 1.00
4 Johnny Wright 25 0 1 .000 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 11 8 7 1 1 0 7 1 0 36 3.29 1.714 14.1 1.3 1.3 9.0 7.00
5 Spoon Carter 39 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.58 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 0 4 .000 5.75 4 4 0 2 0 0 36.0 53 34 23 3 11 0 28 1 0 174 3.10 1.778 13.3 0.8 2.8 7.0 2.55
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