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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 John Barnes* 26 C 0.3 53 172 164 10 42 7 2 0 20 1 7 .256 .291 .323 .614 63 .284 63 53 1 *2/6
2 George McAllister* 31 1B 0.9 61 260 228 38 66 10 2 1 25 2 31 .289 .377 .364 .741 98 .351 104 83 1 *3/2
3 Jim West# 25 2B -0.4 33 127 117 22 29 6 1 0 9 2 10 .248 .307 .316 .623 66 .293 69 37 0 4/3
4 Chester Williams 24 SS 1.1 64 239 224 35 67 8 8 2 27 4 14 .299 .343 .433 .776 105 .351 104 97 1 *6/2
5 Jimmy Binder 27 3B 0.0 48 189 181 21 46 3 2 0 9 3 6 .254 .286 .293 .579 54 .270 55 53 2 *5/6
6 Johnny Robinson 24 LF 0.4 56 213 202 23 59 10 1 4 41 4 11 .292 .329 .411 .740 96 .336 95 83 0 *7/489
7 Jimsey Roussell 29 CF 0.6 52 202 193 26 64 13 4 1 40 7 9 .332 .361 .456 .817 116 .371 115 88 0 *8/7
8 Jabbo Andrews* 22 RF 1.0 37 146 134 19 48 7 6 2 24 2 11 .358 .411 .545 .956 152 .426 149 73 1 98/71
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 Milt Laurent 28 UT 0.7 67 242 228 40 56 13 5 0 26 4 12 .246 .289 .346 .636 69 .292 68 79 2 498/72315
10 Nat Rogers* 36 OF 1.5 34 142 134 24 49 11 5 1 30 3 6 .366 .401 .545 .946 150 .422 147 73 2 97
11 Charles Zomphier 24 IF 0.5 35 123 103 33 29 3 0 2 13 3 18 .282 .398 .369 .767 106 .366 113 38 2 45/79
12 Slim Berry MI -0.5 15 55 55 5 11 1 0 0 6 2 0 .200 .200 .218 .418 11 .197 8 12 0
13 Kid Lowe 29 UT 0.2 16 53 48 4 17 3 0 0 7 0 4 .354 .415 .417 .832 122 .391 127 20 1 /29537
14 Walter Harris 33 C -0.4 21 44 40 4 7 1 0 0 3 0 4 .175 .250 .200 .450 21 .225 27 8 0 2/7
15 Candy Jim Taylor 46 3B -0.1 23 31 29 3 7 1 0 0 4 1 2 .241 .290 .276 .566 51 .271 54 8 0 /514
16 Dan Tye 30 3B -0.1 5 15 15 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .267 .467 23 .211 18 4 0 /5
17 Saul Davis 29 MI -0.2 3 13 13 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308 -18 .144 -22 2 0 /465
18 Heavy Johnson 35 UT 0.0 5 12 12 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 33 .241 32 3 0 /379
19 Leo Birdine 35 3B -0.1 4 11 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .273 .200 .473 28 .238 34 2 0 /15
20 Bennie Fields 2B -0.2 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 .134 -29 1 0
21 Andy Love 22 UT 0.2 3 6 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 .200 .333 .600 .933 143 .393 129 3 0
22 John Huber* 22 C 0.1 3 6 6 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .500 .667 1.167 208 .526 208 4 0
23 Josh Gibson 18 C 0.1 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 167 .467 173 2 0 /2
24 Simpson C -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -109 0 0 /2
25 J. Miller OF 0.1 2 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 228 .556 227 3 0
26 John Henry Oliver 23 C 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0
27 Jimmy Morrison OF 0.0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 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
28 Homer Curry* 25 P 0.5 35 65 60 8 21 4 1 0 8 3 5 .350 .400 .450 .850 126 .394 127 27 0 1/97
29 Cliff Bell 33 P -0.1 29 53 49 9 8 1 0 0 2 0 4 .163 .226 .184 .410 10 .204 14 9 0 1
30 Harry Cunningham 25 P 0.2 20 45 40 1 8 3 0 0 4 0 5 .200 .289 .275 .564 51 .273 56 11 0 1/97
31 Harry Salmon* 35 P -0.3 21 43 42 4 7 0 1 0 3 0 1 .167 .186 .214 .400 6 .185 3 9 0 1/9
32 Murray Gillispie 22 P 0.0 15 33 31 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 .194 .242 .194 .436 17 .216 21 6 1 1/9
33 Willie Cornelius 23 P -0.2 17 25 24 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .160 .167 .327 -13 .156 -15 4 0 1/7
34 John Wesley Johnson P 13 12 12 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .417 .667 74 .290 66 5 0
35 Carl Glass* 32 P 0.1 6 8 7 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 .286 .375 .429 .804 113 .372 115 3 0 /13
36 Roy Williams 22 P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals 5.5 73 2606 2427 344 674 110 40 13 314 42 165 .278 .327 .372 .699 86 .323 86 903 14
Non-Pitcher Totals 5.3 2322 2162 315 616 100 37 13 292 39 147 .285 .334 .383 .718 91 .330 91 829 13
Pitcher Totals 0.2 284 265 29 58 10 3 0 22 3 18 .219 .271 .279 .550 47 .261 48 74 1

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 Cliff Bell 33 SP 2.1 7 13 .350 4.08 28 19 7 10 0 1 152.1 153 89 69 3 48 68 3 0 2 657 112 3.93 1.319 9.0 0.2 2.8 4.0 1.42
2 Harry Cunningham 25 SP -0.4 3 7 .300 5.40 17 11 4 6 1 0 100.0 119 79 60 4 41 53 2 1 4 455 85 4.31 1.600 10.7 0.4 3.7 4.8 1.29
3 Murray Gillispie* 22 SP 2.4 6 4 .600 2.80 15 11 3 6 0 1 86.2 75 38 27 3 30 51 3 0 3 364 163 3.97 1.212 7.8 0.3 3.1 5.3 1.70
4 Harry Salmon 35 SP 0.4 3 6 .333 4.67 13 10 2 6 0 1 69.1 88 47 36 3 7 42 1 0 2 305 98 3.26 1.370 11.4 0.4 0.9 5.5 6.00
5 Willie Cornelius 23 SP -0.7 4 6 .400 6.58 16 10 2 2 1 0 64.1 64 57 47 6 34 40 2 0 2 300 70 5.21 1.523 9.0 0.8 4.8 5.6 1.18
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 Homer Curry 25 RP -0.9 5 3 .625 6.56 22 7 14 2 1 1 85.0 103 74 62 1 22 29 4 0 1 385 70 3.95 1.471 10.9 0.1 2.3 3.1 1.32
7 John Wesley Johnson* RP 0.1 1 0 1.000 5.25 10 1 5 1 0 0 24.0 24 17 14 1 11 13 1 0 0 108 88 4.52 1.458 9.0 0.4 4.1 4.9 1.18
8 Milt Laurent 28 RP -0.3 0 0 8.49 3 0 2 0 0 0 11.2 18 12 11 0 3 1 1 0 0 56 55 4.42 1.800 13.9 0.0 2.3 0.8 0.33
9 Candy Jim Taylor 46 RP -0.4 0 1 .000 15.19 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 10 9 9 0 3 1 1 0 2 30 32 5.43 2.438 16.9 0.0 5.1 1.7 0.33
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
10 Carl Glass* 32 -0.5 0 2 .000 10.05 4 3 1 0 0 0 14.1 30 17 16 3 4 7 0 0 0 78 46 6.14 2.372 18.8 1.9 2.5 4.4 1.75
11 Jabbo Andrews* 22 -0.3 0 0 33.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 17 3.56 3.750 33.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Roy Williams 22 0.1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.56 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
13 Leo Birdine 35 -0.3 0 1 .000 81.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 11 45.56 12.000 81.0 27.0 27.0 27.0 1.00
Team Totals 1.5 29 43 .403 5.25 73 73 40 33 3 4 615.1 692 449 359 25 204 306 18 1 16 2754 87 4.17 1.456 10.1 0.4 3.0 4.5 1.50
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