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Top 12 Players

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Standard Batting

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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 Johnny Hayes* 32 C 0.7 34 128 100 14 28 4 0 1 11 2 24 .280 .419 .350 .769 120 .383 128 35 0 4 *2
2 Jim Starks 36 1B -0.8 19 65 59 6 7 2 0 0 3 0 6 .119 .200 .153 .353 1 .185 9 9 0 0 *3
3 Dick Seay 37 2B 0.3 21 90 78 6 20 3 0 0 7 2 7 .256 .326 .295 .620 77 .306 81 23 1 4 *4
4 Harry Williams 37 SS -0.4 32 129 123 13 29 2 0 0 13 5 6 .236 .271 .252 .523 50 .260 52 31 0 0 56/43
5 Jimmy Ford 29 3B -0.3 23 88 77 10 14 3 0 0 10 3 10 .182 .276 .221 .497 42 .258 50 17 0 1 5/42
6 Dan Wilson# 26 LF -0.3 33 140 131 17 34 3 2 0 15 4 8 .260 .302 .313 .615 76 .297 75 41 0 1 *7/648 AS,AS
7 Leslie Green* 28 CF 1.1 32 134 112 23 31 8 1 0 8 7 20 .277 .391 .366 .757 116 .378 120 41 1 1 *8/79
8 Tom Parker 30 RF -0.3 33 133 121 10 28 5 1 1 16 0 10 .231 .295 .314 .610 74 .296 75 38 1 1 *9/1857
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 Bradford Bennett 25 UT 0.4 28 96 89 8 24 4 0 4 11 1 5 .270 .309 .449 .758 115 .351 108 40 0 2 3/75928
10 Carl Whitney* 28 OF 0.1 14 49 41 9 10 2 1 1 3 2 8 .244 .367 .415 .782 123 .378 121 17 0 0 /789
11 Chesley Gray 28 UT 0.0 12 32 31 3 9 0 0 0 2 1 1 .290 .313 .290 .603 72 .292 73 9 0 0 /572
12 Frank McAllister 24 UT -0.4 13 31 31 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 .097 .097 .097 .194 -45 .096 -45 3 0 0 /136789
13 Larnie Jordan 28 SS 0.1 10 29 29 5 12 1 2 0 4 0 0 .414 .414 .586 1.000 184 .461 173 17 0 0 /6
14 Spencer Davis 34 SS -0.2 6 18 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .222 .000 .222 -34 .168 -1 0 0 0 /6
15 Bill Flowers 26 MI -0.1 3 10 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .300 .300 .300 .600 71 .288 70 3 0 0 /56
16 Ed Mayweather* 32 1B 0.1 2 8 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 30 .245 37 1 0 1 /3
17 Curtis Henderson 30 IF 0.0 3 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857 145 .411 143 3 0 0 /65
18 Leamon Johnson* 25 IF -0.2 3 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 .126 -26 0 0 0 /64
19 Greene Farmer# 22 OF -0.1 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -26 .189 -10 0 0 1 /7
20 Willie Burns* 26 OF -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /9
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
21 Eugene Smith# 26 P 0.1 21 48 45 5 9 1 1 1 5 0 3 .200 .250 .333 .583 66 .276 63 15 0 0 1/9
22 Bob Griffith 29 P 0.1 13 25 25 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 .240 .240 .280 .520 48 .246 45 7 0 0 1/7
23 R.T. Walker 31 P 5 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -29 .120 -29 1 0 0
24 Lefty Calhoun* 30 P -0.1 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
25 Neck Stanley* 37 P 0.0 5 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -5 .160 -5 1 0 0 /1
26 Lefty Boone 22 P -0.1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
27 Shybaker P 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
28 Bob Evans 31 P 0.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
29 Moore P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals -0.5 36 1305 1171 135 273 39 8 8 115 28 115 .233 .303 .301 .604 72 .297 75 352 3 16
Non-Pitcher Totals 0.0 1171 1040 126 253 37 7 7 104 27 112 .243 .319 .313 .631 80 .311 83 325 3 16
Pitcher Totals -0.5 134 131 9 20 2 1 1 11 1 3 .153 .172 .206 .378 8 .181 6 27 0 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 Eugene Smith 26 SP 0.9 7 6 .538 3.53 15 12 2 10 1 1 97.0 70 54 38 5 57 70 7 0 3 426 112 3.78 1.309 6.5 0.5 5.3 6.5 1.23
2 Bob Griffith 29 SP -0.5 1 2 .333 5.65 11 6 3 0 0 0 51.0 73 40 32 1 19 27 0 0 0 248 70 2.89 1.804 12.9 0.2 3.4 4.8 1.42
3 Frank McAllister 24 SP 0.0 3 3 .500 4.50 8 7 1 3 1 0 46.0 46 30 23 0 23 29 3 0 2 214 88 3.01 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 5.7 1.26
4 Tom Parker 30 SP 0.4 2 2 .500 4.60 4 4 0 3 0 0 29.1 32 15 15 2 14 13 0 0 0 133 86 4.01 1.568 9.8 0.6 4.3 4.0 0.93
5 Lefty Boone* 22 SP -0.8 0 3 .000 15.43 4 3 0 0 0 0 7.0 14 15 12 0 6 5 0 0 0 41 27 3.72 2.857 18.0 0.0 7.7 6.4 0.83
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 Neck Stanley* 37 RP 0.1 0 0 4.58 5 1 4 1 0 0 19.2 23 12 10 1 5 9 0 0 0 89 87 3.08 1.424 10.5 0.5 2.3 4.1 1.80
7 R.T. Walker 31 RP 0.6 1 2 .333 2.29 5 2 0 1 0 0 19.2 16 7 5 0 5 13 0 0 0 79 175 2.02 1.068 7.3 0.0 2.3 5.9 2.60
8 Lefty Calhoun* 30 RP -0.8 0 1 .000 7.88 7 0 3 0 0 0 16.0 25 20 14 0 8 8 1 0 0 78 51 3.26 2.063 14.1 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
9 Bob Evans 31 RP 0.0 0 1 .000 3.86 4 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 3 5 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 28 107 5.43 0.857 3.9 1.3 3.9 1.3 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 Shybaker 0.1 0 0 1.80 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 19 235 3.18 1.200 9.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.00
11 Moore -0.2 0 1 .000 11.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 7 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 14 40 3.00 3.429 27.0 0.0 3.9 3.9 1.00
Team Totals -0.1 14 21 .400 4.68 36 36 17 18 2 1 300.0 314 204 156 10 142 176 11 0 5 1369 85 3.37 1.520 9.4 0.3 4.3 5.3 1.24
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