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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 George Kemp C -0.5 23 72 61 4 10 2 1 0 10 0 8 .164 .261 .230 .490 32 .251 35 14 0 3 *2
2 Zack Clayton* 30 1B -0.2 24 100 94 12 20 4 1 1 10 0 5 .213 .253 .309 .561 50 .267 46 29 0 1 *3
3 Harry Williams 38 2B 0.0 12 45 44 6 16 2 1 0 8 2 1 .364 .378 .455 .832 122 .393 118 20 0 0 /457
4 Rufus Baker 24 SS -0.2 31 119 101 15 21 1 2 0 4 4 16 .208 .322 .257 .579 56 .300 65 26 1 1 *6/5
5 Flash Miller 33 3B -0.1 24 99 86 13 22 2 2 0 7 1 10 .256 .347 .326 .673 80 .332 85 28 2 1 54
6 Bill Bradford* 29 LF -0.5 25 100 90 8 18 2 1 0 5 1 7 .200 .265 .244 .510 37 .254 39 22 1 2 *78/9
7 Marvin Barker 31 CF 0.5 32 134 125 17 39 13 1 2 21 2 7 .312 .353 .480 .833 122 .385 115 60 1 1 84/51
8 Emery Adams 31 RF 0.2 26 87 78 12 27 5 1 0 10 2 6 .346 .393 .436 .829 122 .393 121 34 0 3 *9/187
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 Skin Down Robinson 35 UT 0.0 19 75 62 13 17 1 1 0 5 2 8 .274 .392 .323 .714 92 .362 102 20 4 1 5/267
10 Bricktop Wright 34 UT -0.8 22 74 68 10 12 0 0 0 4 2 6 .176 .243 .176 .420 13 .220 20 12 0 0 *9/7348
11 Bob Griffith 30 OF -0.2 22 66 65 6 15 1 2 0 5 0 1 .231 .242 .308 .550 47 .258 41 20 0 0 1/79
12 Clarence Palm 35 C -0.1 9 24 20 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 .250 .348 .250 .598 61 .313 71 5 0 1 /2
13 Doug Sydnor 23 OF 0.0 5 21 19 4 4 1 0 1 4 0 2 .211 .286 .421 .707 88 .326 80 8 0 0 /9
14 Jimmy Everett 34 OF 0.0 5 16 16 2 5 1 1 0 3 1 0 .313 .313 .500 .813 116 .372 103 8 0 0 /78
15 Ed Stone* 33 OF 0.0 3 13 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .182 .308 .182 .490 32 .269 48 2 0 0 /89
16 Buddy Armour* 28 OF -0.3 2 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 0 /8
17 Jimmy Ford 30 IF 0.1 2 8 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .375 .750 101 .363 102 3 0 0 /45
18 Bill Flowers 27 1B -0.1 2 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 34 .252 32 2 0 0 /3
19 Charles Dean C 0.0 2 8 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .143 .250 .286 .536 43 .263 45 2 0 0 /2
20 Gerves Fagan 27 2B 0.0 2 8 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .375 .167 .542 47 .317 75 1 0 0 /4
21 Obie Lackey 39 UT -0.1 2 8 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .375 .375 .375 .750 101 .363 102 3 0 0 /679
22 Art Milton 37 UT -0.1 2 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 6 .219 19 1 0 0 /37
23 Jim Starks 37 1B -0.1 2 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 22 .250 37 1 0 0 /3
24 Jackson SS -0.1 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -108 0 0 0 /6
25 Julius Tisdale OF -0.1 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 34 .242 32 1 0 0 /79
26 Alex Allen OF -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 0 /7
27 Leonard OF 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /9
28 Roosevelt Cox 29 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0
29 Jim Williams 37 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0
30 Al Preston 17 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
31 Buster Johnson OF 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /8
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
32 Percy Forrest 26 P -0.1 11 23 22 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 .182 .217 .182 .399 7 .202 9 4 0 0 1
33 Neck Stanley* 38 P -0.1 9 19 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .125 .176 .125 .301 -19 .160 -28 2 0 2 /1
34 John McCrary* P 0.0 5 9 8 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 57 .302 67 2 0 0 /1
35 Bob Evans 32 P -0.1 3 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -33 .121 -37 1 0 0 /1
36 Specs Roberts 35 P -0.1 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0 0 /1
37 Roy Williams 35 P 0.0 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 79 .322 77 1 0 0 /1
38 Willie Bunn 25 P 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -110 0 0 0 /1
Team Totals -3.1 32 1192 1077 131 256 36 14 4 111 18 90 .238 .302 .308 .610 63 .298 64 332 9 16
Non-Pitcher Totals -2.5 1057 948 121 231 35 12 4 98 18 86 .244 .313 .319 .631 69 .309 71 302 9 14
Pitcher Totals -0.6 133 127 10 25 1 2 0 13 0 4 .197 .221 .236 .458 22 .222 19 30 0 2

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 Percy Forrest 26 SP -0.9 1 7 .125 6.48 11 8 2 5 0 0 58.1 67 59 42 4 27 18 0 1 1 274 75 4.31 1.611 10.3 0.6 4.2 2.8 0.67
2 Neck Stanley* 38 SP 0.7 2 5 .286 4.53 9 8 1 4 0 0 55.2 58 36 28 4 17 32 1 0 1 236 107 3.40 1.347 9.4 0.6 2.7 5.2 1.88
3 Emery Adams 31 SP -2.3 1 4 .200 13.78 8 5 3 0 0 0 32.0 66 67 49 2 21 11 0 0 1 185 35 4.74 2.719 18.6 0.6 5.9 3.1 0.52
4 John McCrary SP -1.2 0 3 .000 15.95 5 4 0 0 0 0 14.2 25 31 26 2 16 6 1 0 0 88 31 7.08 2.795 15.3 1.2 9.8 3.7 0.38
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
5 Bob Griffith 30 RP -0.1 0 4 .000 5.55 11 4 7 2 0 0 58.1 68 48 36 2 21 18 1 0 3 265 87 3.61 1.526 10.5 0.3 3.2 2.8 0.86
6 Marvin Barker 31 RP 0.2 0 0 4.96 4 1 3 1 0 0 16.1 20 11 9 0 3 3 0 0 0 77 99 2.83 1.408 11.0 0.0 1.7 1.7 1.00
7 Bob Evans 32 RP -0.1 1 1 .500 5.93 3 1 1 1 0 0 13.2 20 12 9 0 8 7 0 0 0 71 83 3.38 2.049 13.2 0.0 5.3 4.6 0.88
8 Specs Roberts 35 RP 0.3 0 0 2.16 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.1 6 3 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 34 231 3.49 1.080 6.5 0.0 3.2 1.1 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
9 Roy Williams 35 -0.1 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 8 5 5 0 6 3 0 0 0 30 57 5.05 2.800 14.4 0.0 10.8 5.4 0.50
10 Willie Bunn* 25 -0.3 0 1 .000 11.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 11 10 6 1 2 6 0 0 0 27 44 4.15 2.786 21.2 1.9 3.9 11.6 3.00
11 Al Preston 17 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 9 0.00
Team Totals -3.7 5 25 .167 7.21 32 32 19 13 0 0 267.0 351 284 214 15 126 105 3 1 6 1291 68 4.02 1.787 11.8 0.5 4.2 3.5 0.83
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