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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 Bill Kelly C -0.1 14 49 42 6 11 2 0 0 3 1 4 .262 .340 .310 .650 75 .319 77 13 1 2 2/3
2 Zack Clayton* 31 1B -0.2 20 79 64 4 14 1 1 1 3 1 11 .219 .333 .313 .646 73 .317 76 20 0 4 3
3 Joe Spencer 24 2B -0.1 11 43 38 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 3 .211 .268 .237 .505 36 .251 32 9 0 2 /4
4 Rufus Baker 25 SS 0.0 15 54 47 5 11 0 1 0 0 3 5 .234 .321 .277 .597 61 .304 63 13 1 1 6/2
5 Charlie Rivera 31 3B -0.5 15 56 53 2 12 2 0 0 2 0 3 .226 .268 .264 .532 43 .258 40 14 0 0 5/6
6 Doug Sydnor 24 LF -0.5 7 28 26 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 .192 .222 .192 .415 11 .204 3 5 0 1 /78
7 Marvin Barker 32 CF -0.8 24 95 84 8 18 2 0 0 10 1 7 .214 .275 .238 .513 38 .253 35 20 0 4 8/54
8 Jim Williams 38 RF -0.4 23 89 80 13 21 4 0 0 8 3 8 .263 .337 .313 .650 74 .319 77 25 1 0 9/7
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 SH Pos Awards
9 Dan Wilson# 28 OF -0.5 13 55 51 6 10 1 0 0 4 2 4 .196 .255 .216 .470 27 .238 25 11 0 0 /879
10 Thad Christopher* 31 UT 0.3 12 47 38 7 12 1 0 2 6 1 8 .316 .435 .500 .935 150 .436 153 19 0 1 /973
11 Harry Williams 39 UT -0.1 13 43 40 6 11 3 0 0 3 1 3 .275 .326 .350 .676 81 .322 80 14 0 0 /4256
12 Walter Hardy 18 IF -0.1 7 23 21 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 .238 .273 .286 .558 49 .268 43 6 0 1 /63
13 Joe Royal 32 C -0.3 8 22 21 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .095 .136 .095 .232 -37 .127 -45 2 1 0 /27
14 Flash Miller 34 IF -0.1 6 21 19 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 .211 .250 .263 .513 37 .247 29 5 0 1 /45
15 Curley Andrews 31 3B -0.4 6 17 17 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .118 .118 .118 .235 -37 .112 -51 2 0 0 /5
16 Dolly King 30 OF -0.2 4 14 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .077 .143 .077 .220 -40 .122 -46 1 0 0 /7
17 Jim Starks 38 CI -0.2 4 13 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .231 .167 .397 7 .205 7 2 0 0 /53
18 David Whatley* 29 OF 0.0 4 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 45 .285 57 1 0 0 /78
19 Carter SS -0.1 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 34 .238 27 1 0 0 /6
20 Felix Manning 34 1B -0.1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -124 0 0 0 /3
21 Pitts 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -115 0 0 0
22 Walls C 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -115 0 0 0 /2
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
23 Percy Forrest 27 P -0.1 9 22 21 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 .190 .190 .238 .429 14 .199 -1 5 0 1 /19
24 Neck Stanley* 39 P -0.1 7 18 17 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .118 .167 .118 .284 -23 .148 -29 2 0 0 /1
25 Connie Rector 52 P 0.1 6 16 13 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 .308 .357 .308 .665 79 .326 79 4 0 2 /1
26 Terris McDuffie 35 P -0.1 4 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200 -46 .095 -62 1 0 0 /1 AS
27 John McFarland P -0.1 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -120 0 0 0 /1
28 Freddie Jackson P 0.0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 79 .318 76 1 0 0 /1
29 Bill Russell P 0.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -124 0 0 0 /1
30 Jesse Brown* 30 P 0.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -331 0 0 1 /1
31 Specs Roberts 36 P 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -115 0 0 0 /1
32 Andy Sarvis 36 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals -5.0 24 842 753 70 163 20 2 3 58 14 64 .216 .281 .260 .542 45 .267 44 196 4 21
Non-Pitcher Totals -4.6 762 679 65 151 19 2 3 52 14 62 .222 .291 .270 .561 51 .277 50 183 4 17
Pitcher Totals -0.4 79 73 5 12 1 0 0 6 0 2 .164 .187 .178 .365 -2 .178 -15 13 0 4

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 27 SP -1.0 1 4 .200 8.15 8 6 2 2 0 0 49.2 75 52 45 3 26 13 1 0 2 245 54 4.58 2.034 13.6 0.5 4.7 2.4 0.50
2 Neck Stanley* 39 SP -0.6 0 6 .000 7.80 7 6 1 5 0 0 47.1 74 46 41 1 16 20 0 0 0 235 56 3.13 1.901 14.1 0.2 3.0 3.8 1.25
3 Terris McDuffie 35 SP -0.4 0 3 .000 8.65 4 4 0 1 0 0 26.0 38 25 25 2 6 15 0 0 0 125 51 3.22 1.692 13.2 0.7 2.1 5.2 2.50 AS
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
4 Connie Rector 52 RP 0.1 1 2 .333 3.94 6 3 2 3 0 0 32.0 37 24 14 0 13 14 0 0 1 148 112 3.03 1.563 10.4 0.0 3.7 3.9 1.08
5 John McFarland RP -1.0 1 4 .200 11.25 7 3 2 1 0 0 16.0 28 25 20 2 13 9 1 0 0 89 40 5.81 2.563 15.8 1.1 7.3 5.1 0.69
6 Bill Russell RP 0.0 0 0 5.14 3 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 8 6 4 1 2 4 0 0 0 32 89 4.26 1.429 10.3 1.3 2.6 5.1 2.00
7 Specs Roberts 36 RP -0.3 0 0 19.29 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 6 5 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 16 26 12.11 3.857 23.1 3.9 11.6 0.0 0.00
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 Freddie Jackson 0.4 0 1 .000 3.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 9 3 3 1 1 4 0 0 0 36 151 3.57 1.111 9.0 1.0 1.0 4.0 4.00
9 Jesse Brown* 30 0.3 0 0 2.08 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 4 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 17 227 2.45 1.154 8.3 0.0 2.1 4.2 2.00
10 Andy Sarvis 36 -0.3 0 0 45.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 6 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 13 2.69 6.000 54.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals -2.8 3 20 .130 7.54 24 24 9 13 0 0 194.2 285 194 163 11 81 81 2 0 3 955 59 3.87 1.880 13.2 0.5 3.7 3.7 1.00
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