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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 Rich Gee 29 C 1.4 47 142 131 24 45 9 1 3 24 2 11 .344 .394 .496 .891 141 .407 138 65 0 2
2 Robert Hudspeth* 30 1B 1.3 67 267 246 35 86 19 1 7 45 4 20 .350 .401 .520 .921 149 .419 146 128 1 *3/4
3 George Scales 23 2B 3.2 57 234 204 39 69 13 2 7 41 12 29 .338 .423 .525 .948 156 .438 154 107 1 *4/3
4 Gerard Williams SS 2.4 67 285 258 49 82 18 1 2 45 20 24 .318 .382 .419 .801 117 .383 119 108 3 *6
5 Oliver Marcell 29 3B 2.4 60 252 219 57 72 12 2 3 35 13 31 .329 .417 .443 .860 133 .408 136 97 2 *5/9
6 Ducky Kemp LF -0.6 32 121 106 16 22 2 0 0 8 5 13 .208 .306 .226 .532 46 .274 55 24 2 7/9
7 Harry Kenyon 30 CF 0.8 64 240 227 43 68 15 2 1 34 14 12 .300 .338 .396 .734 99 .347 98 90 1 *8/1
8 Bennie Wilson 24 RF -1.0 61 253 234 32 57 9 2 0 18 14 18 .244 .300 .299 .600 63 .293 65 70 1 *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 Pos Awards
9 Cleo Smith* 24 UT 0.4 31 111 101 19 31 5 0 2 20 7 9 .307 .369 .416 .785 113 .374 114 42 1 4/5978
10 Tex Burnett# 24 C -0.4 33 100 91 12 22 3 0 0 12 6 8 .242 .310 .275 .585 60 .293 65 25 1 2/7
11 Bobo Leonard 26 OF 0.4 23 90 82 15 26 4 2 2 11 1 8 .317 .378 .488 .866 134 .394 130 40 0 7/8
12 Orville Singer 25 OF 0.1 16 61 58 12 17 5 1 0 9 5 3 .293 .328 .414 .742 100 .349 98 24 0 7/8
13 Fred Daniels 31 OF 0.0 9 25 24 4 5 1 0 1 4 1 1 .208 .240 .375 .615 65 .281 59 9 0 /17
14 William Webster 28 C -0.1 3 11 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .545 48 .257 46 3 0 /2
15 Yank Deas 29 C 0.0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 36 .236 33 1 0 /2
16 Clifford Saunders C -0.1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -107 0 0
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
17 Dave Brown* 27 P 0.5 31 82 77 11 24 1 0 0 6 0 5 .312 .354 .325 .678 85 .327 88 25 0 1
18 John Taylor P 0.0 19 53 51 7 11 1 0 0 5 0 2 .216 .245 .235 .481 31 .231 31 12 0 1
19 Bill Holland# 23 P 0.2 20 40 36 4 9 2 0 0 3 0 4 .250 .325 .306 .631 72 .306 76 11 0 1/79
20 Otis Starks 26 P -0.1 8 17 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .176 .125 .301 -17 .155 -15 2 0 /1
21 Judy Gans* 37 P 0.0 7 10 9 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .222 .300 .333 .633 72 .301 73 3 0 /19
22 William Evans 26 P 0.0 3 8 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .375 .167 .542 51 .307 76 1 0 /1
23 Earl Brown 23 P 0.2 3 7 7 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 .429 .429 .857 1.286 243 .562 231 6 0 /1
24 Orlando Asbury 26 P 0.0 3 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -9 .157 -15 1 0 /1
Team Totals 10.6 67 2422 2207 385 659 120 14 29 324 104 202 .299 .361 .405 .766 108 .362 108 894 13
Non-Pitcher Totals 10.0 2199 1999 358 606 115 14 28 307 104 187 .303 .367 .417 .783 112 .370 113 833 13
Pitcher Totals 0.6 223 208 27 53 5 0 1 17 0 15 .255 .305 .293 .598 63 .288 65 61 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 Dave Brown* 27 SP 6.2 14 8 .636 2.38 28 19 9 17 1 1 189.0 154 70 50 3 57 111 5 0 4 779 185 3.22 1.116 7.3 0.1 2.7 5.3 1.95
2 John Taylor SP 1.7 9 5 .643 4.10 19 14 3 9 0 0 129.2 172 73 59 8 35 44 6 0 0 584 108 4.28 1.596 11.9 0.6 2.4 3.1 1.26
3 Bill Holland 23 SP 0.6 7 6 .538 4.61 17 12 3 8 0 0 97.2 117 63 50 7 32 41 2 0 0 444 96 4.34 1.526 10.8 0.6 2.9 3.8 1.28
4 Otis Starks* 26 SP -0.8 1 3 .250 6.47 7 7 0 3 0 0 40.1 56 39 29 3 20 19 1 0 0 196 68 4.79 1.884 12.5 0.7 4.5 4.2 0.95
5 Harry Kenyon 30 SP 0.3 1 2 .333 4.86 6 4 1 3 1 1 37.0 47 23 20 5 15 21 0 0 2 172 91 5.04 1.676 11.4 1.2 3.6 5.1 1.40
6 Fred Daniels 31 SP -0.8 1 3 .250 6.97 4 4 0 0 0 0 20.2 33 26 16 0 12 9 1 0 0 109 64 4.22 2.177 14.4 0.0 5.2 3.9 0.75
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 Judy Gans* 37 RP 0.5 1 0 1.000 2.65 4 2 1 1 0 0 17.0 19 7 5 1 5 3 0 0 0 74 169 4.50 1.412 10.1 0.5 2.6 1.6 0.60
8 Earl Brown* 23 RP -0.4 0 2 .000 8.79 3 1 2 1 0 0 14.1 21 16 14 3 11 9 0 0 1 72 51 6.97 2.233 13.2 1.9 6.9 5.7 0.82
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 William Evans 26 -0.2 1 1 .500 3.93 3 2 1 1 0 0 18.1 19 15 8 3 5 11 0 0 0 85 114 4.95 1.309 9.3 1.5 2.5 5.4 2.20
10 Orlando Asbury 26 -0.6 0 1 .000 10.43 3 2 0 0 0 0 14.2 31 20 17 1 5 6 3 0 0 83 43 4.91 2.455 19.0 0.6 3.1 3.7 1.20
Team Totals 6.5 35 31 .530 4.17 67 67 20 43 2 2 578.2 669 352 268 34 197 274 18 0 7 2598 106 4.14 1.497 10.4 0.5 3.1 4.3 1.39
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