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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 Julio Rojo# 35 C 0.3 43 149 136 24 40 8 2 1 25 11 13 .294 .356 .404 .760 85 .361 84 55 0 2/31
2 John Henry Lloyd* 45 1B 1.7 59 238 219 43 80 16 5 3 53 2 19 .365 .416 .525 .941 128 .427 128 115 0 *3
3 George Scales 28 2B 3.2 54 237 198 52 76 21 2 8 61 8 34 .384 .485 .631 1.117 170 .498 169 125 5 *4
4 Bill Yancey 27 SS -0.2 66 266 240 34 60 12 2 1 30 5 26 .250 .323 .329 .652 59 .312 60 79 0 *6
5 Bill Riggins# 29 3B 2.4 66 287 243 60 84 15 3 5 61 12 40 .346 .446 .494 .940 129 .438 133 120 4 *5/4
6 Namon Washington 35 LF 0.3 66 295 265 68 77 10 2 2 24 14 29 .291 .363 .366 .729 78 .351 81 97 1 *7/49
7 Willie Gray* 33 CF 0.5 40 180 154 35 44 8 4 2 17 11 24 .286 .389 .429 .817 99 .389 101 66 2 8
8 Charlie Smith* 27 RF 5.8 66 302 247 86 111 29 5 22 81 16 48 .449 .550 .874 1.424 242 .605 229 216 7 *9/47
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 Babe Melton 31 OF 1.1 33 145 127 34 45 11 4 6 21 6 16 .354 .434 .646 1.080 160 .475 153 82 2 8/37
10 Charlie Spearman# 37 C 0.4 44 140 124 17 37 6 1 3 28 2 14 .298 .379 .435 .814 98 .377 99 54 2 2
11 John Beckwith 29 3B 0.5 9 35 31 12 16 4 0 1 8 0 4 .516 .571 .742 1.313 218 .589 221 23 0 /5
12 Robert Hudspeth* 35 1B 0.2 5 20 15 5 5 0 0 2 7 1 5 .333 .500 .733 1.233 197 .528 185 11 0 /3
13 Rich Gee 34 C -0.1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -126 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 Pos Awards
14 Connie Rector 37 P 0.2 30 101 98 11 23 10 0 2 24 0 3 .235 .257 .398 .655 58 .291 46 39 0 1/79
15 Bill Holland# 28 P -0.4 23 69 64 10 12 2 0 0 4 0 5 .188 .246 .219 .465 14 .232 12 14 0 1/879
16 Neck Stanley* 24 P -0.3 18 33 30 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 .067 .152 .100 .252 -38 .140 -42 3 1 1
17 Jimmy Everett 20 P 0.0 9 20 19 5 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 .211 .250 .316 .566 37 .260 29 6 0 /1
18 Herb Thomas 19 P -0.2 14 18 17 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 .059 .111 .059 .170 -58 .096 -67 1 0 1/9
19 Nip Winters* 30 P 0.2 9 18 16 3 5 0 1 0 4 0 2 .313 .389 .438 .826 101 .386 102 7 0 /1
20 Nat Howard P -0.1 7 17 16 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 .125 .176 .188 .364 -11 .177 -20 3 0 /17
21 Lefty Holmes* 22 P 0.1 4 11 11 4 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 .364 .364 .455 .818 98 .376 96 5 0 /1
22 Bullet Campbell 33 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -119 0 0 /1
Team Totals 15.5 66 2585 2274 508 728 155 32 58 460 88 287 .320 .402 .493 .895 117 .411 117 1121 24
Non-Pitcher Totals 16.2 2297 2002 470 675 140 30 56 416 88 272 .337 .422 .521 .943 129 .431 129 1043 23
Pitcher Totals -0.7 288 272 38 53 15 2 2 44 0 15 .195 .240 .287 .526 28 .246 21 78 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 Connie Rector 37 SP 3.8 18 1 .947 4.36 26 22 4 16 2 0 188.0 201 102 91 14 78 65 11 0 0 825 125 5.04 1.484 9.6 0.7 3.7 3.1 0.83
2 Bill Holland 28 SP 0.7 6 8 .429 5.31 17 17 0 12 1 0 123.2 147 88 73 14 36 68 5 0 0 561 103 4.71 1.480 10.7 1.0 2.6 4.9 1.89
3 Jimmy Everett 20 SP -0.3 2 3 .400 5.44 7 6 0 3 1 0 44.2 47 40 27 1 20 18 0 1 0 209 101 4.17 1.500 9.5 0.2 4.0 3.6 0.90
4 Herb Thomas* 19 SP -1.0 1 4 .200 8.45 12 8 3 3 0 1 43.2 67 49 41 2 26 13 1 0 0 225 65 5.20 2.130 13.8 0.4 5.4 2.7 0.50
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 Neck Stanley* 24 RP 0.2 6 3 .667 5.78 18 4 10 1 0 0 76.1 85 58 49 3 38 29 2 0 0 354 95 4.67 1.611 10.0 0.4 4.5 3.4 0.76
6 Nip Winters* 30 RP -0.6 3 3 .500 7.50 8 4 4 1 0 1 36.0 55 37 30 5 23 13 4 0 1 184 73 6.68 2.167 13.8 1.3 5.8 3.3 0.57
7 Lefty Holmes* 22 RP 0.4 2 1 .667 4.76 4 1 3 1 0 0 17.0 11 9 9 1 15 9 2 0 1 77 116 6.05 1.529 5.8 0.5 7.9 4.8 0.60
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 Nat Howard -0.5 2 1 .667 7.60 6 4 1 2 0 0 34.1 53 34 29 3 11 11 3 0 0 169 72 5.06 1.864 13.9 0.8 2.9 2.9 1.00
9 Bullet Campbell 33 0.1 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 3.94 0.600 5.4 0.0 0.0 5.4
10 Julio Rojo 35 -0.1 0 0 5.40 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 118 6.94 2.400 10.8 0.0 10.8 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 2.6 40 24 .625 5.56 66 66 27 39 4 2 567.0 669 419 350 43 249 227 29 1 2 2620 99 5.00 1.619 10.6 0.7 4.0 3.6 0.91
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