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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 Bill Perkins 33 C -0.5 22 85 82 10 17 2 0 1 12 0 3 .207 .235 .268 .504 34 .236 31 22 0 2
2 Curtis Harris 34 1B -0.5 44 159 158 19 43 2 0 0 28 0 1 .272 .277 .285 .562 50 .264 48 45 0 3/524
3 Pat Patterson# 27 2B 1.1 40 170 161 36 56 12 3 2 29 2 9 .348 .382 .497 .879 132 .398 129 80 0 45 AS,AS
4 Chester Williams 33 SS 1.3 45 197 183 33 60 11 3 1 22 1 14 .328 .376 .437 .813 116 .376 115 80 0 *6/4
5 Jud Wilson* 45 3B 1.1 38 128 108 19 35 6 2 3 23 0 18 .324 .430 .500 .930 147 .429 147 54 2 5/349
6 Roy Parnell 35 LF 0.8 37 139 125 29 39 6 2 2 20 2 14 .312 .381 .440 .821 118 .379 118 55 0 7/98 AS
7 Gene Benson* 25 CF 0.3 48 187 172 25 46 6 3 5 25 1 14 .267 .326 .424 .751 98 .343 96 73 1 *8
8 Clyde Spearman* 26 RF -0.3 28 112 97 13 21 1 2 0 8 1 15 .216 .321 .268 .589 58 .292 66 26 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 Pos Awards
9 Jake Dunn 29 OF -0.3 46 168 159 21 43 7 1 1 26 0 9 .270 .310 .346 .655 74 .307 74 55 0 97/4563
10 Jim West# 34 1B 0.3 18 71 64 12 20 5 0 1 12 0 7 .313 .380 .438 .818 117 .381 118 28 0 3
11 Leon Ruffin 27 C -0.2 13 41 36 4 4 0 0 1 2 0 4 .111 .220 .194 .414 11 .211 16 7 1 2
12 Clarence Palm 31 C 0.0 12 39 38 5 11 1 0 0 4 0 1 .289 .308 .316 .623 66 .295 66 12 0 2
13 Rocky Ellis 28 OF 0.0 17 26 21 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .308 .143 .451 23 .255 42 3 0 1/7
14 Bill Cooper* 24 UT 0.1 9 23 20 8 7 1 0 1 3 1 3 .350 .435 .550 .985 160 .449 158 11 0 /278
15 Leroy Morney# 30 2B 0.0 3 13 13 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .308 .308 .615 64 .290 63 4 0 /4 AS
16 H. Wilson 2B 0.0 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 33 .236 30 1 0
17 Fred Wilson* 30 OF -0.1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -112 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
18 Henry McHenry 29 P 0.1 22 48 47 1 11 1 0 1 4 0 1 .234 .250 .319 .569 50 .262 46 15 0 1/7
19 Jim Missouri* 22 P -0.1 14 25 24 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 .167 .200 .167 .367 -2 .181 -2 4 0 1
20 Sam Thompson 31 P 0.2 15 25 25 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 .320 .320 .320 .640 71 .302 70 8 0 1
21 Roy Welmaker# 25 P -0.3 12 24 23 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .087 .125 .087 .212 -43 .110 -44 2 0 /19
22 Webster McDonald* 39 P 0.1 14 21 21 1 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 .238 .238 .381 .619 62 .275 55 8 0 1
23 Henry Miller 21 P 0.0 9 9 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .333 .143 .476 31 .273 53 1 0 /1
24 Spoon Carter* 36 P 0.0 3 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 -5 .253 40 0 0 /1
25 Purnell Mincy* 23 P 0.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -111 0 0 /1
Team Totals 3.2 48 1725 1597 252 441 61 16 20 226 8 124 .276 .330 .372 .702 86 .328 87 594 4
Non-Pitcher Totals 3.2 1539 1423 237 407 60 16 18 214 8 112 .286 .340 .389 .728 93 .339 93 553 4
Pitcher Totals 0.0 186 174 15 34 1 0 2 12 0 12 .195 .247 .236 .483 29 .235 30 41 0
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Rk Player Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH Pos Awards
1 Roy Parnell 35 2 9 9 2 4 1 1 2 4 0 0 .444 .444 1.444 1.889 11 0 0 0
2 Chester Williams 33 2 9 9 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .556 .889 5 0 0 0
3 Gene Benson* 25 2 8 7 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .429 .500 .714 1.214 5 0 0 0
4 Bill Cooper* 24 2 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 1 0 0 1
5 Curtis Harris 34 2 8 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .250 .375 2 0 0 0
6 Jim West# 34 2 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 0 0 0
7 Jud Wilson* 45 2 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0
8 Jake Dunn 29 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
9 Roy Welmaker# 25 2 5 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200 3 0 0 0 /1
10 Henry McHenry 29 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 /1
11 Leon Ruffin 27 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 5 74 66 5 16 2 3 2 4 0 7 .242 .315 .455 .770 28 0 0 1

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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 Jim Missouri* 22 SP 0.1 1 3 .250 5.59 14 9 3 2 1 0 66.0 66 47 41 8 28 31 1 0 0 299 88 5.02 1.424 9.0 1.1 3.8 4.2 1.11
2 Roy Welmaker* 25 SP -0.6 3 4 .429 6.35 10 7 3 3 0 0 51.0 66 44 36 3 25 33 0 0 1 245 77 4.01 1.784 11.6 0.5 4.4 5.8 1.32
3 Webster McDonald 39 SP -0.2 1 4 .200 5.65 11 6 1 4 0 0 43.0 51 34 27 1 13 17 2 0 0 202 87 3.63 1.488 10.7 0.2 2.7 3.6 1.31
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 Henry McHenry 29 RP 1.7 10 4 .714 4.43 18 8 8 7 0 1 101.2 100 55 50 11 37 39 2 0 0 439 111 4.86 1.348 8.9 1.0 3.3 3.5 1.05
5 Sam Thompson 31 RP -0.3 3 4 .429 6.37 15 7 6 2 0 1 59.1 73 47 42 7 25 30 0 0 0 269 77 4.86 1.652 11.1 1.1 3.8 4.6 1.20
6 Rocky Ellis 28 RP -0.8 1 3 .250 8.73 10 3 3 0 0 0 33.0 48 34 32 5 10 14 0 0 0 160 56 5.10 1.758 13.1 1.4 2.7 3.8 1.40
7 Henry Miller 21 RP 0.3 2 2 .500 4.34 9 4 5 1 0 0 29.0 28 18 14 2 10 18 0 0 0 128 114 3.76 1.310 8.7 0.6 3.1 5.6 1.80
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 Spoon Carter 36 -0.3 1 1 .500 9.22 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.2 22 14 14 2 8 9 1 0 0 69 54 5.63 2.195 14.5 1.3 5.3 5.9 1.13
9 Purnell Mincy* 23 -0.3 0 0 10.57 3 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 9 10 9 1 5 3 0 0 0 41 48 5.94 1.826 10.6 1.2 5.9 3.5 0.60
Team Totals -0.6 22 25 .468 5.90 48 48 29 19 1 2 404.1 463 303 265 40 161 194 6 0 1 1852 83 4.64 1.543 10.3 0.9 3.6 4.3 1.20
Standard Pitching Table
Rk Player Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB IBB SO HBP WP WHIP H9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
1 Henry McHenry 29 0 1 .000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 6 3 2 4 0 12 0 0 1.111 6.0 4.0 12.0 3.00
2 Roy Welmaker* 25 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 5 3 2 3 0 13 0 0 0.889 5.0 3.0 13.0 4.33
Team Totals 1 1 .500 2.00 5 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 11 6 4 7 0 25 0 0 1.000 5.5 3.5 12.5 3.57
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