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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 Raymond Taylor 28 C 0.3 24 83 77 13 18 3 1 1 12 1 5 .234 .289 .338 .627 81 .296 80 26 1 3/2
2 Ed Mayweather* 29 1B -0.4 26 107 96 11 19 4 1 2 16 0 11 .198 .280 .323 .603 74 .289 75 31 0 3
3 Marshall Riddle* 21 2B 0.9 26 100 86 8 27 4 1 0 14 1 14 .314 .410 .384 .794 130 .382 132 33 0 4/6 AS
4 Buddy Armour* 24 SS 0.6 21 79 73 7 22 3 1 1 14 2 3 .301 .354 .411 .765 120 .360 119 30 3 6
5 Bobby Robinson 35 3B -0.1 27 99 80 8 14 0 1 0 7 0 17 .175 .333 .200 .533 56 .285 73 16 2 5
6 Dan Wilson# 23 LF 1.0 26 119 107 24 31 5 2 1 9 9 11 .290 .361 .402 .763 120 .370 119 43 1 7/684 AS,AS
7 Leslie Green* 25 CF 1.1 25 103 93 19 30 5 1 3 14 7 9 .323 .388 .495 .883 154 .418 149 46 1 8
8 Bill Bradford* 25 RF -0.5 28 119 103 13 17 2 1 1 8 3 14 .165 .277 .233 .510 48 .260 57 24 2 9/357
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 Quincy Trouppe# 26 UT 0.3 9 40 36 9 13 3 1 0 8 2 4 .361 .425 .500 .925 166 .435 161 18 0 /72
10 Jimmy Ford 26 UT 0.1 6 24 22 3 5 0 2 0 2 1 2 .227 .292 .409 .701 101 .326 95 9 0 /647
11 Bob Smith 32 C 0.0 6 18 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .077 .333 .077 .410 22 .262 58 1 1 /2
12 George Mitchell 39 1B 0.0 4 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 56 .282 71 1 0 /3
13 John Lyles# 27 3B -0.1 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -40 .149 -11 0 0 AS
14 Jones OF -0.1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -25 .187 12 0 0 /7
15 Malcolm SS 0.1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 478 .948 462 1 0 /6
16 Felix Evans 28 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 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 Theolic Smith# 26 P 0.4 16 42 38 6 10 3 0 0 0 1 4 .263 .333 .342 .675 95 .324 97 13 0 /1978 AS
18 Frank McAllister 21 P 0.1 11 25 25 2 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 .160 .160 .400 .560 59 .247 49 10 0 /179
19 Lefty Calhoun* 27 P 0.2 11 24 23 3 6 2 0 0 5 0 1 .261 .292 .348 .639 84 .301 82 8 0 /1
20 Robert Dean 23 P -0.2 4 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -101 0 0 /1
21 Clifford Brown P 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -50 .124 -25 0 0
22 Andy Drake 32 P 0.0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 189 .474 188 1 0 /1
23 Eugene Smith# 23 P 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -104 0 0
24 Jimmie Armstead* 19 P 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -92 0 0 /1
Team Totals 3.6 28 1021 907 129 220 34 12 11 112 27 103 .243 .327 .343 .670 93 .324 95 311 11
Non-Pitcher Totals 3.1 907 799 118 199 29 12 9 104 26 97 .249 .338 .349 .688 99 .333 101 279 11
Pitcher Totals 0.5 113 107 11 21 5 0 2 8 1 6 .196 .239 .299 .538 55 .254 54 32 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 Leslie Green* 25 5 21 16 2 5 0 1 0 1 4 3 .313 .421 .438 .859 7 0 0 2
2 Dan Wilson# 23 5 21 20 3 5 2 0 0 2 1 1 .250 .286 .350 .636 7 0 0 0
3 Marshall Riddle* 21 5 20 18 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 .389 .450 .389 .839 7 0 0 0
4 Bill Bradford* 25 5 18 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 .118 .118 .235 2 0 0 1
5 Ed Mayweather* 29 5 18 16 1 6 0 0 1 2 0 2 .375 .444 .563 1.007 8 0 0 0
6 Buddy Armour* 24 4 17 17 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 .294 .294 .294 .588 5 0 0 0
7 Bobby Robinson 35 4 13 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .308 .250 .558 3 0 0 0
8 Jimmy Ford 26 4 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .182 .250 .182 .432 2 0 0 0
9 Bob Smith 32 5 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .100 .100 .100 .200 1 0 0 1
10 Raymond Taylor 28 3 8 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 2 0 0 1
11 Theolic Smith# 26 4 7 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 .250 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 1 /1
12 Frank McAllister 21 2 6 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 4 0 0 0 /1
13 Lefty Calhoun* 27 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 /1
14 Ossie Brown 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 /1
15 George Mitchell 39 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0
16 Sylvester Owens 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0
Team Totals 5 184 166 13 45 5 1 1 10 7 12 .271 .320 .331 .652 54 0 0 6

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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 Theolic Smith 26 SP 0.6 3 7 .300 3.39 10 9 1 7 1 0 69.0 73 36 26 1 22 37 4 0 0 300 117 3.32 1.377 9.5 0.1 2.9 4.8 1.68 AS
2 Lefty Calhoun* 27 SP 1.2 2 4 .333 2.96 11 6 2 5 0 2 67.0 55 29 22 1 24 27 3 0 0 279 135 3.67 1.179 7.4 0.1 3.2 3.6 1.13
3 Frank McAllister 21 SP 0.0 4 2 .667 3.54 8 7 1 5 0 0 53.1 55 33 21 2 21 29 1 0 2 234 112 3.71 1.425 9.3 0.3 3.5 4.9 1.38
4 Robert Dean 23 SP 0.2 3 1 .750 2.92 4 3 1 1 0 0 24.2 17 13 8 0 12 18 1 0 1 105 138 3.19 1.176 6.2 0.0 4.4 6.6 1.50
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 Clifford Brown RP 0.0 0 2 .000 5.40 4 2 2 1 0 0 15.0 14 9 9 0 5 9 0 0 0 67 75 2.87 1.267 8.4 0.0 3.0 5.4 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
6 Andy Drake 32 0.1 0 0 4.76 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 4 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 23 89 4.31 1.059 6.4 0.0 3.2 1.6 0.50
7 Eugene Smith 23 -0.1 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 4 4 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 22 5.61 1.846 8.3 0.0 8.3 4.2 0.50
8 Jimmie Armstead* 19 -0.3 0 0 45.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 5 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 10 12 12.07 6.000 36.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 1.8 12 16 .429 3.53 28 28 8 19 1 2 240.0 226 132 94 4 92 123 12 0 4 1040 114 3.56 1.325 8.5 0.2 3.5 4.6 1.34
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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 Lefty Calhoun* 27 0 2 .000 4.85 2 2 0 1 0 0 13.0 15 8 7 2 0 8 0 0 1.308 10.4 1.4 5.5 4.00
2 Frank McAllister 21 0 1 .000 6.55 2 1 0 1 0 0 11.0 12 10 8 3 0 8 0 0 1.364 9.8 2.5 6.5 2.67
3 Ossie Brown 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 3 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0.444 3.0 1.0 4.0 4.00
4 Theolic Smith 26 0 1 .000 2.25 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 10 6 2 1 0 3 0 0 1.375 11.3 1.1 3.4 3.00
Team Totals 1 4 .200 3.95 5 5 0 4 0 0 41.0 40 25 18 7 0 23 0 0 1.146 8.8 1.5 5.0 3.29
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