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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 Clarence Palm 21 C 2.6 65 219 201 36 67 13 3 17 60 3 17 .333 .388 .682 1.070 173 .458 168 137 1 2
2 Mule Suttles 28 1B 3.8 95 394 359 80 126 29 7 20 109 9 34 .351 .409 .638 1.047 168 .455 165 229 1 *3/54
3 John Henry Russell 31 2B 1.2 84 304 289 45 80 6 2 1 41 2 15 .277 .313 .322 .634 65 .295 64 93 0 *4/6
4 Willie Wells 24 SS 6.6 95 417 363 105 129 22 5 27 117 31 49 .355 .439 .667 1.106 184 .488 181 242 5 *6
5 Dewey Creacy 29 3B -0.2 95 387 355 61 89 8 2 7 53 3 29 .251 .313 .344 .656 71 .304 70 122 3 *54
6 Wilson Redus 24 LF 1.0 95 391 355 65 107 23 3 9 66 6 33 .301 .366 .459 .825 113 .372 113 163 3 *79/8
7 Cool Papa Bell# 26 CF 2.6 93 421 375 95 122 24 5 3 38 48 44 .325 .399 .440 .839 118 .398 121 165 2 *8/13
8 Branch Russell* 33 RF 2.6 91 387 324 84 102 16 11 2 47 6 58 .315 .426 .451 .877 128 .403 133 146 5 *9/547
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 Henry Williams 36 C 1.2 67 212 197 30 63 21 4 4 39 3 13 .320 .368 .528 .896 130 .396 128 104 2 2/3459
10 Walter Harris 32 C 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -131 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
11 John Williams 24 P 0.0 59 169 161 20 39 7 5 1 14 2 7 .242 .278 .366 .645 66 .289 61 59 1 17/92
12 Logan Hensley 29 P 0.2 28 63 62 7 12 0 1 3 9 0 1 .194 .206 .371 .577 47 .251 36 23 0 1
13 Ted Trent 25 P -0.6 27 56 55 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .073 .089 .127 .217 -44 .098 -61 7 0 1
14 Roosevelt Davis 24 P 0.0 34 50 48 3 10 2 0 0 1 0 2 .208 .240 .250 .490 28 .230 22 12 0 1
15 Leroy Matlock* 22 P 0.2 21 35 34 8 9 4 0 1 5 2 1 .265 .286 .471 .756 93 .337 87 16 0 1/37
16 Luther McDonald 23 P 0.2 13 16 14 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 .357 .438 .429 .866 126 .405 133 6 0 1
17 Richard Cannon 19 P 0.0 9 11 10 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .100 .182 .200 .382 -1 .184 -6 2 0 /1
18 Candy Jim Taylor 45 P -0.2 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -124 0 0 /15
19 Johnnie Vivens 33 P 0.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -6 .248 35 0 0 /1
Team Totals 21.2 95 3544 3213 649 965 178 49 95 603 115 308 .300 .366 .475 .841 117 .380 116 1526 23
Non-Pitcher Totals 21.4 3133 2819 602 885 162 42 90 570 111 292 .314 .383 .497 .880 127 .397 127 1401 22
Pitcher Totals -0.2 411 394 47 80 16 7 5 33 4 16 .203 .236 .317 .553 43 .250 35 125 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 John Williams 24 SP 5.0 19 6 .760 3.09 34 24 10 17 2 2 209.2 204 87 72 12 48 72 6 2 2 861 146 4.17 1.202 8.8 0.5 2.1 3.1 1.50
2 Logan Hensley 29 SP 2.2 14 8 .636 3.50 28 19 6 11 2 0 154.1 155 79 60 7 68 57 10 0 1 700 129 4.71 1.445 9.0 0.4 4.0 3.3 0.84
3 Ted Trent 25 SP 0.9 10 7 .588 4.69 25 18 4 11 1 1 151.2 172 91 79 10 58 93 10 0 1 681 97 4.32 1.516 10.2 0.6 3.4 5.5 1.60
4 Leroy Matlock* 22 SP -0.1 4 2 .667 4.54 12 8 2 4 1 0 67.1 77 46 34 8 16 27 3 0 0 289 100 4.93 1.381 10.3 1.1 2.1 3.6 1.69
5 Richard Cannon 19 SP 0.2 1 2 .333 4.84 9 6 0 1 1 0 35.1 43 21 19 2 21 28 1 0 1 164 94 4.36 1.811 11.0 0.5 5.3 7.1 1.33
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 Roosevelt Davis 24 CL 2.7 6 7 .462 3.70 33 14 13 8 3 3 143.2 143 67 59 5 31 58 2 0 4 598 123 3.68 1.211 9.0 0.3 1.9 3.6 1.87
7 Luther McDonald 23 RP -1.3 4 3 .571 8.50 10 5 2 1 0 0 36.0 63 41 34 5 18 6 2 0 0 188 54 6.48 2.250 15.8 1.3 4.5 1.5 0.33
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 Candy Jim Taylor 45 0.1 0 0 4.70 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.2 7 4 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 32 100 5.95 1.304 8.2 1.2 3.5 1.2 0.33
9 Johnnie Vivens 33 -0.1 0 0 3.68 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 7 6 3 1 3 6 2 0 0 33 128 5.52 1.364 8.6 1.2 3.7 7.4 2.00
10 Cool Papa Bell* 26 -0.1 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 59 4.84 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 9.5 58 35 .624 4.04 95 95 41 53 10 6 815.0 874 444 366 51 267 348 36 2 9 3556 112 4.42 1.400 9.7 0.6 2.9 3.8 1.30
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