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1 Bobby Mathews
SP
21.6
233
443.0
9.6
-0.3
-0.1
10.0
-0.0
35.5
0.0
0.0
35.5
19.2
-0.9
-0.0
20.1
2 Al Spalding
SP
22.8
325
497.7
8.9
1.7
-0.3
7.6
-0.0
43.8
6.9
0.0
36.9
25.0
5.6
-0.1
19.4
3 Candy Cummings
SP
24.7
197
382.0
7.9
0.2
-0.0
7.8
0.0
26.1
0.7
0.0
25.4
12.0
-0.1
0.0
12.1
4 George Zettlein
SP
29.0
242
460.0
7.8
-0.7
-0.0
8.5
0.0
41.9
0.0
0.0
41.8
24.9
-1.0
-0.0
25.8
5 Dick McBride
SP
28.6
255
382.7
6.5
0.3
-0.2
6.3
-0.0
29.2
1.9
0.0
27.3
14.8
0.9
-0.1
14.0
6 Ross Barnes
2B
23.1
340
4.9
4.6
0.5
0.0
0.1
21.8
17.5
4.3
0.0
15.9
13.0
3.0
0.0
7 George Wright
SS
26.4
333
3.4
2.8
0.9
0.0
0.3
16.4
12.6
3.7
0.0
10.0
8.2
1.8
0.0
8 Deacon White
C
25.6
310
2.7
2.8
0.1
0.0
0.2
14.3
10.7
3.6
0.0
8.3
6.6
1.6
0.0
9 Davy Force
3B
23.9
243
18.0
2.2
1.9
0.5
-0.0
0.2
11.9
7.2
3.8
0.9
6.9
4.0
2.7
0.2
10 Cap Anson
1B
21.2
259
1.9
1.9
0.0
0.0
0.1
10.4
8.9
1.5
0.0
6.2
5.5
0.8
0.0
11 Jim O'Rourke
1B
22.8
294
1.9
1.9
0.0
0.0
-0.0
9.7
8.8
0.9
0.0
5.1
4.9
0.3
0.0
12 Dave Eggler
CF
24.2
273
1.8
1.4
0.2
0.0
-0.2
8.7
7.3
1.4
0.0
4.1
3.7
0.4
0.0
13 Cal McVey
C
23.8
195
1.7
1.7
0.1
0.0
0.1
9.0
7.1
1.9
0.0
5.2
4.5
0.7
0.0
14 Levi Meyerle
3B
28.0
240
1.7
1.8
0.0
0.0
0.1
11.2
11.2
0.0
0.0
7.1
8.0
-0.9
0.0
15 Everett Mills
1B
28.4
265
1.7
1.7
-0.0
0.0
0.0
8.4
7.5
0.9
0.0
4.4
4.0
0.4
0.0
16 Charlie Pabor
LF
26.8
234
1.6
1.8
-0.4
0.0
-0.2
8.4
7.3
1.1
0.0
3.4
4.2
-0.8
0.0
17 Dickey Pearce
SS
37.3
270
1.6
1.2
0.7
0.0
0.3
4.4
2.9
1.5
0.0
-1.0
-0.7
-0.3
0.0
18 Tom Carey
2B
27.3
291
1.6
1.5
0.1
0.0
0.1
8.9
6.9
2.0
0.0
3.8
3.1
0.8
0.0
19 Ezra Sutton
3B
22.8
244
1.5
1.1
0.6
0.0
0.1
7.8
5.4
2.4
0.0
3.4
2.1
1.3
0.0
20 Wes Fisler
2B
32.0
220
1.4
1.2
0.3
0.0
0.1
7.4
6.0
1.4
0.0
3.6
3.1
0.5
0.0
21 Tom York
LF
23.0
280
1.4
0.9
0.3
0.0
-0.2
10.0
5.6
4.5
0.0
4.4
1.9
2.6
0.0
22 Cherokee Fisher
RF
28.7
257
84.3
1.4
-0.4
0.3
1.3
-0.2
8.1
1.4
0.0
6.7
1.1
-2.0
-0.4
3.5
23 Fergy Malone
C
31.6
273
1.4
1.1
0.5
0.0
0.3
9.9
6.6
3.3
0.0
4.5
3.0
1.4
0.0
24 Chick Fulmer
SS
22.4
238
5.0
1.3
0.6
0.9
0.1
0.2
8.5
4.8
3.3
0.4
3.5
1.7
1.6
0.2
25 Count Gedney
LF
24.1
231
1.2
0.3
0.7
0.0
-0.2
8.8
3.0
5.8
0.0
3.9
-0.1
3.9
0.0
26 George Hall
CF
24.3
170
1.1
0.9
0.1
0.0
-0.1
5.1
4.4
0.7
0.0
2.2
2.1
0.1
0.0
27 Lip Pike
RF
28.1
293
1.1
1.5
-0.6
0.0
-0.2
8.0
8.0
0.0
0.0
3.7
4.1
-0.4
0.0
28 Jim Holdsworth
SS
23.0
233
1.1
1.3
-0.0
0.0
0.2
8.0
5.3
2.7
0.0
3.2
2.2
0.9
0.0
29 Bob Ferguson
3B
28.4
232
19.3
1.0
0.5
1.1
-0.5
0.1
3.3
1.7
1.3
0.3
-1.5
-1.4
0.4
-0.5
30 Jimmy Wood
2B
30.6
217
0.9
1.0
-0.0
0.0
0.1
8.6
7.0
1.6
0.0
4.8
4.1
0.7
0.0
31 Jack Remsen
CF
23.3
209
0.8
0.8
-0.1
0.0
-0.2
3.9
3.6
0.3
0.0
0.2
0.8
-0.6
0.0
32 John Hatfield
3B
25.9
258
0.8
1.2
-0.3
0.0
0.1
5.6
5.3
0.3
0.0
1.1
1.9
-0.8
0.0
33 Bob Addy
RF
MULT
28.4
206
0.8
0.8
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
5.2
5.0
0.3
0.0
2.1
2.2
-0.2
0.0
34 John Clapp
C
22.0
206
0.8
0.6
0.5
0.0
0.2
5.3
3.1
2.2
0.0
1.0
0.4
0.6
0.0
35 Joe Start
1B
30.7
255
0.7
0.5
0.2
0.0
0.0
3.6
2.7
0.9
0.0
-0.3
-0.7
0.4
0.0
36 Candy Nelson
2B
24.6
169
0.7
0.8
-0.1
0.0
0.0
4.6
3.5
1.1
0.0
1.6
1.2
0.4
0.0
37 Paul Hines
LF
18.3
182
0.6
0.9
-0.4
0.0
-0.1
4.6
4.4
0.2
0.0
0.8
2.0
-1.1
0.0
38 Tommy Beals
2B
22.9
170
0.6
0.6
0.1
0.0
0.1
3.2
2.6
0.6
0.0
0.0
0.4
-0.3
0.0
39 John Radcliffe
3B
27.0
248
0.6
0.5
0.3
0.0
0.2
3.4
2.4
1.0
0.0
-1.0
-0.9
-0.1
0.0
40 Andy Leonard
LF
27.1
306
0.6
0.9
-0.5
0.0
-0.2
6.7
5.3
1.5
0.0
0.8
1.2
-0.4
0.0
41 Tom Barlow
C
21.6
275
0.6
0.9
-0.0
0.0
0.3
3.1
2.1
1.1
0.0
-2.4
-1.6
-0.9
0.0
42 Mike McGeary
SS
22.6
276
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.0
0.3
5.5
2.8
2.6
0.0
0.1
-0.8
0.9
0.0
43 Bill Craver
C
29.1
198
0.6
0.5
0.2
0.0
0.2
4.4
2.4
1.9
0.0
0.5
-0.2
0.7
0.0
44 Bill Boyd
RF
20.5
230
0.5
0.6
-0.2
0.0
-0.2
4.2
2.7
1.4
0.0
0.7
-0.3
1.0
0.0
45 Denny Mack
1B
22.6
220
0.5
0.6
-0.1
0.0
0.0
6.4
5.2
1.2
0.0
2.9
2.3
0.6
0.0
46 Jack Burdock
2B
21.3
252
0.5
0.6
-0.1
0.0
0.1
3.3
2.1
1.2
0.0
-1.3
-1.2
-0.0
0.0
47 Dick Higham
RF
22.6
247
0.4
1.0
-0.5
0.0
0.0
5.3
4.2
1.1
0.0
1.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
48 Doug Allison
C
MULT
27.0
132
0.4
0.4
0.1
0.0
0.1
1.7
1.0
0.7
0.0
-0.8
-0.7
-0.1
0.0
49 John McMullin
LF
25.6
235
8.0
0.3
0.0
-0.2
0.3
-0.2
5.7
2.5
2.4
0.8
0.5
-0.6
0.6
0.5
50 Scott Hastings
C
25.9
150
0.3
0.3
0.1
0.0
0.0
2.6
1.4
1.2
0.0
-0.2
-0.6
0.3
0.0
51 Herman Dehlman
1B
21.6
230
0.3
0.4
-0.1
0.0
0.0
1.7
0.9
0.7
0.0
-1.9
-2.1
0.2
0.0
52 Al Reach
2B
33.1
73
0.2
-0.2
0.4
0.0
-0.0
3.3
0.1
3.3
0.0
2.1
-0.9
3.0
0.0
53 Oscar Bielaski
RF
26.3
177
0.2
0.1
-0.0
0.0
-0.2
2.1
2.1
0.0
0.0
-0.6
-0.2
-0.3
0.0
54 John Glenn
1B
23.5
188
0.2
0.4
-0.2
0.0
0.0
2.4
2.2
0.2
0.0
-0.5
-0.3
-0.2
0.0
55 Art Allison
CF
24.4
99
0.2
0.4
-0.3
0.0
-0.1
1.7
1.6
0.0
0.0
-0.2
0.3
-0.5
0.0
56 Jones
CF
0.0
4
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
0.0
57 Joe Battin
CF
21.6
6
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.4
-0.0
0.0
58 Warren White
3B
29.6
160
0.1
0.4
-0.2
0.0
0.1
1.7
1.6
0.1
0.0
-1.2
-0.5
-0.7
0.0
59 Fred Waterman
SS
27.6
81
0.1
0.5
-0.4
0.0
0.0
2.0
2.0
0.0
0.0
0.6
1.0
-0.4
0.0
60 Howard Wall
SS
18.6
4
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
61 Fraley Rogers
1B
23.6
6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
-0.0
0.0
62 Eddie Booth
LF
MULT
0.0
144
0.0
0.1
-0.2
0.0
-0.1
1.2
1.2
0.0
0.0
-1.5
-0.7
-0.7
0.0
63 George Bechtel
RF
25.6
267
16.0
0.0
-0.2
0.4
-0.4
-0.2
6.4
2.9
3.0
0.5
1.9
-0.6
2.6
-0.1
64 Bill Lennon
1B
25.6
19
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.3
-0.3
-0.1
0.0
65 Joe Kernan
CF
0.0
8
0.0
0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
0.0
66 Ned Cuthbert
LF
28.0
280
0.0
0.1
-0.3
0.0
-0.2
7.4
5.2
2.2
0.0
1.9
1.5
0.5
0.0
67 Fred Crane
2B
32.7
4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
0.0
68
SS
0.0
138
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.9
0.5
0.5
0.0
-1.6
-1.4
-0.3
0.0
69 Johnny Ryan
1B
19.8
8
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
-0.1
0.1
0.0
70 Charlie Sweasy
2B
25.7
4
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
0.0
71 Henry Kessler
1B
26.6
5
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
0.0
72 Herm Doscher
CF
20.5
6
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
0.0
73 Eland
RF
0.0
3
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
74 Mike Hooper
LF
23.4
14
-0.0
0.0
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
0.0
75 Nat Hicks
C
28.2
128
-0.1
0.3
-0.3
0.0
0.1
2.6
1.1
1.5
0.0
-0.0
-0.6
0.6
0.0
76 George Popplein
CF
32.9
4
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
0.0
77 Wally Goldsmith
2B
23.8
4
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
0.0
78 Red Woodhead
SS
22.0
5
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
0.0
79 Marty Simpson
2B
0.0
15
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
0.0
80 Marty Swandell
1B
32.6
9
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
0.0
81 Lou Say
SS
19.4
12
-0.1
-0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.2
-0.2
-0.1
0.0
82 Bob Reach
SS
29.8
5
-0.1
-0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
0.0
83 Favel Wordsworth
SS
22.6
44
-0.1
0.1
-0.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.9
-0.6
-0.4
0.0
84 Jim Devlin
1B
24.1
101
-0.1
0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
2.1
1.5
0.5
0.0
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.0
85 Holly Hollingshead
CF
20.5
136
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
1.1
0.8
0.3
0.0
-1.2
-1.0
-0.2
0.0
86 Nealy Phelps
1B
32.6
6
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
0.0
87 Count Sensenderfer
CF
25.5
86
-0.1
-0.2
0.1
0.0
-0.1
0.7
0.2
0.6
0.0
-0.7
-0.9
0.2
0.0
88 Tommy Johns
LF
21.8
4
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
0.0
89 Bill Barrett
RF
0.0
4
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
0.0
90 Dave Birdsall
RF
35.0
12
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.2
-0.2
-0.0
0.0
91 Ed Atkinson
RF
22.6
8
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
0.0
92 Len Lovett
SP
21.0
5
9.0
-0.1
0.1
0.0
-0.2
0.0
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.0
-0.2
0.1
0.0
-0.3
93 Fred Treacey
CF
26.6
248
-0.2
-0.3
-0.1
0.0
-0.2
2.5
2.5
0.0
0.0
-1.8
-0.8
-1.0
0.0
94 John Sheppard
LF
0.0
11
-0.2
-0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.2
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
95 Henry Austin
CF
28.8
101
-0.2
-0.0
-0.2
0.0
-0.1
0.6
0.6
0.0
0.0
-1.1
-0.8
-0.3
0.0
96 Jack Manning
1B
19.5
160
-0.2
-0.3
0.1
0.0
-0.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
-0.9
-1.1
0.2
0.0
97 Hugh Campbell
SP
27.6
89
165.0
-0.2
-0.4
-0.0
0.2
0.0
0.8
0.0
0.1
0.7
-5.4
-0.4
0.0
-5.0
98 Steve Bellan
3B
23.6
34
-0.2
0.0
-0.2
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
-0.5
-0.3
-0.1
0.0
99 Bill Smith
CF
0.0
23
-0.2
-0.0
-0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.4
-0.3
-0.1
0.0
100 Ben Laughlin
2B
0.0
50
-0.2
-0.0
-0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.9
-0.7
-0.3
0.0
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