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1 Tommy Bond
SP
22.2
236
532.7
13.3
-0.4
-0.0
13.8
0.0
57.5
0.0
0.0
57.5
38.3
-1.0
-0.0
39.4
2 Sam Weaver
SP
23.0
181
383.0
10.1
-0.1
-0.2
10.3
-0.0
15.9
0.0
0.1
15.8
2.1
-0.8
-0.0
3.0
3 Terry Larkin
SP
0.0
243
506.0
5.5
1.6
-0.0
4.0
0.0
33.5
5.6
0.1
27.8
15.1
4.6
0.0
10.6
4 John Ward
SP
18.3
140
334.0
4.8
0.1
-0.0
4.8
0.0
22.6
0.6
0.0
22.0
10.7
0.0
0.0
10.6
5 Orator Shaffer
RF
26.8
279
3.5
2.9
0.2
0.0
-0.4
15.1
13.6
1.5
0.0
10.0
9.3
0.7
0.0
6 Bob Ferguson
SS
33.4
269
3.1
2.7
0.9
0.0
0.4
11.8
9.0
2.8
0.0
5.8
4.9
0.8
0.0
7 Paul Hines
CF
23.3
259
2.8
2.6
-0.1
0.0
-0.3
16.3
14.8
1.4
0.0
11.2
10.9
0.2
0.0
8 Charley Jones
LF
28.2
265
2.7
2.1
0.3
0.0
-0.4
14.1
11.2
2.9
0.0
9.2
7.2
2.0
0.0
9 Joe Gerhardt
2B
23.4
266
2.5
1.8
0.8
0.0
0.1
10.0
7.4
2.6
0.0
4.6
3.4
1.2
0.0
10 Deacon White
C
30.6
268
2.4
2.2
0.4
0.0
0.2
11.4
8.6
2.8
0.0
5.6
4.6
1.0
0.0
11 Joe Start
1B
35.7
287
2.4
2.5
-0.1
0.0
0.0
10.6
9.9
0.7
0.0
5.6
5.5
0.1
0.0
12 Abner Dalrymple
LF
20.8
277
2.3
1.8
0.1
0.0
-0.4
9.3
7.2
2.1
0.0
4.3
3.1
1.2
0.0
13 John Clapp
LF
27.0
276
2.1
2.2
-0.2
0.0
-0.2
10.0
9.0
1.0
0.0
4.7
4.8
-0.1
0.0
14 Jim McCormick
SP
21.7
56
117.0
2.1
-0.2
-0.0
2.3
-0.0
6.8
0.0
0.0
6.7
2.5
-0.2
0.0
2.8
15 Tom York
LF
28.0
277
2.0
2.1
-0.4
0.0
-0.4
14.1
13.0
1.1
0.0
9.1
8.8
0.3
0.0
16 Dick Higham
RF
27.6
286
2.0
1.8
-0.2
0.0
-0.4
13.0
11.9
1.0
0.0
7.9
7.6
0.2
0.0
17 Lew Brown
C
20.4
250
1.0
1.8
2.2
0.2
-0.2
0.3
13.2
11.1
2.1
0.0
7.7
7.3
0.4
-0.0
18 Cal McVey
3B
28.8
276
1.7
2.5
-0.5
0.0
0.2
11.5
9.9
1.6
0.0
5.8
5.7
0.0
0.0
19 Chub Sullivan
1B
22.5
246
1.7
0.8
0.9
0.0
0.0
4.6
3.0
1.6
0.0
0.2
-0.7
0.9
0.0
20 Cap Anson
LF
26.2
274
1.7
2.1
-0.7
0.0
-0.3
9.4
8.9
0.5
0.0
4.3
4.8
-0.5
0.0
21 Bobby Mitchell
SP
22.4
50
80.0
1.6
0.1
0.0
1.5
0.0
6.5
0.3
0.2
6.0
3.4
0.0
0.1
3.3
22 Silver Flint
C
22.9
256
1.4
0.7
1.0
0.0
0.3
3.6
1.0
2.5
0.0
-2.4
-2.9
0.4
0.0
23 Jack Burdock
2B
26.3
249
1.3
0.8
0.6
0.0
0.1
12.4
8.6
3.8
0.0
7.2
4.9
2.4
0.0
24 King Kelly
RF
20.5
244
1.2
1.2
-0.2
0.0
-0.2
7.7
5.7
2.0
0.0
2.8
2.0
0.9
0.0
25 John Peters
2B
28.2
251
1.2
1.4
-0.0
0.0
0.2
5.7
3.8
1.9
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.3
0.0
26 Bill Harbidge
C
23.3
246
1.2
1.4
0.1
0.0
0.3
6.0
4.6
1.5
0.0
0.5
0.9
-0.3
0.0
27 Will White
SP
23.7
205
468.0
1.0
-1.0
-0.0
2.0
0.0
29.8
0.0
0.0
29.8
13.0
-0.9
0.0
13.9
28 Jim O'Rourke
CF
27.8
260
0.9
1.0
-0.4
0.0
-0.3
14.9
13.1
1.8
0.0
9.8
9.2
0.6
0.0
29 Billy Geer
SS
18.9
247
0.9
1.1
0.3
0.0
0.4
5.3
2.3
2.9
0.0
-0.4
-1.4
1.0
0.0
30 Ned Williamson
3B
20.7
255
0.9
1.1
-0.0
0.0
0.2
5.0
3.0
2.0
0.0
-0.5
-0.8
0.3
0.0
31 Bill Hague
3B
26.6
255
0.9
-0.5
1.6
0.0
0.2
2.8
0.0
2.8
0.0
-2.7
-3.9
1.2
0.0
32 Frank Hankinson
3B
22.2
245
9.0
0.8
0.7
0.5
-0.2
0.2
5.1
3.2
1.9
0.0
-0.3
-0.5
0.5
-0.3
33 Buttercup Dickerson
CF
19.7
123
0.8
0.7
-0.1
0.0
-0.2
4.5
3.7
0.7
0.0
2.1
1.9
0.2
0.0
34 Tom Carey
SS
32.3
253
0.8
0.7
0.5
0.0
0.4
4.2
2.3
1.9
0.0
-1.6
-1.5
-0.0
0.0
35 The Only Nolan
SP
20.7
154
347.0
0.6
0.6
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
15.7
1.9
0.0
13.8
3.2
1.2
-0.0
2.0
36 Jack Remsen
CF
28.3
241
0.6
0.1
0.2
0.0
-0.3
5.2
2.4
2.8
0.0
0.5
-1.2
1.7
0.0
37 Fred Warner
SS
23.6
167
0.6
0.7
0.2
0.0
0.3
3.4
1.7
1.6
0.0
-0.6
-0.8
0.2
0.0
38 Pop Snyder
C
23.7
227
0.6
-0.3
1.2
0.0
0.4
4.7
0.0
4.7
0.0
-0.8
-3.4
2.6
0.0
39 John Cassidy
RF
21.6
265
0.6
0.3
-0.1
0.0
-0.4
4.5
2.9
1.6
0.0
-0.2
-1.1
0.9
0.0
40 Lip Pike
CF
MULT
33.1
172
0.6
1.1
-0.7
0.0
-0.1
6.1
5.9
0.2
0.0
2.8
3.3
-0.5
0.0
41 George Wright
SS
31.4
273
0.5
-0.0
1.0
0.0
0.4
7.0
2.2
4.8
0.0
1.0
-1.9
2.9
0.0
42 Fred Corey
SP
23.6
21
23.0
0.3
-0.1
0.1
0.4
0.0
1.4
0.0
0.1
1.3
0.4
-0.1
0.0
0.5
43 Doug Allison
C
32.0
77
5.0
0.3
0.4
0.2
-0.2
0.1
2.6
1.7
0.7
0.1
0.7
0.5
0.1
0.0
44 Tim Murnane
1B
26.1
196
0.2
0.4
-0.1
0.0
0.0
3.0
2.5
0.5
0.0
-0.6
-0.5
-0.1
0.0
45 Charlie Bennett
C
23.6
194
0.2
0.5
-0.1
0.0
0.1
2.1
1.6
0.5
0.0
-2.3
-1.3
-1.0
0.0
46 Will Foley
3B
22.6
236
0.2
1.1
-0.7
0.0
0.2
3.8
2.9
0.9
0.0
-1.2
-0.7
-0.5
0.0
47 Ezra Sutton
3B
27.8
241
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.2
6.8
3.6
3.2
0.0
1.6
-0.1
1.7
0.0
48 Jake Goodman
1B
24.8
259
0.1
0.2
-0.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
1.4
0.5
0.0
-2.6
-2.5
-0.1
0.0
49 Jimmy Hallinan
LF
MULT
29.1
84
0.1
0.3
-0.3
0.0
-0.1
1.7
1.7
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.4
-0.3
0.0
50 Bill McClellan
2B
22.3
207
-0.0
-0.1
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.9
0.0
0.9
0.0
-3.4
-3.1
-0.2
0.0
51 Al Spalding
2B
27.8
4
-0.0
0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.2
-0.0
0.0
52 Bill Sullivan
LF
25.0
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
53 Phil Powers
C
23.9
32
-0.1
-0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.3
0.0
0.3
0.0
-0.4
-0.5
0.0
0.0
54 Harry Schafer
RF
31.9
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
55 Frank Bliss
3B
25.6
8
-0.2
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
56 George Creamer
2B
23.6
198
-0.2
-0.2
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
1.1
0.1
1.0
0.0
-2.9
-2.9
-0.1
0.0
57 Joe Ellick
C
24.2
13
3.0
-0.2
-0.1
-0.3
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
-0.2
-0.2
-0.0
0.1
58 Joe Quest
2B
25.6
290
-0.2
0.3
-0.4
0.0
0.1
2.5
0.8
1.7
0.0
-3.4
-3.6
0.2
0.0
59 Alamazoo Jennings
C
27.6
3
-0.2
0.0
-0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
60 Tom Healey
SP
MULT
25.6
54
113.0
-0.2
-0.2
-0.1
0.1
-0.0
5.2
0.1
0.0
5.2
1.2
-0.2
-0.0
1.4
61 Bill Traffley
C
18.5
9
-0.3
-0.1
-0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
0.0
62 Russ McKelvy
CF
23.8
258
25.0
-0.3
0.2
-0.2
-0.6
-0.3
4.1
2.4
1.3
0.5
-1.5
-1.5
0.1
-0.1
63 Jake Knowdell
C
37.9
14
-0.3
-0.0
-0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
0.0
64 Billy Redmon
SS
0.0
195
-0.4
0.3
-0.5
0.0
0.2
1.1
0.6
0.5
0.0
-3.2
-2.3
-0.9
0.0
65 Cherokee Fisher
SP
33.7
3
9.0
-0.4
-0.1
0.0
-0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.3
-0.0
0.0
-0.3
66 John Morrill
1B
23.4
238
-0.4
-0.0
-0.4
0.0
0.0
4.7
3.7
1.1
0.0
0.4
0.1
0.3
0.0
67 Harry Wheeler
SP
20.3
29
62.0
-0.5
-0.2
0.0
-0.3
0.0
2.8
0.0
0.0
2.8
0.6
-0.1
0.0
0.8
68 Andy Leonard
LF
32.1
265
-0.5
0.1
-1.0
0.0
-0.4
7.7
7.7
0.0
0.0
2.8
3.7
-0.8
0.0
69 Candy Nelson
SS
29.6
89
-0.6
-0.3
-0.2
0.0
0.1
0.4
0.0
0.4
0.0
-1.6
-1.3
-0.2
0.0
70 Pidgey Morgan
RF
25.2
59
-0.6
-0.3
-0.4
0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-1.1
-0.9
-0.2
0.0
71 Bill Holbert
RF
23.3
176
-0.7
-0.8
0.0
0.0
-0.0
1.5
0.0
1.5
0.0
-2.0
-2.7
0.6
0.0
72 Art Croft
1B
23.4
227
-0.9
-0.8
-0.2
0.0
-0.1
0.7
0.0
0.7
0.0
-3.4
-3.4
0.0
0.0
73 Laurie Reis
SP
19.6
21
36.0
-0.9
-0.2
-0.0
-0.7
0.0
0.8
0.0
0.0
0.8
-0.5
-0.1
0.0
-0.4
74 Charlie Sweasy
2B
30.7
219
-1.2
-0.8
-0.3
0.0
0.1
1.1
0.0
1.1
0.0
-3.5
-3.3
-0.2
0.0
75 Jack Manning
RF
24.5
258
11.3
-1.3
0.1
-1.0
-0.8
-0.4
7.2
7.2
0.0
0.0
2.3
3.3
-0.8
-0.3
76 Tricky Nichols
SP
27.9
51
98.0
-2.7
-0.1
0.0
-2.5
0.0
0.9
0.0
0.0
0.9
-2.6
-0.2
0.0
-2.4
77 Mike Golden
CF
26.8
217
161.0
-4.1
-0.8
-0.5
-3.0
-0.2
2.1
0.0
0.6
1.5
-7.1
-3.3
-0.0
-3.8
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