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1 Orator Shaffer
RF
63
566.3
 
23.4
41.3
15.9
7.4
 
12.0
10.6
1.4
2 Charley Jones
LF
51
458.0
 
16.4
35.7
13.1
3.3
 
12.6
12.9
-0.4
3 Pop Snyder
C
58
515.3
 
15.8
30.6
10.5
5.3
 
5.3
0.0
0.0
0.9
4.4
4 George Wright
SS
59
524.3
 
14.3
27.4
14.3
 
12.5
12.5
5 Silver Flint
C
59
520.0
 
14.0
27.0
4.6
9.4
 
10.4
0.0
0.0
4.5
5.8
6 Jack Remsen
CF
56
495.7
 
12.8
25.8
13.0
-0.2
 
8.6
7.6
1.0
7 Ned Williamson
3B
63
578.0
 
11.5
19.8
11.5
 
-3.8
-3.8
8 Joe Gerhardt
2B
60
528.3
 
11.4
21.5
11.4
 
8.8
8.8
9 Bob Ferguson
SS
57
509.0
 
11.3
22.2
11.3
 
20.1
20.1
10 Paul Hines
CF
61
536.0
 
9.7
18.2
7.8
2.0
 
10.2
9.2
1.0
11 Bill Harbidge
C
53
425.7
 
9.1
21.4
-2.4
11.5
 
34.1
0.0
0.0
-5.5
39.6
12 Chub Sullivan
1B
61
548.0
 
7.4
13.4
7.4
 
11.7
11.7
13 Deacon White
C
48
391.3
 
7.3
18.5
-1.2
8.5
 
-0.1
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.0
14 Charlie Bennett
C
35
305.7
 
6.1
19.8
-6.9
12.9
 
38.3
0.0
0.0
-12.7
50.9
15 Bill Holbert
C
21
135.3
 
5.4
40.3
-1.5
7.0
 
13.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
12.6
16 Lew Brown
C
45
390.7
 
5.3
13.6
1.0
4.3
 
0.7
0.0
0.0
4.5
-3.9
17 Joe Quest
2B
62
557.3
 
4.6
8.3
4.6
 
-7.4
-7.4
18 Jack Burdock
2B
60
544.0
 
4.6
8.5
4.6
 
8.1
8.1
19 King Kelly
RF
47
402.3
 
4.3
10.7
-0.6
4.9
 
2.4
-1.3
3.6
20 Tom Carey
SS
61
536.0
 
4.0
7.4
4.0
 
1.8
1.8
21 Abner Dalrymple
LF
61
547.0
 
3.9
7.2
4.6
-0.7
 
23.8
22.6
1.2
22 Tom York
LF
62
556.0
 
2.9
5.3
3.1
-0.2
 
0.4
-2.6
3.0
23 Bill Hague
3B
62
556.0
 
2.9
5.2
2.9
 
22.1
22.1
24 Buttercup Dickerson
CF
19
170.7
 
2.6
15.2
3.1
-0.5
 
1.8
3.8
-2.1
25 John Peters
2B
34
313.0
 
2.5
8.1
2.5
 
7.7
7.7
26 Bill Holbert
RF
30
225.0
 
2.3
10.1
0.8
1.5
 
6.7
1.1
5.5
27 Russ McKelvy
CF
62
557.7
 
2.1
3.8
0.6
1.5
 
3.6
1.1
2.6
28 Jake Goodman
1B
60
527.3
 
2.0
3.8
2.0
 
3.5
3.5
29 Dick Higham
RF
62
545.0
 
1.8
3.4
0.9
1.0
 
8.7
7.3
1.4
30 Doug Allison
C
19
162.3
 
1.8
10.9
-0.0
1.8
 
1.7
0.0
0.0
-1.4
3.2
31 Jim O'Rourke
CF
57
506.3
 
1.7
3.3
1.9
-0.2
 
1.4
-0.0
1.5
32 Joe Start
1B
61
551.0
 
0.6
1.1
0.6
 
0.4
0.4
33 Cap Anson
3B
3
27.0
 
0.3
12.4
0.3
 
-1.0
-1.0
34 Frank Hankinson
3B
57
504.7
 
0.3
0.5
0.3
 
8.7
8.7
35 King Kelly
3B
2
7.3
 
0.1
14.5
0.1
 
0.2
0.2
36 Cap Anson
CF
3
27.7
 
0.1
3.4
0.0
0.1
 
0.2
-0.0
0.2
37 Buttercup Dickerson
LF
10
90.0
 
0.1
1.0
-0.1
0.2
 
0.8
1.8
-0.9
38 Fred Corey
2B
2
20.0
 
0.1
3.3
0.1
 
0.7
0.7
39 Billy Geer
2B
2
19.7
 
0.1
2.9
0.1
 
-1.3
-1.3
40 Cap Anson
C
3
22.0
 
0.0
2.1
0.1
-0.1
 
-11.2
0.0
0.0
0.4
-11.6
41 Billy Redmon
3B
3
30.7
 
0.0
1.1
0.0
 
0.3
0.3
42 Terry Larkin
3B
1
19.3
 
0.0
1.5
0.0
 
-0.5
-0.5
43 Pidgey Morgan
2B
1
6.7
 
0.0
1.8
0.0
 
0.2
0.2
44 Jimmy Hallinan
MULT
CF
1
4.0
 
0.0
0.3
0.0
-0.0
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
45 Frank Bliss
3B
1
8.7
 
-0.0
-0.6
-0.0
 
-0.1
-0.1
46 Billy Redmon
CF
4
33.0
 
-0.0
-0.3
0.1
-0.1
 
-0.1
0.5
-0.5
47 Charley Jones
CF
10
90.0
 
-0.0
-0.1
-0.2
0.2
 
3.1
3.2
-0.2
48 Fred Corey
1B
1
6.3
 
-0.0
-1.8
-0.0
 
-0.1
-0.1
49 Fred Warner
LF
2
17.7
 
-0.0
-0.9
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.3
-0.2
-0.2
50 Billy Redmon
RF
3
22.3
 
-0.0
-0.8
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.2
-0.2
-0.0
51 Billy Redmon
C
1
1.7
 
-0.0
-11.3
-0.0
-0.0
 
-1.3
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-1.2
52 Laurie Reis
LF
1
8.7
 
-0.0
-2.5
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.4
-0.3
-0.1
53 Orator Shaffer
LF
1
8.7
 
-0.0
-2.5
-0.0
-0.0
 
0.2
0.2
-0.1
54 Joe Ellick
3B
1
4.3
 
-0.0
-5.6
-0.0
 
-0.7
-0.7
55 Charlie Bennett
RF
4
30.0
 
-0.0
-0.9
-0.0
-0.0
 
-1.1
-0.9
-0.2
56 Pidgey Morgan
CF
1
8.3
 
-0.0
-3.8
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.5
-0.4
-0.1
57 Jake Knowdell
RF
1
7.3
 
-0.0
-4.4
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.9
-0.7
-0.2
58 Deacon White
3B
1
3.7
 
-0.0
-8.9
-0.0
 
0.1
0.1
59 Jim McCormick
CF
3
12.3
 
-0.0
-2.7
-0.1
0.1
 
0.7
0.2
0.4
60 Al Spalding
2B
1
9.7
 
-0.0
-4.0
-0.0
 
-2.3
-2.3
61 Bill McClellan
RF
1
10.0
 
-0.0
-3.9
-0.0
-0.0
 
-1.1
-0.8
-0.3
62 Bobby Mitchell
SS
2
19.7
 
-0.0
-2.2
-0.0
 
-0.5
-0.5
63 Bobby Mitchell
RF
1
8.7
 
-0.0
-5.3
-0.1
0.0
 
-0.3
-0.7
0.4
64 Silver Flint
LF
5
43.7
 
-0.0
-1.1
0.0
-0.1
 
0.1
0.6
-0.5
65 John Clapp
SS
3
26.0
 
-0.1
-2.0
-0.1
 
-0.5
-0.5
66 Dick Higham
C
1
3.0
 
-0.1
-17.8
-0.0
-0.0
 
0.9
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.7
67 The Only Nolan
CF
1
4.0
 
-0.1
-14.0
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.6
-0.5
-0.1
68 Mike Golden
1B
1
19.7
 
-0.1
-2.8
-0.1
 
-0.6
-0.6
69 Ezra Sutton
SS
1
19.7
 
-0.1
-3.3
-0.1
 
-2.2
-2.2
70 Terry Larkin
LF
1
8.7
 
-0.1
-8.7
-0.1
0.0
 
-0.3
-0.9
0.5
71 Bobby Mitchell
CF
1
9.0
 
-0.1
-8.4
-0.1
-0.0
 
0.1
-0.4
0.5
72 John Morrill
CF
1
9.3
 
-0.1
-8.3
-0.1
-0.0
 
-0.7
-0.5
-0.1
73 John Clapp
2B
1
20.7
 
-0.1
-4.9
-0.1
 
-0.4
-0.4
74 Jake Knowdell
SS
1
10.7
 
-0.1
-9.5
-0.1
 
-1.8
-1.8
75 John Clapp
C
9
58.0
 
-0.1
-1.9
-0.6
0.5
 
-5.5
0.0
0.0
0.3
-5.8
76 Bill Sullivan
LF
2
17.3
 
-0.1
-6.7
-0.1
-0.0
 
-1.3
-1.1
-0.2
77 George Creamer
3B
6
46.3
 
-0.1
-2.8
-0.1
 
-0.9
-0.9
78 Bill Harbidge
RF
1
10.0
 
-0.1
-14.4
-0.1
-0.0
 
-1.1
-0.8
-0.3
79 Tim Murnane
CF
1
20.0
 
-0.1
-7.4
-0.1
-0.1
 
-1.2
-0.9
-0.3
80 Cal McVey
C
3
10.7
 
-0.2
-15.2
-0.0
-0.1
 
-1.9
0.0
0.0
-0.3
-1.5
81 Bill Harbidge
CF
3
27.7
 
-0.2
-6.1
-0.2
0.0
 
-0.4
-0.6
0.2
82 Lew Brown
RF
1
11.0
 
-0.2
-16.3
-0.1
-0.1
 
-1.1
-0.8
-0.3
83 George Creamer
RF
4
30.0
 
-0.2
-6.1
-0.1
-0.0
 
-1.1
-0.9
-0.2
84 Paul Hines
SS
1
20.0
 
-0.2
-9.2
-0.2
 
-1.6
-1.6
85 Jack Manning
CF
3
28.3
 
-0.2
-6.7
-0.1
-0.0
 
-1.5
-1.0
-0.4
86 Silver Flint
RF
4
11.7
 
-0.2
-16.4
-0.1
-0.1
 
-0.2
0.1
-0.3
87 Jim O'Rourke
1B
2
19.7
 
-0.2
-9.8
-0.2
 
-1.2
-1.2
88 Mike Golden
RF
14
105.0
 
-0.2
-1.9
-0.2
-0.0
 
-1.4
-0.9
-0.5
89 Art Croft
LF
9
78.7
 
-0.2
-3.0
-0.1
-0.1
 
2.0
2.2
-0.2
90 Sam Weaver
CF
4
33.0
 
-0.2
-7.1
-0.2
0.0
 
-1.9
-2.0
0.1
91 Pidgey Morgan
3B
3
26.3
 
-0.2
-9.3
-0.2
 
-0.9
-0.9
92 John Morrill
3B
1
19.7
 
-0.2
-12.5
-0.2
 
-0.9
-0.9
93 Bill McClellan
SS
5
42.0
 
-0.3
-6.1
-0.3
 
2.5
2.5
94 Sam Weaver
RF
5
37.3
 
-0.3
-7.0
-0.2
-0.1
 
-2.0
-1.5
-0.4
95 Tommy Bond
RF
2
17.7
 
-0.3
-15.8
-0.3
0.1
 
-2.2
-1.7
-0.5
96 John Cassidy
C
1
4.3
 
-0.3
-65.4
0.0
-0.3
 
-7.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
-7.0
97 Tom Healey
MULT
LF
3
26.3
 
-0.3
-10.9
-0.3
0.0
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
98 Bill Harbidge
LF
4
34.3
 
-0.3
-8.7
-0.2
-0.1
 
-2.0
-1.7
-0.4
99 Jake Knowdell
C
2
17.3
 
-0.3
-17.4
-0.1
-0.2
 
-9.6
0.0
0.0
0.2
-9.8
100 Pop Snyder
RF
2
17.7
 
-0.3
-17.1
-0.2
-0.1
 
-2.2
-1.7
-0.5
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