Cumberland Posey

Cumberland Willis Posey

Born: June 20, 1890 in Homestead, PA
Died: March 28, 1946 - 55 years old

Bats:

Throws:

Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 140

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• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Pioneer / Executive in 2006
• High School: Homestead HS (Homestead, PA)
• College: Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA) , Pennsylvania State College (State College, PA)
• Buried: Homestead Cemetery (Munhall, PA)
• Relatives: See Posey (Brother)
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Wins Above Replacement

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Joe Williams	SP	8	1925	1932	HG	15.4	0.7	0.0	14.7	0.0
2	Vic Harris	LF	10	1925	1935	EAS/HG	8.5	7.8	1.8	0.0	-1.1
3	Ray Brown	SP	4	1932	1935	HG	8.3	2.5	0.4	5.5	-0.1
4	George Scales	2B	5	1925	1935	HG	7.1	6.0	0.6	0.0	0.4
5	Lefty Williams	SP	13	1921	1935	HG	5.4	1.9	-0.2	3.7	0.0
6	George Britt	SP	8	1926	1933	EAS/HG	4.8	-0.3	-0.3	5.4	0.1
7	Oscar Charleston	1B	5	1926	1933	EAS/HG	4.6	4.4	0.7	0.0	-0.5
8	Jud Wilson	3B	3	1931	1933	EAS/HG	4.3	4.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1
9	Joe Strong	SP	5	1929	1935	HG	4.0	1.6	-0.8	3.3	-0.2
10	Josh Gibson	C	3	1930	1933	EAS/HG	4.0	3.5	0.3	0.0	0.2
11	Jake Stephens	SS	4	1929	1932	HG	3.3	0.8	1.9	0.0	0.6
12	Sam Streeter	SP	4	1926	1933	EAS/HG	3.2	0.3	0.0	2.9	0.0
13	Buck Leonard	1B	2	1934	1935	HG	2.8	3.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.3
14	Louis Dula	SP	3	1933	1935	HG	2.5	0.9	0.0	1.6	0.0
15	Willie Foster	SP	1	1931	1931	HG	2.4	-0.3	0.0	2.8	0.0
16	Walter Cannady	2B	6	1922	1932	HG	2.3	2.4	-0.4	0.1	0.2
17	Chester Williams	SS	2	1932	1933	HG	2.3	0.8	1.2	0.0	0.2
18	Harry Salmon	SP	4	1932	1935	HG	2.0	-0.2	-0.1	2.3	0.0
19	Webster McDonald	SP	2	1928	1929	HG	1.9	0.1	0.0	1.8	0.0
20	Buck Ewing	C	3	1928	1930	HG	1.8	0.8	0.7	0.0	0.3
21	Matt Carlisle	2B	1	1935	1935	HG	1.7	1.9	-0.4	0.0	0.1
22	Bill Evans	CF	4	1930	1933	HG	1.6	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.1
23	Willie Gisentaner	SP	2	1934	1935	HG	1.6	-0.1	0.0	1.7	0.0
24	John Beckwith	3B	5	1926	1935	HG	1.6	2.3	-0.8	0.0	0.2
25	Bill Perkins	C	1	1932	1932	HG	1.4	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
26	Jasper Washington	1B	11	1921	1933	HG	1.3	1.4	0.4	0.0	-0.4
27	William Ross	SP	2	1929	1930	HG	1.2	-0.3	0.0	1.6	0.0
28	Judy Johnson	3B	3	1929	1933	EAS/HG	1.2	0.4	0.7	0.0	0.1
29	Jerry Benjamin	CF	1	1935	1935	HG	1.2	0.9	0.4	0.0	-0.1
30	Leroy Matlock	SP	1	1932	1932	HG	1.2	0.0	-0.1	1.2	0.0
31	Bert Hunter	SP	2	1932	1933	EAS/HG	1.1	0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
32	Sell Hall	-	2	1918	1921	HG	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.0
33	Tommie Dukes	C	1	1935	1935	HG	1.0	1.2	-0.3	0.0	0.1
34	George Giles	1B	1	1932	1932	HG	1.0	1.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2
35	Newt Allen	2B	1	1932	1932	HG	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1
36	Martín Dihigo	SS	2	1927	1928	HG	0.8	0.9	0.1	-0.2	0.1
37	Willie Gray	CF	4	1924	1927	HG	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.0	-0.1
38	Dennis Graham	RF	7	1924	1930	HG	0.8	1.0	0.2	0.0	-0.4
39	Ted Page	RF	1	1931	1931	HG	0.7	1.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
40	Chaney White	CF	1	1930	1930	HG	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.0	-0.1
41	Leroy Morney	2B	1	1933	1933	HG	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
42	Bobby Williams	SS	2	1926	1927	HG	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.1
43	Jim Williams	RF	2	1933	1934	HG	0.6	1.2	-0.6	0.0	0.0
44	Cool Turner	3B	1	1929	1929	HG	0.5	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.1
45	Marshall	-	1	1921	1921	HG	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
46	Cool Papa Bell	CF	2	1932	1933	EAS/HG	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
47	Satchel Paige	SP	1	1931	1931	HG	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
48	Orville Singer	LF	1	1931	1931	HG	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
49	Mack Eggleston	C	1	1932	1932	HG	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1
50	Jimmy Binder	3B	3	1933	1935	HG	0.4	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.1
51	Buddy Burbage	RF	2	1934	1935	HG	0.4	0.6	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
52	Pat Patterson	2B	1	1934	1934	HG	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
53	William Bell	SP	1	1932	1932	HG	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.0
54	Tom Payne	RF	1	1933	1933	HG	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
55	George Gill	1B	1	1933	1933	HG	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
56	Tarcat Terry	2B	2	1932	1933	HG	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
57	LeRoy Taylor	RF	1	1932	1932	HG	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.2
58	Oscar Owens	SP	10	1921	1931	HG	0.3	0.5	-0.7	0.6	-3.6
59	George Cheatham	RP	1	1934	1934	HG	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
60	John Lyles	2B	1	1934	1934	HG	0.3	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.1
61	Willie Wells	SS	1	1932	1932	HG	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
62	Poindexter Williams	C	1	1933	1933	HG	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
63	Harry Williams	SS	2	1932	1934	HG	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
64	Ambrose Reid	LF	1	1931	1931	HG	0.2	0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
65	Jabbo Andrews	CF	2	1932	1934	HG	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	-0.1
66	Quincy Trouppe	RF	1	1932	1932	HG	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
67	Grover Lewis	3B	1	1928	1928	HG	0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
68	Clint Thomas	CF	1	1929	1929	HG	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
69	Sylvester Foreman	C	1	1924	1924	HG	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
70	Obie Lackey	SS	1	1929	1929	HG	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
71	Claude Johnson	2B	1	1924	1924	HG	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
72	Win Harris	1B	4	1918	1924	HG	0.2	0.1	-1.4	0.0	-1.5
73	A. Johnson	C	1	1922	1922	HG	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
74	Cleo Smith	3B	1	1926	1926	HG	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
75	Rags Roberts	C	1	1928	1928	HG	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
76	Jelly Gardner	CF	1	1928	1928	HG	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
77	Frank Stewart	RP	1	1934	1934	HG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
78	Bill Pierce	C	2	1925	1926	HG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	W. P. Young	C	4	1921	1927	HG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Anthony Cooper	CF	1	1932	1932	HG	0.1	-0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
81	Dizzy Dismukes	SP	1	1924	1924	HG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
82	Dennis Gilchrist	SS	2	1934	1935	HG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Benito Calderón	C	1	1928	1928	HG	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
84	Neil Robinson	LF	1	1934	1934	HG	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1
85	Gerard Williams	SS	1	1925	1925	HG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Bob Ford	-	1	1918	1918	HG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Josh Johnson	C	1	1934	1934	HG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Ameal Brooks	C	1	1933	1933	HG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Smith	RP	1	1935	1935	HG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
90	Buddy Hayes	-	1	1922	1922	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Charlie Jamison	RP	2	1932	1934	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
92	Robert Gaston	C	3	1932	1935	HG	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
93	Scrappy Brown	SS	1	1924	1924	HG	0.0	-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
94	Pierson	3B	1	1933	1933	HG	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
95	Tom Young	C	1	1932	1932	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Bud Brown	LF	2	1918	1921	HG	0.0	0.0	-1.0	0.0	-1.0
97	Ed Rile	RP	1	1924	1924	HG	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Biz Mackey	3B	2	1927	1933	EAS/HG	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Fats Jenkins	-	1	1933	1933	EAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Ernest Gooden	SS	1	1921	1921	HG	0.0	0.0	-1.5	0.0	0.0
101	Brother Pace	C	1	1921	1921	HG	0.0	0.0	-3.0	0.0	0.0
102	Johnny Spencer	CF	1	1921	1921	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-2.5
103	Chief Walton	SS	1	1921	1921	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Bobby Dean	2B	1	1929	1929	HG	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
105	Dick Lundy	-	1	1933	1933	EAS	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
106	Rap Dixon	-	1	1933	1933	EAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Dark Night Smith	LF	1	1924	1924	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	C. D. Mosley	RP	1	1935	1935	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Laudie Walker	3B	3	1921	1924	HG	0.0	0.1	-3.6	0.0	0.0
110	John Henry Russell	2B	2	1933	1934	EAS/HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Jesse Barber	LF	1	1922	1922	HG	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
112	Horace Jarnagin	RF	1	1934	1934	HG	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
113	Lefty Pangburn	-	2	1918	1921	HG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
114	Rattler Harrison	-	1	1929	1929	HG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Willis Moody	CF	4	1922	1929	HG	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
116	Aaron Russell	-	1	1918	1918	HG	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	Joe Scott	1B	1	1933	1933	HG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	Lou Dials	RF	1	1932	1932	HG	-0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
119	George McAllister	1B	1	1933	1933	HG	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
120	Ormsby Roy	SS	2	1929	1932	HG	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Red Ryan	RP	1	1927	1927	HG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
122	Sanford Jackson	CF	1	1929	1929	HG	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	Johnny Jones	CF	1	1931	1931	HG	-0.1	0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.0
124	John Veney	-	1	1918	1918	HG	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
125	Clarence Lewis	SS	1	1933	1933	HG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
126	Forrest Mashaw	CF	2	1921	1922	HG	-0.1	0.0	-3.6	0.0	-3.5
127	Charlie Spearman	C	1	1927	1927	HG	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
128	Till	-	1	1933	1933	HG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
129	Charlie Bradford	RF	2	1918	1921	HG	-0.1	0.0	-3.1	0.0	-3.0
130	Hap Allen	SS	1	1922	1922	HG	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
131	Buck Miller	RP	1	1929	1929	HG	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.1	0.1
132	Jimmie Crutchfield	-	1	1932	1932	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
133	Lefty Mellix	-	1	1935	1935	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
134	Bob Evans	-	1	1934	1934	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
135	Emmet Campbell	1B	2	1918	1921	HG	-0.2	-0.1	-3.1	0.0	-3.0
136	Jerry Gibson	-	1	1934	1934	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
137	Ted Trent	-	1	1932	1932	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
138	Elbert Williams	-	1	1929	1929	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
139	Nip Winters	-	1	1928	1928	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
140	Frank Duncan	C	1	1932	1932	HG	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
141	Pete Peacock	3B	1	1933	1933	HG	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
142	Bill Riggins	3B	1	1927	1927	HG	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
143	Slim Branham	-	1	1924	1924	HG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
144	Bobo Leonard	LF	1	1928	1928	HG	-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
145	Clarence Palm	C	2	1932	1934	HG	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
146	Rose	-	1	1935	1935	HG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
147	Charlie Hughes	2B	1	1933	1933	HG	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
148	Columbus Vance	RP	2	1932	1935	HG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
149	Mo Harris	2B	8	1918	1929	HG	-0.3	-0.5	-3.6	0.0	0.2
150	Tom Parker	RP	1	1935	1935	HG	-0.4	0.5	0.0	-0.8	0.0
151	Tex Burnett	C	2	1931	1934	HG	-0.4	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.1
152	Roy S. Williams	RP	2	1931	1935	HG	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
153	Charlie Mason	LF	1	1929	1929	HG	-0.8	-0.4	0.3	-0.6	-0.1
154	Darltie Cooper	RF	1	1930	1930	HG	-1.0	-0.2	0.2	-1.0	0.0
155	Jelly Jackson	SS	1	1935	1935	HG	-1.3	-1.3	-0.3	0.0	0.3
156	Ted Radcliffe	C	2	1931	1933	HG	-1.7	-0.1	0.4	-2.0	0.1

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