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Luther Gilyard

Luther Gilyard Jr.

Born: February 20, 1910 in Fort Smith, AR
Died: September 20, 1976 in Detroit, MI
(66 years old)

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Ht: 5'6"

Wt: 171

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Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Willie Cornelius	SP	3	1937	1939	CAG		6.0	-0.1	0.0	6.1	0.0
2	Alex Radcliff	3B	4	1937	1942	BBB/CAG		5.5	3.3	1.8	0.0	0.3
3	Ed Young	1B	2	1938	1939	CAG		2.3	1.6	0.9	0.0	-0.2
4	Tommy Sampson	2B	1	1942	1942	BBB		2.3	1.0	1.1	0.0	0.1
5	Ted Trent	SP	3	1937	1939	CAG		2.1	-0.5	0.0	2.6	0.0
6	Subby Byas	C	3	1937	1939	CAG		1.7	1.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
7	Turkey Stearnes	CF	2	1937	1938	CAG		1.5	1.0	0.6	0.0	0.0
8	Tommy Johnson	SP	3	1937	1939	CAG/SL2		1.4	-0.3	0.0	1.8	0.0
9	Ted Bond	3B	1	1937	1937	CAG		1.3	0.7	0.6	0.0	0.1
10	Johnny Markham	RP	1	1942	1942	BBB		1.3	-0.2	0.0	1.5	0.0
11	Willie Foster	SP	1	1937	1937	CAG		1.2	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
12	Diamond Pipkins	SP	1	1942	1942	BBB		1.1	0.2	0.0	0.9	0.0
13	Willie Simms	CF	3	1937	1939	CAG		1.0	1.3	0.0	-0.1	-0.1
14	Frank Duncan	C	2	1937	1938	CAG		1.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.1
15	Jack Marshall	RF	2	1937	1938	CAG		1.0	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.0
16	Lester Lockett	3B	3	1937	1942	MULT		1.0	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.0
17	Lefty Bowe	SP	1	1939	1939	CAG		0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
18	Ernie Smith	RF	2	1938	1939	CAG		0.8	0.7	0.3	0.0	-0.2
19	Lloyd Davenport	CF	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.8	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
20	Herman Dunlap	CF	2	1937	1938	CAG		0.7	0.8	0.1	0.0	-0.2
21	Johnny Smith	RF	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.7	0.3	0.5	0.0	-0.1
22	Felix McLaurin	CF	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.6	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
23	Rainey Bibbs	2B	1	1938	1938	CAG		0.6	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.1
24	Henry Williams	C	1	1937	1937	SL2		0.6	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
25	Leroy Morney	3B	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.6	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0
26	Jesse Houston	SP	2	1938	1939	CAG		0.5	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0
27	Eddie Snead	SP	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
28	Bill Hoskins	LF	1	1937	1937	CAG/SL2		0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
29	Alphonse Dunn	1B	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
30	Les Pearson	RF	1	1937	1937	SL2		0.4	0.8	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
31	Jesse Warren	LF	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
32	Specs Ellis	RP	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
33	Newt Allen	SS	1	1937	1937	CAG		0.4	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
34	Joe Taylor	SS	1	1937	1937	SL2		0.4	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
35	Ted Strong	1B	1	1937	1937	CAG		0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
36	Dan Bankhead	SP	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.3	0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.0
37	Robert Keys	RP	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
38	Zell Miles	LF	3	1937	1939	CAG		0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
39	Clarence Lamar	SS	2	1937	1942	BBB/SL2		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
40	Carter	SS	1	1938	1938	CAG		0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
41	Fresnell	CF	1	1939	1939	CAG		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
42	Paul Hardy	C	3	1937	1942	BBB/CAG		0.2	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
43	Ormond Sampson	SS	1	1938	1938	CAG		0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
44	Gready McKinnis	SP	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
45	Johnny Reed	SP	3	1937	1939	CAG/SL2		0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.4	0.0
46	Floyd Kranson	RP	1	1937	1937	CAG		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
47	Butch Thurman	1B	1	1937	1937	SL2		0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
48	Bill Bradford	RF	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1
49	John Bissant	LF	1	1939	1939	CAG		0.1	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
50	Roosevelt Cox	3B	1	1937	1937	CAG		0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
51	Andrews	2B	1	1938	1938	CAG		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
52	Rogers Pierre	RP	1	1939	1939	CAG		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
53	Bill Carter	3B	1	1937	1937	SL2		0.1	0.4	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
54	Howard Easterling	CF	1	1938	1938	CAG		0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
55	Billy Horne	2B	2	1938	1939	CAG		0.1	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.2
56	George White	RP	1	1938	1938	CAG		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
57	Red Hale	SS	1	1939	1939	CAG		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
58	Hilton Smith	RP	1	1937	1937	CAG		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
59	Dillard	CF	1	1937	1937	SL2		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
60	McCreary	RF	1	1937	1937	SL2		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
61	Ted Radcliffe	C	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
62	Smith	-	1	1938	1938	CAG		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
63	R. S. Smith	SS	1	1937	1937	CAG/SL2		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
64	Lyman Bostock	1B	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
65	Joe Spencer	SS	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
66	Herb Shaw	-	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
67	Candy Jim Taylor	-	2	1937	1939	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
68	Jim Brown	C	1	1937	1937	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
69	Winfield Welch	RP	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
70	Bennett	LF	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Siebert	LF	1	1937	1937	SL2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
72	Vail Jewell	-	1	1937	1937	SL2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
73	Langrum	-	1	1939	1939	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Tipton	-	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
75	John Lyles	-	1	1938	1938	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Vaughn	-	1	1938	1938	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	C. Hardy	-	1	1937	1937	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	K. B. Ivory	-	1	1937	1937	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Bledsoe	-	1	1937	1937	SL2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Teannie Edwards	C	1	1937	1937	SL2		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
81	Donald Reeves	RF	1	1939	1939	CAG		0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
82	Johnnie Dawson	C	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Henry McCall	1B	2	1937	1939	CAG/SL2		0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
84	Nat Rogers	-	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Harry Barnes	C	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Walter Thomas	RP	1	1937	1937	CAG		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Ed Steele	RF	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
88	Pfiffer	3B	1	1937	1937	SL2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Piper Davis	2B	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Lonnie Williams	-	1	1937	1937	CAG		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Joe Burks	RF	1	1937	1937	SL2		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
92	Joe Williams	SS	1	1939	1939	CAG		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
93	Pen Gilliard	LF	1	1938	1938	CAG		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
94	Wesley Hardeman	-	1	1937	1937	SL2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
95	Sonny Harris	RF	1	1942	1942	BBB		-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
96	Ollie Waldon	CF	1	1937	1937	SL2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Jesse Matthews	1B	1	1942	1942	BBB		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
98	Hill	RP	1	1937	1937	SL2		-0.1	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0
99	Goose Tatum	RF	1	1942	1942	BBB		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Malvin Powell	RP	1	1937	1937	CAG		-0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
101	Walker	-	1	1937	1937	CAG		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
102	Cannonball Berry	-	1	1937	1937	SL2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
103	Curtis Brinson	-	1	1938	1938	CAG		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
104	Jesse Douglas	2B	1	1942	1942	BBB		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
105	Wadel Miller	2B	1	1942	1942	BBB		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
106	Charley Robinson	CF	1	1939	1939	CAG		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
107	William Walker	CF	1	1937	1937	SL2		-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
108	Ralph Shropshire	C	1	1937	1937	SL2		-0.1	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
109	Hoss Walker	SS	1	1942	1942	BBB		-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2
110	Joe Lillard	-	1	1937	1937	CAG		-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
111	Cornelius Augustus	-	1	1937	1937	SL2		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
112	Norman Cross	RP	1	1937	1937	CAG		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
113	Marshall Riddle	SS	1	1937	1937	SL2		-0.2	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
114	Wilson Redus	LF	3	1937	1939	CAG		-0.2	0.8	-0.5	0.0	-0.5
115	Robert Dean	-	1	1937	1937	SL2		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
116	Henry Williams	RP	1	1939	1939	CAG		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
117	Carl Howard	-	1	1937	1937	CAG		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
118	Zack Clayton	1B	1	1937	1937	CAG		-0.2	-0.2	0.2	-0.2	-0.1
119	Alvin Gipson	RP	1	1942	1942	BBB		-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0
120	Henry Milton	RF	1	1937	1937	CAG		-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
121	Andy Cooper	-	1	1937	1937	CAG		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
122	Porter Moss	RP	1	1937	1937	CAG		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
123	Hiram Tanner	2B	1	1937	1937	SL2		-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
124	Percy Forrest	-	2	1938	1939	CAG		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
125	Marcellus Thomas	-	1	1937	1937	SL2		-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
126	Willie Davis	3B	1	1937	1937	SL2		-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
127	John Chisum	3B	1	1937	1937	SL2		-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
128	Roosevelt Tate	CF	1	1937	1937	CAG		-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
129	Pepper Bassett	C	1	1939	1939	CAG		-0.4	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.1
130	Cliff Blackmon	RP	1	1937	1937	CAG		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
131	Claude Miller	-	1	1937	1937	SL2		-0.5	0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
132	Glenn Dixon	RP	1	1937	1937	SL2		-0.5	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
133	Eggie Hensley	-	1	1939	1939	CAG		-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
134	Leland Davis	-	1	1938	1938	CAG		-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
135	Joe May	C	1	1937	1937	SL2		-0.7	0.1	-0.4	-0.4	0.0
136	John Griffin	-	1	1937	1937	SL2		-0.9	0.1	0.0	-1.0	0.0
137	Joe Sparks	SS	3	1937	1939	CAG/SL2		-1.5	0.3	-1.9	-0.3	0.4

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