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Johnny Smith

John Smith
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Born: 1917 birthplace unknown

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#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Gentry Jessup	SP	3	1943	1945	CAG		5.5	-0.1	0.0	5.6	0.0
2	Alex Newkirk	SP	3	1946	1948	NBY		2.2	0.2	0.0	2.0	0.0
3	Johnny Wright	SP	1	1940	1940	PC		1.5	-0.2	-0.1	1.7	0.0
4	Bob Griffith	RP	3	1946	1948	NBY		2.1	0.7	0.0	1.4	0.0
5	Neck Stanley	SP	3	1946	1948	NBY		1.2	-0.2	0.0	1.4	0.0
6	Leroy Sutton	RP	2	1943	1944	CAG		1.3	0.1	0.0	1.2	0.0
7	Johnny Markham	SP	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.9	-0.2	0.0	1.1	0.0
8	Diamond Pipkins	SP	1	1942	1942	BBB		1.2	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.0
9	Marvin Barker	3B	3	1946	1948	NBY		0.2	0.4	-0.8	0.7	-0.1
10	Walter McCoy	SP	1	1945	1945	CAG		0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.7	0.0
11	Gready McKinnis	SP	3	1942	1945	BBB/CAG		0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.6	0.0
12	Willie Ferrell	SP	1	1943	1943	CAG		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
13	Ted Radcliffe	C	2	1942	1943	CAG/BBB		1.0	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.1
14	Specs Ellis	SP	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
15	Dan Bankhead	SP	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
16	Francis Jackson	RP	1	1943	1943	CAG		0.5	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
17	Ollie West	RP	3	1943	1945	CAG		0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0
18	Rodolfo Fernández	RP	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
19	Clarence White	RP	1	1940	1940	PC		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
20	Luis Pillot	RP	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
21	Frank Pearson	RP	1	1948	1948	NBY		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
22	Sonny Boy Jeffries	RP	1	1948	1948	NBY		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
23	Charley Davidson	SP	3	1946	1948	NBY		-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0
24	Roger Harris	RF	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
25	Lloyd Davenport	CF	3	1942	1944	CAG/BBB		3.4	2.7	0.7	0.1	-0.1
26	Glen Richardson	2B	2	1946	1947	NBY		0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0
27	Alvin Gipson	RP	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
28	Rufus Baker	C	3	1946	1948	NBY		-1.4	-1.3	-0.2	0.1	0.0
29	John Fallings	RP	1	1947	1947	NBY		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
30	Emery Adams	RF	2	1946	1947	NBY		0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
31	Carlos Ascanio	1B	1	1946	1946	NBY		-0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.1
32	Skip Avery	-	1	1948	1948	NBY		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
33	Baldwin	-	1	1947	1947	NBY		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
34	Fred Bankhead	2B	1	1948	1948	NBY		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
35	Harry Barnes	C	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
36	Herb Barnhill	C	2	1944	1945	CAG		0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
37	Herman Bell	C	1	1940	1940	PC		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
38	Bennett	CF	1	1942	1942	BBB		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
39	Rainey Bibbs	2B	2	1940	1944	CAG/PC		0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
40	John Bissant	LF	3	1943	1945	CAG		1.8	2.0	0.1	0.0	-0.3
41	Lyman Bostock	1B	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
42	Julie Bowers	C	2	1946	1947	NBY		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
43	Bill Bradford	RF	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.1
44	Ameal Brooks	RF	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
45	J. B. Broom	LF	1	1947	1947	NBY		0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
46	Curtis Brown	1B	1	1947	1947	NBY		0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
47	T. J. Brown	SS	2	1944	1948	NBY/CAG		0.0	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
48	Herbert Buster	2B	1	1943	1943	CAG		0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
49	Spoon Carter	SP	1	1940	1940	PC		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
50	Chaplin	-	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
51	Oscar Charleston	LF	1	1940	1940	PC		0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
52	Bill Charter	1B	2	1943	1945	CAG		0.5	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
53	Bus Clarkson	SS	1	1940	1940	PC		0.4	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.0
54	Bob Clarke	-	1	1948	1948	NBY		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
55	James Coachman	-	1	1945	1945	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
56	Bill Cooper	C	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
57	George Crowe	1B	2	1947	1948	NBY		1.3	1.7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
58	Jimmie Crutchfield	CF	2	1944	1945	CAG		-0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.1
59	Austin Davis	-	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
60	Piper Davis	2B	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
61	Johnnie Dawson	C	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
62	Jesse Douglas	2B	3	1942	1945	CAG/BBB		2.1	2.2	-0.3	0.0	0.2
63	Tommie Dukes	C	1	1945	1945	CAG		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
64	Alphonse Dunn	1B	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
65	Greene Farmer	CF	1	1947	1947	NBY		-0.3	0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
66	Buck Felder	-	1	1944	1944	CAG		-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
67	Gerard Fitzgerald	LF	1	1947	1947	NBY		0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
68	John Fitzgerald	C	1	1947	1947	NBY		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
69	Johnny Flowers	-	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
70	Alphonso Gerard	LF	2	1946	1947	NBY		-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
71	Luther Gilyard	1B	1	1942	1942	BBB		-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
72	Gray	2B	1	1943	1943	CAG		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
73	Bad News Hall	2B	1	1940	1940	PC		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Paul Hardy	C	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
75	Walter Hardy	SS	3	1946	1948	NBY		-2.5	-1.6	-1.5	0.0	0.5
76	Charlie Harris	3B	1	1943	1943	CAG		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
77	Bill Harvey	-	2	1940	1946	NBY/PC		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Rufus Hatten	-	1	1944	1944	CAG		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
79	Johnny Hayes	C	3	1946	1948	NBY		1.1	1.0	-0.1	0.0	0.2
80	Art Hefner	CF	1	1948	1948	NBY		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
81	Curtis Henderson	LF	2	1940	1946	NBY/PC		0.1	0.5	-0.4	0.0	0.0
82	Bill Hoskins	LF	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.1	-0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
83	Howard	3B	1	1946	1946	NBY		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
84	Cal Irvin	SS	1	1947	1947	NBY		-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
85	Sam Jackson	1B	2	1944	1945	CAG		0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
86	Fred Johnson	-	1	1945	1945	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Jones	-	1	1948	1948	NBY		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Dolly King	2B	1	1947	1947	NBY		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Wilbert King	2B	1	1945	1945	CAG		0.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1
90	Clarence Lamar	3B	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Ben Littles	RF	1	1948	1948	NBY		-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
92	Lester Lockett	3B	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Longfield	-	1	1944	1944	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Honey Lott	2B	1	1948	1948	NBY		-0.3	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
95	Raymond Lott	-	1	1945	1945	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Jesse Matthews	1B	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Henry McCall	1B	2	1944	1945	CAG		0.4	0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.1
98	Jeep McClain	-	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Felix McLaurin	CF	2	1942	1946	BBB/NBY		1.0	1.4	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
100	Clyde McNeal	-	1	1945	1945	CAG		-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
101	George Minor	CF	1	1944	1944	CAG		0.5	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0
102	Leroy Morney	3B	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Clyde Nelson	3B	2	1944	1945	CAG		-0.1	0.5	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
104	Sylvester Owens	CF	1	1940	1940	PC		0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
105	Clarence Palm	C	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Clyde Parris	3B	2	1946	1947	NBY		-0.9	0.2	-1.3	0.0	0.1
107	Gabe Patterson	CF	1	1947	1947	NBY		0.4	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
108	Rusty Payne	CF	1	1940	1940	PC		0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
109	Art Pennington	1B	3	1943	1945	CAG		2.2	2.9	-0.7	0.0	0.0
110	Bill Perkins	C	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
111	Alex Radcliff	3B	3	1942	1944	CAG/BBB		2.0	1.4	0.6	0.0	0.0
112	Nat Rogers	RF	2	1942	1944	BBB/CAG		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Larry St. Thomas	-	1	1947	1947	NBY		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Tommy Sampson	2B	1	1942	1942	BBB		1.0	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.1
115	Joe Burt Scott	LF	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
116	Dick Seay	2B	2	1946	1947	NBY		-1.5	-0.9	-0.7	0.0	0.1
117	Jimmy Shamberger	3B	1	1940	1940	PC		-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
118	Shanks	-	1	1945	1945	CAG		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
119	Herb Shaw	-	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	Bob Smith	C	1	1944	1944	CAG		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
121	Henry Smith	-	1	1943	1943	CAG		-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
122	Eddie Snead	2B	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	Sylvester Snead	LF	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.6	0.0	0.7	0.0	-0.1
124	Clyde Spearman	RF	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.0	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
125	Joe Spencer	SS	3	1942	1948	NBY/BBB		-1.4	-0.5	-0.9	0.0	0.1
126	Willie Spencer	C	1	1940	1940	PC		0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
127	Jim Starks	LF	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
128	Ed Steele	RF	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
129	Goose Tatum	RF	1	1942	1942	BBB		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
130	Tipton	-	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
131	Jake Tolbert	LF	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
132	Walter Treherne	1B	1	1944	1944	CAG		0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
133	Lefty Turner	1B	1	1940	1940	PC		0.5	-0.2	0.7	0.0	-0.1
134	Ollie Waldon	LF	1	1944	1944	CAG		-0.3	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
135	Hoss Walker	SS	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
136	Jesse Warren	LF	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
137	Willie Wells	SS	1	1946	1946	NBY		-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
138	Willie Wells Jr.	-	1	1944	1944	CAG		-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
139	Jim West	1B	1	1947	1947	NBY		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
140	Harry Williams	2B	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
141	Jesse F. Williams	-	1	1945	1945	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
142	Dan Wilson	LF	1	1947	1947	NBY		0.3	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
143	Jimmy Wilson	RF	1	1940	1940	PC		-0.6	-0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
144	Ralph Wyatt	SS	3	1943	1945	CAG		2.1	1.0	0.6	0.0	0.5
145	Yann	-	1	1944	1944	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
146	Ed Young	1B	1	1943	1943	CAG		0.4	1.0	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
147	Jimmy Johnson	RF	1	1940	1940	PC		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
148	R. Smith	-	1	1945	1945	CAG		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
149	Sidney Williams	-	1	1946	1946	NBY		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
150	Bill Dumpson	-	1	1948	1948	NBY		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
151	Charlie Shields	RP	1	1943	1943	CAG		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
152	Willie McMeans	RP	1	1945	1945	CAG		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
153	Eddie Locke	-	1	1943	1943	CAG		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
154	Lefty Wilson	-	1	1940	1940	PC		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
155	Russ Dedeaux	-	1	1946	1946	NBY		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
156	Buck Thomas	-	1	1944	1944	CAG		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
157	Chris Vierira	CF	1	1948	1948	NBY		-0.4	-0.1	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
158	Connie Johnson	-	1	1940	1940	PC		-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
159	Al Jones	-	1	1944	1944	CAG		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
160	Al Preston	-	1	1947	1947	NBY		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
161	Alpheus Deane	-	1	1947	1947	NBY		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
162	Claude Poole	RF	2	1946	1948	NBY		-1.1	-0.4	-0.3	-0.4	0.0
163	Clarence Locke	-	1	1945	1945	CAG		-0.6	-0.2	0.0	-0.4	0.0
164	Cal Medley	-	1	1946	1946	NBY		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
165	John McFarland	-	1	1947	1947	NBY		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
166	Albert Stephens	-	1	1948	1948	NBY		-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
167	Pepper Sharpe	1B	1	1944	1944	CAG		-0.5	0.0	0.1	-0.6	0.0
168	Bud Barbee	1B	3	1946	1948	NBY		-2.1	-0.3	-0.7	-0.8	-0.3
169	Percy Forrest	LF	1	1946	1946	NBY		-1.3	0.0	0.1	-1.3	0.0
170	Johnny Johnson	-	1	1946	1946	NBY		-1.6	-0.1	0.0	-1.5	0.0
171	Willie Cornelius	SP	2	1943	1945	CAG		-1.0	0.8	-0.3	-1.6	0.0

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