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R
H
K
1 Al Spalding
SP
404.7
217.8
7.5
170.5
112.2
1.2
-1.6
-0.4
4.5
0.0
-2.5
1.9
7.4
0.0
0.0
2 Candy Cummings
SP
497.0
140.2
8.8
68.3
40.8
5.7
6.9
12.7
3.5
0.0
4.2
1.8
2.2
0.0
0.0
3 Dick McBride
SP
419.0
106.1
8.0
88.8
53.8
5.4
15.0
20.0
1.6
0.0
5.5
-0.3
-8.0
0.0
0.0
4 George Zettlein
SP
MULT
263.0
91.3
2.9
54.6
31.3
5.2
6.0
11.0
-0.3
0.0
-3.0
1.2
-1.1
0.0
0.0
5 Bobby Mathews
SP
405.3
55.4
0.0
61.7
67.2
-25.6
28.2
2.2
1.4
0.0
-3.7
-1.5
-52.5
0.0
0.0
6 Cherokee Fisher
SP
110.3
33.6
3.5
60.8
44.7
-3.8
12.9
9.1
1.1
0.0
-0.9
0.7
-15.7
0.0
0.0
7 Harry Wright
RP
25.7
12.3
0.8
11.5
6.0
1.8
-0.8
1.0
0.3
0.0
2.8
0.0
0.0
8 Charlie Pabor
SP
18.0
4.2
-0.6
2.7
3.6
-1.7
-1.3
-3.1
0.2
0.0
0.2
-0.1
-0.2
0.0
0.0
9 John McMullin
SP
15.0
-1.9
-0.1
0.7
1.4
-0.9
-0.1
-1.1
0.2
0.0
0.1
-0.0
-0.6
0.0
0.0
10 O'Rourke
SP
9.0
-5.8
-0.5
-5.2
-2.3
-1.2
-0.8
-2.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
-0.0
-0.4
0.0
0.0
11 Al Pratt
SP
104.7
-21.6
-5.2
-15.3
-4.2
-6.2
-1.3
-7.9
-1.9
0.0
-2.9
-0.3
-6.8
0.0
0.0
12 Rynie Wolters
SP
76.3
-24.7
-4.1
-17.6
-10.9
-1.1
-2.2
-3.3
-2.2
0.0
-2.2
-0.2
-1.1
0.0
0.0
13 Frank Buttery
SP
49.0
-25.9
0.8
-11.4
-10.8
2.9
-4.0
-1.0
0.6
0.0
0.5
-0.1
7.5
0.0
0.0
14 Phonney Martin
SP
MULT
122.3
-39.6
0.0
-46.8
-35.6
4.0
-7.4
-3.2
0.4
0.0
-1.8
-0.3
11.8
0.0
0.0
15 Martin Malone
SP
27.0
-58.7
-0.8
-60.1
-43.8
3.0
-3.2
0.0
-0.6
0.0
0.3
-0.1
5.6
0.0
0.0
16 Asa Brainard
SP
MULT
87.0
-67.5
-0.8
-41.0
-30.0
2.3
-6.5
-4.2
0.1
0.0
0.1
-0.3
8.9
0.0
0.0
17 Joe McDermott
SP
63.0
-81.1
-6.8
-65.6
-38.4
-6.4
-5.1
-12.0
-2.2
0.0
0.7
-0.2
-3.6
0.0
0.0
18 Bill Stearns
SP
99.0
-87.5
-1.0
-51.1
-39.9
5.7
-6.7
-1.0
-0.8
0.0
1.1
-0.3
11.6
0.0
0.0
19 Cy Bentley
SP
154.0
-92.1
-5.3
-65.8
-45.3
0.7
-8.3
-7.6
-2.3
0.0
0.8
-0.5
6.7
0.0
0.0
20 Jim Britt
SP
336.0
-127.9
-3.8
-74.5
-59.8
10.0
-15.6
-5.7
-2.3
0.0
4.2
-1.1
23.3
0.0
0.0

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