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Sylvester Owens

Sylvester Owens
(Good Black; Fast Black)

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#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	David Whatley	RF	2	1937	1938	BBB		2.4	2.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
2	Ed Mayweather	1B	2	1939	1940	SNH		2.1	2.0	0.3	0.0	-0.1
3	Ted Radcliffe	SP	1	1939	1939	MRS		1.8	0.0	0.1	1.7	0.0
4	Leslie Green	CF	2	1939	1940	SNH		1.8	1.5	0.3	0.0	-0.1
5	Buddy Armour	SS	2	1939	1940	SNH		1.8	1.2	0.6	0.0	0.1
6	Henry McHenry	SP	1	1941	1941	PS		1.7	-0.1	0.1	1.8	0.0
7	Bo Mitchell	SP	2	1937	1938	BBB		1.6	0.1	0.0	1.6	0.0
8	Johnny Wright	SP	1	1940	1940	PC		1.6	-0.2	-0.1	1.9	0.0
9	Chet Brewer	SP	1	1941	1941	PS		1.6	-0.2	0.2	1.7	0.0
10	Eddie Dixon	SP	1	1939	1939	BCA		1.3	0.1	0.0	1.3	0.0
11	Eugene Smith	SP	1	1940	1940	SNH		1.3	-0.2	0.0	1.5	0.0
12	Lefty Wilson	SP	2	1939	1940	MRS/PC		1.1	-0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
13	Fred Bankhead	2B	3	1937	1939	BBB/MRS		1.0	0.1	0.7	0.0	0.2
14	Red Moore	1B	1	1939	1939	BCA		0.9	1.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1
15	Jabbo Andrews	LF	3	1938	1942	MULT		0.9	0.6	0.5	-0.1	-0.1
16	Roosevelt Davis	SP	1	1939	1939	MRS		0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
17	Felix Evans	SP	1	1939	1939	BCA		0.9	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.0
18	Oscar Boone	C	1	1939	1939	BCA		0.9	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0
19	Andy Sarvis	RP	1	1942	1942	JRC		0.8	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
20	Spoon Carter	RP	2	1938	1940	BBB/PC		0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
21	Lefty Calhoun	RP	2	1939	1940	SNH		0.8	-0.3	0.0	1.1	0.0
22	Henry Smith	2B	1	1942	1942	JRC		0.7	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.0
23	Lloyd Davenport	RF	2	1939	1942	JRC/MRS		0.6	0.3	0.2	0.2	-0.1
24	Hosea Allen	RP	1	1942	1942	JRC		0.6	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.0
25	Eugene Bremer	SP	1	1939	1939	MRS		0.6	0.0	-0.1	0.7	0.0
26	Bill Cooper	C	2	1939	1941	BCA/PS		0.6	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.1
27	Marshall Riddle	2B	3	1939	1942	JRC/SNH		0.6	1.0	-0.6	0.0	0.1
28	Clarence Palm	C	1	1941	1941	PS		0.6	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
29	Oscar Charleston	1B	2	1940	1941	PC/PS		0.5	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
30	John Lyles	SS	1	1940	1940	SNH		0.5	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.1
31	Parnell Woods	3B	3	1937	1942	MULT		0.5	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.1
32	Roy Parnell	RF	1	1941	1941	PS		0.5	0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.2
33	Specs Ellis	RP	1	1942	1942	JRC		0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
34	Pat Patterson	SS	1	1941	1941	PS		0.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1
35	Red Longley	LF	1	1939	1939	MRS		0.4	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
36	Johnny Smith	LF	1	1940	1940	PC		0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.4	-0.1
37	Clifford Brown	SP	1	1939	1939	SNH		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
38	Felix McLaurin	LF	1	1942	1942	JRC		0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
39	Thurston	RP	1	1938	1938	BBB		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
40	Willie Spencer	RF	1	1940	1940	PC		0.4	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.0
41	Jimmy Ford	3B	3	1938	1940	MULT		0.4	0.7	-0.4	0.0	0.1
42	Tommy Butts	SS	1	1939	1939	BCA		0.4	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.1
43	Bobby Robinson	3B	2	1939	1940	SNH		0.4	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
44	Robert Dean	RP	1	1940	1940	SNH		0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
45	Lefty Turner	1B	1	1940	1940	PC		0.3	-0.3	0.7	0.0	-0.1
46	Leroy Sutton	RP	1	1940	1940	SNH		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
47	Johnny Ray	CF	2	1937	1942	BBB/JRC		0.3	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.0
48	Larry Brown	C	2	1938	1939	AAS/MRS		0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
49	Neil Robinson	CF	2	1938	1939	AAS/MRS		0.3	1.0	-0.7	0.0	0.0
50	Jack Bruton	SP	3	1937	1940	MULT		0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
51	Willie Jefferson	SP	1	1939	1939	MRS		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
52	Julius Osley	RP	2	1937	1938	BBB		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
53	Bus Clarkson	SS	1	1940	1940	PC		0.3	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
54	Clarence Lamar	SS	2	1937	1942	BBB/JRC		0.3	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1
55	Jelly Taylor	1B	2	1938	1939	AAS/MRS		0.2	0.1	0.3	0.0	-0.2
56	Dave Campbell	3B	1	1941	1941	PS		0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
57	Ralph Jefferson	3B	1	1939	1939	BCA		0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
58	Clarence White	RP	1	1940	1940	PC		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
59	Babe Davis	CF	1	1939	1939	BCA		0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
60	Bob Smith	C	3	1938	1940	MULT		0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1
61	Spencer Davis	3B	1	1939	1939	BCA		0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
62	Edsall Walker	SP	1	1941	1941	PS		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
63	Rainey Bibbs	2B	1	1940	1940	PC		0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
64	Alex Broome	RP	1	1942	1942	JRC		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
65	Greene Farmer	LF	1	1942	1942	JRC		0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
66	Lester Lockett	SS	1	1938	1938	BBB		0.1	-0.4	0.5	0.0	0.1
67	Percy Forrest	RP	1	1939	1939	MRS		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
68	Willie Cornelius	RF	1	1942	1942	JRC		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
69	Bert Johnson	LF	1	1938	1938	AAS/BBB		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
70	Zollie Wright	RF	1	1941	1941	PS		0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
71	Gene Benson	CF	1	1941	1941	PS		0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
72	Carl Smith	SS	1	1938	1938	BBB		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
73	Bad News Hall	2B	1	1940	1940	PC		0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
74	Bill Carter	1B	2	1937	1938	AAS/BBB		0.1	0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.0
75	Ralph Johnson	LF	1	1941	1941	PS		0.1	-0.2	0.4	0.0	-0.1
76	Cap Tyson	C	1	1938	1938	BBB		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	John Huber	C	1	1941	1941	PS		0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
78	Bud Jones	2B	1	1941	1941	PS		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Andrew Sephus	SS	1	1938	1938	BBB		0.1	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1
80	Nat Rogers	RF	1	1939	1939	MRS		0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.1
81	Tice James	3B	1	1938	1938	BBB		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Joe Royal	C	1	1942	1942	JRC		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
83	William Dyke	SS	1	1942	1942	JRC		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
84	Dick Reynolds	LF	1	1942	1942	JRC		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Bill Harvey	1B	1	1940	1940	PC		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Quicksey	LF	1	1937	1937	BBB		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Curtis Henderson	SS	2	1940	1941	PC/PS		0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
88	McDonald	-	1	1942	1942	JRC		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Tom Young	C	1	1941	1941	PS		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Marlin Carter	2B	1	1939	1939	MRS		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
91	Leroy Haynes	LF	1	1939	1939	BCA		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Henry McCall	1B	1	1938	1938	BBB		0.0	0.4	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
93	Floyd Holston	RP	1	1937	1937	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Horace Davis	2B	1	1938	1938	BBB		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Matt Carlisle	2B	1	1939	1939	MRS		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	George Britt	C	1	1942	1942	JRC		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Murray	RP	1	1938	1938	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Fay Washington	RP	1	1940	1940	SNH		0.0	0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0
99	Charley Hayes	SS	1	1940	1940	SNH		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Herman Bell	C	1	1940	1940	PC		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Douglas Rhone	RP	1	1940	1940	PC		0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
102	Scott	CF	1	1938	1938	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Ted Trent	-	1	1938	1938	AAS		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	A. D. Lewis	1B	1	1937	1937	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	G. Davis	C	1	1938	1938	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Charles Wesley	-	1	1939	1939	BCA		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Walter Burch	C	1	1940	1940	SNH		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
108	Bennie Fields	-	1	1938	1938	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Earl Little	-	1	1938	1938	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Samuel Burris	RP	2	1938	1940	AAS/SNH		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	James Cooper	RP	1	1942	1942	JRC		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Murray Watkins	-	1	1941	1941	PS		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Jones	-	1	1938	1938	AAS		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Sullivan	-	1	1937	1937	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Mays	-	1	1938	1938	AAS		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
116	George Mitchell	RP	2	1939	1940	SNH		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
117	Chesley Gray	C	1	1940	1940	SNH		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	Theolic Smith	RF	1	1939	1939	SNH		0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
119	Provine Bradley	SS	1	1939	1939	MRS		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	Walsh	-	1	1939	1939	MRS		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Larnie Jordan	SS	1	1941	1941	PS		0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.1
122	Henry Miller	RP	1	1941	1941	PS		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	Lockhart	1B	1	1942	1942	JRC		0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
124	Dan Wilson	LF	1	1939	1939	SNH		-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
125	Red Hadley	CF	1	1939	1939	BCA		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
126	George Brown	RF	1	1942	1942	JRC		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
127	Rusty Payne	CF	1	1940	1940	PC		-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
128	Willie Davis	LF	1	1939	1939	MRS		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
129	Duke Cleveland	RF	1	1942	1942	JRC		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
130	John Gibbons	SP	1	1941	1941	PS		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
131	Jimmy Johnson	RF	1	1940	1940	PC		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
132	Red Howard	LF	2	1937	1939	BBB/MRS		-0.1	0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
133	Leo Sanders	SS	1	1942	1942	JRC		-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
134	Guy Smith	RF	1	1939	1939	BCA		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
135	Melvin Coleman	SS	1	1937	1937	BBB		-0.1	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.1
136	Jim West	1B	1	1941	1941	PS		-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
137	Willie Ferrell	SP	1	1937	1937	BBB		-0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0
138	Horatio Lamar	2B	1	1939	1939	BCA		-0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
139	Melzar Williams	LF	2	1937	1938	BBB		-0.2	0.4	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
140	Graves	2B	1	1942	1942	JRC		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
141	Jimmy Shamberger	3B	1	1940	1940	PC		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
142	Willie Williams	2B	1	1941	1941	PS		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
143	Leo Sims	-	1	1938	1938	BBB		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
144	Herb Barnhill	C	1	1942	1942	JRC		-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
145	Nash	-	1	1942	1942	JRC		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
146	Harry Barnes	C	2	1937	1938	AAS/BBB		-0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.1
147	Lefty Boone	RP	2	1940	1942	JRC/SNH		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
148	Bernard Fernández	-	1	1941	1941	PS		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
149	Jimmy Reynolds	3B	1	1939	1939	MRS		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
150	Dick Burton	RP	1	1938	1938	BBB		-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
151	Fred McKelvin	1B	1	1942	1942	JRC		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
152	Jim Canada	1B	3	1937	1942	BBB/JRC		-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
153	Jimmie Armstead	RP	2	1938	1940	BBB/SNH		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
154	Henry Turner	C	1	1942	1942	JRC		-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
155	Bradford Bennett	LF	1	1940	1940	SNH		-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
156	Skin Down Robinson	2B	1	1942	1942	JRC		-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
157	Raymond Taylor	C	2	1939	1940	SNH		-0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
158	Charles Oakley	-	1	1940	1940	SNH		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
159	Hiawatha Shelby	LF	1	1941	1941	PS		-0.4	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
160	Gabby Kemp	2B	1	1939	1939	BCA		-0.4	0.4	-0.9	0.0	0.1
161	Tee Mitchell	RP	1	1939	1939	BCA		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
162	Nish Williams	C	1	1939	1939	BCA		-0.4	0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
163	Lefty Richburg	-	1	1939	1939	BCA		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
164	Bill Bradford	RF	1	1939	1939	SNH		-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
165	Ben Henderson	-	1	1937	1937	BBB		-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
166	Philly Holmes	SS	1	1939	1939	BCA		-0.4	0.0	-0.4	0.0	0.0
167	Connie Johnson	-	1	1940	1940	PC		-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
168	Claude Hayslett	-	2	1938	1939	AAS/BCA		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
169	Gerves Fagan	SS	1	1942	1942	JRC		-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
170	Jimmy Wilson	RF	1	1940	1940	PC		-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
171	Telosh Howard	-	1	1939	1939	BCA		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
172	Charles Dunklin	RP	2	1938	1940	BBB/SNH		-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
173	Johnny Lockett	SS	1	1941	1941	PS		-0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.1
174	Mahlon Duckett	SS	1	1941	1941	PS		-0.6	-0.8	0.1	0.0	0.2
175	Cowan Hyde	LF	1	1939	1939	MRS		-0.6	-0.1	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
176	Lucius Dorsey	C	1	1941	1941	PS		-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
177	Preacher Henry	-	1	1942	1942	JRC		-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
178	Gene Smith	3B	1	1942	1942	JRC		-0.6	-0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.0
179	Porter Moss	RF	1	1939	1939	MRS		-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
180	Ches Buchanan	SP	1	1941	1941	PS		-0.7	-0.2	0.0	-0.5	0.0
181	Elbert Eatmon	RP	3	1937	1939	BBB/MRS		-0.7	-0.1	-0.1	-0.6	0.0
182	T. J. Brown	SS	1	1939	1939	MRS		-0.8	-0.4	-0.6	0.0	0.2
183	Donald Reeves	RF	1	1939	1939	BCA		-1.1	0.4	-0.5	-0.8	-0.1
184	Joe Fillmore	RP	1	1941	1941	PS		-1.1	0.1	0.0	-1.3	0.0
185	Frank McAllister	RP	2	1939	1940	SNH		-1.1	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	0.0
186	Cliff Blackmon	RP	2	1938	1939	MULT		-1.7	-0.2	0.0	-1.6	0.0

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